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The herald., 1897-12-21
LOS ANGELES RA1D TUESDAY MORNING DECEMBER u. 1897

years. In December, 1895. the mercury
stood 26 degrees above, and 1t fell to that
figure last night. Up to this time no
damage had been done by frost to citrus
fruits, but last evening the ripe fruit
was damaged If not ruined. In antici-
patton of the cold snap many orchard
lists plucked their ripe fruit yesterday.
SACRAMENTO
SACRAMENTO CAL, Dec. 20.-The
lowest temperature recorded here was
at s o'clock this morning, when the
thermometer showed 30 degrees. No
reports of damages TO oranges or vege-
tables have been received, and 1t Is
not believed any injury was done. Frost
may retard grain to some extent.
STOCKTON
STOCKTON, Cal, Dec. 2O.-The heavy
frost of the last several nights is report
ed to have done no particular damage
in this vicinity. AS far as grain is con-
cerned it will delay seeding, but other
wise will do no injury. The fruit men
say it is really benefit to them, mas
much as 1t kills parasitical life, and also
delays the blossomlng of the trees so
that when they do bear, the heavy frost
of the season will be practically over.
THE ROUNDUP
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.-In many
sections of the state, and notably in
Southern California, the severe frost of
Sunday night caused considerable in
jury to trees in the orchards.
In the Santa Clara valley the ther-
mometer showed an exceptionally low
temperature. The harm done by the
frost was slight, because as rule the
crops had been gathered
In the vicinity of Fresno many of the
orchardsts gathered promptly needed
the weather bureau warnings and gath
cred the ripe fruit. In sections where
this was done not much Of the fruit was
ruined.
The herald., 1897-12-21
ITALY WITHDRAWS
Kassala Is to Be Turned Over to
England

Kassala Is to Be Turned Over to
England
LONDON, Dec. 2O-Parsons Pasha
and other officers have arrived at Kas.
sala to arrange to take over the place
from the Italians. The troops will not
arrive there until Thursday.
The town of Kassala, which, under an
agreement between the Italian and Brit
ish governments, is about to be taken
over by the latter in the interest Of
Egypt, is one of the three keys to the
Soudan, the others being Dongola and
Berber. 1t is an important strategical
center between the river Nile and the
Red sea. On the outbreak of the Mahdi
revolution a force under Osman Digna
was sent to capture Kassala, then held
by small detachment of Egyptians un-
der Mudir Ahmid Bey Ifal. For twenty
two months Ahmid held out heroically
against the dervishes, frequently sally
ing forth in search of food.
The herald., 1897-12-21
A Deadly Dustpan

CHICAGO. Dec. 2O.-John Hogan, Il
patient at the Cook County Insane Asy
lum at Dunning, and brother of the
widely known sporting man, Malachi
Hogan, committed suicide last night in
peculiar manner. He eluded the vigil
ance of the guards, and going to the bath
room, picked up a dustpan and drew the
ragged edge of it across his throat, sew
ering the windpipe and veins of his
throat,
The herald., 1897-12-21

Quested by the Chicago Federation OF
Labor to leave the National Guard at
once. This was the decision reached by
the delegates at their weekly meeting.
1t was said without contradiction that
union man could not consistently
serve IN the militia and incur the risk
OF being called out to shoot down fell
low trades -unionists who were on u
strike for betterment Of their economic
condition. So every trades-unionist who
Is now member of the Illinois National
Guard Will be requested to secure dis
charge from military service at once.
LABOR AT GOTHAM
NEW YORK, Dec. 2O--According to
the World, of 297, $50 workers in this city,
the records show that 92,075 are out of
work.
Last year at this time 1876, 375 were idle.
Ernest Boehm, Secretary of the Gen.
trail Labor Union, estimates that fully
l0O000 persons are in enforced idleness
now. This estimate is probably very
near the truth, for If the 92 900 shown to
be idle by the Worlds figures be added to
the many clerks, bookkeepers, account
ants, ETC., who are seeking work, the to-
tai would surely reach 100000.
Comparisons show that so far as the
number OF unemployed is concerned the
situation is marked Improvement over
that of year ago. More men by the
thousands are at work. This is particu-
larly true of men engaged in the building
trades.
The increase of employment has come
for the most part to skilled labor.
LABOR RIOT
TROY, N. y, Dec. 20.-In a collision
today between strikers and the nom
union men who succeeded them in the
West Side foundry at Co,onie. suburb
of Watervliet, several shots were fired
by union men into the house of Jos. Roh-
led, Rohler's wife was shot In the neck
and probably fatally wounded
ARBITRATION ASKED
FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 20.--A con-
ference was held today between repre-
sentatives of the cotton manufacturers
and their employees. The operatives re-
sisted the proposed reduction in wages,
arguing that the depression in the in
dustry was only temporary. They re-
quested the manufacturers to postpone
the reduction of wages until March J,
and proposed to work only four days per
week until that time. Should this prop
osition not be satisfactory, the opera
tives propose to refer the whole wage
question to the state board of arbitra-
ton, wages to remain as at present until
the board shall report. The manufac-
turers promised a written answer to-
morrow.
STOPPED BY A STRIKE
PAWTUCKET, r. l., Dec. 2O.-The
Royal Weaving company's mill was
forced to shut down today by the strik-
ing of $50 weavers, whose wages were re-
Gently reduced. The strike was precipi-
tated by the discharge of several weav-
ers who refused to teach other weavers.
GLASS WORKS STARTED
BR1DGETON. N. j.. Dec. 2O-Fires
were put under the furnaces today in
Cohansey, Cumberland and Moor-Jones
window glass factories. near here, and
1t is expected that the works will start
UP in a week or two, probably on Janu-
ary Cd. 1t Is expected that 10000 persons
now idle will be given employment.
IN INDIANA, TOO
CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.-An Alexan-
dria, Ind, special to the Times-Star says
all the window glass factories there will
resume work on January 1st, giving en-
ployment to 1900 men.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Must Stand Trial

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 20.-The
State Department has been advised that
the Canadian authorities have surren-
lered upon extradition warrant James
r. Bennett. who was arrested and held
at Victoria. on a charge of murderous
assault upon his wife in San Francisco.
Bennett made a determined effort to re-
sist extradition and sued out two writs
of habeas corpus. In addition, he made
an attempt to escape from jail war
den, in the course of which attempt the
life Of the warden was imperiled.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Not Yet Caught

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-It is believed by
the authorities that they have located
the robbers who held up Northern Pa
cific train near Moorhead in October,
and one Of the alleged robbers is now
in the County Jail in this city. 1t is
reported he worked in Moorhead long
enough to familiarize himself with the
situation and then engaged the help of
some local men who, however, weakened
later. 1t is reported that the prisoner
has made a complete confession, but the
authorities will not talk.
The herald., 1897-12-21
More Seizures

BERLIN, Dec. 20.-The rumor is sur
rent here that the British East Asiatic
squadron has been ordered to sail for
Quelpaert island, at the entrance of the
Yellow sea, presumably to occupy it. The
tone of the German press is favorable
to some such action on the part of Great
Britain.
Quelpaert island, which is sixty miles
south of Korea, is forty-five miles long
and twelve miles broad. 1t is subordi-
nate to Korea and has been used as
penal settlement.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Fishing Boat Lost

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Dec. 2O.-The
fishing schooner Ann and Mary, Captain
John Sigsworth, with crew of eighteen
men that sailed for st. Georges bank
on October 1st, has not been heard from
since October 2Sth, and has been given
up for lost. Another Gloucester schoon-
er which is long overdue and of which
the worst is feared, is the John E. Nc
Kenzie. She was the largest and best
fitted vessel sailing from here and car
ried crew of eighteen picked men.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Crude Oil Dangers

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 2O.-As a re-
suit of an explosion this afternoon of
crude oil vapors in one of the boilers of
the works of the Kansas Missouri Gas
company, Frank Connors, assistant gas
maker, was so badly burned that he will
probably die. James Murphy. fireman,
and James Miller, steam filter, were
also seriously burned. Both will recover.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Belligerent Germans

BERLIN, Dec. 20.-The Arbeiter Eel
tung reports an unprovoked attack by
a party of officers, including Lieut..
Chevaler d'Ansel and Lieut. Witschin,
on a number of civilians in the Cafe
Rappel at Krems, Austria. Three civil
ians We're badly wounded with swords
before the police stopped the fray When
asked to pay the bill, Lieut.. d'Ansel
struck the waiter with his sword. The
officers were not arrested.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Crocker's Estate

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2O.--W. E.
Brown, e. F. Gerald and William c.
Mahoney, appraisers of the estate of the
late Charles F. Crocker, today filed a
report placing the value of the prop
erty at $7,032, 129.2S. OF this amount
Sc, ,G57 ,154.2S is represented by personal
property, principally stocks and bonds,
and the balance, s374,975, by real estate.
The herald., 1897-12-21
A Steamer Disabled

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 20. = The British
steamer Floridian. Capt. Bullock, from
New Orleans on December 1st for this
port. has arrived here. and reports hav-
ing passed on December 10Th, in latitude
so degrees north and longitude % degrees
west, the British steamer Appomattox,
from London December Sth for Newport
News. The Appomattox signaled that
her shaft was broken. The British steam
er virginian was preparing to take the
Appomattox in tow.
The herald., 1897-12-21
A Gamblers Suicide

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, Dec. 2O.-Jack Nc
Cune, gambler who killed VIM. M.
Albin on the morning of August 9Th.
committed suicide in the County jail
this morning by taking morphine. Nc
Cune had frequently said he would never
be tried for the crime.
The herald., 1897-12-21

withdraw all it's business from Kansas
at once, instructing it's agents to return
their blanks and stationery. The COM
pany gives as it's reason "the peculiar
conduct of Commissioner McNall' and
'to avoid further trouble" The Travel
ers' last year received about $4S,0O0 in
premiums in Kansas, and paid about
$4,000 in losses.
The herald., 1897-12-21
IN THE NORTH
Grain Damaged, But All the Oranges
Escape

SAN JOSE, Dec. 20.-Last night was
the coldest of the season here, the ther-
mometers in some locations registering
the lowest since the winter of 1S93-94.
The thermometers about here were at
from 20 degrees down to "a degrees, some
reports even lower Probably the more
accurate instruments give no lower
than 26 degrees. There was a severe
frost and sharp freeze over the entire
valley. No serious harm was done as
there was no crop out to be injured. A
few late grapes usually destroyed long
before this by rain may be injured and
even frozen in the valley. In the foot
hills they were not hurt, but these
grapes were merely scattering punches
left in picking anyway. Ice formed in
places one-Quarter of an inch thick.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Peruvian Marriages

LIMA, Peru, via Galveston, Dec. 20.-
1t is understood that President Pierola
will promulgate the new law as to nom
Catholic marriages, but Senior Alexandra
Lopez de Romano, minister of the in
terror, will resign.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Found Floating

POINT ARENA, Cal, Dec. 20.-The
body of an unknown man was found at
the mouth of Alder Creek, seven miles
north of here, yesterday by son of
Luther Redemeyer. 1t is supposed to be
that of a man drowned off San Benito.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Lost Money and Life

WARSAW, Ind, Dec. 20.--Edward b.
Moon committed suicide here today by
drinking carbolic acid. He was for many
years wealthy merchant. but lost his
! money in grain speculations.
The herald., 1897-12-21
BRYAN'S TOUR
The American Club Receives the Sill
yer Champion

yer Champion
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2O.-President
Hampson of the Mexico, Cuernevaeca
and Pacific railway, with a small party,
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan to
Cuernevaca today. The party were
greatly pleased with the magnificent
view of the valley of Mexico from the
summit of the mountain range. A re-
ception was given at !, 'e handsome
apartments of the American club to-
night to Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, and there
was a large attendance of ladies and
gentlemen. There is absolutely no truth
in the staetment that Mr.. Bryan attend
ed Sundays bull fight.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Favors Annexation

OAKLAND. Dec. 20.-The Oakland
board of trade has adopted resolutions
in favor of the annexation of Hawaii.
The herald., 1897-12-21
Kansas Insurance

Topeka, Kas.. Dec. 20.-The Trav-
elers' Insurance Company has notified
the Insurance Commissioner that it will
The herald., 1897-12-21
FRESNO

FRESNO, Dec. 20.-The frost here last
night was the most severe but one that
has been experienced in Fresno in the
month of December for the last ten
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Appeals to the Unsnved.

Ifye will serve God as son, now,
We shall reign as a king in "the sweet
bye-and-bye."
Friend, why do you hold off from
Gods service so long? You may have
but short time left. Do you grudge
him even that ?-after all He has done
for you
Why, dear unsaved one, do you
struggle so hard and persistently
against serving God ls it IAN evil
thing to serve the Lord? ?" 1t is wrong
unreasonable, selfish? Think a mo-
ment. In what respect is it so? Write
| it down in great glaring letters, and
look at it! Then hold it up, in the
light of heaven, and tell Him so Have
you done it? No! you cannot do that!
Il mean, the honest, honorable sin
ner cannot-not the william, the mean,
dirty drudge of his old master the dew
| il, who can stoop to anything. You
know there is nothing evil in Gods
service.
"What doth the Lord require of thee
but to do Justly and to love mercy and
to walk humbly with thy God ?" He
asks nothing of thee but to do justly
and to love mercy and to walk humbly
with thy God?" He asks nothing OF
thee that would wrong or degrade thee
or thy fellow man-nothing that would
impoverish you or yours to enrich Him.
He has nothing to gain or lose by your
service on rebellion. All that God has
even forbidden it summed up in sin
gle sentence would be simply this
IN l.. 4 hnt n
has ever required, is expressed i'm this,
"Do thyself and thy fellows good" o!
then, dear unsaved one, repent Turn
from your evil ways and live" BE,
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved" Firmly, prayer
fully looking unto Jesus for help say,
"Let others do as they may, will serve
the Lord" And then go at it at once
keep his commandments. God will
help you.
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For YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE
TRY to he satisfied to commence on u

For YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE,
Try to he satisfied to commence on u
small scale.
Try to avoid the too common mis-
take of making an unwise effort to
"begin where the parents ended"
Try not to look at richer homes and
cevet their costly furniture.
Try going a step further and visit
the homes of the suffering poor when
secret dissatisfaction is liable to spring
up.
Try buying all that is necessary to
work with skilfully, while adornipg
the house ut first with simply what
will render it comfortable.
Try being perfectly indendent from
the first, aud shun debt in all its
forms.
Try to cultivate the moral courage
that will resist the arrogance of FASH
ion.
Try to cooperate cheerfully in ar
ranging the family expenses, and
share equally in any necessary self
denials and economies.
Try to be cheerful in the family cir
Gle, no matter how annoying may be
the business cares and the housekeep-.
ing trials.
Try to remember that it matters,
but little what "people think" provided
you are true to yourselves. to right and
duty, and keep your expenses within
your means.
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The Aged Minister.

BE kind to the aged minister who
feels that he is useless. Remember his
past services and pay him respect and
reverence. Call upon him and let him
see that he stands linked with the pres
sent in sympathy and effort. AT the
house of God recognize and honor him.
If he is to preach, do your best to have
a good congregation to hear him. If
he says anything helpful, let him know
that you have Leen benefited by his
preaching. 1.-The leads in prayer, get
the spiritual benefit of his pleading
voice. Consider his long experience
his ripening powers, and his nearness
to eternity, and neither say nor do any
thing to hurt or wound his FEELINGS, or
to indicate that his presence and SER
vice are not wanted. The old minister
is, or ought to be, a benediction. We
knew of one such honored servant.
He had passed his tourscore years.
Though without regular charge for
several decades, he loved to preach,
and never lost an occasion to tell the
story of the cross; but when at home
on Sabbath, he always occupied his
pew near the pulpit, a devout, respect
full heurer aud worshipper. People
loved to see him and to talk with him
after service. The young looked up to
him with respect. He encountered a
cordial greeting on every side. Many
consulted him in trouble. The pastor
leaned upor him for direction and SYM
pathy. The congregation were de-
lighted to have him preach to them as
opportunity offered. Two weeks be-
fore he died he preached to them his
last sermon, which the Lord blessed to
the conversion of q soul. His depar'
ture was that of a hero. and lie was
mourned by hundreds. Men of the
world felt that they had sustained a
loss, and good men knew and felt the
force of his piety. and ministry. Gods
veteran, whether almost worn out or
able TO DO more or less service for Him
ought to be more and more loved and
cared for. 1t is terrible experience
for him to feel that he has survived his
usefulness, and that people no longer
appreciate him, or have ceased to he
interested inhim. He has not long tc
stay Oh earth, and Christians ought to
do whatever they can to make his de-
clining years sweet, happy and serene.
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A Word To The Boys.

There sits near me, each dsy at the
hotel table, pleasant young gentle
man. He is small and fair-looss
scarcely more than Il boy, but learned
incidentally that he is over tWenty-four
years old. Sometimes he is very pale
and his breath short. One morning,
when | chanced to be nearly the last
one at a late breakfast, he came in
looking so worn and white 1 was
alarmed.
81 coughed so much during the
night am about worn out" he said.
"Niy throat bled, too," and finding me
a sym pathetic listener he continued :
1T is two years since it began that is
WHY am here. L used to bleed seven
or eight times a day. I've been better
lately, but this cold has given me bad
setback. Oh, am not alarmed ; my
lungs are all right, and trouble is in the
bronchial tubes, but the pain is hard
to bear, and it isn't just pleasant to be
away from home, and have to give up
all my plans"
do YOU smoke ?" I asked.
He gave me a peculiar little smile.
IT stopped that the day my throat first
bled, and haven't touched tobacco
since. My trouble was caused by Gig
arettes, haven't the least doubt of
that. MY friends all told me to stop
from the very first, but I thought 1
knew it ALL" and he glanced across the
table at bright boy, who blushed a
little, and at once became absorbed in
disposing of his delicately Drowned
waffle.
"Your experience ought to be a
warning to other boys," [ said.
" Yes" he said, "if they would ever
learn anything from anybody" :,
II ann sorry for that poor fellow"
said friend later. ut is good thing
he doesn't know the suffering that is
probably before him. Consumption ol
the throat is terrible. In the last stages
even a swallow of water will cause
such pain it will bring the tears"
I turLed away heartsick. Oh, the
cost Of cigarettes
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Leaving Questions Win God.

In one of his letters touching very
important event i'm his life, George Fox
wrote: "Wherefore I let the thing
rest. and went on in the work and
service of the Lord. There is deep
and vital truth of practical living sug-
gested by this fragment of a sentence
"a truth which, received and acted
upon, goes far to make the mind calm,
the heart peaceful and the hands effec-
tive. There are a great many con-
scientious, but anxious people who
find themselves continually tempted to
be settled who attemp, in word, to
drosping at the beginning those re-
suits which come only at the end.
There are many perplexing problems
which cannot be thought out; they
must be worked out. The man or wo-
man who wants to settle them in ad-
vance will fail alik of the settlement
the question and the doing of the task.
1t is through the active putting forth
of ones power that light continually
streams in on the questions which con-
Germ what one ought to do. In any
education, the understanding of the
ultimate uses of things must be post
pned; those uses are revealed only
when the educational process nears its
close This is pre-eminently true Of
the supreme educational process which
we call life. There are thousands of
questions weighing upon every sincere
and conscientious mind which cannot
be settled by any amount OF thinking,
but which in q way settle themselves
as one slowly, but faithfully does the
duty which lies next. This comes
very near being the whole philosophy
of life, which is in no sense settle
ment of ultimate questions, but which
is always primarily the doing Of the
thing that presses to be done. He who
is able 10 do faithfully and heartily
that which lies in his hand is on the
ROAD to the settlement of all the final
questions. He is working his way
through the experience which is to be
from the spiritual side, one of the
sources of personal illumination. To
learn to leave things with God, and to
do ones work as if God could be
trusted, is to gain the repose and full
heartedness which permit one 70 pour
out his whole strength without
apxiety, worry or distraction.
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Discipling The Colt.

Very many stock owners unknow-
ingly expose their colts to injury 10y
allowing them to run beside the mare
when the latter is driven Oh the road.
That this is bad practice can be easily
seem. AS rule the ordinary drive is
entirely too much for the soft muscles,
producing often life long injury by
overtaxing the young animal. At the
same time the colt roams over the road
at will, going from one side to the other
into the ditch and out of the ditch,
thus establishing habit, and later,
when put in harness to get his first les
son in driving it will try to do thesame
thing to the disgust of the driver.
The running of the colt at large
upon the road is a nuisance both to
those driving its mother and other
travellers.
If the colt must go with its dam it
ought to be haltered and hitched by the
side of its mother; it thus learns re-
straint and is early taught to keep the
middle of the road but even then a
colt should not be taken on a long
drive, as it may injure him perma-
nently.