The herald., 1896-06-08
Stranger Occurrences Than This,
Remarks f1utchison
THE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Some Of the Alleged Methods Ia Vogue
There Criticised
The Struggles Of Children In Attempting to
Read So-called Juvenile natter Pound
In the School Books

Stranger things have happened than
that Steve White should be the next
president of the United States.
The probability that the Democratic
platform win be doubly planked for free
silver grows stronger every hour, and
the probability that the Republican
platform will have gold plank Of triple
plate wages more heavy every minute.
Yet, the south and the west and the
middle states are clamoring for free
silver, and they come perilously near
being able to get it.
With an able, active, stumping, cam
paigning candidate of such masterful
eloQuence and national repute as that
appertaining unto Stephen M. White
Of the holy city, the Democrats can
command more Of the approaches to the
White House than they can hope to win
this season in any other possible way
The Populists have already put UP
Oregon as small deposit on their wager
to win a comfortable slice Of the con-
gressional pie. and they have an eye on
the western and southern and middle
sections of the political potpie that Is
now on the fire. The Republica1s are
welcome to all the congressional slices
they can get west of the Allegheny
mountains.
A friend of mine with purse and some
brains offers round wager that no one
congress.
It is with much pleasure that learn
that some Of the most recent arrivals
among our would-be candidates for con-
gress for this district are much pleased
with the country, and that several of
them have already expressed their in
tenti0n of locating here permanently,
whether the coming political conven-
tions favor their candidacy or not.
While 1t is generally admitted that sew
eral good fellows We're rudely trampled
during the late Democratic primaries.
1t Is a matter Of record that the COM
munity is perfectly delighted at the
privilege of weeping over the political
graves of some of the queerest politi-
cal monstrosities that were ever on ex-
hibition and vainly attempted to strike
an attitude.
To strike an attitude" It is neces-
sary to be able to stand; and some of
the late victims were notorious for their
ability to fall down" on every propo-
sition and every platform.
Some of the attaches of the Los Ange-
les public library have so many outside
attachments that it is becoming too easy
for their friends to get rare books hid
the general public is met with the state
ment that those books are out. There
are also a few highly favored ones who
are permitted to take out two books on
one card, while the public waits in
condemnatory state.
Some good people with tender
stomachs complain that many Of the
walters at the local ice-cream and soda
Joints are in the habit of handling the
ice-cream with bare hands, instead Of
using spoons for that purpose There
Q1Sn uhn fhin1r n ho hy,o1 bat
OF water under the counter in which
several hundred dishes and glasses are
fiopred around every day-to the defile-
ment of both water and glasses-should
be changed every two weeks, at least;
perhaps oftener.
Any one who has ever seen the
struggles Of school children who attempt
to read the alleged Juvenile" stuff that
is found in most of our school books,
and has noted the infinite disgust with
which they approach the huge words
that asinine authors use for the con-
cealment of thought. will not hesitate
to condemn the stuff found in most of
the school books now in use in this state
The ignorant pedants who compiled the
primary geography of the state series
are peculiarly blameworthy.
It would seem that the trains on the
San Diego and San Francisco lines
might carry mail oftener than once or
or twice a day. At present one can
mail letters but once or twice day on
either line. If Uncle Sam does not get
enough out of California revenues at
present, he ought to levy on us for more.
Just now this state pays into the ma
tional treasury only about six times as
much as the national treasury paws
back to the state
Some of the alleged art critics who are
raving about the beauty Of a kissing"
picture in the June number of a certain
ladies' journal, have evidently failed to
note the fact that the picture in evil
dence represents the fortunate young
man as standing on the wrong side for
g ngnt-handed young man with kissing
Intentions, and under favorable circum.
stances. Perhaps the artist was left
handed. Yours truly,
EDWARD L. HUTCHINSON.