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Wbat ns Expected OF U.s."

The above was the theme of Rabbi Calischs New
Year lecture at Beth Ahaba synagogue on Monday
last. He began by speaking Of the new year as a
time when the merchant examines his ledgers and ac-
counts. " In certain measure are spiritual 1ner-
chants today, said the rabbi examining the led
gers OF our individual lives, ursprtua transactions
during the past year, find out what we have done
that has been spiritually profitable and what not
and by letting experience be a lamp to feet to
know WHAT'S expected of us in the future
1t is q truth that more is expected Of the lew
than OF others 1t is not sufficient that he is as good
as his neghbor. He must be better. Israel's spirit
must be consplcuously clean This demand is both
subjective and objective Objective because of the
unique position that Israel occupies in the family of
the nations subjective because of the lofty ideal
which she has set out to attain and realize
Ihe speaker then continued BY saving that it was
expected OF them communally and individually to be
loyal to the congregation and to the doctrines its
pulpit sets forth to maintain the material and the
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Richmond MeWs.

Mr.. Frank Jacobs, of Norfolk was in the CITY this
Ieek ~..-
Mr.. Samuel Bendheim has returned from an ex
ended business trip.
Miss Matte Schwarzschild is home again after a
leasant three months visit in the North
Mrs Charles M. Guggenheimer of Lynchburg, is
listing her mother, Mrs. l. NJ. Rosenbaum
german club, to be formed from among the
membership of the Jefferson Club, is spoken Of
Miss Flora Bear, of Gordonsvie, Va, was the
uest this week of her sister, Mrs. A. Goldback
Yom Kippur services at Beth Ahaba synagogue
Fill begin next Tuesday evening at O'clock and the
blowing morning at 10.
The annual meeting of the members of the Con
regation Beth Ahaba will be held at the synagogue
ext Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Many expressions of regret heard on all
des during the past week at the ex treme illness of
lr. Jacob Bachrach, announced in our last issue
Mr. l. Louis Peyser of Petersburg was in Rich
bond Wednesday. BY close attention to business
ne mayor of the Cockade City managed to keep
Kings going during Louis's abs, nee
Among those who spent Rosll Hashanah in Rich
bond were Mr.. Eli Boomberg Of Baltimore; Mr.
Fhares Greenabaum, of Portmouth; Mr. B. Jacobs
f Raleigh, N. c., and Mr. E NJ Bloomberp, of Phil
delphia. Ill.,"
ONlllS 10 Tie repairs now progressing at the plant
nd consequent inability to obtain electric lights for
ometlme as yet, the opening affair of the Jefferson
hub in its ballroom will hardly be given before
November.
Rabbi Edward N. Casch and Messrs Samuel
cheer, Marx Gunst, Julius Straus, Isaac Held
nd Joseph Wallerst were among those who took
prominent part in the German-Dav celebra ton last
AS intimated in these columns last week the en-
agement is announced of Mrs Hannah Bloombero
t this city, and Mr.. Joseph Platt, of Philadelphia
IT. Platt spent this week in Richmond, having come
ere to pass the holidays with his fiance The mar
age will probably take place IN November
The friends Of the genial Mr. Isaac Held were sur
rised at the clerical aspect and handsome pair of
siders > which accompanied his picture in a local
npcr last Sunday morning. Mr. Heds most init
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mate associates had never before noticed what a.
striking resemblance he bears to handsome and
talented Lutheran clergyman of this city,
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may expect new railroads, and new rail-
roads make new business Capital al
ready sees remunerative project in
the proposed line from this city to Salt
Lake. 1t Is practically certain that a
road will be built at once from Barstow
to Randsburg. That calls for a smelter.
Still another infant industry is
trade with Mexico, which some of our
enterprising merchants and manufac-
turers are now trying to cultivate. 1t
looks as If they would succeed; but we
want to sell our own Southern Califor-'
MIA goods to our Mexican friends, and
not be obliged to import them from
eastern manufacturing cities.
There are other advantages that
might be cited. The people of Los An
geles will pursue a very shortsightad
policy II they do not at once take steps
to avail themselves Of the manufactur-
ing possibilities that lie before them.
will bring to this city
substantial and desirable class of citi-
zens. And, whatever may be said, there
can never be real danger that progress
in this direction will interfere with the
good things that have already given.
this city recognition as the Mecca of our
great country.
The herald., 1897-09-20
IT MEANS BUSINESS

The Merchants and Manufacturers
association is in earnest in it's efforts to
have the down town streets swept Clean
A plan has been formulated that will be
finally acted upon at the meeting Of the
association tonight, and 1t is safe to say
the business men will not wait upon the
doubtful and tedious course of the
street-cleaning controversy now before
the council, but will go ahead and make
a test of the hand system at their own
expense.
This double taxation ought not to be
necessary, but patience has ceased to be
virtue. If the present contract for
cleaning the streets is abrogated, the as.
sociation may be reimbursed for its ex-
penditures.
The first experiment will probably be
made on Spring street. between Temple
and Fifth streets, and If it Is salts
factory the work will be extended. The
ity to contrast business with politics in
the management and detail of NUM-
cipal work. The Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association will be under no
obligation to put men to work who have
no further recommendation than a po-
litical pull.
The people will have an opportunity
to see for themselves which system
works more satisfactorily. 1t is business
versus politics, and may the better win
The herald., 1897-09-20
A PLEASING INCIDENT

There was an incident at the reunion
of the union veterans of Orange county
at Santa Ana on Admission day that is
worthy of special comment. A feature
OF the exercises was an address by Judge
Blackstock of Ventura, an ex-confed-
crate veteran. The judge said that he
fought for principles that he believed
were honorable and right, until the
struggle was ended-until he was
whipped" Is the way he expressed it
and now he had come back into the
fold and was working for a reunited
country and common flag. Other ex-
confederates have expressed the same
sentiments; they are no longer unique or
remarkable. But the speaker reached
the keynote when he said: This is a
great country and it needs us all. north
and south"
How true that is! There Is room for
all, there is need for both. Our united
republic emphasizes more than ever be-
fore the principles that made that re-
pCSSlDlc OuI ldllOHdl QcNSlOp-
ment needs both the north and the
south, both the east and the west. The
progress of modern civilization has put
US in closer contiguity with the nations
of the old world and their policies. We
can no longer, as nation, live within
ourselves. Therefore 1t is essential that
as a people we should present united
harmonious front in all things and upon
all questions that affect our national
and international relations. Even at
this day, there be those, doubtless, who
would be glad to see it otherwise. "Let
the heather rage" We are nation Of
Il, 100000 people presenting a solid
front.
1t may be truly said that the war is
over. The last ditch is closed. the
bloody chasm has been crossed, the
bloody shirt is no longer waved. We are |
the people
The herald., 1897-09-20
ENGLISH AFFAIRS

One obtains a good insight into affairs
In England from a letter that E. L.
Godkin, the editor of the New York
Evening Post, writes to his paper from
London under recent date. The first
thing that struck Mr.. Godkin upon his
arrival was the apathy with which the
people regarded and discussed political
issues. There was consid cradle disap-
pointment because the great British ma
val display at Spithead made so little
impression upon the nations Of Europe
The people did not like it because, in
spite Of the display, the influence of Aus
tria or Italy was given as much weight as
that Of England in an issue that was
plainly maritime, but they do not seem
to be disposed to make an issue Of it.
Other matters are hardly more sat-
isfactory. There is dissatisfaction with
Mr.. Curzon because he is young and
prig, and not regarded as qualified to
deal with important foreign affairs.
There is general disappointment with
Lord Salisbury, (which even his warm
est admirers find difficult to conceal"
The premier's weak and Indifferent
course in dealing with the Armenian and
Turkish questions, and particularly his
allowing the three emperors to dictate
the policy Of the European concert, have
been very humiliating, but there the
matter seems to end.
One explanation is that the Tory ma
jority Is so large that there is no use
attacking it. especially as the next gen.
eral elections are several years away.
Then, too, it is said that the Liberals
would be very uncertain as to their lead
ership in the event that fight to a |
finish should be started. They have not
the material they once had.
Another cause for the political apathy
as advanced by Mr.. Godkin looks very
stranea TO American ewes mo discus
sion of the prevailing apathy" he says,
would be complete without touching on
two powerful aids to political indiffer-
to these mainly that people give serious
and continued attention, not to the Turk
or the emperor. 1t is about them and not
about politics that one hears talk in the
trains and in the parks and the tav-
erns."
Fancy the American people throwing
politics overheard in favor Of sport or
society! Here politics reigns supreme
over business and money making, even
i is probable that the. English way is
much the better one if the choice is to
be made. It is not to be inferred that
the English neglect their politics. and
in our case politics Is certainly over
done.
The herald., 1897-09-20
CALIFORNIA OPINION
The Law and the Subject

Another chance will be had Monday
in Los Angeles to see whether a wealthy
criminal is bigger than the law. We say
wealthy" criminal, because there is
no doubt about ore who is not wealthy.
He is confessedly smaller than the law,
and nobody disputes it. But the rich
one, who has money to hire sharp law
yers and fight justice at every point,
stands so good chance Of success, and
so often does succeed that he and the
law are about evenly matched, and 1t is
doubtful which prevails The case in
point is that of a rich bully, strong in
person as in purse, who entices puny
reporter into his place Of business with
DOuIIy rnjui. osslS StdACe ie
fails in the worst of his intentions; but
does throw the reporter into the street.
He is arrested, and has been arraigned
for trial. But, having money to burn,
he is not of the temper to take his
medicine meekly, and has given the law
the def" by hiring force of lawyers
who will practically put chip on their
clients shoulder and defy the state to
knock it off. Can it be done?-Pasadena
Star
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Government bv Injunction

| To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: We hear much now about gov
| ernment by Injunction" some people
think anarchists only oppose that meth
cd of government. They are greatly in
error in so thinking. Some of the ablest
lawyers and most patriotic men are out
spoken in their condemna tion of such
action by federal courts. Here is how
the machine" works as controlled by
some courts:
Mr.. A. being mine owner, a stock
holder in railroad bank or manu-
featuring establishment, dislikes neigh
Dor B.. and the way he acts or some
thing he says; he therefore goes to a
federal Judge and swears out an "in
junction against B., in which B. is for
bidden to do or say those certain things
that are obnoxious to A, such, for in
stance. as going on a strike for an in
crease OF wages making speeches OH
cerain subjects or marching unarmed
along the public highway in front of AS
property. Now B. may in some technical
panner fail to oh4N 3 lIthese rAs elirtifef4-
may be starving because, of the made
quate wages he receives, and he may
want to state his reasons to his fellow
laborer or the public why he ought to
be paid better wages; he may in the ex-
ercise Of his supposed right as freeman
wish to peaceably walk over to neigh
boring town and confer with a brother
,aborer. But the judge having enjoined
him from doing these things causes him
to be arrested, not for violating any
statute law, but for disobeying the orders
Of the judge. This charge is called "con-
tempt of court" and in such cases the
Judge has exclusive jurisdiction and his
decision Is final. B. is fined or sent to
prison or punished by both, according
to the whim of the Judge; he is denied
the right of trial by jury, and is refused
the right of appeal. In these injunction
cases the Judge hears only one side, and
that AS.
The late rulings Of federal judges who
are appointed to office for life, and are
therefore not answerable to the people
for their acts, practically denies to de-
tendants the right of trial by jury,
usurps the prerogatives Of the state
courts and assumes the power to sup
press freedom of speech and of the press.
and take from them the most sacred
rights they have heretofore enjoyed.
Now I have all due respect for courts
CT justice when they impartially dis,
pense justice. I am also jealous of the
rights Of the people, especially of the
poor and friendless.
Congress, at its next session, should
limit and define the jurisdiction of fed
eral courts and take from them the des-
potic power some of them have presumed
to exercise. r. A. DAGUE
Santa Paula, Cal. September H. 1897.
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slightest provocation. It would not

slightest provocation. It would not
stick.
For these and other reasons the un-
fortunate 2-center was hated and re-
viled, slandered and derided. 1t was
used because none other was available
and not on account of any merit of its
own. But the humble 2-center weak
ened not. Nothing discouraged it. From
bad beginning it grew to good end
ing. 1t stayed and it stuck. 1t left a
better taste in the mouth and its color
developed permanency. And now, just
as 1t has outlived it's previous evil repu-
tation, just as it has attained its prime,
it is to be discarded Soon it will be
only an exhibit in the portfolio of a
stamp collector. o cruel, unkind fate.
Soon we shall say, the red is dead; long
live the green!
The herald., 1897-09-20
The Coming Era of Thrift

It Is true that the farmer seldom is
miser and that he spends freely when
he has the morey. But he is not going
to be such free spender this year as
he has been in the past. Adversely has
taught him the valuable lesson Of fru-
gality. He is going to buy sparingly
this year. While this new spirit Of
economy and frugality on the part Of
the farmers may disappoint the more
sanguine merchants for awhile, in the
erd the effect will be betterment Of
all the business interests of the country.
1t will lead to an era Of thrift and ac-
cumulation of which we have stood in
sore need ever since the Industrial
changes wrought by the civil war rem
dered a readjustment Of conditions and
relations necessary-St. Paul Republic
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CAVALRYMEN BES,
French Horses, However, Are Superior
to Those Used Here

The French horseman does not ride
as we'll as his prototype in the United
States regular army, but the horses Of
the French army are better and more
serviceable than those in the United
States. The half-bred barbs of the
chasseurs are up to any mount Of work,
and the heavier NormaSs and Bretons
OF the dragons and cuirassiers, al
though perhaps too light for the weight
they carry, are splendid specimens Of
horsef1esh. The French artillery-ba-
lieved elsewhere than in France to be
the corps d'elite of the army-was be-
yond praise. The physique Of the per-
erage efficiency of the 6ffffeerha sthrtlas= is
The steel gun that it is armed with is a
most effective weapon-the fieldpiece
Of 80 NM, weighing 10.4S hundred
weight, and firing a 1898 pound common
shell, 1875 pound Shrapnel; the horse ar
tillery gun weighing 8.36 hundred
weight, with 10 Is pound common shell
ard a 1884 Shrapnel
The large number Of batteries at
tached to an army corps-more than
four guns to thousand infantry and
cavalry-is not the only indication that
the French place great reliance upon
their artillery. The batteries as they
marched past on Wednesday presented
an admirable appearance. The old
maxim Of "spit and polish" was not as
minutely carried out as is the case with
the batteries Of the United States regu-
lar army. The steel names and collar
chains were in some instances not az
bright as they might have been, nor
were the leather harnesses absolutely
immaculate. But the horses are beyond
criticism, and everything pertaining to
each piece and each caisson is thor
oughly serviceable and business-like.-
New York Tribune.
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Seeing a Disagreeable Truth

Republican papers are commencing to
admit that the Dingley tariff will be in
adequate as a revenue measure. 1t is
difficult to escape this conclusion with
the fact staring in the face that Gus
toms receipts were much smaller and the
treasury deficiency much larger for the
first month Of the Dingley tariff than for
any month of the Wilson tariff or of the
Cleveland administration. Some of these
Republican papers are already propos-
ing that should the deficiency prove as
large as indicated the Dingley tariff will
be amended So the probabilities are
strong for another season of tariff tin
kering.-Pittsburg Post.
The herald., 1897-09-20
PASSING OF THE RED STAMP

The postoffice department has decided
to change the color Of the cent postage
stamp from red back to its previous
green. 1t is truly representative of The
spirit Of reform that pervades admin
istra ton circles.
The unfortunate red stamp has
hardly won its way to the con-
fidence of the people, and now
it is to be relegated to the shades
of official obscurity. 1t deserved bet
ter fate. Everybody remembers what a
hard time it had as baby. 1t was lili-
putian, puny and off color. 1t needed
twice as much licking as well-regu-
lated stamp called for. and it left bad
taste in the mouth at that. Its colors
ran faster than q mail train upon the
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Col. D. NJ. Fox of Des Moines, Iowa,
has written and compiled bulky volume
of 1862 pages, entitled 1.-THE Silver Side, ~
as campaign text book for 1900. 1t con-
tains, besides numerous articles by the
author, contributions from Gen. Weaver
Senator Pettigrew, Hon. Wharton Bar
ker, Senator Daniel, Gen. A. ]. Warner
and others, so that "the silver side" is
presented in a comprehensive manner
The book is copiously illustrated with
half-tones. but why, a. picture of the
authors home and family should have
been included is hard to see. w. B. Con-
key & Co., Chicago, are the publishers
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1897.
MANUFACTURING POSSIBILITIES

The time has come to consider in earn
est the possibilities Of Los Angeles as
manufacturing city. 1t has never, up
to the present, been 90 considered for
various reasons. The city has been re-
gareed as large and rapidly growing
health resort, the metropolis Of rich
and productive agricultural and horti-
cultural district. It would continue to
grow and prosper If it had no other ad-
vantages or possibilities.
But there is an opinion extant, and 1t
Is shared by very many people, that no
city can attain its greatest and best
growth and prosperity unless 1t is to a
considerable extent a manufacturing
city. A manufacturing city is of neces-
sity 4 jobbing city; the two go together.
There are several reasons, good ones,
why Los Angeles Is not now a great
manufacturing city. 1t has not had
the tributary territory, thickly populat-
ed, that a manufacturing city must
have. 1t has not until recently had
cheap fuel, which is an absolute essen
tial. So long as coal was the dependence
Of the manufacturers in producing pow
er, Los Angeles could never hope to COM
pete with eastern cities. Hitherto it
has taken all the energies Of our people
to develop their vast horticultural and
agricultural interests. They have had
little time for anything else.
h a re
changed. Southern California has been
settled up very rapidly within the past
few years. 1t Is a country Of small
farms or ranches, giving thickly settled
rural communities.
We have cheap fuel. Petroleum cas-
lily supersedes coal in producing power
for manufacturing purposes, being
much cheaper If more petroleum were
used by manufacturers in Southern Cal
fornia, it would not be necessary to cur
tail the output in order to keep the price
up, as is now the case.
The cheap power proposition, how
ever, does not end here. The successful
efforts to transmit electric power over
long distances Is another factor to be
taken into all manufacturing calcula-
tions from now on. The great water
power that has gone to waste in the foot
hills and mountains twenty-five, fifty
and seventy-five miles away, is being
utilized to gather electric power at very
small expense. Now that that power
can be carried such distances the man
ufactories can be located where most
Of them naturally belong. in the cities
and their suburbs.
So, Los Angeles having cheap fuel
and cheap power. has surmounted the
chief obstacles that have heretofore
been presented whenever the manufac-
turing problem was considered.
It IL hardly necessary to speak Of the
stimulating effect that the construction
4 Of the harbor, whenever it takes place,
will have upon the manufacturing and
5obbing interests Of Los Angeles. AS
GO Improvement leads to another we
The herald., 1897-09-20
Lightest Of Known Solids

The lightest Of known solids is said
to be the pith Of the sunflower, with a
specific gravity of twenty-eigh one
,housandtls. or about one-eighth that
of cork The sunflower is extensively
cultivated in central Russia, and va
rious uses are served by it's different
parts, the recent discovery Of the light
r,ass of the pith essentially increasing
the commercial value Of the plant. For
life saving appliances at sea cork has
a buoyancy of one to five, while with the
sunfiower pith one to thirty five Is at
tanned About 800 cubic inches OF 1t
would weigh as much as one cubic inch
of iridium, the heaviest metal.
The herald., 1897-09-20
An Old Fashioned Curiosity

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles
Herald: An advertisement Sunday 3
Herald) offers a liberal reward for a
diamond scarf pin. described as "a large
old fashioned black enameled gentle
mans diamond scarf pin." I write to
inquire If the advertiser did not intend to
offer reward for the remarkable old
gentleman instead Of for the recov-
cry Of a mere scarf pin. It seems
to me that a living, walking curl
osity such as large old fashioned
black enameled gentleman" would have
far greater pecuniary value-for exhi-
bition purposes if nothing else.
INQUIRER.