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The herald., 1897-08-26
OPENING THE SCHOOLS

It is to be hoped that the board of edu-
cation will reconsider its rejection of the
resolution providing for the opening of
the school year on October 1 instead of
September Is. To open the schools upon
the latter date will inhict an unneces-
sary hardship on both scholars and
teachers, while there are no advantages
to be gained that can possibly compen-
safe for the disadvantages thus incurred.
The city school year now ends in June,
for no other reason than that it has
been the general custom the country
over to close the schools at that time
The fact that climatic differences should
be taken into consideration has been ig-
nored. In the east the hot weather be-
gins the latter part of June, perhaps
earlier, and by the time the schools open
early in September 1t is quite comforta-
BILE.
In Los Angeles. on the contrary, we
seldom If ever have any really hot
weather before the first of August. July
10 comparatively comfortable month
The herald., 1897-08-26
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Andrew Lang's transla ton Of Pope
Leo's poem on frugality is said to be hia
revenge on his holiness for putting one
of Andrews books on the index expurga-
torius.
Knighthood was recently conferred
upon r. Guinness, the acting manager Of
Guinness & Co. of Dublin. His brewery
firm has already received two peeragea
and the ribbon of st. Patrick.
Ex-Congressman Henry st. Georgs
Tucker Of Virginia has accepted the
chair of equity and commercial, con-
stitutional and interra tioual law in tha
Washington and Lee university.
Major Elijah Halford, who was the
private secretary of President Harrison,
has made reputation in Denver as a
church debt raiser. He was largely in
strumeptal in wipirg off mortgage OF
$1,000 on Trinity Methodist church In
that city.
The memory of Mrs Margaret Slocum,
the mother of Mrs. Russell Sage, has
been honored by the gift of a window
by Mrs. Sage to the First Presbyterian
church of Syracuse, N. Y, of which Mrs.
Slocum was for many years devoted
member.
John Otis, who used to be known as
the "milkman congressman" Is in To-
peka, Kan, in poor health and straiten-
ed circumstances. Some time ago he
started a cooperative colony In Colo
rado and put all his money into 1t. Ths
colony failed.
President Mckinley, by going into the
tower of his summer hotel, can look into
Queen Victoria's 8 dominion to the north
ward, get glimpse Of the White noun
tains far to the eastward, look directly
upon the big chair Of the Green noun
tains near at hand in Vermont and
then to the westward he can survey all
the giants of the Adironda cke-Mounts
Marcy, Mcintyre and Whiteface.
The herald., 1897-08-26
LITERATURE FOR KLoNDYKE

That was wise movement made by
the immigration committee Of the cham
ber of commerce in sending Southern
California literature to the Klondyke
gold fields. If those deposits of the yell
low metal are as rich as reports make
them. Los Angeles is sure to share IN
the benefits. Every man who becomes
rich in Alaska must seek some other
place to spend his money and his days.
1t was the riches of the Comstock which
gave so great an impetus to development
in San Francisco in the years between
1865 and 1875 The growth Of the Bay
was not an inviting field for investment.
outside of mines, nor congenial place
for residence. The nearest spot that
offered inducements to the suddenly
rich miner was San Francisco.
Alaska will not hold one man year
after he has made his stake. A year or
two of Arctic weather will create a
strong longing for genial cline. San
FRANCISCO mas pretty well feacneO the
limit of present development, and her
climate is too cool to melt the Arctic ice
out of the marrow of the returning
miners Los Angeles is just at the
threshold Of her real development, and
offers q most inviting field for the In
vestment of capital. The climate will
be just the thing to remove rheumatic
aches contracted on the Yukon from the
bones of the returning millionaires.
There is a report on the street that the
Portland, just in at Seattle, brings mil
lions Of Klondyke gold. If this is true,
and the output lasts, we shall have a
genuine boom on this coast, and in Los
Angeles especially, as result.
The herald., 1897-08-26
FRANCE AND RUSSIA

The enthusiastic reception Of Presi-
dent Faure by the czar and Russian peo-
pie is significant The enthusiasm over
his arrival at St. Petersburg must be
positively shocking" to the German kai-
ser, as 1t seems more cordial and gush-
ing than the reception accorded him a
few days ago.
1t is historical that the Russian mon.
arch, whose government Is the most alb
solute In the civilized world, has always
been considerate of republics. No ma
tion has been so uniformly friendly to
the United States as Russia There never
has been any talk Of war between the
two countries, nor serious diplomatic
differences. Questions that have arisen
have been settled easily and liberality
has always been displayed on the part
of the Russian government. More than
once it has been friend in need. Excep;
in the part 1t took in aiding in the sup
preston of the rebellion in Hungary
against Austria, Russia has not recently
taken arms against the rise of republi-
canism in other countries. The first
French revolution was not interfered
with and the second republic was
promptly recognized and the continued
friendship Of the czar has had an i'm
portant influence in giving it solidity.
The whole course of the Russian gov
srnment towards republics has been
what might not have been expected, and
it certainly has been phenomenal.
In connection with the United States
Russia seems never to have had any
design but to cultivate our friendship,
but in European affairs 1t has been
otherwise. In the concert of European
countries hers has been the most po-
tential voice. In diplomacy Russia has
been more successful than in her wars
The attitude of Great Britain at the
present time seems to threaten the con-
cert of the European powers, and Rus
sia is evidently preparing for a possible
rupture, and hence the contemporaneous
counting Of the president of a republic
and Of an imperial ruler.
The herald., 1897-08-26

But in August tbe summer weather be-
gins and continues well up to the first
Of October when 1t again becomes
comparatively cool.
Then why should not the school year
be adapted to the exigencies Of our cli-
mate?
1t is a great waste Of time and money
to have the schools open the first or mid
die of September. Neither the teachers
nor the scholars can do themselves JUS
tice during the first two weeks. A poor
beginning exerts an injurious effect over
the whole school year.
The board of education will exercise
the part of wisdom and common sense,
and earn the gratitude of teachers, schol-
ars and parents, If 1t should reconsider
it's recent decision and make the school
year begin the first Of October instead
of two weeks earlier. That action should
be taken at once-not next year or the
year after. There Is still time to do
what is advisable and right
The herald., 1897-08-26
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1907.
IN A FINANCIAL QUAGMIRE

According to the showing made before
the finance committee of the council yes
terday, the city government is in most
serious financial limbo.
In making up his estimates of the rev.
enue required for the coming fiscal year
$500, 900 in the assessment rolls; but,
when the board of equalization had got
through with them, it was found they
had shrunk 81 1000 This made very
collected therefrom. The maximum rate
is fixed by the charter at 81 on the one
hundred, and it is therefore impossible
to raise the rate to cover the deficiency.
the funds to the various city depart
ments he was obliged to scale down the
estimates severely, and even with the
most rigorous pruning he could do, the
grand aggregate overran by $4,000 the
total taxes, allowing that every cent
will be collected. The contingent fund,
from which various incidental expenses
are betrayed, and which has usually
been awarded ten to fifteen thousand
dollars, was cut down to S500O and the
several departments were squeezed al
most to the point of Gripping them.
Yesterday representatives of the vari-
GUS boards appeared before the finance
committee of the council and stated
their urgent requirements. The police
commissioners called for $4,000 more
than has been allotted them; the board
of education wanted raise Of $4,000;
the library trustees insisted on $4,000,
and the park commissioners $4,000.
This makes $43, 200 in excess Of possible
revenues, and added to the $4,000 short
age which the auditor Acknowledges
it reaches SAT 200.
1t is not possible that all Of the taxes
levied can be collected. If there should
be a delinquency Of $4,000, which is a
low estimate then with the allowance of
the extra amounts now demanded, the
city administration would have to face
q deficiency Of 1920.
This, of course, makes 1t out of the
question to give every department what
it demands. The case Is a parallel to
that of the impecunious Chinaman, who
said: "If no havee, how CAM"
1t is not a pleasant prospect to con-
slider the Gripping of either the police or
fire department, or a skimping Of the
library or the parks. The best of reasons
have been advanced why each of these
departments should be given all that
is called for; but 1t simply becomes a
question of iron bound and brass-riv-
eted economy to keep within sight of the
revenues at the command of the city.
1t is time for Los Angeles to take up
seriously the matter of cutting her coat
according to her cloth. The expenses Of
city government must either be reduced
or the revenues must be enlarged by in
crease of assessment-that's as plain as
. uikestaff. Failing in either of these,
the city charter must be revised and
larger rate Of taxation allowed.
The Office holders would make wry
The herald., 1897-08-26
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Uses Of Adversely

Adversely is wholesome for communi-
ties as for individuals. The young and
inexperienced are the creatures of i'm
pulse. Energy and vigor govern them
more than judgment. America is a
young nation. We get under way in a
certain direction and plunge forward
with blind determination, until we get
intoxicated with success, and then pros
trated with despair because the natural
and inevitable reaction follows. We are
apt to forget the lessons Of our last dis
aster and to invite another by reckless
trading, or building, or Dragging, or ex-
travagance. Each time, however, we
have added to our wisdom by costly ex-
perience and We have come out Of the
trial better prepared for business.-San-
ia Barbara Press.
The herald., 1897-08-26
As to Mining Booms

By all means let us discourage rushes
and booms in mining, but let us not for
get that in single mountains in this
state there Is gold enough to pay the
national debt, and that 1t lies there
awaiting enterprising people to come
and take 1t. Legitimately entered upon
and intelligently conducted, we believe
mining to be as safe a business as a
man with little capital can enter upon.
There is certainly no reason why a gold
hunter should brave the dangers of the
Arctic regions, while immense deposits
invite him to effort under the best eli
mate on Gods footstool.-Fresno Ex-
positor,
The herald., 1897-08-26
TWILIGHT MUSINGS

Just you and I, when night Is nigh.
When gold and purple is the west;
When breezes free across the sea.
Kiss roseate waves they love the best
The mocking birds, just family heard,
A trilling glory of all bird song,
With an undertow that's sweet and low
OF water tapping the shores along.
From jasmine bowers the breath of flowers
Incense on the altar of night
Floats from the reach of circling beach
That CLEANS afar in the fading light.
The shadows creep, out DER the deep.
Beneath the darkling arch of sky,
While In our boat, we slowly float
Wrapped in twilight, you and 1.
-Four O'clock.
The herald., 1897-08-26
DANGEROUS BUSINESS

Gen. Alger is shining illustration of
the great danger of putting men Of great
wealth into high offices where the inter-
ests of the people may be imperiled
General Alger was one of the rincipai
organizers and promoters of the notori-
Gus Diamond Match trust, which was
criticised 30 severely by the courts as
being a menace to the nation. He is
one of the great lumber barons Of the
country, and his interests are immensely
benefited by the new tariff law, which
considerably increases the cost Of lumber
to the consumer, and which will hasten
very material the destruction of what
is left of our once boundless forests
1t is no excuse or palliation to say
tha. General Alger began life as poor
boy and that he has amassed. his great
fortune through his own exertions.
Amassed fiddlesticks! Alger was shrewd
and far seeing, and he managed to get
hold of enormous tracts of northern for
ests, the heritage of the people, for
nominal sum- He went into politics with
two ends in view-the Republican presi-
Dental nomination, and the protection of
his lumber interests. He failed to get the
first, but he has been largely successful
in the latter.
General Alger is a monopolist by incli-
nation and by training. He Is most sue
cessful when operating through monop-
=; iSyi md
his friends are monopolists. Any one
acquainted with the facts must admit
that Mr.. Alger's friendship for c. P.
Huntington and their business relations,
past. present and possible, has had much
to do with his attitude on the San Pedro
harbor question. When it comes to a
choice between serving the interests of
monopoly or those of the people, General
Alger may be depended upon to side with
the monopoly every time.
So The Herald contends that there
is danger in the election or appoint
ment of very rich men to office that
20 say that no rich man should hold Of
flee, by any means Some of our best
off1ceholders have been rich men. The
danger comes when men like General
Alger are given political authority, an
advantage that they are almost certain
to use against the people when occa-
sion arises.
In this particular case the Republican
admins tration must be held primarily
responsible. Alger has for years beer
a never-say-die candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination. He has contributed
freely to the Republican campaign funds,
1t is perhaps best to accept
John Sherman's unrevised version of his
old rivals political expenditures. Some
thing had to be done for Alger, and he
was called into the cabinet, where he
has officiated as one of the principal
agents in paying the Republican party's
campaign debts. Surely such men ought
not to be given such appointments to
work mischief to legitimate interests.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Not Much Of a Bird

"See here, Mr.. Sundries! You have
charged me with an item In this bill that
is ridiculous. Just look here. Here II
is: One do do Now what in the name of
common sense would I want with a do
do? Never knew what it was until !
asked my wife. and she told me 1t was
an extinct bird. Why should 1 have a
dead bird emptied among my chattels
and be charged 81 for it? Answer me
that.
Excuse me- Mr.. Hasty, but If you will
be kind enough to read the item above
the one that you complain of, you will
SEE it is 'one pair of suspenders.' Then
follows, one do do'-double ditto, don't
you see?"
Receipt that bill, Sundries. If you
mention this to my wife I'll murder
you."-Richmond Dispatch.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Practical Christianity

"A Lords Day committee" has been
organized in Winters one of the objects
of which is to effect the closing of the
postoff1ce on Sundays
If this class Of people would take the
time they spend in trying to make other
people uncomfortab BILE. and use it in works
Of charity, or in laboring little extra
time In looking after their own saliva
tion, and letting other peoples business
alone, they would come far nearer to
the stamp of Christians dear to the Lord
Sacramento Bee.
The herald., 1897-08-26
And Why Notp

Democratic papers continue to praise
the work Of "Silver Republicans" The
Herald this morning deems 1t "a public
duty to give due credit to all who are ad-
vancing the cause Of reform through
practical and sensible methods" Being
interpreted this means that the Democ-
racy welcomes the votes of any ddsgrun-
tied faction, whether 1t go by the name
of Populist, Silver Republican or Mug
wump.-Pasadena Star
The herald., 1897-08-26

faces over q reduction of salaries, and
property owners would make wry faces
over raise In assessment or an increase
in the rate of taxation; so it's wry faces
whichever way we turn. But the situ-
alton is one that must be met. We are
badly enough off this year, and we are
liable to be worse next. Has the Better
City Government League anything to
suggest in the premises?
The herald., 1897-08-26
Great Opening for Correspondents

The Chronicle has under advisement
the scheme of sending six or eight or a
dozen special correspondents to Klon-
dyke to write up the mining excitement
for our Cotton subscribers. AS a sine
qua non, We will require each of our
correspondents to pay his own way and
to give us bond for large amount that
whatever claims are located, or mines
discovered, are to be turned over to us.
There is nothing mean about us. We
are winning to aid the movement liber-
ally. Now will the Examiner and Chron-
icle and Los Angeles Herald please take
a back seat.-Colton Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-08-26
WHY THEY UNLOAD

In his special circular Of the 21st in
slant Henry Clews, the New York bank
er and financial authority, remarks:
1t is not easy to fully explain the
temper of the London market for our
securities. 1t Is still sending stocks
home, and it would seem that the sup
ply held for speculative account must
be approaching exhaustion. After
such striking demonstration Of the
strength of the home market and of
the certainty of still higher prices in
the future, it is not supposable that this
realizing arises from lack Of confidence
in our market. Sentiment seems to have
much to do with the movement. Eng
land has at the moment some rather
emphatic grievances against us. The
tariff is a bitter pill. the more so be-
cause 1t throws a wet blanket upon an
active revival i'll the trade of the United
Kingdom. The postponement by con-
gress of action on the currency question
has no doubt intensified the English
distrust of our finance at its most sensi-
tive and positive point. Secretary Sher-
mans recent blunt utterances coming
after the famous Cleveland Venezuelan
message seem to have deeply aroused
the ire of the London speculator and Of
the English people, and so seriously
does the Englishman appear to have
taken these matters to heart that con-
ceivably he thinks 1t prudent to give
American securities the cold shoulder.
the British neglect of our securities,
the fact has little or no probable effect
upon the New York market
This assumption of ignorance on the
British antipathy to American invest
ments will deceive but few people. Nc
one perhaps Is better aware than Mr.
Clews of the fact. that one Of the chief
causes Of the enormous realizations tha,
have been made Of American securities
not only by British holders but by other
European countries. especially Ger
many, is the discovery Of the rottenness
that has prevailed in the management,
and administrat ton Of the large corpora
tions, especially railroads, whose secu.
rites have been sold in every capital oil
Europe. The exposures that have beer
made Of wrong doing in high places
coupled with the absence of dividends
has brought about the Inevitable re-
suit, and not until there is a radical re-
form in the management Of the great cor
porations and in the method of applying
the law to their administration, wifi any
return of foreign confidence be possible
The Denver Trade and Labor assem-
bly, ought to be severely rebuked by all
sincere friends of labor for it's blood
thirsty resolutions adopted last Sunday
resolutions that practically advocated
armed resistance to the officers of the
law. They only injure the cause they
represent In giving utterance to such
sentiments A great and unenviable re-
sponsibility rests upon those who advo-
cate bloodshed in such a crisis as that
which at present exists in Pennsylvania
The Herald sincerely hopes that the
miners will gain the pittance they ask
for; but they cannot get It by forcibly
resisting the law. II the law is not ad-
ministered fairly change the men who
The herald., 1897-08-26
A Little Singular

1t Is just little singular, to put it
mildly, If mining is so rich in Trinity and
so plentiful, that none Of the old hard
work and experienced prospectors found
it out in all these years. Just little sin
gular that the marvellous "finds" Of the
last few weeks up in Trinity were made
in San Francisco newspaper offices
mostly. y.-Sacramento Record Union.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Cork Preserves Flowers

A new employment has been found for
cork. It is an excellent protector Of
flowers and blossoms, and the florists Of
Southern France now send flowers as
far as st. Petersburg by packing them
in fine powder of cork within paper
bag. Cut flowers packed in this way will
arrive in excellent condition, even after
being on the road for three or four days.
New York Evening Journal.
The herald., 1897-08-26

1t having been definitely settled that
the Chicago police force cannot awaken
a hypnotized man, there is no hope for
reform on the part Of the patrolman
who sleeps on his beat.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Chance for the Fool Killer

If the fool killer does not do a land
Office business in the Yukon the coming
winter 1t will not be for lack of oppor-
tunity. Next to search for the north
pole. nothing could be more terrible than
a pilgrimage across those mountains
and down the rivers to the Klondyke this
winter, and already it has been showing
in the Chilcat pass-Tulare Register.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Will Annex California

Queen Lill has announced her deter
mination of coming to California for a
brief visit and the possibility of making
it her future home. She will arrive in
San Francisco and stop at the Califor-
MIA hotel. Come down to Riverside, Lii.
You will find our climate more in ac-
cordance with Hawaii-especially Just
now.-Riverside Globe.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Beyond Mending

Hicks-That was a bad break that
Drumleigh made last evening.
Wicks-Why, he spoke only once, and
then he did not say anything Of import
ance.
Hicks-That was it. He made bad
break when he broke silence.-Boston
Transcript
The herald., 1897-08-26

Says Ex-Governor Flower: people
must not cry out against trusts because
they are trusts" Bless your soul, gov
ernor, that is just why they do it. If
there were no trusts the people would
have no occasion to cry out against
them,
The herald., 1897-08-26
Registered as Other People Do

Much ado is being made over the fact
that the president registered at his hotel
as William Mckinley and wife, Canton,
o." AS that is his name, as he was ac-
companied by his wife, and as Canton is
his legal place of residence it is difficult
to understand how he could have done
otherwise without practicing a decep-
tion-New York Evening Journal.
The herald., 1897-08-26

A writer in the Chicago Times Herald
alludes to Wilkie Collins Count Fosco"
as the only fat villain in literature
What is the matter with Tom Reed in
the Congressional Record?
The herald., 1897-08-26

Now that Senator Quay has done up
his esteemed Republican enemies in
Pennsylvania, it is once more in order
for him to announce his intention to re-
tire from politics
The herald., 1897-08-26

And now 1t Is said that Secretary
Gage and Senator Hanna have quar-
,ireled over a certain office. When an IT.
resistible missile meets an immovable
seeker?
The herald., 1897-08-26

The football players, with the mercury
at 100 in the shade are arranging sched
ules for the coming seasons play. 1t is
still little too early, however, to plant
f0othall hair.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Not an Authority

Dolly-Mr. De Bong said that I was
very pretty.
Polly-But don't you know that Mr.
De Bong is a baseball umpire New
York Evening Journal.
The herald., 1897-08-26
Much Appreciated at Hueneme

The Los Angeles Herald of last Sum
day contained fine write up Of Hue
meme. and was much appreciated by our
citizenS-Huenenme Herald.
The herald., 1897-08-26

General Miles is not a dress parade
warrior" declares the Chicago Times
Herald. Not when he can ride in the
band wagon and have bouquets thrown
at him.