Show A WAR wan CLOUD A war between franek franc and italy ital y is considered as among the probabilities bili ties of the near future the irritation between the two countries la is very great greal the populations of both nations aro are in fighting humor as exhibited by bythe the doboer abic lc conflicts that have lately occurred the italian press allege that france is seeking to press pr m a war upon italy just now because the french consider they are well prepared to sustain a conflict but the same journals advise that italy select her own time for such a struggle tho the french occupation of tunis gives franco france ft A great advantage over italy as it closes the only hope that existed of the latter power gaining a foothold on tho the southern coasto coast of the mediterranean iter the tunisian matter is the sole cause came of the present difficulty between the two countries and the belligerent sentiment will not easily be allayed bismarck is chuckling over the squabble and nothing would please him better than a war between france and italy anything that tha t would engross the attention and expend the military resources reso of the former country he esteems as an advantage to germany TELEO KArn says the platform odthe of the iowa state convention held at des moines contained nothing noteworthy but waita strong document worthy of the state A j strong platform with nothing noteworthy in it must be a curiosity it is specially mentioned however that it demands the abolition of polygamy inthe in the territories as sweeping as slavery in the states this of course is a direct dig at the mormons cormons Mor mons and in the language hofmark of mark twain is getting gettin monotonous not much originality about that part of the platform seeing that every little powwow pow wow of inflated religious fanatics must utter their insignificant squeak on the subject as an echo of somebody alses howl the iowa convention and other deliberative tive bodies might find much more consistent employment incon in con fining themselves to their own business utah can tako take care of hers THE tire MODE arom by which the brush electric light company proposes to illuminate the city of cincinnati is partly by means of towers similar to that on fourth street in this city inthe if the board of public works accepts the offer the brush company proposes to erect towers feet in hight and place on top of them lamps with a capacity of from to can die dle power and on seventy seven civo foot posts lamps of from 2000 to candle power A central station has been established five machines with a total capacity of candle candie power are now being manufactured and the company expects to be ready to commence operations this month according to the contract the cost is to be twenty five per cent less than the price now kaied for gas A BERLIN evangelical cd ad the cross cron gazette recently contained the following advertisement A christian judge requests for an important reason that characteristic traits aralts in the official and private life of jurists especially judges be 00 communicated to him in a trustworthy wo y form rm discretion iacre ion guaranteed aran correspondents ridente will ill ale please e sign their names domicile an and positions os eions communications to be e a addressed R the important reason is doubtless that he might use whatever scandalous information might he be supplied him for anti jewish pur poses POs ea thus a christian judge transforms himself into a judicial scavenger for a purpose in keeping with ith the character of his voluntary occupation IT MAY not be all because of the perihelia peri helia lielia of the planets but there is a fearful racket going on among mundane matters storms floods accidents murders rapes turmoil suicides earthquakes eaith quakes fights robberies and dire destruction on tho the rampage are running riot surely tho the earth is being filled with yio violence the times are out of joint the peace loving joving man is led to ex claim when shall ahe carth earth rest drinking saloon full kofold of men and young some efthem of them old soakers shakers and others just launching upon the tho dangerous sea of the drunkard is a sad spectacle how much better or worse off of T would the same persons be in a boat making rapid headway on the bacal breakers the objective point ia ig the same the terminal point is a wreck AN editor calls the ordinary run of f present pre day d ay beligon t n |