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Show jj j Provo liked the cnrnlvnl very much, ' ' but' It. is undoubtedly glad that it Jj 1' h doesn't conic every week. (! r There will be no mid-week hnlf-holl- H! ' ' day; It having been decided that the two j half-holidays on Sunday are enough. ! . Tr Butch Cassidy really alive again? fl 1 i ' And IC so. Is he actually able to con- fl I1 fine1 himself to one place at a. lime? Hhr: ' Ji . Boys must be glad that many people r 1 ' are'obJcctlnR- tc the llrecraeker shooting:, i as 'complaints add so much to the fun; 1 ' I Mr. Dunbar will be courteous enough, Lm 1 !( ( however, to step aside for Mr. Peery, i " jut as soon as lie is compelled to do so. 'l' ' ' i Have you noted with pleasure that no I I , preparations are being- made for any I i , 'Fourth of July exercises here that ln- Ht elude speeches? I ,j Arc you going to St. Louis soon, or arc ' 1 you going to wait until you will not be j', 1 in danger of being suspected of being a 'i'!i Democratic delegate? i s -a I'll1 ,),'. Umpire Jones is doubtless glad It all , ' ' happened, since Mr. Lucas by virtue of I'l' 'i , hls'abillty to say things, has- raised Mr. ' j j , (' j Jon'es to the rank of hero. Iv ! i ' AVhelher the statement of bandit I . t ' r iai9u11 t,iaL he does not liale Chrls- H j tlatis, Is true or not, It Is evident that he Hfl'U.U is perfectly infatuated with their ' , ;.' money.' , r' j i,'. Chicago hotel-keepers- And that their H confidence In the Republican parly has ' been greatly misplaced, as it has neg- j lected to have any strifo for the drawing . . of crowd?. HI ,v! I ' I t 'f?!j.'l Perhaps, when the next circus comes ,!4l along, the City Attorney will be asked H to look up the law and ascertain dell- j j nltely how many parses are required to ' q ' entitle the show to a reduction of the 11-' j ' i cense fee. H;;!1'1' - j J1! The bandit Raisuli takes the trouble H' . j Jr J ' to explain what a good man he Is, and JjV,i how bad other people are in that part 1 of the world. Ho is no doubt right I about the others; and probably their opinion about him would be both In- , tercsting and true. i 1 The Russians are. described as being i. more vigilant and watching the news- I papeV messages closMy. But if the Rus- t ' ' jl slans were more active and elllcient in m other directions. It might be that- they Hil wouldn't need to trouble themselves at Hr' ' V i. all about what the newspaper messages ' contain. i H1 The Cuban Government Is said to have Hjl '., " let a contract to raise the battleship Hi I'm .Maine. The contract calls for the work Hi. ' to begin wlthlh six months and to be j1, completed within one year. The devel- ('u opments that are probable on the exam- Hj ination of the plates of this wreck may H . surprise the country. : H ' ' The talk that Japan Is putting forth ' i! feelers for mediation in this war, starts , ( j ij In Paris and is denounced In SI. Pctcrs- , , i; i . burg. The -whole thing looks like a ( I ' r studied effort to put Japan in the ' wrong. It would by no means be bc- ' . ' coming in Japan to suggest anything ' ,. of the kind at this time, although it I would not be out of the way for it to 1 1 be known to the world that she is not I , ; set Irrevocably on slaying all the Rus- HL slans In Manchuria, and that If they I " , ' will get out she is willing to have them H1 ,, GO. But for Russia's ally to start ru- i mors .of this kind for the Russian press I, ij' to get contemptuous and mean about, n ' is rather small international work, H , Uruguay is still engaged In civil I ji .war; the malcontents are still march- Hl 1,1 ! lng on MontQ Video, as, they were H ' months ago. Thorp Is a complete em- 1 '' bargo on news, and commerce Is pros- H. . Iv trated. The capital Is virtually in a H ' j1 , state of siege. The revolution lust year l1) i WQs because a high-toned Don had not l'lK ' been consulted in the nomination of the l'i ' j President; this year it Is because the I' l' l" f same turbulent' gentleman resents the lj sending of Government troops Into a , 1 ,!' ; part of the country which he construes H j'" ' to be under his own protection. Uru- H 'I ''jj 'i guay seems to have more revolution!: H I i Ij' j! than the average South American couu- "t'1qlf ji try, forty-four belnp rnuntd since the H t U' ' recognition of the Republic's independ- once In 1S2S, showing their recurrence to be about biennial, It's a One country.and could be a rich country If the people would settle down to progress and pence. |