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Show I Perhaps some of the winners of lots who havo not applied for deeds have been out to see the lots. Utah's delegates at St Louis are In the band wagon; but, then, It isn't much of a band wagon. As his voice Is still In good condition, Mr. Bryan doesn't see how the convention con-vention can ignore him. "Will the Democratic orators. In their ratification speeches, volubly commend Parker for his unwillingneBS to talk? I Is It possible that tho boys are to waive their right to keep on making Fourth of July noise until the Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth ? ' Mr. Bryan, It Is evident, will not have much pleasure at St. Louis; but, being human, he will have a good laugh on election night. Good advice will be heard on Main street on the evening of the Democratic meeting there, as the Salvation Army will be out as usual. I Several Provo Democrats will be dissatisfied dis-satisfied with the work of Maj. Sam King at the St. Louis convention, unless un-less he makes a few mistakes. William J. Bryan and Grover Cleveland, Cleve-land, notwithstanding ;helr past differences, dif-ferences, will agree as to one thing, that a better man could havo been nominated. nomi-nated. Do the Democratic leaders who are getting up a ratification meeting think they can win any votes-tfy having another an-other noisy time so eoon after the Fourth? I Though the Republican party can see that It has much displeased Congressman Con-gressman Williams, It will be mean enough to keep right on aggravating him by conducting a successful campaign. cam-paign. There Is a noticeable lull in reports from the war in the far EaaL And yet, it may be an open question whether we do not knov almost aa much about what Is going on as we did when reports re-ports were more plenty. The healthiest summer In Salt Lake's history Is the verdict of the medical profession on the present season here. This, for a place which Is a natural sanitarium and that should be the healthiest city In the world, ought to mean much. It is a great Inducement to prospective settlers, people of all ages, to have a city in view which is so grandly favored in thin respect as la Salt Lake City at all times. I Traditionally, the South Is the ruler and boss of the Democratic party, and appeara now to be resuming her old sway. Both the temporary and the permanent chairman of the Democratic Demo-cratic National convention are Southerners, South-erners, and whenever the Democracy have had a chance to elect anybody to prominent positions in Congress, Southern men get the positions. Once again, sure enough, "the South is in tho saddle." I It is curious to note how flat the nominations of tho Populist party have fallen oh the public ear. Thomas Wat-eon Wat-eon of Georgia for President, and Thomas Trlbbles of Nebraska for Vice-President Vice-President do not combine in a strong team, and it is not likely that they will cut any noteworthy flguro In- the campaign. cam-paign. What a contrast there Is In the Popullat position now, compared with what it was eight, or even four, years ago I How are the mighty fallen! Even the poor old crippled Democracy refuses re-fuses longer to even recognize affiliation affilia-tion with the party that has been Its guide and director since 1296. Peat briquettes are now claimed to be the fuel of the future. The peat is excavated from tho bogs by machln-cry, machln-cry, 1b put into heated drying cylinders, then treated electrically and carbon-ized, carbon-ized, a macs of black globules repre-renting repre-renting the residue, and these retaln-ing retaln-ing all the valuable- properties of the raw material. In this way a ton of fuel can be. produced at tho very low cost of $1.21. This prepared peat 1b almost smokeless, it burns to the last particle, leaves a clean, white ash, and-H and-H there is no clinker. Sweden now uses two million tops of the&e peat briquettes yearly, and the attention of the world ie being strongly drawn, toward them. Immenue peat beds are known In Swe den, and in the other countries bordering border-ing on tho Baltic; Ireland is one-seventh a peat-bog, there is a great peat area In Scotland, and In many places In this country the peat deposits are Dcemlngly Inexhaustible. In AlaBka, the peat Is illimitable, and convenient to tho coast. It Is plain that Alaskan peat briquettes may bo- made a source of fuel supply to the west coast of this country! Ideal in character and mercifully cheap. In competition with peat briquettes at (say) two dollars a ton, which would afford a splendid profit for making and transportation, coal at ten to twelve dol-laro dol-laro a ton wouldn't bo looked at. |