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Show ! Observer b Observations' I ohsor-o that somcf of the same old ' ; liars aro on deck with ihc new year. - That tho water wagon Is not very hear-llv hear-llv loaded this time. atc-r hi loo cold In midwinter. That' there is no apparent drnger of tho cigar stands going broke as yet. . N.iat iho vedheaded wonmn Is just as handy with the rolling rln as ever. JH That there arc but few horses that Had to get ucquulntcd with a new language this new. year's reform. That tho pcoplo are just as crazy after amusements now as they wero a week That there is always one boy who ls ready to sacrifice himself for tho good RH of coasting on the sidewalks. t That tho fire fiend Is. helping out the Insuranco agent this year. That tho prophet, socr. and : rcwlitor did not warn tho pooplu of Italj of tlic impending earthquake. Too bad. Tliot New Year's day means nothing to some pcoplo but a change or date on their letterheads. ... That the earth is not yet In such stale as to Insure its Inhabitants Immunity -against death by disaster. That it is another case of "I told you so" for the rejection of the new and everlasting gospel. That peoplo who live where- tho earth-' . quake strikes get into moro or ltss .-trouble. .-trouble. That If it isn't an earthquake U is soniolhlng else thai startles tho world. Hut whatever It Is the peoplo soon forgcl. That Sol Kimball's principal provocation was that ho Just simply . oil. he -was Just afraid be would be. Thai a reprimand from tho attorney-ceneral attorney-ceneral of the I'nlted stales doesn't hurt. so long as Solomon bus the approval or tho prophet, socr. aud revolator. That no Mormon theso days over gets . , more than a mild reprimand from Lnclo Sam. no matter what his offense. That Judge Powers hadn't learned of tho provocation when he wrote that let-tor let-tor lo the uttoniey-gcneral of the United Stales. That the now year calls for rcforma- tM Hon In tho life of tho polygamlst prophet. - seer and revelntor. as well as it does Tor VM roform In the life of somo less respectable JH people. jH That there has hecn no announcement .,N of the Bwcarlng off on the part of tba hierarchy. 11 That It is evident that Teddy never , senl any secret service men out to Ulah. . Thnt tha Smoot Mouth started the yeur . with a big lie to Its credit. |