Show GERMANY is irritable and switzerland is saucy but the big empire and the little republic can not indulge in a quarrel without involving europe all the great powers are pledged to maintain the independence of inviolability of switzerland the powers having fixed the conditions af independence the international ter position of the republic lias been clearly defined at all preat european congresses and recognition of the neutrality of swiss territory and the independence of the swiss people is a part of european law the serious dis suasion of iny proposition to partition switzerland between germany france and italy would get europe by the cars in f hort order switzerland liss been in hot water a many times since the treaty of vienna fixed her status in europe but she has always got out in shape because it was to the interest of the stronger to keep her as she is in fact the a lied powers in 1815 formulated aliu neutrality clause to brenk down french in switzerland in the ild tunas thy sturdy little republic kavc and took blawa with france but in she iab by france and republic was formed and pi iced under french for several years thereafter switzerland was the seat of war the experience peri ence 0 europe in that time leading to the neutrality clause in alie treaty of vienna FACTS often come to sight which show that certain fellows out of the penitentiary should bo bent there and some that are in there should be let out the other day william reason convict in the california state prison at San Quen tin rescued a man who was drowning in alio bay ohp mun gave him 20 yea hon asked tho warden to send the money to the johnstown sufferers the fact came to the governors knowledge and a few daya ago reason locsi ved a tree pardon THE renovation of naples involving as the first step thereto the demolition of houses and sixty two churches in the densely populated and squalid portion of that city is the most stupendous sanitary work ever undertaken by the government of any country the cost which is to be borne mainly by the italian government will probably be from thirty to forty million dollars but it will repay the cost tenfold iu the enhanced value of the altire city and in promoting alie health and material pros f the people it will make naples one of the most as well as one of the most delightful places in europe THE appearance of an unusually large and dark spot on alie face of the sun is referred to by quasi scientists as the probable cause of the cold weather experienced perien ced early this the fact does not match the theory while we have had an occasional cold wave the average temperature of the season lias been thus far above normal in the western states and is no evidence that the solar rays have lost a jot or title of their power bince the appearance pe arance of the chasm in the suns photosphere it remains to be proven eliat alie earth is not receiving inq normal quota of heat 11 DODGE statistician statis titian has been detailed by secretary kusk to investigate vesti gate the agricultural statistics of the states and territories of alie rocky mountain region he will leave washington this week american economist condenses a whole chapter of political economy into alie statement that the cost of living has declined 50 percent within this century this dinglo fact outweighs tons of maxims in the free trade literature of the day As n rule mans a foole when its hot he wants it cool when its cool lie wants it hot always wanting bhatla not UTAH in had 2810 main canals miles of canals of the second class and acres of land under cultivation her canals are fast increasing also her areas of cultivated land and soon in thousands of places growing crops will protect alie soil and extensive evaporation cool the air she is now far in advance of where fihe was in 1885 and with the many and large cancia and projected will soon take a great upward bound among the various divisions of the arid zone it is difficult to find anywhere exact or even recent figures in regard to the progress of irrigation in the several states and territory iea in which it is now beginning to be systematically practiced A on a new york excursion etaamer et eamer while fishing off cholera banks on tuesday caught a four pound fish and upon cleaning it found an inc rican flag in its intestines it was u pity to kill so patriotic a fish he as perhaps on hia way to canadian waters and it is about the only way the american flag can get there without a muss |