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Show I Venezuela is said to be ripo for another an-other revolution. Castro must have heard about ii, ns he is making such desperate efforts to pel. there. Mexico is certainly in hard luck, what with a successful hip revolution and a number of struggling little ones, the earthquake, and now a street railway strike. ; Tho illumination of the now Tlotcl Utah on Tuesday night was a brilliant and striking spectacle Indeed. It struck every one who saw it with wonder and admirnlion. Those boys who wero so discontented on the Fourth at not being able to lose fingers or toes in a riotous celebration, should count their lingers and toes, and rejoice that they yet have them all. During the coronation services tho Archbishop of Canterbury delivered to the King, The Orb, representing tho world; but it is a satisfaction to know that he didn't tell him tho world was his. The very quiet appearance of tho streets of .Salt. Lake on the Fourth is fully explained by the summary of the attendance at the various resorts, which shows that moro than two-thirds of the population was out of town on that day: The announcement that the Fifteenth U. S. 'Infantry; -which left so suddenly for Texas in tho spring, is coming back to Fort Douglas -within a fortnight, is welcome news hero, for tho Fifteenth made everybody its friend when it was hero before. Public opinion in France is said to remain calm and dignified in view of the German seizure in Morocco. This mi6t mean that France has made a far higger seizure on her own account, and intends to justify it by Germany's action. ac-tion. Maria Pia. Queen Mother, of Portugal, Portu-gal, is dead. This will probably be uneful to those engaged in the plot to restore King Manuel, and will be used as an incentive to hurry along tho uprising; for the Queen was not loved, and any move involving her return was thus handicapped. King George reviewed the boy scouts, 35,000 in number, commanded by Gen. Sir Baden-Powell, in "Windsor Park, on July 4th, to the great satisfaction of himself and of the boys. The boy scout movement is in many ways tho most promising development of recent times, both in Great Britain and the United States. We notieo that a number of Eastern fl newspapers are still discussing tho probable annexation of Canada. But fl such discussion is in fact antagonistic to the agreement which is claimed to prepare the way for it. The discus-sion discus-sion is therefore at once premature and damaging, and ought to be discon-tinued. discon-tinued. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "Presi-dent "Presi-dent Smith, head of the Mormon Church, says that in these days of the new woman, insisting upon the latest hats, gloves and gowns, polygamy has becomo too costly a luxury. Under a real patriarchal system, the women do all the work, and polygamy can flour-lib flour-lib under no other. " A feature of the HarvardrYale boat race was the flight of 135 miles in a little over two hours, by Harry M. At-wood, At-wood, aviator, to get to the race, and his taking the Mayor of New Londdn with him to view the race from tho fl air above, tho first time a race was ever thus viewed. The world do move. Hl The automobile driver who wrecked a milk wagon at Beck's Hot Springs, had the usual advantage of automobil. ists, in that he was able to. kick up a dust that would hido the number of his machine, and speed away so fast that he couldn't be caught. But how much better is that sort of thing than arson or robbery? The Pennsylvania Bar Association Ims publicly expressed its opinion that tho pt-csout legislature of that State is "unfit to make laws." And there are others. ISTo doubt, bar and courts alike, after wrestling with Utah's now liquor law would agree f hat. the latest Icgia-Juturo Icgia-Juturo if, Utah v,-a.s not oulv unfit to make laws, but oughi to bo arraigned for contempt for trying to iogislato. |