Show THE PRESENT YEAR SO FAR FAB it Is pregnant with events of great moment editor deseret news the opening months of are in some respects respects most remarkable the year 1887 was one that left many important footprints on the sands of time but the present year so far as it has progressed gives unmistakable promise or of more sensational developments than that which preceded r seceded it those who have delved deeply ne aply into astrological lore profess to see a mystical significance in the numbers designating c the year they claim that the numeral figures flex ures of each year are to a certain extent indicative of its e vents events that the figure 4 signifies the square and the added 3 forming a tri augle above it completes the symbol making the sacred 7 7 which signalizes tile the changes of the moon indicates the day of rest etc and that the figure 8 Is the initial number of a new anew cycle when it is considered that the present year contains three of these figures side by side me importance of the circumstance in the estimation of the astrologer may be imagined one Be benner tiner who has for some years tears professed to look deeply into the events of the future has recently published in the east a statement to the effect that the year 1888 is preeminent pre eminent ly the period in the cycle of time best fitted for the beginning ot of business the tide in the affairs of men to be I 1 taken aken at the flood and that enterprises of great pith and moment can now be inaugurated with positive conviction of assured success from present appearances to date the year will be distinguished for its booms and blizzards besides which it contains five eclipses a come comet and tand a presidential election to say nothing of the f effort for statehood of the local political excitement and land j jumping unparalleled in the history of tho territory looking across the atlantic we be hold the tha black wa reload extending ominously over the political horizon of europe we see heavy battalions of soldiers being massed upon tile the national borders fleets of tae iron clad navies of the world gathering for the inevitable conflict wo we bear the imperative demand for more of krupps engines ot of destruction str st which seems to bode strife on tile the ocean and blood on tile the plain for tile the hoarse cry of 0 wix is iba rebounding again and amid the turmoil of preparation for the prospective conflict we see one of the mightiest nations of the old world one having the greatest military prestige in imminent peril for lack of competent leaders to guide the ship of state safely through the angry breakers of the coming storm kaiser Willi wilhelm elm bismarck von moltke glants giants have passed the allotted age of man and are now feebly tottering ll 11 pen the verge of the grave while fh the lite life of the crown prince apparently the sole remaining hope of germany hangs trembling in the balance and may it at any moment be consumed by the cancer which like a vulture is feeding upon his bis vitals it will be interesting to watch the course of events during the succeeding months of the presena pre seat seni year and it if they shall surpass in sensational development the days that are gone 1888 will indeed prove to be one of the most memorable eras in t tte e worlds history WARSAW SALT LAKE CITY feb 1888 |