Show INACTIVE IN ALL LANGUAGES when bismarck made his hie famous epigram about lc masterly inactivity 1 I he must have had in maud some such condition as that in which the city officials of salt lake find themselves with reference to the high water danger we presume the iron Cliance llor holds that inactivity Is ig of various sorts aorta and degrees hence his bis qualifying and expressive adjective what we should now like to know Is how he would have proceeded to indicate by a single word in either german or english the exhibition of a concentration of all kinds and degrees of 0 inactivity fot for that 11 is the condition we have to describe no more luminous instance of absolute doing nothing was ever given in briton or yankee land than to is now on dally daily display by the beautiful coterie to whose tender solicitude the property linte interests rests of a considerable part of salt lake olty city are committed we are informed that two or three officials have taken enough iia interest terest in the subject to go down to the threatened district and look at it this shows some courage at least it is opportune too for if the warm weather comes no DO one can tell how long the said district will be there to look at furthermore it shows shown that the official mind is beginning to got get into action all this we maintain to is hopeful merely looking at the angry waters will scarcely evaporate them or congeal them it would be vastly more serviceable to attempt to drink them still we do not want to be forever grumbling while adhering to all we have said about masterly inactivity we are luell inclined ned to think that it if we oan can pull through this season by means 0 of boats and webbed feet the eyes of the council and its underlings will cease to gaze faze upon the waters and will in heavens own time be turned upon the canale canal |