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Show EDITOniAL BRIEFS. ' ,U lorytay .con't RCt anybody In Europe to hold down tho throne, there nro two or three nround here willing o trjr thOjJob How dusty the ronilsl How tho poor horses must suffer as from heavy breathing they Inhalo tho grltl Humana drivers will glvo them on extra ex-tra drink now and then during tho day. Sponging tho faco and eyes, nose and mouth would refresh them. Try It. Tho Inhibition upon duck und quail shooting will bo removed on October I, I ntho enso of tho latter, however, for but twelve days. Our sporting seasons Arc, us somo look nt It, altogether alto-gether too brief, but If tho victims or tho sporting aero consulted, It Is hardly likely they would concur In this view. It would'nt matter If tho length of tlmo woro doubled ;tho editor, ed-itor, printer and "dovll" would derlye no benefit from it: thoy have to work no matter what is going oid outsldo. Tho great campaign was nwakened from its reposeful plumber a few days ugo and paid n visit, for this occasion only, to former friends und acquaintances. acquaint-ances. It Is ns previously Republican In politics, urges tho l,0t to "come a" thegither," and mukeajjatl announcement announce-ment which ought to flLd invor in some circles, to the orfcct'int tho party can win tho November election, hands down, ugalnst tho fluid. However this mny be, all Indications at this time point to u hotly congested and exciting excit-ing campaign, at least in Salt Lako City, with Ogden not likely to escape altogether, in tho former It looks as If thcro would bo four tickets in tho held: Republican, Democratic, American Amer-ican und Socialist "and then some," perhaps. Tho ravages of tho yellow fover have abated somowhat, but tho gult regions uro by no means rid or tho pest. It broke out all at onco and not having been bo prevalent In lato years It was doubtless thought thero would not bo much or It and being thus taken unawnres the people snr-fercd snr-fercd more sevcrclr no doubt thun would have boen.tht cMaybniUlurblc, measnrdcon,riifr,i'i nlng. Tho curso has seldom got na tar as Mason and Dixon lino and has given giv-en tho western regions completo exemption ex-emption from Its visitations. In Utah wo have ovlls enough to contend con-tend with and nro qulto willing to dispone dis-pone with them, without taking on an; now ones. Tho steadfast and humano attitude of President Iloosovelt during tho pence negotiations, and nt tho samo tlmo his porfect success. In keeping aloof from Interference with the plenipotentiaries plen-ipotentiaries or showing tho slightest partiality stamp him ns not only ono or tho greatest or tho world's statesmen states-men but as u Christian gentleman In tho front rank. Few thero bo who do not appreciate his Bterllng characteristics character-istics and general capacity; ho Is admired ad-mired by thoso who opposed him and Ik not o'iposed by thoBO who hivo nil nlong admired him. Thcro Is but ono President Uoosovolt In nil the world nnd ho Is ours. Truly, tho foremost nntlon of tho cirth has much to bo thankful for, and having the foremost man 1b not the least of Its causes foi profound gratitude Tho last holiday was Labor day, nnd occurred last Monday. Wo aro plentifully plenti-fully blest with holidays in this state, tho number, Including Sundnys, being about sixty nnd either tho governor or mayor of any city can proclaim nn extra ono whenever thero Is thought to bo occasion for It. Mntt OiBbom says this Is nothing to what they hnvo In Moxlco, "whero they have 305 holidays hol-idays In tho year, honoy." Somo people peo-ple seem to hnvo tho Idea that Labor day is a natlonnl holiday, but this Is a mistake, Its observance being tnado compulsory by congressional action only In tho District of Colimbln. Thero aro no nntlonal holidays, -oach stato having such ob it chooses, thpiigh tho Fourth or July, being obsorvi1 In tho fullest manner by all of them mounts to that In fact. Tho total ccllpso or the sun which occurred on tho 30th ult was preced-, ed n few days by ono of the moon. Tho latter was partly visible to Utah, but tho former was wholly Invlslblo throughout tho Paclilc coast. Tho obscuration ob-scuration began near Lako Winnipeg, Manitoba, tho path of totality proceeding proceed-ing thenco eastward with the velocity of a cannon ball through Now Unins-wick, Unins-wick, south dwfoundland, across tho Atlantic it Spain, thenco to Arabia, Ara-bia, whero tho curtain roll on tho grand exhibition. Tho period ot totality to-tality at any point near tho middle ot the shadow's path wsb the longest In many Voara, lasting exactly four mlnutos and Bclentlllc expeditions with the moft Improved apparatus were dispatched to points on both sides the Atlantic such occaslous be Ing those which no civilized nation or promlnont astronomer over overlooks. |