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Show THE ARGUS. affections and domestic habits. To the inveterate gambler home is a prison ; its pure air stifles him. For a moment he may sport with his children and smile upon his wifey but the mastering passion of his heart is not there. It is calling, calling, and urging him away ; and with a lie upon his lips he takes his hat and hurries from the sacred presence of a trusting woman to the crowd, to the to the hell where his manhood is burning, to his store, his office, anywhere to get away from the aggravating innocence of his children and the galling, because undeserved, confidence and devotion of his patient wife. There is no vice that obtains such a hold upon a man. Drunkenness, licentiousness, the use of tobacco and narcotics, these may be cured ; but gambling, actuated by greed, is a hungry maelstrom ; it gradually draws its victim toward the center by a scarcely perceptible movement; the speed increases ; round and round and closer and faster it takes him till the vortex is reached and he disappears a ruined man, a suicide, a convict or a fugitive from justice. bar-roo- m, It is really too bad to spoil a good story, especially one on which a Andthe is willing to fessional story-telle- r risk his reputation. There is a difference, however, between the way things happen in real life and the way novelists would have them transpire. Even decrepit anecdotes, hoary with age, fail to pro-Huntjaa- n. find a parallel in personal experience ; wherefore too muck should not be expected of a new attempt. There is a diversity of opinion regarding the mountain sheep horns in front of the Knuts-forHenson suggests that the sheep was killed several years ago by a hunter who cut off the head and hung it on the limb of a tree by one horn. The tree grew and the horn became embedded in the wood and remained as it now appears. This frequently happens about the house ; a horseshoe or clevis or iron ring is placed upon a limb ; in a few years it forms a similar curiosity. But this is of no particular interest except as to the analogy drawn between these horns and the candidate for senatorial honors who would not The hunter who stalked that mountain let go. sheep, killed and placed its head upon the tree, may find his counterpart in those who, under the cover of friendship, destroyed the chances of that candidate and placed his defeated aspirations upon the tree of publicity that they may ever afterward point to it as an argument that he should have let go. It were better to be beaten by an open opponent than by alleged helpers, who, without cause, save such as they themselves furnish, cry let go. d. at the Yuma fiesta the other day was no fake, even if Grand Fiesta. was its chief Arizona Charley promoter. From the bulls point of view it was a decided success while it lasted. The performing animal, i.e., the bovine animal, did a number of things not on the programme. He stood off three sets of Spanish assailants and tormentors, killed a few horses, stuck his horn through a mans face, fatally gored the champion bullfighter, scattered toreadors and picadors and pompadours, charged upon the spectators, smashed the gate to smithereens, trampled men and women underfoot, successfully bucked the gambling machines and spilled their treasures on the ground from whence it came, broke through the outer walls of the amphitheater, dashed into the street and sniffed the air of freedom the noblest brute of all the thousands there assembled. It must have been exciting when k animal, goaded to that magnificent fury by the cruel Spaniards, aggravated by the That bull-fig- coal-blac- ht presence and applause of an unfeeling multitude, resisted force by force and paid men back in their own coin at least he made it exciting for some of them. And then there were women present hundreds on the seats and one in the ring, a Spanish maiden, skilled in the sanguinary sports of her degenerate people. The most pathetic part of the incident was that the bull was captured and killed. It is presumed that Arizona Charlie climbed a tree or a telegraph pole at the first indication of trouble. He is the fake desperado who shot a man during the carnival here last year with a gun that he didnt know was loaded. It was lucky for the bull he didnt strike his horn on Charlies cheek. 3 fellows, to attract and compel the admiration of women, to gratify and satisfy his own artistic tastes and make himself indispensible to military parades and pioneer celebrations. These lines are not written at random, but with a full sense of the duties and responsibilities of a colonel in mind. Another Oriental war is on in earnest. Greece is basting Turkey Cat Hu it. make an Armenians jn a manner mouth water. For days and weeks the Sultan has been pleading with Europe to bind King George over to keep the peace. But there is no peace to keep. The Mahommedan fanatic has never allowed the angel to hover about the early home of Christianity. Yet the has been posing before the world in the role of injured innoeence, disclaiming all responsibility for the outrages and assassinations he has ordered, but pledging their discontinuance. He has affectionately clasped the hand of European diplomacy while supervising the massacre and plunder of helpless communities ; and it would seem that he has convinced the great military powers of the continent that his conduct has been within the limit of his prerogative. There is one exception Greece! True to her traditions, her history and the memory of her heroes of the past, she drew the sword of defense and leaped into the breach alone. The blood that warmed the brave hearts at Thermopylae still courses in the veins of her warriors at Crete. The spirit that defied Xerxes at Salami undaunted stood before the combined navies of Europe the other day when Christian shot and shell were clearing the way for ravishers and murderers to accomplish, the purpose of their lust and hate. This is not the first time Greece has intervened to save civilization from the oppression of barbarism ; it is not the first time the little country has raised her standard to hide the shame of European selfishness and cowardice; but it is the first time she ever found the guns of Europe turned' upon her in the interest of the ancient enemies of civilization. The Greek was never known to reckon odds, however. He won the field at Marathon with ten to one against him. He forced the fight at Thermopylae where each Greek soldier faced twenty-fiv- e hundred Persians trained and armed for war. What will be the outcome of the present struggle is hard to say. But the sympathy of humanity is with Greece. Tht white-winge- d The desperado is not extinct. Every now and then an individual Desperadoes, specimen makes his presence known and felt. Once in a while he grows enterprising, gathers a little band of financeers about him, organizes a company and goes into the banking business ; his methods are crude and his transactions abrupt, but he does the business. Or he may conclude to follow in the footsteps of Jay Gould, wrecking railroads and confiscating their funds. Then again he may conceive designs on the federal government, like C. F. Huntington, and begin to practice on some mail carrier or But he is taking desperate country chances ; if he fail he is a robber ; if successful and his haul is rich enough, he may brush his clothes, comb his hair, refine his business methods and beeome a capitalist, the head of a corporation or the organizer of a trust ; after which it will be smooth sailing. Down in Emery county the mountain gorges are said to be alive with desperadoes real rustlers, bad men of the old school, bright beginners and a few girls who love the life and gradually sink to its degradation. Kofford and Meikle, the fugitive slayers of Sheriff Bums, and other notorious outlaws are thought to be among them. There are two bands on regularly organized, friendly terms with each other. They send out foraging parties of rustlers and highwaymen to different parts of Utah and adjacent states to steal cattle, sheep, horses, money, anything they can turn to account. In time of danger all hands hide away in the fastnesses of the mountains from whence an army could not dislodge them. They are a menace to the State. post-offic- e. well-equippe- d has just leaked out that Spain had her reasons for avoid- sjjg, Reconsidered. jng a conflict with this country. An alphabetical list of all the colonels in Kentucky and Utah was prepared by the Secretary of State and surreptitiously sent to the Spanish war department. This has resulted in manifestations of peace and good will on the part of our discoverers and the liberation of American prisoners from Cuban calabooses. Tn estimating the fighting strength of this country from the number of officers of one rank in but two States of the Union there is much to alarm a foreign power unacquainted with the genius of Ameriean institutions. Nor is the desire for military honors confined to the two States mentioned. It was a vanity of primitive man, to the condition of whom there is a constant undertow of reaction. It asserts itself with the natives of Oceanica in patriots of one way and with the these United States in another. Whether exor an epaulette, an amulet pressed by a nose-nnor a sword, a brand burned on the naked breast or a medal fastened to the coat, paraded beneath a tropical sun or an electric light, on island sands or ball room floor, it is a lingering trace of mans his primeval disposition to outshine and terrorize It peace-lovin- g g arch-assassi- n No one can be so unreasonably unfair and The Logan Nation The Abgus gives expression to this falsehood : says it is under no obligations to the Mormons. That is very different from what The Abgus really did say. Now, why couldnt the Nation be honest? It poses as a mouthpiece and champion of the Mormon church. Does it mean to give out the impression that its church authorizes the wilful misrepresentation of Gentiles? We think the Logan paper misrepresents all parties concerned, not only the object of its malice, but the church and the Mormon people as well, for both of whom The Abgus has more respect than the Nation shows. untruthful as a fanatic. Chairman L. R. Rogers of the Ogden police commission has inaugurated a crusade against gambling and prostitution in the Junction City. The system of exacting fines once a month will be discontinued and the Evening Press believes that the law can be enforced and that the.poliee department is ready and willing to enforce the law if the people and the courts will give them the necessary assistance. law-abidin- g |