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Show POPULAR TOPICS. There is nothing ambiguous about the personal attitude of Marshal Young on the matter of abolishing the opium dens. He is in open accord and concurrence con-currence with 9911 of every 1000 of Zion's population, but the question and it is open to debate on which he halts is, Can heroic steps be taken without laying lay-ing the city liable? Counsel for the mongolian slaVo to the pipe will contend con-tend that the descendent of Confucius has as much licenso to indulge in the popular vices of, hid empire as has the subject of this republic to revel in his. There's the sticking clause. If by stratogem or circumlocution the pipe could be buried and its devotees, Caucasian Cau-casian aud copper-skinned with it, there can be no speculation as to the next crusade that would be hoisted on the bulletin at police headquarters. This almond-ejed individual with the blond and unsophisticated mark is more cunning and foxy however than his appearance ap-pearance would indicate. Undertake to entrap him and you realize it. He be commenced. ' It has' just been discovered dis-covered that the water mains have been unwisely and injudiciously buried and instead of being laid at a depth beyond the hyperborean lance they are, at places, but two feet from the surface. This practically expos.es them to the mercy of the frost-king and 'twere better bet-ter to do tho work over than to have the supply choke up in the dead o' winter. Water comes high, but as a "side-issue" it must be had. A year ago the skulking seraglio congratulated con-gratulated itself if it secured an unmolested un-molested foothold in some shady and retired portion of the city. Now with brazen affrontery it lifts its scarlet skirts and, fresh from tho embrace of the adulterer, plants itself in the ..very heart of the municipal escutcheon. It moves up to a position where its contaminating con-taminating arms need t but extend themselves, and within them is held almost every prominent resort and "stopping-place" in Zion's sanctified precincts. An unsuccessful effort was made to secure this location in the Center Cen-ter nf thn hlnnk for lpo-itiinntfi maps. Tt - - o appears that there was not sufficient money in it, however, aud prostitution rose with wrinkled face to flaunt her triumphant petticoats. The question of close or not to close on tho Sabbath is just now agitating the slingers of gin, and is rapidly developing de-veloping into an issue. In Denver it was adopted; enforced never. The Yale lock and pass key with "club room" privileges were too much for the most vigilant sleuth who, by the way, sometimes found himself in serious need of a Sunday morning eye-opener. may be basking in the sluggish ecstacy of the dreary drug but his nap is not deep enough to expose him to any great danger. This is demonstrated" in the unsuccessful attempts that have been made to wipe out fantan. No matter at what hour these sinister jungles are raided the forms that people them are forewarned. They seem to have every portion of the revolting haunts connected connec-ted by a telephone system to tho secrets of which the dandy copper has yet to tumble. No; he is a wary foeman and unless pastimes can be abated through tho ordinance prohibiting nuisances then the habit is a fixture for the suppression sup-pression of which tbe legislature must pave the way. The position that has been taken by Judge Zane in tho naturalization of applicants ap-plicants for citizenship is plain and welldotined. So well defined in fact, that scores who have never in a life time exercised the rights of suffrage are coming from their moorings to take the highest and richest degree in continen-tal continen-tal politics. To what extent this will affect the returns of the past can only be surmised, but one old fellow who still embraces the teachings of the tab-eruaelo tab-eruaelo was heard to remark yesterday that tho Gentiles "didn't need to 'polo-giso 'polo-giso to him nur his'n fur havin' made this the purtyost and doggoudest liveliest live-liest town ho ever sot eyes on." This sentiment may have a tremendous following, fol-lowing, but it will require the returns of tho November election to determine just how many. As an exposition the fair has accomplished accom-plished all for which it was originally designed and the visitor from the states who saw it goes back home fully convinced con-vinced of tho foundation upon which the future of . Utah securely rests. It was, perhaps, no startling revelation to the patriarchs and yot there were few from far away latitudes who could have otherwise convinced themselves that the territory had actually made such strides sinco last they beheld its products under one roof. The rainy and riotous equinox having hav-ing spent its wrath a'daubed itself in a veritable mediterranean of mud, Indian summer will now come forth in all Us kaleidescopio glory. "We want a cold summer of it though," chimed Doctor Maclean that these lurking messengers of death that hold invisible caucus in alley.street and thoroughfare when you and I are wide awake may rtcieve their deathblow. death-blow. A. few frosty mornings will accomplish ac-complish this and after that we may think of sitting ourselves down and in tho language of the sweet singer of Michigan "gorge ourselves to a fill on the gorgeous." But the the doctor nasn c a right to say much in the premises prem-ises for he's in a position that makes it unbecoming to exult over good business busi-ness or deplore the bad." While their keeper declined to be interviewed in-terviewed the presence of a brace of big blood hounds in tho Wasatch block last evening was tip enough that the sleuths of the marshal's office had pooled pool-ed Issues with the sleuth-hound in the effort to trace the last remaining fugitive fugi-tive of the four who recently made their escape, to his hiding place. Several Sev-eral times the trail was scented but the falling torreuts made the chase so uncertain un-certain that the entire expedition re- "? ,S-te)S: r,here (ir yet ""Pes that tho distinguished tourist will land in the official sein that is'set iu the northern counties. Now it dawns that the grading and paving of Commercial Street has bumped with a resounding bum,, against the bosom of another "unfor-seen" "unfor-seen" delay, and that until this is overcome over-come and another unforseen something is surmounted the work proper will not |