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Show THE ARGUS. 4 narrow way to the placers of the north leads to almost certain death this time of the year. Newspapers everywhere should sound the alarm. The day of the microbe is waning. Like the American Indian hi3 course is toward the setting sun. He is blamed for cholera, typhoid fever, diphtheria, and divers other diseases. In the light of scientific investigation his wickedness is revealed and his vulnerable spots made plain. Members of his own household are being turned against him. Educated armies are sent against the uncultivated legions and they are thus being made to ex terminate each other. The latest crime of which the microbe has been adjudged guilty is the wil-fuand malicious destruction of that hirsute crown of nature which men part with pride but ll French dermatologist has just discovered that the microbe is at the bottom of baldness and that the only way to check the increase of baldness is to fight the microbe to a finish. The professor says that the serum which exists in the pores of the skin frequently becomes so copious as to hypertrophy the glands, which then form small cysts containing a vermi- part with regretfully. A form cylinder known as a comedone ; these comedones contain myriads of microbes which show These are their affinity for sebaceous glands. strong words from the professor, and it looks as if he had made a case against the microbe. It certainly seems that the microscopic mischief-make- r has been caught in the act, as it were by the way, bald heads seem to be more prevalent on the front row of theatres than elsewhere, and it may be possible that microbes are really caught in the act. When people claw their heads it is sometimes whispered that they are scratching for ideas ; but it may be for microbes or it may be for exercise. Doubtless the microbe is a villain, but, doubtless he is a scapegoat blamed for many things concerning which he knows nothing at all. A NEW EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE. The first session of the Salt Lake School of Law closes its work on Tuesday next, and with such a measure of success that is most gratifying to the promoters of the institution. For some time it has been felt that there was a need for proper courses of legal studies and in the grow-ingl- y important question of civic culture. Apart from the requirements of the legal profession it is now becoming a recognized necessity that law in its applications to civic duties and qualifications should form an integral part of higher education. And now that so experienced a scholar as Professor Whiteley has had the courage and energy to make a beginning in so good a work, it is earnestly to be hoped that he will receive a fair share of public sympathy, together with such a measure of patronage as to insure the permanent success of the institution. A number of very able city lawyers are engaged to take part in the work. Three courses of study are offered : A preparatory course of one year, embracing Latin, English grammar, literature, composition, history, civics, elementary law, political geography and oratory. A college course of twO years intended to qualify for admission to the Utah bar. or where desired to prepare for advanced credit at Harvard, Columbia or Michigan. ?A political science course, embracing history of civilization, a comparative study of modern states, sociology, economics, civics, and oratory. To meet the conditions of students who are engaged in law and other offices during the day, evening classes are held in all of the courses, work also provision is-- made for through correspondence. The science of law,, says Dr. Strahan, is one of the noblest of all human sciences, and contributes the most to the culture of the mind and to the improvement of the reason of man. The Salt Lake School of Law affords equal opportunities for ladies in all the courses offered. The fees are at so reasonable a rate as to bring non-reside- nt the advantages within the reach of all. For-dastudents, $75 a year ; for evening students, $50 a year. Half the years fees on entrance and the balance at the beginning of the second term. If by monthly payments, in advance, with an additional charge of $5 a year. The fall term opens on Wednesday, September 1,1897. Present location, 433 South Main. y Speaking of a Gentile member of the fraterFor years while nity the Logan Nation says: editing a paper- and occupying offices here he could find no blemish on the entire church.-RatIt was covered with blemishes like the Nation. The files of the Journal show whether the authorities, local and general, were ever criticized by the person referred to throughout the period mentioned. The bigoted protests of the Nation during that time tell its present editor of his error. And those offices to which he calls attention were given by the people over the protest of the Nation; they followed the Journals criticism of the church politicians ; they came, not only as a recognition of the services of the recipient, but as a rebuke to the intolerant Nation. That may account for the fact that it is still fretting about the matter. - 1 0.0 -- s The young man labored diligently and apparently gave entire satisfaction, as his services were accepted until the expiration of the apprenticeship. Then the owner of the business refused to keep his part of the agreement. The young man fell sick with typhoid fever and his former employer ignored him in his hour of need. Finally, a friend, one who had no interest in the invalid save that of friendship, had him removed to his home, where he and his family are giving the patient every care and attention. They are guardian angels and such people are a credit to the race ; while the employer lacks many of the elements of true manhood. . men in this city is and John F. Meakin, elocutionist, philanthropist. He has made for himself such a reputation for generosity and humane consideration that he is never able to get a dollar ahead. Not long since a poor woman of this city lost an infant child one of a pair of twins. She had appealed to Mr. Meakin successfully during its illness and she relied upon him after its death. He was a stranger to her, but she had heard of him and so she hunted him up. He took charge of the little corse, relieved the mother of every detail, and saw that it received a proper funeral. The poor woman never tires of talking about Mr. Meakin now and telling how good and kind he is. A man doesnt have to profess religion in order to be honest or helpful to the world. One of the biggest-hearte- d free-think- er simple-minde- The Tribune does not seem to be very favorably impressed with the fire and police board. There isnt a man there for whom it says a good word and, while it has made Noble the subject of several hot roasts, its especial object of dislike is Dininny. The Tribune will rejoice exceedingly when the board dissolves with the coming of the code in December. Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. 251 HUflAN NATURE. IS WELL for the peace of society that the human mind recognizes the importance of actions and words and restrains the tongue to a wonderful degree in giving vent to the feelings which struggle to escape. There are times when disappointment and chagrin cause the and most reasonable of men to forget themselves and wreck the happiness of those about them by words unduly considered or hastily spoken. At such a moment he feels a total disregard for consequences that is bound to have its reaction in time. Day after day the public eye is greeted with narrations of misdeeds, murderous outbreaks of passions, followed by murder and suicide. And it is the little worries of life, the daily annoyances, disappointments and vexations that madden a man the most. Like the continual dripping of water on stone they wear away his better nature until his disposition is rough and uneven. When wrongful acts result from disordered minds or tempers or even stomachs there is certainly less blame attached than where they are the deliberate work of hypocrisy and cunning. best-na-ture- d . In looking about over a city like Salt Lake one is apt to see curious outcroppings of human nature here and there. There is a man who has built himself up quite a business. He did not do this altogether by his own efforts or personal popularity, but with the aid and insemi-profession- al fluence of a young acquaintance who was induced to work for him two years without pay, at the end of which time a partnership would be his reward. d number of people are commenting on the fact that Mabrys letter and Iliffs resignation occupied the attention of the public at about the same time. Some affect to see in the Mabry letter a covert threat of some sort or other against those who took an active part in the prosecution and exposure, and vaguely intimate that possibly Mabry is blackmailing his former brother in the gospel or otherwise making it uncomfortable for him. But why such rumors should circulate is more than I can possibly say, unless the fact that Mr. Iliff gave no reason for his action naturally gave excuse for idle conjecture. However that may be, Mabry left no doubt as to his guilt in the minds of anyone who read his recent letter to A the Herald. Not long since the writer was visiting a country town of Utah on business and he happened to There were a numenter a ward meeting-house- . ber of speakers relating their experience and testifying to their hopes and fears when a young lady, at the solicitation of others, arose; She said that she had led a fast life for a number of years and that she had been urged to reform and ask for forgiveness of the people. But she said she didnt know why she should ask to be forgiven for having more men than one, as her father was considered all right and he had more wives than one. This actually occurred and the old gentleman is a prominent member of a leading quorum. There are some men who go to an editor and tell him just how to run his paper. I am a little bit that way inclined myself, and so 1 can overlook the fault. But the one who ought to be ashamed of himself is the man who likes the paper except in certain particulars and therefore will not take it ; as if he were the only person to be considered in making up a paper. The very thing he objects to may suit scores of others. N6 paper can be gotten up to suit in every particular each individual reader. Yet, after all, the man who always reads the paper but persistently refuses to subscribe is the one who should be legislated against. The Naturalist. |