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NOME, ALASWA, DEC. 22, 1915.
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And now comes a noted physicist.
Dr. i.obert T. Morris, and in an illum
inative work on the effects produceo
by micro-organisms on the human
. natomy, declares that practically ah
our troubles as well as many of oui
characteristics capacities are due pri
...aniy to the action of the multitud
inous foams of minute life, vegetable or
L" w as microbes. “The mi
crobe, " ueclares Dr. Morris, in his latest
v. oa k. ent.tled, 'Microbes and Men,'
causes practically all of tlie unhappi
mis worm, and the depressing
philosophers are found, on reading
iiieir life histories to have been 111
men—every one of them. “A man Is
only what his microbes make him,’’ is
the doctor's maxim and in this ep- 1
dramatical phrase is embodied the
hole gamut of human attributes and
capacities. “With a normal propor
tion of symbiotic bacteria he is a good 1
citizen; with an excess of inimical ■ '
bacteria he may become a criminal, a '
popular essayist, or novelist. Freedom
of the will Is subject to dlctaton by
the microbe." “And there ye are" as
friend Dooley says. The doctor Is
tome authority on the pestiferous bugs
and tiny vegetable growths which he
claims are responsible for both our
joys and sorrows, our triumphs and
defeats together with the sundry and
divers things that happen to us (Turing
the course of our journey through this
microbe filled vale of tears, and his
word may p t be easily disputed. And
this is his dictum: “A man is only what
his microbes make him." Just think
of what this means. Think of what a <
number charming illusions are thus j
forever dissipated. Think of '/hat a
reorganization of long accepted views 1
of tilings this momentous utterance j
demands. And, what a revelation of J
the under! it g reasons for so many
pizzlins? features of human existence
this statement contains. Here wo have (
the oi. donation for practically every
thing that we wish to know concern
ing the why and wherefore of human
capacities and attributes. In the light
of this new dogma we see that whether
we are feeble or strong, great or small,
big and broad and graced with a
mightiness of soul or are mean and i
small and of evil spirit, It is all due i
tc the simple fact that a bunch of;
those ubiquitous fragments of exist- j
■ ..cc, are gallivanting around in our
internal economy and leading us to
ends that we wot not of.
fahould we burn with the glorious
flame of genius or stumble along In
e paths of medocrity; should
ve al.se to ihe heights of fame and
gianueur through some superlative
achievement or sink to the depths of t
x hlueous depruvity, it Is not because
we are p ssessed of or are lacking in
certain qualities; It simply that we
aie either the possesors of or are shy
of a certain variety of tiny organisms
which are the animating cause of
whatever we are or may become.
In the words of the doctor again,
“With a iioranal proportion of the sym
biotic bacteria" we may be a good
citizen but "with an excess of Inimical
bacteria" we may become a “criminal
popular essayist or novelist.” We
don’t believe that the doctor meant It
Just that way. but. If ho did, we arej
I
I not h nme astunisi.eo to iwn uu uie
iluVeUM WHO lllwl Ills our SoUlS Wilu
..is vieveriy wurucu tuie is 1 e.tuy ai
..ictcu Wiiii u variety ox Ierocious nn
civDe wnieh may ue termed inumcai.
tie never tnougnt it ot the noveusi
.iiuuugn we nave ail amng been suit
iiiui lucre was uouieiunig auing uu
.pi mg poet.
However, in the light oX this new
knowledge that tney are both not real
ty to blame and are not exactly In a
i wealthy state through being afflicted
.vlth a flock of ‘ inimical bacteria." As
a matter of fact, if the doctor is right,
.ve uie none of us really responsible
or anything we do. If we go up in the
.vond through our seemingly persona.1
-lions or U we go down into the dregs
i human existence It is principau..
I jecause that a flock of some vaiiety
f the genus bacteria is wandering
.round in our innards" all unknown
I .o us and is making of us poets ana
.cholars, saints and devils, geniuse*
jr fools, if we are unhappy some un
blessed specimens of the voracious
microbe tribe are doing the tango on
jur diaphragm or taking a nibble at
j jur liver. If we are depressed and
.he world is dark and gloomy, from
.10 apparent cause, we may be sure
.he microbe is at the bottom of it.
Everything seems to hinge more or
ess on the microbe, if the doctor does
.iot err, and our lives and destiny are
ooth subject to its Influence for good
or evil. In fact we are so hopelessly
mibject to the whims of this ciass or
.ning organisms that is a mercy that!
I me great majority of them are of a
1 ...nuly nuture and are not inclined to
j .end us all off on the wrong tack. Just
iiink wiiat would happen if we an
, iccumulated a big bunch of tiie un
.iuppy microbe in our systems or if a
1 .iock of these inimical" cusses strollea
ntu every body's gizzard and turneu
mem into essayists or novelties or
crooks. By what a world it wouid be.
.lOWever, now that the doctor has put;
.is w ise to the fact that We are really !
-it the mercy of the mighty host oi
jaterial forms, perhaps some one will,
discover a means of making us 1m-1
mune to all that class which may be!
mnsidered deleterious or belter still
.each us how to select that particular
ariety conducin'. e to what we want to
ce and show us how to cultivate them.
—
GROSS MISDEMEANOR.
(Boston Transcript.)
Under the heading "Women Who
nave okj, mo oense of Propriety’’’ the
Berlin newspaers publish the followins
report of me proceedings in the local
police court: “Gertrude G., Frieda G
of Oberschonewolde. and Frau Hel
ene F., of Neukoln, stopped the boat In
which they were rowing on the river
■Spre, near Oberschonewolde, and
waved their hands to English prison
ers of war sitting on the river bank.
The women were convicted of "gross
.nisdeim unor,'" and ordered tu pay u
mu* of 30 marks or bo to prison for:
three days. FurthermuiV. the chief
magistrate of Oberschoneweide has
published the particulars of this cun
duct in the local olflelal gazetW! giving
the names of the women in tyll.
TUNNEL FROM DENMARK
TO SWEDEN
t Popular Mechanics.)
Plans are being made by the gov-1
ernments of Denmark and Sweden for
a tunnel under the narrow thannel
that separates these countries. Al
hough this is not nearly as blf a Job
is the proposed tunnel under the Eng
Ish channel. It will be like it in on j
.'espect, as the stratum through which j
• t will be driven is the same kind ofj
Impervious gray chalk that underlies
the English channel. The greatest
depth below the sea will be about one >
! hundred feet. It is estimated that the1
unnel will cost about $25,00^00, and,
;hat it will require five years*to com
plete it.
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ANGRY LETTERS.
This ftt least should be a rule
through the letter writing world—that
no angry letter be posted till four-und
twenty hours shall have elapsed since'
it was written. We all know howl
absurd is that other rule, of saying)
the alphabet when you are angry.
Trash! Sit down and write your let-!
ter; write it with all the venom In!
your power; spit out your spleen at
the fullest; 'twill do you good. You '
ihink you have been injured; say all
that you can say with all your pois-1
oned eloquence, and gratify yourself
by reading it while your temper is |
still hot. Then put it in your desk;
and, as a matter of course, burn it be
fore breakfast the following morning.
Believe me that you w'ill then have a
double gratification.—Anthony Troi
lope.
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See the marked Cabaret dancers at
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