The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-27
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DARN NTH DISCRIMINATION.
Darn f1i,'' said a distinguished
bald-headed scientist, and so saying
vainly brought a heavy hand down on
the spot on his bald headed head where
the fly that called forth this scientific
dictum had been gaily prancing. This
iutterance met the, blind acceptance due
any scientific declaration, and has ever
since passed for an expression of both
scientific and gospel truth. Darn a
fir goes, just as does the declaration
that there are 100000, 900 deadly mi
crobes in lovers kiss. But, like all
other general opinions and maledic-
lions, it should be inquired into. 1t
may be that 1t is too general and too
sweeping, and contains too much of
the personal element or equation or
whatever it is that sometimes creeps
into and weakens scientific thought. 1t
is possible that all flies should not be
darned even at time like this which
seems to be all flies, In support of
this doubt the performance of fly
observed yesterday may be cited. A
fly, reckless and giddy with love, fell
into a glass of water, just as many a
man reckless and giddy with love has
fallen into deep waters, Tt struggled
strongly for awhile, and a kind hearted
man who doesn't know that the life of
fly isn't as important to a fly as the
life of a man is to man picked it out
Of the water and gave 1t a chance to
live and love again. 1t laid down
awhile to rest and repent, Just as a
man would in like circumstances, and
then the instinct which bids both the
fly and the man to keep moving assert
ed itself, and after many curious and
woful contortions and groanings that
could not be uttered so as to be heard
LIE Sdduetieu ny maui dill attempt
to move on. 1t stood up totteringly,
rubbed its legs and body with It's legs
and with the things that it keeps cross
ling and increasing. After awhile it
began to slowly and painfully
walk, with occasional falls and
slow stand-ups While thus brave
lily struggling its condition attract
ed the attention of another fly, perhaps
a member of the Society of Fly En-
deavorers, or of the Fly Society for The
| Giving of First Aid to the Injured. But
| member or no member, the other fly
Twas truly benevolent and helpful. II
walked up to the struggling and toiling
brother or sister fly, with good will in
| all its movements. 1t took hold of the
struggling fy's legs, and pulled them
just as a good physician might pull
| legs that needed pulling for the reduc.
| tom of compound, comprehensive ana
| combobulated dislocations. It pulled
and patted and peked and encouraged
| When the struggling one walked sat
isfaction in the benevolent one was Wis
/ ible to the naked eye. When the strug
| ling one fell down the benevolent one
would rush to the rescue and go through
the pulling and the patting and thu
poking and the encouraging process
Soon the sympathy and skill began L
tell. The falls became fewer and tht
Istand-ups longer and more sturdy. Ant
after awhile the saved one spread it.
/ gauzy wings and flew slowly away
probably only to fall again into low
and deep water, regardless of expert
enee and the wisdom that is in tn,
proverbs of Solomon, and, for all w
know, in the proverbs of flies. And a,
it flew away the helpful one stood look
ing at it with joy shining forth from
every one of its multitudinous eyes.
Darn a fiji" is impressive when re
garded as the utterance of a bald-head
ed scientist, but there are flies tina
ought not to be Unfortunately darned
just as there are human beings VIII
ought not to be regarded with the gen
eral and indiscriminate pessimisr
which is apt to affiict those who hav
had what they call experience.
ANOTHER LABOR LAW ILLEGAL.
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