The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-01-06

Ell with dactyls and spondees, with
dust and the British Museum, and
With secondhand bookstores. In
time TO come, Wilbur Wright may
be just as heroic, just az mythical
and just as theatrical . figure, and
good peoplenay despise ssgoodpeo-
plefor their interestiu him. BUTT
is doubtfulwhether an ything said OF
him will improve on the famous
lament: "Ah, Sir Lanneelotl there
thou lest. And pow I dare to cay
thou yest never matched Of nons
earthly knights hand. And thoa
vert the coprteousest knight thai
ever bare shield; and thou vert the
|truest friend to thy lover that ever
bestrode horse; and thou vert the
truest lover, Of q sinful man, that
ever loved woman ;and thou vert the
kindest man that ever struck with
sword. And thou vert the good
hest person that ever came among
press of knights. And thou vert
the meekest man, and the gentlest,
that ever ate in hall among ladies.
And thou vert the sternest knight
to thy mortal foe that ever put
spear in the rest"
The ANTI-vIyIsEcTIoN cause suf-
fers always from its noisiest sup
porters. According to these, med
ical science has learnt nothing,
either by vipisection or by any
other means. They grow SO hot
endeavoring to prove that, while
every other science is making rapid
strides, medicine is standing still,
as to defeat their own attentions
and to make out a strong case for
Everything they attack. To restrict
viyisection to competent and quail
fled operators is right and expe-
dent; to pry too closely into their
oper is neither. The
first of all concerns for man is
man: anything that benefits him,
however Indirectly, is ultimately
good thing for all life on the plan
ct. To put down with firm hand
| all abuse of animals does not con-
| hict at all with this theory; for no.
body gets any solid advantage out
LOT u horse (or mule, either, for
| that matter,) by overworking or
ill.treating him. There have been,
it cannot be denied, revolving cruel
ties perpetrated in the name Of
SCIENCE; but they are not the rule.
Torture without any compeDsating
advantage is so evidently unscien-
, tific, that even the most attacked
sivisector must pretend at least a
passion for Investigation. Torque-
NADIA and Co. had to mingle certain
amount of religion with their in-
genious devices, and their descend
: ants should be similarly compelled
5 to show qualification. It is to the
|outsider a nasty business; but so is
| the whole art of medicine. The
lawyer deals with the waste places
of the soul; the doctor with those
e of the body. Who shall say which is
s the most hardening trade, or which
is the most noble and necessary
On the lawyers shoulders rests the
whole arch of government, on the
u DOCTORS the whole temple of heal
d ing.
81 THAT American tradespeople do
f not bow on receiving customers
! has always seemed to me one point
= in their favor. There is, as mat
j. ter of fact, more intelligence and
e more true courtesy to the square
It foot in An American shop than in
% a square mile of European stores.
:. When you enter a small store IN
40 an American city, nobody kow-tows
l. to you but nobody wastes your time
D. The man behind the counter is just
70 as eager to sell you something you
=. don't want as his confrere in Eu-
:, rope, but he understands your needs
- better. The reason for this is thai
Us there is not an iota of disgrace con.
," nected with the idea Of selling
at goods, and that therefore mucf
az more intelligence is directed tothi'
- end. In everything concerning
10 buying and selling. America is
y. hundred years ahead of Europe
er inst as in certain other directions
an the positions are reversed. Their
n is energetic intelligence i'll London
: but very little of it goesinto selling
goods. The richest shopkeepe
es +horo hos no social positiOn: ant