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lJJ4PJ herself, through The T. L. V. Day Book. CONCERNING ENLISTMENT. There are many things to be said against enlistment, the main factor being the brutal domineering that the under man is compelled to en dure, which is not in accord with the principles of the stars and stripes. Discipline is a necessity; law and or der is a necessity. When those things exist in the planetary world they likewise apply to us on this plane of manifestation, but that does not necessarily mean that one man should, by reason of his having one or more stripes, lord it over the other or abuse his rank. The war and previous wars have shown, just as in business, trades and professions, that out of the ranks comes the man with the brains, intelligence and reasoning capacity who is far superior to those in authority, whether it be man or woman. The great persoajs gener ally the most modest and humble, which is the very reason of their strength and mental capacity, or mental and physical combined. So much against enlistment. On the other hand, it would be sheer madness not to be able to protect and defend ourselves against invasion- As coming events cast their shadows before, it is not hard to wit ness the affairs of nations that were and are; nor to realize that within the next few years we will be forced to defend ourselves, not alone against invaders, but against inter nal enemies as welL Westward is the trend of civiliza tion. Civilization follows the, course of the sun. - Here it will eventually become a realization. Eventually, but ere that time comes, wars also follow the course of the sun, and what is now happening across the waters we should prepare against. If all nations disarmed, then we, as a nation, would follow suit, but as long this land it should be enough to con vince its inhabitants that prepared ness is the -only thing to be rehed upon. Beg, pray, sign all papers if needs be, but have your eyes open and "keep your powder dry." P. M. VIVISECTION NECESSARY. The protest against vivisection raised by C. F. Hunt in an article which ap peared last week in these columns is typical of the anti-v'visectionists. Most of these persons are "reform ers" who have never seen an opera tion on a lower animal and haven't the slightest idea why such opera tions are performed. They have an exceedingly vague notion that an ani mal is strapped to a table and a group of happy, care-free students take turns torturing the animal with long, mysterious instruments, to see which of them can cause the great est pain. They believe that the sole motive of vivisection is to cause amusement for the operators, who, they seem to believe, are heartless brutes. If one were to say that the vivisec tors are almost invariably good hearted, thorough ladies or gentle men of the utmost kindness, the vivi secttonists would deride this as non sense. To realize that vivisectors are kind-hearted persons you need only ask yourself: "Who is the kindest person I know?" The answer will generally be, your family doctor, for the man or woman who has seen much pain is kind. Compare an el derly physician of your acquaintance with a younger one or with a medical student You will immediately see the truth of the above statement Vivisection is not performed by cruel brutes, but by conscientious men who have the interests of hu manity at heart. Many of the tri umphs of science are directly attrib utable to a single vivisection. The antitoxin for diphtheria, for instance, is derived from blood- drawn from a living horse. Thousands of human AS XS ar -r-jast foalnnRly .against I lives. can-hesaved-1bvrthis antitoxin.