Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-08-19

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I saw donkey, Staggering under losd
4, for three. in broiling sun. IL passed
our fountain and turned TO drink. The
man rrudging the moment, gave the don
key push that sent il with crash on The
hard stones. crushed under its load,
s,ls.eding 81 the hose from thirst and over
enersion Maddened by the loss OF time
this would entail. the owner jumped upon
It's head and tried 10 stamp its brains ous
with his wooden boots. The servants,
hearing the noise and seeing what was
about thought the human brute had at
tackled me. and set upon him like hornets.
did not stop them till he had received his
deserts. Then we obliged him To unload
his donkey. % let the beast drink, 10 wash
It's wounds, and To wait while ii ate bar
ley from my stable. / also sent servant
on horseback 10 tell the whole story 10 his
master. The fellow had acted, In fact, as
Lancashire "purrcr'' treats his wife.
A man brought me his fayorite cat, with
back and hind quarters crushed by q boy,
and asked me IL had any medicine 70 cure
IL. / said:
" Do let me have is killed; one Of my
servants will blow its brains Quit is hor-
ribly cruel to keep ii alive one moment.
May God forgive you such sinful
ness 90 he replied. 81 will put 1t in
room and let ii die its natural death"
(starvation).
Half an hour afterward / saw that the
boys were torturing ii in the street.
sent servant to bring 1t in and 10 dis
patch il with bullet. The man was very
much shocked.
A boy brought donkey to water at the
fountain near our house 1t was evidently
worn out with fatigue and thirst and had
either strained back or disease in the
loins, 50 that the suspicion Of anything
touching its back was terror 10 it. Ev-
cry time the poor beast put down its
head TO drink the boy touched the tender
place with a switch, which made the
whole body culver II might have been a
cabman establishing a +" raw" | called a
servant, who took the donkey away let
ting II first eat and drink, and sent il back
10 the master. The boy was never sent
again.
| saw girl Of about twelve or thirteen
jumping on a nest of kittens on the road
size, evidently enjoying the distressing
mewing Of the mother have often seen
boys steal pups in the mothers absence,
carry them away perhaps for a quarter Of
an hour, play az ball with them on the
hard stones and throw them down MANNED
and 10 starve | have seen parents give
pups and kittens 10 their children for this
purpose TO keep them quiet
The worst thing saw was not done by
10y or by brutal boor, but by an edu-
Gated man, and, moreover, European, in
charge Of an establishment at Beyrout
He used TO tie up his horse, a good, quiet
beast, and, with COW hide thong, beat
It's head, eyes and the most tender parts
for ten minutes His sister used to ride
the horse, but lately II had become irac-
tious and ill.tempered through bad usage.
Anyone who understood animals could see
that the poor brute's heart was broken
from beating and starvation, or from ina
bility 10 eat The first time saw this
cruelty :" gave him Bit Of my mind"
My dragoman (Mulhem Wardi) held me
back
For Gods sake Sitti, don't speak to
him; he will strike you he is mad
man"
/ begged him 10 consider his country,
his profession, the European name before
natives, his pretensions 10 be gentleman
" But look, !" he said, in whining tone /;
"look what the horse is doingr
The poor beast was standing quite quiet,
with despair in its eyes. could not
speak politely.
" You make me sick, sir. Your horse
Is broken. heartfelt hasn't even courage
to kick YOU"
He then said that he was of too nervous
and sensitive disposition and told him
that In that case he ought To be locked up,
for that he was dangerous man TO have
charge Of public institution. / told his
Consul. General what had occurred, and he
agreed with me that IL was a scandal that
panied the whole community; but II was
not an official matter which could be re-
ported TO the ambassador | heard after.
ward that he had lost his appointment for
roughncss TO those under him. II was a
thousand pities, for he was clever pro.
fessional. heard story that IL not bad
IL true---but will not youch for it--that a
person with sense of humor sent for him,
but put loaded reyolveron the table close
to hand.
What Is that forg" said the horse. tor.
turer.
oh, that" said the person, ''is In case
you get one Of your nervous and sensitive
attacks while you are attending on mep'
II was added that this episode did him
good. From Tho Inner LIFE Of Syria,
Palestine and the Hoy Land
Huber, the younger, one day took an
ants nest 10 populate one of those glass
contrivances which he used for making
his observations, and which consisted Of
sort of glass bell placed over the nest. He
set a, liberty one part Of the apts, which
fixed themselves at the foot Of neigh
boring chestnut tree. The rest were kept,
during four months, In the apparatus, and
nj HE end of this time Ii mar rnn,,oI IL.