Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-25
OF the work has been accomplished, and ceaseless
vigilance, that IL be not ufdoRe is what is chiefly

OF the work has been accomplished, and ceaseless
vigilance that It be not undoRe, is what is chiefly
TO the friends OF dumb humanity the future
looks bright, and all OF them cherish conviction
mat the day Will yet arrive when men shall have
50 lar overcome the brutal In their nature that
cruelty to animals may be reckoned among those
things which are past
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, (AiiSs Georgia Lane princ-
pal,) CORA PAXTON, 1923 II street northwest
man born without heart should have been
born without the use OF his right hand. "Alas,"
you say, "the world would be left handed" Dex-
ter1ty Is not virtue, and the mute appeal OF our
suffering and wronged animals is "more heart,
less whip.n
In the countries OF the far east, where the Indus
lends its name to the soil it washes, animal
worship is fort for dumb brutes A man cannot
strike so numerically at a beast when he thinks
that 1t probably contains the soul OF his grand
mother, or that some day, In one OF its kind, his
own soul will begin again its wanderings for a
From the appearance OF some OF OUR commission
houses on market day, one would suppose that we
calf or chicken embodied the soul of mother-tn-
law stone heart must surely melt to see that
STOCK OF living ware. Here a ptfful calf, half
ch0ked by the rope, stands tied to post There
box or fowls nearly smOthered, all Of them,-and
some with bleeding heads that tell OF fearful peck
"Do you ever eat pork with conjunction ?" I
asked corpulent red-faced dealer one morning.
Why no" he said laughing; "pOrk is better with
animals we rob our own pockets" "Yes, but you
enrich your life with that which is better than
rubies or precious stones" think this last re-
mark was lost, for when turned the dealer was
fowls were dear"
The poets sing beautiful songs OF the eentle-eyed
cow reveling in beds of clover and sweet-scented
blossoms. ! lOnged for one of those poets last
spring. Several OF us went beyond the boundaries
or Washington to hunt for arbutus. On bare
and rocky hill we saw an exceedingly bony COW
theme for Homer or Shakespeare. She could
not no. walk, and lay with her head down the hill
Plying looks and kind words availed nothing, so
we hurried on to spring near by, where a man
was burning brush. We told him his cow was
dying I'VE thought SOY, and he rushed franticaIly
up the hill. Some OF US were ungenerous enough
to wonder If the suffering COW or his Washington
milk customers had most moved his heart
The boy Is father OF the man. Now Ii you have
ever wondered why man mfStreatS animals in
ferior to him, go back through the corridors OF
tlme thirty or forty years. to that ragged, shaggy
headed boy, who has in the space of eight years
thrown one million OF stones at half million OF
cats, tied tin pans innumerable to the tails OF in
nocent dogs, and heaped Goals OF fire on the backs
or defenceleSs turtles Go back as you would go
toward the fountain head to know the cause Of
muddy stream.
rom crowd OF boys on corner made me look for
the cause OF their merriment In the midst of
When he attempted to escape he was caught and
thrown back. At last one OF the boys caught him
and ran. ran of down the street: 'W6at do you ask
for your dog" inquired. as passed him on the
next corner, where he stood holding his charge by
the head 'sDogs is up,' he replied, with ali the
suav1ty OF salesman. He at last decided that ten
cents were worth more than even ten dogs. and
carried my prize away in triumph. What should
l do with him? Put him out to board? No!
ing it, much to my relief he trOtted of down the
street '-o
There is little boy in Washington that drives
goat IN wagon. From the way he treats his
goat, III twenty years from now he will be- know
a terror to the brute creation. l hope that boy
will deem it better for his health to travel. We
we all Know reform Is needed. We see 1t and
1eel lt every day. Let us not, however, pOunce
down on cur pleban. but lock to our ,patrician.
l can see from my window coachman rushing
his horse frantfcally down the street The Occ,i-
pant must have ordered it, He may be a repre-
sent tive or the fashionable world or he may be a
Cabnet member who fingered so long over a choice
OF cravtS that he must Kill either his horses or his
Teput ltlon as man of his word. He prefers the
former, and his horses suffer. His sin Is equal
WIN that of the Street-car driver, who laSheS his
horse because the poor thing slipped on the ice.
BACK TO our patricianS! Watch that daintily-
dressed lady standing on the corner. She sees the
passenger about ten steps behind her stop the car
she can get in with the physical exertion Of few
steps but she does not and the horse twice starts
loaded car. II you have ever carried "A bucket
OF water up hill. and set it down to rest your
self, you know how the horse feels
Our lady IS In the car now, and with her dear
niue poodle dog OF the seat by her, she iuagines
herself a profession OF the animal Kingdom. Her
SIN Wouid balance the scale II weighed with that
Of an Old negro man whom saw on Sd street one
day. A miserable, bony horse was vainiy endeay-
o9rln@ to draw load sufficient for two strong
horses. "What are you abusing that horse for?n
asked with all the wrath could summon claw
sy, Missy, | amt ,busln' dis horse,-bless you,
You ry H 1 to m b OF fo our Mh
life amt trien to XIII him, but thot he gwine
70 dle, ana wants TO get all de work Outen him
1t Is hard TO set down rules by which to treat our
OruteS II all the men and ladies' were good, then
might we say, "Follow the dictates of your con
SCIENCE" but a conscience is such why little
machine we might better not say that.
red ant last night crawled over the 1eaves Of
my book, right across as If attracted to 1.-THE
picture 81 magnetic needle. NV first impnise
was to knock it off, and then saw a small island
In the pleasant waters OF the IIIgean sea and
ZeuS, the shining god Of light. was Transforming
nnhdredS or small ants into fierce, bold Warriors
Teen Achilles came, and they followed him to lay
siege to mighty Troy. Wondered ifmy little friend
on the book were suddenly to become a myrmidOn
II would attempt to crush it. rather thought
should not, and the American SOlOn kept It's life
God no more made the higher animal to abuse the
lower animal than he made the white man to
abuse the black man.
II you want to know how to treat an animal. nut
yourself in its place. But" you say, IL do net
them all am kind to the dogs. We have a par
rot, watch SANDER but never strike. What 1asre
90 you Wish ?" There Is the busy rolling water OF
the ocean huTry1ng to the clouds, then dashing to
earth again, carrying the wealth OF mountains to
barren helds and making the earth better for its
calm, making the world something better without out
An exertion You are the lake Be a torrent, and
Wneh BoreaS blows his Shrtll whistle take yesr
cloak about you and sally forth. Be accompanied
oy your heart, and, II you have one, your
purse. Open your heart and your purse will fy
open with it. Do not imagine yourself a Jehn
Gilpin, or Don QuiXOte, or even an Alfred the
Greaa, but simply IN American citizen on an
GRAND or justice. Lookout for speeches. antmals
paupefS, Tor 'beggar that Is dumb, you knew
may challenge double pity" II you be a Greek
remember a horse took Troy. II you be an Ar,eri,
Can, remember a horse saved Caelar Creek See
The troops collected near Winchester. Watch Early
driving them from their camp In the grey light OF
the morning. Listen to the echo OF a far-aWAy
moor. Hear 1t growing louder and louder till horse
ana rlder rush to the front. Sheridan wore the
NsAefs OF that victory. Let you and me make q
wreath frem the leaves OF kindness for tho horse
You may think the shifting wOolly cur OF no
value whatever, but it bears the image OF these
noble st. Bernard dogs that at this very mOmtnt
are battling with the cold blast for men of yOur
race ana nation Give the cur a bone for the sake
or your beGefactOr. You say, ''That will do theO-
rtacaly; the horse Is good and gentle; kindness
Will rule IT.; harness your theory with mule and
your re4nS will sson be fragments" The theory is
not NEVER strike; never be angry" The Bible
says BE angry, but sin not" Scion said. s.Be
moderate" You follow the blackSmith's motto
and strike when the iron is hot. Wait I'LL YOU
nave mastered your temper, then master your
Drute remembering always to take the same
means TO DO SO that you would take il YOU knew
the animal would walk up the aisle OF your church
on sunday morning anu read your record OF the
past week.
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