The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-11-08
TRAINING PUSSY.

crime. The Buddhists and Brahmans
of India believe that animals have
souls which are reborn again on the
earth In like manner with the souls Of
human beings. If horse suddenly,
without any apparent cause, turns upon
a man and bites or kicks and tramples
him to death, the Buddhist says it is
because the man tortured the brute in
past incarnation, filled it's animal soul
with thoughts of fear and revenge,
which never left it until it was able to
wreak its vengeance long after, for
Hatred ceases not with hatred.
Sounds fanciful and silly, does it, the
Buddhist idea? Well, 1t is a thousand
pities that so called civilized white
people could not believe it too, for then
the hearts of really civilized white
people would not be narrowed up day
by day with OutrageS and awful cruel
ties they can do nothing to prevent
You never thought of it probably, but
women are the ones directly RESPONSE
bic for cruelties practiced upon cats
and dogs, upon horses, birds and cattle
and all the tortured live stock process
sion that follows wailing and crying
in the wake of the human race.
Mothers and women teachers could de-
velop the tenderness that is latent In
the soul of every child. They could
show the children that kicks. cuffs,
burns, starvation and thirst hurt the
animal exactly as much as they hurt
the human.
If the history of every murderer
could be traced back to his childhood,
1t would be found nearly always that
he was boy who stoned cats and
kicked dogs, who neglected to give food
and drink to helpless dumb animals
fastened up so they could not get it for
themsel, es
The other day a lady saw a horse
attached to heavy wagon that was
stopped near a drinking trough. The
poor horses mouth was parched with
thirst, he was painting and quivering
with the heat. he was striving desper-
ately TO reach the water, but the check
rein prevented. The fat brute Of
driver sat upon his perch too lazy to
descend and loosen the rein
DO give that horse his head so he
can get drink" said the lady. The
TWO legged brute leered at her impu-
IDENTITY and said, Miss, you tend to
your business and I'll tend to mine,
seeY' And the wretched, suffering
horse got no drink. But the lady went
ut once and Joined the Society For Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals and got
badge showing her to be member
or It, Next time she sees q human
monster refusing water to a thirsty
horse she will show him that badge
and he will be forced to loosen the
checkrein or be arrested. The dumb
protest OF that one tortured horse did
good to his suffering brothers, anyhow.
III the two legged beast who drove
the four footed one had his story told
from childhood. no doubt it would be
round that when his mother moved
away from one house to another she
LETT the family cat to starye In the
abandoned home or to be stoned to
death by street boys Probably. too.
MS woman teacher wore upon her hat
Tue tender breast of rare plumaged
Dird' torn from it to satisfy the within
OF bloody. awful fashion. Perhaps.
too' his grown up sister wore a fur boa.
win the head. natural and lifelike. of
mink or fox dangling from it for
ornament. Ornament! Heaven have
mercy on the children whose mothers.
teachers and sisters do these things!
Woman tender hearted? Woman mer-
ciful? Never say 1t again. And you.
% women. do look beyond your noses
and see these crimes you are response
Bile for! You will answer for them so
sure as justice reigns.
IL there is no society for the preven-