The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-23

crime The BuudhiStS and RrahmauS
OF India believe that animals have
souls which are reborn again on the
enth in like manner with the souls of
huuau beings, If n horse suddenly
without any apparent cause, turns upon
man and bites or kicks and tramules
him TO death, the Buddhist saws it is
because the man tortured the brute in
apa,t incarnation, filled its 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, it is a thousand
pt.e> that so called civilized white
people could not believe it too, for then
Tie 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 eruelties 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 Tie children that kicks, cuffs,
" burns starvation and thirst hurt the
animal exactly as much as they hurt
The human.
i tao history of every murderer
could be traced back TO his childhood,
il world be found nearly always that
he was boy who stoned cats and
Clicked dogs, who neglected to give food
and drink to helpless dumb animals
fastened up so they could not get it for
themselves.
The other day a lady saw a horse
attached to a heavy wagon that was
stopped near drinking trough. The
poor horses mouth was parched with
uirst, he was painting and quivering
VIII the heat, he was striving desper-
alely to reach the water, but the check
len prevented. The fat brute of
oFver sat upon his perch too lazy to
uescend 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-
GENTLY and said, Miss, you tend to
your business and I'll tend to mine,
%e' And the wretched, suffering
lOrse got no drink. But the lady went
@once and Joined the Society For Pre-
'entlon Of Cruelty to Animals and got
oauge showing her to be member
=" It. Next time she sees human
IolSIer refusing water to thirsty
horse she will show him that badge
auu he will be forced to loosen the
'Aeckrein or be arrested. The dumb
No'eSt Of that one tortured horse did
sOu 10 his suffering brothers, anyhow.
" The two legged beast who drove
we Tour footed one had his story told
nOm clidho0d. no doubt it would be
"uuu That when his mother moved
way from one house to another she
wy the family cat to starve in the
'Huoheu home or to be stoned TO
t'a'n by street boys. Probably. too,
woman teScher wore upon her hat
~ lender breast of rare plumaged
az Torn from it to satisfy the within
moody, awful fashion. Perhaps
w. uS grown up sister wore fur boa,
"u 'Ae head natural and lifelike, of
4.''A or a fox dangling from it for
aueht Ornament! Heaven have
NV on the children whose mothers,
r rruerS ana sisters do these things!
pV'uan tender hearted? Woman mer-
Never say it again. And you,
T., 'Oueh' do look beyond your noses
see these crimes you are response
h, WI You will answer for them so
w as justice reigns.
Nm Hnssfe IS no society for the preven-
l..,, VI cruelty to animals In your
M sn1oofnood, form one. Let the chill
N, VINO can learn the most concern
1e uaOits and anatomy of animals,
u Lie'hods of treatment best adapted
w., ~em' be the banner members. 1t
ssa mat If all the cats and dogs
,s,,, aHowed to live earth would be
@ls, u with them, but for your own
O.. SakeS teach children that the way
b,srs fu Of these is not to stone and
I'M - ana kick them to death, but to
tos a,ln out quickly and painlessly by
sNna lg or by chloroform. In most
olsas' uere are now societies that, If