The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-02

Perhaps his most popular" essay
and one which has made his name
known to many who had but a vague
notion as to is. identity, is his essay
"Our Friend, the Dog" included in
l"The Double Garden,' but first APP
pearing in this country, in transla-
ton in the Century Magazine. This is
simply unique in its way and it is
hopeless to make. any attempt at des-
cription. 1t is the most delightfully."-
sympathetic appreciation of the noble
qualities of this animal in his close
relationship with man ever written
and is not exceeded by anything
known in the language unless it should
| be by the eXtemperaneous and wholly
unpremeeditate tribute to the faith
| fulness of the dog made by Senator
Vest who died a short time since,
| quoted below:
Some years ago Senator Vest was
travelling through Missouri on private
business. One day he came to a town
that was greatly excited over a dog
case that was on trial in the local
:. court. The senator visited the court
room and found the lawyers for the
plaintiff to be warm friends of his They
invited him to join them in prose-
cutting the slayer of their client s dog,
and he consented. When the evidence
was all in the senator was asked to
make the speech to the jury, and this
is what he said:
"The best friend man has in the
world may turn against him and be-
come his enemy. His son or daughter
that he has reared with loving care
may prove ungrateful. Those who
are nearest ana dearest to us, those
whom we trust with our happiness and
our good name, may become traitors
to their faith. The money that man
has he may lose. It flies away from
him, perhaps when he needs it most.
A mans reputation may be sacrificed
in a moment of ill-considered action.
The people who are prone to fall on
their knees to do do us honor when
success is with us may be the first
to throw the stone Of malice when
failure settles its cloud upon our
heads. The one absolutely unselfsh
friend that a man can have in this
selfish world, the one that never de-
serts him, the one that never
proves unngrateful or treacherous, is
his dog. A mans dog stands by him
in prosperity and in poverty, in
health and in sickness. He will sleep
on the cold ground, where the wintry
winds blow and the snow drives
fiercely, if only he may be near his
masters side. He will kiss the hand
that has no food to offer: he will lick
the sores and wounds that come in
encounter with the roughness of the
world. He guards the sleep of his
pauper master as if he were a prince
When all other friends desert he re-
mains. When riches take wings and
REPUTATION falls to pieces, he is as
constant in his love as the sun in it's
journey through the heavens. If for.
tune drives the master forth an out
cast in the world, friendless and
homeless, the faithful dog asks no
higher privilege than that of accom-
panying him, to guard against danger,
to fight against his enemies. And
when the last scene of all comes, and
death takes the master in it's embrace
and his body is laid away in the cold
ground, no matter if all other friends
pursue their way, there by the grave
side will the noble dog be found, his
head between his paws, his eyes sad,
but open in alert watchfulness,
faithful and true even in DEATH
Then Vest sat down. He had
! spoken in low voice, without a GEES
ture. He made no reference to the
evidence Or the merits of the case.
When he finished the judge and jury
were wiping their eyes. The jury fled
out. but soon entered with verdict
Of $500 for the plaintiff, whose dog
was shot.
The August number of the Fine
Arts Journal presents the usual inter-
esting and varied table of contents.
The editor, Mrs. Marian A. White,
has just returned from western lee
ture engagement during which she
gave twelve morning talks on various
phases of art, with several platform
lectures of a more ambitious charac-
ter, resulting in numerous engage
ments for the coming months through
out the west. The most interesting
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