The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-28
sT0RIEs OF rs:

eSTO RIEs @ rs
b. poe thai sToeE BUT ONCE AND
7Hs:a RERENTEO.
Crow. Il JuEic8aI coareas7o-. Pas~
and Execute sentence ON caIprIts
os 1..hefr Trihe-@Puppy and Lion
THAT Ate and slept ToSesAer-
Aad I.oy they say animals know
right fro:a wong and tlareycn In .
| pur.,;y-s breast Is kindied that spark OF
G:viEe fire. a conscience.
The beasts OF the field have eaten OF
the fruit or lie tree of knowledge OF
sooa and evil That they are capable
OF iovinS aud OF devottnS themselves
TO those they love that they offer
moSeks OF mate-na; and conjnsIl az
lection. has long been adEnfGre<i- and
tods!e they are credited with express
sioas Of some notion. howeEe. obscure
or Imperfect, OF good and evil OF merit
and GerIcrit. Of Justice and Injustice
There Is !. familiar anecdose from the
naturalist Eonanes about his dog.
which never stole a tlinsf IN his lie
s:.vc orce and then under these cir
crna$t9nces:
-one day when he was hungry, says
his master The seized outlet from
tie 1.1bIe end carried it under Z sofa.
i lr2S witness 70 this fact. but pre-
fenced h&d seen nothing. and the.
cuirrft ,ec1ai1ed some minutes uaae-
the sofa divided between the desire
sto- :r>s<G.aSe his hunger and the Senu-
rtent OF duty The latter finally ri
u1l;<Eed. AID the dog deposited Ct my
feet the cr.tlet which he lad stolen
This done lie returned to conceal him
self under the sofa whence 20 :sppe:li
could make him emerge. Ia yaio
gently p.tsted his head zee only e.
feet OK this c::reSS was to make him
turn his f::cc with an :lir of contrition
that w=is truly carnic:L'
What gives particular value to this
example, concludes -RomaueS- i I4:it
tie dog in question had never been
beaten 50 that il could not have been
fear OF corporal punishment which &C
taated him In him there seems to be
IN animal that knows what he owes
to :I,.oJIer There are also animals
which know what Is due them It has
often been stated that certain beasts
have 4 precise idea Of what can be eX-
acted from ;len1 without injury and
tEat rI>ey ask in their own way TO be
limited 70 their proper obligations.
TIE. e-.;ttte in tie gardens Of Suse-
MorT:iiG-ue says. :Ire used TO turn
large wheels for drawing water Each
is required to make 4 hundred revo1u-
TORS every Gay. They are 50 accuS-
toned TO this number that it Is almost
impossible 20 make them do more and
having. finished their task they stop
short
One day the iIluStriot:S scholar -AraGo
WAS forced by a storm TO take refuge
in q ro1tlhouSc. He was warming HIM
self IN the kitchen when his host went
to put Il chicken on TIE spit This
done, he wished to pick up Z terrier
that w:IS ic The room TO make him turn
the spit but the animal took refuge
under the table. showing his teeth
When -AraSc was aStoniShel ut tie coz
duct OF the dog. Il was explained that
the animal was not altogether in The
wrorS rs it was not his turn to attend
to the spit Another terrier was found
and put to work without protest
When the chicken WAS roasted ol one
side. the cook thought il time to re-
lieve the spit turner. This time the |
dog that had been rebellious caused
no trouble and applied himself TO his I
task. IL it credible that animals rem
der just ice have 4 species OF tribunals
where the accused appear before mag
istrateS: Certain animal tribes pos
SesS :: veritable judiciary Organization
in the image OF those Of human so
cieties.
DR. F:dmoudson. who has made 4
special <study of crows. says that they
hold periodic aSSizcs when the at
fairs of the season are appealed They
gather together IN large numbers for
Il couvoe;,ttou, Among them are some
whoSI. fallen heads indicate accuSI-
tons Others arc grave like judges.
while sill others are motion and clam
or. When the assembly is ended there
Is n general noise. and q little afrcr law
yers. listeners and baiiifiS pounce upon
the two or three prisoners arraiEned
before the bar and ply them with
strokes until death en$ueS.
To wrong no one. 10 render unto
each Lis own. to receive according to
onc's deserts. Is only the negative OF
he moral code. Above the duties OF
Justice are those Of charity. whose for
nula in this: DO unto others az you
Would that they do unto YOU" Whether
,r not animals attain to this stage
nay be partially judged by Il scene