Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
HAVE ANIMALS
A CONSCIENCE?
q Seeming Sense ofSnamc and
Justice Often Noticeable in
Domesticated Species.
CAPABLE Or DEVOTION
Mules ca Trar,ways E2gc sven BEEN
Known 10 Rebel Against Making
horo Than Customary Mum
5er % Daily Trips.

And now they say luimalI know riGht
flom wrong. and that even in i puppy,s
breast Is kinGled that spar!, of divine
fire. "a conscience.
The beastS o. ,ha field have eaten
% the fruit OF The trco OF the knowledge
OF good and Ell. That they are en-
pable o~flovinS and devct!nc themselves
10 those they love n that they offer
models OF maternal ana coniugal af-
lection. has long been admitted. and
today they are credited with expres-
SioEs with some notion, however OBJ
scGre and imperfect, OF good and evil
~ merit and jemerit, of Justice and in
SuStice. There Is a familiar anecdote
from the naturalist, Eomafies. about his
dog, which never stole a thin@ In his
life, save once, and then under these
circumstances:
\ day wnen he Nas hungry says
MS master, he seized a outlet froi, he
table n carried under the sofa. I
was witness to this fact. bat pretended
! q seen nothing, ana The culpril
remained some minutes under tire sofa.
divided between the desire To assuagc
his hunger and the sentiment or dpty
The latter finally t~riuInphed, aud the
dog deposited at my feet the outlet
which he stolen. This done. he TO-
turned 10 conceal himself under tine
SOFA, whence no appeal could make him
emerge. In vain | patted his head, the
only effect OF this "%ress YVES to make
INN turn his face with an mir ON CEN
triton that was truly comical.
n Slves particular value to this
example, concludes Romano, is that the
dog in question lad never been beaten.
80 that IL could not have been fear al
corporal punishment which actu1led
him. In him there seems 10 be an ami
mai That knows what he owes Ca am
other. There are also animals which
know what is due them. It has often
been stated that certain beasts have n
precise idea Of what can be oXacted
from them without Injury, ana that
they ask liz their own way TO be lin
lied TO their proper obligations. Tho
mules on tranways i'm New Orleans
have to make their trip five times in
succession. They go our times without
any manifestations of rebellion, but at
the end of the fourth round began 10
bray.
To wrong one. 20 render unto each
his own, 20 receive according 90 ones
deserts. is only the negative Of The
moral code. Above the duties of justice
are those of charity, the formula OF
which is this: do unto others as you
would that do unto YOU Whether ami
mails attain to his stage IGay be par
TALLY judged oy n scene the theater OF
which was a large Partisan
A little blank-and-white dog was
thrown into the cage of a lioness
Constantine. Terrified and
trembling in all his limbs. the dog tried
10 hide in Il corner. The lioness slowly
rose and approached the poor beast.
which uttered a plaintiye cry, regard
ms her with an appealing look. The
lioness TRANQUILITY returned to her re-
without injuring the little dog.
at meal time the lioness' ration OF
meat was tossed into the cage. She
left q part for her little companion.
Some days later the dog ate his meals
with her, and q week later he flung
himself OF the dinner. When autumn
arrived the dog thought It seemly to
the nights between the lioness'
paws. the climax in II beautiful example
of clerneacy and hospitality. The hero
animal can even yanquish his instinct
pride, pardon his injuries and yoluu-
tarily offer reconciliation.