The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04
KANSAS COMMENT
DON'T BE cRIJEg. 70 ANIMAL

DON'T BE CRUEL TO ANIMALS.
IN cincinnati several wealthy
ladies, fmbued with the spirit of the
DAY. arranged Christmas tree for
their feline and canine pets. They
gave parties to which the animals
were invited, the ladies acting as
chaperons for their pets. OF course
the trees were laden with such pretty
RIBBONS and dainty morseIs as well
groomed cats and dogs could appre-
clate. fortunately there were no
mar the tranquility of the occasion.
If an occasional child intruded in this
arlstocratic circle, it was turned over
10 the nurse to mind while the i'm
poTIant junction was in progress.
The optimist will rejoice at this
evidence of humane growth among
the rich. He will point to the COM
mon herd who treat their dogs and
cats with ordinary attention only,
poor animals eat such food as the
household has left, forcing them to
the second table as it were Did
these lovely Cincinnati danes do a
Ihey gave OF the choicest to their
pets, allowing the remnants to go to
some poverty stricken children in an
other neighborhood
There are many dogs and cats in city
and country alike that serve their
masters faithfully, the dogs watching
the homes and guarding the children,
the cats keeping the pantry clear of
mice, and all they get for it is lodging
and coarse food, the lodging fire.
quently the stable and the food bones
which the children have already
picked.
But in Cincinnati. be it thankfully
noted. are cats and dogs which re-
ceive the tenderest care and prove
that humanity is gradually learning to
treat the animal kingdom with the
most loving kindness.
Such tender solicitude for the dumb
brutes, assiduousIy cultivated, cannot
help leading gradually to the
amelioration of child life, and in time
the poor children of Cincinnati will be
as tenderly nurtured as the dogs and
cats.-Wichita Eagle.
GRIPPING THE OCTOPUS.
For many years the trusts found
the travelling easy. They journeyed
through pleasant dells and shady
lanes and by the murmuring waters;
but recently their path has lain
through gravel pits and on steep
mountainsides and perilous places;
and ever and anon trust loses its
footing and goes shrieking into the
abyss.
The fight against the trusts has
been hard one. for these great
combinations have been like a we'll
defended city; all the outworks have
lawyers have stood upon the battle
ments defying the foe. Reverses
were expected by the besiegers, and
reverses came: skirmishes were lost,
but the battle went on and now the
victories begin to come to those out
side the walls. They are minor vic
tories so far, but they give heart and
comfort to the fighters and are pro-
phetic of greater triumphs.
The trusts are doomed the term
trusts being meant to designate
those combinations which have no
respect for laws, which operate upon
the principle that they can buy i'm
munity from punishment, and which
ruin competition and thus destroy
honest men.
They are doomed, because the peo-
pie have learned heW to fight them,
and SO the people will continue to
elect aggressive. ambitious, honest
men TO represent them in the courts.
The great victory in Missouri would
not have been possible had the pros
ecuting attorney been languid or in
different or incapable. Such men as
Hadley are breaking up dllegal COM
binations, and sending rascals to |
prison, all over this country: and |
men of their character and fearless |
ness, with varying degrees of ability, |
may be found in every community, |
and will be found, since the people |
have begun to look for them.-Em- |
poria Gazette.