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Show Hlney LKKGfi, the cek'hr.tud ini-mani.cr, ini-mani.cr, is delivering lectures on "Our SpeechleW Slaves." lie spoke in St. Louia l:it S.it:inl:iy night, to a very large aiiilien- e. At tiic conclusion conclu-sion of tlic lecture a law was drawn up for the prevention of cruelty to animals. The a t i to be presented to the State Legi.-I ilniv at once and its adoption ing'.d. It pruvidt& .".gainst over -driving. oer-luading, torturing, tor-turing, or cruelly beating any living creature; prohibits bull or bear baiting, bait-ing, dog u: c.j:k lighting , and other description of brutal "sport; '' authorizes the police to kill agrxl OJ-crippled OJ-crippled animals who have been abandoned aban-doned by their owners; and permit., any member of the society to arrest, or cause to be arrested, every brute in human form found violating the provisions pro-visions of the act. St. Louis undertook under-took to secure the p.L-;;igc uf an anli-e'ruelly anli-e'ruelly to r.niuKils laiv in the winter of IS70, but .-ailed thiough toiue interrupting in-terrupting side i;a;e. There is every reason lu CApect success in the present pres-ent attempt. Henry Bergh has been incessant, in simmii ;uk1 out of scaoon, in his labors to protect the dumb beast, and his e florid have been oi'intiniie benefit in cultivating the morals of many a brutal community. com-munity. A f.-wsncii men introduced into tho ranks of the blood-thirty ravages of Cuba and Spain migiit, altera cenluiy or two of patiently p-T-.evcriiig cflOrl, tiled sulllcicnt re-Ibnu re-Ibnu lo make l.'io rulliajily Il,,iW ail honor to s-x'i-ly. AfUr Cuba is ;iu-nexetland ;iu-nexetland the bulehcr J;inid hung, Bcrgh might make that island Ihe scene of his animal winter labors in . ihtt cui-.e of hu'uanii J |