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Show FOR PITY'S SAKE. If there is any one time In the year when dumb nnlmnls are entitled to kindness nnd consideration more than at any other, it Is In the heated period. They feel tho effects of the heat au well as humans, and, like the higher order, hnve less endurance than in tho cooler months, and feel the need of frequent drinks and baths While the hot weather prevails every ev-ery drinking fountnln for horses and dogs should bo running. Horses should not bo compelled to drag moro than one-halt to two-thlrdf ol their usual burdens, should bo provided pro-vided with head covorings, nnd moro than usual attention paid to their food, cleaning and bedding. The dog should havo his bath regularly, reg-ularly, and thnic should always be plenty of fresh told water within reach of It and tho family cnt. It might be added that In tho placing ot vessels containing wntcr on tho sldo-walks sldo-walks near your homo will also prevent pre-vent Hufforlt.g and 'road dog" seir a. footed friends cost us llttlo nnd ar part of that which we owe for their services and affections. Troy Standard Stan-dard Press. n |