Show D L e s from jm dogs mugs I 1 9 s we may learn a good lesson from our good friend the dog now and then said a man who i ho is always befriending fri ending members of the canine tribe to a new orleans times democrat writer and e should remember the fact at times when wo we are inclined to quarrel with some of the more worthless members already we have learned a lesson in constancy of f friendship me from the dog and men of letters have scarcely praised the virtues of mankind more than they have praised this virtuous attribute of the dog the dog is a good friend to 0 o his master a faithful companion who shares his masters mastors fortune whatever wha teve it may be no dog do was over ever known to desmit his mast master e r because fortuno fortune or fate had shifted from the palace to the hovel from affluence to grinding poverty the dog will remain fast when other friends higher in the scale of animal development will devert and pull away to where the pastures are greener but I 1 was thinking more particularly of another good example which humankind may find in the dogs conduct and it i 1 a lessen lesson which we may ponder with profit at this season of the year when ones diet becomes of so much importance in the maintenance of health despite a popular belief to the contrary did you know it is a fact that a dog rarely eats cats more moro than his stomach can handle did you know that dogs as a rule eat cat very lightly and very discreetly when they are si sick ck I 1 whether V I 1 aether you know it or not it is a fact and it Is something that we cant say of man at least wo we cant crant say as much for all men dogs seem to know intuitively what Is good for them the they know when they are sick that they must eat lightly and be careful about the kind of food they eat cat nature after all seems to take talie pretty good care of the tile creatures though nature kills dogs just as she kills other things in her vast domain |