Life — July 9, 1903 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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An Order of Merit. A SOCIETY ta France for the prevention of cruelty to ant- mals bas founded anorder of merit, insignia of which = are bestowed on = dogs who distin- guish themselves by deeds of bravery. A tastefally designed collar of honour ts awarded. Among the animals decorated, one of the most celebrated 1s Bacchus, a large balidog, whose #pecialty ts to stop runa- way horses by Jumping up and setzing them by the bridie, It is sald that the intelligent beast bas already saved the lives of elght persons in this way. Pataad, another bull* dog, received a collar in 1887 for saving his mts- tress from the attack of @ footpad ; and Turk, ‘& splendid Newfoundland, bas had a similar honour conferred on him for saving three young children from drowning, on as many occasions. —Southern Presbytertan. That is good. Why not establish an order of merit for those humans who now and then the life of a dog? One good turn rves another, Take, for instance, of a parcel of panic-stricken, half-crazy people who are trying to killa dog because they think he has hydrophobia. It is generally the people who are mad, The dog is merely hot and thirsty and trying to get a drink. Moments of History. OLUMBUS, having stepped inno- cently on shore, was promptly stripped and mado to dance a hornpipe to the tune of ‘* Yankee Doodle.” “What is the meaning of this in- sult?” ho asked, when he came to. In reply, the custom-honse officer clubbed him playfully on the head. “Count yourself lucky,” he observed as he broke open another dress suit case, “that there are no ladies on board.”’ Post Office Department Notes. M R, ABE SCONDER, of the Mail- a ing Department, is building a fine house on Pennsylvania Avenue. Mr. Sconder expects to spend about half a million oa it. Mr. Sconder's salary was recently raised from twelve dollars to fifteen dollars per week. Mr. Scamp-Stamp, of the Registry Office, reports a good business. Criti- cised recently for living beyond his in- come, he replied dramatically, ‘* Well, I can afford it.”* The Dead Letter Office has been very quiet of late, the rake-off being nearly twenty-five per cent. less than it ought to be. It is said that the President is consid- ering Richard Croker for Postmaster General. It is not probable that Mr. Croker will accept the office, however, as he is afraid it might injure his reputation. An official inspector from Congress applied yesterday at the Post Office to go over the accounts, He was told, if he persisted in his insulting conduct, he would be brought up before the Grand Jury. The Postmaster General visited the department yesterday, The unusual event was celebrated with fireworks. comicbooks.com