The Angora cat; how to breed train and keep it; . order to avoid waste, and urged bythe generosity of her feelings, the hospitable cat set offon another journey, and fetched another lean cat from avillage at a leagues distance. The owner of the chateau,desirous to see how the matter would end, continued toincrease the daily allowance, and had at last, as pension-ers of his bounty, nearly twenty cats, which had beenbrought from various houses in the surrounding , however ravenous were these daily visitors, noneof them touched a morsel until their hostess had fin-ished her own dinner.
The Angora cat; how to breed train and keep it; . order to avoid waste, and urged bythe generosity of her feelings, the hospitable cat set offon another journey, and fetched another lean cat from avillage at a leagues distance. The owner of the chateau,desirous to see how the matter would end, continued toincrease the daily allowance, and had at last, as pension-ers of his bounty, nearly twenty cats, which had beenbrought from various houses in the surrounding , however ravenous were these daily visitors, noneof them touched a morsel until their hostess had fin-ished her own dinner. My informant heard this narra-tive from the owner of the chateau. In the conduct of this hospitably minded cat thereseems to be none of the commercial spirit which actu-ated the two Mincing Lane Cats, but an open-pawed lib-erality, as beseems a cat of aristocratic birth and breed-ing. The creature had evidently a sense of economy aswell as a spirit of generosity, and blending the two qual-ities together, became the general almoner of the neigh-. DANDY. LIGHT CREAM BUFF. OWNED BY MRS. W. H. SHOLES. FACTS AND FANCIES OF THE CAT IOI boring felines. There must have also been great powersof conversation between these various animals, for it isevident that they were able to communicate ideas to eachother and to induce their companions to act upon theimparted information. The Electrical The extraordinary electrical character ofCharacter the cat js wejj known. On a cold, brightday, if the cat be stroked, the hairs of thefur bristle up and electrical sparks issue therefrom accom-panied with a slight crackling. It appears, too, that theanimal may be so charged with electricity that it willgive a severe shock to the holder. In order to producethis result the cat should be placed on the knees and onehand placed on its breast while the other is employed instroking its fur. Cracklings and sparkles soon maketheir appearance, and in a short time, if the party con-tinues to stroke the animal,
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