The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-02
The CAt...A Study...Arter tho French
OF Victor Hugo.

The CAt'..A 6Iudy.-.ATter tho French
OF Victor Hugo.
The following genuine 6Onnc JoWche
Is a literal translation. Whoever has
read Hugo's 1.-THE Man Who Laughs,' p
which recently ran through Appleton's
Journal, will appreciate Its felIcltous
wit; but no one who has not read
that story can fully enjoy It.
The cat Is the concrete symbol OF a
vaclllating politician.
It's always on the fence.
1t is the feline embodiment Of ono ol
the proioundest human principles
wrenched from the cIrcumambIenCe OF
the Unknown, and hurled Into the bo-
som OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
Nine tsilors make one man. A cat
has nine times the life Of one man, for
It has nine lives. Possession, also, IL
nine points OF the law. Behold legal
possession OF existence equal to the
span OF eighty-one clothIers' lives.
Let us bow reverenlly before this au &.
gust fact.
The wanderer by the midnight sea.
shore, when the moon-that ardent cor.
nucop!iD OF Heaven-ls streaming forth
her flowers and fruits OF radiance, and
the illimltable is illuminated by the In. i.
etfable will, have remarked the phos-
phOrescent ridges that sclntillate along
the willow tops, until the breakers seem
TO curve and snort like horses necks
with names Of lightning clad.
So, o mani when iu the darkness OF
thine own chamber, though passest
thine hand along the furry spine VI this
feline phantom OF the back yard the
electric spark darts forth, and flash
OF lightning fuses together the fingers
and fur.
Exquisite antlthesls OF Nature. The
firesiue embraces the ocean. The
heHrtnstone Is paved with sea shells.
Tho monsters OF The deep disport, re-
tiected In glowing embers. The Infinite
abroad IL brought into HmRlgamatIon
with the Infinite At Home.
The ocean roars.
The cat only purs.
The pillows rise and culmlnale and
break.
The cat's back rlses. The feline tide
is up, and we have a permanent billow
Of iur aud flesh.
Ou lUlpOsslOlo GU'6AlSteuCb Vi uQ .
contradictory contradiction.
The Duke OF Wellington WAS pro.
nounced the greatest captain of his
age. General Grant Ia pronounced the
greatest captain Of his.
The greatest captain OF any age WAS
the captain with the whiskers.
Let us not call this the Regeneration
Of history. Call IL rather the tergiver-
saIlOu OF Nature.
The whIskers Of the captain.
The WhiskerH OF the cat.
The hIrsute exponent OF martial
supremacy. The feline symbolism Of
the bearded Lady, crossing her paws
before the family hre.
Jealousy has been called the green.
eyed monster.
The cat Is the green.eyed monster.
Both lie In wait. One is the fox, the
other the friend of the freslde. Either
is TO be met with In almost every fami-
ly. Each Ia Of both sexes,
Old Tom gin, In excess, IL one OF
mans bittereat btbulOus foes OF Old
Tom cats. The one puts the bricks In
the hats Of the second, 10 be SHE'D at
the head OF the third,
Oh! osculations between sky and
earth Oil lips OF the Seen touching
the lips Of the Unseen OIL wave OF
thought Careerlng through the asymp.
totes OF cloudland, crystalizlng into
angelic feel the tangenlS Of humanity.
The stars come out al night.
So do the cats.