Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-05-18

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No membrr of the family Las suf
frred the abuse tina: the family cat
receive; at the hand: Of The general
world. We do not .rrak of those
who starvc lrr, who turn her out
doors at night, who 20 away for a
season in the country and leave hvl
to forage for herself, bat Of those who
simply Islander her hy injurious re
port. When she suffers little children
to lift her by the tail and carry her
round by tine heels. dress her no in
caps anI aprons as Il doll, and inllict
upon her Il thoas;lnd wed meant
pains, II looks as though she loved
them. Th-re are innulncrablo in
stances on record of the affection of
cat, for children, and entirely contra
dIctOry of the outrageous old notion
of their sucking the breath OF babies.
Pls-. indeed. often make, her nest in
tie cradle. but not b,rai!,e she loves
the little milky breath. nor because
sh" loves the warmth. but hccaIISr
She loves the baby. She has been
Known to fly at thr biggest and most
frrociouS dog entering the room whrr;.
hr little friend lay eirepiny: To jump
ir,-:I the cra,!l" wien the child cried
and run fer the mother. returning and
standing with her fore feet OH the
cr;l.!ipa edge, l"i yUuS and anxious
TIL tho mother took MP the child:
and one belonging to Mrs. Wilson.
Of Cnlt~, near Aberdeen. Scotland
once Hcrostru his rI>irrsS with pit
"DilS mraowS. running repeatedly to
;hr door. and cndcavorln,r to fetch
her with him. AMI finally succeeding.
when the lady found her slci, and
feeble child rolled from the sofa
where it had been left, and 80 cnvrl
"prd i'll the rugs and wrap, that i.
would presently have sullDcltrd if
help had not been brought by the
cat When, moreover. the cat con
quers her hereditary attachment t.
places. aud follows person, about in
their prrpgrlnatlOns. it can not hc
hrcau+e she loves to travel. DR..
S.ahirS. surgeon of the British
navy. tells is "f his cat. which. al
though at .iX years old the moth of
il nan irrI kittens. yet found time to
accompany him on all his travels.
having jour.ryrd over 2O,0n miles
III his company, usually beetowing
herself. when She Judged that ii WAS
fitting time, in the little basket that
carried her. but on one occasion.
having taken 50 long an airing before
that her muster WIS obliged
to leave without her. she hnilcd hun.
AS he walked along the railway plat
form. from a first class carriage that
she had thought, it BEST to take to
save time.
But when people say that Puss is
cruel they forget that all carnivorous
animals. and man among them. are
cruel too. Yet Puss is sometimes
more virtuous than man in this re.
gard, and will live for years with the
morScl of Il bird playing
about her, disputing her dinner, and
on her very head. DIR.
Good told, long ago. of one that had
lived at peace with tame canary
to the horror OF the family,
Selling it i'll her mouth. and spring
ing to the top of n tail secretary,
it was found that strange
cat had entered the room, which
fact. from scientific
must be held to dispose
Of the accusations both of cruelty
and of stupidity If there wero not
other instances in plenty to do the
same. There Is certainly sagacity in
the way any cat finds her way across
miles of country to an old home. in
the way she often sits by the COW,
and asks the millman to attend to
her wants in the way she rs often
goes fishing; it was sagacity in the
rat which caught the escaping canary.
and brought it back alive to her mis-
tress: it was saGacity in the cat that
absolutely baited mouse-holc with
part of her own dinner. and sat and
watched till she could pounce upon
the mouse; it was sagacity in the cat
hat knew when Sunday camc. us Mr..
Whyte Of Dalliield Terrace. Dundee,
relates; and the cat that, threatened
with condiSn punishment. have sud
denly disappeared and never reap
peared are legion. If one wants
study in philosophy. by-t way. and
an opportunity to discriminate be-
tween instinct and reason, he has
only to observe any young cat on her
first experience OF a mirror, as she
tries to put her paw behind it, pops
back to see If the foe is still there.
and ends by boxing the ears of the
impudent creature confronting her
there, and scampers away with her
tail as big as ten. profoundly con
yinced of magic, whether or not she
knows the word. Certainly cats are
to every household where they are
loved at all n part of the Larcs and
Prnatcs. and to such households it is
no matter Of marvel that the Egvp-
lians deilied them, and laid their
poor little carcasses away at last with
all the honors given to tho royal
But it was not merely as
the friend of the hearth that this WAS
done: for Egypt was the land of grain.
and the enemy of rats and mice pre-
served it from incalculuble loss. In
our own country. where it can hardly
be denirf That such vprmin cost many
thousand dJ.iars' worth of damage
yearly, the cat is no less valuable an
animal than she Was in ancient Egypt.
and il she is not deitied, she should
certainly be treated with indulgence
and respect.
The breaking of a glass in James
G. Blaine's carriage, as it stood I'M
der the shed, in Washington, caused
Il report to be sent all over the coun-
try that an attempt had been made
to aSsaseinatc him, when the giass