The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-11-24

Il has often happened that valuable IN
veutions have had their birth IN accident
This Is the case In regard 10 the recent
invention made by J. NJ. Symms Tor the
Modification OF Cats. and although the
name Of the invention may be open TO
criticism. Of the value Of the invention
itself there can be no doubt Mr. Symms
backward has been for years infested with
cats Affection sore from tins particular
cause long he bore. and boot-lacks were IN
vain. The voices of the eats were 10 the
last degree operating 70 his nerves, and
a mouth ago Mr. Symms was apparently
ON the way 10 fall d victim to persistent
insomnia. One night d peculiar. melodlous
sound hoated up TO Mr.. Symms' back WI
dows. Ii was a gentle soothing sound, OF
delicious umbre. and, while totally differ
ent from the veil Of an ordinary eat. 1t dld
suggest what the voice Of q celestial and
gloritied cat in another and better world
might be. AIr. Symms listened with
admiration and delight, and IN a short
time he was lulled TO slumber 10y the melo-
dious voice. In the morning an lnveSuga
ton in the backward resulted ia the dis
coyery Of what was apparently new
species Of animal. half cat and half TIN can
"a sort Of connecting link between live
cat and canned sausage. Ii appears that
d can containing little preserved salmon
had been carelessly thrown into the yard.
A predatory cat had squeezed her head
into the can in order to set at the salmon,
and had found when 1t was too late, that
the fragments Of the TIN around the mouth
Of the can prevented her from withdraw
ing her head. In these circumstances she
wandered about the yard. blind, and un-
able to escape. The voice was 50 modified
bv the can that il lost its harsh and dis
tinctive feline character and became the
delicious music which had charmed Mr..
Symms' midnight ear. Mr.. Symms az
once saw that the means Of rendering al
the eats OF the neighbourhood harmless
was st his command The next night ne
placed tweuty-fOur salmon cans II his
backward. and IN the morning he found
that tweuty-four eats had bOnneted them
selves. For nearly week these animals
wandered about the back yard unable TO
steal. fight. OF destroy Mr.. Symms' gera-
NUNS. while the neighbours called on that
gentleman to thank him for the public
spirit which had induced him to place N
his back window the most delightful
EOlian harp they had ever heard, 1t was
not necessary TO use more than the o1gl-
nal twenty-four salmon cans, for the re
naming cats OF the neighboUhood the
moment they caught sight Of the modified
cats. were 80 shocked and alarmed that
they completely deserted the block. At
the end Of week OF ten Gays the modified
cats gave up the effort to live with then
heads permanently canned. ana Mr..
Svmms buried them In his celer!-bed
Nir. Symms Is one Of the grandest bene-
factors Of the race. He has pointed out
the way by which we can all obtain relief
from cats. Old tin cans can be obtained
at q nominal price, and enough salmon &c
bait hundred Of them can be bought fol
10 cents, There Is not cat living who
has sufficient selfcoutrol TO abstain from
canned salmon. even at the peril Of hel
life. Within g months time there need
not be eat III this city whose head Is free
from TN can. The midnight concert;
VIII make the whole city melOdious, anc
after their song l. sung the cats will die
and the whole feline race, so far a TIN;
city l. concerned, viii be exterminated-
No- York Tisss.