The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-04
1t is Actually limited That
d Man Rivals Her in :
Furnishing a
Home.
AS TO HISTORICAL CATS.
Modern Phases of Feline Worship
A Black Cat Company Started
on an Island in
Puget Sound.

The Consolidated Black Cat Com
pany has been formed at Fair Haven,
in the State of Washington, has Sc
cured an island i'll Puget sound, will
import a stock of cats from Holland
and go into the business of raising
them for their fur. They are to be
fed on fish, which are abundant and
cheap.
The Romans recognized the econom
ic value of the cat, and during the
Middle Ages several countries in Eu-
rope had laws to prevent the killing
of cats, the fine in some cases being
as much wheat as was needed TO form a
pile sufficient to cover over the body
of the animal to the tip of its tail, the
cat being held vertically, the muzzle
resting on the ground.
The domestic cats of the present
day are probably the descendants of
the old domestic cats of Egypt which,
as the granary OF the ancient world,
might we'll have been the place where
they were originally tanned.
When Caesar landed in Britain the
forests were full of wild cats, but
there was probably not q single cat in
any British town or village, and for
1000 years after the Roman invasion,
although wild cats were plenty, do
nestle cats We're rare.
The literature of Shakespeare's
time abounds in superstitions of cats
as the favorite agents of witches.
''Thricn the brindle cat hath m@yed,"
says the first witch in "Macbeth"
when she would that the
time for action had come.
Down to the time of the Salem
witchcraft the cat is associated with
the witch and her broom. 1t is Curl
Gus that the cat nowadays has such
an aversion of the broom. Is it be-
cause it brings to her mind the mem
DRY of awful deeds done in darkness,
when as the partner of witches she in
fiicted on helpless mortals unheard of
woes?
In one of Gray's fables an animal is
described as upbraiding a WITCH
IT'S infauly to serve a bag;
Cats are thought imps her broom a nag;
And boys against our lives combine
Because It's said your cats have nine.
Darwin has undertaken to answer
the question:-Why is it that white
cats with blue eyes are always deaf?
1t is q we'll known fact that with but
few exceptions white cats with blue
eyes are deaf, although if the eyes
have a bit of color other than blue the
cat hears. His explanation is that
there is Il slight arrested development
in the v system in connection
with the sense organs.
The London Crystal Palace show OF
cats bring together each year a fine
collection-some of them very beauti-
full, others curious. There for nearly
a quarter of acentury the cat has been
annually honored by the elite from
all parts of the world.-PittsbUrg
Times.
How a Man Furnishes His Room.
In any household, if a nan is
allowed to have dominion over his
own particular apartment, if he exer-
cises his own unbiased taste in fur
nishing and arrangement, o will in
variably find that the mans room is
the favorite place in the house, and
rarely is the man permitted to enjoy
it in peaceful seclusion. Why?
Because it is restful in coloring and
has no glaring contrasts of tint. The
chairs are comfortable when you sit
in them and aren't done up with
vexatious sashes. The lights are
arranged so you can see to read or
write if you like, and are notso buried
in frills and millinery and frou-frou
that their original purpose is lost.
There are welcome space effects in the
mans room. happy contrasts with
the cluttered, crowded confusion of
the woman's room.
Things are exactly where you can
put your hands on them when you
want them without any forethought.
Nothing is in the the way of
thing else. There are no knick-knacks
to tall down, no traps to trip your feet.
Everything has a purpose. The pic
lures are hung where you see
them, and are worth looking at. The
books are where you can reach them,
and are books you want to read. The
bits OF Dric-a-bruc have n purpose as
we'll as a history. The whole idea Of
the mans room is, in ii word, COM
fort. OF the woman's ool the idea is
effect. In searching after his ideal
the man frequently attains the wom-
ans ideal as well. The oIna often
misses both in striving after the one
of lesser Importance .-Ne2CaGk sun
day CdU.
Nrs. Columbus.
with all the preparations o go