The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-08
just what anal cat's endurance amounted

just what that cats endurance amounted
to.
He consulted the time table to find the
speed of the train, and got the dimensions
of the car wheels from some of the off,
Gals. Then he started figuring.
Finding the wheels to be feet inches
in diameter and the distance from London
to Kettering seventy-two miles, he figured
/ out that the cat must have performed "a, $50
| revolutions in one hour and twenty min
utes--a job that only very big, powerful
and exceptionally determined twelve-pound
cat could expect to tackle with any hope
| of success.
Then the engineer had recourse to dia-
| gram showing a cat slung TO the axle, to
| aid in his further calculations. Pussy's
| center of gravity would fall about twelve
| inches from the center of the axle, and at
| a speed of sixty miles an hour it would
make 4S0 revolutions a minute, the velocity
of her center of gravity being about fifty
| feet per second. He then found that there
| had been something like seven hundred
weight imposed on the cats claws when
the axle was revolving at full speed
The engineer then made an examina-
| ton of the cat, taking exact measurements
of her claws, and as a result of further
calculations, pussy's resistance to centri-
fugal force was found to be equal to seven
teen tons per square inch of the claw sec
| ton. There were other factors to be con-
sidered, such as wind resistance when
passing through the top centers, but the
engineer thought he had gone about far
enough.
Shortly after pussy was found a lady
who happened to be travelling on the train
at the time took pussy to her house ana
provided for her comfort
e. l.. Buchanan, a druggist, at Lacon,
ILL.,, has an improved cash register. Each
evening he compares the cash in the draw
er with the total sales as shown by the
register Three weeks ago he was sur
prised to find a deficit Of several dollars.
He could suspect nobody, but ne watched
the register closely to see If any one had
tempered with it during the day.
He found, however, that with the OK
ception of himself and a trusted clerk,
nobody had touched the machine. Never
theless, the machine daily continued to
show a deficit He thought the mechan-
ism was out of order and shipped the ma
chine to the factory. 1t was returned,
with curt note stating that there was
! absolutely nothing the matter with Il.
Nevertheless the deficits we're invari-
ably found every night when he made
up his account. The mystery became the
| talk of the town He increased mis- watch
fulness, but without avail. One morning..
recently he desired to verify the machine
before business commenced, and was CUR
prised to find that the dials had charged
taken particular pains the night before 10
set them back to the zero mark.
This was a clue. The work was done at
night, but yet nobody had broken in, and
the clerk could have no object in such a
practical joke. Buchanan concluded to
watch that night Along towards morn
ing, his faithful "mouser," a big tom cat.
the pet of all the town, was seen to APP
proach the register. The cat put his fore
paws on the keys OF the register and
pressed them hard. The bell rang and
the drawer flew open. Then the cat turn
ed around and pushed the drawer IN with
his headquarters. He repeated the opera
ton again and again, until, apparently
satisfied that he had been solved Now
the machine Is science fund he retired
Buchanan examined the machine and
found $685. on the dals. The mystery has
been solved. Now the machine IS covered
at night.
Edward Simmons. Of Boat No. 4, Fulton
Market, New York, is the owner OF a cat