The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

Kittens.
From the New York Dispatch.
During his confinement in prison. Prince
Krapotkin had only one companion. a
cat. which. while there, he brought up
and trained. At the age of fourteen
months, the animal could recognize its re-
Election in a mirror and was suscepti-
bic TO music When il was very small.
il amused the prince by seeking the cat
behind the glass" even when showed
very small mirror. When il first saw
its reflected image, il Immediately as
sUmed a very serious air. It endeavored
10 touch the glass with its paw. but find
ing that a solid substance interposed,
peeped behind the mirror. If the mirror
were drawn backward il pursued until.
being quicker than the prince in It's move
ments. Il discovered that there was no
cat in the rear and after that did not
concern itself further about the refiec-
ton The animal knew perfectly well the
meaning Of the bells in the prison. Its
vocabulary was limited. but it knew the
meaning Of many words. Thus in the
evening, it performed all sorts Of gambols.
and making certain sounds endeavoring
10 cause the prince TO play hide and seek.
and insisted that each party should hide
in turn. IT, IN reply 10 its invitations,
the prince said TO il, what do you want,
food and drink" ii was displeaSed and
went with a sulky air behind the stove.
If he said, the stringy' IL Immediately.
by two sounds, replied in the affirmative.
The cat often seemed 10 ind real pleas
ure in listening 10 some air OF pleasing
cadence, for example. the waltz from
Faust. providing IL was sung with a hlghs
pure voice. During the music IL assumed
a sentimental air. Like most of its kind,
il was susceptible to flattery. The prince
came to the conclusion that cats are less
all ant hon a M Us
not coincide with the data relative to
both The Intelligence Of cats is very high
~ developed and fully proved.
While IL IS vulgar TO say that the Maine
cat takes the cake" IL can be observed
with perfect propriety that the Maine cat
never refuses the mouse as the following
incidents OF Maine cats win argue:
Daisy" was "a Belfast cat, which got
into the habit of placing her kitten into
her mistress bed, no matter how many
times 1t was removed. Finally the lady
sharply rebuked the cat and told her
that If she put the kitten in the bed again
1t would be drowned. The offense was not
repeated. This incident might be doubt
ful but for the fact of an observer of an
identical case, where the lady of the house
was not overload of cats and told her
one taVorite that If she persisted in bring
ing her kittens into the house, they would
all be drowned The poor cat never re-
peated the offense. There is a similar in
cident of a Stockton cat June which
hid its kittens under an unfinished floor
TO protect them from the grandmother
cat. The kittens died from some unknown
cause ana there enSued much annoyance
one evening the family We're sitting around
the table discussing the affair when the
lady. of the house remarked that she
would give $40 If the kittens were out from
under the floor June was listening on
account of the fact that her name had
been frequently used. At this remark she
got up, yawned, went to the chamber door
and demanded admittance. When she had
been let through she assembled the stairs
and brought down the dead kittens one
ON II 4
did.
Stockton cat also caused much amuse-
lnent Dy attempting TO nurse a pig which
nau been brought into the house to save its
NE. Inc pig began squealing and at
iIaeted Tab's attention. Tab also had a
Altten, ana she went from one to the other
as the necessities seemed to demand
Mhen she got into the box with the pig she.
ulo her best to quiet it, and 10 get it to
accept her as its mother. Then the kitten
would cry and she FASTENED back TO hi
Between the cries Of the kitten and the
sq1ea ais, or or the pig she was in quandary
ana hnaliy placed the kitten In the same
Don with the pig, Here the hog nature be-
5S eln ueVelopng IN the pig and II became
pTolfsterous and rough at the intrusion until
Lap had 10 remove her offspring At IaSf
sne gave up the attempt to nurse the Mig
out not until she had exhausted All Of ibsr
49, sso res IN attempts. Then she went to
her mistress and looked up as rnuch as 70
ssg, l nave done all can and It Is no use
10 try any more 14@
IA. According to Mr.. George Dyer of Port
55anu, VINO received prize in a contest for
ms Satnollc cat, so-called, his cat can
count Ihis cat calls his master every
etrill lilis eAeept sundays. when the bell
longer and the cat keeps away, This q NJ
MAJ mas become a Catholic after the nd Li+
TriSs,- i.ieAsters ana does not eat meat on
IHiuays, no doubt because il cannot Oct
IN, az nome on that day, and has to 6,,t
up with hsh. 1t has also learned 70 boI,
on ~ oAhtiis tlihe II stands against the wall
xrh
MAKES axes a scratch at the masters left ear
q las schooner Paragon of Searsport. han
q .aHis rat When finally the cat ROSY
was adopted on board there weTa f feosy
tidl she would eat up the rat The oars
. sntisdliisence was well developed and il
eEluehtly saw that the rat was 4 ,1as nat
10 De molested, for ii never distu,gad -
naSulai victim. on the contrary the cat
s s.t rat became friends and pIayed To-
Same Ra sriie iof hIteen nights slept in the
~. A Belfast cat brought a squirrel 70 her
A5ttehs which quarreled over it, She hoy
pit the squirrel in two, giving 70 esc anu a
halI. Then she retired and Watched tba
Ho ems ms, as maeh as to say, now see if
a poor Mills cat has been the mother
ot forty-eight kittens during seven wears
lne only record of the possibilities ~ non
uiauon In cats. The only other rey1arrl5ap
Die trait of this cat seems to he fbst -
Slso can count Each Saturday night the
1ather OF the family brought il soma ,,,e s,te
unul the animal came to watch for ~ ~,
father on that night only. AL the
a BuckSport lady, who drowned ALI Of
me offspring Of her cat, was surprised at
the remarkable Sagacity of the anirnai
az one time. She gave birth to three l[if
tens which We're drowned After The iit-
tens were destroyed she gave birth to an
other, which she seemed to think no one
WOULD pc 50 heartless as to destroy. She
reasoned that there was such a thing aS
human Kindness if appealed for intelii7
"Coonie' was a Belfast Angora She
learned to come in each night at nine
when the bell rang and on the followine-
morning to jump on the beds and awake
each one of the children when told to
do so. Coonie had one remarkable trait
She would go to a window when covered
with steam and wipe a place in order to
look out as she had seen others do she
was allowed but one kitten out of eaCa1
litter, the rest being drowned After a
few tragedies of this kind she began 70
take the matter in her own hands She
selected her own choice and abandoned
the remainder of her kittens to their fate
Her selection showed wisdom, because the
kitten thus saved had the longest hair
and was best fitted to survive
Winnie was a Belfast cat which
learned to drive the poultry from the gar
zen. and to watch for aDV pnprnaabp,aT,t-