Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-31
ANIMAL DRUNKAREs.
HORSES. FOWLS. CATS. AND 1 BEES AS EXAMPLES.
Even the Cat Likes It's "swie"-ons filling Feline That Consumed TWO BottIes-A Donkey Gets Piece os eTIpsy Cake"

M III the course or county court ac- tion tried early this year it transpirea that an afling cat consumed two hot ties of whisky, says Answers Now tbat horses enjoy strong drink is a well-known fact, but that the domestic eat is capable of imbibing will come as a surprise to many, who imagined that the conection between the. cat and the deeanter was but a stock summer joke for the humorist when seaside lodgings are at a premium It was pIcoaDly to great extent due to the large quantity of stout that Rory More drank when recovering from lie effects of an accident received at hempton, that he survived to carry off Numerous prizes. If prize-winning JbTmed natural corolIary to equine niihklng, British owners would have feason to look forward to the forth. coming season with apprehension. for Ie" months ago there was discovered 1n Paris horse belonging to dealer ln wines that Is positive inebriate. ne animal, after many bottles of wine nad disappeared, was found one day nopelessly intoxicated in it's owners eellars, into which it was in the habit seemlhgly of making it's way at night ana helping itself. The horse was not dieogether to blame, for it had been corrupted to a certain extent by hay Ang Us oats mixed with wine when it Eas rather oyerWorked, with the result mat 1t acquired a habit which grew upon It with disastrous results Some Jew years ago an action was brought ae oban by a poultry keeper against I 30cal dlstlliery company for injuries zone 10 his hens by the said company haVlng allowed intoxicating material bo How into the burn at which his poultry drank. with the result that the
 4id fowls failed to do their duty in Flying eggs, and being more or less Al#ays under the influence of drink, leIased to eat and grow fat During lae case one of the fowls was produced lh court. but it's conduct was such that l1 had to be ejecred Alas! on making tn uneignifed exit, half a glass Of whisky was presented to it by by sIander and gratefully accepted by the somewhat ruffied bird, whereupon the eondition of the creature became con- siderably worse. The chicken is not 1he only bird that indulges. Parrots are notorious for their drinking pro- pensities, particularly the gray African parrot, a specimen of which the writer naS seen hopeIessly intoxicated and talking the most absolute nonsense. A piece of "tipsy" cake was presented to Hampshire donkey some time ago. me animal on being left to its own deyices lost all sense of shame and proceeded to the laTder of it's owner and consumed plum pudding of con- slderable size. two loayes of bread, and fzAmong other trif1es a dish of timed i apricots-an action quite foreign to the usually Well-regulated race. The effect oE very little spirit made fifty ants, upon which Sir John Lubbock experl- | mented couple of years ago. very drunk and almost incapable, so much E So that twenty-five sober ants. whose attention was drawn to the dep~avity [ Of their comrades, had the greatest | difficulty in carrying the sinners home,
 
 doink so. The locust, however, appears to have capacity for spirit unparal. leled in the animal kingdom. Some months since an entomologist on 8 steamer off Gibraltar. wishing to se~ cure specimen that had alighted on the deck and not having a killing bot tie with him, poured raw brandy upon the insect, but with no result. He then partially immersed 1t in more spirit in saucer and waited for the end, which did not come. The locust, taking a long, refreshing drink, ab- sorbed all the spirit and did not dis until several days elapsed. Bees and wasps are easily made tipsy by mix lure of beer and sugar. The express sion Ito drink like a fish" is nothing short of libel perpetrated upon the z#fny tribe, for it has been found that I per cent of alcohol will kill gold fish in one hour and thirty minutes, While 20 per cent will act on its sys- tem like prussie acid.
 Story of Dean Swift.
 Dean Swift was very intolerant of Npnceit and ever ready to give prac- 15eal demonstration of his pet aver son. On one occasion he is said to aave listened for some time to the npertinent observations of q foolish yputh, who ventured at last to say: 'Mell, MT. Dean, you must know that A8set up for a wit?" "Oh, indeed" says khe Dean; then just take my advice and sit down again"
 He wanted some.