New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
CATS AND THEIR WAYS.
1T is CLAIMED THAT THEY ARE EN-
TREMELY SENSITIVE.
ACCORDING TO AN AUTHORITY IhEi" ohi"i"
IS MYsTERY-wHAT KITTIE SHOULD
EAT-THE FELINE INDUSTRY

ACCORDING TO AN AUTHORITY THEIR oi""i'
IS MYsTERY-wHAT KITTIE SHOULD
EAr-rHE FELINE INDUSTRY.
Nh, only have such eminent authorities as Will
lam L. Alden. Andrew Lang and Theophhe oau'ler
or., I'm that most abstruse OF all topics. the cat
but among society women to-day pussy NOUS AL
.orored MACE and serves as a subject FOR many
an hours serious discussion
rI,o wheeler Wilcox declares that she was cat
t. 49, o,her life because she has such fellow
-. ,r ten, in this Mrs. Edwin Knowles
v,bosa devotion to pussydom at large Is proVe'ph'
thinks that she too. must have been Closely re-
lated 70 the cat in some previous Stage oi ca
stence though her friends declare that ihPosS'"'.
hecarss she lacks that essentially feline trait OF
scratching Both Of these women. however III
common with many OF their sisters posseSs
fs,rer conceptlon of what is the actual cat tnan
coarser man possibly attain
It's surprising TO note the large nunoer oi "o'e
who have within the last few years engaged IN 'he
raising Of Angora cats. While there is much 10 pe
learned In their selection. care ana management
still no branch Of the stock raising business can pe
co easily mastered or can be so pleasantly studied.
as the kitten business
The profitable raising OF kittens means 'ia' 'ey
should be from the very best breeoings' IL 10 "S
easy 70 raise expensive Angora as IL IL 10 iaie
one Of inferior quality The best ones always col,',
mand the highest price and can be more eas"' 'o'u
than inferior specimens.
II ts predicted that this industry Is bouha 10 III
crease and that In time the Angora kitten is ues
tined to supersede the common cat. Inc origin oi
the house cat, according TO Dr Garnet'' "io ''"'
recently studied the matter scientncaHy' is sun
mvstery Indeed the time at which the cat was
g.. dor.st,c,ted and introduced into human So
c,a,v IA slnnIy natter Of conjecture ana Whelher
the cat resorted 10 man or man Invited the cat 10
his flreside may never be known Ear! III "'s'oi'
the cat is found occupying prominent pos''.0'
among the ancient Egyptians Pasnt' an HssPua"
goddess wears a cats head and represents tie
moon At the time of JustInian about 90 A. D Tue
enpram- Of the byzantine poets leave no douot OF
nnesv,s acclima ton and from this time down her
history is clear. Through the Middle Ages Ki'ue
reputation was OF the best, ana the sases VI
Ireland made laws to restrain her thleVlSh i'ci"a
tons enacting that cat caught stealing was to oe
ho,gea urIess she could prove that she erred III
the excitement OF mousihs' !" ""''
to be acquitted
In juvenile literature the cat mas aI"a!s ""u u"
honorod n,ace There was the cat who accom-
panied Robinson Crusoe to his lonely Island 'he
cat whose prowess brought Dick Wilmington to
the Mayors chair of London; the ding dong oen
pusse that little Johnnie Green threw INTO 'he
well: the grimalkin Of the boots the klttie'
littie corner" and the cat that sat in the cream
pot up to her cheeks
sIIPERSTITIONS ABOUT CATS.
In the supersttions Of all countries kitue pays
a prominent part. In Albania, Turkey the cat
news that means sickness; II she washes her coat
that OF course, Is company. When puss dles
funeral feast is prepared and all the small boys
and girls Of the village are bdden TO come ana eat
in memory OF the departed.
The father of all mascots is the black cat Every
sailor knows the luck In black cat. Perhaps the
most historic OF these animals was Thomas, OF the
Maine For several days after the Maine anchored
In Havana Harbor he was observed staring over the