Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-20
 ANIMAL DRUNKARIsss.
HORSES BOWLS. CATS AND
 BEES AS EXAMPLES.
Even the Cat Likes lis "s,rig''- filling Feline That -Coiisamed BottIes-4 Donkey Gets a Piece "Tipsy Cake"

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 "Tipsy Cake"
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 In the course ofsa county court 5Ae-
 -ion tried early this year it transpifat,
 that an ailing cat consumed two Dol
 ties of whisky says Answers. Now.
 thRt horses enjoy strong drink iss. a
 wefl-khown fact, but that the domestic
 rat is capable of imhibing will coti4e
 as atsnrprise 70 many, who imagined
 that tie connection between the eat and
 the deGanter was but a stock sum1ier
 Joke for the -hHhlorist when seaside
 lodgings are at premium. It was
 probably tea.ab great extent due to the
 large quantity of stout that Rory
 O More drank, when recovering from
 the effects Of an accident received &at 9h 9ghf eHH H pfons5 hat 8heqsuRNi Yed tu earry of numerous sprfzes eff prizeawfnnfng a natural cur0ffary 10 -eqItfue
 drinking -ri!1 British owners. would have
 reason to look forward to the forth. coming season with apprehension. for afeW months ago there was. diseBverea in Paris l horse Belonging to asdealer In wines that is a positive inebriate 8ihe animal, after many bottles of wine mad disappeared, was found one day
 hopelessly fntoxicated in its owners cellars, into which 1t was in. the habit seemingly CT 4naking@fts way at night and helping itself The horse was not altogether to blame, for. it had been corrupted to certain extent by haE- Ing it's oats mixed with wine when it was rather. oYe1Worked, with the result that it acquired a habit which grew upon It with disastrous results. Some -IeeW.-.Y lev. years. -ago--ana- action~Mas@ brought at 0ban by a poultry keeper against 1 lecalss disfiflefy compahyAfor injuries done to his hens by the said company having allowed Intoxicating material to flow into the burn at which his poultry 4ifank, withlt result thatth said fowls failed to do their duty in laying eggs. and. being more or less
 always under the influence of drink, refused to4.eat and grow fat. During the case one Of the fowls was produced Tn court but its conduct was such that II lad to be. ejeqtedge Alashon mafing FeHnd4gniffed' exit half d glass of whtskyawas presented to ite'By a by stander and gratefully aceepted .bX the somewhat ruffied bird, whereupon the condition of the .creatdre, became con- siderably worse. The, chicken is not the -only bifa that .indulges. Parrots areQ potoriotls for their drinking pro- .preensities apaftiealarly the graysAfrfeaa parrot, q specimen of which the writer has Seen hopefessly intoxicated aud sStal6ing 4she. mos tabsolfte nonsense. A piece of ,tstipsy. cake was fpresentedsto a Hampshire donkey some time ago. The animal on being left to it's own devices. lost all sense of Shame and proceeded to the larder of it's owner fifJf~consumea a plum pudding Of con siderable size. two loaves of bread. and aliiqng other tr5fes ah dish of8tfnned apricots-an action quite foreign to the usually well-regulated race. The effect hbtle spirit made fifty ants, upon which Sir John, IepbbQg1 expert mented a couple of years ago. very -arunRlahdi al4iiost Incapable, so much .5a so tlla ttlhlaat.tweRRtS7 aYe soberfssnts, whqse attention was drawn to the depravitg 6f 3theIf comrades. had thei) 9g$reatest difficulty in carrying the sinaarg. home. though they eventually .sueceededy in d6ink 'so: The ioclist, however aIppears to have capacity for spirit unpaFaI. leled 'tn.5 the.t animal, kingdom Some. months Since an entofnologist on a steafneH 8offs sCHBraItaF gSa4sbing to se- eqre3 eqlrsf3 ia,snecimeIljj. 2, ttlat 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 it in more spirit inssso sesefsic ceEnaasta zSv satsd for the eTsdI whiehndif Vi dt&o6fIle asThs lBeIst, aak taaslEN i0Eg, isEe fTeshing Jltin K. ftB-- s0Thetilaal alLJrhRG spirit7iand difn n6ti5die 4sntil several rdags ye3apssd@sI Bees a4sd Ya8pe aares easily made fipsyf bygas mix talre l9fs beer and sugar. The3 lexpres- sioa "toldrink li4eea a fishg isaa0thing short of "a hhehgpenpetra0ed. upon the Anny trihe,ffpF it has been fosindatlfat 1uper eentiof alcohol willgkili a gold fish inA Aoneahdurs and thirty minutes. while 20lnerl centYMilli act aon tits sys- tenn likeiprussic acid! !iees's sr4t 1e gitoa ee6s 0uf ea8Ga8f6st ; N e'ssA4 ili= n0fy, High Price for straightpess.a a1HH,s 2 One of theedittieqlt problems in prae- tieal me mechanics is to make a straight edge. How difficult it is.eonaay X be judged from an incident which hoe- cured in the shops of !. A. .Brashear, the astronomical ,instrumentsmaker. A customer asked MT Brashean what would be the price of Ia | perfect straightTedge4of glass, thirtyzsix inches long Tt can't be made absolutely perfect, z said MT. Brashear Ri but. it could probably be made with limit of err,o9lr err,o9lr,iaI amounting toY only a fraction of va aye-1en ofh of 1ipht '' efTIn1y