Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-22
DRUNKARCS.
HORSES, FOWLS. CATS AND
 BEES AS EXAMPLES.
Even the Cat Likes It's "swIg"-one filling Feline That Consumed Two BottIes-A Donkey Gets Piece of "Tipsy Cake"

"Tipsy Cake"
 In the course of a county court ac-
 ton tried early this year it transpired
 that an ailing cat consumed two bot
 ties of whisky, says Answers. Now,
 tnat horses enjoy strong drink is
 well-known fact, but that the domestic
 cat is capable of imbibing will come
 as surprise to many, who imagined
 that the connection between the cat and
 the decanter was but a stock summer
 joke for the humorist when seaside
 lodgings are at a premium It was
 probably to great extent due to the
 large quantity of stout that Rory
 DMore drank, when recovering from
 the effects of an accident received at
 hempton, that he survived to carry off
 numerous prizes. If prize-winning
 formed natural corolIary to equine
 drinking, British owners would have
 reason to look forward to the forth.
 coming season with apprehension, for
 few months ago there was discovered ln Paris a horse belonging to a dealer
 III wines that is a positive inebriate
 The animal, after many bottles of wine
 had disappeared, was found one day
 hopelessly intoxicated in it's owners
 cellars, into which it was in the habit seemingly of making it's way at night and helping itself The horse was not altogether to blame, for it had been corrupted to certain extent by hay Ing its oats mixed with wine when it
 vas rather overworked, with the result that 1t acquired a habit which grew upon 1t with disastrous results. Some few years ago an action was brought at 0ban by poultry keeper against q local distiIlery company for injuries done to his hens by the said company haylng allowed intoxicating material 10 flow into the burn at which his poultry drank, with the result that the said fowls failed to do their duty in laying eggs, and, being more or less always under the influence of drink, refused to eat and grow fat. During the case one of the fowls was produced Tn court, but it's conduct was such that It had to be ejected. Alas! on making an undignifed exit, half a glass of whisky was presented to it by a by stander and gratefully accepted by the somewhat rufled bird, whereupon the condition of the creature became con sldefably worse. The chicken is not the only bird that indulges. Parrots are notorious for their drinking pro- pensities, particularly the gray African parrot, a specimen of which the writer has seen hopelessly intoxicated and talking the most absolute nonsense. A piece of "tipsy" cake was presented to 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 laTder of it's owner and consumed plum pudding of con- siderable size, two loaves of bread, and among other trifes a dish of timed aprlcots-an action quite foreign to the usually well-regulated race. The effect Of very little spirit made fifty ants, upon which Sir John Lubbock experf- mented a couple of years ago, very drunk and almost incapable. so much so that twenty-five sober ants. whose attention was drawn to the dep-avfty of their comrades, had the greatest difficulty in carrying the sinners home. though they eventually succeeded in doink so. The locust, however, appears to have capacity for spirit unparal- leled in the animal kingdom. Some months since an entomologist on a steamer off Gibraltar, wishing to ss~ cure specimen that had alfghted 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 in a 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 die until several days elapsed. Bees and wasps are easily made tipsy by mix lure of beer and sugar. The expres- sion ito drink like a fish" is nothing short of a libel perpetrated upon the dhny tribe. for it has been found that 1 per cent of alcohol will kill gold fish in one hour and thirty minutes. while 20 per cent will act on it's sys- lem like prussic acid.