The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-08-17
WHITE AND GRAY CATS.
Former IL Less Clever, Also More
Savage and Lacking In
Affection.

Cats are by nature dainty--even in
their cruelties. There is all manner OF
feline grace in the way they play with
mice. Cats suffer much less from con-
slant housing than dogs, although they
run wild much more readily, and never
quite get over their murderous in
stincts. A cat of fancy breed, as NAL
tese, Angora, Coon-cat or Nanx, is .
possession more fashionable than
precious. Each and several they are
NO end decorative, but in affection, in
telligence and playfulness they rank
below their black, gray, tiger-marked
and tortoise-shelf brethren, says the
Chicago Tribune.
White cats are in general more saw
age and less intelligent than gray or
tortoise-shell. Many of them have
blue eyes, and all such are said to be
stone deaf, hence they are less desira-
BILE in the house. Unlike dogs, cats
require to have their meat raw, but
they must not have too much Of 1t.
Milk should constitute at least third
Of their food. Crumble stale bread
in the milk and now and again beat
mp a raw egg in it. A bit Of raw liver
rs big as two fingers, or fish head,
is meat enough for days ration. Sup
| plement it with milk and bread or milk
and mashed potatoes, a cracker or two,
or a bit of hard bread, lightly buttered,
and few small bones, as from chicken,
game or chops.
Cats as well as dogs suffer plague
Of fieas. Oddly enough cat fieas are
unlike dog feas, and if the two sorts
of insects meet upon one poor beast
there is fight to a finish, ending com
monty in victory for the cat fieas, which
are much bigger and more voracious
than those found on the dog. If left
to ravage unchecked, they soon reduce
| sleek, healthy cat to a miserable skel.
Teton, suffering all over from eczema
To get rid of the fleas wash with sui
phur soap-any good brand which the
nearest shop affords-comb out tht
Aeas with fine-tooth comb while the
hair Is still wet, then rinse the cat vel
in milk-warm water, dry it with sof
towels, and give it after the bath I
saucer of warm milk with teaspoon
full of brandy or whisky in it. A kit
ten should have only few drops o
| spirits and be kept snug in clear
basket an hour after the bath. WheI
the hair is very dry blow in along tn
backbone some sort of good fine in
sect powder-either larkspur or py
rethrum. Rub behind the ears will
the sulphur ointment directed for dogs
Next day brush out all the powder wit
| . fine, close brush, comb the coat light
", then part 1t along the backbone
and rub with the sulphur ointment.
For mango rub all over with tn
| sulphur ointment. Keep the cat con
fined so it cannot lie in the dirt, an
| after "A hours wash it well in hot soar
suds-just comfortably hot, not scald
ing-rinse dry, and leave alone. /
| three days If the mango persists re
peat the ointment, and after the treat
, ment give the cat. plenty of catniI
, | either green or dry, with milk an
! ! bread diet. Catnip indeed ought to b
| given always twice week. Burn II
! | fected bedding and fumigate sleepin
baskets, or else wash them well in b
I chloride of mercury. Let them stan
. six hours after washing, then seal
plentifully with boiling water and DR.
} well before letting the cat sleep
/ them again.