Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-14
WHITE I'M GRAY A
Former Is 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
u wild much readily, and never
quite get over their m~urderous in
stincts. A cat of fancy breed, as Nal
tese, Angora, Coon-cat or Manx, is a
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 t~ortoise-shell 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-
bic in the house. Unlike dogs, cats
require to have their meat raw, but
they must not have too much of it.
Milk should constitute at least a third
of their food. Crumble stale bread
in the milk and now and again beat
up a raw egg in it. a bit of raw liver
as big as two fingers, OF a fish head,
is meat enough for a 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 a few small bones, as from chicken,
game or chops.
Cats as we'll as dogs suffer a plague
of feas. Oddly enough fleas are
unlike dog feas, and if the two sorts
of insects meet upon one poor beast
there is a 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
a sleek, healthy cat to a miserable skel-
eton, 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 the
heas with a fne-tooth comb while the
hair is still wet, then rinse the cat well
in milk-warm water, dry it with soft
towels, and give it after the bath a
saucer of warm milk with a teaspoon
full of brandy or whisky in it. A kit
ten should have only a few drops of
splits III &c hCPt snug III Il cISdu
basket an hour after the bath. When
the hair is very dry blow in along the
backbone some sort of good fine ia
sect powder-either -larkspur or py-
rethrum. Rub behind the ears with
the sulphur ointment directed for dogs.
Next day brush out all the powder with
a fine, close brush, comb the coat light
ly, then part it along the backbone,
and rub with the sulphur ointment.
For mango rub all owe with the
sulphur ointment. Keep the cat con-
fined so it cannot lie in the dirt, and
after "a hours wash it wellin hot soap
s~uds-just comfortably hot, not scald-
ing-rinse dry, and leave alone. In
three days if the mango persists re-
peat the ointment, and after the treat |
ment give the cat plenty of catnip.
either green or dry, with milk and
bread diet. Catnip indeed ought to be
given always twice a week. Burn in
fected bedding and fumigate sleeping
baskets, or else wash them well in BIZ
chloride of mercury. Let them stand
six hours after washing, then scald
Pentifully with boiling water and dry
well before letting the cat sleep in
them again.