Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

~ HE CAT is a much malianed animal,
because it creeps softly after its prey,
Nit is called sly; because it is domestic
in its tastes and stays at home, we say
it is ungrateful, and when IL resents abuse
with scratching. we maintain that It u
trescberous
Yet cats have been known to die Of grief
when their mistress died. and in many WAYS
they exhibit intelligent traits for which We
rarely give them credit
A cat dearly loves fish, but hates to wet
her feet to catch them. But there are nota-
BILE exceptions. An Atlantic City railroad sig
nal operator ON the meadows had cat with
three kittens, and knowing that fish was prime
cat food, he arranged a small net which en-
abled him to procure large numbers Of min
nows from the neighboring salt ponds.
Placing them in q bucket, with sufficient
feed the cat at his leisure. This he continued
to do for some time, when, to his surprise,
one morning he discovered the entire family
catching their own fish from one of the ponds.
Another case is that of big gray cat in
Pennsylvania town that regularly takes her
family OF five kittens to log at the edge
of the milIpond and catches fish for their
dinner. The log extends out into the water
about four feet, where the pond Is shallow.
and affords great place for sinners and other
The old cat goes to the extreme end of the
log. while. the kittens group couple of feet
back of her. The mother crouches In her
place as motionless as If she were q knot on
the log: Wien fish venture up near enough,
which is very often, her paw shoots down
into the water. like flash, and she rarely
misses her mark. She tears to pieces the fish
she catches and divides it among her kittens.
These are as motionless as their mother while
she is fishing, but the instant she makes her
af all ffa nd ~
This old cat has been seen 10 catch as many
as twenty fish there at one sitting.
Not long ago, while the United States man.
of-war Galena was lying at the port Of Key
West, she was obliged to swing out into the
channel to give place to the Yantic at the
pier.
just as the last line was cast off, sailor
forward, who had grudge against the ships
pet cat, seized her and threw her upon the
pier. 1t was too late for poor pussy to regain
her place, and in her distress at seeing the
ship slowly moving away she ran frantically
up and down the dock, >erying sufficiently loud
to be heard distinctly above the hustle incl
dent upon getting the vessel in motion.
The ship was fifty feet away, when puss sud-
struck out boldly for the vessel, making for q
ladder which was still hanging over the side.
In q moment she was clinging to the lowest
step, unable to raise herself out of the water
Something ike cheer went up from the
crowd who had witnessed her heroic action.
and sailor stationed near, dropping down
the ladder, seized the half-drowned cat and
landed her safely on deck That cat certainly
earned promotion, and perhaps she is now
walking the quarterback of the Galena
.
A Brooklyn man is the owner of large
black Newfoundland dog and a little white
cat When the dog was only two weeks old he
gave it to the cat to adopt, she having at that
time an interesting family Of six Kittens
he grew very rapidly and IN short time was
bigger than his foster mother, but he evident
ly appreciated the care bestowed upon him,
and was never rough or unruly toward his lit
tie companions.
The old cat continued to watch over him
tenderly, and It was very funny to see her
bristle up and fly at any dog that dared to
approach her charge. Now that he is year
old, the dog watches over the cat and woe
betide the dog that dares to snarl at her