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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04
WHY Not7

Knicker--Think the stock exchange
should be regulated?
Bocker--Yes, 1t should be arranged
for stocks to go up when you buy and
60 down when you sell.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04

II understand your husband IL q
man OF great Abilities
HE certainly Is. He beat up four
bill collectors yesterday SO they can't
come back for six months. "--Fliegende
Batter
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04
Torture Of Tantalus.

The golf bugs soul came back from
a little range around Satan's preserve
with a smile as wide as the Amazon
river. Il say" it exclaimed 4 don't
call this much Of a hell They have
the finest golf course out there
ever saw in my life" A drolElookine
old soul who was sitting on the safety
valve looked up "Rpt did you see
anybody playing on it?1 he asked
No the newcomer admitted =
ai5n't' The old-tiraer chuckled
eThat's It" he said He went iat
anybody play On it~-Exchange.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04

Il haven't much hope for that boy. +"
why not? He is getting on very
we'll with his studies"
Il know. but he insists on wearing
such foolish hats
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04
Lost and Found.

L0ST--4Automobile round leather
top strang, six or eight feet long.
Return TO Southern Illinois Motor
Co, $40 Commercial tf-G-2
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Il think she is losing her voice. .
Possibly, bat I'm afraid it will last
through this performance.
Easy TO SroVe.
Fido she loves.
a good sort maybe;
And yct q ''purp''
Ia not q baby.
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Shows signs OF wear it is discarded
and replaced. and all this work has
10 be done Ia a few hours.
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Hes Different.

MIR. 1ips, whom you seem 10 think
badly of told me he was settlement
worker"
so he is Did he tell you what
kind Of a settlement worker?"
No; what kind is he?"
Ambulance chaser
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Help Wanted Male.


WANTED Two good carpenters
and one pipe filter at once, Apply
ITO The Mcclure Co.. Drainage Dis
triot,. L. II. Updiker. Factory supt.
WANTED-i5 iaborers at once,
Apply to Mcclure Co, Drainage Dis
trict. Good pay. l.. H. Updike
Factory superintendent. 5119-tf.
WANTED FOR u. S. ARMY -
Able bodied unmarried men between
ages OF Is and 35; citizens OF United
States. OF good character and tenn
perate habits, who can spead, read
and write the English language.
dor information apply to Recruiting
Officer. All ohio st. Cairo, III.
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Miscellaneous Wanted.

WAN7EIl-To hear from some
resident II Cairo or vicinity who
does not esrry FIRE Insurance. Can
dee Insurance. Agency. SIT Ohio
street Il
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Buildings For Rent.

FOR RENT Warehouse, best in
Cairo; four stories and basement,
strictly modern. Good proposition
for some one who will act quickly.
Call Mr.. Daneiger, Schiller Bros,
Eighth and Ohio streets. 525-30t
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Help Wanted Female.

WANTED Thirty girls at the
Overall factory, steady work. good
pay. Twenty-ninth, near Sycamore.
d. H. Marx K Co.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04

WANTED--tiirl to learn tele-
phone work at Mound city or
Mounds. Apply j. N. Cecil, Mgr.
Mound City. 5-23 tt
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WANT TO BJY-seeond hand
furniture and household goods
Highest cash price paid. New goods
exchanged for old Call home
phone 400. 1911 Commercial Ave
nue.. If
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04
Paas the Plate.

4 goodEfor-ncthing The churohgoer
who doesn't contribute. Judge.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04

WANTED \ cook at Nllla Ridge
hotei; good wages to right person,
cat on or address, at once J. =.
Boyd, villa Ridge, H. 5-31 Il
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TELEPHONE YOUR WANT ADS
BOTH PHONES oe
ADVERTISEMENT.

WANTED Al once two statesmen
lady or gentlemen. Apply 1T 1908
Commercial avenue. SEQ If
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-04

Finest line Of fishing tackle in
stock. Lawn mokers sharpened,
safes opened, combinations changed
Keys made; guns and reyolyers re-
paired. II. f. Incc, 40 Commercial
avenue Cairo, ILL.,; Home phone
2t2K.
The Emmett index., 1913-04-10

Fancy Silks 59c.
Fancy silks in this lot that are actually
worth up TO a dollar yard. They come
in twentyfour and twenty-six inch
widths in stripes, checks and brocade eff
-messaline, taffeta and foulard.
This Anniversary offering is TO clean
up several lots of special silk purchases.
Great silk value at SOC.
Soisetts, 16c Yard.
Almost every woman knows the merit
of soisette 1t washes beautifully and
wears well. It's a usual twenty-five
cent material. Our Anniversary price
is 16c.
Comes in assortd plain colors and
white.
Light Percale 10c.
A light percale thirty-two inches wide
in assortd stripes-a percale which
should sell for at least 15c in a regular
way.
We bot 800 yards in lengths from to
10 yards that we can sell you for 10c
yard during our Anniversary.
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Sponge Cloth 12hc.
A new summer fabric-looks much like
ratine-a popular style of material this
season. This looks like a twenty-five
cent material We bot a quantity of
this cloth in mill lengths from 2 TO 10
yards and got it at price which en-
ables US to make this Anniversary offer
of 121ac a yard.
Comes in three popular colors, white.
tan and Copenhagen. Save half on
this stylish fabric.
Dress Gingham Sc.
Pretty dress ginghams in stripes,
checks and fancy plaids, in variety of
colorings. A very attractive lot of ging-
hams and worth 1215c a yard in a re-
gular way. Our Anniversary price is Sc.
Large Sheets 69c.
Extra large sheets, 91x99 inches, and
made of a heavy bleached sheeting 0rdi-
narily you would pay eighty-five cents.
Anniversary offer 69c.
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Mems S Hats 81
An Anniversary Offering y

An Anniversary Offering Which Should Appeal to Men,
A Agoodha for dollar.
this offering hats
dollar.
of them soft shapes
dollar
a half hatsy cant find, and better
Take this as a good get until hat
da There this lot and you'll find
to peaseyo of
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Taffeta Silk, Priced 19c

Special Anniversary Plain Eighteen Inches Wide
doesn't it, And this
decent quality of silk silk that have sold special at 29
sold
for It's wearing silk.
purchase big this silk offer
Anniversary item Choose from white
black light blue Copenhagen three shades of
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Mixed Shoe Lots.
A lot of women's shoes and oxfords,
worth to $3.50, for $2.67.
A lot of mems shoes and ofords worth
to $500 for $1.98.
Women's and misses shoes, oxfords
and pumps, new spring lasts, Anniver-
sary price-$1.49.
Mems medium and heavy work shoes,
in black and tan special anniversary price
$2.45 and $1.99.
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ANNIVERSARY SHOE OFFERING
Shoe Special $1.17

and Chdn Shoes in This Anniversary Offer
lot of shoes priced 81 IT special Anniversary attraction Most
ladies' and slippers but there mems shoes
and chiden shoes If there's anything
lot certainly get shoe bargain for $17
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Curtain Scrin |

The 25c grade, Marquisette and voile (
and ecru colors, with fancy colored border
Anniversary price, yd. ................ .
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Embroideries 1OC

beautiful embroderies, bought especially for this
The lot includes ouncng and the
emroderes and bands values 25c yard 1n
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-06-10
BATHING IN AGRA JAIL.
Just Like "You Scratch My Back and
I'll Scratch Yours

Just Like "You Scratch My Back and
III Scratch Yours"
One of the humorous sights OF India.
says contributor to the Wide World
Magazine. is the daily bathing parade
In q native prison. In the one we wit
messed were youthful hubitual crimi-
mails. varying in age from nine to 6f-
teen years. taking their daily dip at
Agra Jail. While the governor watches
proceedings from the shade of tree
the prisoners. each man fettered and
carrying a bowl Of beaten brass or
steel. are led out in double file to a
stone pavement, on each side of which
runs a shallow trough of water.
At the command of native warder
bowls are filed and waistcloths are
washed. At second order the prison
ers scoop water over themselves and
then sink smartly to their launches.
one behind another. in parallel lines.
Again comes a snappy order from the
warder. and each man begins vigorous
~ to rub the back of the fellow In
front Of him. When the warder judges
the massage Is complete his voice
brings the two lines to smart right
about face. still on their launches. and
the vigorous rubbing begins again. each
man doing for his fellow what his fel.
low did for him.
The process. while comical. Is genu-
Inc illustration Of the saying. You
scratch my back and I'll scratch
yours" except. Of course. to the pris'
oners whose fate brings them to the
head or tail of the line. where they re.
ceive only halt the treatment" Of their
fellows
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The Briaand Chief.

Not many years ago the highways Of
Mexico and especially that Of Guadal'
Java, were infested with brigands, who
usually stopped all travellers whom
they met Whenever conveyance en-
tered the capital with the curtains re-
moved it was taken for granted that
the victim of the brigands had taken
them to use as a substitute for bis
own garments of which he bad been
deprived. The situation at length be-
came uubearable. aud, a daring rob-
berry having been committed. the au'
thorities sent out troops to pursue the
malefactors. The leader Of the gang
was captured, bound. placed on mule
and escorted to the city. The presi-
dent sent for the chief Of police. He
was not Forthcoming.
'Does any one know where he Is to
be found?'' asked the president.
"Why, yes, SIR the men replied In
chorus; "he Is on the mule"
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Tennys SON and Tobacco.

TennySun> devotion to Lis pipe Il
well known. but the following stor!
Of it will profanity H fresh 10 mos'
readers 4 friend had driven him
from Plymnuth to visit an old lad!
v.,n Stuo'! IN "" awe of the poet The
visitors Were. invited to remain for the
night but Oh Mr. IrnnysOn's StIpulat
ing that if lie di'i he should he allowed
to smoke in his bedroom the old lad!
bridled up That she could not allow.
Bedroum smoking was not only Objec-
tionahie. b,f dangerous. and for no
one would she relax her prohibition
rule. Mr. Tennyson proving equally
obdurate the hostess' own carriage was
ordered out. aud he was sent in 1t
back to his hotel at Plymouth. whence.
however, he returned the next morn.
ing to breakfast From Mrs Waiford's
Recollections.
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ssauty OF Colonial Gateposta.

Perhaps no other feature adds moro
to the seclusion and dignity OF house
than well designed entrance gateposts.
The meeting point of house and
grounds always presents difficult
problem. even In the best suburban
architecture Shrubbery often miti-
gates this una yoidabl intersection. but
the old fashioned white picket fence.
full of interesting detail and backed
up by hedges. solved the problem most
satisfactorily. Yet this best solution
must be used with discretion. On
suburban streets broken up into many
small lots, there should be an agree
ment on the part of several neighbors
to put mp the same sort of fence;
otherwise the different heights and
shapes of the pickets would be too
disturbing to add any beauty to the
houses In other words, good picket
fence demands a certain amount OF
continuity to do 1t Justice. In the
gateposts. however. a great variety
could be displayed, and where there u
group of little colonial houses. or
even only colonial doorways. the ia
nous old gateposts of Salem offer
wealth of suggestion. -Country Life In
America
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COLOR ILLUSIONS.
Curious Effects From Red and Blue o.
Black Background.

Curious Effects From Red and Blue o.
Black Background.
If on a screen of black velvet placet
at distance Of ten feet from the spec
tator large letters are pasted, som'
blue, some red. they will not appear t.
be at an equal distance from the eyes
To some persons the red letters viii
seem nearer than blue letters, while
to other persons the contrary enec
will be manifested
To produce this effect both eyes must
be employed. When one eye is CLOSED
the letters are all seen at the same dis
lance. On opening the other eye one
set of letters Immediately appears tt
take a position in advance Of the others
The explanation offered for this effec,
is that a sort Of stereoscoAc Illusion is
produced In the eye itself. depending
upon color. The image of blde objec,
is shifted by the eye toward one side
and that Of red object toward the
other side
If on looking at blue and red letters
on black background placed ten OF
twelve feet away you see the red letters
nearer than the blue. screen off one
half of the pupil Of each eye on the
outside and you will see the red let
tiers retire Gekind the blue ones
If you screen The pupils on the side
toward the nose YOU Will see the red
letters advance apparently stili further
ahead Of the blue ones.
If. on the other hand. you naturally
see the blue in advance screen the In
ner side OF the pupils OF your eyes and
the red VIII come to the front
Beautiful effects are produced witt
one eyr aiCue when. instead Of letters
red or blue rings are pasted on back
ground Of the opposite color Placing
red rings Oh blnc paper and using the
right eye h the inner side of the pu
pill covered the appearance is that OF
circular red hii!o,.ks resting on blue
ground
To produce his erect in its highest
degree The Taper must be held TO the
left and sloping in thai direction
When the outer side of the pupil l.
screened the red rings will become cir
GUAR trenches in the blue paper.-New
York sun
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The Poisoned Pen.

When the anonymous letter
writer is inspired by malice, as is
clearly the case with the mischief
maker in Elizabeth, there is almost
no limit to the trouble such a per-
son can cause. 1t Is hard to con-
ceive of more cowardly or con-
temptible method of attacking the
reputation of man or woman.
Charity would suggest that 1t is
apt to be evidence either of a dis
ordered mind or of spiteful ma
ture so perverted by meanness of
spirit as to prove lack of balance.
To circulate evil gossip with the
motive of injuring some one Is bad
enough, but to send unsigned COM
munications through the mail with
the purpose of defaming acquaintan-
ces or neighbors Is an indication of
criminal depravity not unlike that
of the poisoner. The law draws
it's distinctions, but in point of NOR
ais there is not much choice be-
tween the hidden assassin of charac-
ter and the murderer who uses
deadly drugs.
Not every one has the moral cour
age to meet the anonymous letter
writer with publicity. Up to a GER
tain point it may be best to pay no
heed to the tongue of SANDER. But
when malevolence reaches the stage
of a sustained campaign of scandal,
there is no better way to defeat it
than by exposure. Anonymous at
tacks by letter, if made known by
the victims, soon become ridiculous.
The World.
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SOME HORSE DEAL.
Hackett Demonstrates His Ability
To Cope With Best of Them.

Cambridge and Dorchester coun-
tty has produced many dealers in
horses. As the result of their ac-
tivities, thousands of horses have
been bought and sold. Some of
the older dealers, such as Mark
New, who was one of the best
known who ever came to the coun-
ty, did a large business trading, buy
ing and selling, although there was
not so much buying as there was
trading and selling. but none of
these have had anything on our
friend Walter Hackett. He says he
doesn't know much about horses,
but can tell a white one from a
black one, and a lame one from a
straight one, and a blind one from
one that can see.
But a deal which he put over on
Ex-Sheriff "Ned" Philips, who, by
the way, has handled a horse or two
in his day, stands out as the best
one pulled off in this county for a
long time.
The story goes, that Mr.. Phillips
had just received a lot of horses
from the city, and called Hackett in
to look at them. He went,and they
finally dealt on a horse that was
not in the best of condition, nor
did II have the aDDearanca of youth
the price being $50.
Hackett took the horse to his
stables, and the more he looked at
and examined it, the less he was
pleased with 1t. However, he did
not like to return it, so he began
to think of some plan by which he
could sell it back to the Sheriff. FL
nally. he thought up plan; he
sheared the horse. trimmed up its
name, bobbed It's tail, trimmed up
it's fet-locks, shined it's hoofs, and
went down and told the Sheriff he
had a horse to sell. After little
dickering, they agreed upon a price
of $50, and he sold the horse to
Mr.. Phillips.
After getting the money,he told
Mr.. Phillips that 1t was the same
horse he bought from him in the
morning; that after he took him
home he decided to sell him, and
had given him the first chance.
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suryina a Water Supply.


Most rodents are provident creatures
and store supply of food for winter
use. The Egyptian jerboa, which Is
a kind of jumping mouse, is quite as
thrifty as the rest of its race. but 1t
Is singular in this--that 1t stores up
not food, but water. The jerboa Is
found most generally in arid regions,
in which the dry season lasts six
months, during which time not even a
drop of dew falls. In these places,
however, there grows, just at the close
of the rainy season. bitter but ex-
tremely juicy melon. AS soon as 1t is
ripe the jerboa gnaws through Its
stem, digs away the earth beneath 1t
and lets it drop into the hole thus
formed. The wind soon covers it with
sand. which not only conceals it. but
also protects it from the heat. On the
coming of the drought the jerboa seeks
cut one after another Of these natural
water barrels and slakes its thirst at
them until the rainy season sets In
once more AS the jerboa lays up q
supply of from forty to fifty melons.
there is no danger of its store of water
running short.
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SWAT THE fly.
State Health Board Makes Public
Appeal.

Fly proverbs, that read like the
wise bits in Ben Franklin's "Poo1
Richards Almanack," are inserted
in the public appeal made by the
State Board of Health to swat the
fly"
The printed appeal stresses the
sanitary Importance of preventing
the accumulation of dirt and gar
bage and the covering of garbage
cans. These precautions. 1t Is
pointed out, not only lessen fly
breeding, but make ones premises
less sought after by long tailed
rats.
Here are some of the Poor Rich
ard-like aphorisms of the Boards
appeal to the public:
Flies follow filth.
Fever follows flies.
Swatting saves sickness.
1t is better to screen the cradle
and wear a smile, than scott at the
precaution and wear mourning.
Flies in the dining room usually
precede nurses in the sick room.
Screens in the window prevent
crepe on the door.
Flies, as well as bad water, spread
typhoid.
A fly in the milk may mean a
member of the family in the grave.
A fly has natural enemies; the
most persistent and most effective
should be man.
1t costs less to buy a screen door
than to get sick and lay off for
a month.
It's a short haul from the gar
bage can to the dining table via
the fly route.
If at first you don't succeed.sw
swat again.
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| Y /.

Jersey so far as its State is concerned
number of minor elective Offices with
Legislature
have constructive
the
found
But the machine sharp blow and forth
knew
with
leading fashionng them
the statute the first instance
acting
distinction all
desirable
ctn organized bodies
ton Successful impossible without them
argument for organization
matte 49,
many officers
leisure
knowledge for the intricate business
the Short Ballot
will he reegated
valid differences opinion will their
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-06-10
How Mark Twain introduced Himse

Ladies and Gentlemen-By the re-
quest, of the chairman of the commit
tee / beg leave to Introduce to you the
reader Of the evening. gentleman
whose great learning. whose historical
accuracy, whose devotion to science
and whose generation for the truth ara
only equaled by his moral character
and his majestic presence. | allude.
In these vague and general terms. to
myself. | am little opposed to the
custom of tremendously introducing a
reader to the audience, because 1t
seems unnecessary where the man has
been properly advertised. But, as 1t
Is the custom. prefer to make it my
self-in my own case-and then can
rely on getting in all the facts! new
er had but one introduction that SEEM
ed to me just the thing. and the gentle
man was not acquainted with me. and
there was no nonsense. He said: La
dies and Gentlemen-I shall waste no
time In this introduction. | know OF
only two facts about this man-6rst,
he never has been in state prison, and.
second, / can't imagine why?"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-06-10
This Theory Is Now Doubted.

The increase of temperature observ'
ed Is about ! degree F. for every ff-
teen yards II descent in the earth.
Taking. t..en as correct. the present
observed rate of increase. the tempera-
ture would be as rurows: Water will
boil at the depth OF 2,43O yards;
lead melts at the depth of S.4OO yards;
there is red heat ut the depth of seven
miles; gold neIts at twenty-one miles;
cast iron melts at seventy four miles
and soft iron melts at ninety seven
miles. At the depth of 100 miles there
Is a temperature equal to the greatest
artificial heat yet observed. teinpera'
ture capable of fusins platina. porce
lain and indeed every refractory sub,
stance we are acquainted with.-Hum'
boldr's Cosmos.
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a Patient Man.

The endurance or the music love,
who sits out one of Wagner's Ions
"Ring" operas has often been com
mented upon, but perhaps not more
forcibly than In LondotA Well W
above the stage was burly figure IL
homespun. evidently Scottish farmer
who had come to London to see thu
sights and hear the sounds. After sit
ting through three long acts he muir
INJURED audibly. Twas patient MOI
that wrote all thiSr'
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coldsmith's Snowy Clothes.

Goldsmith was iudicrously fond Of
snowy clothes. When he sought to
take orders in Ireland he tried to daz-
gle his bishop by u pair of scarlet
breeches While studying medicine In
Edinburgh be wore rich sky blue
SATIN" .'fine sky blue shalloon' and
silver hat lace. Before Johnson. Rey-
nolds and Garrick he strutted about
Dragging of his bloom colored coat
and when his reputation had been
made by his two principal poems he
blazed forth in purple silk small
clothes, a scarlet greatcoat and ply
sician's wig He carried gold head
ed cane. and sword hung by bis side.
q weapon so disproportioned to his
diminntive stature that coxcomb who
passed him in the Strand called out to
his companion to look at that fly with
q long pin stuck through Il"
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that irrepressible little man. At din
ner given to MIR. Prior the chairmau n.
Sir Evelyn Wood. who WAS seated next
to the guest on the evening. commenced
his speech thusly. "Our honored guest.
Mr.. Prior. has been In twenty one en-
gagements." -'rior. prompting. Tween
ty-two. my lord. twenty two" Sir Ev-
elyn continued. "In twenty-five engage
ments and has never seen a shot
fired"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-06-10
Hen Mothers Kittens

Lenox, Mass, June 6.-Chas. H.
Mellen, president of the New Ha-
ven Railroad, has a prize buff CO.
chin hen, one of three for which he
recently paid $3.50. Recently 1t
showed a determination to set. but
it's eggs were removed.
The hen disappeared, and when
found, it had cuddled under Its
breast litter of 10 kittens. 1t de-
veloped that when the cat left her
offspring the hen promptly adopted
them, and pecked so savagely at the
mother cat when 1t returned that
the cat was driven away. ,..