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Show Cat Forty-Two Years Old. Herr Pohl, president of the German Society for the Protection of . Cats, ha just published the results of hio tigation in regard to the &sa wnlch it is possible for these animals to attain. at-tain. Cats, he says, are H" cuman beings in one respect. Tins more peaceful and better regulated their life is the longer they are likely to live. As a proof, he points out that a favorite cat in the royal castle of Nymphen-burg Nymphen-burg has lived to be forty-two years old, and consequently may fairly claim to be considered the dean of cats in Germany. That this remarkable animal has still some youth in her is evident from the fact that she gave birth to a kitten kit-ten two years ago. Moreover, the kitten kit-ten thrived wonderfully and attracted much attention when It was exhibited at the exposition in Breslau. |