Show A CATS LIVELY EXPEIEHCE WITH BEES Charles Kaiser who owns the only hive of bees in tJwn says that when lie first got his colouy his old cats curiosity was much excited in regard to the doing of the little iiuecta the like of which she had never before i seen At first she watched their I comings and goings at a distance She then flattened herself upon the ground and crept along toward the hive with tail homontnl and quivering quiver-ing It was clearly evident she thought tho bees some new kind of game Finally eho took up ap > sitioa at tho entrance to the hive and when a bee came in or started out made a dab at it with her paw This went on for a time without attracting at-tracting the atten ion of the iu habitant habi-tant at the hive Presently however old Tabby etuck and crushed a bee on the edge of the opening to the hive The smell of the crusiea bee alarmed and enraged en-raged the whole colony Bees by the score poured forth and darted into the fur 01 the astonished cat Tabby rolhd herself in the grass spitting spluttering biting i clawing and Equal l ling as a cat never Equalled before she appeared a mere ball of fur and bete She was at length hauled away from the hive with a garden rake nl a cost of several stings to her rescuer Even after she had been taken to a distant part of the ground the bees stuck to Tabbys fur and about once in two minutes she would utter an unearthly yowl and bounce a full jard into the air Two or three daya after the adventure Tabby was caught by her owcer who took her by the neck and threw her down near the beehive No sconer did she strike the ground than she gave a equal and at a single bound reached the top of tho fence full six feet in height There ehe clung for a moment With a tail as bg as a rollingpin when with another bound and squall she was outof eight and did not again put in an appearance for more ban a week Virginia City Nev Enterprise Enter-prise |