Show I A Cats Extraordinary Heap I In the latter part of 18SO at a time when the 1Tnshinrytnn nnnnnum 4 Iq nnlM 1 h nn u uu caHU l height of 160 feet an adventurous and patriotic cat ascended the interior of the shaft by means of the ropes and tubing When the workmen arrived at the upper landing the next morning and began to prepare for the days work pussy took fright md springing t the outer edge took a header of ICO feet to the hard earth below In the descent which was watched closely by two score of men the cat spread herself out like a flying squirrel and alighted on all fours After turning over on the ground a few times in I dazed manner she prepared to leave the grounds She had gotten almost beyond the shadow shad-ow of the monument when a dog belong ing to one of the workmen pounced upon her and killed her she of course not be j i I ing in her best running trim after per i i forming such an extraordinary feat One of the men procured the body of the dead feline smoothed out her silky coat and turned the remains over to a representative representa-tive of the Smithsonian institution who mounted the skin and placed it under a glass case The label on the case tells this wonderful story in a few words This cat on Sept 231880 jumped from the top of Washingtons monument and livedSt Louis Republic I |