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Show POSTAL CATS. So engrossing is the partiality of the domestic cat for its home-so vehement its yearning to return thither when circumstances over which it has no control have resulted it its transfer to unfamiliar localities - that certain Dutch naturalists have come to the sage conclusion that Grimalkin may be utilized a as a letter-carrier with considerable advantage to public interests. These worthies propose to organize a service of post-cats, and are at present engaged, by a series of ingenious experiments, in testing pussy's capacity for delivering the mails. Selecting Luik as their head quarters, they thence dispatch a number of cats, securely tied up in woolen bags, to the neighboring villages, where they are freed from confinement and turned loose, with neat packets of letters firmly strapped to their backs. At once their domestic instincts come into full play, and they swiftly flee homewards with unswerving directness. Of thirty-seven cats, thus constrained to serve their country, not one has hitherto failed to fulfill its postal function with excellent punctuality. It is feared, however, that when a double service shall be arranged difficulties and delays may arise from the meeting of post-cats on the high road. If the feline postmen can be inspired with a high sense of duty, overriding personal impulse, all will be well. Failing this, we apprehend that irregularities in delivery will take place - Exchange. |