Show pompadour Is a talented cat pompadour a large thomas cat owned by mrs james howe of skow began tie Is noted tor his and sagacity A short time ago he called another cat to his aid to rid the house of a large number ot mice he directed the strange cat to stand by the door lead ing into the shed while he pompa dour slowly worked a string that had a piece of cheese fastened to it aalur ing the mice into the kitchen that night 40 or 50 mice were slain by pompadour and his assistant mr howe lives some distance from the and usually sends hia mall by the last evening train As soon as he has his letters ready he ties them to pompadour s neck and the cat carries them to the |