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Show i rilEY HAVE NO TAILS. Ji M w::b Ids; Is." pri i.. Hriiaia bt 1 Of C TU.kNV.fj .'jOV.'is DEFECT IN MANX CATS IS DUE TO THE HUMir.lT' The Oh !.. 1 ! r : c lr',.' f f1. V f Thoua. HE MANX CAT, A native, aa the name implies, of the Isle of Man, la. perhaps, the utldcBt of the whole feline order, Bays the New York Herald. People who see it for the first time i&u hardly believe their eyes, bo atrange-lookin- g ind Incomplete docs it appear, for, to segia with, the genuine Manx cat haa so tall. Then, it is much bigger and tronger than the common domestic pussy and haa a rounder and larger head, with fuller and fiercer eyes. Its hair, aUo, is marser and thicker, and not only are ita hind legs much larger than the ithcra but the hind quarters are formed ilmoBt exactly like those of a hare. at first glance, the creature seeing 10 be a typical hybrid, with the outlines of the hare predominating, but doner Inspection of the massive head, itrong teeth, long, sensitive whiskers ind terrible clawa tells that it is very much a cat. In its original home the Manx cat displays peculiarities of char-ictwhich also distinguish it from lt3 sommon brethren. It U not only shy ut is suspicious and treacherous. While making its habitation among men it ret keeps aloof from them, rejecting all friendly or familiar advances and being apt to bite the hand that offers t caress. Although domesticated, it till remains a savage at heart and is it all times addicted to wildness and t roving life. Existing for the most Bart out of doors, it acquires predatory labile and is in the main It is very swift In its nents and, like Its congener an next if kin, the wildcat, seems utterly' destie tute of fear. As the natural of its habits it is the greateet of mousera, but it wages war as 'pstily upon rats, rabbits, hares, birds ind the smaller game as on the feeble mouse. A wrllr on cats states apropos if the subject: "In Pegu, Siam and iurniah there is a race of cats the Vlalay cat wb.h tall only of half the irdlnary length and often contorted in 1 sort of knot, so that it cannot be or Itraightened.' The true ta'llcsH, r,.t the Manx haa also the bind l'gs relatively long. Mr. J. J. Weir tells me he has seen one which lad the forelegs so short ns to be in walking, and the animal sat up like a k an garjo. Tailless cats are not, however, the only cat to be found In Hie Isle of Min; some cats there have tails ten inches long, a fact probably lue to the Introduction of d sats from England, Scotland or Ireland. In cross breeding the progeny seems generally to resemble the father as to the length of the tail. O tailless breed f cats also exists In the Crimea. Scientists have been very much d In their endeavors to account for the absence of tall In the Manx cat. The consensus of opinion seme to be that the peculiarity originated In some iisease of the caudal vertebrae, resulting from the excessive humidity of the tllmate and the dampness of the soil. The effect of the disease is supposed to live been that the tall rotted off, and that in the course of time its absence became hereditary. As to the hind legs f the Manx cat, it la prob iblc that they became lunger In obedience to the natural requirements of the creature's life Its environment among the bills, in fastnesses of which it anciently made its home and to which- It fled n the approarch of danger. Nature is always kind to her children In adapting them to the conditions which compass them. It Is thus that the hare has acquired such a length of hind leg whlrh enables her to run up hill when chased by the hounds, and so to distance her pursuers. The history of the evolution of the Manx rat, could It be written, would form an interesting chapter in the origin of spec'.es. It might sound Tunny to say that the progenitors of the Manx cat lost their tails through sitting down In the wet, yet such really would seem to have been the case. Of the actual origin of the Manx cat nothing is known or can be known. It has existed r.u the Island is far bark as history or tradition reaches, and Its presence there probably antedated the first set'Jenient of Man by the Celts. It Is reasonable to suppose that its ancestor, Ihe wildcat, round Its way to. that portion of tho earth long before the human race penetrated Into Western Europe, and at I period when Man ttselt was not an land, but formed part of the main-en- d of Europe with the rest of the 3rltish Isles. That there is ample ground for this supposition is seen in .he fact that foxes, wolves, deer, the great elk and oilier wild animals long igo extinct In tho island were once llcntiful there, and tint these were In-lee- er conse-lucnc- short-taile- d, use-le- as long-taile- pus-ile- - liver. Cascarets Cuudy Cathartic, the 1 - and had grown-u- p children and as I was ready to proceed on my journey he Mid hed go along for a couple of miles, says the Detroit Free Press. As we walked along he suddenly broke out with: "See here, stranger, do yo' hlnk I'm fllten to git married ag'in? "Why not? I queried In rtply. "Dunno, but thought I'd ax yo. "You are not an old man yet, are fairly well off and unless the children raise a row I don't see why you shouldnt marry again. "No, the chill'en wont raise a row about it 'Who Is the woman In question. If I may ask? The Widder White, who lives up yere bout a mile. Powerful nice woman, the wldder K llln sorter junln' up to her for a yar past, but halnt cum to the p'int. I sorter reckoned sorter reckoned "Sorter reckoned what? I asked as ha stammered and iiauscd. "Sorter reckoned 1 might atop and ax her this mawln, If yo reckoned 1 was fltten," he finished. "Why shouldnt yo be fltten? "Dunno, but maybe I aint I did all I could to assure him on that point and before we reached the widows house it was agreed thet ' I should go on a piece and wait for him and after he had talked with Mra. White he Bho'ild come on and tell mo the -!. I hadn't waited ten minutes before he came hurrying along and I knew by his looks that something was wrong. Well, how did you come out? I asked aa he took a seat on the stone beside me. "I want fltten. he replied. Rut why not? "Dunno. I Jest wont In and nxed the w!iler If shed hey me and she aid I wasnt fltten and run mo over the bresh-fenc- e with a broom-stic"And didn't you ask for any explanation urn a man haln't fitten "Nary one. and a woman says he haln't fltten, what yo gwine to do? If yos fltten yoa all right; If yo's unfilten then yo aint fltten and It's no use 10 ax about It or waste time. Mawin, Ltranger Im gwlne buck home anil git to work at the co'n. res'- Sir TOUT IW Fat A tnaaactlou ittwlili.ii jouoaunot loseisa sure thing, liiliousueas, sick lieududie, fuxv red Uuigue, lot or, plies aud a UiouamnloUier ills an caused by coustiiiutmn aud sluggish 'IDOW. si. ie Discover I r,.'n. 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