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Show TRICKS FOR TABBY. Queer Things That May Be Taught Her If 8he Is Smart. Ono of tho most dimcult things to teach a cat Is to follow llko a dog. As a rule thoy will not follow, but occasionally oc-casionally there Is an exception. A Now York young lady has a cat that trails so closely after her as to bo almost al-most stepped upon. The chief clerk of tho state department nt Washington Washing-ton has a cat with tho same accomplishment accom-plishment Ho has owned It for seven sev-en or eight yeurB. It will follow him about tho streets for miles Just llko a dog, and Is excessively fond of going out for a walk, provided its master selects se-lects ovcnlngs for his meanderlngs. In daylight It prefers not to go on these rambles, evidently because It docs not llko to come In contact with small boys and dogs, who aro then too numerous on tho streets of Washington. Wash-ington. It has often been obsorved that caU really care nothing for a master or a mistress, but become, attached to placo and not to persons. Not so with this particular cat; for at ono time when Its owner changed his resldenco ho purposely left his cat with friends who occupied tho houso ho had vacated, va-cated, but tho cat was not satisfied until It had found where the new houso was, and took up its abodo thoro with evident delight at finding Its old friend and protector. In tho treasury department at Washington Wash-ington there Is ono very wonderful cat. His name Is Tom, and when addressed ad-dressed ho will quickly respond, oven waking out of a sound sloop to go toward to-ward tho spoakor. Sometimes, to con-fiiBo con-fiiBo him, tho clerks will sing out some word or words in which tho syllable Tom Is cmphnslzed, and to that he pays no attention. Hut lot anyone cnll: "Tom, It's dinner time!" and forthwith ho walks across tho room, reaches up with his paws, to a tin pail, slaws It down nnd comes bringing It in his mouth. Tom Is pas sionately fond of music. At tho cry of "Hnnd organ!" ho climbs to a high window scat, but at tho words "Hero's a dog!" he sltnkB under a desk Ono of tho most accomplish! cats In England belongs to Lady Randolph Churchill. It Is a Maltese Angora, without a spot, nnd with a particularly particular-ly cunning face. This cat wns brought for the late Lord Randolph Churchill during that year or two when his strong mind failed and every effort wub made to amuso him. Ho wns afraid of dogs, taking a sudden terror at the sight of them, but Miss Angora Just pleased him. Sho was sent from India by an ofllcor In that country Tricks a Smart Cat Does. who had taken her parents thero years beforo. Tho mother had been a watch-cat, ablo to keep guard over a tent, miaouing if a strange stop came, and, of cotirso, hor children wero very bright. When tho Churchill cat was told to "Co play tho piano!" sho would immediately wnlk back and forth upon tho keys ot tho baby-grand baby-grand In tho boudoir. "Now sit for your picture !" meant to assumo a Join Jo-in 11 ro position, with her paws In line, hor tall neatly curled around thorn nnd hor head nicely bent to 0110 sldo as If trying to "look pleasant" |