Logan Republican | 1903-01-23 | Page 4 | Cat Lives in Ice House

CAT LIVE8 IN ICE HOUSE And Seems to Enjoy Low Temperature Tempera-ture of the Place. In ono of Philadelphia's big cold etorngo warehouses, says tho Ilccoril of that city, Is a cat that lives constantly con-stantly In a temperature of ton degrees nbovo zero, winter and summer. Moreover sho scemo to like It, and on tho raro occasions when sho Is removed re-moved to the outer nlr she mews nnd scratches nt tho door to get back ngnln. Knts and mlco also llvo and thrlvo In thnt temperature, which ts tho secret of tho cat's presence there. "Wo put her )n tho compartmont that registers 30 degrees originally," said tho manager of the warehouso tho other day. "Wo had been overrun with rodents, nnd wo turned tho cat loose as nn experiment. Sho seemed to llko It, and when wo moved her to the colder temperature, It had no 1)1 effect upon her. It would bo Interesting Interest-ing to know nt ,just how low a tqin-pernturo tqin-pernturo a cat could sustain llfo."