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Show Choice of a House Cat. A good cat tho kind you want to havo In tho houso, If any will havo a round, stubby pug nose, full, fat cheeks and upper lips, and a woll-do-velopod bump on tho top of tho head, between tho onrs, betokening good na turo, A sloepy cat that purrs a good dcnl Is apt to bo playful ond good naturca. Dy nil means to bo avoided Is a cat with thin sltnrp noso nnd twitching ears. It must bo romombcrod, nlso, that a good mouscr Is not necessarily a gcntlo or doslrnblo pot. Although uny good cat will cntch mlco If sho Is not overfed, quick, full, oxprcsslvo oyes generally botokon n good mousor. Tho grentost mistake nnd probably prob-ably tho most common ono In tho naro of domestic cnts Is overfeeding, particularly too much meat. In wild llfo tho cat has oxorclso which on-nblos on-nblos hor to digest her food. In tho , V lazy houso lifo tho samo full feeding .? lends to stomach troubles and to fits. Philadelphia Record. |