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Show PUSS SAILED AWAY. e,' Weill .VlM.rir.l n Mrniialilp ant Mule f ll.r-.lt (J"!1' " llnlne. ,, .6 ; If there U anything lu tbo popular A ", superstition among sailors that "n rat " brings food luck," tho voiago ot the Urltlsh steamship Thalia will bo a " ,. pleasant one,' saa tho Savannah Newt A fine, large Mnlteeo cat went aboard the day beforo tho tailed, and composedly curled herself up ou tbe heavily upholstered crimson sofa In tbo officers saloon, and when the vessel ves-sel salted tho was u contented passenger pas-senger ' Sho Is nn old traveler," Mid the stownrd, nt be stroked her soft fur. - "and thla Is not her first voyage Catt llko a chango, and they will visit ono vessel nnd then another In port until they find one that suits them, and they nro knowing nnlmnls and teem to have sumo Intuition when a vestcl it going to tall ' Do I think a cat brings lurk? Oh, I yes It's good luck to bavo a cat come I to jou Why, that'a not a auperstl- tlon of sailors nlonc Did jou ever 1 see a landlubber tint didn't bellcvo Itt I That cat will havo tho beat treatment 1 on board, bealdes, there's no end to H tbo rats on board and tho cat will b useful as well nt luck) for us " I |