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AMEPICAN BEE lOURNAL 



Dec. S, 1901 



AVe have two tiger cats. We all like them, and if pur- 

 ring- is a sign of contentment — and who can doubt it ? — then 

 our cats are not pining for a new home. No one would 

 wonder at this, if he should see the great basin of freshest, 

 sweetest milk that I give them twice daily, as I come 

 always attended by them from barn to house. In fact, they 

 always watch me as I milk. So I have to be neat and par- 

 ticular, as I am always watched. My wife and daughter 

 insist on this full milk ration. I suppose they are right in 

 thinking nothing too good for our cats. I often hint to 

 them that if I ever do get jealous of those cats it will surely 

 not be without provocation. 



One of these cats is a beautv. He is as boldly striped 

 as a veritable tiger. Everybody praises " Toots." " He is 

 such a beaut}'." Toddles is more plain in garb. Few vis- 

 itors discourse on his handsome fur cloak. I smile to see 

 how Mrs. Cook and daughter take his part, and warm up as 

 they portray his good points. These cats are treasures. 

 Mice used to run riot in the barn, and took too generous 

 toll from hay and meal bag. Now I never see any mice 

 except as Toots or Toddles come to show me one that spe- 

 cially pleases them, and, like well brought up cats, wish to 

 share the pleasure with me. 



c~: Even a better use than this is the pleasure they give 

 the dear ones of our home circle. It is good for us to lavish 

 attention and care even on a feline member of the family. 

 And I am sure that loving them insures more love to those 

 of the househould more deserving of love. Neither do our 

 cats disturb any one of our neighbors. Indeed, they are 

 fondly petted by all. 



I don't feel so about dogs. I wouldn't have one. They 

 do not catch mice, and are only valuable as pets. And are 



they not too often a nuisance to all the neighbors? No 

 hour of night is sacred against their vociferous yelps. And 

 how few are too well bred to pitch wildly out at the passing 

 carriage or equestrian ? Unless we can get real gentlemen 

 dogs — and they are rare in California — let us replace every 

 dog on the place with a good, handsome cat. 



DIVORCE THE LAWN AND TREES AND SHRUBS. 



What are so exquisitely graceful as date-palms — the 

 Phctnix canariensis ? They are great, living fountains of 

 finest green. A neighbor had one right on the lawn. It 

 had no business there. An open lawn is too beautiful a 

 feature of the landscape to be invaded even by handsomest 

 tree or shrub. Again, the grass seems to have learned this, 

 and proceeds at once, upon occasion, to throttle the very 

 life from anj' invader. Thus it was that this date-palm was 

 yellow and sickly. Why, my date-palm, almost near 

 enough to shake hands with the other, grew more in three 

 years than did that one in more than double the time. The 

 grass wished the water and the fertility, and took it, and 

 the poor palm could only turn yellow — not. green — with 

 envy. 



A new neighbor has purchased the place. As the palm 

 was on the edge of the lawn, or to one side, she digged 

 about it and put the too-greedy grass-blades to route. And, 

 presto I the palm doesn't look like the same plant at all. 

 The sickly yellow is replaced with brightest green, and it 

 has grown more in one short year than in several long pre- 

 vious ones. It just laughs now, and were it not that its 

 strong roots had gotten such a hold, I veritably believe it 

 would dance. 



Let us all keep trees and shrubs away from the lawns. 



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