PETS OF A WEALTHY WIDOW.

SIM Eu Two Hundred Cats *nd Many Other Animals.

' Mrs. Bobert Johnson has 200 cats, and each of them has a pedigree that extends back over many generations. As Mrs. Johnson has several millions of dollars and is a widow, her patrician cats five in a style befitting their long pedigrees. They live at Buena Vista, Mrs. Johnson's country mansion near Sonoma, Gal., and it takes three servants to care for the pussies. Every one of these cats is a real Angora, and the most exacting part of the duties of the three Japanese who look after them, ■ays the San Francisco Examiner, is to see that no wandering nighthawk of a common

fence haunting, slumber disturbing Tom or Tabby shall gain entrance to this feline paradise. There are fences high and tight fslsep these out and to restrain any va grant tendencies that may have descended to any of these petted beauties from some outcast ancestor, for, as with most people bf gentle blood, somewhere the fair line of ancestry runs into marauders, prpducts per haps of the wild time in which they lived. There are aboui 8,000 acres in the grounds about Buena Vista, and the residence stands In the center of ten acres of flowerpots and lawns. The house is reached by a winding avenue shaded with ornamental trees ana Is seen to stand on the crest of a sloping knoll. Seen from the veranda the beds of flowers and velvety lawns vie with Golden Gate park; on a small scale. Here and there are built short flights of stairs leading down fcp tiny Jakes, on which snowy swans and ducks disport themselves i§ common ten* ancy with myriads of fancy fish, ftustto bridges spaji xnany little brooks, and lnvit Ing seats abound beneath sturdy oaks and towering eucalypti. There is also a pond <4 warm mineral water, fringed with a thiaket of bamboo, and the fragrance from lemon and orange trees abounds. Such are the surroundings in which these beautiful cats live in luxury. Besides the cats Mrs. Johnson has a lot Of other pets. There are parrots from all over the world. Cockatoos and paroquets perch on huge stands or fly about the avi ary with mad glee until the place Is a feath ered pandemonium. Then in another huge cage arealarge number of canary birds, who sing to each other aU the while. Outside the mansion are a lot of kennels in which dwell some very well known prize winners among the dogs. These dogs are smooth or woolly, large or tiny, and hare two keepers in charge of them. Then there are a lot of Japanese donkeys and some, splendid specimens of Holstein cattle and Jersey cows with soft eyes. A hundred horses and mares of Electioneer stock complete Mrs. Johnson's menagerie. It is with the parrot tribe that the An gora cats maintain continual warfare. Nothing pleases a white Angora kitten fo muck as to jump wildly into the air to clutch the long tail of the great white cock* atoo Samson. If the mother of this auda cious kitten is not in the room at the mo ment, the chances are that the kitten will be severely punished by the sharp claws and huge beak of the furious cockatoo. However, should it happen that the kitten has good backing, there is a cat and parrot circus for the next three minutes, which always ends In a spoiled cockatoo. The common green parrot, however, ts generally quicker than its lofty Bister with onions on its head and understands the noble art of self defense much better. One green parrot has been known to wring a Kitten's neck before the sound of its cries could reach the mother Tabby, and when the mother Tabby arrived to find her off spring dead an encounter ensued which was fierce and long and ended in the Tabby beating a speedy retreat In order to save the lives of the rest of her offspring. The green parrot acted with a great deal of strategy; for when the other three kittens tried to come to their mother's rescue the parrot scattered them and kept the mother busy endeavoring to save the lives of her chil dren, for the green bird kept flying from one to the other with terrifying shrieks and fierce tweaks until the whole force was routed. As a punishment the murderous bird was sent to San Francisco and sold to a deep sea captain, who has since taught it to swear and also to drink Jamaica rum, which must be a source of great humilia tion to it If remorse, regret and memory Are among the attributes of a parrot who Was reared amid such genteel surroundings.

WHTOK THE CATS LIVE.

A Ferocious Spider.

In La Plata there is a fierce and large spider called "thewolf." ,A traveler writ- Ing about it says: "It is of extraordinary size, light gray in color, with a black ring around its middle. It is active and swift and irritable to such, a degree that one can scarcely help thinking that in this instance nature has overshot her mark. When a person passes near one—say within three or four yards of Its lurking place— it starts up and gives chase and will often follow for a distance of thirty and forty yards. I came once very nearly being bitten by one of these savage creatures. Riding at an easy -trot over the dry grass, I suddenly observed » spider pursuing me, leaping swiftly along and keeping up with my beast. I aimed a blow with my whip, and the point of my lash struck the ground close to it, when it Instantly leaped upon and ran up the lash, and was actually within three or four Inches of my hand when I flung the whip from me." -'

Slugged by a Woman.

A female footpad is operating la Cincin nati. She is desperate and bold and has a male accomplice. The other evening at 8 o'clock Isaac J. Loeb -was walking in the west end at Eighth and Mound, when a woman who had been walking in front of him suddenly turned, and seizing him by the wrist dealt him a vicious blow with her fist and then gave a quick signal, which was responded to by a man who emerged from an alley. The man also struck Loeb, and they were about to rob him when he cried for help and several pedestrians came up, The man and woman fled and escaped.

A Double Pheasant.

"When a resident of Beliefonte, Or., picked up a pheasant he had shot in the mountains near his home he was surprised to find that the bird was constructed on the plan of the Siamese twins. Both birds, he asserted, were perfectly developed, and the connecting link was half an Inch long and a quarter of an inch thick and jptaed them in front of the wings.

THE ASHaVUOiN GUARDIAN: TUESDAY, JULt Id, 1891

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WALK Kit's BOT FLY REMEDIES-



'iXTAKUANTKD TO CORK ANY HOIISK AFFF.CTED WITH BOTS. IF GIVEN » tIN TIME, and to Improve tho Condition of the Horse, whether he has Bot« or not, given in two drenches. LOCAL TESTIMONIAL S.



Gifty's road, Amborley, September 6,1892. Mr Walker, Sir,—Your Box Fly Rkmki'Y reached me in due course. I jjavo them to one that was very bad, and na I had lost a splendid young horse, I a;ot very anxious, as the stomach presented one mass of bofce in all stages, with the coating eaten away. I nm glad to tell you that the one I drenched according to your instructions got quite be* tor, and is now at his work affain. I would highly recommend farmers to use tho same in time, hs I am Harisfied that they will save and greatly improve the condition of the horse. Send m» some of your Bot Fly Prkventivk for tho summer, and oblige, —Yours voiy reepectfuliy, . Edward Watson. Rillinchy, September; 14, 1892. Mr Robert Wrtlker, Christ church, Dear Sir—Your Bot Fly Rkmedies have proved a complete success with my horse. He had been very bad for some tinia ; the coat dry, a tight skin, got very low in condition, and roc scarce able to walk. I auito expected he would die, hs he had all be symptoms of one that my neighbour lost with the bots. I gave your remedies as you directed, with the following re salts :— The horse, after gettilng the late bottle, became very pained, lying down rolling and groaning with pain, in the paddock. He began to cough very hard, each cough bringing away a thick humor ous matter from the nostrils, the like of which I nsver saw before coming from a horse. This continued all next day, which lam cerain were the bota burst ing from the ffeets of the Remedy, and coming up through the nostrils by the effects of the' cough. After this ceased, the:horse began to mend, and in six days I had him at work again, heartyfand well. You should make these Remedies public, so that farmers might knew there is a remedy for this destructive pest. Send me some Preventive for keeping off the fly n summer,—And oblige, Robert Mclorraw.



in all stages of transformation, I Vecame much alarmed about the rest of my stock. I used your Got Fly Remedies on one that was very bad, and had every symp tom of dying, and in three days she was completely cur-'d, and is doing well. I believe it is the proper thing, and if given at ths proper time we shall have no more deaths from the B"t Fl). Davio Bkown.



Brookside, December 12, 1892. Mr Walker,—Sir, —1 wish to add my testimony to the wonderful effects of your Bot-fly Remedies. 1 had a valuable horse which got very bad and gradually got worse, I quite believt'd he would have died. He kept losing flosh, got » dry coat, tight skin, careworn expression of the eye, a cough, ruaning a the nos trils, and could ucarce walk I got your I remedies and gave them as directed, with the most beneficial results. The second day after getting the last drench he began to pass bots in handfuls, some of which I herewith hand you. Immediately after passing the bots he began to mend, and is now as fat as butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker's Bot-fly Remedies. Any who doubt them send them to me, and I will convince them that your reme dies are a boon to the community and the suffering horse. Every horse should have them in the season, as lam confi dent if usedthere will be no more deaths from the bot-fly. Upe this as you please. H. LOVKLL



Greenwood Farm, Southbridge, August 2, 1892. Mr Walker, Sir,-—I am glad to bear testimony to the wonderful effects of your Box Fly Remedies. One of my best horses became very bad ; the skin tight, the aye lifeless and a bad colour, and got low in condition. Anxious to finish ploughing a paddock I did nob want to lay him up until he became unable to lift his feet, or do any more. We had to help him into the stable, I gave him your Remedies, and the treatment you prescribed, and in a few days he was quite better, and is now at his work, hearty and well. I quite believe, had I not given him your Remedies, he would have died. You can use this as you please. Robert Thompson.



Amberley, July 26, 1892. To Mr Robert Walker, Christehurch. Sir, —Having lost three good horses, and on examination found the stomach of two completely eaten through, and the whole of the stomach thickly covered with bots



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