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It is not going too far to say that many millions of people who pass for intelligent believe that every cat has two personalities--one that is just an ordinary cat and the other an intangible something that can penetrate solid matter like the X-ray. This theory would account for the fact that a cat which you have seen run down by an automobile will be found next morning chasing squirrels across the lawn, and for the fact that the cat which you expressed, charges prepaid, to your brother's wife in Trenton, New Jersey, is heard running over the piano-keys in your own house a few nights later. We are far from knowing everything that is worth while about the cat, much as we may boast of our advancement in general education. DEFINITIONS OF "HOME." The golden setting in which the brightest jewel is "mother." * * * * * A world of strife shut out, a world of love shut in. * * * * * An arbor which shades when the sunshine of prosperity becomes too dazzling; a harbor where the human bark finds shelter in time of storm. * * * * * Home is the blossom of which heaven is the fruit. * * * * * Home is a person's estate obtained without injustice, kept without disquietude; a place where time is spent without repentance, and which is ruled by justice, mercy, and love. * * * * * A hive in which, like the industrious bee, youth garners the sweets and memories of life for age to meditate and feed upon. * * * * * The best place for a married man after business hours. * * * * * Home is the coziest, kindliest, sweetest place in all the world, the scene of our purest earthly joys and deepest sorrows. * * * * * The place where the great are sometimes small, and the small often great. * * * * * The father's kingdom, the children's paradise, the mother's world. * * * * * The jewel casket containing the most precious of all jewels--domestic happiness. * * * * * Where you are treated best and grumble most. * * * * * The center of our affections, around which our
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