Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1917 — Black Feline Agent of Evil. [ARTICLE]

Black Feline Agent of Evil.

In nearly every weird legend a black cat figures as the agent of evil. A story generally accepted down to the middle of the nineteenth century was that when Satan desired to disturb the peace of mankind he assumed the form of a black tomcat. In Germany, England and France during the middle ages It was usual to wind up a religious celebration by throwing a art from a height to the road below. Among the many popular fallacies accepted by unlettered and Ignorant persons is one that a cat can see better at night than in the day, and that it is able to see clearly in pltchblack darkness. But the real secret of the cat’s ability to move rapidly in a dark room lies in its feelers, commonly called whiskers, and in its natural surefoobedness.