Line 0.0.0 THE WOMANI-CAT.

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Line 0.0.2 The " Woman Cat"--La Femme-chat--who

Line 0.0.3 has just escaped from the Salpetriere

Line 0.0.4 Hospital, forms a frequent topic of sensa-

Line 0.0.5 tional talk and conjecture just now. It ap-

Line 0.0.6 pears that recently a good-looking and ap-

Line 0.0.7 parently healthy girl of fifteen was taken to

Line 0.0.8 the hospital by her friends. She was ex-

Line 0.0.9 amined by Dr. Parinaud, and while he was

Line 0.0.10 looking at her eyes she suddenly went on all

Line 0.0.11 fours; her features became distorted, her eyes

Line 0.0.12 glared, and, imitating the mewing of a

Line 0.0.13 cat, she endeavoured to bite the persons who

Line 0.0.14 were standing near her. After having acted

Line 0.0.15 for several moments in this manner the

Line 0.0.16 patient began to lick her hands, and then

Line 0.0.17 gradually returned to her senses. When

Line 0.0.18 under examination by Dr. Charcot the girl

Line 0.0.19 had another attack of her malady, which is

Line 0.0.20 called "galvanthlropie hysterique," and she

Line 0.0.21 bit the eminent surgeon severely in the leg.

Line 0.0.22 Dr. Charcot had hopes of curing the patient,

Line 0.0.23 but she has suddenly disappeared from the

Line 0.0.24 Salpetriere, and is now wandering at large

Line 0.0.25 through Paris.

Line 0.0.26 Hares have increased to an alarming ox

Line 0.0.27 tent in the Wagga district and are doing

Line 0.0.28 much damage to the crops.

Line 0.0.29 The first of the 6in hydro-pneumatic guns

Line 0.0.30 was mounted at South Head last Wednesday,

Line 0.0.31 the gun and overhead shell being success-

Line 0.0.32 fully put in position. The authorities pro-

Line 0.0.33 pose to hlave some private preliminary trials

Line 0.0.34 with the gun at an early date under Colonel

Line 0.0.35 Roberts, and subsequently further trials in