, 1870-07-31
RATS.
r. ". lRsE1tu>on.~ Ctant sabot1f tho
Little GsoGcntx.

r. ". lasg1tu.on.. ctant .abos,t tho
Little GSoGcnts.
FSo1n Chr roung Foles.
II voa bave rats in your hau=c or barn. how
MANY different WAYS Of catching them will be
recommended to you! First, yoa will he nd
visea TO TT traps, snd perhaps YOU will catch
ouo rat bat no mere will ever get into the
trap ard II will eeem rs il great many nsw
rats had come from other houses to Elbble at
the hit. CT to attend the funeral. Then yon
will try roi+on, anl come rat will run away
md die in the vail, and you will wish Tou hsA
let IT live. Then :ane5oaS ndTices Eou to ~
pail with water, and cover tho surface With
rncsI, 90 that the rat shall take the water for
dry LAID. and Le drowned. But haro neser
l vet tecn 3 rat that did not know lsAA
from water better than that. Thcn somebody
| else will TIL yoa to take away the meal and 70
anl to balancc the Ahing'e like see-sa~ On
| the side Of pail. aud TO rest the outer end on
J 4 eher or something. 60 thst the rat shali
| waIk quietly along till be gets inside the edge
OF the pail, when he viii 50 pinuaP .nso Tue
| the balanced shingie before be reaches the
! hait, Int the question is whether tolerab1Y
| eh1ewd rat will ever venture on the single At
| all. have lnown people tn II this, sud they
| eaid. "Wait, aud you will ese-' But they hare
never a rat. And think they nov heliere.
what great Mathematician once sail, that it
] is easier 10 learn any problem in Euctida Ge-
otuet1F t,aan 10 catch aTA1-
The most singular adventure ever had with
| rats was this thst after trying IN vain to
catc11 them in rat.traps. got nd Of them At
last BY means Of monse-srap. This was the
| WAY it happened: On moving into house
that had leen for come months sacaut, VIC
n-ed to hear the rats At night Ia tue cellar,
making ns mnch NOISE az il carpenter weEo
At work thera. So we tried in yalD to estca
] xi.o AvH % A
nouse~tr7p. Oae morning the cook found :
mouse in the trap: but abe vas afraid Of the
little creature. and get the trap aside Tor me 70
take out the ruonse. In faE hou1a ! vent
ont to look for it; bus trap, mouse sad ~
we're gone, nor have they since been seen. We
had neither cat nor dog, nos had the doors
been left open. From that dag the rats al
disappeared. and We ceased to hear the caf-
peuter's work in the collar. have alxays DO
] Ie~ed that the rass dragged sway the tap into
little cousin that II should be their Last meal III
80 iphospitahle house.
Une reason why rats arc ahte to live and
thrive in spite Of everything is thas they shoss y
such sssasis5 in obtaining food. Icy s:Jo,. =.
cred how rats drink sweet oil. Her HUSBAND
was an xpothecaey, and hid \ number q oos,
lies OF sweet oil, soma at whieh were 1ouoo ~
nearly empty. They wstehed ano sn.,, sam tm t,,,t
rsts 1t work upon Tue bottle, tnss aSa then oue
| the EGfk4 OF utpnleQ AAA1o61 t>,+fln and
Of them let his tail down Hto w -. Jr!ot j
TSen thr cn1rlie took his turq, and dlPpse
in hja tail, and the first rtt ekeo tn1, a1u =
we're - ;as h.PRs H,avss = a sroaad Of
. The .ame thing has been described L
: lie hooks. but it Eeens very hafu 70 oeaeSe
! Hstnralists sas that these ssorisH . lack eon
;. sar.tion.~ but they would hardtr be repente1
:, a. nften Il thcy were not true, and belleyi
+ ~ I'D friends account, Ut any rate.
= 5f,ere ID sto1y Of good woman in Eng
!. land Who heard for two nights terrible hab
;, I iub in her cellar, so that sha collected ne
|. [ reichbors to defend her. On the third nigh
d her ,uail lornd that barrel Of sweet Mins ha
{ ise1 entirely emptied By sats- They hid hs.
4 rraved through the bnns to drink the wins
q ! and then, Is it sunk lnwe1 and lovtt, they ha
. e.ten sway tke whole side ot tho bar1al II
= servant girls declared that Tho ghost hi
ia taken tie wine = bus it 30. the shosts tess
T. made marks exacue Ike rats teeth and N
h DneElAad still keeps the resnains of the cat
t. to show ahat these little animals can 40.
s. Rats certainly usa thetr tails great de;
whether they dip them inso battles or nos.
AZ you observe 4 rat climbing q. sfun;lns',
Of rising On LIS hind lega, you viii rec thst
a. 1an he1rs Eun very nushe 4 ID kneA =
ot s:ropg, and The naturalist, C1r1ar, saFs tass
he has as m,ny u1rsrles IS the houaon hana-
ar seems ycsy sutprisns that rata shao'u Pc
d. | clcsu. when they i've On sucn dk7J fooo, a
m IN eucb dxtv placea. CAta seem to 4oosa 80
n OF the;z Instinct OF clshn!ineaa when &hey e
I'd to live a. rata live Int rats clean the.lsel
alter calling. a, easstauS a. VA ao'.ss'is "a