Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-24

Mice GlG rs.S slIm5 10 Increase very thp!u!P
il tno lsun;s ot o,vizA!ioa, especially III large
Giles. SGapOrts kr, par:lCu!srly lntested vita
then, as NV Workers kU0w but too well.
These v-rmin have grown to bj supreme
Lui:sace acre, uota5y 10 Old houses, which are
larry oyer.uu. They multiply every year, ap-
pcaricg 10 rumbers whGro short tune ego they
were hardly scec. How 20 get rid Of mice aud
rats IS a serious problem with householders,
who ers ottu totc=d to move on their scc3uoG.
Even an entirely 0eV u0uae Is aItto DC lDV.oeu
nutr i:w mGulh h5. au0 70 be seriously hurt aS
o place o. reSJcusc by the raVaHes Of tee noxt@
Gus animals. Traps, n0weVer logenlous OF Coo
!rlvsuc, do littlS Or 10 good alter brief wolfe.
as tho CuGO'Og crcaturej detect the'r purpose.
end either avoid tLem or secure the bali with
ous dagger OF captivity. Cats get lazy. A good
msuser viii in few noDt hs Decome indltt;rent
TO wuat has been its fevorlte pursuit. And any
ordluary cat is afraid OF rsts, az well l. may
be, and will s9dcm venture 10 attack them.
They Gre gene:flig too waiy tvr ttrrIer,
which, with all lis vigilance apd teroc!i, ID
fr, ouently deosivec BY them. Ii is thought
thai the i1trcdGction Of ferreis TOTO houses
would mitigate The Gnaoy They are oiteu
employed 10 Europe 20 destroy such Vermln.
ana we're 50 enpI9?cd ty tha old Romans. Ii
k .pt iroca the CO d tney ar. readily ttksn care
Of. aaJ. al.hougl not Gco0 AID stt- looate,
= bsy are tank SIS domestic l!1d splmais, They
hYc GstiVes Vt AtIc7, ana Icpeodent on map.
butt, here a0d 10 Europe, ua WtACu: hls alu
IA Y wn;Itd perish. They viii soou lid hous5,
il is sid, # nico sbd rt;s. which have naiu-
raj dres ot taen, AID have bccn Known to de-
serG rrcullscs thsr lhey ucc-py. Iney are
te,rib5 aia uUr,lcnlue tle. They are nHc-
lutuai, pIng pcar.y al day. ard very Wa'ch-
tut tt ulg hr. wten tGo hous.ho!d posts c1nult
ln0a: Of their prsdstl0ns. Irclr small
ness aud siead=ruess enable them ire.
qGonty 10 follow rsls lDto holes sn1 XIII
. ~ III 10 5ic, rho general beii-f that they
d:s,ry hta bg su,klog bocd Ia erronsnrs.
,Ot~ith.t.nGi"g ], tha st-tsnonls q Nstursaists
f.o,, kutfJn ~ y ,y:er ara 3eotIcey 81. Hiiare.
aitaer d-.th hay, il. o'her mosnbe:o oi lhe
wessc! trlbs ucuhtio:s suct the blood OF thelr
vi.lIug, cut t0ey k !. tOqlck:y fYr 81 slow =
y.OTe.s. 1t hes b3.A shoWl o. tsp5A.ea
exp n,Ira;s III! shAf olea lAfitt oH
u t!hyie wOuGd wr,c6 prrVas u -I"st Ia
st4ut.asous,y ist.i. Thy njn rus.
uu,t hi. victim It OF O. q ID / Al tlar ~ as
-u1na way. G'pe pI- ~uu1t !, urIar or D"'
hi d tna e.r cnd may OF m%! u't ,'te's LAo
larg. blood vessel. Ihe cs:'iue' sht-r Lha
song cJru batWUan the sku '.nd ta7 Il s1 VJfl''
ora Of The nrc!s, hestrny'os Inc Vc.'4i ~ :n'
m.tstore destroys toe Du /. Tncy y,erce IN
msduiJa oaola .ts, tas v@ry c:'atro ot it9. SID
Immediately tz"nsui5h r;otioD. c!-sclJu5ae$s
aad sensation. iaIo Is Un5 or .he macy lIsttoco'
Ia which tao lhatlnc. OF au'msl7 mas ahti-
ciplleG th9 tsrdy d4duc:'un5 of sc:eac" -
Tue ferret Is 20 m .2s"riy s. rst Slayer
that there sesuis t. DO every rOason for ln;ro'
Gu. ting hin into GU domestic economy, rs ne
VIII accomplish wlat trAo, 0o'on ca. ana dog
have no. and cauuJE IN. Y. Times.