Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-28

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The rat belongs TO the genus Nus; conse-
quently there Is always Mus where the rat is.
TIE rat Is fond OF sweetmeats. he Is a NAM
NAL, and when he goes in search OF food the
other rats In his family give him all the man.
mal-aid that is good for him.
The rat is Quadruped II you will notice IL.
quadrupeds generally have four legs Not ali
rats, however. The printer rat has but two. He
Is probably the exception which proves the
rule, ne furnishes ~ his own rule, by the way.
Inc rat is likewise rodent. and you Will in
VaIlaplH ma row OF dents where be has been.
our H1cernian assistant suggests that you
VIII ma also nLd poison where the ratsbane
r nack rat, tne brown rat and the tancolored
ana ms Is known TO all pad little boys.
The brown rat belonged originally In Asia.
mind on that score.
The young rat when at home was a youth In
Asia. When he died he preferred euthanasfa.
ire Drown rat crossed the Volga In large
troops In 1871. These belonged to the Volga
nero. You have all heard of them.
The brown rat always drives the black rat
before him. He does bis work up brown.
Then there is the wharf rat. These are the
KIDD which go wharf to sea.
Also, the water rat. Water rat is he to be
sure.
Another variety is the Norway rat. He Will
Norway through big timber In one night.
Hear me gnaw, maj"
The chinese, 1t is said. eat rats But this is
probably travellers tale. The Chinaman
says. II opium above such thtngsn
The rat 10 something of traveller, but he
never Droue ut this tale from China.
some people hate rat as bad as q snake
me IaltleSnake q woman out Of her seat In an
rst. - f''' '''' '1D1pins
The lady's sare afraid OF rat, and yet you
VIII nnd him quietly reposing In ladys hair.
speak Of smelling rat. It musk xiii fellow
TO smell this rat for an hour. ''Such are hour
sentiments all readers say. The scent
meant Is the scent OF the musk rat.
The cat Is great rat catcher. She never lets
the rat catch her asleep
The cat talks In her sleep. but let rat come
purr-oration. The female cats are all Nah
rattas.
There is also a German rat. BE is cousin
G Seaman TO the ne Norway rat. and therefore
germ any time in Germany.
The rat takes toll of everything edible,
You have seen the rat hole. After the
mains.
There is a kind Of cordial called rataaa,
put 1t Is Intoxicating: 1t is the only rat /
The rat viii steal anything he can get hold
or The rat tall Is all steel, and makes good
Tne rattail makes a hoarse, grating SCUM
1t Is also found on the great horse.
Rats are fond OF cheese, but when they get
caught In trap, they find IL Is not just the
SuCOSCt AitCA 1uc Idlo are LIE Orlg1Lal
Trappists
The rat viii eat pie. Hence he is called pie
"a !.
1t Is said that rats will leave sinking shin.
They keep up rattlin' aboard all vessels.
think I've shown no little ratiocination In
handling this subject, and hope my readers will
ratlfy all that has been said.
But let me add few words about the mouse.
He is necessary to the grand mice en- scene
The mouse comes from Europe. Would that
he might Va-mouse back again.
The mouse is immortal. He has soul. You
have all heard OF the mouse hole.
lie wears no Whiskers: simply mouse
tache.
Mice are born six to ten at a litter They are
essentially literary race.
Mice are claSsed as vermin. Our Teuton
friend says this Is because they verm into every
house. They are fond OF grain. In fact, mouse
is rogue In grain.
When first born, mice are naked and help
less. but in about fifteen days they are able
10 shift for themselves. They are never
shlftless after that. After putting on their
new dress they never again put on their nude
dress.
The mouse has sealy tail. There are many
scaly tales told about him.
There are field mice, rock mice, meadow mice
and white mice. There Is quite lot of them
but the worst mouse Is the mouse quito. Hel
quite host in himself.