Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-06

sAT-CA1CugRs AVE RAS
ave got a high - 800 for taking
tvo ssts from ship" said ne fat
ssfchee. "Desk rses livs q the ptsfs n
ooiooiee of from 800 70 1000. Lake bod
Seuanfa. thsy lsavs their old hobetetsoua
"a nev onoo nbout ones . month. IN
- - az Nay thsy VIII DOss By slsos-
saada. Consieutly uaGny. thag 90 feo@
dnek q 6ook, seekine W6see IL loves
~ 4. sfh0y have . navy. Il u fnAds
40 Of hoatin9 piscss Of wood ana noes-
in ships. Thsy ass al pts.sss 81 vsses.
81. Whsn scraps or alocs Are tnrown
ossrboard from . ship's deck, they PIT
- n thear crafts and ssiss Il. Tourssea
roine = Europs board . ship In svo
vaye. Ths passsnes1 90 40 ne gang.
uiank. Ths rats climb mp the sneoof
shain and sntsf the ship BY ths ancnof
noeS hole. Dan 6tingsby, The greas ras-
seSeher, ssys b hes sssn IN old rss'
earuet-baQ IN haod, bid his family good
bve and thsn walk up 0ne OF the ships
csbles. Dock rats - - Eorope vhen-
Cyee they tel like e, and usually make
four o. Ave trips . year. They are sne
sSird -. rassengsrs. The frst clan
20 n IT, cabin, the second IN the sessr-
-. the rs4s IL the hold Going 0ver
tSsy i've On exported American dannels
IA coein. Coming back thsir food Il
imnnrsed fruits and dslicsciss. They ca
no{ - a tho vessel when u touchs
Iivanool Tor fear Of bsing isft behind.
Thsy are able 70 climb The rifR1ne NE
GA Sailors. In wooden ships shey some.
Tins ct through The plAnks ana ~ soe
.Thsrs are Enelish rats In Amsxiea
end AmsSiesn rats IN Engiand. Tha
Cocinsy rat h ooaFses than the Amert.
- and u mot csnsrslly able 70 stand
m four rounds AGAINST an American rat
Tia sbon-tOn' New York rats initat4
tha customs Of the Britain rats.
Rats mate. In o year nswiy wed.
ded pair of rats will raise IN interesting
family Of 10 offspring, not counting o.
eoendants OF the third and fourth Pen-
eretions. Ibis y Why, at the moment
pair Of rata sst uptheis household goods
On boar Of ship, IL owners will give a
rat-catcher 500 10 serve . writ Of ejest-
mept on the prolific rodents. Some ves.
aeIs keep twenty osts 70 hunt vermin.
"The botels IN Nov York are greatly
annoyed With xats, and they infest pr.
vate houses. Tho Wiuds0r pays gao a
year. the ~. Nichols and number Of
others 500 cash. 20 professional rat
catcher, Who hunts rats IN them twtee Z
week the year round. Some private
houses DAY go q month 70 b protected
from the vsrmiu. Harry Jennings, tbs
king of the New York sat-0at0begs, h
aaid 70 have An income Of 5000 . year
The captured rats are sold ct tiS
hundred."
"Hov do rats reach private houses?"
"Thsy 20 from the docks six or seven
miles through the sewers. stop opposite
some house and mine their way into 10
cellar. A baoqust At . residence will
bring o whole colony Of them. We can
always tell when there 10 q great snppei
at The Union League Club BY the move.
msnt Of the rats toward The upper uari
At the city.
There are about dozen kinds ol
SAts. The common rat u brindle gray.
There are white and black rats, white
and gray, and pure white ones with pink
eyes. have heard rat catchsrs tell oil
pink ONES with white eyes. ] meyer saw
ooo. I ooce esuaht q rat with bit two
leek Ihe other lnts had hsld him In q
mnooun. An ordinary mt weighs one
pouud. The largest ! ever saw weighed
two pounds and six ounces, and was al
b1g g 3 half-RrUWn 90"
"WhAt b tie bet time syer made BY
. terrier In Q pit?'
"A little blaok-aud- tan, weighing II
mounds. about tho boQiuDjnQ Of March,
n . pit not . hundred miles from New
York, killed 100 rata In ID minutes and
8oooon6s. That n the fastest time eves
made In New York. Mr.. Fosters fox
terrier, Plaeou,' weighing NIX pounds,
polished u 10 rats In b seconds, which
u the bet time ON record In Europe ol
Amesica. In the MT the rats sometimeG
show haht 10 the dog. have sen 4
terriee covered with rata, % that yOu
eouidn't - . hair on his body. They
be 10 covered with blood. The noble
sport, l am sorry 70 cay, 10 declining. Ia
IT, palmy days have seen 5000 or 5000
change hands around the pit IN few
minuloo.n
Wat 4 .hs best time ever made By
rat eatches?"
Prince Jennings once picked up raj
Q minute for ave hours at q stretch.
That's The beet time know Of
bittenw
Morris Of them being killed By rssa
aHe printed. bus they are sensational.
Weon rat-eoteAogD aSo bitten, they eau.
Sestno The Wound - onoe. Rats seem "a
know them, ~ d hardly ever Try 10 huri
them. ] havo often ut 8 doaoa rats ID.
sids my shirt when / had nllsd my baa
81 I'D nowhere slaD b put them."
The .s.At-satehsss' guild ishsld In high
"Ysa In England The rat-easehssu
vseS beaeA On vhieh pictures Of satl
and eA1s and dog ere vroaaht. They
ought e DO % hsrs. Thsy are too
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