Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
AN EXPLOSIVE Pitt.
Tho D.v.cs Invented FSr the Purpose o
ESterm mating Rtts.

ESterui mating Rsts.
~. q. Times. Democrat
Abcut twenty years since Wa board
Ia u at n hotol in the Interior o. Obi, anS
lot one aitsrnool n v.ry nicsiy dress q
gentleman walkel up 10 the dirk whi!,
we were loung n: ai'olt tbs Oii:s. aTt
ask u Zoe ur,om II have M mo1 ""
IN s;rang r sail, "anl I toll YOU ctndid-
~ my hand-saichel M cInten's are not
worth anything attend q Il sal hon Sc
~ ~ you. and A. Won will c-edit mo for n
highs led sing ! will ray you ia few
days"
Tue c'eTk eyed TIE stranger suI ,ici"lI =
ly for few m1mcats; bat arc' $40 Z
c1nvorsation IA agreed 20 tax his chances
o. tho honesty q the go1tsc; ranger,
and gave him tho key 70 one 0. his best
rooms.
Tn, stranger disappear, Il FOR n few lu1.
meats, bat presently returned D. the crowd
% m'u atous tho oiiicj nui pleas lntly In
q1ircd:
"Who will mako me tho loan Ok the
small sun Of fuy celts, l. a very
small amount lis rue. Luz tho lack OF I
ID a very ssriou. matter 10 mo nat now.
"Hcre" sad /; III eau 1t you have 81;
4
novcr retgru IT,"
Think you. sir; tn. I will sur, ly re-
turn IL in a few days" After CIV mo-
uon tho stronger hold up the 4 yer
y Gee ia bis h.nl before the crowd nui
said:
"Gsnt'emoi. th'si. nv sock in trlle.
Tho fact is hav. discovered "a now way
of killing rats, mil needed just this
nmo1nt o; money 10 = art witt. TJ-mor-
row moTlng YOU mus all conp Il .wn i'm
fr1It o. EIkiu's wnrehoass. where ! " u
tx1iain the method OF slau h. ring the
rid ma"
Wtth This ho hurr "a down thu stoI and
went dpwi tho stree. lie was seen q
itop in several drug stores. remaining IN
each very few minutes Ito then visited
several warehouses and bad m, IN ler-
staining W. caci ono OF the p1rt,rs.
Ahou . p. m. Lc 2. urusi 90 tho hotel aud
wut q bod
AZ the appointed time mkt morning We
appe1re at l. ki - warehouse, aud saw
quite number Of Jo1ple watching the
Stranger. wiO sonnet qiito in his els-
meat Ga top Of large tox w,re Ave
rAt-'raIs e'ci of which coita.ncl n very
LARGE aud fierce rat. VIII ca was trying TO
find sou q way OF escape from his rison.
When tho crowd was large ouou IA for
the purross o alvcrsisin. the per .orn-
Wuce tho ran gor drew ns1r TO one OF the
trnpt aul. taking a pill-boN from his vsst
p-cSet, "a produced from &c very small
Int odurnc MI. H. iutrolucsl this iito
the trap. Ths rat SON wen. to 10 AMI alto
". The stranger then put N D the trap a
small tin vcstel llllsd with water, who
was 81 cI y swallowed b. Ga, rat. II
about ,wJ inmates suok, wac seen TO ssus
from to nos aud mlu.h o. ia, animal;
then 4 10 r. or. was hoard, All the IA;
d, showing wdero tho deadly pi ! "a d
bcou re "A oIt.
In like manor bs dis ,osol Of all The
occupants o. tho trips unil tho increased
excitement a1d cIeers o. tn crowd. H.
then satsl that tn, s,cr,; c,1tl b5 pur
chased Tor thS small sam o. -.
About thr,c weeks at n this I met th5
elcgan ranger on the strss.. n, smil Il
when he siw me, aud, extending his hand.
gave mo 1ty c'n,A
Ivory ma h obliged. ind'oL How much
money do YOU think made ou' OF thisn new
iIven iony D,n't know Well, ablu. 500.
n 4 VII harvc,t about $40 m r. b,gore
leave By-hy"
RIVER since that tim, havs boon irwin
60 discover the Ingredients % that pdl
upon which the presence of water ru-
duc'd such cN9los.v3 cRlet5. Can any
cue Inform IN ?