Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-02
HOW TO TRAIN MICE.
some SECRETS or THE METHOD
EMPLOYED BY An EXPERT.

tueshau.tibie Patience T. Required rir,t
OF An-,iudicious Feeding Must Ne on
served. rhen ono Mu-t Worry the 1t.
tie Creatures
Ferdinnnd SOM knows moro about
raising white mice probably than any
other man m thi. country, and Thomas
Moody knows moro about training thom
Before an explanation of how they are
traned Mr. Sem took a cunning little
mouse. white rs snow. from his coat
pocket and put 1t on hts shoulder. The
mouse looked around for moment,
then ran across Mr scnn's back and 1T
down cuntoniodly on the other shoulder.
Before setting It at lihorty he held The
mouse loosely In his lot hand AMI
strUked IT, head aud back with his right
do they never bite your
SIR Moody answered for him, for Nj.
Moody does tho training "Noyer. VI
they are properl-handled. When % boy
picks up white mouse he Is very likely
10 squeeze him tight 10 keep him safo,
then the mouse turns around md bites.
But take them up so-gently --withoUt
squeezing them at all, and they do not
think Of biting See here"
He took the mouse from Mr.. SCnns
hand. held its tail between bis iorchnger
and thumb and held 4, above his hoad.
They do not mind that at ALL ho
went on They are what we call prU.
hon-ilc--they can support their weight
by the tail. when this fellow runs down
smooth stick You will sec him coil his
tail around u Tor brake. But II |
should squeeze his tail little too hard,
or accidentally press my sharp nails
against II, hc would twist around aud
bito me"
HUNGER ANb worry
what do you food them on-chooseY
"llardlyr no replied mo food is y,
good tot thom rs oata-1ust dry Data
Some breeders bring them up ON bread
and milk, but that isnot ~ good IA DATA.
On oats they Keep cleaner and do better
The dry oats, Of course, makes thcm
thirsty, and then you can give them .
little bread and milk. squeezed out
pretty. dry But u Is woll to have thom
Thirsty sometimes, whom you are train
ing thcm-and hungry too, for that
matter
"Do YOU mean 20 say that you starve
thom into tricks or dryc thcm to it by
thiriY'
mot 20 bad ~ that" he answered.
"But Il u mouse Ia hungry and ho Is to
walk over string bridge aud he sees
some oats on the other side he will 20
quicker. There are two great sccrots
about making xicm do ~ you wish. Tho
first Is pationH \ boy can soon learn
TO train white mouse nearly as VOL as
| can " ho has the patience. But tbs
boy generally tires Of It in ten minutes
where keep It up for two hours-or
half u day, II necessary. worry thon
into IT,
That's the other secret" he went on.
IVORY cml suppose yon want a mouse
to climb stick, pick up little flag that
you have put there aud bring II down
You take the mouse when hos hungry
to begin with, you tiU grain or two of
oats to the flagstaff and you put this
mouse M the foot Of tho stick He won't
20 up. OF course. We'll. when no turns
around 20 run away you set him hacs
again with his nose TO the stick. II hs
runs away fifty times sot him back fifty.
one times. That worries him. Boos,
him up "A little; give him starr. You
may eycn have a little twig and switca
him. but gently. Ho soon secs what you
want and I'M he aues. When no find,
the oats ho IA satisfied and comes dow1
10 eat them. Next time no will do II
without half the trouble. and after ,
while no will run up and get tho flno
Whenever YOU nut him at the foot OF ia,
stick.
KErr AT IT.
Teach the mouse q principle, you I'm
derstand, not moroly trick The prin
ciplo IN this case Is taking something NJ
in his mouth. In short time he viii
take up anything YOU wish, whether 4
isa flagstaff or little toy pail-any