The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26
mails semitic them bear any evidences Of tuber.
culosis or other transmsslble diseases.
THE rApNtyIpn

| iS tAhMfAEp
Nowhere Is II possible for tho ubialtious
| rat, N diseased. To do more certain harm as
na snn trsnsRitef Than In the arnya.d
terms with the cattle and tho horses Ito
hG tSs seGs in tho hay they eat and
mischief in the household Of tho farmer or Ia
ton Is rightly understood. III" Thss t sSois
sirsu%tsn fs' t2%n t hHss'a ss@ tbs
Ss Terrific The ns tns
cent conjccturnly The afflicted rat has given
| NJ tho ghost. but not until no has transmitted
| his disease To fellow-rolents and other ani-
surgeons examination OF hor interior reveals
| but the seeds of consumrt on 70 on toward
| iruiton in tho bodies OF human beings. AMI
q" Gt the ds"fs" c 2, s in
| In any wayrcgulato the spread ut the disease
germs. and tho unlicensed dealers keep on
| or until In obedience to some mysterious
mandate the whole colony omiGrate.
| THE RAT IN THE HOUSE.
Man has no moro constant companion than
| the rat. Tho little animal Is by no means n de-
| srahlr companion. for he is not honest, he ~
when in robust health. Whom it is known that
viii Ss H So n nnS
In the house the rat has the man at a ,lisad.
vantage TINT is direct. When he gains access
iSsis Victim, leave enough poison behind to
he has ,rolluted' 4 single breath from his
psst,mden lungs , VIII breed , IN the sle;en,pg
mt has at hts mercy the master OF the house.
| his wife. and his children.
Of the house. should he inrer1ctcd from netting
pussy. who Is a monser. To keep the On, away
always vol fed Never lot her become hun
cry. and she will loss her taste for tut flesh.
MAKE THE RAT. A ouoNDAM.
crous enemy. and human ingenuity has been
almost exhausted in ,ievising ways aud means
Tor his . s,xtcrmina,ion, The eYam ,i |
the victim not only Of tuhrrculos!s-to which
have devoted more attention than TO other
pneumonia. plourisy. and various forms Of Gu.
famous disorders skin Diseases which are
Sosa. well,known skin trouble which the
and soon transmits to tho dog rs vel rs to
child whose head WAS we'll thatohed by nature
disease. transmitted to il by the houshold cal.
who has caught 1t rom the infected rat.
the rat ATS is anIe to t%Ssrsuloss so 0d disenae
which is and has been for II long time moro
as .uSsou by the faculty than almost any other.
i insist that every effort should be made to
eNterninute the Murine especially those spe-
Gle. thu, come nor. nearly in contact with
ger should be Of, no, avail to saw him. The
| ackal OF tho far East is II sravenGcr aud tho
turkey hu2zlrd of our Gull States is another.
hut with all tho appliances OF civilization ut
command is it necessary fDr us t. hold the 20
mthT creatures sssrHa for Al tmH lh. rat
l.atimer would say Of n prstilent hrrcic. Ito
must be swert away from the earth ard left TO
figure rs Il thin. OF III" past. like "A dodo or the
meGathelium or the ptcrodactyle.
JAY GouLD's TRAP THE BEST.
,.i To- administer poison t" rnts in The house IL
erin NAL. Let the thieving little beast be doc
tered with death. dealing dose OF arsenic.
Of nprromchins d solution he donbl Is himself
up in II narrow space between the watts or in
some close corner in the dark cellar and dics.
In II few hour, tho horrblo stencil OF his de-
composing body permeates the atmosphere Of
the house. aud in a 'aynr two the atmosphere
other sources Of contagion that may cause
drnth When war is made upon the rat in tho
h" is nm will % but Ut 1a use any
trap hat will seize the rat by the leg and
cruelty hold him till H. has GnAwed the i'm;
irison"l limit free AMI goes out into til" cold
world with three Leg an'! only the IE.utu!eh
.iaif Of the fourth; Deaf gently with the ;;rrn;-
tho worm You impaIr ur',n the hook liner"
are many gnoi rat traps IN the market. and i
to New York to build his fortune on. You
would no doubt have the best But this model
fortune. but on another kind Of trap and tho
model of his; RAJ trap he DESTROYED years ago.
him with II littl" chic form. very little will
.nswer, for tho rat is very sensitive TO the a"
ngroatcr load of disease than nay otherani-
maj within ranso Of ny experience Let the
rat a rnn't aS3n an Lns wh'n he "4
ever householder i'll this rat-inicstcd world
hat tho body of dead rat is sometimes m ,ra
full possession of al, Their deviish faculties.
1t /, better to rely upon tho trap than upon
transmissihlc disorder and the rat. rs hlvo
shown, often has on hand. as it We're. the very
@ rcnasr b hsr N IHsh 1nIdSS yta Dr
ger Of oil discas, breeders. CONTAGIOUS
Diseases" says the Old philosopher q the
tanehrnK" region. is sometimes gently al
ways kctchin'."
DNSGEL ~ MIGRATION.
As we arr assembled here the report comes
roagn PASTURES Of six whole counties are
"vcrrun by nic"-r,.ts ut smaller growth.
In two counties alone they have Virtually
boon proposed that the affected ground be
burned. KIT, hI; 'i,n ysrmn move un"n the
suppose in their miGrations they havo
contrinr tie SIN" con,n:"nt hiscas"; such
TO prevent the spr.ah ri these plaques
among the NV, HEALTHY ra,asnntryTI nIm
ll!rr. ION uIr!l. NIikrUiDflgHt, lGcbirS,
S"lkrk. ami Lnnark,: Time .w.- when The
owl. the kcstrnl. the hawk, and the wensc all
enemies Of the llcl! mouse. wrro numerous
and gay" il little chance TO Increase nlL null
t!ply. hut for sore mo Il here has been u
scarcity Of these safeguards and ,hO moo
hnvo rroSpcrnd with the germs Of deadly
disease distributed among III $50 millions Of
restless lttI, rilferers and desiroy,r, Of
,nan's labor in the haId.,, who knows
t;lartiia$ news Of an "ni'!"mlr rag:
unknown III" hlrlcs. Of mice migrate to
1:hcr localities and ;hr disease breaks oul in
distant places. aud tho mo !icll world. while
lahnring to s.s'pnto the plagu. ,s'rHa,-!" ~
vain to trace il % its source. falling back at
last npan the convenient c0nirrturr thnt it
started in the runlauh or was wAf ed west
ward rom the tthlrlanus OF Mancauurin or
driited ashore with the weed. hrrno BY the
tiuIf Stream from the SaraGossn Sea. or WAS
produced in some mysterious way Dy the
thnmmatlrgic action Of sun spots.
When the fact Is recognized that tho rat is
most dangerous agent in distributing tn"
germs OF certain Diseases. science and in
Eenuity vii be brought TO boar in making him
extinct. ni least in ,eGiions occupied by man.
traiia. aS the .o-called English spnrrow Is