The Russellville Democrat., 1892-08-04
PATS RREfp DISEASE.
rls.y rranssnf some of she Most Danger
 ras ef HuraAB Naladies-

E4r ~. n. " eDer. ae@l-tdHt SsotF
 reserinarian of Pennsylvania, read i before the Keystone Veterinary
 Mesical Association, at the College ! of Physicians, a paper entitled '.I ne ! Hat q Disease Breeder. "
 Tbe essayiss advanced the theory that the rss is transmitter of some ! of the most dangerous diseases which affiict humanity, chief oi which .s tuberculosis or c0nsump-
 ton. He cited the results Of post
 m~rsenn examinations on more than 1000 of the animals in proof of he
 theory, and then discussed the best
 way ef getting ri1 of them.
 Dr Weber said that nowhere
 does the uhsquitious rat do more
 harm as dlseasc transmItter than in the farm yard and barn, where
 he eosaes Ia contact with the cattle end horses. The paPer, in part, ls as lnllowss
 ~Fr0m time wbereof tbe memory of man runneth not Co the contrary, the rat has been looked upon as one of the most persistent enemies of the human race. He has destroyed the garuered treasures eff millions Of farmers. rendered millions Of acres vxIueless so the husbanamaa. under mined houses wsthout number, and even depopulatsd whole prov 1nces by bringing the labor of man to uought His record does not re'st npon the traditions that tel us of tbs woldsFsu' doings of the Pied Piper of HAuelin, the important part he played iu making Dick Whiting ion '.twice mayor of London. and the iust punishment he meied out to Bishop Hatso in his corn shoked castle on the khine. He has been s pest in every el'me. and wil so continue 10 he u1til, in the develop
 usut ef the distant future, he shall eif her disappear or evolve into solla hsl nless, guillless creature as nse- less As the axoloti of Mexico, or tae lazy hellbonder that rests his bone less body in the muddy bed of the Miami rivsr.
 There is bud one good werl to say for the rat Mhsle Al aa times prompt to take for has own use the. choicest food fhs1 man e4n prov6e for himself. the rat &8es excellent service as a se&Venger and uaasumes tons of rsfuse material whieh f allowed to pusr.fy Noa8 heeame toe certain means If rsssiiesee and death. E is only As scaVenxaF that he seems to have hseu aes Enssl. and ii is of reooni thAt tae teE his plaEass which uw4 10 fnru the towns and eiises ef Western Earene into eharnel hoaaes kaee tssen hut siss-w-Taown in thess r.aass ssnea rats began to t'e amaa& iae sreafest factors ia tha eoanemy of tAa an mal world
 The piAg4ns and pase.ea aI bygous centur5as &a aas ate the populations af Mestsrn Enfnue nowadays. t is true Bat wh they have gwen the.r oeu stanue ground a wi8e tsrth. thes haae ns been rooted oai tg any maams h is possible taat sAs Bats whe haus to ra kaglaaa ef a psssaas sar riel the germs af tht s.ssssa ts 4aF key or ia Ninln.sstaa The r me te the ccnstesstsoa of snhet which Ri4 at euHe nreseE8 a a the mina oi the naeS a.A sl as one of tAe aost imnoeiNn8 ssm ealied up for aisessssaa
 "Wben tAe reader taiuks aE ne countless numhers of rass ta@a aaass tho regions oecuRses& hs hamAa ings, of thesr woaaerfe Hagre se power and theiF seeasns siy esass but rapid migration from eus se ing place @ another hsas.raas af miles away, he must alnEt tkas f s is possible for tae raf to neaveg As ease germs from poiat ta puns ts power for evil E i2ealcuiataf N tsn be left plague stricken faa8an aa4 sought another hesd. aia he lease the plague behin4, os &a Id knr share of it to distribute ewhs5ef
 "l have reason to believe shAf s rat is a transmitteF of some af ssE most dangerous diseases Nhieh asai hnmanity-aiseases thAs haxe faf ages baffied the skill of ths ablast scientists in the world "-bAtaaore Sun.