Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-03
NJ EN ATTACKED BY NICE.
RISE AND FALL OF AN ANIMAL
PLAGUE IN RUSSIA.
Fearful Ravages of the Rodents the
Past Three Years-Scientists Find
a Remedy for the Pests.

Remedy for the Pests.
~ OUTHERN RUSSIA and ST.
>4k.A IBERIA in the last three years
y have been the scene of the rise
and fall of pest OF mice. In
some places the destruction of prop
erty by rodents was a serious item in
the total of the general misery OF the
peasant class. Great swarms of these
mice would suddenly appear in gran
aries, -four mills and storehouses, and
in few days little would be left ex-
cept the barrels or sacks. The mice
seemed to have lost their ordinary fear
of cats and would even rush at them,
relying on their force of numbers to
make up for the loss of few OF their
fellow mice.
All kinds of traps were tried, but
seemed to make no diminution of the
numbers. Some made their rendeZ-
vous in churches, and fed Off the can
dies and prayer books. In the fields
they were SO numerous that the women,
who do the most of the farming In
Russia, positively refused to go to
work, or, if they did, wore mems top
boots, with trousers bourd tightly
around the knees or ankles.
The government OF the province
most infested finally offered a large
reward for some means of extermina-
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