The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-20

The Mysteries of the Current Too
Much for the Rodents.

Kansas cay star.
i1hctrcGy "a really becoming very
uscfn thing In it's way. The electrical
empty house IN Kansas city " using II
10 Kill rats. The basement OF the house
Ia infested with rodents whrh have little
respect for property, and cat the nsulat-
'ng material OF wires and tho fatty cub
STANCES about the electrical machines for
dessert. one noon recently one of the
men went 60 take down his lunch basket,
which was hanging on II nail against tho
wan. lie felt h.s lunch becoming vep;
enueh ngstaqcd and u jumped around N
tho basket Amazingly. Lifting tho lid "
lhc basket. d lurge brown rat with gray
whSkers jumped out. carrying the mans
lunch away Ga his Interior. The rat had
climbed up TO tho basket IN some unao-
couiwnhlp p,anror, and. having eaten u
hole IN the bottom, crawlo1 into II and
ate the lunch az hs leisure. becoming 30
fun that he couldn't got out OF the hoQo
and too satisfied to cat the hole larger.
lint <ho rata trek PROVED his own UNI
doing, Tho man was so angry Mt losing
hie lunch that he determined tbenceforth
TO catch that rat AMI oil h.s family. So
ne bought steel trap, and, hfter batting
Il with cheese, hunH II on the accustomed
NAN. Before going home thnt night hs
had tho pleasure OF securing nnu large
rat that had probaOy heard from the old
rdt with tho gray whi@keis OF mA tnhthod
Of securing q tree lunch. Tho ncsi morn
thereafter. until at luSt old gray whlRkuta
was caught himself and then the hasknt,
beng about WON cut and having fulfilled
IL mission. Was thrown away.
Iut about killing rate by electricity. At
ihe olcet,eM establishments Il taxes 5000
Ohms of ulcctraiy ana at least three mon
% dispatch 81 Iaf. This as the manner Of
thor death, When cnllar rat IL caught
by the Jaws In u etco trap, the trap 10
brought upstaers carefully carried by the
chain at arms iongth for n collar rat
wel aght and its b.te ss unwholQsnmu.
The cloctrioan then comes forward with
q magnetic hrA ntachue. u sort of young
dynamo, with a resistance of Sa.uJu ohsns.
70 do machine are attached two long IN
rnlatod WIRES.
Tho rat Is laid on an iron pluto. a man
iAkss ono wire Nnl aprlca Tho uncovered
end TO the IRON plato The man who IN
booking after the rat iakes the other wire
and pokrs the rat with the bare cnd of IT,
he rat lRsunts this. Of course and Mtes
at 'ho wire The man with The much'n.
grlnds 'mdu@fronsly unbh tho boil rings
which u dots when q ressfianco Of $500
ohms Is reached Tho exaggerated rat
bites AZ ~ wire, and. quicker ,hn1 Xou!
= taxing a OF Has unounted a slmost 10 ON
function
They aleo have an clectr.cal method Of
Catching rats In the clactrasnn's chair A
large square plate OF iron Is placed on the
noor mnl above II. another plate not 80
large and separated from tho oiher IT the
distance OF nm inch or 80 10y porcelain In.
suiadors. To elch plate e attached wire
connected with dynamo having 1000
voA alternating current On the upper
IRON plate Is scattered q seductvo luncheon
Of bacon riuds. eid cheese ana tallow. This
mouths OF the rlls down In The deepest
holes began 10 water when the odcr. OF
IN. FEAST permsYtss to them and they
ros,ls Hooking 20 It,
when a rat s,eps on the lower plate tho
cnrran, Inns no offccf on him, btt the In
mn he puts hia paws on the upper plato
TO reach for the cheese the full fore. Of
The cectrcttv reaches .very part OF he
x nowy body, and contracting II suddenly.
Fhoois him into tho air IN soperfaulas.
The other rnis. observing THIS. think he 10
junlanP for 10Y. and haRton 10 the feast.
One after another they are shot into the
mir ana fali TO the floor stunned. when
they easily captured and loliod. Thus
II ia that eCylenco lends oisrif to even ~
humtGe an occupation as rat killing.