Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-05-06
MEN ALSO AFRAID OF MICE.
One Particular In Which They .Take
After Their Mothers.

One Particular In Which They .eTake
After Their Mothers.
A man never admits he is afraid of a rat
or a mouse, and when he sees q timid wo-
man flee from ono; of these undesirable ro-
dents to O place of safety on top Of a piece
of furniture or other handy elevation he
generally assumes an air of superiority,
laughs ut her timidity, SCOTS at the idea Of
one of these, creatures injuring anybody,
and ofteDtines gets disgustcd ut what he
terms. ""cowardice."
But the ma who insists thatshe is not
afraid of q rat or even n little mouse is in
reality foolish, and this can be demonstrat-
ed should he como in contact with ono Of
them. You mover saw any one who desired
to or could coolly handle evon a dead rat.
Human beings have a natural dislike for
rats. tzs
Ono afternoon a big, stalwart man, who
looked as if he might face death without
dinching, was passing along Fourth
street. When near the corner of Pearl
street, he emitted a screech that was terri
flying and brought the pedestrians along
the thoroughfare to a standstill. Tho man
was clasping his leg with his hands and
hopping across the street like a bucking
broncho. He shouted asif suffering excru-
ciating pain, and several persons went to
his assistance. The only thing the matter
with him was a young rat had crawled
up his trousers leg. The rodent was oxtri~
Gated and exterminated. Then the big,
F"brave' man mopped tho perspiration
from his Pale brow and stolo %sheepishly
away.
Tho crowd which had gathered laughed
and fell to telling experiences with rats.
"While out hunting with q friend some
years ago." said ono man, II saw q ssmi-
lar case. We were crossing q wheat stubble
when q little mouse ran up his trousers
leg. He screamed, and I thought he had
been bitten by q RATHER. He dropped his
gun and ran around in q frantic manner
until I removed the rodent"
a number of other interesting expert
enccs with rats were told, and nearly all
agreed that after what they had heard and
seen q man is just Us much afraid OF. a rat
as is a woman.-Sioux City journal.
Rubbish.
81 wish some one would write an essay
or a harangue or O diatribe or whatever
they call it on the folly of saving old rib
bons, said n girl to another the other
day. "My sister, with whom I live now,
is what is called an economical person.
She pays So a month for q freproof room
in a storage warehouse, in which she
keeps things which she does not need.
Some of them have been there so long l
don't believe she remembers what they
are. She never throws anything away. 1t
is not miserliness or magpieish exactly,
because she really means to use those
things some day. If any one breaks a fine
teaoup, she says: Mary, don't throw that
out: Save the pieces and put-them in my
cupboard. I'll mend It, So the cup goes
to join q hundred other broken and dis
abled articles of 'bigotry and virtue which
my busy sister will never have the time to
put in good condition.
"Once or twice I have tried to convince
her that nearly everything becomes USE
less If kept for any length, of time. Even
blotting paper will become so hard from
age that 1t won't absorb ink, and as for
silver. linen, leather and papers, we all
know the condition they get into from a
long period of disuse. I've given up try
ing to alter my sisters opinions now. but
when I first came to 1.-Two with her I sug.
gested clearing out the garrett and using it
for afternoon teas, pillow fights and taffy
pulls. I wish you could have seen. her
face. She looked at me in silent horror
for moment and then said:
"sAnd where on earth would ] put all
my letters and magazines9' ''-Chicago