The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-06-05
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1.-THE, WORLDS GREATEST MAM-s
& MALIAN PEST.

are native Varieties ali continents civilization
accompanied from his original home in Asia and are now
the black brown the Norway wharf barn, old English
df s % HsR'S rat aea
W RnSss the p 0" They
ed the ability to adopt T5 se Ro a s sn
are seldom free from them , b ooo 30 America bou+ the
time IF the @ @ G sDd it vastly @
brown arborea that they live
the FSG D ceilings of Ssee d % s1'e
brother S in the amd makes a we ms as % $
Any RsPaseP @
% % an sse os not e rats the snd
cities where they found in large numbers To- allow ea rat
Estimating The total number from soo$ 900 to 400 %
,D & sSns s1t ,t tss
which rats It'd desroy property roDv wGu nd
sb g sRs Po sn ed Shoes n
Every old building shows evidence o. their They
on e % ssc a an % ss ne and
by spontaneous ignition of oily and waste dragged where
an a.%5s sens ad
Psns able sS ,1 Rats ns sFs
They have BEEN Known kill young pigs and
"" Pom nS ss BY the
ran Wa aRS ha the st loss
100000 respectively million and quarter for the two
cities To the direct be added the cost
of fighting Of protecting property from them Depre
citation of property and loss of rents and custom are Items MOI
generally thought of connection with rat damages
The length of the brown rat is about 10 mche
and the weight little less than pound ney ore
at the of three MONTHS with te IRON SIX TO neh wb n
other food fails they eat each other and this perhaps eps o
keep them from entirely overming the country In eating tney
daylight, the dark they run with great
CELEBRITY guided doubtless by their feeers whskers Their ote
1t is carries the dreadful disease
known the bubonic plague Readers will recall the
prompt action of Dr. Porter our State
ord many respects places him the best IN the ~
in quarantnng ships coming TO our ports IRON Ia 10 hod ~
rat the host of feas and it carries the germs from us Doou
human beings. e-. oox
of Palatka and other water front es.
of heaS known TO Zooiog'sCS'
Only experts distinguish different varieties Differing
from the other parasites they not particular upon
prey and animals alike This cosmopolitan aste
makes them dangerous ransmiters not only the pagu
There are no less eight kinds of feas found on
besides dozen internal parasites lhse
rodents with dog from which homes
become infested with humanity afflicted and lives
dangred As long these animals allowed TO exist meas
will continue and destroy When dogs ana catS are
constantly watched and washed they may be kept Tree from haS
The u S. public health service has issued volume OF
with ustrtons the rat and It's reatoh 10
public health and the us Department of Agriculture eus OUT
devoted this universal foe, not known to serve
exist all the leading countries OF Europe ia
pan pays bounty rats and mice The city OF Bueno Srd
health officer employed the destruction OF rats
and the fumigaion of houses That city, too mas spent pow
100000 pTov6 muPcipa wmaEY aG no That city,
is noted for its fine buildings, Streets parks public
and altogether is considered OF the most SUBSTANTIALLY
heahful and beautiful cities in the world
MOSES FOLSOM.
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