The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-08-01 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

REVENGE OF A RAT.  A physician has had an experience with a rat I I during the past week which he will not forget for some time. Recently he had been experimenting on rats, dogs, and cats, and other small animals, for the purpose of studying the process of digestion. He would plams the animals under the influence of chloroform, and then, after cutting them open and noting the 1 working of the digestive organs, would sew up the wound, anoint it with a healing salve, and let the animal go. On Saturday last he captured a large rat and placed it under the influence of the drug, when, to his surprise, he discovered that the animal was one he had previously operated upon. • He examined it for a second, and then, just as he turned to his case to get the necessary instruments to make further investigations, the rat revived, jumped from the table, sprang into the open fireplace, and escaped up the chimney. The doctor, thinking the rat would pop out of the top of the chimney, ran out on the street to see it, but no rat appeared. That night as he lay asleep he was awakened by a sharp pain in his finger, and opening his eyes he saw a rat, which proved to be the one that had escaped from him the previous evening, scamper off ,the bed, and up the chimney again. He examined his finger and found it badly bitten. He washed And boned up the wound and went to sleep, only to be nein awakened by the same , rat biting bin nose. He chased it away, but he gag little sleep that night, for the rat kept returning, and when he attempted to kill it the wily little creature always successfully took refuge in the chimney. The next night, and for several nights afterwards, the rat disturbed his rest by its persistent sad bloodthirsty attacks. The physician couldn't help but be curiously interested in the little fellow's warfare, even though his experience was rather unpleasant. Finally he stopped up the chimney, but the rat managed to get out. He then left the door of his room open, thinking the rat would seize the chance to leave the premises. He also set a trap for it, but he didn't catch it until Monday evening. When the rat saw the doctor it showed every sign of terror, and when he put the trap on the table and brought out his bottle of chloroform and sponge, it gave a despairing sluesk, tore savagely at its abdomen with its sharp teeth until the wound, only imperfectly healed from the previous operation, burst open, and the poor little animal rolled over, kicked convulsively, and died. It had committed suicide rather than submit to another operation.  1.140  We extract the following from the last issue of the Ariaona Kicker :—A WISE Ms.—The deadlock in the Common Council was broken last night by the absence of Colonel Taylor. The Colonel couldn't help being absent. Some of the boys had him out in the suburbs, under a tree, with a rope around his neck. It was either hang or break the combination, and the Colonel decided to help break it. We want to say right here and now that if there is any more " fussing " in the Council we will move to impeach the whole gen.' and if we can't get 'em impeached we'll head alxicly of outraged citizens and clean 'em out to a men. They were elected to do public business, and the public is in no humour to put up with their personal quarrels. Colonel Taylor exhibited wisdom in coming down off his high horse, and we trust the lesson he remit-ea viii not soon be forgotten. HisfßOD'S CURB POll AnTEMA.--Estoblislied nearly quarter of a centary,—Preseribed by the Medioat .ffiteulty throughout the world. It is used as an in. halation, and without any after bad effects. Testimonials of enemy from the Ista Lord Beaconsfield, also from Miss Emily Faithful!, Sir bf (well bisokenme, Olirer Wendell Holmes. Trial samples free by post In tlail at 4.36. British Depot-46, 'Holborn Viaduct, Leaden.; and also of Newbery and Sons, Bombay and Sons, Lynch and 00., Bangers, and all Wholesale Hotwea—