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Show When driven to extremity there is "IflE-IMHlscarcely a fiercer animal existing than Floods and Slaughter of Rat Killing the brown rat. He is also a series Animals the Cause. danger, for a bite from the garbage The "whisker'd vermin race" has poisoned teeth of a rat has often fceea. far too prominent In Britain of meant death within a few hours. A lte. The inconvenience," the havoc desperate rat will sometimes daunt ad alarm it has created by appearing the stoutest bull terrier, and many a in hungry hordes and overrunning the splendid dog has died from a rat bite. haunts of men fa all parts .of the counIn severe extremity a hunted rat will try, is a tale that has been told oftt:n sham death, and be left for dead in tha 'tnough during recent months, says the gutter. But when all is quiet he will London Express. recover himself, and move away as One district after another has had fast as possible. The very worst that a rat caj do Is It rat plague. Some towns and vilIn even now are in the midst of the lages attacking 'human beings. Tramps excitement of it, and doubtless other lying by the roadside, or in the brick; places will be duly visited by the furr yards in country places, have been k lite&t. Dogs of a sporting bent are do- ed by the rodents, and only too oftea rats attacked in ing doughty deeds dally. Ratcatchers have hunger-presser finding a substitute for bid uge fants In their cradles, sometimes killing 1PLAGUE OF RATS IN ENGLAND VALUABLE PREPA- - A fl TION," Writes Dr. Kem- - SANITARIUM. BALL. OO 1 Located - j al-tn- pro-'els- e. he-firs- o. . cn re-Tilr- ed at 26th and Wyandotte 3U, ESTABLISHED I QU8. DISEASES OF WOMEN. Well equipped to trfat dtseanes of omn. cured at Many who bave Buffcrod for yenrs noma. oieciai dooh lor women l-- Kis.JS. Trained Attendant!. Bett Invalld'e Bern Vied la LxamlnaUona. la the Weit. ar A quiet home for women during confinement, 1-K- CANCERS. TUMORS No Honey Until Caret. writi for rnwm book on Curvature of Lupfr, Club Feet, Eye, Skin, Kidney, liladder, Pplnn, Hare LilPi lllood KnlleDBV. i;aiarm. and Nervoua Diseases. Stoumoli Troubles, FILES, FUtula Cure Positively Guarantee!. IVitkaut hnif. lignturt or eautfc, tf wan aceifna until patitnl it xvtii. VARICOCELE. Radically Cured guarantee, facud New rtoratlve rower, iiydrocelo, s, i L Organized with a full staff ot physicians taa nuri;eoDS for treatment of all Chroulo Dlssakea, in in it nuvma lor auoommouauoa 01 puoai. Difficult 8ricml Oftrationt Ptrformtd tuttk mttu ana zucau whtn turgtry 11 ntc4ttary. d them. pensions. As a danger to health, as well as to Two reasons may be given for thi present invasion of houses, farmyards, property of almost every kind, the rat barns and poultry sheds by armies of must be exterminated. Let the fact tats. that he has never had a friend, that First of nil, the steady increase in he has been constantly hunted to thu the number of the rodents during the wilderness and driven to desperation. last ten years or so ia undoubtedly the actuate with humanity those who 6&t outcome of man's foolish persistence i:x themselves to the task of thinning out killing off stoats, weasels, owls, pole-tat- bis kind. As for the good in him, there are otters, buzzards, snakes and other Stnimals which would assist him in many true stories. Hl3 Intelligence; keeping rats within reasonable limits. has been seen often. Perhaps the best Then, with perhaps more rats in the known instance Is that of the rait Country, as a whole, than at any pre- which, robbing a poultry yard, coull vious time in its history, the rodents conceive of no "better way of carrying have been washed out of their field off the eggs than by getting one of Bind riverside haunts continually during their number of lile on his back and the last twelve months and driven lo clasp the ergs on his stomach. Then the homes of men for food and shelter. several rats pulled their recumbent What can be Bald on behalf of the brother's tail, while others pushed his Inost universally detested animal on Shoulders. Thus egg after egg was the face of the earth? safely hidden in their burrow. A rat has been known to cross a He is an agile and graceful crcat".re, skilful In n any ways, full of resource, swollen torrent in Scotland seated on a Other rats have mada Intelligent, a useful scavenger when re swan's' back. Can be kept to that employment, fuil of friends with dogs, and fed from the complacent happiness and desperately same platter. When- the dogs were abplucky. When living undisturbed la sent they would never feed. , knowlpjj his own haunts, the rat is an affection- that the presence of their canine, ate parent and comrade. Catch sight friends meant safety. when driven desperate cf a rat sitting at peace oa his haur.eh Although s, smoothi! 3; his whiskers, and dt is a with hunger they will devour one anTretty spectacle. lie is said to be other, In times of plenty their affo cleanly In his personal habits, al- tion Is alnii st human. A Sussex clergyman has told how he though he Is always at home in the severs. saw a number of rats migrating frstn His savage disposition Is wither t one district to another and in the middoubt the result of the centuries of dle of the company was an old M;n4 hunting of --vhich he ha3 been the vic- rat with a twig in his mouth, by whit, tim, lie was never popular, and txm, ne was being safely led by a younger rodent. therefore, a' ways beeni nuntedi On-Instances of rats leading blind comwonders wr t he might have been aaJ rades by the ears to feeding pi! a cos and ht ever been given a chance. It Is the brown rat that p'agues Eng- placing food close to their muzzles bar land today. The old English black re been obserted more than once. Tills Bmaller and more elegant rodent, f r is more than many human beings will less fierce and harmful, has been do for their weaker brthern. annihilated by his brown brother. A Clerk's Troubles. The black rat was Introduced into The Cyn' had a new tale to unfotj England in the Middle Ages, coming Trom the Enst In Bhlps, He is the anof as he openr4. up In the blUiard-roocestor of all the fancy rata kept largely the club the other evening. "How as pets. , "My goodness!" he began; "tb comes The brown rat also from the trials and tribulations of the poor East from western China, to be salesmen in the largo departmnt lie gradually spread ovi:r stores are enough to drive one crav-.v- . t Europe, and In 1730 appeared "What's up now?" chimed In no inIn England, having been conveyed on terested listener. h1ps palling from the Baltic. He has "Well," resumed the Cynic, "I just Haw overrun Great Britain, and been heard a mrst pathetic tale, which was tilten further westward by ships to a A story of actual circumstances. Anwrlea, In parts of which continent in fellow a st young rt working large The abounds by the million. On cne deJamaica ergar plantation 30,000 ra'J was shifted from department to dull the aeaton. partment luring have bof n destroyed In a year. he landed In the notions secFinally The rat Is omnivorous. Nothing a dainty young tr.i&s .ims to come amiss to him. Possib'y tions. One day counter and rxya, the thia fa the result of his being con- approached tinually hunted from place to placi rather demurely: 'I would like to act Itul time and again driven by stress of some material for garters.' "'What kind?' said the clerk, hunger to eat anything that his testn can surmount He i always worklj; "Rubber, replied the miss. , "havoc la pa me plantations and poultrr "lf I do. I'll lose my Job,' retort trm3. dstruylng epgs and eating tie the clerk. "Well, a''er he bad lost his Job be wing birds. He has been known to fnaw holes in the bodies of fat pig, was recalled and placed in the hat deand destroy the soles of elephant' partment Last Tuesday a short, .?et. dumpy woman trips along with her d Mr Tha Ivondon flocks have always been young son of 6 feet 2 Inches tall and m favorite '..aunt of the rodents. Over about four Inches broad. 1,000 have been killed in a month by " 'let me sd a hat for my dearie, the official ratcatcher. Formerly thc she began. Yats were taken out alive and sold to " 'Fedora V queried the clerk. flog owners for sporting purposes. " 'No, for Freddie," answered his Happily this has now been stopped. "Well, what kind of a hat da The carcasses ot these rats have been wish?' Tauml to contain germs of bubonic "'Oh, something suItaWe for Ma 2 hangs ovfr A penalty of tla?-ihead.' Dm head of any person who takes awa ' 'And I gave him a soft hat,' fall V live rat. clerk to me, 'and now t am looking the The carciS3e9 are collected every a new Jjb for fair.' for Philadelphia "morning and cremated oa the quayside-ITelegraph, the presence of an official. The sewrra of IxHidon were vnr9 To Be Sure. Vararmlng with the rodnts, . and the have ben qnieMy Oertians The of r In the habit tnaklr Twartr men were for three years at Tstein, on building rats an1 Urge Inroms by catching the a Its gur.s fortress. n.hlne, the t r4l!n? them for. spring purposes I the man cf the river fr m cro?sing a Ihm fhillines a dozen. Many grim The Iielf;irl dlftrlft. conitruct'oa the In men have blinl eawinler did these hn Severnl li s: far advanced that the guns h v Hoflerground passae?! been mounted. tats re brought ta bay, and it to of amount no small pluck Cut prices The sergein's fees. "Vjfa the savage vermin. tnt y In Tea Days under lor byecial r Kt-treatment for lo Rupture, stricture, PobHIts Uoon. of Vital eta. DEFORMITIES CURED. lyxed ithould know what can be done by proper Most of the Ailments Peculiar to t'-Female Sex are Due to Catarrh of the Pelvic Organs. f 4f treatment tor inose casrs. hpecini auenua paid to crippled children at tbe Sanitarium. Patients BucreRAfully treated at home by mail, lontuitatlon free ana conuaentiat, at omce or uy letter. Thirty yean' experience Illustrated Book Free, frtvtn rnurh valuable laiormaUon. call at omce or write to e . Office. 915 t DR. C. M. COE, Walnut St., KANSAS C1TT, HO. Read the following letters from patients treated and cured by Dr. Coj they tell their own story: Suffered for Twenty Years With Nervous Headache Treated by Dr. Cos Considers Relief From Pain a Bless Ing Genera! Health Better Than It Has Been for Years Takes Pleas- ure In Recommending Dr. Coe. Ilachael J. Kemball, M. D., graduate of the University of X Virginia St., BufTalo, N Y., is a Buffalo, class of 1SS4, and has .been in the practice of medeciue X in that city' siace then. She X writes as follows: ' My conviction, supported by experience, Is that Peruna is a X X valuable preparation for all cat- arrhal affections. .1 have taken 4. X one bottle of Peruna myself and Just feel fine. I shall continue ta take It." Rachael J. Kemball, M SC-- i X - New City. Kat., Juty eth. ISO. Dr. C. M. Coe. Kaniaa City. Mo. Dear Doctor: I bad aufTered for twenty years with a pain in my bead, and tried BUT About remediet and doctor! without roller. four vtara 110 I hmn Laklns treatment tron you. and derived much benefit, from aarae. My than tor hid and ceneral health are Inbetter head to The relief from pain my yeart. ble.-aime treated ma. You have alwava to with falrnraa and consideration, and I take cases 6imply because It cures the cat arrh. plemure In recommending you. W". BLAIR. 4. 1'oura very tru'.y. Most of the women aTlicted with Peruna has cured thousands of pelvic diseases have no idea that Their Llttlo Girl Entirely Cured of 81 ca?es of female weakness. As a 111I0, their trouble Is due to catarrh. The Vitus' Dance Treated In 1898 Had however, before Peruna is resorted to majority of the peoplo think that cat- Been Afflicted for Six Months Was teveral other- .readies have boon arrh Is a disease confined to the head Cured In Two Months Time. trlel m vain. A great many of the alone. Kanaae City, Mo., Sept. U, 1900. This Is not true. Catarrh Is liable Dr. C. M. Coe, patients have takrn local treatment, Dear Sir: Our little ttrt tm bow enUreiy submitted themselves to surplcal oper- to attack any organ of the body; cured of EL Vltua' danc. by your treatment la She waa affl.tud iU month. Youf ations, and taken all sorts of doctor's throat, bronchial tubes, lungs, stom- treatment cured btr In two month' Ume, aai boa remained well ever aince. ach, kidneys and especially tho pel- the stuff, without any result. VAOG1K W ACHSMAV. Ketcifully. 6. W. Uth and Aiaew 8:4. vie organs. , Many a woman has made this After Being Sick for Eight Years and Trouble Not Recognized, as covery after a long selsa of useless Trying Many Doctors Without PerCatarrh. treatment. She has made the dlscov- manent Relief, She Went to Dr. Co 'The reason of so many failures Is ery that her disease is catarrh, and and Was Cured New Well and Do the fact that diseases peculiar to the that Teruna can be relied upon to lng Her Own Work Feels That 8 ha female sex are not commonly reco?- - cure catarrh wherever located, Owes a Great Deal to Dr. Coe. Juno-.lo-n If you do not derive prompt and nlzed as being caused by catarrh. City, Kae , Jus SO. 101 Dr. C. M. Coe. Kanaa City, Mo. use of from are the lined results mucoti3 by Doctor: Isfactory organs bear it la now two year alaee I at your Sanitarium In Kanaae City, ii Itreated Any mucous membrane runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman, and am well and doing my own work. Hare Is .subject to catarrh. thirty pound In weight. I waa etck foe giving a full statement of your case, gained year Ltor and bad tried many doctor, eight hl to will be and he you give pleased tut oety obtained any permanent relief until I Catarrh of any oran Is exsalv waa treated at your Sanitarium. I feel that I ti e fame as catarrh of any other or- - valuable advice gratis. owe great deal to y?u. Your MRS. J. T. HOMlCaC Address Dr. Hartman, President cf an. What will cure catarrh of iho Hartman The Columbus, Sanitarium, head will also cure catarrh of the Greatly Benefitted by Dr. Coe's Treatment Feels Like a New Person-Tre- ated pelvic organs. Peruna cures these Ohio. Four Years Ago and Has Been The people of Paris will honor Perfectly Well Ever Since-- Had The Boy's View cf It III for Ten Years Befoe Been "So Dnvld mured the den of Hon?." Gorge Sand by erecting a statue of . June llb, 1X4. Norton. said the to.vher, "and Jliey did net the gTcat writer to stand In the Placs C. M. Coe, M. V., KaneaKaaCity. Mo. I Dear will Doctor: that your treatment touch him." da Vosges. near the Victor Hugi greatly benefitted me, andr, made m feel like new tron. It baa been four year alnce I Museum. It will represent Oeorg"They didn't!" exclaimed the boy. tnnk treatment from uu, and during tboee Sand In hrr youth, and sho wfil be year i have fett perfect, y well, and cave done ".3." more work than 1 bad fur ten year previously, shown Rtatid'ng holding sheets of t had been ill for earn tea year before I asw 1 recommend "Say! that wasn't much of a show, to you for treatment. alt and a pencil. This year is the piled uCerei t go to you. tour truly, was It?" birth. Ma. J. CA40L ccntrnary of hT "Do you know why?" asked the Successfully Operated on f.r Hemor teacher, Ignoring the cemment. Georgia's no vagrancy law makes rholds Found Dr. Coe a Skillful "Sure," replied the bof. It lawful to 'jut to work en the highOperator-Treatm- ent and Accommo"Why was It?" cannot show he who adult ways any dations at the Sanitarium all That "He was a ringer," explained t'fo has regular employment. As a result Could be Desired Recommends boy. "Thettinnagement of the slu-of the enforcement of this law the Treatment to Other 8uffcrers. put tip a gam" on the public. In?tid highways of that state are being put Woodward. Ok la.. Not. l Te Whom It May Coticers: of beln a stranger, like the people In the finest condition. I underwent a awrglrai opera'loa for bnmoes ' Sanl an rtioid at Dr. u trainer nn jm. wblrb thought, David was th Dr. Cjc te be a eery kiurl I found cMfuL the Hons knew blm. It's like the filtreatment Hi and Dr. William A. Evans, who i 'mong operator. In the Panitarlf 'n were all that eiuid be ler that eames In to ride the trick those talked of for the Presidency of aired. 1 cberfu.'.y recominead all aufferars cocul. Dt. Co.M. D LULK. Editor B mule. Cirrusrs Is always doin' tlna; the t'nlversity of Illinois, Is a n J. iwa. things." Chicago Post He is Treari for oatarrn of tho Bltader physician of Chicago. 45 years old. and has been practising Had Suffered for Years and Tried For the first time In the history of his was he since graduated, profession Mny Remedies r.'ore of Them Die German universities a deaf mute Ins In LouisTulane from Him the Good That Ours Did. University, 15, succeeded In obtaining a doctor's deKnub Natiif. M Oct. M, 3a iana. Ctty. Mo. Dr C. M Co. Kan gree. Dr. Walter Kuntze, on whom tt.e I In lea Sir greet p.eaaure Daf entlte and toe pood trtmfDt f i enneern'rgmey.ur t'nvtrsity of lrpislc conferred a Ph. for a:arrli and foi done be I biddr. A delegation of New Yorkers prer tid bad tried many rrord', D., Is a comparatively young man. His mftered f"r mat tbe ever good eoa your Laa 4ie ''d thesis for the decree is regarded as on-- sented to Mayor McClellan the other bat toe a a. Ri?ectlal.y r.youra, a of the t t. day photographic rrc-nTucvrao reproduction of the bct In years. Denvxratic electoral ticket for the Ctred of Stomacli Trou'wie Thankful for Treatment and Kindness ReIn Italy there are l?20f) jekillH State of New York of the year on ceived. bi3 wl'lrn General n SlcO.e.ian, eneae-In th, mamifact 1 fatber, workm-Liftman. Me.. Jgne IS, ?J6. ' ran f ir Prrstdrnt. of her p"' cf silk, fn P"2, Dr. C. M. Co, K'm Cut. Mi. DoH.r: 1 eur letter came i ban4 emigrate 1. More than three million few d?t in. erd t wee r'd 10 that m. My etomaea 'roubleyea l There are nearly five hundred bad set foraofee arid rf her people have left their ctnv ry doe sm threat my wi'.. rorrpiete'.y I take ecM. I am ten during the last ten years, yet there is Christian churches In Japan and ove tx.tfr me, nl kltdnsa and tr'mnt. thaokfa! for a sra'Iual Incfeise ot papulation. oae thousand missionaries. ROSA CICHHQIS. Tnt truly, X X M. D. nt - XK-i- . Co.-n- er dis-Fema- le e sat-Thes- - m?n-uvfl- pt well-know- 11 M-V- rf ! y-o- f |