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Show SOUUERS FH6 Rodents Declared to Be Worse Than Are the German Ger-man Opponents. PARIS, Jan. :';. -In some fcctwun of tht lYench front the rats are u creator danger than i ho Gorman. In Ch:unp;une and 'I''1 oj'.in-ts extending from t ho M on so to t ho N ord otVuers and men nhke sutler ure:uh"ulhr from This plague of rodents. To a representative repre-sentative of t ho Vn tou r institute who was sent to inquire into tho vat plague a colonel vnfY-od that ho ha. I to give no tho rniveb 'out tr.:r. 1m In-. Gunih. A It horn;,; ho did all ho t on hi to get mi of lite !'at hi- pi o isum.s ti; peared ;i if by magi,.. KC!i hi. cigars ci-gars wi-re not ro-po-tO'l. Trench rats, indeed. M-om to go for everything. Thev have rendered captive cap-tive balloons tiso!os nnd o on atT;n'e 1 sleeping soldier. T ho evil is all t ho more serious because- the rats are a.".to propagators of d '.senses. The mil t ary authorities have made evoral atteuip:.-tiWi'l atteuip:.-tiWi'l rid "f tho plague. Thoro was BfTik of ntilirin tho irus which tho y'i'asfour institato produced thirty yoars ago, a no. which gn o excellent rosnl;s over v whore. Tho ihw, w hi,-h iuoeii-lutes iuoeii-lutes tho rats wit a a fatal inula. lv. has only boon employed :n isolated ca-o in depot s anj. slu .! Now, after labetious researches, tho Pa st our intitute has prod need a poi son hieh is oaninij havoo among t ho rat, whilo it oMi sos no inoon onion, o to m on or dog-. In eiie night it de--: r o v o vi in tho corner of o l ; o i n g ! o ;-ench r.o loss than 4'M :st-. A tho present mo:rent tho hiMitute is preparing l'2'-) bonie of 'ho p.-ison e.a'Iy, but the rats are wily. Thev will not iT1" to tho same ba it tu ice, anil it is neeoarv to vary tho inro-.. But from v.ow on tho tiht 8L:aint the rats wi'l ; on ir.ori-i!t'l v an.l tho rst riht ors wi! bo ro;.n f or.-o.i t,v 1 1 1 whi.'h bao beon jrobiluod bv ifco military a-o.thontu-s. |