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Show V CUKIUL'h KIT KILLb'it. A ll'Jkil. TK)3 DHJIillT l siiuoiito:i(; sour-iK. Ijrcoe 1'raiikilu of thN iJaie uwns a Iny liote, known by the name of lulah, that is iofc-eseU of a s-cali:ir accomplishment. Mr. Franklin's stable, a rather old Uiiidiugis infested by rats tliat give the hor-es much trouble, stealing their food and making tlieuixlies lcsts generally. 1 1 liegtu to be ob-seried ob-seried a sin rt time since that in r-hiloh's stall tliere was to le found ever u;orij!nij one or more ef the rodents dead, thecrutliul U,diiof which indicated that they had died violent deaths, but what lliat death ! was remained a mystery until oueof 1 the stablemen discovered that the big bay him-elf was their execu-' execu-' tiontr. lie was then watched at the work I and tlie strategi- and cunning ol the ! animal is said to be rematkable. He t wii; atand ucr a rathole for any length of liiiio whhuut stlrrliijr, his tars alert and Ids eyes fixed en the hole. Then as the rat breaks cover abnipllyand hurredly, as they always al-ways do, Shiloh brings dow u the sliarphuofofhisupliftisl fool uiion liu ii; butlliarrassiiigfiH-.irushtug the life out of h:c, :;!"I if he fails to strike tlie wlb vreatBrL-will o.V7-take o.V7-take him with btilstretihed .icck, ar.J -iilng him iu lii jowirful teeth llnoy i..ssjaiia-t the side of a stalMthus breaking h)s nck It is but seldom that this curious raiitir Jaijstokillliisjjrey. The horse actually seem tu pnjoy e sjott,fur he will rt peat the t.".M: ajaiu aii.i again, aud if any oul stands and atcht liim at it lie will, without ceasing to bo on the juU ivo fur ! lie rat for an in-taut, occasionally turn his ele on the spectator, as if to say, 'I'lfget him iet. '. |