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Show I RiOHY Oc iv 1 .jMprT RAT" (lew it C'lTr trrmtix u tM.rt.l n tlxuii.rtl.f- Nunli.l. Mien tho I rrin h xoiiavcs Wrro first In Africa n new sort of rat I rude its a-INFarftiieo a-INFarftiieo tbcM It was called tho trumpet rat, hiving a long probo-I probo-I 1 he tale of a specimen Xf ono of Die eoldltrs to hm enthnskuiUo tinturnb i-t gvi rtec to an netlon atl tw. Bald IhfipIalntUI Ineoiirti '"Ibis torrnvs has dieatoil me 01 it, of 10') f runes. Ho knows that 1 aiii tniieh inti r ftcd In nnturtl neleneas, I have ridleetlons of fll, of altells, of rare anhnnk of eurlom limit. Ouu day lie rdled t'lti mo nnd soldi Htr, 1 !iav" n kind of nnlmul nhteli has never I wen mentlotithl by miy tiatumlUt. It ln trumpet rat, nn lliai a tnuiUUko nn elerli'mtV It U alivo and well. If nu with to mm ft )ou Imva only to wimo to my houw "I was very nnxtou to Ix-hold this ptrniiin-o animal. Wo nrrlved at his house and ho shnuo 1 tno hi a engo ail enormous rat, er lively nnd In good condition, which rttilly hud on Its now a slender excrescence mora than an Inch In length. Tho excrweenco wns -overid Willi hair Uko theldyof the niilmal, with vcrtsbrai In It, and di mt extraorilinary thing) Urgtr nt tho tumuilt than id tho bjno tlio contrary (nnhat it ought to bo In tho usual enurse of thing. Toeouvliico in)self tlmt ft wat not n dii;o nnd u luystiflev lion I st uric a phi Into the tnunpet. rim animal crl.d out and n drop of IiNnkI camodoio tho prick, 'flu ox-terimetit ox-terimetit veat enneluilvie. It M really trumpet forming part of Iho rat. "I vwis uinared. I ieke-d this man If ho would svll his rut. Hosald os, and I pId him fifty franc for It. My friends nnd servants til admtrod It, an 1 I wiuieiiehientrd. My rat wosn mule. Somo ono aid to 1110 th it 1 might to procure nhinnlo. I asked thozouavo If ho coul 1 procure for mo n fo mob, nnd ho said ho had two, I saw thern and boutiht ono of them for fifty francs. Homo montln nft'-ranl tho fsumlo had young, 1 looked at them ami they had no Hum (Hsts. I raid to myself, They will sprout' I waited ono month, two month, ils months; nvrry dny 1 looked at tho noses of my rats, but tho trumpets never appeared. "In n houso where I gti frcpiently I mado tho aajualntanoo f nn ofllcer who hud served a long tlmo hi Africa. I told hlui about my trumpet rnt an 1 ho laughed as though hh sides would split. When he was calm ngnlri ho told mo thut tho trumpet nt was not a frtnkof nature, but an Invention duo In the leisure tuoioptita of thl rouavts. This Is how they make, them 1 You tako Iwo rats and fasten their paw firmly to a board, the m so of one rtono to thu end of tho tail of Iho other. TIkii with n penknife ortihuttt ertt niako' an hielsioii Into the nose of iho rat which I hiiidennoftt and you graft tho tall of tho first Into the unset you tlo (Irmly tho mutxle to the tall and you leave tho two rats In this ((osUIoti for fort -eight hour. "Atthoeud ot that tlmo tho union hai Hken ploouand tho two parts tiro jrown together, then ) em cut ofTlho tall of tho rat which Is In front to tin re rpitrod length and let him go, but stilt keep tlie other fastened to tho board with Ids head Iooms, and youglvohlm something to eat At the end of ft fort night tho weund Is perioetly healed and tlio eyo ot tho most curious Investigator would notuMn tr.icoot thognifllug. ThUis thowaytlui touavnemnkorats with trumpets.' On tho part of tho defendant It was urgssl thit he had certainly mudeup tho rats a stated, but ho attlrim d tluit ho hnd not suld them to tbo plaintiff ni Mug 'lrn" with triimitet.' Verdict for thy xonavv. Wellington Star. |