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Show School Tesching in Germany. Berlin. In many parts of the country coun-try rats are treated as though tliey were diseases, and the official ratcatcher rat-catcher has to be called in whenever one appears. In a small town the local school mistress gave the required j notice as to the appearance of a rat, j but the official rat-catcher was away j on his holiday. She was therefore re- j quired to feed the rat until he could I return and attend to It, and evident- I ly got Into sad legal trouble by going away for her own holiday and allowing the rat to starve. , |