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Show Killing Bats, i A writer In Chambers' Journal repeats j the method which Is in quite general use , here for the extermination of rats. These . animals aro the wisest of domestic ver-j ver-j min, and any means taken for their de-: de-: struction is, as a rule, quickly discovered j by them; if not, the terror alone engendered engen-dered by the over diminishing tribe is sufficient to cause them to flee the mysterious mys-terious power which haunts them. Taking Tak-ing advantage of this trait'the writer In question constructed a trap for the rata. This was a water barrel carefully concealed. con-cealed. On tlie top waa a trap door, (simply balanced by a pivot in theoenter), and beyond this Borne food was placed for which the rats had a strong liking. They could only get to this by walking over tlie door, and in order to entice them, the door was fixed for about a week; then the bolt was drawn, and for several nights a plentiful supply of drowned rats rewarded the ingenuity of the rat killer, and the remainder of the , colony sought "fresh woods and pastures new." -- I |