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Show Would Exterminate All Rata. "Ptof." J. D. Smith of Cleveland wants to rid tho United States of rats, mlco, cockroaches and vermin. 119 says ho can do It by the use of certain chomlcals. In handling these choml-calB choml-calB ho baa- at various times mado hlmsolf very sick. "Some day they will kill me," ho nays, "but I am not afraid. It I am able to carry out my plans. I shall bo .satisfied." As he talks he drags packages of chomlcals from his pockets Jlue vitriol vit-riol and acids of various kinds. His hands aro burned through the hand-Una; hand-Una; of them, but he fondles them affectionately af-fectionately and does not mind. It the city of Cleveland would give the professor (10,000 a year, he says he would mako a vermin and rodent free community. Smith not only lays these posts; he annihilates them. By playing on their appctltoa he lures thorn to an awful doom. To the professor, a doad rat Is aa dangerous dan-gerous as a live one. Each, he declares, de-clares, spreads typhoid and like diseases, dis-eases, Therefore he has prepared a chemical chem-ical mixture which will slowly Incinerate In-cinerate the rat. As soon as the rat partakes ot the chemical an Inextinguishable Inex-tinguishable Are la lit In his Interior. The Ore burns as relentlessly as a theater villain pursues. There Is no escape for the rat. He cannot leave enough of himself behind to mako a decent funeral. Phosphorus Is the base ot the mixture mix-ture which the professor ubos. After he has gathered remnants of food Into a pall he adds a purple and white powder. Then some lemon. As soon as the rat partakes of this, he Is on his way to a private fireworks display. |