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Show 1'LAOUn OF HATS. H I'all. tala rail lit IC.ap Ilia Ilod.ols H Within llounili. H In Paris thero am low atrceta near H tho river, whero the Inhabitants are M afraid to allow their children to croaa H tho garden or the courtyurd nfter dark, M snys tho Philadelphia Inquirer. The M Central markets aro Infested to such H an extent that rat-hunting haa been H abandoned In despair As soon as dark H sets In arjilce of rata nltack the re- H serve provisions, to which they havo jl burrowed their way beneath the B masonry A singular detail Is that the HH cats which aro very numerous at tho IH Central markets llvo on tho best terma H with the rats They ran be aien trot- BBb ting about together. The city cat has jH loat Ita reputation In Pnrla He or tho HH tilt rnjoys killing a mouse, but with other food to hand a rat has beromo HH rnthr targe game from the feline point Hl 'nfTIwiaiKof tM"rrson"the budget Hl commission suppressed thla year tha Bf credits for tho cats kept In the storo- H houses of tho ministry of war. Tha cat H na an ofllclal la now only to lie found M at the ministry of finance and tho H council of atato No decision haa yet M been como to by the uuthnrlttea aa to M how tho rat plague la to be got rid of, fl though pnlaona with Instantaneous of- H fecta, which have Iho additional ad- H vaulage of mummifying the body, aro fl favorably regarded Tho system, how- over, has the disadvantage ot making poison too readily obtainable Dr Thlery mentions four terriers belong- H Ing to M airard. chief ot tho municipal H laboratory, which are excellent rat- H catchers They havo cleared tha eel- fl lars ot the prefecture ot pollco from H the vermin and have atrnyed along the H sewers as far as Ilercy, two miles from M home, killing lnrko numbers ot rata on HJH the way M Glrard'a favorite terrier B ran break Instantaneously the back ot BH n rat weighing ono and a half pounds. H On Achercs Plain rata estimated to bo 10,000 In number havo been Been at. once on two acres of ground planted IHH with beetroot. BH |
