THE RATS OF PARIS

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 6

THE RATS OF PARIS

Means Taken to Rid the French Capital ol a Groat Army of Rodents. Tin vi aie Lw u species ol rat- in Paris, a black suit- winch inte-ts <j;aiioN and old houses, and a ,uicy kind that, i- tumid in erllai - and -\\ ai in- m all tho .-ow'tiia. TliiH'ucr kind is t lie most, voiaeioiis. and dan j;< ions, and its i.tvaj^es cost (lie eit> ,i lai>j;o sinw auuuall\. \Yheio\u (licit 1 is uudiau;ionnd shebei llirn i,s a family oi these iat-, and thc\ niultiph with astonishing i.ipidity. (Vllai-, -e\\ ci s, catacombs an: t hen abodes. The\ di<x]>a-'-a<4c\\ ays I Inou^h thick walls, undonuine louiuiat'ons, and do a i;ioal d*.<\\ ot dama'/e. Many .ilLi'inpls have Ik'CH inado lot \lciininato tlieni m the seuii^, hut. al\\,'\s wilhout -in ci -\ I'oi-mhis o( all kiniU, phospJio) us, ai-i'tiii, ]>i 11--.IV a«'id and s(i \ <*h tunt* \\ti\o been y e( toi tlieni, but tln \ won't touch the bait. One nnetitoi tliouwlit he li.nl hit on the nei > t lnii'_i \\ laMi lv pioposod io ti\ pieces tot ->| >< hilt*' in laid ,md sciUti 1 them al)oiit., I undei tho i \pec i idon t Ivil Ihe ia(s would eat them and llut the exp.in-'ion ot tin •-police- in tin n -•( oniaeh^ w oidd pi o\ c tatal I I'is t lv 01 \ w as all i i'_di( t-\ee])f on one pom! tin i (I- <{<•< lined to eit the piece-, of -police \^ toi tlu-uap- tln would pei ha|)-ans\\ei it n win possible to -ut enough (o i ati h all tln Kits in the hhi'ls witJiout banki upturj, tin iii\ in then pmcha-e Tin plan w lu< h woi ks be-t is to hunt the ne-tv with ilou- fi.uued lot tat killing. M\L'i) now and then M.i'i^i oi men umlimn into the -ewu-, and, h\, follow uiu » ( .\ ma! cum ci uin<_; j^.illc l ic's, man.i j.e to di i\ c w holt at imi 1 - ot iaN toy aid a sitiule point , u lieu t hose do^s ,u c U ' ioo^e, and <_^i eat toMou- The men who koi p tlase Kit do^aie paid one cent ton \i in i odent do- ti o\ ed A not he i i la-- oM at i at ( he) - opei ate on the -tieet-atttM ni^litf.d!, but tlun aim is to e.ipt ute the animal a!r,e, -oa-fo-ell it to the outlet- <>i teiiiei-. Thest tellowiieei\eteii eints a dt /en toi Ineia'-, and aie ]ioi nutted 10 keep the dead bodie-, whu h ha\ c a in.v kiti t \ alito of ti om Uiu ( to foui cent-, tin -kin- In 1 1 i *_f c foi kid '_;lo\e-, uhil' % tin bone- can be m vie i.p into tooth pK k- and eat clcanci -. — I'aii-. cot ie-ponde.nt, ' Xcw Oilcans l'i(a}in<e