. The Wasp. A Saturday journal of illustration and comment, devoted to the discussion of public affairs, finance, society and art. elligence. When John Thompson, of ,returned to his filthy hovel, after a prolongedspree, his eight dogs, almost starved, at-tacked him. It became necessary to kill allthe dogs before he could be rescued, andthen he was torn from head to feet. The fate of the Archbishop of Mayence,has been related by many sensational writ-ings, as also the Polish legend of King Pa-piel, who, with everything belonging to him,was devoured by rats, in punishment forpoison
. The Wasp. A Saturday journal of illustration and comment, devoted to the discussion of public affairs, finance, society and art. elligence. When John Thompson, of ,returned to his filthy hovel, after a prolongedspree, his eight dogs, almost starved, at-tacked him. It became necessary to kill allthe dogs before he could be rescued, andthen he was torn from head to feet. The fate of the Archbishop of Mayence,has been related by many sensational writ-ings, as also the Polish legend of King Pa-piel, who, with everything belonging to him,was devoured by rats, in punishment forpoisoning his uncles. Their mode of con-structing living bridges, whereby they man-age to cross rapids and streams; the wonder-ful method they seem to possess in draftingthose in their midst who are to form the liv-ing pontoon; their cunningness and theirvaried proclivities have been treated of atlength by many naturalists; but the treat-ment of the subject at my hands, is to be ofan entirely novel ani original method, inpart based upon the information of an intel-ligent gentleman interviewed, and who shallspeak in party V ^^^ I always had a horror for rats, com-menced the confessions of my cannot account for this fear, for I was al-ways brave to recklessness, in regard toeverything else; but rats completely un-strung me. The gnawing of a rat, breakingin upon the tranquil hush of night, wouldagitate a feverish dread upon me. It invari-ably had a tendency to drive me wild andout of my blankets. As a proof that inter-course masters precon( eived and erroneousconvictions, let me illustrate it by my firstadventure with rats. Vessels from China introduced rats as aplague to San Francisco. This was in 1849and 1850. They were of the Albinoian or-der; white furred and red eyed. They werethe white fore-runners of the yellow plaguethat pesters the city now. Opposite fromwhere I lived, stood a primitive one storyshanty, its gable points were to the fashionof the architect
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