Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The wonders of science will never cease. Paris has received a delicate jolt by the exhibition of a rat which carries around a pianola [piano] in its internal organism. A touch of its tail produces airs from the operas. M. Bertrand Lebaudy, the French zoological expert and savant, discovered that the ribs of the rat give out rhythmic tones when properly tickled. Making experiments, he found that these tones could be regulated by nerve pressure from an electric battery. The nerves of a rat lead to its sensitive tail, which does many duties besides acting as whisk broom in rat land. He tamed a fine specimen of the regular Parisian rodent, got it so that it would answer to his least command, fed it a special diet and then charged its nerves with an electric battery. The rat became exceedingly sensitive and the notes from its body when tweaked by the tail quite audible. This story did not originate in Winstad, Conn., but came from a Paris correspondent.