Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1912 — CURIOUS FRIENDSHIP. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CURIOUS FRIENDSHIP.

A Scotch coal miner has succeeded in establishing a remarkable frlend-

ship between a white rat and a fawn- colored mouse. It was only by getting the two animals while

— —J very young and putting them together in a cage that he succeeded in this feat. While the friendship is very strong, however, the rat still retains a desire to devour other mice, but it can always pick Its companion out from a dozen 1 others although the rest are of the same color.