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Show FISHES' FACES DECEIVING. 0e Cannot AJiray TJI br Their El- preiiloi What Their Char-1 Char-1 cter. Are. "Fish are a good deal like people," said Superintendent, Spencer, of the New York aquarium. "You can't always al-ways tell by their countenances what to expect of them. Look at that fellow fel-low there, now!" He pointed to a tiger fish which was butting its nose against the glass of its tank. No more villainous villain-ous face of the pugnacious sort could be found in a day's search in the haunts of the third-rate pugilists. pugil-ists. "Loi'-o as if he would fight at the wriggle or ar "n, doesn't he?" the superintendent continued. "See those jaws! Bad eye, too. Well, sir, that is the most gentle fish in the aquas-ium aquas-ium one of the clinging kind, that seeks affection and kindness. Now over there is a lady fish. Just observe ob-serve those brilliant cnl. - ' :hat. dear, Tnriocent face, and notice the coaxing, graceful movements pf Its tail. You'd think it would ep.t out of your hand, and droop if you scolded it. "On the contrary, it's the most unladylike un-ladylike fish in this collection; its temper is shrewish, and its habits are bad, and if you give it a chance it would bite you like a savage bull pup. It's a vicious fish, and doesn't deserve all thoRp fine nirs it has." |