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Show IP STILL THEY LIVE. If Mill thry lira, whom touch nor Nor any mhtlmt amt irfgtit, caa prove, Ho-fu- re TLough dwriliug pant our day and night, At fartluwt Mura remora. Ob. not bream three skies may ciianga For npirr drra of sky unknown Shall tliat which mails them ouri grow string?, For spirit bi.l(U ita own; tbla earth around. jiar-Or emss. with printlMs. buoyant fret, The unrrvrriirraut Profound That bath no name nor mute! Whrthrr it guest not returning, 1 Went again to the stable, thinking he might have found Ids way thither to give personal attention to tlio wants of his horse. going out, from mere force of lialiil for wc were as yet uninfected by either thieves or jiolirpnicn I took the precaution of putting the stranger's wutch in a drawer in which I kept my own valuables. I found the horse as 1 had left him. and gave him the food which he was now Hufficienlly cooled to be allowed to eat; but his muster was nowhere to be seen. As I approached the limine a crowd of men on horscliaek dashed up, and I was commanded. in no gentle tones, to stand! In another moment I was in the clutches of those who claimed mo as their prisoner. "I was too much stupefied at first to auk what it all meant. I did so at lasL and tho explanation came it was terrible! My friend, with whom I had so lately set out in coiiiany. had been found murdered and robbed near the Mwt at which I, but I alone, knew we hud separated. I was the lust person known to be with him. and I was now arrested on suspicion of hb murder. A search of the premises was immediately instituted. The wutch was found in the drawer in which I had placed it and was identified as tho proierty of tlio murdered man. Hb horse, too. wus found in my stable, for tlio animal I had just put there was nono other. I recognized him myself when I saw him in tlio light. Uhut I said I know not. My confusion wiis taken as additional evidence. And wlion, at length, 1 did cominiind language, to give an intelligible statement, it was received with sneers and incredulity. "Tim moil spirit is inherent in mnn ut least, in crowds of inen. It may nut ulways manifest itself in pliyaical violence. It sometimes contents itself with lynching a character. Hut whatever its form, it is ulways rclciilloss, pilih. cruel. "As the proofs of iny guilt, ono after another, came to light, low mutterings gradually grew into a clamor for vengeance; uud hut for the firmness of one man the officer who liad mo in charge I would doubtless have paid the penalty of my supposed offense on the spot It was not sympathy that actuated my protector. 11b heart was as hard as his office; but he represented the majesty of the law, and took a sort of grim pride in the position. As much! under tlio glance of hb eye as before tlio muzzle of hb pistol, the cowardly clamorers drew bock. Perhaps they were not sufficiently numerous to feel tho full effect of that mysterious reflex influence which makes a crowd of men so much worse, and at times so much better, than any one of them singly. "At the end of some months my trial came. It could have but one result, ('ircumstiinces too plainly declared my guilt. 1 knew they lied. The absence of the jury was very brief. To their vordict I paid but little heed. It was a single hideous word, hut I had long anticipated it, and it miulo no impression. As little impression won made by the words of the judge which followed it and hb solemn Invocation that God might have that mercy upon me which man was too just to vouchsafe, sounded like the hollowest of hollow mockeries. It may bo hard for the condemned criminal to moot death; it is still harder for him who is innocent Tho one: when the first shock la over, acquiesces in hb doom and gives himself to repentance the heart of the other, filled with rebellion against mans injustice, can scarcely bring lf to ask pardon of God. I had gradually overcome thin feeling. In spite of tho good clergymans irritating efforts, which were mainly directed toward extracting a confession, without which he assured me, he had no hope to e THE JURYMANS STORY. Wc had been out of court twenty-fou- r etood eleven to ono. The cnee was plain at It wet, we eleven thought to. A murder of peculiar atrocity had been committed; and though no eye had wilntused the deud, cbruinsianuM ixiiutcd to the prlitoner'e guilt with unfailing certainty. The recusant juror hud etood out from tin' firsL lie acknowledged the cogency of the proofs, confessed his limliility to reconcile the facts with the defendant's innocence, and yet on every vote went steadily for aciiiiltal. It His conduct was inexplicable. could not result from a luck of iutclli-gencfor, while hi; ssiko but little, his words were well olioien. and cviiiccd a thorough imdorstaiiiliiig of hour, and . c. till1 CHs c. Though still In the prime of iiuniliood his lock were prematurely white, and his fuco wore a singularly sad uud Ihoughiful expression. Ho might lie one of linin' who ciucrluincd scruiiles ns to tlic right of society to inflict tho dcutli jxmuliy. Hut no, it wus not that; for. in reply to such a suggitdiou, ho frankly admitted that brutal men, like the vicious brutes they resemble, must bo controlled tlniiugh four, and that dread of death, tho supremo terror is In many cases tins only adequate At the prosirrt of another night of fruitless imprisonment wo began to and expostulated grow impatient, warmly agaiust what seemed an raptiousneuK; and some not over kind remarks were indulged in us to the impropriety of trifling with an oath like that under which we worn acting. "And yet," the man unswornd, aa tin nigh communing with himself rather than repelling tlio imputation, "it is conscience that hinders my concurrence In a verdict approved by my judgement." "How can that bo?" queried several at once. "Conscience muy not alwsys dare to follow judgment. Hut here sho can know no other guide." "1 onre would linvo said the same." "And what changed your opinion?" Experience." The sjieukcr'e manner was visibly agitated, and wo waited in silence tlio explanation which ho seemed ready to give. Mastering his emotion, as if in answer to our looks of inquiry, ho continued: "Twenty years ago I was a young Few hud man just beginning life. brighter protqiecls and nono brighter An attachment dating from hopes. childhood, hud ripened with its ohject There had been no verbal declaration and acceptance of love no formul plighting of troth, but when 1 took my diqiartiire to seek a homo in tho distant Wrel, it was a thing understood that when I had found it and put it in order sho was to share it. Life in tho forest, though solitary, is not necessarily lonesome. The kinds of society a by nature depends much on one's self. As for me, 1 lived more in the future that in the prosont, and offer. "On the morning of the day fixed hope is an ever cheerful companion. At length thn time on mo for making for my execution I felt measurably rethe Anal payment on tho homo which I signed. 1 had so long stood face to liad bought. It would henceforward face with death, had so accustomed bo my own; ami. In a few more months myself to look upon it as only a momy simple dwelling, which I had mentary pang, that I no longor folt soSwrcd no pains to render Inviting, licitous save that my memory should would be graced by its mistress. one day be vindicated. Sho for whom "At the land ollli'o, whicn was I hud gone to prepare a home for had some sixty miles off. I mot my old already found one in heaven. The . Ho, too, hud tidings of my culamity hail broken her friend, George (' She alone, of all tho world, come to seek his fortune in tho west; hcui-and we were both delighted at the believed me innocent; and she had Ho had brought with him, died with a prayer upon hrtr Ups that meeting. he said, a sum of money which ho de- the truth might bo brought to light sired to Invest in land, on which it was All thb I Uuil heard, and it had soothlib purKiso to settle. 1 expressed a ed us If sweet incense my troubled Death, however unwelcomo strong wish to lutvo him for a neigh- splriL bor. and gavo him a cordial invitation the shape, was now a portal, beyond to accomimny mo homo, giving it as which I could see one angel waiting to my belief that ho could nowhere make receive me. I heard the sound of apa better selection than in that vicinity. proaching footsteps, and nerved myself He readily consented, and we set out to meet tlio expected summons. Tho together. Wo hail not ridden many door of my cell opened, and the sheriff and his attendants entered, lie held miles, when Gcurgo suddenly recollected a commission ho had undertaken in hb hand a paper. It was doubtless t. lie begun to read for a friend, which would require his my aticiidiince ut a public land sale on the it. My thoughts were busied elsefollowing day. Kxucling a promise where. The words full and free parthat lie t ouid not delay his visit long- don were tho first to strike my preoccuer than necessary, and having given pied senses. They Affected tho byminute directions as to the route. I standers more than myself. Yet so it for an uffenso I continu'd my way home ward, while ho was; I was had never committed. turned hack. "The real culprit none other, it b "I was about retiring to bed on the to say. than he who had needless when summons return a of night iny from without called me to tho door. sought and nltuscil my hospitality, had A stranger asked shelter for himself been mortally wounded in A recent and his horse for the nighL I invited affray in a distant city, but hud lived him in. Though a stranger hb fuco long enough to make a disclosure, seemed not unfamiliar, llo was prob- which had been laid before tho governor barely in time to ssvo mo from a ably one of tho men I had scon at the lund office, a place at that timo much shameful death, and condemn mo to a and burdensome life. This frequented. Offering him a scat I cheerless went to see his horse. Tim poor ani- is my cxjierioneo. My judgment as mal. as well as I could see by tho yours in tho cose before us, leads to ono conclusion, that of the prisstarlight, seemed to have been hardly but oners guilt; but not loss confident and bore witness sides used. His panting, of mcreilw riding: and a tremendous apparently unerring was the judgment own." shrinking, at the slightest touch, being that falsely pronounced my our fellow-juro- r, no We On of recent importuned token longer a fright but patiently awaited our the house. I found tho stranger was on the ground of Inability to nut there. His absence oxcitod no which resoon canio at but would doubtless he agree, surprise; The prisoner was tried and convicted turn. It was a little singular, however. that he should have left his at a subsequent term, and at the last moment confessed hb crime oa the watch lying on the table. "At the end of half an hour, my scaffold. its-se- - denth-warran- db-char- It WAS NAPOLEON. WINGED BLOODSUCKERS. that weighed one ounce to eat a banana that weighed two ounces, the time in which it was d ine being three hour. UNDER THB BED. Whs Isski for a Bnrgta lutelllgcnt i)o VmuKswsrdsd red ihm Lout (Ini. at Last. I have seen ui niuny as 100 of these It was dark, mid down a retired "Youre heard of that burglar under hat in one tree. They hang head street in Farb a man rode alone on the bed, said Mrs. Westslde. "Well, downward and have tho appearance of Horrible Htnr of tho 1 tooth of i Youiiff black loaves. Those fruit bats are horseback. Suddenly the hurst: stopped I've just had the greatest scare of oj j TJo IUfmiitd but as if frightened. Then a man rose life. I've been looking for that burgUdy-T- ho confined chiefly to tho troplcul regions from the pavement in the middloof lar under the bed ever since I was a Othoro Vouched for by of the Old World. There is a live one the street and TrofoMor Hoocholls jiinqied to one side with school girl, and my grown children now ut the zoo, while both the Cuvier The rider was angry and ex- long ago joined in the bunt." cry. The fact that certain South A luerienn club and tho Natural History society claimed: "Are you drunk, man, tliat j "And you found him at last? specimens in their you lie about in the middle of a dark J "Wait I'll tell you. The other bats feed upon the blood of other lmve ! animals has been known for some museum. Tin's) large creature proli-ubl- y street to get yourself run over?" day I went to visit some frionds In weigh ton pounds. You might better lend a poor fellow , Washington. I stopped at the house time, but Charles Darwin was the first "The American people are ufraid of a hand than scold in that way," the nicest naturalist to prove this characteristic. ; of a couple of old maids While in Chili he found thut the bats bats. In this they differ from other the other. --I hail 300 franes i people in the world, you know who tor who as nations the Chinese instance worried hb horses by biting them on in gold in thb bog, carrying it to pay had been recently bereft of a laved hold them In reverence, and the a bill for my master, and the bag has relative. He had died in the house. the withers. Thb caused severe broken and it b all lost over the street During the evening the conversation and increased discomfort Samounose who mako pots of thorn." was caused the animal by tha pressure i If you have some matches they will do naturally turned upon the character THE BLAND DOLLAR. j and last illness of this man. of the saddle on the wounded parts. It was Die more good than your curses. "One evening Darwin noticed that a Samel lilng Abnnt thn Pars that la StampIt's no easy task to find lost money oAly a casual conversation. Nothing on a night like this," said the rider I wo remarkable about it and the curtain horse was very restless so lie ed t'poa It. "I have no matches, Ijoct was quickly lost in the flood of quietly stopped up to the animal and There b a curious story about tho Have other talk. We sat up late, and when clapped his hand on his withers and head of Liberty on the ohverso of tho but perhaps I can help you. wus rewarded by catching a large bat Bland dollar. Thb 1 said to lie mod- yon any of tho pieces left?" we arose to retire one of the girls or vampire in the very art of sucking eled from the head of Miss Anna W. "Only one," replied the unfortunate laughingly Inquired whether I was blood from the horse. There are really Williams, now instructor 6f fellow with a sob. afraid to sleep alone. p illosophy Give it to mo, said tlio other. wo have no Because. she suid. only two species of these ferocious and method of kindergarten training bats. Ono kind lives in Brazil the at thn Girls' Normal School in PhilaThe poor man hesirated, but the man about the house now. If you are t of South other in Chili and the repeated the words in a tone the least hit timid you can sleep here, delphia. At the timo the Hland dollar stranger of authority, and tlie last coin was though the best room Is ready for you. America as fur north as Mexico. Their made it first secret the aiqieunmce, usual depredation consists of fastening leaked out Dear me. raid I, Tm not a child, somehow, and to nvoid the handed to him. themselves upon larger animals and The stranger whistled and a great and I wo shown up to a handsome bedefforts the most indefatigable notoriety then filling tluunsclvcs with blood be- worn made to mastiff stood beside him. lie room. deny tlio fact, and cron Sjmnish fore letting loose. You know. I'm not a bit afraid of They have been to this day t Is difficult to got any of held tho coin to tha dog's nose, and known, howuvor, to kill and devour Miss Williams' friend who are in the leaning to the rough pavement said: a mun. I'm more afraid without oue. s smaller species of their own family, secret to admit it. Her name went Find them. Tin not at ull wouldi but the attacks said to havo boon made broadcast over the Tho dog sniffed tho gold piece and be ufraid to raise an umbrella in in laud, however, and on mnn are simply myths. room, to walk umlora luddi-- r or throng front a linos': every qiuu-lc- r of the globe begun tho search. Ono, two, three, he began bringing a graveyard. I b.'gun to disrolw will) According to a letter written hy one was deluged with the most fluttering James Uhl, who is engag'd in tlio offers of out ceremony as rom us my friend hu'h Mbs Williams was in tho coins and dropping them into ser-acoffee business in Calaboo, Venezuela, a student marriage. me good night. Iler last remark reof the Academy of Finn Art hb muster's hand, while the poor stood by in silent wonder. his daughter met with a singuiur deuth when called tho conversation ulxml the man who Engraver Gcorgu Morgan, lust September. Tho young ludy, who nmdu tho mtlcrn from which the dolThirteen times ho returned with a wiio died there 'prolaibly in this very hud just entered lior seventeenth year, lar was piece. Then, uftcr a long room, I thought, looking nrouud copied. was casting about for had liecn a somnumbnibt siniv child- a model. Some ladies he camo back empty, with a .perhaps in this lied. Hut even if I search, the among hood and it wns supposed that it was ut tho academy were delected to grunt tliat seemed to say: "There are luul been ivrtuin of that tho fact whilo in ono of licr frequent trances no more." wouldut have dbUirlxx my rest. So puso. The contour of Mis Williams' "We are yet lacking ono piece," mid I wont on with my preparations. Bethat sho left the house and wandered features was chosen as nearest to coming "Are you sure there fore I juinxil into hod and t'ini-several miles out into the country. ( hi Iho out pure Grecian ideal. Kcloro tho tlio stranger. the gas I did just what I luul dime from being searched for hor body was found, wtlcrn was finally adopted it was sent were just 300 francs?" it is stated, ncur tho roadside with a to the Academy to get tho "Sura as sure can be, air, the ser- girlhood throw up the overhanging opinion of coverlet and looked under the I. el for large vampire cliuglng to her throut. some artists us to it artistic merits. vant replied. The but attempted to fly off at tho The profile was criticised in several Then look in the bag again. There that biirglnr. "Heavens! Tho sight that met my approach of the searchers, tlio epistle particulars, chief among which wo must bo one left there. The man looked, and sure enough eyes fairly froze my blood! 1 was says, but was so gorged with blood regarded a a too prominent chin. But that it could not do so, hence it was the authorities at the mint lost gold piece still there. rooted to the sMit with horror! thought it found tlicsir!" he exclaimed, as the "The long 'exiected burglar? No. At Oh, easily captured. The countenance of was one of the most beautiful types of the young lady allowed that her death face tliat was ever submit tod for the stranger sprang into Ms saddle, "you that moment I would have welcomed had been a painless oue. it b thought head of a coin, and it was deliverer. Tell me your name, the most desperate burglar that over adopted. As are my him. I by her futhcr thut she sank down in to it strong resemblance to the origin- that my master may know who has lived. I would liavo cmliru.-vher sleep and that the vampire at once al. those who see Miss William ofton-c- done him such a service." Imix. saw a long, wilh fastened upon her. A small wound I have dono nothing," said tho brass drop handles on the side, and are best able to testify. It b conm found just over the jugular vein, sidered a good likeness, but drawn stranger. "Tell your master tliat tho stubbed with brass headed ta-- ki along teeth of the somewhat finer than the where the pcarly-wlilgood the edges. living modcL one who helped you was a very name of monster had punctured the neck, all Mr. Morgan, and tha "I was so frightened, so utterly dog intelligent by Englbh-muis an the wuy, by the while soothing its victim by a astounded 1 couldnt scream, or I and some people insist that he Jole." It was some years afterward, when should huve yelled loud enough to gratia, lulling movement of its out- managed to declare lib origin in the spread wings. Bland" dollar. Hy holding the coin Franco had seen troubled time, and raise the neighborhood. Fortunately. The length of this vampire from tip with the date uppermost, and cover the the royal family was no more, that the I hoard a footstep at that iroinoit and of wing to tip was over three feet, and the incident to a a tup at the iloor. It was the other figure with the finger on a line across master was tolling whilo its weight should have been ten to the hair, the profile develops a party of friends, one of whom had been sister coino to bid me good night. eye or twelve pounds it was so gorged likeness of King Georgo, the chin being employed in tho palace. Good gracious!' she exclaimed, ho exclaimed. with blood that it weighed over twenty hb nose. There Joie!" "Job! What i:i tho seeing my white faco. same in tho coin the Holding pounds. and covuringtho medallion on never was but one dog of that name world position, Dr. James A. Henshall, secretary of a line from the base of the cap, the and there never was a more remarkable I I oh. dear'. As sixm as I the Natural History society, when In- curl of the hair develops a lion with and faithful dog than he. He always could find my tongue. Why do yon formed of tho case, said: "That story its nose facing left From tho Il- accompanied his master when he went k k keep thut co cof fin undir in disguise about the city. tha lied? b a humbug. If there Is anything in lustrated American. It at all, it is probable that the bat Who was hb master?" they all "She burst into a hearty laugh. Runfastened itself upon the young Indy asked. ning quickly to tha bed she pulled the A mistake. after death. If she had been asleep The reply was brief: "The Emperor thing ouL It was a dress box. We Because I knew she loved me. the attack would have awakened her Youth's Companion. sat down on the lloor Hiid laughed toNapoleon." twaiso sweet to ses those wistful and she would hare had no difficulty in gether. I think I cried. I don't care. eyes. It would have srai-ed driving it off. a mule! Even to hide tnelr secret from mysteries to Girls, The bat b a great curiosity even Girls are queer creatures," re- aftor I knew what it was I couldn't prise. with natural history students, and Adds I turned uud with a courteous csre marked one of them. "Theyre not a sleep soundly a singlo night while there is probably no creature about Concealed ths truth from her I held most bit like men. For instance, you can there for dreaming it was a coffin ! dear, which so little is known, or about know a man for years and yet see and Because I knew she loved me. which such an air of mystery hangs. be quite sure that there are depths in Sailing 1fMrh of the Future. Thsv frequent dark, uncanny places, I know iha must huva loved me! nature which you have never The era of the wooden sailing veshb and being nocturnal in their habits, Yet, when ut last my passion all confemed, fathomed, nor even so much as ap- sel, according to the captain of an almost effectually shut out all investi- I sought to strain tha dear on to my proached. But you know a girl after American ship b passing away. lie breast, are In first the place they gation. you have seen her half a dozen times, predicts that in fifty years the wooden-deep-strue mammals and taka good care of "Kay, nay, ska smiling said: "too late, and, what b more, you know her ship will be as rare as the too late," their one young. If by chance the Then shoved another's You have heard oil her wooden steamship b now. He says cruel thoroughly. Ah, ring. female should give birth to two young, fate! stories, you have memorized every one the steel ship is lighter, cheaper, and the male will often take one to himself And yet I know she loved mo. of her phrases and tricks of expression, in proportion to the size of hull, has and rear it with as much success as the and you can divine the course she greater carrying capacity than the mother. I have known instances where would pursue under any oomimstances. wooden craft. Freight rates are eight Haw to Press for a Photograph. two bats have hung themselves up, If I may use a simile, a girl b like an times as low as thoy were when the are stout short and ask If dont you side hy side, with the young clinging oil well which flows abundcntly for a Dread naught made her famous run make to of the a artbt poor picture to to both. Thb method b adopted you full length. He will if you insbt, week and gives promise of keeping it to Liverpool, and to carry freight keep tho young warm. On another but ho knows he b doing a great up, but peters out completely at tho profitably the hold of the modern ship occasion, a boy in Philadelphia caught thereby. Nothing b so grace- end of that time and runs quite dry. must be capacious, and hor crow must a young bat and start'd to carry it off, wrong ful and pleasing in a picture of a stout Or, to vary it a little, a girl is like work cheaply. Mochinory for hobting flow when the mother upon hb breast as a sitting at half length, tho Old Faithful, that geyser in Yellow- sail has lightened the work of the sailor-lady and suffered herself to be captured. and cheapened hb labor. Tho so turned as to hide the too stone Park, which spouts every forty-eig- man figure Where a bat enters a room at night, After you British shipyards aro turning out big minutes regularly. stoutness. Again if you are slim and not it attracted llcnsliell. b says Prof, angular, do not for an Instant forget have seen it once you know exactly stoel sailing craft with a rapidity that by tho light but by some insect that it that a will make you when the next eruption will take place, indicates that they hare come to stay. b pursuing. The fine membranes appear more slim figure and Then you know to an inch how high and bow Within tho past fow years a floct of angular. called tho wings are filled with nerves s, all bust the pretty picture b your only large the column of water will be, and about twenty monster and tho animal guides itself by its you are perfectly certain that it will measuring more th 2,000 tons hava on and should insbt you hope, having delicate sense of touch. There b a none other. never be different in the smallest de- been launched. New York Sun. If a gentleman has popular superstition tliat a bnt breeds very gree from what it was when you saw how no neck matter long nicely bed bugs. So it does, but not because it. But men are like those other looks in a he if hb collar, Polite, picture thcao insects are native to it, but be- taken in such high would look geysers that sometimes spout a feeble affair a "I beg your pardon, uncle," I Vi f high old houses cause of ib frequenting and others at tremendous stream a rear A short nock and high gentleman who, while rushing from a where the Insects abound. One reason grotesque. collar, and long neck and a low turned-dow-n bulk, so that you never know what horse car, had accidently run against in believe thb story bedbug people why old ne(jro 6tanding on the platform, by ail means. No loud to expect and have a fooling that the b the odor that attends all hats. This stripes,collar no great checks, no striking next eruption wiU be mighty beyond , Md had knocked tha old follow to tha deand odor is produoed by glands b should be worn in a photograph. all previous ones. To be plain, you j whore he lay sprawling on hb signed for protection, and in fact it figures bear in mind when you cun never flutter yourself that you buck. One thing accomplishes its purpose most effectu- vbit tho studio And then there along your really know a man. Scrambling to hb feet by tho assistally and serves to make the bat ono of homo expression. bring is alwnys tho shadow of his unknown ance of the gentlcmiin who had been the two Dont spend on creatures earth. tho most disgusting to the studio past Chicago Evening Post cause of tho accident, tho old follow I have known lnstanncs of scientific days before you come and different practicing stepped the dirt from hb clothes, saying, post's men getting so nauseated while pursuKnew Hen's Ways, before your mirror and, as he did so: of these studies their creatures, ing the trouhlo betwocn "What's tho "Hit's no mattah, sab; no mattah in the give lastly, photographer to that they have been compelled stop benefit of husband?" and de least I was gwino ter git off at de artistic and hb your exercising work for a time. The but will play He makes mo jealous of certain next co'nnli, anyhow, bah, an' 1 might possum effectually all the time watch- professional ability. Exchange. ladies." ez well git off heah ez duh, Hit's all n d As with eyes. ing you In do same ter mo, Bah!" what way?" misard She Him, rule they are pugnacious if attacked met them "IIo mentions The tact that he had been knocked and in fighting can show two beautiful Mr. Jones had been away from homo when wasnt with having him." off did not seem to figure in tho cose at I rows of teeth that are revered with the several days and hud just returned. Tooh! they aro not tho ones to be all, as far as he was concerned Light Tho resemblance whitest of enamoL "Did you miss mo, door?" ho inquir- afraid of." of a bat to a mouse b duo to their ears ed, as he deposited hb valise in the "Who then?" A Radi Choc, hair and tha tail which belongs to oorncr, hung hb overcoat on a hook "The ones ho docs't mention. Dejected tramp "Yos'm, I'vo had a Most bats are Insec- and then gave hb wifo a businoss-lik-e some species. Chicago Times. rad history. I've traveled thb country , tivorous but as there are more than kiss. for years and years, homeless and 400 species known, there b a wide "Mbs you?" replied Mrs. Jones, In search of something I feat Ha Was Herhleaa, hopeless. difference in their habit. John. There "indeed I did, tenderly, a with laid it horrible break my heart to find." would "Cholly's up fox fruit or a bat b Tha flying hasnt boon anybody to swear at tho Gus Do to one of hb lady "And what b that gigantic species that subsists on fruit biscuits for six wholo days." The cold, said"llow did Joycatch it?" ho "lie my poor mnn?" Dejected tramp friends, Thora are seventy species of tha fruit Wasp. changed too suddenly from a puff scawf "Work ma'am." bat, and some of thorn are ferocious don't you know?" to a A Mars Thing, eaters. Tho bat b your truogormand, A Lady, "I tell you," sold Mr. Sclinadhorst Washington Post and seems to eat merely for pleasure. A lady b civil, puts the awkward man In the lobby of tha house of commons, Cocoanuta. figs, almond and banana at hb ease, turns away the wrath ol lie Had Skated. are their favorite food. The bats will tho political situation in your district Did you ever try your hand ' an angry one, does not run over you In Maude fly to a tree and eat until they drop to b something to raise your hair when Blink-- ! the slroct or scold in a loud voice, ot tho grougd through more exhaustion. you contemplate lL" "I think," said at skating, Mr. Blinkers?" Mr. or turn There they lie dormant until they get Sir Wilfrid Dawson, as ho took off hb era "Yes well or that Is. my hand descend to ofangry repartee, church. hor out New York, in several. and other pew people and disclosed bald will his when "that head, over thoir drunk, parts' repeat they . r. Herald. . tha same tiling. I havo known a bat go off and talco a look at it." THE VAMPIRE BAT AND TROPICAL HOME. 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