Show NO PLIES ON HIM peculiar performance ofa rat ia an sura omaha republican almost any evening during the people passing the wallpaper store of henry lehmen 1608 douglis street may witness the singular and interesting of a medium sized and cunning look ing rat the animal makes its appearance pe arance after the store Js closed fur the day or soon after 6 and its favorite resort is on the ledge inside of a large plate glass window it engages largely in the pursuit and capture of flies that buzz about and light on the window glass within reach of its active little fore teeth and its hungry mouth it is remarkable to see how rapidly the little creature can capture flies it devours a fly with a few quick crunches and a gulp and then race away to get another one the rat will sometimes spring clear off all four feet and swipe a fly from the window to the ledge below where it pounces upon it as quick as a flash and seldom lets a victim escape the animal continues this pursuit until darkness cornea oa or until some one scares it away from its favorite feeding grounds this makes the third summer that this rat has followed fly catching in the window of this store two years ago one of the clerks caught it and pul a brand on it which is still pla aly visible |