SPIDER FARM.
A QUEER INDUSTRY IN PENN.
SYLVANIA.
to Wine Merchants~-~-Making New
Bottles Look Like Qid.
There is but one
United States. As
for the Philadelphia
there are only *wo in t
has only to go four
a lelphia on the
and ask fort
aire to
where el
abroad only
in the depa
Pierre Grantaire
at so much per hut
tion in the w
chant and the
trad chiefly
merchant, who is
jaf with new,
d bott le =
em vi
that the
storage i8 secu
The Lan
highway that
of marching
tion In or
houses, hu
Pierre Grantaire
French army, wh
as a id
father’
Prussians.
lived
among
around him.
Grantaire
tar as a writer
Press ean learn
world. One
les from Phil-
caster pike
I ierre Gsrant-
wht ar be » found no-
in l i
in a i
rtment of
furni
dred
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see th
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tramp
op
ge
here
Lae
them
more ;
can
watch
architect,
knowledge i
knock him He will not
you. They are harmless. He wishes
to make your acquaintance,
You wish to know the
ness first? That is like you bp
~money first, then the sentiment.
There are 2,000 spiders in this room
all raising families and minding their
own business. Is not that a teach-
ing to the world and a lesson already?
You see, in these frames [ breed my
pets, and when the infants are big
enotugh to run about I take them in-
to the next room, where they can set
up for themselves, as you say. It is
from there I most. They are
great cannibals, my pets; they eat
their children and the children each
other. Bo I must get » good price
for those that survive their child-
hood.
‘ It is not all kinds of spiders that
make webs. There are those that
live in holes in the ground, and make
for themselves trap doors, and some
make soft nests in cracks, while othe
ors spin small homes in the grass or |
in the room corner. No, indeed; I
have sought out kinds that weave
themsolves fine large webs of lines
and circles. They only look artistic
in the wine cellar or on the houteille
They are the selected ones,
‘A customer comes tome, Helis
a wine merchant from New York or |
Philadelphia, or perhaps he writes.
He says that he has just stocked a
cellar with five-year-old portor Bur-
gundy, or something else, The bot- |
ties have been brushed clean in ship- |
They look new and common.
Rey will not sell for old wine. He
has attached to them labels of twen-
iomast n
His
bsaviy .
aaving. Don't
cian.
is
ite
of bDusi-
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, thirty or forty years
ear of a grand vintage.
ty Ago,
Ve
so many hundred bottles. 1. know
h
h
i"
t
some
10W nny of my pets will soon cover
is cellar in cobwebs of the
Ind. I put them in littl
er boxes, a pair ina
1em in a erate, with many
air. Maybe I send two,
{ hundred spiders. For them
halfa franc each. $10 for every
| dred In two months you
think this cellar was not disturbed
| for the last fifty years. It has cost
{ him $40 or $50 maybe, but he may
| soll tl wine for »1 000-—yes, more
than that—above what they had
brought without my pets had dressed
tt tho of long avo.”
the bot
Wanted to Die Rich,
le small pa-
box.
$4
1 holes for
three, four
hun-
Ve
10
los in robes
¥y years ago, cording
of the sea told by
have be pres-
hip having
t+ f
riyiniont «
maine ol
to one
yarns
n
Spani
wrecked
to the
sot
up
the
been bolts
and sterng
frames riveted and
ar ribbands run In model
new boat is similar to Britannia and
Valkyrie, a Keel but with her
i cutter
atures carried to a greater
k 188
and the
the
i the
stem ost
ug set
The original report that
to be plated with nickel
lonbted at time, and
wisdom of the doubt is shown,
fon
ghe
ateel
was
was
now the
Nickel
| has greater tensile strength than
piain steel, and therefore allows the
use of a smaller and lighter frame.
Ailsa’s frames are also of nickel
steel, and it would not be at
all surprising to find that the frames
of the new Herreshofl cup defender
are of the same material. Exact in~
formation on the latter point is not |
obtainable, but the cup defender’s |
frames are certainly very light in|
color for plait steel, and come much |
1earer nickel steel in looks.
They are also of unusually small |
za. and this would seem to further
indicate the use of nickel steel.
the
si
Lonely Mont Blane.
The highest peak in Europe, Mont
Blane, has been ascended thirty-nine |
times in 1804. Fifty-eight persons
reached the summit. Among them
were eighteen French, fourteen
Americans, fourteen English, eight
Germans, two Russians, one Austri-
an, and one Bwiss., Three ladies
| braved the cold, the hardships and |
i difficulties, 80 ns to be numbered
among the successful tourists. The
| lust ascension in 18094 was made on
November 4 by Guide Payot .nd throes
| carriers, who carried up the scientific
instruments for the observatory on
the summit. They remained at the
I building three
thing in the
| turned over
mer
arrar
that
ri
days to
rooms ire
to public use ne
RODE A DEER.
Perilous Adventure of a Hunter in
Florida.
ft
Of
James I, Harn,
un Maze
wi hunting
uietly {
wis
re out
fine buck
away. It
should stalk
| ford re
i A od
{ be:
i
agreed
the deer
mained with the hors
1 dismounted
an
i Ue
it was n
After
tear-
Harn
with
I
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i
ae
brings the at
any suitable remmu-
tien and
wor {
to compu
number of
id
would
novels
neration
spent upon
And, if it
careful figures of the
els of whi
were possible
OO copies
smallness of the percen
amaze the public. Ever
of well known writersdo n
reach this figure in their
the fa yuld be given it would
surprising to people what really
small editions of novels of some of the
best known writers are printed-—es.
pecially at first And the novels
which get beyond their first edition
nowadays are very, very few and far
between. And yet the novel is really
the most productive form of writing
to-day.
are ¢
'
if
ge
the
wt
sales,
is ¢
A Study in Grammar.
A teacher in one of the lower
grades of a city school was endeavor.
ing to impress upon her pupils the
fact that a plural subject takes a
verb in the plural.
* Remember this,” she said ;]' ‘girls
are, boys are; a girl is, a boy Is,
Now, do you understand it?"’
Every hand in the room was raised
in assent,
“Well, then,'’ continued the teach.
er. "who can give me a sentence
This time only one hand was
raised, and that belonged to a pretty
little miss, ‘'‘ Please, ma'am,” she
sald, with all the assurance of a
primitive reasoning, ‘'I can give a
sentence. ‘Girls, are my hat on
straight?’
A chain of small daisies between
two flexible gold bands composes a
new bracelet of an admired style.
JOHNGSON'S INAUGURATION.
When He Took the Oatn.
'
“8 LO say
A Magnifying Show Window.
of the most extraordinary
ting custom on
a M
ordinary plate
iber of rough mag
the window
panes
di
recor
dian
} rac
Wis that of a fruiterer in
town. Instead of the
a large nun
formed
’ al
ie of these
aAxs,
: ify
Seen throug
yrange looked as large as a pumpkin
and cherries large as apples. A
great disadvantage attaching to this
novelty was the fact that at the dis.
tance of a few yards from the win.
dow it was quite impossible to see
into the window. Everybody knows
that you must hold a magnifying
glass very close to the eyes to see
any thing through it Nevesthuless,
for some time, at all events th
snterprising proprietor did a roaring
trade.
ng glasses
h or ng
as
The Year of the Wolves.
During the severe weathor, which
lasted so long this year, wolves have
been making their appearance in
great numbers. They have been
seen in Brittany wandering about
separately and in bands over regions
wiiich hitherto they had not dared to
approach, and in some districts they
tarmyards, and actually terrorized
the inhabitants,
forest of Hunanday a farmer was at
beasts, and only secured an escape
by means of a dagger which he fortu.
sately possessed.
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POPULAR SUITE
r. Woman in the Cas®
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a . gry tse . sya wl
Boston has an electric carriage. TERS rode up to a house wl
y . . un } ’ d 1 x bud
Bulphate of zine is used to rende fo
molasses a pure amber color.
Several British scientists claim indi-
vidnal credit for the
Woman has not only a less mortality
but greater longevity than man, There
is also a plurality of female births,
An Engl surgeon recently
lowed ont a new socket for
cial the old one not being
enongh,
It is said that moths:
green fabrics. Arsenic
ing green, and the
enough to shun that des
discovery of argon
ish hol.
artifi-
large
au
eve,
| not attack
French Eon;
that the
TH0,!
ter into the lal
always los
attle . Wash. ,
State baeteriole
the wats
of typh
of Baying Hard Things.
w Way to Fell ’
Very Costly.
h an excess, 1
mon that the
an
better classes for a time
aban «1 the practice, which eventu-
ally fell i into disuse generally. 3
according the authority, the ens.
tom would have been entirely lost *“if
lovers were not tous to preserve
it in all its full power.”
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D. 1
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loo
inaed
one
an}
84
pill
new pair of shoes usually dee
j & new pair of corns.
Look Out for “No,
lily Condition Calls for
a Good
Your First Duty 18 to Yourself. Your Box
thre Help to be Found
in
pring Medicine
The Lest Preparation for this Parpose is
ood’s Sarsaparilla
** 1 eannot speak too IH
saparilia it has worked wonders in m3
east, lam 74 gore of age and have besy
afflicted with salt rheum on my hands for a
groat many years, 1 tried many things t
cure them but fatled. My hands would crack
open and bleed profusely, and the pain was
terrible t Rines taking Hood's Bars.
parila the flesh: has healed and the skin {sas
smooth as any farmer's, I recommend Hood's
Sarsapariila as a reliable medicine and al
ways speak in ite favor,” Laowo D Casas,
| Bwansea, Massnchusetis,
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
‘True Blood Purifier
Ba
Spring is the season for cleansing
and renewing the blood. During the
winter it has erept sluggishly through
the viens, gathering impurities from
indoor air, from fatty substances in
the food, and from many other sonroes.
The great blood purifying medicine |
especially prepared to do this work is
Hood's SBarsaparilla. It will give to
the blood purity, richness and vitality
and these will bring health and vigor,
strong nerves, agood appetite, refresh.
ing sleep, and powers of endurance.
Cleanse your blood by taking Hood's |
Sarsaparilla, a renovating preparation :
especially prepared to make pare |
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of flowers and birds and out door
pleasures, for you will be healthy,
strong and well,
Hood’s Pills
highly ¢ vids Bare
Ww
} DBAY.
care all liver lls, billions. | Lrominantly it tho public eye today.
ness, headache. $5 couts, | #ure £2 got Hood's and nly Hood's,
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