The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-05-16
IN A NUTSHELL.
Stories ofs Romance and Adventure
Boiled Down.
A BAcHELoR's SPIDER.

A BAcHELoR's SPIDER.
A st. Louis bachelor sat down to q
table in his room to write letter
when an imm ense black spider ad-
vanced toward him upon the table.
lie took straw from broom and
drew it gently over the spiders back
and legs for ten minutes, when it
went away. The next evening the
spider reappeared and went through
the same antics with the broom
straw, to his evident pleasure. This
was kept up all the winter, the big
spider coming out regularly every
night for frolic with the broom
straw.
why HE RAN AWAY.
A dog belonging to = Wanaqua IN.
j., lad had for a long time been in
the habit OF picking up his breakfast
and running away with it instead of
eating it. The boy followed him on
Friday, and the dog led him round
about trip, evidently to tire out his
pursuer. Finally the dog lay down
and waited for the boy TO 20 away.
The boy started abruptly, as if to 90
home. The dog then ran very fast
and disappeared in covert, where
investigation revealed decrepit and
emaciated old dog. who was eagerly
devouring the breakfast.
cars HOSPITALITY.
once had cat that always sat up
to the dinner-table with me, and had
his napkin round his neck, and his
plate and some fish. He used his
paw, OF course, but he was very par
ticular and behaved with extraordi-
nary decorum. When he had finished
his fish sometimes gave him a piece
OF mine. Ono day he was not to be
found when the dinner-bell rang, 30
we began without him. Presently
puss came rushing up stairs and
sprang into his chair with two mice
in his mouth. Before he could be
stopped dropped mouse on to my
plate, and then proceeded to deyour
the other off his own plate. He
divided his dinner with me rs l had
divided mine with him.
A cars FISHING.
Four miles from Johnston one OF
our county commissioners, Henry
Gallman, OWNS mill and pond anc
grinds corn for the public. He has
a man named Pruit who attends to
the mill. Pruit owns large cat that
as soon as the mill is stopped, by
shutting down the gate, will imme.
diately run down behind the mill and
get on a log just over the sheeting
over which the water is flowing. She
will then look very intently into the
water, which is from eighteen inches
to two feet deep, until she spies a
fish; she then plunges into the water,
frequently burying herself under it,
but almost always coming out with .
fish. She then quietly sits down on
q rock near by and enjoys her meal.
STORY OF PICTURED LIONS.
Delacroix painted his famous lion
hunting in two copies. He received
for either Of them 1900 francs and
1900 francs-that is, for one ESQ and
for the copy E72; that first copy was
seid to banker in Paris for E1OO,
the second copy went to Algiers. The
name of the painter getting more
known, as much as E50O was given
for the original work by an intimate
friend Of mine, at whose house the
very banker who first had it saw it,
and wanted to buy it back. The
next day telegram came from Al
giers that the copy had been burned.
Immediately the price Of the now
only existing one rose, and l saw It
sold two years after for 36, 900 francs
(f1 ,440). Of course, Delacroix might
in the same way complain that he
originally received only $50.
DocroR's VISION.
When DR.. More was q student at
Cambridge, in Queens College, he
was standing at the door Of the
dining-room one day when he saw a
Mr.. Bonnell come out of the hall,
looking as he always did in life. A
friend near was struck by the appear
ance of the man, and asked who it
was, when More told him, mention
ing some particulars of Bonnell's
history, where he was from, and
commenting upon his personal ap.
pearance. That evening the prayers
OF the college were desired for one
who was in a sick and dangerous con-
dition. More asked who was sick,
and was told II was Bonnell, when he
at once declared he had seen Bon
nell that day, and was assured that
it was impossible. for the man had
not left his bed for considerable
time. But More insisted that he had
seen the man, and brought his friend
to witness to the truth Of his statement.
The same day Bonnell died, and the
stranger who was with More. and
had seen the figure, identified the
body OF Bonnell as that OF the man
he had noticed coming out of
the hall at noon, and at time when
it was positively known Bonnell was