The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-08-21
Esple3YjALL SPIDERS.

che big insects which Sometimes COINS
80 tao Eaitsd States.
look aGt for the tramps"' said Cor.
put, the fruit dealer.
The Ielcgraph man wac admiring the
bright buff color OF bunch Of bananas
yesterday, when big ugly spider
cravlad out and ambied along on the
counter lie was "a bundle OF dark
brown lu4z about the size ofyour thumb,
into which wcre stuck several tong.
black legs.
lie was a tramp al the way from AS
piuwaA.
and, Ike tramp who had stolen
ride 0ndrr 81 freight car ca She break
beam, his legs seemed craTnped from the
long Journey III the creviccs Of q bunch
OF bananas. The poor follow was st
loss where to 20. lie was thousands
OF miles IRON home aud frieadlcss. for
people do not take kindly to big, ugly
spiders. lie was q tramp and in q
strange country.
1--WE killed Que here the other night
with body as big as biscuit. His body
popped like torpedo. They come often
III bananas bat we generally manage
to Kill them. Up at the old store one
made hiss escape and made his home
under Che counter Then another es-
capped, and Tor u long time we lost
sigut OF them. One day we found
web Under the counter, and on locking
closer we found the home Of the two
tramps. They had raised large fam
iiy Of SPIDERS and they were the cutast
hE,ic things yun would caro- 70 see.
They ran uignblv into the web il
you made motion . STRIFE tLam,
and many days we have Watched
them simply for the amusement.
They caught every Fly thai came
witaiG range, ana now and then a bug
happened within their reach and varied
thor bill Of fare. Although we knew
they were dangerous pets we did not
disturb them for the reason that they
seemed to be industrious tiv-catchCrs,
aad we're never inclined to sting. One
afternoon . new clerk saw one big fei-
low run around corner Of the counter,
| and Us he had never seen q spider oi
such enormous size he imagined that
to allow it ~ 20 at large was cquiv2.
lent 70 turning a tiger loose, aud he
! killed the pet. The others ran out, and
II about an hour the now clerk had
about as much Is be could stand up to
killing spiders
DO they ever bite?'
"Yea, but it is a rare occurrence.
They fight like wild eats, and they are
high-tempered, but thoy never trouble
anybody unless aroused and leased.
Although there are millions Of punches
Of bananas brought to this country
every season, and many q thousand
spider steals his way across with them,
you never hear of any one being stung.
They are very peculiar things, and DIFF
fer widely IN their habits from the COM
mon spider Of this country, which makes
q web like the ccnter-piece of a rising
| sun crazy-gui!t. They make g kind Of
nest and then spread out lines Of web
in every direction. On this angle-line,
'Hhich Is IS small as a sillen thread
they ran with ease, hanging 10 it By
their Ions, flexible legs. When danger
threatens they have way Of drawing
in the lines, aud, hnlIling together.
await the stack OF the foe. When thus
disturbed they make prodigious leaps
and arrange IN circle around the nest.
which obey seem 10 guard with Jealous
Cara. Then, when provoked. they run
All over the attacking party. They ar,
game, and pat mp an ugly G4ht. -
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