Telegram-herald., 1891-11-18

Ing Il hes to travel - many xDas non
s&ds - si4s - thsrs 40 iayss - tAs
eaas beSsss d - ssaeA - sk&y hssis
apertmene vhssD it, yoang aro kDps
aafsly dry and wasA The more s6es-
finally % conceal the tanS from possible
enemies. the outside layer Is carefully
Akscaaored with mud. 80 thss Il may rs-
semhl the color Of tie surrounding
coil, hut ths tntesi0 iS beautifully
0iann. soft ard whiss-
AnnehW sPkaar. - maker c8 wstsr~
proof goods, Il . corsair. And OF
oorrss needs . SHIP - said ahont ins
and. equally of course- eonsaderaAg iss
nature. II prefers - get its shap By
stealing So. having determined - en-
ter upon its pirstiosl career. 10 looks
about 20 tad the east-od shell OF .
water snail Having found one of sutr
able size II enters AID Immediately b.
gins 10 prepare . door Of vanished
siik. which is perfectly waterproof
Behind this door. eAectnaily prukected
from the weter. our canning eorsEir
lives and Aexts about waiting for his
prey. Like I'll ether oorssirs. he sails
uuder faase eoiorx IL u 70 deceive his
victims until they have no time 70 mako
their escape that he pssses himself OF
as IN innocent wsfcr snail All spiders
aEe said 20 dia2iks . wetting nearly o.
quite a. much as ests are known % do.
yst there ars other spiAcrs. besides tho
eorsair waterproof silk maker. which
habitually live in or under the water.
All such spiders are. Of eourse, alkillful
In ths manufacture Of the vanished
elk. which enabies them - live unane
water without injury.
One such spider. called by naturalists
the Ar0Sroaeta from two Greek words
signifying silvcr and span. lives in stag
nant water. On the surface OF which il
swims about with perfect ease, keep
ing its abdomen inclosod ia . little
globe of va.u;shed silk, Which shines
like silver; and. being flied with air.
aess - life preservcr, keeping its
sWearer from sinking.
The female Of this spider constructs
Cor itself sort Of diving bell, in which
il can l;ss al winter beneath the water.
This divipg-bd&< an oyai-shaped cocoon
of varnished sl9, well filed with afr.
Is anchored sccsk~ly by lnnlti-uaes OF
strong bat very slen 5cr silken cables
30 the surrounding plan.& In IL its
maker lies in wait for prey. or deposits
and jealously guards her cocoon of eggs
or shuts herself up during the winter.
Stll another spider is q slSiilful pa
per maker. and Dr.. Livingston found
many specimens Of it living in central
Africa where it makes its nests Of
small sheets Of thin, gray paper, re-
scmbimg that OF which hornct and
wasps build their nests. pasted SO close.
IL to the walls Of tho natives huts es
20 almost escape observation.
The balioon-makirg spider has at-
tracted great admirasion from the slill
with which he spins. weaycs and IN.
fates q tiny balloon underneath which
it remains in safety, while tho breeses
wzft il away.
Another little air traveller is able to
make long aerial voyages without tho
cid Of either wings or balloons II Is
known a. the eGossamcrspider.a and greet
multitudes of them have been fou nd on
ships fully sixty miles from land Tho
Gossamer is only about one-tenth of an
inch in length and Of dusky red color.
Upon first com ing In contact with tho
rigging Of ship il always seems to be
attached to only q single thread, but
In . few moments 10 surrounded by .
mesh of floating web, which appears to
be produced simply BY the entanglc.
ment of tho one long single thread.
When tho Gossamer 10 ON land and
wishes to sail OF through the air It
crawls upon some little emincnce. ele-
Yates its abdomen, sends forth single
thread and Immediately tho slightest
breath Of air bears it away At line on
Q level. or nearly 90. with the height
from which it started Mr.. Charles
Darwin, who tells us about this spider.
says that he thought he could perceive
that before sending forth the nosting
thrced the spider connected its legs to-
gcthcr by other delicate threads; but
of this he WAS not quite sure II THE
observation be correct it may be that
the delicate threads uniting to the
spiders very light body may form .
sort OF parachute and aid it II its flight
Another tiny spider while placed on
tho top Of p.st shot forth from its
spinners fou. or I've thrssdA each
about . yard in length These thresds
glittering in the sunshine, looked like
separated and waving rays Of light on
which it scared away as II on wingA
'.Its supply of silk" says Nh. Darwin.
s.scemed incxhsustible-"
This might probably be said Of most
spiders A very keen and accurste OBJ.
server has told me that he once traced
what seemed to be . single continuous
thread Of spiders Deb extending from
Q point on the shore Of the Hud-
son river near Geld Spring TO another
point on the opposite shore near the
West Point landing, at tho height Of
about yard above the water. Ny In
formant was in . rowboat at about Eve
o'clock Of very stAl Juno morning.
and rowed his boat quietly beside the
thread of web for the whole distance.
This 10 another fact to prove the irn-
mense productiveness Of the little spin.
ners in proportion 10 their own dze--
Helen E Smith. il n. Y. Independent
Getting Ria - vises.
A cerrespcadent Of the Washington
Star, who has been Studying the subject
Of getting rid Of aeas, gives this o. tho
result Of his investigations: II thoas
a