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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13

ture and fierce in its attacks. Its short
mandibles are provided with a sharp
claw-like end. through which venom hows
and by which it gives out sharp deadiy
stings when attacked. Spiders, too, are
carniverous. and demand insects for their
diet. and v alter They eat every species Oh
animalculae, and will not live without 1--we
food.
Nevertheless, such are the possibilities
of the spider web that scientists have
worked constantly at the fibre to secure 1t.
NJ. Cachot recently invited a company OF
manufactures to his laboratory to inspect
the workings of the spider in its web as
arranged by him TO give out network
of thread for use in making fabric.
When they ar. ived they were taken into
a room lighted in the dimmest way. When
them eyes grew accustomed to the light
they saw in the corner of the room, run
ming from the floor to the ceiling, queer
arrangement of bobbins worked by a dy-
namo. They turned noselessly and with
~apidity. constantly winding thread and
becoming thicker with the revolutions
At the other side of the room sat an oper-
ator turning on and off the power at Will
Looking further up on the wall they
saw a large qua 1tity of large spiders
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13

morning and remain all day, coming
ont for an hour at noon.
In a Kneipp swimming bath IN o"H
Francisco the water is kept at telh-
nerature of about so degrees. BY an
arrangement of the piping of the Dath
anparatus the water in the tub is kept
constantly renewed and an even tenn
perature maintained.
Before the patient comes out the wa
ter is lowered gradually to the tempera-
ture of the air, which is around ~ oe-
grees in the month of June.
The rules observed are that the cur
ist must not enter the water WITHIN
half an hour before or after meals nor
remain in when physically tired.
The real faddists, those who tramp
the grass with a maid walking behind
carving silk stockings and French
beeled shoes. are turning the tub cure
into a delightful sport. They do not
on m extreme in the matter of staying
in all day, but are content with TWO
hours at time.
They turn the "cure" into a water
snort. Racing under water Is one
Of their amusements. They become
very expert at diving and swimming
and can stay under water half minute
at a time or long enough to take twenty
strokes.
One of the main features Of the wa
ter cure is the good it does the COM
pIexion. Swimming under water frees
the pores of the skin and makes it
beautiful. The swimmer is, however,
liable to tan and chap terribly after
coming out of the water, and must pro-
tect the face well for an hour.
At a private swimming bath that has
been built in a beautiful private gym
nasium. in one of the country places
on the Hudson, there is a platform eX-
tending out over the water. On this
platform the bathers stand and dive
into the water. Coming up, they catch
its edge and climb up. Manila rope
floats lies upon the water to aid any
unlucky swimmer. The bath is stu
ated in a little grove of trees and is fed
by the fresh waters of the Hudson.
On shore there is small but elegant
bath house, in which are luxurious
touches. The bathers, after their ath-
letic exercises in the water, throw off
their bathing dresses and get into the
warm blankets without drying them
selves. there to steam from moisture
into warmth.
And that is the latest form Of the
water cur5-athletics in the water and
as much of it as you can get.
HARRY GERMAINE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13
FROM GRASS 70 WATER.
The Kneippists Give Up Grass Walk
ing for Living in the Water.
Easier, Pleasanter, Newer-Father
Kneipp Getting Well That way
Like Louis Mencke, Bellevue
Oueer Patient - Bellies Trying
Water Athletics.

A Kneippist was chased ten BLOCKS
nv = Chicago policeman the other day
When caught he asked why he was
being pursued. Because you're bare
footed" said the policeman. and l
thought you must be crazy. Why did
We rum"
Because I was barefOoted and was
afraid folks would think was crazy
responded the unfortunate water Gu
rist.
The misconception to which the fol-
lowers of DR.. Kneipp are constantly
subjected has about discouraged them
They know it is a good thing, but 1t Is
attended with too many difficulties. In
New York city the Park Commission
ers set aside a plot in Central Park
for their use prior to o'clock in the
morning but after a few days the per-
mission was withdrawn, on account OF
the crowds that gathered and Jeered
at the barefoot walkers.
But though you may force faddists
to change their plans, you cannot alter
Their convictions; and, therefore, the
Kneinpists have broken out in new
snoi, with greater activity than ever
They have found a new way Of using
tho wafer cure. If they cannot run on
the grass with their bare feet they can
indulge in gymnastics in the water
And this they are doing.
When Father Kneipp became danger
ouslv i'll a couple of months ago, they
began treating him with baths. The
nature Of his complaint was a nervous
one and found relief only in long stays
in the water. The Father is said TO be
kent alive entirely by them now.
Two weeks ago Louis Mencke' a
workman. was taken to Bellevue Hos
pital with a horrible skin complaint
caused entirely by paralysis of the
nerves. For a week he has been kept
in a hot bath, eating and sleeping
there. and stands chance Of recovery
though very weak at the beginning.
With these and other cases before
them, the Kneippists have given up
with cheerful resignation the conspicu-
Gus grass-walking and have taken tc
the sea.
This is better in several respects. 1t
is not so noticeable; for all this time Of
year still and salt water bathing are
fashionable. 1t is more convenient, fol-
everybody goes to bathing spots in the
summer; it is a great deal pleasanteI
than tramping the stubbly grass; and
it affords a very pretty new sport.
The Kneipp game is to remain en-
tirely submerged in the water as Ions
as possible. If you are very nervou;
YOU can get into the bath at 9 in the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13
ooh. l DuNNOr,


Llndy's hairs all curly tangles, er .e
eyes es deep an gray,
En- they allus seems a-dreamln Ell,
gain far away, ...r
Wen I says. Say, Indy. darlln' s-'
stay, er shell / go?'
En- she looks at me er-smilln' en- s-
on. ! dunno!"
Now. she knows es I'm er-lovir Do.
years en- years en- years.
But she keeps me hesitatin TWO
doubts en- fears.
En- I'm gittin pale en- peaked
les from frettin' so
over Indy weth her laugh!n' en e-
Il dunno"
T'other night we cum from mesta
asks her fer a kiss 90
En- / tells her she's 50 many taai
she'll never miss.
En- she looks up kinder shy Ike
whispers sOrter low. 20
Jim. I'd ruther tibet ye wouldn.l
well, oh. l dunno.
Then ses. Now. see here. Indy tn
wantin yer ter state 81
Eff yer thinks yerll ever love me, 81.
he'd better wait
Fer I'm tired Of this foolin en- I
be yer beau, ...-.,..s
En- I'd like ter hear yez sayin' sl'a1 -
but I dunno"
Then 7 puts my arms aroun' her
holds her close en- tight
En- the stars away up yander s'
winkin at Their sight.
Fs she murmurs sOf en- fainty.
words er-comin' slow.
Jim. ] never loved no other I..+
ION. 1 Dunno. -.....
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13

the thrsad be gathered in any wsv en-.
able for winding. When made into 49,
it became hopelessly tangled and una, Is,
use.
NJ. Cachot, therefore. thought OF -
of making machine that would ,s...-
web from the spider as he spun =. r
bobbins were fitted with running a..
to which the web was first caught 49,.
one fastening it possessed SUN
strength to withstand any pull Tia. ..
spider might put upon il.
Inc nature OF the insect is such thar o..
matter how often il is robbed Of It's H. "a
it keeps on spinning a new web and
source of constan, supply to any ma.
that can wind il Off.
The color Of the web when first sr...
a pale gray. almost the color NJ ,be
mosphere. and is the hest known t,.. ~.
any raw material 10 have. as IN tsi..
oring matter readily.
The common house spider a~sv.-. ..
same purpose as the Madae ...
but for practical working Tho ---.
is preferred. as its thread is --.-
work of keeping it captive ISL. .-...... '''
IN catching the thread from .-.
it is found that the best pl .. ...,...
wall. dark and damp enou-. ..-.....
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13

beeen solved by NJ Cachot, French
chemist. who claims the reward.
The silk worm works in different way
from the spider 1t is not poisonous and
is peaceful in its nature and habits The
silk worm is easily imprisoned and does
as we'll in confinement as in the natural
state. Silk worms thrive in a paper box
or \ bureau drawer: and if fed mulberry
leaves ask nothing better or further III
the nature of diet. They live for years
giving out their coccoons Of valuable SILK
threads to any one who will take them
and constantly increasing in number for
they breed fast.
The common spider on the other hand
IS wild animal. 1t is warlike in lis ma
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13

ing the thread The spider spins bea
where water drops into his web and is most
prolific in webbing where there are DOSE
rafters and leaky spots in roof or -g
A bobbin as large as a big peanl, is ro,
too much for a spider TO spin .n .A
and. as there is no cost beyond tI' Of no
machinery. it is a paying inve=m.-t
The only food required is a l-, %, he
sects house flies, and small living .a's'
OF all sorts. These the spider catcnes.. aii
while trying TO imprison his prey se-s
out his most valuable webbing. When i.'
spider catches fly he spins a web roD.i
and round him. 1t is very strong ana Is
turned off quickly. The fly IS soon ea-
shared and then the spider punctures hin
with his venom. In NJ. Cachot's inventio'
the spider is allowed one or two turns
around the fly, then the webbing IS caue .
with a delicate hook and attached 70 re
bobbin which quickly winds II.
The femals spider lays eggs that a@
protected by a cocoon OF thread. This c'-
coon. It is found, can be wound easily
from the spiders that are kept I'm cH.'-
waited state. If smoth corners are pro. i--
red for the insect IT VIII wind n co. b
so even that the thread can be rel.f
wound from it.
For experimental purposes little OF .sa
spider web was made into cloth. l. WIS
found to give fabric very silky % tie
touch and as fine as Oriental silk Dr. Haf
be that the delicate silks OF the ane
was made from the web Of the spider 70
it has never since been duplicated.
silk robes which Cleopatra easily pull
throukh an ear ring might have been m.-.
from the spiders web
At all events 1t Is worth an expor.m.t.
The material costs so little and Is So
fly obtained that the first cost wout
appear quickly II the product could 20
turned to any permanent use.
GEORGE G. KAHLL-.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13
S|LKFDON SPIDERS WEBS
English Manufacturers Have Awarded
a Prize to a French Chemist.
A Machine for Winding Web-lt
Produces a Silky Fabric So Fins
That Cleopatra's Robe Might
Have Heen Made From 1t In
ventors Have Worked Tor Yeats
on IT

LONDON, June 1.-The Manufacturers
Union of England has fon the last two
Years had a standing offer of 1860 pounds
sterling to the. scientist who would invent
= ,,se for the web of the common spider.
It was obvious to those who experienced
with the web that there was tissue OF SILK
contained in its filmy threads, but how TO
get hold of them in any way that could
he of use in manufacturing of silk fabric
was the problem. That problem has now
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13

closely resembling the Madagascar spiders
They had long mandibles and an immense
abdomen. from the rear end Of which Is
sues threads. As the theads came from
them the bobbins wound it and thus Sc
cured long strands of the unbroken thread
When they had done expressing thir sur
prise at the strange sight, NJ. Cachot eN-
planned it all to them.
The web Of the spider, It seems, is not
quite so strong as the web of the SILK
worm. The spider, moreover does not Jay
its eggs in as deep a cocoon as the SILK
worm nor does it undergo the metamor-
nhosis of the worm. Therefore it was I'M
possible to secure the big thready cocoons,
as in the case of the silk worm nor cou'u
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13
HAD A RIGHT TO CHANGE.

81 am afraid, Mrs Hashcroft," said
the new lodger, that l was under a
misapprehension when l told you that
I would as soon as not have an iron bed
in my room
"Yes?" replied the house mistress,
with landladylike caution.
yes. I was under the impression
that you merely referred to the frame"
indianapolis Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13
THE FUNNY PART.

She-"Don't you see anything funny
about Chimmie Fadden?"
He-"Yes; it's funny that anyone
should see anything IN the stuff to
1auqb at"-Somervill Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
System Under Which They Are Main
tanned in Enxl8nd

System Under Which They Are Main
tanned in England.
The country roads in England are
well made, with deep foundations and
ample provision for drainage Finer
examples of the road-maker's art can
not be found anywhere else in the
world. Scientific construction would
not protect them, however, if they did
not receive constant supervision and
daily care. They are never allowed to
get out of order.
The road-mender is always on the
ground, and he is constantly at work.
Whenever he detects signs of wear at
points where the water does not drain
off rapidly after heavy rain, he mends
the break by filling in barrow of
broken flint, supplies of which are
stored by the roadside every half-mile.
He is scavenger as we'll as a road
member. He goes over the road every
day, and removes everything which is
unsightly. Owing to his unremitting
care, the road is always free from lit
ter, as well as in perfect repair.
There is no bitches at the sides; there
are no ragged ruts or pools of water in
the center; there are neither stones.
nor stumps of trees, nor refuse to dis
figure the roadway, and there is home
ly sense of tidincss and orderliness
which is a source of delight to eyerv-
one passing over it.
The road-mender is hired to keep his
section of the roadway in order. If
he neglects his work, more faithful
man is put in his place. There is a road
inspector for every division of the coun-
ty, and he has control of the road
members of his section. The inspector
acts under the direction of a subcom-
m1ttee> of a large committee of the coun-
ty council. -~.-
An American expert estimates that
$40,000,000 is expended annually in the
United States on the highways without
material improvement from repairs. If
the English obtain better results at low
err cost, it is because the systematic
care Of their roads is practical detail
OF common sense, efficient local govern
ment. They: have good roads because
they pay for them in local taxation.
and insist upon having them kept -
order. With the same painstaking care
American country roads could be made
to minister to the comfort and plea sura
of rich and poor >like.-Youth's Conn
panion. S.;. 81. + 5%...* S5 .z@
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

When your commission man stops re-
hitting, stop shipping your produce.
If you wish to get your sweet pota-
toes to market early, do not ridge or hill
them up at the last cultivation; if, on
the other hand, you wish heavy set
ting and big crop to dig late, the hill
ing up may help you.
We would rather take our chances
for stand of clover in the melon patch
with the common red variety. :, Sow
crimson if you like it better. Better
grow clover than weeds. In any case
the soil should be covered with vines,
weeds or clover late in the season.
~ Cuttings from sweet potato vines
IL to Is inches long, set at once, will sow
good seed from which to grow plants
next spring. Wind cutting around the
hand and bury five inches deep in the
hill, allowing the upper end to stick out
Of the ground. Farm journal. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
COOKING VEGETABLES.

Mrs. Rorer Points Out the Food Value
of Garden Products.
ALTHOUGH it is well known that the
American markets give an abundance
of vegetables, it is regretted that there
is no country where they are so little
appreciated" writes Mrs. S. T. Rorer in
Ladies' Home Journal. ITO this omis-
sion may be traced much discomfort
among the poorer classes. The legu-
minous seed, peas, beans and lentils,
yield almost double the amount of mus
cle-making food to be found in beef.
One pound of beans costing five cents
will give food value equal to two
pounds of beef at so cents, an item of
economy worthy of thought. I am in
this considering old peas and beans;
those green or unripe contain larger
amount of water and more sugar, and
less albuminous matter, but on the
other hand they are more easily di-
gested.
"Al concentrated vegetable foods re-
quire long, slow cooking to render them
suitable for use. A little baking soda
added to the water in which old
peas and beans are cooked removes the
strong flavor, making them much more
delicate. All vegetables should be
washed we'll in cold water. Green vege-
tables, such as spinach, caulif1ower, cab
bage, Brussels sprouts, cucumbers, kale,
onions, leeks, asparagus, turnip tops,
beet tops, Swiss chard, young peas and
string beans, should be cooked in boil
ing sailed water, and boiled slowly until
tender, not a moment longer or the
flavor will be lost
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
FARM AND GARDEN.
BROAD TIRES AGAIN.
The Demand for Better Roads Makes
Gratifying Progress.


The Demand for Better Roads Makes
Gratifying Progress.
The recent report on the relative
merits of bread and narrow tires by the
agricultural experiment station at Co.
lun1bia, Mo-, will again call attention
TO this question SO important to farm
ers. The advantage of broad tires is so
obvious that the failure of farmers to
adopt them generally seems. at first
sight strange. Put there is a practical
reason for their apathy. When roads
are bad-and many roads, unfortunate
~, are bad-the broad tire offers such
resistance that the vehicle cannot be
moved. On the other hand, although
the narrow tire cuts deeply through the
mud, it can be moved for that very rea-
son, but, of course, with great ex-
penditure of strength on the part of the
horse. For these reasons the average
farmer in country where the roads
are frequently bad cannot be persuaded
to adopt the broad tire. A condition
precedent, therefore, to the use of the
broad tire is the general improvement
of the roads, and as that is question
deal of money, the argument in favor
of broad tires does not appeal to the
farmer.
There are, however, many signs that
the farmers are beginning to appre-
ciate the great loss involved in the con-
tinued use of narrow tires. And the
time is rapidly coming when they will
be convinced that the outlay for
thoroughly good roads would be more
than offset by the saving in horsefcsh
and wear and tear effected by the use of
broad tires. Everyone who thinks
about the matter at all will see that not
only could a much larger load be car
ried on a good road with broad tires
on the vehicle, but it could be trans
ported much more quickly, and with
far less work on the part of the horses.
So good roads and broad tires are real
ly the most economical in the end,
though they may involve a comparative
ly large initial expense. That is the ar
gument that will finally come home to
the farmers, who have thus far been in
different to the question. And when it
does, the desired reform will be speedily
adopted.
Somewhat in the same line is the
proposition to build steel roads for
vehicles. But that plan would involve
so great a departure from traditional
ideas in regard to country roads that it
is doubtful if it is feasible for the pres
ent. But an improvement in roads fol-
lowed by the general adoption of broad
tires for all vehicles would be great
step forward, and would probably lead
in time to the adoption of rails for all
vehicles drawn by horses. Still fur
Their in the future looms up the posi-
bility of propelling such vehicles by a
motor, and then every road in the coun-
try would be practically a railway.
Visionary as some of these ideas may
seem, the great improvement of roads
during the last few years shows that the
reform is making progress.-N. Y. Tri-
bune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
re- O.. Fast Freight schedule.

The Baltimore & Ohio, in connection with
the Continental Line and Central Statee
Dispatch fast freight lines, has inaugurated
another fast freight schedule to the west,
to be known as Train IS. 1t will be made
up at Baltimore, and is put on especially to
accommodate import business by way of:
Locust Point, and at the same time gives
to Eastern manufacturers and wholesale
dealers rapid service to the west. The
running time Of the train is so arranged that
it will make SO hours to Chicago, 80 to Gin
cinnati, 80 to Cleveland, 81 to Columbus, us
to Dallas, Tex. so to Detroit, SO to DULUTH,
Mimi, 81 to Indianapolis, 70 to Kansas CITY,
IS to Memphis, so to Louisville, "a to Mil
waukee, g to Minneapolis, 81 to PEORIA.
H., 20 to Pittsburgh, 50 to St. Louis, 81 to-
st. Paul, 80 to Sandusky, 23l to San Fran
cisco, A to Toledo, and correspondingly
quick time to other western and southern
points.
The Freight Department expects to make.
95 as popular and reliable train as 81, whieks
makes the run from New York to Chicago
and St. Louis in 60 hours.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

apart each way, measuring from the
center OF the tiles in the direction of
the arbor, and from their outer edges
across the arbor, if structure is to be
eight feet wide, as it should be. Place
them in perfect line, with their tops
about four inches above ground, and
lamp in the earth firmly about them
Then saw the scantling into eight-foot
lengths for the top crosspieces, and
make the braces, cutting these at an
angle of As degrees. Lay two of the
posts parallel on level ground and nail
the top erosspieces in place, keeping
all parts square. Then fasten tenn
porary strip across the lower ends of
the posts and nail the upper corner
braces in place.
When all the posts have thus been
fastened together in pairs, mix up thor
oughly one-part of Portland cement
with two and-one-half parts of good
sharp sand and moisten with just suffi-
cient water to make stiff mortar,
avoiding an excess of water. Having
filled two of the opposite tiles with the
cement, erect one of the sections and al
low the irons at the base of the post to
settle into the cement until the posts
rest upon the tiles. Get the section
plumb and brace firmly in that posi-
ton. This is important, for the cement
will begin to set almost Immediately
and it is well to have as little motion
of the irons as possible after they are
once in the tiles. The first section can
be easily braced to posts or stakes
driven in the ground and the others,
which are to be erected in like man
ner, can then be braced to this. It is
we'll not to moisten more than enough
of the mixed cement at one time than
will fill two of the tiles, as it sets so
readily. When all the sections are up,
nail on the narrow strips which are to
support the vines. Finally, apply three
good coats of paint, and you will have
an arbor that will never rot off at the
base and one which the wind can never
overturn so long as it leaves anything
else standing Judd Farmer.