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spiders were exhibited at work. But we have IN
our own country a near relative of this French
African spider, and one apparently just as capable
of being made of value. Like the halabe, it spins
a great quantity of strong, beautiful, golden silk,
and like the halabe yields thread that can be spun
and woven into lustrous and substantial fabrics.
This is the Nebhild Wiideri. named after its discoverer,
DR.. B. G. Wilder.
Il found in a tree on a desolate island a little south
from the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina he
SAYS, "a very large and handsome spider whose web
was at least three feet in diameter. l entangled
her in her web. and carried her to my tent. The
creature was very quiet and did not attempt to escape;
but presently after crawling slowly along my sleeve
she let herself down to the floor, taking first the pre-
caution, after the prudent fashion of most spiders,
to attach to the point she left a silken line which.
as she descended, came from her body. Rather than
seize the spider herself. l caught the thread and pulled.
The spider was not moved, but the line readily drew
out and. being wound upon my hands. it seemed SO
strong that | attached its end to a little quill, and
having placed the spider upon the side of the tent.
lay down upon my couch and turned the quill between
nv fingers at such a rate that in one minute six feet
of silk was wound upon it. At the end of, an hour
and a half | had four hundred fifty yards of the most
brilliant and beautiful golden silk l ever had seen"
Much greater quantities of silk afterward were
wound with rude appliances constructed for the
purpose. The doctor tested the strength of the line
spun by this spider by attaching a single silken fila
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to draw the silken flaments from all the spiders in
the case at one time. The thread thus extracted Is
led to a mechanical twister, which in turn sends 1t
to a reel. The insects thus firmly held yield without
resistance a goodly supply of flaments. Twelve
thousand five hundred yards of silk can be taken IN
a month in four or five successive windlngs from a
single specimen. after which, however, the particular
spider operated on dies, a martyr to commerc1allsm-
In general the spiders are not drawn upon to the
extent of utter exhaustion; but when a certain amount OF
silk has been yielded they are sent to a place provided
for them where they gradually regain their full vlgor
and spinning capacities.
The thread drawn from this spider is really mar
velous in color, as well as in quality and quantity.
We are accustomed to think of spider webs as white,
and SO they are in most instances. Sometimes, how
ever, the web is a steely blue and often, says Professor
McCook, with a luster like spun glass In the
silk used by spiders in making their cocoons there
also are a variety of hues-yellow. green, brown,
and even various shades of red. The thread drawn
from the halabes has a decided color. No gold was
ever more brilliant, no yellow ever more pure In tint,
writes Whitley. Its extreme fneness, its elasticity
and tenacity, in which it far excels ordinary silk,
allow it to be woven into tissues of ~fairy-like fineness.
of exquisite suppleness and substantial enough to
stand the wear of ages" Those who visited the
colonial section of the Paris Exposition perhaps Will
remember of seeing a specimen OF the tissue into
which this beautiful spider-snk can be woven. made
into a complete set of bed ~hangings, while halabe
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ment. one four-thousandth of an inch in diameter. to
a fixed point and tying the other end OF the spider
thread to the arm of an accurate balance. lie found
that it would sustain fifty-four grains before reaching
the breaking point. By a simple calculation from
this. DIR. Wilder found that a solid rope OF spiders silk
one inch in diameter would sustain a weight OF more
than seventy tons, while a bar of steel OF similar
dimensions will sustain a weight of htty-slX, and one
OF iron twenty-eight tons
1t seems strange that this discovery of DR.. W1lders,
of which a complete and most interesting account was
given in 1.-The Atlantic Monthly" for August, 1866,
has not been made of some practical use. 1t seems
plain that the particular spider noticed IS in every
way the equal if not the superior OF its conqueror In
Madagascar. 1t is easily kept and fed on soft meat,
such as the liver of chickens, where insects are not
to be had; it is not venomous. and does not require
a plantation in which to recuperate. as do the NADIA
sascar spiders. Moreover. it spins two kinds OF silk
a beautiful golden sort that is elastic, and another. an
inelastic variety, that has the color and the luster OF
silver.
The subject is one of really more than ordinary
interest. 1t has been proved over and over again
that the silk of certain species of spiders IS stronger
and more lustrous than that of the silkworm, that
spiders of this silk producing sort are not difficult
to keep when their nature and wants are properly
understood and attended to, and that they are not
so difficult to breed or keep in good health or supply
with their proper food as the delicate and pampered
worm.
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30 long. olilllIi, Sdlu Ildlu-
ing. Il am going to trim you
youngsters at your own game
before l get through with you
and away they went to the city.
l have taken a rest all day
SO as to be in shape for to-
morrow. l purpose to show
Miss Harding that | am the
golf peer of Carter or anyone
else who plays here.
l never thought it possible to
get any enjoyment out of a
golf course by any method other
than playing, but l have had
keen pleasure all the afternoon
studying the men who frequent
these Woodmere links. My re-
fusal to play created a sensation,
and l enjoyed that.
1t is amusing to watch the
way in which different men,
bers go about this game. The
railway station is only a hundred
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so!" she asked, after sew
eral swings which showed
wonderful improvement.
Il certainly do" l de-
clared.
My one ambition she
said, with a most bewitch-
ing little laugh, rs to drive
a ball far enough so that
there will be some diff
Guilty in finding it. Do
you know" and she looked
sad and serious. Il have
Y life?"
exclaimed. Garter lost a
lr. Carter is a perfectly
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a happy wife
and mother.
Miss Harding
has the max
ing of a first
class golf player.
and | told
her SO.
Dc 70 u
really think
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COnCelteu. L nope IlllS
will take him down a
peg. He made me a
small wager-a box of
balls-that he would play
with Miss Harding before
| did, and he loses.
Carter told Marshall
that he had laid out a
diplomatic campaign to
last three days. at the
end of which he expected
to win his bet. His first
move was to play a round
with her father. Carter
lending him clubs and
balls. Old Harding broke
two of Carter's clubs and
lost six balls.
| am not much on
diplomacy. preferring to
carry things by assault.
When Marshall told me
what Carter was up to. |
formed a plan of action
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fact is, and the best golfers are coming to recog-
nize it, that a man can play SO much that he goes
stale.
After looking over the notes of my first entry in
this diary of a golfer, | wish to modify the statement
to the effect that no woman under any circumstances
appears graceful or attractive in golf attitudes. In
fact | absolutely withdraw and r~epudiate that I'M
gallant and prejudiced assertion. My exact words
were: IF the famous Grace Harding is beautiful
enough to overcome the handicap of a golf costume,
she can give Venus all sorts of odds and beat her
handily."
Well, she is that beautiful. and more so. To see a
woman raise a ~golf-club with a jerky, uneven stroke,
and come down on the innocent turf with the head
of it, as if beating a carpet. has always given me a
chill and a sensation of hopeless rage, but there is
something about the way that Miss Harding does
this that is actually artistic. There is in it that
indefinable harmony that defes description and
confounds analysis. The poise of the head and
shoulders, the sweep of the arms and the undulations
of the figure make one oblivious to the crudity
of the stroke. | do not know why this is so.
but it is a fact. .
remember the attempt l once made
to instruct my sister in the documentary
principles of the swing of a gof-club. After
two lessons we were SO mad at one another
that we did not speak in weeks. She is a bright
girl. but it was impossible for her to distinguish
between a back stroke and a follow through. but
~. IL - I'D o~V,ou or6 sc
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paign

and put it into operation without delay
simple enough. | walked right up to Mis-
and asked her if she would like to play eigh
When" she asked, with a charming 81
told me that victory was in sight.
Right now | said.
You are brave to ask me to play with
Harding said. pressing down a worm-cast
toe of her dainty shoe. We were standi
edge of the practice putting-green.
Why" | inquired.
"If | could play in eighty-five, as you
do. | would not recognize n who requires
from one hundred and thirty to one hundred
and sixty laughed Miss Harding. For the
life of me | cannot recall what | said in
answer to this assertion; but | said some
thing, and she finally promised to play
with me tomorrow. She explained that
she had to go to the city with her father.
We strolled over to one OF the tees.
and | spent half an hour correcting her
swing. While we were there, Mar 9
shall, Chilvers and Lawson came along
and asked me to make up the four L
some. For the first time in my life |
refused, and the way those idiots
looked in my direction and grinned
tempted me to break a club over tn
There is no law to make a man pls
he does not wish to. / also reasoned t
of half a day would improve my G;
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over a wash-tub." said Harding, and he said it as
if he was proud of it.
Il could do that. If / had to-. laughed Miss Harding.
handing me the club. Thank you. Mr.. Smith.
Tomorrow l expect to show wonderful Improvement
in my game. Come or papa. 1 am ready now"
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like he does. l should be willing to lose a dozen
every time l played"
changed the subject, and was showing her a new
way to grip the club when l heard a step behind us.
If you are going down town with me. Kid,
YOU had better drop that stick and
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BY Frederick Upham AID I'M S

T AN to play a game of golf with Miss Rxy
Grace Harding tomorrow. Carter 1~S 4
does not know it yet, but that Is
because | have not had a chance to tell him. Carter
thinks he is a ladies man, and while he IS a good
sort of chap and a rafting fine golfer-he has made
the Woodvale course in seventy-eight-he is a bit
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never lost a ball in
How
dozen this morning"
Indeed! | think
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that we did not speak in weeks. She is a bright
girl. but it was impossible for her to distinguish
between a back stroke and a follow through. but
even at that she made a splendid marriage, and IS
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get a move on.
OF course it was her father. No
one else would dare to talk to Miss
Harding like that. To hear him
one would think she was twelve
years old; but l suppose fathers can
do as they like.
Hello. Smith" he said, looking
at his watch. when did you start
giving lessons, We've got five min
utes yet before that train. Fix up a
ball. Kid; lets see how far you
can soak it"
Il am Just practising the follow
through" explained Miss Harding
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VI . III IT d
told me several things
that | never dreamed
Of"
when your mother
was your age she was
practising a follow
through. as you call it
e,r,,il,.r hnarJ
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w WINNING A GOLF WA @ E

splendid player" she declared. III
is so strong. confident and easy in hi
execution of shots. If | could driv
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-20
PART SOLD
DIR. CALDWELL CLOSES OUT A
PORTION OF CHURCH
FURNITURE.

DR.. s. b. Caldwell, commissioner to
sell the Second Presbyterian church
property on South Fifth street. has
disposed of a portion of the furniture
to the new church recently built in
the Clark's river neighborhood.
Three hundred chairs. the pulpit
and pulpit furniture and one organ
was sold for private consideration.
The church purchasers will come in
this afternoon and give their note for
the amount and the furniture will
be removed at once.
This leaves one other organ, many
chairs from the Sunday school room
and in fact enough furniture to equip
another small church.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-20
HEY, RUDE!
CIRCUS FIGHT IN WHICH TWO
WERE BADLY HURT.

The Pan American circus at Me.
tropolis yesterday had lively time
before It reached there. and was de-
layed 10 getting its parsphernslia on
hand In time for the first perform
anoo.
While the employees were loading at
Pinckneyville, Ill, Q row took place
between several local young men and
revolvers were freely used, there be-
ing from thirty to seventy five shots
fred. Ono Of the show employees was
shot through the body ana young
man named Dick Folden was shot in
the right arm, the bali ranging into
his body. and has not yet been found.
DR.. Mead was called and dressed the
wounds and pronounced both men in
q serious IL not fatal condition. The
man who was with the show company
was sent TO the hospital at Murphys
boro, and it has since been reported
died on the way. Young Folden was
carried to his fathers home, where he
10 in a critical condition.
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The Property Loss Will be Quarter Of a
Million Dollars.
One Person Killed and Several Injured MANY Peo.
pie at Worlds Fair Frightened.
CONSERVATION CREATED FOR A SHORT TINE

which adjoin Madison. and number of
persons were injured So quickly did
the tornado sweep through North ST.
Louis that the citizens could scarcely
comprehend what had happened, and IN
the stiffness that followed the wild cries
werr heard on all sides n terror stricken
people ran about the streets. Not a
telephone or trolley pole was left
standing ON the streets swept by the
twister. and trees were piled in heaps.
The width Of the tornado was about a
block and half
A Broadway trolley ear, containing
eleven passengers. was suddenly buried
under six telegraph poles, which crashed
into the top and wrecked the car The
passengers had remarkable escape
from injury, and only the motormRn re-
ceived slight bruises.
Probably the heaviest loss suffered by
single concern was the destruction ac.
conplished az the Niedringhaus Rolling
Min The plant covers two squares, and
half the plant was demolished. entail
ing damages estimated at s25.O0o Six
employees were injured in this plant
A concert was in progress in Festival
Hall at the Exposition grounds during
the heavy thundcirtorm. when sudden
~ there was flash Of tightening and
immediately all the lights went out. A
panic was only prevented by woman's
VOICE taking up the strains of "Ameri
ca, the others joining IN. Other fami
lar songs followed and the audience left
the building singing but without excite
ment
In the Chinese village on the Pike
800 Cinnamon, Just arrived. were being
watched over by immigration officers
temporarily when the storm struck. The
celestials became panic-stricken and the
officers were forced 10 draw reyolvers 10
subdue the excitement. Lightning
struck nearby and one Chinaman was
severely shocked while another jumped
from the roof Of the building and broke
his arm. The bandstand in the plaza
at 81. Louis was struck by lightning
and was burned before the rain extin.
giished the flames.
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St Louis, Aug 2o.-The property loss
by cyclone last night Is estimated at
quarter Of a million dollars.
The tornado was of small proportions.
but the extreme fury II swept down
upon the residence portion Of North ST.
Louis, resulting in the death Of one per-
son.
The dead JOHN ELLINGTON.
Partial list Of injured
) Jacob llarmeste. shoulder dislooatcd.
Mm Lincham. cut.
Edward Papi-on. badly cut.
Critwood Powin.ki. burned by live
wire. seriously.
VIM. Ditchkhaner. leg and arm broken
VIM. fouche, leg broken.
Herman Sauerwine. aged 10, arm
broken and crushed; probably will die
Vim. Bigger bruised.
". a. largcn. cut and bruised
r. 4. Sommers, bruised.
W Fricke. scalp wound
Six employees in Niednnghaus' Roll.
ing Min. not seriously; names unknown
ALL GETTING ALONG WELL.
\ shower passed over ST Louis early
in the day. but there had been no rain
IN North ST Louis The sky had clear.
cd and the atmosphere had bocame very
murky and hot when citizens in North
81 Louis noticed dark cloud approach
ing from the southwest.
Suddenly. without the slightest PR.
moniiion. an arm seemed 10 shoot TO
the ground like . gigantic cable. twist
ing and turning Al the foot of Bre-
man street and the river considerable
property along the river front was de.
stroyed The tornado jumped 10 about
the middle of the river and encountered
ferry boat, which was turned and
tossed about. hut was not sunk. Lrav-
ing the ferry boat, the capricious tor
nado once more jumped and struck the
Illinois shore near Madison, where IL
demolished several dwellings. the Leid.
kranz Hall. and blew down a portion Of
the Madison Cooper Works. killing
John Ellington.
Severe damage was done also to one
building in Venice and Granite City.
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harness shop.
Mr.. Pieper is hard worker and
has decided to start shop of his own
and as Paducah is crowded will hunt
another location. 1t is understood he
fsvors Kuttawa and may locate there
His many friends here will regret to
learn of his departure from the city,
but will be glad to hear Of his success.
The I. O. pay car arrived this morn
ing at 8 O'Clock from the Louisville
division and all hands were paid of.
This is the earliest the pay car has
arrived here in some time. generally
coming after nine O'Clock, and the
shop men and their families were able
to do a great deal of shopping and
buying before darkness. The mer-
chants expect heavy trade tonight.
Wallace Hall and wife who have
been residing in Paducah where Mr..
Hall has been engaged in drug store
have come to Bardwell to reside. Mr..
Hall who is a graduate Of pharmacy,
has accepted q position with the
Hutson Drug Co., and will hereafter
be found in charge of the prescription
department there. Carlisle News.
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COMMANDED BY THE CAR.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 20.-The ear has
telegraphed his thanks to General Stoes-
sci and his men for their defense Of
Port Arthur from the Japanese attacks.
The telegram reads: I'm my name the
whole of Russia commends you and CON
graduates the garrison and troops, sea
men, and population of Port Arthur for
their success in the battle of July 20,
27, 2s. | firmly believe it's their full
desire to support by bravery the glory
of our arms. | heartily thank you all.
Let the blessings of the Almighty rest
upon them in their hard task of preserv-
ing the fortress from the enemy's as
saults."
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Regulars and State Guards Ex.
change Shots.
One Was Killed and Several Others
Hurt-Athens Now Under
Martial Law.
SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE MADE

Athens, o., August 20.-The town
Is quiet today, but is still under mar
tial law on account Of the riot be-
tween the state troops and regulars
last night. A number Of regulars
have been arrested, but charges will
not be preferred until an official in.
vestigation Of the shooting is made
All the saloons are closed and will
probably remain so until after the
encampment.
The trouble all started last night
when regular army soldiers, said to
be members of cavalry troop con-
nected With the First Brigade at
Camp Armitage, attacked members Of
q provost guard of patrols made up Of
members Of Company d. Fifth Ohio
National Guard, Cleveland, and one
man was killed and three wounded,
the latter all being national guards
men. The regulars escaped without
any casualties as far rs known.
The guardsman who was killed was
Corporal Charles CLARK, whose home
Is at Warren, where the company is
located.
The regulars. who used pistols, scat
tered for ca p, and none of them
have been apprehended. Fifteen min
utes after the shooting General Dick,
in command Of the National Guards
men, and the regular army officers,
had decla.ed the town under martial
law, and hundreds Of regulars were
rushed into the city, and are patrol
ing the streets to prevent further
trouble.
As gathered from soldiefs in camp,
II seems that nearly all the provost
guards sent to town to gather in sol
diers who have overstayed their leaves
have been euardsmen, and the regu
lars became possessed Of an idea that
the provosts were discriminating
against the regulars in favor Of the
guardsmen, arrestins the former and
allowing the latter to 20 scot free
when the miscreants were in such
numbers that choice arose Of arrest
ing either one or the other. Regulars
assembled in Athens tonight in force
and the provost from Troop d, met =
number OF them in front of the
sheriff's residence near the court
house. The regulars were halted and
showed fight. Tho provost guards
dubbed their rifles then, they claim,
and the regulars began to shoot. They
returned the fire, and more than =
hundred shots were fired. The battle
ended when the regulars scampered
for the camp. No further trouble is
anticipated.
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WORK FINISHED
CITY ENGINEER HAS ABOUT
COMPLETED MANY
THINGS.

City Engineer L. A. Washington ID
rounding out a busy two or three
weeks. He has completed the plans
for the storm water sewerage on
Broadway. bids for which are to be
opened august 80, and has about
located all discrepancies in the esti.
mates of Contractor Terrell and they
will be ready to act on then at the next
meeting OF the boards.
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WOMAN KILLED.

Venice, H., Aug. 20.-The tornado
that swept across the river from North
st. Louis killed one person here, in
jured ten others and caused considerable
damage to property. The tornado was
of short duration, but was remarkably
destructive in force. The dead; /,
MRS. MARGARET G. BEAI..
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ANXIETY AT ST. PETERSBURG.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 2o.-Acute
anxiety prevails regarding the situa-
tion at Port Arthur on account of the
desperate character Of the fight re-
ported to be taking place there, though
the war Office does not seem to believe
that danger Of the fall Of the fortress
is so imminent as is generally
asserted. Aocoring to reports received
by the war office there 10 still an
ample supply Of ammunition and
provisions there. While it is realized
that the japanese probably outnumber
the defenders six or seven fold. the
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TWELVE YEARS
SINCE THIS PROMINENT MAN
WAS A RESIDENT OF
PADUCAH.

Mr.. Il. Rnappe, who twelve years
ago was pastor of the German Luth-
ersn church on South Fourth street,
10 here ON visit to his old friend,
Mr.. Fred Ksmleiter. Rev Knappe 10
now one of the most prominent and
wealthy residents of Seattle. Wash.
His many friends here are pleased to
see him again.