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Show MYSTcRV Ur A --0''r,,i S-Mfi'ltr'S.V IttMT Her- I'- simi-'I Ur.ttltirr ttlt i , Ii -i turn? How ('o"s n spiile: t-p'ii m iliri"d from olio lu-.sh In aru''ic.- a' a height from the ground nnd then draw It mi t-ght? asks ! cori'espeiiili'il in the Sew Ceuliti'y. ICvery our vim npsj im-r walked ihrntt'.'.i a mi-ulry Imp e.til.v m the morning has felt (lie stir'n d threads upon I lie face, and ofien tli e threads are many yiuds long, but lln-way lln-way in which It Is done lemalns u mystery, lie does not .fly across, drawing draw-ing the thread after him, for be has no wings. Neither does lie descend lo the ground and then climb the opposite hush, for tills would lead to Immi'dlale and hopeless entanglement of the pny-samer pny-samer tllament. How then does he tin it? M. Favler, a French sclentUt, has ills covered that u thread one yard long, will support by lis own buoyancy hi iho nlr, (he weight of n young spider It would thus be lu the power of a V Juvenile to spin a thread of that length T and trust tn air currents to carry It across and attach it to an opposite hush so Hint he himself could then pass oer nml draw It tight. llut many of Hicm' threads, to Judge from their strength and consistency, are not the work of young spiders, and as every observer knows, Hiey are often many yards long and drawn so tightly that Hie face Is Instantly aware of their presence when breaking them. The work is nearly always done In the night time, so that observation Is ill 111 cult. If the spider has any human nature I In his make-up and many of his habits would lend us to suppose thnt he hns I he would he gratified at the perplex- lty which he causes ami would ndver- 1 tlso his performances as zealously as 1 do less gifted human gymnasts and 9 even some popular preachers. I |