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Show mwm e.it. of the - - 'r r r LJ(PTfi9 ', u"8 corvette had '!, ' said.' shook hid head. "Dem t'ing'tdo ita' heavy, sir. - STpose we try lift "Could Tom ; asked. - "V "' " "t, pWls.J -- P01 ' J I' . I md-wn- rs ' - L v.' ) ' . r - ' - J The Ingenious Trapdoor Spider. 'W-r- national CmrnnKI. mlt-- . Washington. D. C WNU Sarvle. ea OT ALTHOUGHto the, mere .mention most laynken gives creeps" the insect has been the sublert of interest. ing scientific study Mr entomolodst.!- Por the spider enthusiast olourn- ing In the country, whether In the Unit ea states or in any other land of ten perate climate, the dawn of a, late mid summer day in a marsh meadow holds promise of delight It Is spider sea son, the time when the fairy spinners are to he observed at their best when small, dainty webs, usually overlooked, stand ut In perfect design against the green of leaf and grass, the filmy silk glistening with dew. Webs, webs everwhere hundreds of tnem, thousands of them billow a gossamer sea In the 'morning light! There are funnel webs, sheet webs, hammock webs, webs of indescribable shapes, and, finest of all, near the edge of the woods, tbe beautiful orb webs, bejeweled In their radiant symmetry, Spiders are marvelous spinners. Fronl the many microscopic spigots at the tips of their heavy abdomens they conjure several kinds of silk with which to construct webs of exquisite design and beauty. They make snares for their prey, sacs for their eggs, she! ters for protection from enemtes, draglines for1 security In movement balloons for navigating the skies, and many other things for service In their varied and romantic lives. 'Although the silken webs . are of many different design, the finery of the individual spider does not change with the passing seasons. Each species has its own style of web,' to which all its members adhere so long ns en vironment remalnsMinaltered by geo ' i logic progress, i 1 ; ; , J fiye.the , - , f '6 ' '. - f one-thir- n one-thir- - , : ? - "WTVstkh j - , Pooie.-.Sebast!e- f(l it ' ( .t . d - .f.L.fhl '; 3 -- ' V . ' , t..i troUr, ' : ':'lr', i three-quarte- ';'-- ' fa vji ' ' Doctor White at Robert, 5 guess so, boss.. Don' take--a murjh That young man's glanced, face wore a mask tot'ist'emlnjda waer."tv; j like Indifference. He did not seem to Then go down and rig a chain strop be concerned at all about their com one of them and we will drift it paratively worthless And, but'- - what trtr to the beach at high water," the struck the doctor as even more sin toctor advised. "We can handle them In so evidently devoted a son, he gular from there.") . , ,. did. not, appear to observe the obvious This .accordingly f was done, But distress of his father, wen. then Tom,, who was bossing the , Then, catching the doctor's eye Rob job of hoisting, trembled for his gear, ert said lightly, "Well, It rather looks looking over the side as the gun came as If papa aad I had been had." Mirly swash he was surprised to find "Had by whomT Doctor White de It no The yawl must he manded. larger. ftonght be tender for this piece of "By our Jolly old revered ancestor, ednance, less Its specific gravity, to I don't mind telling you now that he N her such a heel It was not a jecorded a tidy bit of personal plun wry ornate cannon, as were many of der, fir the diary we found. But some Its epoch, and It seemed to be covered 5artful Johnny must have piped It down flth some sort of I gumntx slime rather ana scoffed i In the shuffle." than the tarnish of that one find It yet," said Tom. "We verdigWs might " Bight have expected. Tm going down to have a look-se- e .f" The tide was t, flowing lii at this myself when Mike gets through. He about high, and may have missed, something." B It was time to knock off for Doctor Whiter noSded. "Of course midday Snner they decided to wait until after I don't Mnow what was recorded in th Heir meal, then float the cannon over diary'but it seems to me too early in to the beach when It might be exam- - the gameto give up hope. I think also at leisure later In the day. This that It would b very much better) If program was carried out accordinzlv. 'yoiywefre to tell us Just what was In hen Doctor th dfiiry." White, althou eh flndin Robert smiled. "What's the good; of repugnant to suspect a French offl-- i w ana gentleman for whom he had tlat, sir, when you have shown us roncelved a sincere likine and resnect ry clearly that we have actually no Evolution of th Web. i til kept a wary eye 'op the 'Spot where gal claim at all? I don't mind tell . 1 that t f would be It Students believe the first web, a gun naa Doen-Nonly osited. fag you frankly that Tie two rtjiars wire handled in a slap at our ancestor ana me ramnj simple tube, evolved from the drag he might lines used by the, spider, In going (in J'lie mainerToii? towing the yawl name. Tour suspicions that whole and out, of a hole In the ground, Its to the the little cove behind the battered collared have something jto of which he was not entitled, were first .retreat. These threads of silk atneh, for the damage to which he W insisted on correct" finally lined the nest and radiated from making full Indem- - entirely ' tjie oupt fharply, thP entrance. Striking against tne "Robest,Hai Then, when the twelve feet drop ' ' U(le had pft tha nlnoa nt nrnanoil lines, victims' would be detected and "you s'ay1 too much- -" t The Jfe's the seijied by the watchful spider. odds; n and the ftiterJsfed ' ifetle throng paph? "fiat's By extending the sheet about tpe he; j diver has, ovrhaub?d the wtators, nad .depsirtM ior.thejr UP, drawnja. blank. I wopjd entrance to the tube and bringing the tctiye siiripers.; ,te. treasure jhunt-- f , "the chance ht spiling Out oar latter out of. ,the ground, the spider .at went over to examine what did not Jump swm to doctor- - coiisiders we re developed the ,funnel web. The axis RhBrei-- 4 the provide any great remunera-In the bourse to nUtled .for thetf any for whatve've taken of the web was 'shitted teiy ApenseiaMr Incl-- j 6ff'her ftlreadf.I TSese Bittle guns of this 'chanse until the tune or tne the plfte funnel became almost horizontal, and dofi't look' like5 much,'--mf- t inere were, only the, have." to nice Mter the lower part was expanded Intorohia )b0 lather WN!y interested. sAufft Tfla'rfha; tia'd . ama net. These changes give us tne typhave already decided nnai at- mi poor ; fina saiwi rtttirbad ro funnel web,,sucn as is spun uy nave al were 15 the tnat you more Important detail of sup- - ourselves thi common grass spider. Angeleha nlate." said Doctor White, "and r naevia. Wtor Whlta . are quite welcome to the guns, too,-ou i ivi up, UU W U mc lifllU "Inside the tube of the funnel, espe that matter. But we don t insist ion With thft nniint ctnnA InnVlnw when' this tnbte leads baoKwara a.11 further shares cially -our abandoning guns tangled blades of grasses, nerleprlvely.r among exenangea andl Robert Thekoaht ua has protection from its entnatfthy "fchouH Be "So folii; still Robcfrt spider if ItrtTP(l look. Then "uuservea.' k r , i . miM The nJacine or tne wru wk SkedJulowiy. "Jf st what is your esti of tile Doctor the groiind arid the expansion mate of our prftper share, mramv pontine .. t.i a sneer .tv It into uiittojwii of IU1 Ills SII11C5 BUSK. lower part !l'Lir jWAnt'lMhw! "said Doctor Vhite, "my Its efficiency as an Insect snare. at whictttrotms-cniichfeThe tube, which ; leads away rrpmi,r Deneatnarfl. Miss Poole, and I decided before ce po,nt of the blade, that mat the sheet part or a runnei we.?, starting our salvage operationssecure barred It verv niio-htcu an inconvenience comes the iralue of whatever we uugnj 8 tike positions above Ilim. Pre brass," he sald;""a should In all fairness be divide in are placed in expased sheet web weavuu i ror our kind, hnf nhont no ; hence the me the one ground to tmra the sheet out By spinning WoBder what this Euramj stuff, rthroo eniial shares, it leave ers Efforts, and q6lavs( hojsped pur n exposed positions, tney are auie m Sebasoff drive tecaise helped r mhbef.,, Increase their catch of flying insects. to Tom joraan ior d The Count frr sheets, however. rlaoiuw! kt. n,h ioselv-woveto Miss d and ilia iiif Wl, . resistance to the wind. ..? Pa'e, and his jhand offer were we the dangerous onil mvself because t Bowl and Dome Webs. l,!."n.hls malacea stick. "Fbr many tn eRtnhlish an actual claim by Misswreck. , the tn Solders commonly modify sheet webs (tun-had the habIt iiuiiu, Ithri. of covering Poole and I would not have beaten- Se- - In two ways: 'iney mnj a prtfara- - basM" but for wJiat you gentlemen sides of the sheet upward to produce Hon or downward to Wdfcs. 'We4ery actually trying' to a hammock (or bpwt have dome. a then not could form 'I. We beat you." rTh "Ottor (lvantace of the bowl type Is had" ther mouth .of "nitestai b,eele lblt heidvurclaim our bowl and i mn sharpjy) m fth.easily noted by observing .1 cumuium. ' Linypma oeeu spider; dolly And If It haa not beweb .well, bammocklike would Into places Its rate,y he fihove1 b,s rane ciDaUy Miss; or large D1UI!z,e and low the tops of small shrubs to where it hve eot his line fast to the under and Dlants ar-Sdirectly Robert and Khupeons, before Tom In'hed.K.wS,1. in? breach, laying off such of olaces feedlne o.mrit .u. 1 think that youf ,ne Ptttiidefof fhdipiapa leaf and hoppers. lustlce of these' iects as piant lice If th. ?r treated- - this measuring .... Naturftliy. every uimbiihuvt. T.rIW0- - All three were the staiements. and their truth." of slower shakes ... , and'oti .i twigs and leaves i Ii . snare. , i: mix araimnatIOTi the into titbits l nnv, v web Is better fullto (no d . The . -r tMt.- ..? J:i. LtBet-Liveora connr.ee r hu xmjare noted' jf or ed for catching Insects .rising fora tortoises ..n tneIr tint expressions cave no .L-- Although about ' wen ihe cround In flight, as many do iinnff nvpa. ' " . morning. In dn-- ji or the eptiieHs of the. opinion tanlonresttha net webs, 6aphaard IrrecnTar 771 crocodiies prouaui - i. ,n8DetIon had nothing to i gles of threads of hi) lengths, are spun " would have pained him to lived creatures on earth. In jail bv that annoyer of housewives . bookshelf, one Is astonished to extent the role of modern woman Is Involved. One is also astonished to discover that our future, ia terms of wheat and oil,,! being wisely discussed on all sides. Looking over a shelf of our library and without cheating we find seven titles In which the word Woman la Involved, out of a possible twelve. That roes dames, is high marksmanship. It means that we, as a subject for controversial writing, are pretty fancy stuff. And as a matter of fact we are. For we have made more tremendous strides towards achievement than any other' group wlthla tho memory of the current generation. Women,' If yon remember, were conspldous some fifty years sgo as the Little Ladies who gilded fly swatters as a decoration for the home In a word, they were the complete intellectual washout Today things have some1.1. . what changed. Today a woman like your humble servant can, without ehame, admit to running a Woman's Page, Today a woman can confess that she. Uvea in a woman's hotel without fear of being accused of being a perfectly splendid force in the W. C. T. TJ. movement Today, la a word," a flisap. j , . , . da tackle bust.! . 4 ; you get them up alongside?" which certainly command the haman Intelligence. They are women and economics. Looking over any dvil-ute- d - ' beard, o'r Nowadays there are two subject ' find to what sn board the gu4ed the secret, per haps, and found time to get below and oraw the priceless charges before the uuiu uaa nued. The count drew another deep breath an appeared to get himself In hand. But Doctor White was disturbed by t,iivr oi nis1,1raca Also Its exnrPKRlfin nil.1nJ t I"- Him, oecause it was "ui mat or a man who has suffered crushing disappointment but of ons who struggles to suppress some rio lently active emotion rather than the passive crushing one of profound , , chagrin., The discerning doctor was more than ever certain that count Be Corlay had good reason to count on a secret uaru contained 'in these guns, and :that even though they bad proven to be empty of such, this might yet be found in pthers. But having now seen that Doctor White suspected something of this sort, the count was torn between eager expectation of treasure still secreted In such a fashion and despair at knowing thtft he 'might as well abandon all hope of Itsipossea- - - . - ' de Corlay and Doctor flite were both out aboard th,e fivertiyawl when this report was made, and the agitation of the count, though contained In a masterly manner, did not escape the keen observation 6f the doctor, J!ot upnaturall. was crude, the for Mike'i English' count Interrogated him In his native But this did not prevent Portnpjese. Doctor Whiteffrom arriving at his own eufclnslons.fie was, more aad more tonrlnced that the bore of those guns (ontaed somefhlng of interest not only to the collector of antiquities but ; to fte collector of cold cash; j 1t't rot thnnA mina nn arid ahnnrA " ' - ... . lVlV- t- some bishop., mite, M bottom. The count ". -' r,u cnaiy .ejected, the' ore Jewels, diamonds and Vm.. . :r- Hike UUUfi. an, overpowering loordtaj to honest Mike, these uncounted funs evidently had been held on the,. kee, where, (a reserve, down o erf e as ballastj ttey Contributed the Fourquet turned turtle they' fha dther had crashed through the decks, K ik ashed through later from their wight, finally to come to rest on a iiaia beam of the spar deck, that was . L i f d dome-shape- 11 1 Ptfri 4 . CHAPTER XII i - APTER'XI-i-Continue- i it 4W ' into a sort of a chapuM 1 World-Talerra- stj, -- Gretta Palmer, Wonn'i Pas Editor of the Xw lork (By ine oont siowlv L, " ueaa. .7,-" He looked as " euaaenij taken ilL hednew deep breath.) -- tho. pre notJdug his vbice trailed oft - . 1 well. said Tom shortly. at least ', they're not duds.- - f - , ' . Henry Cl Rowland i t,.fi ! - - ' I t ! : "Koii.'tJ'fOipti coprHfM by 1 Speculation as to-- l f Woman's Glianguig Status Trinity Holy LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHI, UTAH ft... InLT If such -- Guns ; The that ' - i , tt i 1 i temperate climates, the common house spider, and by many other species. Once considered primitive, such webs now are regarded as degenerate. They probably represent an evolution from tne sheet type, altered to decrease re sistance to the wind and to facilitate mending. . Ae they are effective and. In addition, usually serve well for rearlpg the brood of spider 1 ' ' tings. Like human fishermen, many spider species nave round that a plane net of two dimensions is not only econom ical, ot weight and materials ;but Ideal ror landing a catch. The orb web, built on this principle, may he put In exposed places, where prey Is most plentiful, since with Its open construc tion It offers little resistance to the wind, r ...... A ,j, suspended from a framework ef stout base lines and carefully spaced to permit freedom of movement in spinning, Jts threads form a wheellike design of maximum strength with minimum of material The spider sits at the hub, ready Instantly to detect a snared victim and pounce upon it In e the method of catchlngi prey the orb web Is the spider's last word, Few, If any, other animals, human or sunnuman, nave equaled it Although tho mosf symmetrical web , , net-snar- " ; , An airplane capable of flying 654 miles an hour, using existing engines, could be built today by applying known aerodynamic principles to( Its design and construction, according to Jobn Stack of the national advisory committee for aeronautics. This is 131 miles an hour faster than the present speed record. d What such a plane would be like is (described .by, Mr. Stack In the first issue of the Journal x of the Aeronautical Sciences, reprinted In the Literary Digest It would differ only slightly In form from the transport planes used on transconti' nental airways. Tbe wings , of the hypothetical plane would span 29.1 ,f eet ; the fuse- lage would, be 40 Inches in daraeter. fJThe (planer would have completely retractable landing gear or, would be, ratapulated like the early Wright; high-spee- ; 1 planes, and could land on "Its fuse-- 1 -- falni Vl . - I ij'I it ? .! ,7 Perhaps she1 will be a permanent i Institution. Perhaps she will not Nobody can tell There have been too many ages In which woman was thoroughly ,negfglble for .the) most sanguine' fem1nst to predict wjiat will happen now. But we are, quite obviously, la a state of flux and change, so far as woman's status is concerned. And It behooves nobody to be too cocksure on what the outcome is bound to be, "Perhaps .Women," as Sherwood Anderson said, la; bis last book-mea- ning that the Idealism of the race might find Its final hope In womanhood, .Perhaps we must accept a less glorious future. But 6ne thing ist certain that It Is an exciting and unpredictable thing to be a woman In 1034. computed Bpeed of flOO miles on honr, or nearly 80 per cent ef the speed ef . i t' soundV HAVE VISION OF FLYING AT 554 f MILES AN HOUR i ' woman can express anr Interest In the progress of ber ex wrthcat any intimation of iter being a sbedder of ' Sweetness and Light er a prude, There was time, not .so Jong ago, ' when nobody talked economies ex cept solemn young men with Ph. b.'s, and radicals.'.1 .Those days have passed. Now, anyone with a vestige i of interest 1 cqrrent , affairs, must evince some appreciation of the x-- ,' peripents4 under consideration tn en j natlbn'g Capft'ot 'And, by the tame' '5 token, everybody today who, Is alive to contemporary happenings must ) awaken to the fact that woman Is brand new element In national af- - Plan to Ue Pythons to Combat Rabbit --trt Pe.t With varyfngWccess' entomofogrets have Nheen Introducing Unseat enemies todestroy fruH andth pesta. for a long time; pwaneenjnenO In that line is to be "made with larger animals. s Australlanfarmers lose neavny every year py ino oepreaa-tlon- s owifd( rabbits, knptans Without HmitNiave been trleff M destroy the rabbltpest without success. Now the government Is f to experiment with the python of India, Like 5 tbe boa, the python Is a large snake,; and like It also a constrictor. It ha no poison glands, and while Its Rise is terrifying, the python Is easily; tamed, and by many of tbe natives venerated In a religious way. It Is j capable of swallowing a young ante- - j lope, and a rabbit would be a small mouthful for It The serpents reach the usual length of 30 feet and while they ordinarily stalk their victims, they can make considerable speed, and can also throw themselves forward Instantly a considerable distance. It would be possible for a python to kill a child, and one naturally wonders whether In, adopting the python, Australia Is not ' getting something I more objectionable than the' rabbit-- - ' ; f ' ,' Columbus Dispatch ", I ages The engine and pilot would be perfect according to human standards, scientists marvel at the accuracy with completely enclosed, vision for the' whieh angles and distances are "measpilot being provided by windows or, ured." Indirectly by mirrors, i The wjjigsi ' would be centered (on the fuselage. , Method of Construction. j A vodel of his plane basbeehj The spider starts her geometrical f, s tested In and bears out' web with perimeter lines connecting, Mr. calculations. Stack's Th$ planr! objects around, a space large enough would have a landing speed 103; for her purpose. From these lines Bhe miles an hour a .dangerous speed, euspenas a rew tnreaas wnicn con but one which could perhaps be, cut '..-j verge at the center of the future web. ,,it J with .proper auxiliary devices. TheAlfimmnm r.'i ) Now begins the process of spacing the 'with! kind of was . Aluminum first isolated la plane, equipped samBj radii. She attaches the end of a new , engines ana new 1STS3 :"by the scientists Davy and - Won-ler- .' radius at the eeaten and runs along' . nfw nore-ppwer, i hvO.'.ww ,l types of properiers' could fty at tij a spoke already; laid down, spinning 1. tl t.,irt f r i j out the silk for the new ope as she ' t'JTTr-ff-T-t. U -:l . H.it w - I, .. goes. When she reaches the perimeter .y line, she takes a fixed number of steps if new and attaches the along thread. This process Is repeated until all the 1 desired radii are to place, C C If the foundation', lines should Means the chance to form a. wheel rim accurately circular, me distances Between (spoKep wouia do equal ; out since the -- H Is usually an Irregular quad GENUINE 1 iR'AYElii 7 Bayer" so : i the spacing rangle and never a circle, ASPIRIN 1 4 " varies somewhat The spirai turns of silk, which com n plete the (net .are .more accurately spaced than the radii; since the spinVSTien you go to buy aspirin, Remembertbis for your own ner lays downjeach new turn with her remember this: Every! protection. Tell your friends just the last one. Thus foreleg touching wtuici. w rciii . aspiviu uj auuut it ior uieir the length of the forelegs and the size manufacture is protection. of the spider determine ' these dls---. liayer ' :" . '; ' tahces."1 stamped with this cross. No Demand and 1 tablet without this cross is get Genuine1 ""Scont stepping'' and the usl of the GENUINE' Bayer Aspirin. BayerAspirin.y are Instinctive in spiders.' "leg ruler" tven wnen isolated-rroits kind from kehuinm Bayer Asptr'ut D6ei I i the moment of Its, birth, a gplderling narmhftroarfj H. w. m will produce exactly the same web de, &rjr sign as Its mother and In exactly th. same manner. PARKFJR'4 Spiders' constitute a large clan 'of HAIR RAt.lAM some 25,tKX) described species. Al pmpara voter ua though most abundant and diversified BnX to Gray ud Fuied Hair In the Ttoplcs, they range Car Into the mrn Cuetn. Wk.. Arctic reglous,and are fotuid almost everywhere that earthly conditions will aofUMCtiaairithParkr'8HairBlaara.aIakaiUi bair aoft and fluffy, to twiu by mail or at drag . . sustain life , f wUk HiaotaOMmkai Worki, Patcfaosae, N.t. ' , wind-tunnel- jf -- . . - . wnn ri TT ..,..! , NEVER FORGET THIS TABLET :l It o tfEW Article , perl-met- er ''Ot ' ' : , ' " m SaltliReCitv's nlghest. plant life, at an elevation of 22,000 feet spiders have been found t Irving among thewlnd-snd-snbw-twep- rocks. Thus they are the loftiest per manent Inhabitants? of the earth, j J Some spiders, such as the trapdoor makers, occupy only a restricted area while others, such ns our common house spider, are found (n man lands 4 anfl all the continents. , The largest spiders are the" Amert ran terantulasi and of these tbe Koutl American species. Thernphqsa leblondl. with s body 34 Inches long, Is the Is more than loy,Ort ela.it Its bulk smallest spider times that ' of the ' : j ' In Central America known. , Is found Its elr,s la sirc,.8erlcoperaa comma uls. Soqtb America produces both the Brobdlnguagians and, the,L111lpntiaa of spidersone of the latter. 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