| Show i MONSTROUS SPIDERS OF aP COLORADO J M N nI NN N M N I II II PS NIi M M M N N N N N N N N N N N It fl Prof Prot E T 1 Laughton has Ima returned to his home homo In Now New York after upending spending In summer In exploring the tho mountains near Vista Cola Colo and Investigating ing the habits of ot a 11 species of at monster spiders found In the tha middle Cottonwood Pass t ass says the Washington Star Little definite Is la known of these spits era but around them has ms been gathered a mass of Indian legend gend l and prosper prospectors tors lors yarns orns that rival those of Mun Stuns Munchausen chou sen Many Mont years ago these spider spiders lived In a 0 cave easily reached by tour tourists IsIs Iste It was In a 0 valley alley two miles mites north raft cast NI l from rom Harvard City then a thrive u ing Ins raining camp eight miles west teat of Buena Du Veleta In la a 0 man named Shultz cut his Way into the tie spiders den He lie did not return and a II weak sv elt elc later Inter it a starching searching party arty found his body betI partly burled In Intha Inthe the tha lI caw cave C 9 under a t nines mass of at fallen rock As AI It would have required con considerable considerable timbering at an nn expense ot of several hundred dollars to recover the body and as a the man had no known relatives It was WM left leet undisturbed skeleton Is hI still In tho the cave cm but the spiders have found hound another homo home further back In III the mountains Some Somo of tho the tales told about these spiders arc are given Iven In an old letter leller which has just been found la In Buena Duena Vista It Itay says ay TTY A short hort distance out of oh f Buena Duena Vista VIall there Is la a n cave swarming with spiders of immense size some of ot them having legs four tOUr Inches In length and bodies as largo large as an that of a n canary bird The cave cavo was discovered Iq In 1863 1383 and was often otten visited by pioneers on their th lr way WilY to Cal who obtained their webs for tor use uso In the place pIneo of at thread 1 and late hate the tho cave caVo resounds r with a n buzzing sound emitted by the spiders as os they weave weno their tholf webs The webs were tested In 1871 1811 and found foun 1 to tu be Je composed s d bt bf silk silk of 01 the lIe finest ial Jal Ity ky Tho Thin skins akin of the tho spiders spider mm mn good gloves Ati they are aro pliable and ro re require quire no tannin tanning A number w ro capture ana nM tamed and manifested grant Arent affection t members of nt the IV Wll were tar hr 1 superior to n In Iu i ij and mice take following their 11 into u the holes In the he walls and u Ite ts kept kt us as n a pet by a n Bu ni nit lady used to stay all night lit ht the ot oh her bed bell acting fig lis a h sentinel sen |
