Show TE THE FEARED centipede sight of one full grown give gives a shock to the nerve nerves t the sight of a full grown centi centipede Is s bald said by travelers in tropical land lands to be enough to affect the strongest nerves ten to eleven inches ie Is the average length although larger onea ones have leen been seen Late Lat adio cadlo hearn to in two years in the french west indies says that the vitality of the centipede Is amazing ha ile kept one in a bottle without food or water for fol thirteen weeks at the end of which time it remained as active and dan berous as ever the hen ben attacks the th centipede with delight and often swallows him head first without tab tak ing the trouble troubie to him the cal eat bunts hunts him but Is careful never to put her head near him she baa has ft a trick ot of whirling him round and round upon the floor so quickly as to stupefy him then when she sees a good chance she strikes him dead with her claws it if you kill a centipede you are sure to receive money u soot and even if you dream of killing one it is good luck at least so local tradition says |