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Show wAtUE'S CKUEt- . n Ichccramon Ply jSIaltc xtn Hatatv-Enemy Hatatv-Enemy Serv Its Purpose. Tho ichneumon fly of Ceylon is th Bsteal enemy of the spider. Thunnsec (s green in color, and in form rosomblci a wasp with a marvolonsly,thin waist It makes its nest of well worked day and then goe3 on a hunting expedition Its victims aro invariably spiders of vu rious kinds, hut all aro subject tc- tht same mode of treatment. A scientific sting injects some poison, which offeo-tnally offeo-tnally paralyzes the luckless jpidei, who is then carried off to the nest onfi there fastened with a dab of moist; clay Another and another victim is brought to this chamber of horrors. Then the prescient mother ichneumon fly proceed to dapobit her eggs, one in the body o acb spider, which can just move its legs in a vague, aimless manner, huJ can offer no resistance. This done, tho fly returns to her worfc bs a mason. She prepares moro clay and builds np the entrance to this ghastlj cell. Then she commences a new cell, which she furnishes in like manner, and then closes; then she adds yet anothei eslh and so proceeds until her store ot eggs are all provided for, and her tas In life being accomplished sho dies, leaving her evil brood to hatch at leisure. lei-sure. In due time these horrid littl maggots come to life and find themselves them-selves cradled in a larder of fresh meat Each poor spider is still alive, and hu Jnices afford nutriment for the ichneu tnon grab till it is ready to pass in tin chrysalis stage, thence to emerge as t winged fly fully prepared to carry otf the traditions of its ancestors with vt Cnrd to spiders. Ashton Beporten Karer Atfaed For A Patent. 'Fifty-three years ago I invented the Winnowing mill now in common use, '' Bays Moses Gilman of South Sangoi-villo. Sangoi-villo. "If I had had it patented, I might have realized a fortune from if, as all the machines that have been built since have been upon the samo principle, Even the thrashing machine separators, which have superseded the old tiinfr flail, use the winnowing mill substao tially as I first made it for clearing ths chaff from the grain. I have invented many other things that wero valuable, bnt I never asked for a patent" Mr. Gilman, though 77 years old, is still at it inventing, and says if his strongtb and reason hold out ho is going to produce pro-duce some valuable new ideas yet- Auburn (Me.) Gazette. |
