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Show NATURE'S CnVrfcw.-. Ttw Ichunraon Fly Makes Its ffarnrs 'Enemy 6erv Its Purpose. Th ichnanmon fly of Ceylon is tut r&kforal enemy of tho spider. Thi.i.n?ect (s green in color, and in form resemble a wasp with a marveJousIy thin waist It makes ita noat of well worked clav and then goea on a hunting expeditiooi Its victima tirs invariably spiders of v rlous kinds, but all are subject to- tht taiue mode of treatment. A 6cIentiSc sting injects some poison, which effectually effec-tually paralyzes the luckless spider, who is then carried off to the nest ano there fastened with a dab of moist clay. Another and another victim is brought to this chamber of horrors. Then the prescient mother iohnoumon fiy proceed to deposit her eggs, one in the body o ach spider, which can just move its legs in a vague, aimless manner, bu ean offer no resistance. This dono. the fly returns to her work u a mason. She prepares more clay and builds np the entrance to this ghastly cell. Then she commences a new cell, which ehe furnishes in like manner, and then closes; then she adds yet anothei felL and so proceeds until her store oi eggs are all provided for, and her task in life being accomplished she dies, leaving her evil brood to hatch at lei-twee. lei-twee. In due time these horrid littlt maggots come to life and find them-elves them-elves cradled in a laraer of fresh meat Each poor spider is still alive, and nil juices afford nutriment for the ichnen mon grub till it is ready to paBS in tht chrysalis stage, thence to emerge as winged fly fully prepared to carry onf the traditionc of its ancestors with re fard to spiders. --A htOD Reporter. Lincoln's memory for the details 01 national business was unexampled. He recalled the particulars of every cabinet meeting with the most scrupulous exact |