Show I i i PUZZLED A SPIDER I i I 1 WITH SOUNDING FORK Florence Flurence J July lily 31 An Italian scientist recently decided to puzzle a I spider Selecting a big on one which ha had long Ions been n feasting on Hies tiles heI he ho I sounded a tuning fork and touched a 0 thread of or the tho spiders spider's web The insect In Insect In- In I sect was at one edge edgo of the w web The Tho buzzing sound was wa conveyed cd to the watchful spider but from its position I it could not tell alon along which particular line the tho sound was traveling elIng It ran I to the center of ot the web In hot haste and amI felt all round till it touched the tho I thread against tho the other end of which the fork fOlk was sounding Then taking 1 another thread along as a 0 precautionary precaution precaution- al ary at measure It ran out to tho the fork I and sprang pranS' upon It At t this point It I found out its mistake It retreated treated I tor for a short distance and stopped to I sUl survey this new buzzing creature that I should have been a f lly At length apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap I convinced con that tho the object at atthe atthe atthe the outer cd edge e of or lute tho web was moro morn suitable for am amusement L sprent than for food It got wt on It anti and Ir p |