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Show Spider Outdone by Man. Romance In business? Of course there Is. As soon as wo think of foreign trade we get tho glamor and thrill of It; and to Joseph Pennell's eyes a giant crano.or a viaduct or A steel mill Is a picture. But who of us ever thought ot romance In connection with wire ropoT John Klmberly Mumford has not taken wlro for granted. In "Outspln-nlng "Outspln-nlng the Spider," bo has told the story ot an amazing Industry In a fashion to rival the flctlonlst. Lot a single passage pas-sage speak: "Soven one-thousandths, three ono-thousandths, ono-thousandths, one onothousandth one record after another was passed, "At last a wire was drawn that measured ono four-thousandths of an Inch In diameter twelve times finer than the hair on your head." Tho spider, so long counted a master workman, had been outdono. Nation's Business. |