Show GIVE T TIlt P. P ChINESE CREDIT IThe The world worl Is indebted to the tho Chinese for tho the discovery of ot the virtues of the silkworm Its pro product was Unknown unknown unknown Un- Un un un- known In fn Rome until the time of Julius Ju In- Ju- Ju lius Caesar and so eo costly was the materIal material ma ron- that even overt the tue Emperor refused a 0 dress of ot this lustrous fabric to his empress Now It Is nurtured In almost every cry country and Its prod products ucla arc within the tIle reach of ot all Besides the several domesticated species species cies there Is a 1 L wll wild silkworm found foun In Sn C Central America which weaves a like bag structure two feet In depth that hangs bangs from the he trees At a distance dis dis- tance the nest resembles a huge matted cobweb Tho The insect makes no cocoon but nut weaves the bilk silk In layers an and like skeins Ins around tho the Inside of ot the nest From Te Tegucigalpa there thoro was sent to England some years ago ao about six pounds of or this silk Bilk There It was ma made e Into han not easily detected from common silk of or equal strength and delicate texture There is a curious silk producing spider in Central America the arana arann de de de' seda soda which may be seen hurrying along with a a. load of ot fine tine silk on Its back from which trails numerous dell dell- cat cate filaments lIar harpers filaments Harpers Harper's Weekly I I I I I |