Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 15, Number 45, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 May 1885 — Page 8

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The Giant Bird Spider.

About the ugliest living creature Is the «ae whose portrait is gives below. It is acientiflcally known as my gale avicular .a. It is found in dense forests in the West Indies and in Soath America.

SPIDKK AND BIRD

If the creature were large and strong In proportion to its fierceness and venom, it would be tho most terrible animal ou the «arth. It is what naturalists call a bunting spider, living on beetles, insects, serpents, bird* and lizards. It will attack those even when they are much larger than itself. It is not commonly seen by travelers, from the fact that it stays in its lair during ihe day, «ifi only prowls abroad at night. If, however, an object of prey comes near its nest in •^daylight it is ready to pounce upon that at any moment.

Its body, full grown, is inches long. A pair of terrific claws are ftxei at the end of the great jaws. It sinks them into the back of the nerk of its victim, and holds on with a clutch that nothing can loose. Moreover, there is a poisoned sting in the end of each claw, which is thus like the fang of a rattlesnake. The poison is injected through the claw into the blood of the hapless object of prey. It has the effect of paralyzing the nervous centers. Thus the bird is rendered insensible, and the terrible spider sucks its blood. But that is not all the poison there is about tho bird spider. In its case Nature see ins to have tried herself, so as to show just bow much danger and wickedness she could put into the smallest compass. In its rear «nd are two glands that secrete a deadly fluid. The spider squirts thid, skunk fashion, upon its prey or enemies, and blinds them or makes them insensible.

Thus the hideous mygale has a pair of stings before and behind, and a set of enormous vise-like pincers besides. In addition to all this, it has no less than eight eyes, so as to see before, behind and on the sides. The «yes are found upon a warty prominence just back of its jaws. The body is covered with bristly, dull red hairs. These spiders grow ao large that the original of the picturi measured seven inches across, with its legs Stretched out

The mygale avicularia builds its nest upon trees, where it will be handy for capturing birds, and under the bark of logs. The cob•webs are as strong as threads—strong enough to hold tho small birds that get tangled in them. It stretches these threads like a net in front of its dwelling. The big, ugly -spider is a very neat housekeeper, and weaves lor its nest layers of a beautiful, strong white «llken gauze. 1 ue female lays in this nest 1,600 to 2,000 eggj. The young ones would soon overrun and destroy all small animals, and make life a burden and a terror to the targe ones, only that nature has created other creatures that fancy nothing in the eating line is quite so delicious as a diet of young spider.

"Fleas have other fleas to bite 'em. And so on ad infinitum." When tho little fry are hatched their bodies are soft and tender, unprovided with •ither poison or pincers. Myriads of red ants are already lying in wait for them. These seize and crunch in their jaws by the thousand the spiders before they are large enough to do any damage. Otherwise, probably the beautiful race of humming birds would be extinct soon. Thus there are always compensations in nature.

A Scientific Futsle Board.

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There are some indications that the mysterious little planchette board, like roller skating, is coming into fashion again. No adequate explanation of it has ever been re wived, though tnanv have been offered. The construction is as you see, a plain, hearttiiaped cedar board fixed upon two metal legs, to which are adjusted wheels that move warily and lightly in all directions. At the point of the heart a bole is made, and a sort at

round case is fixed to hold aa ordinary pencil firmly. That Is all there is of it .Put a peiicil at the point, as you see, pal two hands upon the board, as you also sea. After keeping the hands lightly and quietly in their places a few minutes, planchette will often begin to write. It usually scribbles oat yes and no, and senseless gabble of one sort or another, to which no importance must be attached. It is claimed positively, however, that at time* the board has written intelligent answer* to questions, which those bdkling their hands upon it could not possibly be aware of. It may be. But, before believing this is true, ask some questions and see for yourself. It is one of those cases in which the word of no second person must be taken. Above all, do not have any superstitions about the thing, taking for granted that tho writing is don* by spirits.

Piawbotle is merely a puxale, to be investigated a« any other scientific problem would be. on tho *amesort of evidence, and weighed by the sntne judgment Don't admit the •ietnent of humbug and witchcraft and nonsense and superstition into your soul. Thus you witl be likely to lose jour head, even when auius og yourself with planchette. It Is a ju«e-aa ting study in psychological science, nothing more. It may be that there are powers and foroes in the hnttukn organisation that hex-" hitherto been undeveloped in all hat a tew exceptional cssss. It may be that we are on the verge of soms marvelous discoveries in mental sdsaos. Bourne* It is safe to admit

The and writes beet in the posttiaa shown, with two hands, a right aad kft, my* it. What doss the writing nobody know*. Th» best authorities have cocctadsA fatK is dona aaoo—clously by the psrsoa ands ars nos the board. A asr» fluid of sssas hand sa+n—1 ts pan

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frotn the hands and form a current tbat moves the board. The explanation at best is a lame one. But this mnch is ccrtain: Planchette writing as an entertainment can do no harm as long as the experimenter does not let go his common sense and pat a superstitious faith in its revelations.

The Dumb Shall Talk.

In all the realm of modern science there is no prouder triumph scored than the system whereby deaf mutes have been taught to talk. To sit down and hold an animated conversation with a person who does not hear a word you say is something that would nave been thought uncanny in the days of witchcraft Yet this much has science accomplished in our day. By the nature of things deaf mutes are very quick to see, and watch closely. The bright, expressive eyes of this class of persons have been noted many a time.

The principle by which they are taught to speak is this: They watch the lips, teeth and tongue of the person who speaks to them. They then put their own in a similar position and imitate the sound, as far as tbey can without being able to hear it They place their fingers upon the throat of their teacher, and feel how the vocal chords and organs move. Then they imitate that

The voices of ordinary deaf mutes are not modulated like those of persons hearing, nor do they, of course, pronounce with such distinctness but still they talk well enough to mnlrA very pleasant companionship both for themselves and those around them. In speaking to them the words should be pro nounoed slowly and with distinctness, the lips being moved rather more than in ordi nary speaking. Do not make the absurd and laughable mistake of raising your voice and speaking in aloud tone to a deaf mute.

New Cement.

Mr. Frederick Ransome is making a cement from blast furnace slag and lime, much superior to the cements previously made from this refuse matter. He usee lime from the gas works, gets rid of the sulphur by calcination with coal or coke, and then dissipates it in the form of sulphuretted hydrogen. While Portland cement breaks under a load of 818 pounds, this cement, under the same circumstances, exhibits a power of cohesion up to 1,170 pounds.

Spring Jacket*.

As warm weather begins gently but firmly to settle down upon us, the warm wraps of March give place to jaunty single cloth jackets of light weight. There are yet wraps dolman shape, both black and to match costumes, and made of the same material, but for other wraps the jackets are the mode. They are of various colors. Light gray and the new shade of dark bluish gray are favorites. There is one peculiarity of the new sacques which is to be observed. They fit close to the figure in the back, but in front they fall loosely down over the waist, having no darts at all.

BRAIDED JACKET.

Flowing sacque, trimmed with a dozen rows of fine braid, closely sewed together. Cuffs of the braiding also. There is a legion of these spring jackets. Our illustrations show the prevailing shapes. All have the high collar, sometimes rolling, sometimes a band, and the loose front The. rest—trimming, buttons, etc.—is varied to suit the taste. The British rage is for military jackets now, in tho height of the war fever in England. Ladies have their jackets trimmed in the distinctive colors of their favorite regiments, the ones to which their brothers, husbands and sweethearts belong. The fashion, meaningless here, seems nevertheless to have been introduced into New York. Thence it will go the country over. Among the fashionable jackets displayed by Redfern, the ladies' tailor, are those copying the braiding, buttons, colors, eta, of crack regiments in the British army. Ladies will probably wear them without knowing it They are pretty, however. Some of them have rows of little tinkling gilt buttons sewed like beads all around the edge. Jackets trimmed military fashion are quite popular.

DOCTILS-1UISA8TSD JAODtT.

We have here a sacque of dark doth, double-breasted, trimmed with heavy braid. The heavy braid around the rolling collar is very effective, This is one at the few jackets Is which large battens ars SMB.

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Uafortoaatsty, la spits at common sense, this abominable fashion seems to becoming In again. Women have been told over aad srrsr again tbat ft makes them red-nosed, ssnddy-sltizmed aad dyspeptic. It miss tsnapsr and thsfe- tetsilscita Moat ars insulted whsn toU that they are tossM in fateUsot Yet it to a feet,

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wars will be, that women who lace tiMsnselv«3 in at the waist can never accomplish any good intellectual work. How, for instance, could Henry Ward Beecher deliver ono of his eloquent, thrilling sermons with his lungs and stomach squeezed till it made his head swim and his eyes fairly pop out of his head. That is absolutely the case with numbers of well-dressed women whom one sees in New York streets. For your life you cannot resist the thought that if one of them should drop her handkerchief and attempt to stoop over and pick it up, something would burst, and there would be a loud report or explosion, a collapse and a living of fragments of corset steels and laces in the air. Ihe women are squeezed in so stiff and tight that it is with difficulty they are able to go up or down a flight of steps. We have seen them wriggle sideways and twist themselves this way and that in endeavoring to sit down in a street car.

To use one's brain, a large amount of blood muse flow to the head. The bright red lifegiving fluid must circulate freely through the trunk, and carry power and food up to the brain cells in a great, magnetic stream. How can it do so when the large arteries are squeezed to a third of their diameter? George Eliot had drawn her corset strings a tight as those of aNew York belle, "Middlemarch" would never have been written. Yon can set that down. Do you think Joan oi Arc ever wore a corset? There is Rosa Bonheur, the lion painter, the only woman whe ever lived that proved herself the equal ol the best man in her field of art Fancy, now, Rosa Bonheur in the iron grip of murdering corset, starving and poisoning her splendid brain, for the sake of having a 18-inch waist What an idiot she "would be to be sure! If she had been such an idiot, depend on it, there would have been no magnificent animal paintings. It would havi been as impossible as getting blood from turnip. George Sand would not be trammeled by her clothes, and so France had thi greatest woman of her time. To do intellec tual work one must not feel his clothes. Om woman we call to mind is a shining illustration of the truth of this. She has a large, fine brain, a noble physiqua, by nature. Is intellectual and bodily strength and endurance few men could excel her at her best She could accomplish anything she wished ii she would set her head to it Yet, if all wo men js she most miserable. Unhappy, uncomfortable, given to long black fits of gloonc and "blues," life is a burden to her, and oo casionally to those around her, because oJ her. She is a stout woman, and in order to conceal this she laces herself to a degree which it makes one shudder to contemplate, She has no health, no serenity of soul. Sh« accomplishes nothing in mental work. And no one dares to say to her, "You are ruining yourself, soul and body, by tight lacing.r That is the cause of her misery, and nothing else.

So when we tell you that tight lacing is coming in fashion again, don't follow it. That is, unless health, comfort, happiness and ability to use your intellectual faculties weigh less in the balance than an 18-inch waist

Children's Dresses.

Quite a change is anticipated this season in the cut and make of frocks for girls. It is not likely that the princess styles will be displaced, but some ol forms will l)e revived •—the yoked waist attached to moderately full tucked skirts, and the single skirt with hem and tucks instead of the draperied overskirt and polonaise. These styles are particularly suitable for cottons, linens and muslins, and may be very well applied to thin wools. For a simple little blouse suit for a boy of 4 or 6 years, \ve refer mothers to the "Lindley," which (insists of a plaited skirt attached to a yoke and a double-breasted blouse cut as a sack in front, but with long box plaits in the back. A leather belt confines it over the hips, which is held in place by straps.

T-& Your Mother's Lace Shawl. Those ladies who possess the Llama lace shawls of years ago will find opportunity to use them in the late revival of this form of lace. A pretty way of using a square or three-cornered shawl is to have a black silk skirt with a narrow knife plaiting along the lower edge. Beneath this, instead of bala yeuse, place two fu'l pinked ruffles of the color with which the shawl is lined. The latter is lined throughout with soft India or surah silk, and is looped across the front in an apron overdress, with the ends, or rather corners, drawn back to fall carelessly tn the full breadths of silk which compose the back draperies.

Table Decoration*.

Tulips are much used for table decoration just now. The colors are not mixed either one special tint is chosen, or otherwise two colors, such as scarlet and pale cream yellow, but these are kept distinct from each other when placed in their several receptacles. Nothing looks better for table decoration than low, fiat dishes, covered with dark green moss, with snowdrops, violets and crocuses imbedded therein. Flat effects are particularly sought after, just now, in the, use of flowers and foliage for the table.

Teats and Jackets.

Fancy vests of striped silks in different oolors are laid in long knife plaitings. Dresses whose silk waists have seen too hard service about the arm holes can be modernised and renewed by the very short zouave jacket These can be bought in jet already made whose length is about three inches below the arm hole. The jackets fit the figure closely, and close about the neck in a tailor collar. «.

FASHION LETS.

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lEtigiish made surah dresses show yokes of shirred goods. Poppy red jackets are made to wear with chints

Upholstery crepes are handsome French novelties for furnishing purposes. Old black silk dresses can be brightened into late effects by the use of colored silks.

A pretty fancy for bows on summer dresses is the combination at

Bison lace is seen in mantles that are stnped with velvet ribbons. A novelty is a poppy red mantle of this lace.

Lace and embroidery still are used for sleeves. For wash drosses corded shirred yokes are in vogue for children and young girls.

Since the Frineees of Wales has had the exquisite tact to wear green dresses in Ireland, doubtless now this color, the emerald green shade, will be mare fashionable than ever.

Ecru batiste ajpi^ Save the tinea* drawn a finger's width above the hem, allowing for ribbon insertions. These are trimmed with parti-colored bows of garnet, bine and olive.

Aprons area favorite flsnoy for young ladies, and corns made up in finer Par purposes at carrying era web and embroidery rtiks and the like, they ars cut a quarter a yard longer than the actual length re

This extra depth is turned up in sn facing. Ibis is divided iato earnby a brierstttehoCtfk tea pratty oolor.

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cum mighty near not gittin' in my say in The Male trvday, 'cause a fool policeman arrested me this mornin'an took me before the Mayor. "Did you strike him in the beat o* pashun?" ast-ed His Honor. No, I didn't I belted 'im right in the pit o' the stomach. I'm not a fightin* character— I want that onderatood— but I didn't take no imperdence nobody. Ye see, he's been a

to git my trade for more'n a an' a doin' everything to git me inter his store but 1 know groceries wen I see 'em, an' I know at' E. Wright & Co., which the same is the White Front grocery, alters have abetter an' a fresher atock'n anybody else, an' I allers go thai-. This mornin' I wuz a comiu' along, a sayin' notbin' to nobody, wen this here sneezicks he popped out o' bis store, a grinnin' an' a bowin', ao' ses be "How air ye—come in—wbar ye bin fer a week back Tbe insinnywation about thar bein' anything the' matter with my hack jist made me bile, an' I banded 'im one an' I'd do it agin. People 'at git tbeir groceries ov E. R. Wright & Co. don't have weak backs. They hev in stock dressed Poultry, Strawberiies, Orang6S, Lemons, Bananas, green Peas Lettuce, Spinacb, Florida Tomatoes, choice Jersey country and creamery Bniter, Kale, choice Maple Syrup, at $1.00 per gallon, canned Fruit at cost, Asparagus, Cucumbers, Saratoga Chips, and many other things too numerous to mention the White Front.

FiNKBINER & DUENWEG'S Hardware Store, 420 Main street is tbe place to buy your Screen Doors and Window Frames, Screen Doors and Windows ready to use, and all sizes of Green Wire Cloth, also Drab, Black and Figured.

—Plate Glass Insured against acc: dental breakage by RIDDLE HAMILTON fc Co.

HERE'S A GOOD CHANCE! I have an extra good 160 acre farm, well improved, about 100 acres in wheat and coin, with slock of implements and all complete, near Winfield, Kansas, to trade for a first class farm near Terre Haute, or good city property. Price 18,000 for farm, stock, Ac.

T. H. RIDDLE.

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I have gor.d pnsture for horses and cattle, with plenty of grass, water and salt Good care will be taken of stock, but I cannot be responsible lor any accidents or escapes that may occur. "o stock must be put in pasture without permission, and none taken out without permission or settlement of bill.

Terms, $2.50* per month for animals three years old younger stock at less rates. JOS. GILBERT, Fluvanna, two and one-half miles eastol city

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ANTED—TWENTY BOYS-to act as ngere, between the ages of 12 and plications to be made in bandwnung u. ihe applicant and must bav^ood first class reference enclosed. Ohmer Depot Hotel

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Red cotton obQars, with narrow edge of embroidery in dark bine, are among the novelties.

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ThiP powder never varies. A marvel or purity, strength and wholesomeness. Mor» economical than the ordinary kinds, anc cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or pho* phate powders. Sold only in cans.

IV 11, ft A KINO POWTIKR CO., Wali St. N.Y.

Tbe pa:i.oershp exlslin? between Char1es F. Dutcher and Jos. C. S. Gfroerer, under the fl name of Banner Piin !og Co., is not dissolve", neither WBS Icousul'.cd relative' the pnblicatlon of the dissolution nol'ce which appeared In (Saturday mornlDg's Express. The firm still exists, and anyone owing said flrrc are warned not to pay aDyone any money for anything until fai ther notice from me. C. F. JUUTCHER,

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oi me men »uu uu«» Manchester, Bid we" 1, Champion and Ung fellow. Will sell cheap. L. F. PERDUE.

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SODA FOUNTAIN, With

the latest improvements. Cost WO'Will sell 150 cash. Apply, L. D. SMj'X'H, fl6l Main street.

8AXE—THREE CITY LOTS-Cor-ner of Slzthteenth and Chestnut. Price 9600 and S650. Terms easy. Streets led Chestnut street front. One square trom street car line. Call on CHA& No. 10 5th street.

iR SAUK—SECOND HAND SCHOOL

FLOORS of all kinds, for CI tv and mgb Schools, for sale cheap, at W. F. SIBLEY'S, 1100 Main Street.

A. HASTINGS.

New Spring Millinery

pnimoti and Hats,trtmmed and untrimmed, Fancy Silks, L*ces, Featbcim, Flower, etc. WilOiayefnll line of new goods next week.

652 Main street

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Attorney at Law,

Sec. and Man. Baoner Piloting Co.

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Elegant line of Trimming Braids in Gilt Effects. Black Chenille Fringes and Ghiimps. New line of Furniture Fringes. More Collars and Cuffs. Spring Shawls and Scarfs. More Novelties in Parasols. Children's Lisle Thread Hose. Lace Caps. Novelties in Belts and Jewelry. Beautiful Line of French Fans.

Our Eastern Buyer has made a very favorable purchase from New York Auction, consisting of 200 dozen LINEN DAMASK TOWELS, 50 MAESE1LLES QUILTS, and a few EEAL ANTIQUE BED SETS, which we are able to olfer much below the marked value.

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"MIXED PAINTS,

(In cans of one gallon and less.)

Glass, Varnishes, Oils,.

& Paint and Whitewash

liiiTJSMKS, Ladies Satchels, Supporters,Feather Dusters,

Choice Perfumery,

Pure Wines and Liquors.

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Corner of Fourth and Main sts. 't* Low Prices Guaranteed.*

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Yellow Learning Corn

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Than common corn. For Sale to Wholesale and Retail Trade by

C. H. Goldsmith,

29 North 4th Street

We call especial attention to the above flguree and that there no question tn our mind that out of 35,000 Rolls of Choicest

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In patterns and colorings the most fastidious can be fully and satisfactorily suited. The slock embraces some very choice patterns from French, German and Encllsn factories and from all the leading American manufacture!*. We would respectfully oflbr tbe following

INDUCEMENTS:

The largest and choicest stock to select from. Our thorough knowledge of tbe business thereby enable" us to assist you in making wise selections. Our very low prices. Fair and honest dealing with oourteous *We Sweatoo secured the service of

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^Thankful for tbe laige patronage extended to o« in the past, wouldsolidt and bope to merit tbe oontlnuanee of tbe same tn our newquartexa,

673 Main Street,

doom west of 7tb street, south ride.

-THE J. W. ROBERTS CO.

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.Established 1860. Incorporated 1878,

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The "Lyman",

Get it at once and while avoiding tbe ocm» Ing summer heat, save your fuel.

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CHOICE MEATS.

Southdown Mutton andfLamb. Southeast Corner Fourth and Ohio.

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Users Supplies.

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Have more patferns, larger experience and capacity, and employ more mechanics than any otoer similar establishment within se4 euty-Ave mile of Terre Haute.

Repair and Jobbing Work GIven special attention. Write or call on us and see for yourselves. 801 to 235 North Ninth street, near Union Depot. Terre Haute. lad.

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