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SPIDER THREADS THE BEST. For Use in Telescopes Nothing Has Been Found So Good. The astr nomr after the experi ence oI many years has found that :he spidcr -,rnihe- the only thread which can b.- -uccC.sfullv ed i carrying r his work, writes Ambrose Swazey. in the Scientific American The spider lines mostly tised are from one-fifth to one-seventh of a thousandth of an inch in diameter and, in addition to their strength and elasticity, they have the peculiar property of withstanding great tem Derature; and often when measuring the sun spots, although the heat is so intense as to crack the lenses of the micrometer, eyepiece. yet the spidet h,es are not in the least injured. The threads of the silkworm, al thougl of great value as a commer cial product, are so co-rse and rough compared with the silk of the spider that they cannor. be used in such in -ruments. Spider lines, although but a frac tion of a thousandth of an inch in diameter are made up of several thousands of microscopic streams of fluid, which unite and form a singie line, and it is because of this that they remain true and round under the highest magnifying power. An instance of durability of the spider lines is found at the Allegheny observatory, where the same set of lines in the micrometer of the tran sit instrument has been in use since 1859. Fishing for a License. A good-natured German located in a certain Pennsylvania town a few years ago. ane apparently had no def inite business. Every morning regu larly he woUld go to the creek that ran through the town and fish foT black bass. The first mess that he caught was given to the minister of the village church. Some one, seeing the German on the bank, said to him: "What are you doing?" "Ph. h! remarked, ''I'm fishi..; icr a license." The following day six fine trout were delivered at the home of the school-teacher. The day after that the leading banker received a fine supply of fish; and so it went for nearly a year. He caught fish every. day, and as regularly turned them over to the leading citizens. When the spring term of court came around, he put in an applica tion for a liquor license. Under the rules of that court it ;vas necessary .for twenty citizens to sign a protest to kill an application for a license. The protest was taken around; but to the amazement of the messenger he could get no signers. The clergy man was much opposed to the pro. posed license, but could not find it in ,his heart to -attach his name to the paper. When the court announced its decision, the German receiv.ed a license, and he blandly remarked: "I've been fishin' for a license. I got it." . A New Metal and its tise. Louis Bell in Harper's WWeekly. A few weeks ago electrical engin .eers got wind of a new incandescent lamp hailing from Germany. Now, as a rule, no one ever raises an eye brow at such an announcement, for reputed improvements on incandes cent lamps are an old story. But the newcomer was unusual in that the light-giving filament was a plain me tallic wire drawn from tantalum, an element of which most people had not even heard of the name. Tantalum is an element which has been known for more than half a cen tury as a constituent of various rather uncommon minerals, but nobody knew it for anything more than a black powder which could be obtained without great difficulty, but was of no use after one had it. It has turned out, however, that when melted in vacuo, to overcome its unpleasant trick of absorbing nitrogen when hot, this black powder became a little in got of real metal, which possessed very remarkable properties. Metal lic tantalum is a bluish-white sub stance, a little darker in color than platinum, and about three-quarters as heavy for the same bulk. It is, for a metal, an unusually hard conductor of electricity, and has an extremely high melting-point, both of these proper ties bein:g invaluble for the purpose Making Friends Every Day. tul can trithfully be said of Jef-o Ice Cream POWDER the new product for making the most delici-ns ic( cream you ever ate ; everything in the package. Nothing tastes so good in hot weather. All -rocer. are piacm-ait in stock. If your grocer can'tsup ply yot send25c. fortwopackagesbymail. Fourkinds:Van illa.Chocolate, Strawberry and Unflavored. A ddress The Genesee Pure Food Co., Box 295, Le Roy, N.Y intended. Besides this, it can be ham mered into sheets, and rolled oi drawn into fine wire quite easily. Its melting point is so high that il can .. - pushed to a vivid incandes cence that makes an ordinary lamp look yellow. By this same token, the light is produced at a high efficiency so that for the same energy used the tantalum filament gives nearly dlouble the light o' the carbon filament. The former, by the way, increases its e lectrical resistance as it gets hotter while the latter has its highest re sistance when cold. The result is c very curious difference of appear ance when a tantalum and a carbor lamp are tuIrned on together. The latter takes a perceptible time tc reach full brilliancy, while the formex jumps to whiteness more quickly that the eye can follow it. The Origin of Slang. "Here's where I butt in," said the goat, making for the children, accord ing to the New York Sun. "I'm getting it in the neck," grum bled the bull, as Ursus gave him an other twist. ."Come off your perch," growled tabby. making another spring at the cage. "iPm in the soup," gasped the oy ster, as he dropped to the bottom ol the plate. 'You're a bird," said the fox, as h( gobbled up another hen. "Don't try to string me," said the rattler to the blacksnake, coiling him. self into a plumbline. "It's a lead pipe cinch," said the rat gnawing his way through anothei piece of pipe. "I've got the drop on you,' shriek ed the hawk, as he landed on anothei chicken. "Things are coming my way," sai the bear, dodging another bullet. "My goose is cooked," said the wilc gander, dropping to the ground witi a broken wing. "Quit your kidding," exclaimed th< fish, as the bait dropped into the wa ter. "Those fellows are nutty," said the rabbit, pointing to the squirrel famil: eating~lunch. "Stuck again," cried the fly, alight ing on sticky paper. "I can see my finish," murmure< the lamb as he entered the slaughte p en. Difference in Two Sides of the Body New Orleans Times-Democrat. "Speaking of oddities," said anoth er man, "there is more truth than poe try in the rather rough saying, some times indulged in a bandying spirit hat 'your feet are not mates.' T.h 'fact is we are not as perfectly mad' the sculptor, the painter and th poet woild have us believe. "For instance, the two sides of person's face are never alike. Th eyes are out of line in two cases ou of five, and one eye is stronger that the other in seven person's out of ten The right eye is also, as a rule, hiirhe than the left. Only one person ia fifteen has perfect eyes, the larges percentage of defects prevailing a mong fair haired people. The small est interval of sound can be distin guished better with one ear than wit.1 both. "The nails o-f two fingers neve: grow with the same rapidity, that o the middle finger growing the fastest while that of the thumb grows slow est. In fifty-four cases out of roo the left leg is shorter than the right. Sc Iyou see, we are not the creature: we are sometimes represented to be nor is it quite so horrible as on< might imagine to be reminded tha one's feet are not mates. The fee are not mates, as a matter of faci that is, they are not both exactly a like and of the same size." Taxing bachelors may not boos the matrimonial game, but it is apt t< ncourae emigration. HEAl PrrI -Davi Parlke,Da We are on the jo delphia, and Parki reliable houses in ' sortment of their I MUCH CH] We supply them cheaper than wher mel tablets cost 5c 100.- It pays, mos pays all the time t0 GILDER, TIP Nine times out of ten when a man buys a horse he is sold. About the only thing that can be said in some men's favor is that they are not society favorites. WORK BY A Newberry Steam Laundry Co Fire Insurance! We will insure ycour Frame D w'elling for only sixty cents on the hundred dollars, (not ex posed), or better still, one dol lar and eighty cents for five years. Good business people insure their' property, why don't you? Insurance on stock and store buildings also, HOLMES & McFALL, Fire Insurance Agents. rPhone 67. (Schedule in Effect April 16,219o5-) 1 Lv No. 52. Daily. L.Newberry. ...... ....12.36 p. m. Ar. Laurens ...... ... ...1.50 p.mn No. 2. Daily. L.v. Laurens .... ........2. o . m. fAr. Greenwc-od ............2.46 p. m. Ar. Augusta ..... .. 5.20 p. m. Ar. 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