A SPIDER RACE.
I A quaint bet took place the other day in the commercial room of a hotel. A fellow offered to lay £5 that a spider which he would produce would cross a plate quicker than a spider produced by anybody else. Another youth in the room promptly accepted the' challenge, and the contest duly came off. According to agreement, each man brought his own spider and his own plate. B.s spider started, moved, turned, hesitated, and at length stood still ; but A.'s — A. was the challenger — darted across the plate in tho twinkling of an eye. B. accordingly lost his bet, amid the laughter of the spectators. Soon afterwards, however, he found out the cause of the difference in speed between the contesting spiders; A. had taken the precaution of making his plate rather warm.
I There are now 177 women dootord and 120 women members of Sohool Boanfoin j the United States. Every animal kept by man, excepting the cat, is taxed in Austria.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)
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168A SPIDER RACE. Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)
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