Wonderful Spider's Web

" Across the ' sunny paths ' of Ceylou, where the forest meets the open country, and which constitutc the bridle roaos of the island, an enormous spider stretchos bis web at the height of from four to eight fort from the ground. Tlie cordage of these webs is fastened on either side to projejéjra!; shoots of trees or shrubs, and iaHKong as to hurt the traveler's facema even lift oft' his hat, if he is so unlucky as not to see the line. The nest in the center is some-times as large as a man's head, and is continuiilly growing larger, as it is formed of successive layare of old webs rolled over eaeh other, sheet after sheet, into a ball. These successive envelopes contain the wings and limbs of insects of all desei'iptions, which have been the prey of the spider and his family who occupy the den formed in their midst. There seems to be no doubt that the spider casts the web loose and rolls it round the nucleus in the center when it beooines overeharged with careasses, andproceedsto construct ! a fresh one, which in its turn is destined I to be folded up with the rest." The horse which Wilkes Booth rode Erom Washington aftor his murder of President Lincoln is now owned in Pomfret, Ct., and is 18 years old.