Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-02


and when it lifted the jeweled bug was out q
view. =
Mackinac, Mich.--The clerk of one Of tha
foremost hotels at this resort has just made
q remarkable discovery. The police of CHI
cago have been notified and Chief Ripley b
going to send three men in plain clothes -
: here at once. It is perhaps well known thai
most of the visitors to the islands are people
of means and social position, who come bear
ing jewels and wearing wealth in thets
clothes One of the closest studies of The
local hotel keepers is to protect these visitora
against dishonesty. Thus far they have bee9
highly successful, but to-day Clerk Rhodsk
ing reports that he has found out a new
scheme Of roguery which will require The
best efforts of trained detective talent to
circumvent While walking through the
grounds one evening the clerk heard
slight buzzing, and looking about him saw
large beetle which had settled on the sleeve
of his coat and which was making its way
toward the bottom of his cuff: As. Mr..
Rhodeling looked in wonder his surprise
. stretched out and expanded as he saw that
the bug was carrying over its shoulder
diamond pin, probably Of rare value. He
raised his hand to seize the creature, where
upon it made of. = ~
mere Ii no OOuDt III tue AuAAO Va AAA1s
Rhodeling that this is trained beetle.
which has been taught to snoop around
where people are at night and root out what
ever jewelry they may be wearing and carry
it home to some thieving and artful master.
Mr.. Rhodeling IL glad he saw the thing b.
fore it had secured his cuff buttons, which
was given him by admiring friends a year
ago, and which, with its mate represents
cosh valua If 43l2 30 .-
!, Bayfield,, Wis.-Early the other morning
Mr.. Bill Brookover, of the Burlington rail-
road, started out to do some fishing; : Ar
rived at the lake, he found that he had forgot
ten his book of flies, and set about searching
for some live insects with which to tempt
the bass. Among the other winged bait
which fell to his lot was a large beetle. MI.
:Brookovcr, when he laid hands on the beetle,
noted that there was very bright glintina
spot on it's back, about the size of grain OF
corn and looking very much like diamond.
As he drew it nearer the bug set forth long,
crooked shaft, which pierced his hand, and
the sudden pain caused the fisherman to re-
lease his grasp upon his prey, whereupon the
insect took to fight. Mr.. Brookover de,
scribes the hooklike thing which, as he
thought, stung him. It now appears that the
javelin was really not singer as stingers.
are generally understood, but hook tol
catching fish, Prof. Grevilius Ger Fiegel.
| the eminent scientist now stopping here, on
hearing Mr.. Brookover's story, at, once de-
clared that the Chicago angler had held in
his hand for a brief moment one Of the ex
traordinarily rare specimens of the iarlpoda
luvinii family Of fishing bugs. These bugs
which have been out of circulation2fo for some
$4,000 years, according to the professor, IN
l.,l I'm
" cleaning and shining excrescence at the
| back which attracted fish to them as they
moved over the surface of the water a
fish, however, on striking, instead OF get.
ting the bng, received a long, sharp hook in
the jaw, for, protruding from beneath, the
beetle wore this graphing iron from which
no trout or bass might escape. The pro-
fesor said that the bug would haul the stricA.-
en- fish to the shore and then there would be-
q beetle orgy. ~. ~ ~
Mlwood Park, Ill.-There is every indca.
ton that there will be a shortage ofall kinda
| of small crops and that the flower industry
will score an entire failure. Upto this morn
ing there seemed to be assurance of beun.
tiful yield of all vegetables and the gardens
of the florists were rich and fair to see. Now
all rs changed. Hundreds of men, women
T and children are chasing about all over thil
partHof Cook county tearing out onions and
nasturtiums and caulih flower and carnations
and despoiling the fields in the pursuit of
wealth. About noon one day Mrs. Hetty
Band who had planted a few. flowers
in her dooryard, went out to weed the same
In pulling up vine of sweet PEGS FOR the
& purpose of transp hnting It she discovered
clinglngs to he rpotss IA huge beetle. with
3 diamond OF the purest ray serene growing