

THE 

 BOMBARDIER-BEETLE 



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HE familiar counsel to the aspir- 

 _ ant for success to " leave no stone 



M unturned " is said to date back to 

 ''if the Delphic oracle, and to one who 

 persistently follows the precept 

 something worth while is generally 

 sure to turn up. Even in literal fields, 

 the country rambler who will " turn ev- 

 ery stone," even in a small corner of the 

 meadow, has many surprises in store for 

 him. It has always been a favorite pastime with me, 

 this overturning of stones, and I know not how many 

 thousands of them, big and little, and even rocks, too, 



