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Show THE BEETLE FAKER. ij I Heetlc "fiklng" In nn Industry concerning con-cerning which tho public knows little, but It In a nourishing ono nevertheless Thous-itids of fuked beetle, nre turned out annually In lmglnnd nnd In Franco nnd .oil both Ihere anl In thin country tn nmntcur natiirutlrtn, at high prices. Many nn llnglHh and Aintrlenn tol-lector. tol-lector. with more money nnd enthusiasm than knowledjo of natural 111. tors', his In hi. cabinet specimens of beetles ivhlth nro l.njnn.l nns thing thnt niluro eier nt-ttmpted, nt-ttmpted, nnd which he shows proudly to his friends as extremelj rare Insects, as Indeid thes nro, for thej are llko noth-Incr noth-Incr else In the animal klnrlom Ihe niunufncturer of beotlen does not contlne himself to giving lo his peclmin rare and stranre colorings, but he mnke them up from fragments of other beellen In the manner which strikes his fnncs, and this fancy Is often lers whlmslcul Indeed In-deed Nnlure, triiHtlally In thn tropics, produees beetle of strange farm, but never nev-er so strnnge ns thore which eomo out of thn shop of man Auction sale of tlnm-nced tlnm-nced collections of s rclinenn of beetle, nro attended, und the collections bought fur almost nothing Theso Injurtil specimen are tllsmem-btred tllsmem-btred nnd their inrloti purls put together at iln ut Ihe fniicy of ihe faker He tnkes a btttles bod) and from a collection of seiernl .nrl. of Itetlts bcfnro him. spread out on it white pnper ho tleflls nfllxes u head there, n wing tin re and a leg or two where he thinks thev will look otialnt He works rapidly, lining n ilenr llfp.ld Blue, the composition of which la u setrel of the trade, nnd which joins tho larlous parts Immediately so that (Iri fi M aaaal they ettnnol easily he pulled apart, nnd so !ut' i MM MW tlusels th it even with a niagnirslng glass lu ; H It Is dlrilciilt lo ste where tho Joining la ' 'tf ti B MM 'The tnlorlng and Imitation markings nro i 7J H done with smnll brushes und other Tniple. i'j jfH H inrnts dtslgnrtl rsiieclnlly for the puriiosa I l.i $ imm 1 and nro made permanent by plunging tho ( -,Dll bbbbV built-up Insert into a bath of some secret I . ' iiJfll H snlutlon When the work Is completed l.i i t'llal aaaal onis an expert naturullnt can detect tho ' Ififaf gH fraud, and sometimes eien nn expert 1. 1 1 j iHlfr bbbbb fooled nt first nnd thinks ho has stumbled IT 1EI aaaal upon a new specimen of cnleoptera. Tho f 1 'i IPa H beetle fnker mliertlses In the papers that I 1 I .2fiM aaaH lie hns raro specimen, for snle and would I U mR aaaaal like lo hear from collector. In search of III'? uU bbbbV surh thine. If the bait Is taken and ha ' . n ,,191 H set a letter from nn amateur collector I J fi e 0J H he offi rs to forward the specimen ' on op- , t tt iffn H prninl" When tho amateur see. tho rU' il.ffv IH trrnture sent to Mm be thinks he Imi iiic''"il aaaB found n prize und u. unity closes the bar r ar"! ilaH H gain ut a good fat prlte. y '$"tU aaaal Tho faker neier never guarnntoes tho 1 jW .ttiji &II H berlle lo b genuine He slmpls sals to I Jill fa III H the Intending biner 'Thre Is the sped ' HIT Jt' Hi bbbbbI men Take I. or leal e It I doubt If thero ' Hli pj ifl H I unother like It In thl country." whlth ' MVjI'Ifl aaaaal stntenunt Is probably true f i It I. rare llilf 'M III aaaaal Is Hint Ihe fnker duplicates designs III"' N't 1 aaaaal Ilesldea evolllnz tetles out of djnmem- iltt!fl bbbbbI btril frasment and hi Inrer conscious iiiii iii bbbbbI ness the faktr of cnleoptera makes copies UJ 'f til! bbbbbI of well known but rnre specimens, width , .ifi'H' l' H t'inimand it fcood mnrket price among col Hi'llr H Ixmdon and Purls nre the cities whero I W m1 bbbH mo-t of the fake beetle, are mnnufnc- ' .jt 'ih lH turetl, nnd the Krenth workmen nre tho , ' Hi, gH most expert and gifted with the moil ,. ' H lliely funcy In tomposlllon New ork I I - f bbbbbI Mall and lixpress , I 1 "I ku |