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Show An Odoriferous Beetle. A rather unusunl visitation wbb suffered suf-fered by a South Carolina town last summer, through tho presonco of what Is known 'as tho rhlnocoros bcetlo, which bears-the samo unapproachable position In tho insect world that tho skunk does nmong nnimnls. A colony of thoso beetles established them-solves them-solves In somo ash trees which were grown for uhadq, and tho odor wns so strong and offensive that tho town council ordered eighty of theso trees to bo cut down. As tho trees wore estlrrtatod sto bo worth $100 each, tho unusual visitation cost the town) about' 58,000. ' ; ' H ' . " 1 ' |