Iron County Record | 1903-10-10 | Page 2 | Most Brilliant of Fireflies

Most Brilliant of Fireflies. Of tho light-giving Insects tho cu cuyo-of tho troples Is the most bril Hank Thirty-eight of them yield one candle power. Photographs have been printed by two-minute exposure of bromide plates to their Illumination People in Cuba confine them in paper lanterns for going about tho countrj at night and for Indoor lighting Sometimes they attack ono of tho insects in-sects to each foot for traveling In the dark to sorvo as a guide to the pitth. Also, they use them as ornamonts for the drcsB and hair