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Show WORSE THAN KISSING BUGS. New Plague Worrying Citizens of Pennsylvania Town. A newbug that is causing almost as much excitement . and 'inconvenience as the infamous "kissing bug" has invaded in-vaded Oil City, Pa. So far no specimen speci-men of the insect has been secured, but more than fifty persons bear specl-: mens of the effects of the sting of the insect. The bug alights on its victim, vic-tim, perforates his cuticle in one or more places and gets away. In an Incredibly In-credibly short time a large white blister blis-ter arises and unless prompt measures are taken to counteract the effects ot the poison the flesh begins to swell and become painful. Cases have occurred oc-curred where a bite on the finger has caused the arm of the victim to swell to almost twice the natural size from the bite to the shoulder. Several cases have been severe enough to require re-quire the servies of a physician. |