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Show Expensive Invitations. The latest craze in New York among tho very wealthy Is an cxtravagunt stylo of Invitation card. Not long ago the wifo of a mllllonalro ordered 200 of these from a local firm and they cost her Just $10 each. Tho cards wero mado of Ivory edged with gold, tho namo of the guest and hostess being be-ing lettered in gold' on ono side, tho other being hand-palntcd. Cards at $5 each are quite common. The Ubiquitous Mosquito. Tho mosquito, which injects yellow fever with Its proboscis, bites by day as well as by ulght, and is called tho day or striped mosquito, It Is found chiefly in cities, where It breeds in any chanco receptacle of standing water. Tho eggs aro laid in standing wnter, and although tho receptacle may dry up, tho eggs do not desiccate, but will hatch as soon ns it again contains con-tains water. |