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Show FEMALE MAKES THE TROUBLE Certainly In the Case of the Mosquito They Are -More Deadly Than the Male." The attention of many of our citizens citi-zens who hitherto have taken little Interest In-terest in entomological Investigation, haa been attracted to what they believe be-lieve Is a new variety of mosquito, a mosquito which In the course of evolution evolu-tion baa loat lu bark, but not Its bite; tbat cornea upon one unawares, without with-out a musical accompaniment Whatever What-ever may be aald against the Insect It should be set down to Its credit that it takes Ita nourishment without music, mu-sic, declining to give tbat additional smart to one'a mlaery. This) active, but diminutive specimen of the genus Culex, now at the close of summer, is beginning a work that will continue until the first sharp frost As a matter of fact theae mosquitoes tbat have bad no difficulty In pushing their way through the smallest meshed v1re screens are all females, and for that reason we hear no song. The males are larger, perhapa cannot mao their way through the screens, and remain outside, where they sing co?os or Join In numbers and give hallelujah choruses, chor-uses, and encourage the suffragette sisters at their work Inside. The sisters sis-ters have an insatiable thirst for blood, while the mouth of the male mosquito Is not equipped for biting and he doea not come Into our bouses. While the aWiters are Inside drinking blood the more temp rate fathers of the family are on ' ' sipping rainwater. |