Show ADOUT MOSQUITOES The Illtle IVlt IH Ixmkfl At by a I hrleillne lye There Is I no reason to doubt that mop ultoed carry Jlnease and they are erlotisly suspected of propagating yel how fever says Washington Star It has been noticed that jfllow fever comes with them and goes when they depart also that It Is I worst In sea ons when they are most plentiful and In localities where they are most abundant Hut respecting this complaint com-plaint comparatively little has been eflnltcly ascertained Tho mosquito ii I IlkewlM accused of propagating ma larla by carrying the Infection from ono person to another This charge Is I not proven however It has been long known that only the female mosquito bites The male possesses no sting for Inflicting n wound such as his mate provided with The purpose of his ex stence Is I merely to perpetuate the pecles and he never enters a house un Icau I by accident The natural food of i the female Is I the Juices of plants and II Is I not known why she sucks blood Tho Indulgence seems to be a kind of iMlpallon with her like whisky and tobacco with human livIngs Unlike the latter she never gets full but once Tier sting consists of live extremely sharp needles two of which are barbed They unite and form an awl which having Inflicted the puncture serves serve-s a tube tor sucking the blood of tho Ictlm The suggestion that poison OUt fluid Is I Introduced Into the wound for the purpose of making Ibo blood more liquid Is I mere theory The female fe-male mosquito lays her eggs In n boat shaped mass on the surface of still water From these the larvae called wrigglers are Imtchil When the wriggler considers that he has wrlg glad long enough ho comes to the our tACO and carefully extricates himself from his skin which sere as n raft for him to stand upon This Is I the danger point of his life for the least breath of wind may upset the raft and drown him Happily escaping this ate he file away ns noon ns his wings are dry I a she Iho insect lose 110 time In seeking for some nnlmal or person to torture It has been con ended Hint the larval mosquito line some usefulness consuming miasmatic germs In the water but this Is I more ban doubtful |