. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE SUCKING-BEAK OF CICADAS. At the right and left are cicadas that have emerged; in the center is an empty shell much labor in carefullyinvestigating such ac-counts, and found inevery case that he fol-lowed up, where deathhad been reported ascaused by the bite orsting of the locusts,the story to be entirelyfabulous. Professor Potter, re-ferring to the cicada, says in this connection : It cannot defend itselfagainst an antor a fly. Wehave handledthem,male and ir {?> ::; > ,female, time * ^ ; after time. Wehave worriedthem in everyway, but never could
. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE SUCKING-BEAK OF CICADAS. At the right and left are cicadas that have emerged; in the center is an empty shell much labor in carefullyinvestigating such ac-counts, and found inevery case that he fol-lowed up, where deathhad been reported ascaused by the bite orsting of the locusts,the story to be entirelyfabulous. Professor Potter, re-ferring to the cicada, says in this connection : It cannot defend itselfagainst an antor a fly. Wehave handledthem,male and ir {?> ::; > ,female, time * ^ ; after time. Wehave worriedthem in everyway, but never could provoke resentment. Professor Riley says that of the thousandsand thousands of insects which he has handled,and the hundreds of other persons, includingchildren, who have also handled these insects,not a single bona-fide case of stinging has, tohis knowledge, resulted. pine-tree lizards. Wilmington, St. Nicholas : I am sending you a photographof myself with pet lizards. The lizard has a long body,four legs, and a tail. The tail will come off
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