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MOSQUITOES AND COLOR

Although II is possible TO reduce ,bo
numbers or possibly 20 exterminoto
mosquitoes In populated places. II
would be ridiculous to suppose that any
measures would be efrectual agaI,s,
them In the open country or forest. I'm,
happily IL would seem from series NJ
experiments that human beings can n,
a measure, protect themselves from tho
assaults Of the insects by care in ,bo
selection Of the color OF their clothing
The experiments took place at Cam
bridge, England, under the auspices ~
DR., INITIAL and Mr.. A. n. Shinlev
These gentlemen employed muslin
tent In spacious Photographic glass
room, and In this tent the mosquitoes
were provided with breeding pans, suit
able food and a series OF seventeen omen
boxes or nests. each nest being lined
with differently colored cloth The
positions of these boxes were changed
every day so as to eliminate any pref
erence due to place, During the seven
teen days covered by the experiments
the greatest number of insects was
found in the navy blue box namely
l0S; the dark red box came second with
90; ~ were found in the black box and
then there was sharp drop to 81 and q
mosquitoes which found refuge in the
slate gray and the olive green box. The
numbers gradually diminished until the
orange box was reached with a single
mosquito, and the pale yellow khaki
color with none at all.
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higher official presumably acting as
the sultan's mouthplece. This was dou-
BILE dealing with vengeance. for II
was clearly understood that the grand
vlzier had been the sultan's personal
representative In the matters IN dis
pute. Four times the angry American
envoy sought an interview with the
grand vizier and four times on ridicu-
lousy inadequate excuses the interview
was refused. Then Mr. Lelshman APP
pealed to the sultan and cabled home
asking permission to demand his pass
ports.
This brought Abdul Hamid TO terms
In hurry He quickly made arrange
ments TO facilitate an interview be-
tween the grand vizier and our envoy,
but the latter was not easily notified
and 1t is said that 1t was almost neces-
sary to send him an official order from
Washington to induce him TO forgive
the insult offered him. For a few
months things went along swimming
ly, but early in the present year the
same sort of difficulty arose, This
time 1t was the sultan himself who de-
clined to see Mr. Leishman, but on this
occasion the American minister had lit
tie difficulty in persuading the Ottoman
monarch of the trouble that would fol-
low II he persisted In his recalcitrancy.
Since then, so far as is known on this
side the water, things went along swim
mingly until the outbreak of the pres
ent trouble,
With his fellow diplomats and In So
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THE coLoRs OF FLOWERS.

According to NJ T.. Hildebrands, who
has made special study of the color
ing matter in vegetation, flowers de-
rive their characteristic colors from or
ganic and frequently complex sub
stances contained In the minute cells OF
which the petal tissues are composed.
Blue, violet rose and deep red are due
90 a cell fluid OF corresponding color.
Yellow, orange and green are assoclat-
ed with solid, granular or bladderlke
substances In the cells. Brown or gray
and in many cases bright red and or.
ange are combinations Of other colors.
Black, with the exception OF the bean,
is due to a very deeply colored fluid.
1t is very rarely that all the cells are
uniformly colored; hence different
shadings frequently appear on the
same petal The colorlng matter In
usually confined to the surface layers
OF cells and does not permcate the
whole tissue OF the flower
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FROM ENGINEERING TO ART.

When Mr.. sambourne, the clever
Punch cartoonist, was learning the
mysteries of marine engineering at
Greenwich In the late sixties he used to
beguile his. odd moments of leisure by
making drawings. One OF these sketch
es so pleased fellow apprentice that
he got permission to take II home to
show to his father, who In turn showed
II to his friend, Mark Lemon. Mr.
Lemon was so struck by the extraordi-
nary promise OF the sketch that he sent
for the young engineer and asked him
to submit drawings for Punch. From
that day to this scarcely q number OF
Punch has appeared without one or
more specimens of Mr.. Sambourne's
skill.
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VISIT TO THE UNDERWORLD OF A GREAT SkYSCRAPER

vision, with n roar from the hydraulic
presses and clankiug rattle Of chains,
This sight alone suflices to make a visit
TO this neither world well worth while.
Now comes still greater roar, mad
believing, as the spent water Of the
hydraulics eXhausts itself IN the steel
tank, whence, with but slight losses, 1t
will be pumped again and again by the
bound giants that toll ceaseessly to
bear men up and down the pits of the
modern caravansary.
few more steps, and the visitor
finds himself in darkness. AS he looks
through door into the depths beyond
his eyes can descry little in the murky
air save vague figures of men moving
to and fro with tiny lights and heavily
laden cars There are "A duh cracking OF
hammer smitten coal and mephltic
dust everywhere Here are the coal
bunkers the primum mobile" of all
heat and light In the great edInce over
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that he discussed money merely from a
love Of ostentauon; 1t was simply be-
cause he had It and believed that, hav-
ing earned it himself, he was entitled
to take from 1t the pleasure 1t would
give him.
Toward the close Of l900--Dec. is, to
be exact--the president sent to the sem
ate Mr.. Leishman's nomination to be
envoy and minister of the United States
to Turkey Almost his first official act
was to complete the work begun by
Lloyd G. Griscom, our charge daffaires,
in compelling the sultan to settle the
long standing claims arising out OF
damages done to American schools in
the sultan's domains. Naturally there
was considerable friction between the
Mussulman ruler and the American en-
Voy, but the latter won the day.
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steel concern as an Office boy Leishman
was cashier OF the company. Then he
took his next important step forward
Seyerlng his connection with the steel
works, he formed n partnership with
a close friend IN the iron brokerage
business and ere long did SO well that
he attracted TO himself the attention OF
those captains OF industry Andrew car
negie and II c. Frlck Ahliating with
Carnegie, Phlpps * Co., he occupied in
turn several important positions and
finally was made president Of the Car
negie steel company when MIR. Frick
was at It's head as chairman of the
board of directors. Long before this.
however he had kept the promise he
had made to the orphan boy and now
boosted the possession OF beautiful
home In the city which, II not his
blrthplace-for Mr.. Leishman was born
In Allegheny-was TO all intents and
purposes his native town,
IT was while he was with the Carne-
gle company that Mr. Leishman figured
In another OF the exciting episodes
which have helped to make his life sto-
ry Of more than common interest,
When the anarchist Berkman during
the Homestead strike OF 1899 sought to
take the life Of H. c. Frick Mr. Leish-
man was In the company's office with
Mr. Prick and was attacked by the an
archist just as Mr. Frick was. AL
though the latter was injured Mr..
Leishman escaped without injury.
graphing with his assallant. and hold
ing him until assistance came The
courage and pluck that he showed on
that occasion as in his conflict with
the highwayman, were ample earnest
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and mechanism, and here, last of ALL
are the furnaces and the great boilers.
From the little red eyes Of the fire box
es there squirt multitudlnous jets Of
giarng light and when the stokers
throw open the doors and heap upon
the incandcscence great shovefuls Of
coal that snaps and reddens as one
looks, "a hungry surge OF heat sweeps
across the chamber.
In front Of the furnaces there runs n
serpentine track like the track OF the
bunkers above, and following II one
comes TO the lower end of the mystic
rious shoots through which the coal
makes It's way from the upper story
roaring and grooming and developed in
binding dust, Fascinated. the visitor
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RESULT OF A CASUAL GALL.

1t was the casual call OF friend
which gave to the British press one OF
the most dominant and imposing fig,
ures II has ever had. NJ. de Blowltz,
then a young and obscure man with n
great ambition but an untried pen, was
saying "goodby'' TO an old friend Mr..
Frederick Marshall, who had dropped
IN for chat at his rooms In Paris
when Marshall said: by the way.
something has just happened that may
interest you. Mr.. Hartmann, the col.
league OF Laurence Ollphant, the Lon
don Times correspondent, has Just left
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ciety Mr., Leishman is popular us
ramiiy consists OF a wife and three
danghters, most charming ouariot
IN July Of last year the sultan pald
Mrs Leishman decided complimen,
by giving her the grand Gordon Of ,hs
order OF the Chefakat, the only decora-
ton ever bestowed i'm Turkey unon
women. 1t Is star of gold surrounded
by wreath Of green enameled leav.s
and scarlet berries, the center medal
non bearing the sultan's monogram. II
is thus manifest that whatever tho
diplomatic relations may be between
hodul Hanlld and our representative
the former personally regards the lat.
ter with friendly feelings.
BERTRAM HELTAMAN
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sucked In by blower that In itself re-
quires a seven horse power motor, and
as the visitor catches a Whit Of the life
giving current he is reminded that, aft
err all, this lower region has compen-
satlons that the Dantean inferno
lacked
II the visitor he Of an inquiring turn
OF mind and ply with questions his
cicerone. the obllging foreman he viii
learn that wonderful as the finished
work appears, the process OF construct
Ing this underground habitation was
stun more remarkable. FOR beneath the
lowermost story columns and caissons
reach down into the earth a hundred
feet below the curb and seventy-five
below what is technically known as the
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post there was Invaluable as furnishing
him groundwork for future diplomas
cy and there is no doubt that the sue
cess he later attained In his ncgotia-
tons with the ever Willy ottoman ruler
was largely owing to the experience
gained In the little republic nestled
among the Alps. 1t was while he was
envoy TO switzerland that Mr. l.cIsh-
man gained among the diplomats the
reputation Of being a "spender par ex-
cellence.' His salary was s. 900 year.
but It is said Of him that he was accus-
toned to spend nearly twice that
amount on single entertainment. Not
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Will watch the progress of the coal
from the moment of its reception in the
subcellar TO its disappearance in the
mouth OF the furnace.
But this Is not all that he will find to
interest him. There Is, for example,
the ash hoist great centipedlike af-
fair ingeniously collapsible when not in
use, equipped with large chains and
buckets whereby to carry far aloft the
piles of ashes and deliver them to the
carts waiting in the street outside.
Then, too there is the ventilating fan
that serves to make the torridlty bear
able. From high in the tangle of rods
and pipes comes a river OF cool air
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head. The slouchng indetermlnate ng-
ures, black as the coal In which they
delye, shovel like gnomes at vast heaps
upon which they seem to make but
slight impression, push the laden cars
about a curying track and finally dump
their contents at ones very feet with "a
roar q rattle and cloud OF heavy
dust Then comes a mystery. The
newly formed heap begins to melt
away and presently the last OF Il dis
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-26

leaqlng American nR-
ure I'm Turkeys difficulties. Bred as n
charity boy In Pittsburg orphan asy-
lum. MIR LcIshman IS today rated as a
multlmlllionaire, and his evolution into
his present distinguished position nee
essarily provides the groundwork for
a narrative OF more than usual interest,
Those who are not acquainted with the
story Of Mr.. Leishmans early years
would not for "A moment suspect, seeing
him In his fayorite role OF host at
splendid entertainment, that there Ayas
a time when, pennless and despair
Ing lad. the world promised him moth
Ing better than the fate reserved fcr
so many similar orphaned unfortunatrs
"a ceaseess round Of drudgery and en-
ergy spent to little purpose 1t has
been said that opportunity knocks orce
and only once at every mans door, and
that, being unbidden to enter II goes
away, to return no more. Whatever
truth there be in the saying It must
certainly be said that when opportunity
knocked Oh Mr.. Leishman's door he
threw the portal wide open and gave
his guest welcome that made oppor-
tunity his friend throughout life.
What is more, young Leishman did
good deal in the opportunity making
business himself by losing sight of
nothing that might advance him In the
estimation of the persons by whom he
happened 10 be employed. In this re-
spect, II Is true. he was by no means
unique, for that characteristic has
been one Of the most valuable assets OF
nearly every one Of the present day
'captains Of industry" But Leshman
was peculiarly aggressive In this re-
speot, and II is largely to that fact that
his phenomenally rapid rise is due
Leishman never believed in the the
DRY OF turning the left cheek "to the
person who has smtten the right In
deed, as a boy he was good deal Of a
'scrapper." This, too, despite the fact
that he bore the reputation OF being
unusually peaceful ordinarily, But
when he conceived that his rights had
been infringed or that an insult had
been put upon him he was always
ready tosfght And young Lelshman
did his fighting in those early days as
he has done his fighting In recent Years
In much broader fields-with delbera-
tion and thoroughness. lie always
conveyed the impression to his fellows
that he fought because he felt II in
cumbent upon him as matter OF duty
10 do so. and not because he wanted to
fight or felt any resentment toward his
opponent After the trouble was over
Leishman was always willing TO shake
hands and consider the incident closed.
no matter whether he came out of the |
struggle victor or vanqulshed. II is
only fair, however, to mention that this
did not involve on Leshmans part so
much self sacrifice as would at first
appear for the reason that he seldom
found his superior at fstlcuffs among
boys OF his age. II Is to his credit, too,
that, although he was physically easily
able to sustain the role Of bully he
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Paris and won't be back for a fort
night. Oiphant is much put out, as
he cant be at Versailles and I'm Paris
at the same time, and he is looking
out for some one to take at least part
of Hardmann's work during his alb
sence,' Blowtz Immediately sought an
interview with Oliphant, who accepted
his offer of service. Hartmann never
returned to Paris. and on the 10th OF
September, 1871 the young and I'm.
Pledged If immensely clever journalist
became the Times correspondent in the
French capital, the position which he
held with such distinction almost UP to
his death.
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ferior Of his assailant, young Leish-
man put up such good fight that. AL
though severely beaten about the head,
he managed to hold the other at bay
until, IN fear Of capture from those
rushing to the plucky lads assistance.
the would be robber abandoned his at
tempt TO secure the bag containing the
company's funds and fed. Battered.
but smiling, the faithful guardian OF
his employers property presented him
self at the steel works and from that
moment his future was assured
Within twelve years after he had en-
tered the services OF the Schoenberger
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lives In a little frame cottage In At
lanta, Ga, He writes from six to seven
hours Il day, turning out from 1900 to
1000 words. using typewriter.
1t Is said that President Roosevelt al
ways shakes hands with the engineer
of the railroad train ON which he rides
The present population of Siberia is
about S.OOo'c0O. Assuming that its re-
sources are equal to those Of Russia in
Europe, Siberia Is capable OF sustaining
u population OF s00O0OoO. II Is believed
that Siberia could produce 10000, 900
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In August. 1902, after having been
persona grata with the sublime porte
for many moons. Mr.. Leishman got
into difficulties with the sultan that
nearly resulted In precipitating an In
ternatonal wrangle OF far reaching
proportions. Some perplexing questions
American claims, and, to his gratihca-
ton, Mr.. Leishman had succeeded in
coming to satisfactory terms with the
grand vlzier. Turkeys minister for for
eign affairs. What was his chagrn to
discover that the orders of the foreign
minister had been countermanded by a
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ton with the interior is carried on with
mules.
a committee has been appointed by
the management " the st. Louis expo.
sition consisting OF lawyers from every
state and territory In this country to
arrange for an international congress
Of lawyers and jurists during the prog
ress OF the fair
Sarath Kimar Ghosh is the only Hin
doc writer of English fiction, He is a
fellow of the Royal Astronomical So
ciety and showed such aptitude for le-
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FACTS FROM FAR AND NEAR.

Last year sixty ocean going steamers
were engaged exclusively in the ba-
mana trade
Metal railroad ties have been tried
several times in this and other coun-
tries, but they have not given as good
results AS the wood ones.
One feature OF western civilization
has just made its first appearance In
Japan, where a native woman has
brought suit for a breach Of promise,
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gal work that the late lord chief justice
earnestly advised him to practice at the
English bar
There are 24i counties In Texas. New
York has 81, Pennsylvania 81 and Mas
sachusetts II, total of li2 only for the
three states
The most envled Of all Russian deco
rations is the grand cross Of the order
Of st. George TO possess this II is
necessary to have commanded vioto-
rious army IN the field.
Joel Chandler Harris, the author,
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OF the way Mr. Leishman would con-
duct himself during the trying times
that have come upon Turkey
II was In 1897 that the former Inmate
of the orphan asylum blossOmed out as
a diplomat In that year President
Mckinley selected him as envoy ex-
traordinary and minister plenipotenti-
airy to Switzerland, and the acceptance
OF the position was accompanied by
MIR. Leishman's complete severance Of
his connection with the steel company.
For that matter, the previous year had
witnessed his virtual abandonment Of
his old tune occupation, as he had then
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Increasing In value "a three line script
with her signature attached being sold
the other day for 1926
There are In the leper home in Lou
lslana thlrty-siX inmates 30 nineteen
males and seventeen females Five
sisters of charity nurse these unfortu-
mates. The leper colony is a state lnsu-
tuition
Colombia, with only 100000 inhab-
itarts, Is twice the size Of Germany II
has only COS kilometers OF railway, and,
apart from the rivers, all oommunica.
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tons Of wheat annually, 100000 tons oil
which would be available for exporta'
tion.
Umbrellas are rarely seen in Payta,
Peru. where the average interval be-
tween two showers Of rain is seven
years,
Iowa laws require jugs of gasoline Il
be labeled. BY q recent decision III,
seller OF an untagged jug of the fluid
must pay the damages caused by an
explosion following girls attempt Il
quicken the Kitchen fire.
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strengthened. Now the visitor reaches
the Judecea, the cold circle OF this
neither world Here is the ice plant.
with les capacity OF ten tons day.
none TOO much for the employees res
taurant and the innumerable water
coolers scattered throughout the build
ing one more flight downward, and
the imaginative visitor will deem him
self In the hottomless pit. Here ia the
place of everlasting fires, where the
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~ WeA | the dnHou HCeHtH
K@s# Au, that new fifteen or
t$9xN - twenty story building
Is to be built occa-
sions little more than passing comment,
But of late a new tendency has made
itself manifest IN the construction of
skyscrapers, q tendency which COM
bines with novelty q valuable utllita-
rian effect and Ia indeed the natural
outcome OF the problems involved in
the lighting, heating and general adj
ininistration Of the vast buildings that
tower heavenward No longer are the
architect and engineer of these great
inverted bridges--for the modern office
building may aptly be termed bridge
on end, since II calls for the same engi-
neering skill In the designing OF foun-
dations and superstructure that ] .lv-
en- to the building Of latter day b. Iges
content to plan stories above ground
they must II you please, pierce into the
depth OF the earth sending story after
story toward the neither regions, Thus
there is added to the modern skyscrap-
err new element Of the marvellous
which must excite the curiosity and ad-
miratlon Of all who visit the monster
buildings.
The most striking example today OF
modern subterranean architecture is
the magnificent structure Of the Mu-
tual Life Insurance company. locat-
ed In the downtown section of New
York ana built upon pit the prepare
ton whereof consumed eleven months
and cost close on to 100000. This prince
OF office buildings boasts not only fifteen
stories above ground but four fully APP
pointed stories below ground. There
are basement and endorsement;
underneath these come n cellar and
finally a subcellar, where dwell Vulcans
who feed wide gaping furnaces and
where all manner Of mechanical mon
sters are to be discovered. An imagi-
native mortal visiting this subterra-
mean dwelling for the first time would
involuntarily be reminded Of Donte's
visit 20 the Internal regions, although
the Charon who pilots the slghtseer
through this modern inferno is an UNI
romantic, everyday foreman clad IN
overalls.
All In this first circle of the twentieth
century inferno is in apparent confu-
sion, an inextricably mingled mass of
men, beams, wires, arc lights, steam
pipes and monstrous iron wheels. but
out OF this chaos viii emerge some $50
horse power for The operation Of the
20 900 electric lights and the seventeen
elevatots which serve the tenants Of
the floors above Passing through this
turmoil, the visitor viii find himself at
the foot OF the great elevator shafts.
the tiled wells rising dizzlly, seemingly
ut an angle. toward the roof OF. the
building. following the black cars that
soar aloft, smaller and smaller to the