Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-15

allayed by e. conversation ! had upon
arriving at the American legation, whicn
has formed my home for part Of nay
stay.
our minister to Panama, John w.
Barrett, while ne apparently has no
fear OF the fever himself, going every
where and almost daily visiting the yel-
low fever wards Of the hospitals, be-
lieves I'm being careful aud In trying TO
frighten every American with whom he
comes IN contact into doing likewise.
When / entered the legation | found
him sa solemn AZ the traditional owl
and as serious rs uue looking on the
DYING face Of his best friend for the last
time, He took me into his office and sat
me down between him ana a pot of
Pension insect powder, which burned
away, filling the room with not uu-
pleasant but pungeut smoke, | after
ward learned that this was to stupety
the mosquitoes or XIII them on the
wing.
Before | could ask him to what joss
he was burning incense, he began about
the fever, asking me II | were afraid N
IT, / replied that | was, but that 'a
who was born TO be hanged would never
be drowned and ] doubted whether
yellow Jack was to be the cause of my
taking off
llbIh llbAt Nhll Al'' llllllA'NNl ''''
indeed, ] don't want TO alarm you, but
woman had the yellow fever In that
building to the right a man has just
been taken to the hospital from the
building over there, and a third party Is
ailing below whore we are sitting
As he said this felt my face growing
yellow, The minister continued:
"Sull the danger is not very great
1t viii only occur In case you are bitten
by a female stegomyia that has already
fed upon a yellow fever patient II lts
bloody Jaws get into you, you are gone
"A s(egomYa," said l. inquiringlT,
thinking OF the panthers, tigers, painted
rabbits. iguanas and other dangerous
beasts OF the lsthmian jungles-"u steg-
omyia! What Is a stegomya? | never
heard Of IT,
THE stegomyla IL the yellow fever
mosquito, IL Is about One-thrd the size
of the Jersey mosquito, 1t Is black
and white with zebra stripes upon its
body and legs. II % female Of that breed
bites a yellow fever patient Its blood
becomes inoculated with yellow feve'
bacteria, and In case she then bites you,
you win have the fever sure
THE VIRTUES OF CITRONELLA.
But, by the way" the minister con.
u
The mosquito does not like the smell or
that, and II you use it 1t Will keep her
away
Yes; l have some, Mr.. Minister"
said /.
But have you rubbed It on your
mo; not yet"
"Well, you must attend to that at
once" And with that Minister Barrett
went with me to my room and aided me
in my amounting. Said he;
you want a good lot ON the tips of
your ears, on the hacks Of your hands,
about your ankles, where your lega
Join the shoes, and you had better put
some on your hair and the bald spot on
your head, II you have one, Let us
do It right now"
took the bottle and went through
the motions, even to the bald spot on
my head. which Is as big as a quarter.
The result was when through, | was
perfumed like country barber and
that Is my condition as | write this let
ter The odor. on the whole. is not un.
pleasant. | have been here several
weeks and so far no mosquitoes have
| touched me, / put ON the oil twice a
| day and carry a little bottle about In
my vest pocket ready for another an
| ointing when the mosquitoes are bad,
So far | have not had bite
You may imagine, however that this
| reception did not soothe my troubled
| mind | went to sleep that night under
a mosquito net, and dreamed of little
| devils with zebra stripes Ot
| black and white about their bodies
and legs. and Secretary Lee, wh1
was in the next room, said ! talked IN