Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27

Yellow fever and malaria fever are car
ried by the bites of certain mosquitoes
at certain stages of their existence. I
think, however, that there other
means of catching the yellow fever than
by such incubation. According to the
modern theory every man who has yellow
fever gets it from the bite of female
mosquito which has just been feasting
off the blood of a man who has yellow
fever. They even go so far as to say that
the female mosquito takes such feasts
only when she is anxious to breed, and
that it is only at such times that she In
PRODUCES the yellow fever germs into her
victims If this is SO the question arises
as to how the first yellow fever mosquito
became inoculated with the yellow fever
germ Was she born with the yellow
fever in her blood and was thus able to
communicate it to the first yellow fever
patient, or was the first yellow fever pa
tient born to enable the first female mos
quito in that interesting condition to get
the first bite of q yellow fever patient and
then start the chain to running which has
come down to now?'
How about your malarial fevers?"
"They are not necessarily fatal, and
seldom cause death. They succumb
quickly to qunine and are largely pre-
vented by taking tonic doses
How to Live Long at Panama.
'"Tell me- Mr.. President, how one should
do who wishes to live long and keep well
in this part of the world?"
He should observe regular hours and
avoid excuses of every kind. The worst
thing is drink. a man here should use no
intoxicating liquors. This rule prevails
generally as to life In the tropics.
AS for me, I the doctor for
the Panama railroad when it was
built and I passed through the terrible
sickness of that time. l have been here
during the whole construction of the canal
and have always enjoyed excellent health.
l attribute this largely to my regular hab-
it's. l go to bed at 10 O'Clock every night
and l arise at every morning. l am care
full of my eating and try not to overworK,
although 1 have at times been forced to do
so. l have led quiet life as far as pos
sbly could, and as a result, although
am now three score and ten, / am, Judge,
as young most men of my years in any
part of the world
The New Republic.
The conversation here turned to Panama,
and l asked the president to whether his
country offered many opportunities for for
eign investors. He replied:
THE republic is almost entirely unde-
veloped, and In the evolution of the future
I think there will be many chances for
Americans and others to make money. We
have as yet no roads. The only way to get
over the country is on mule trails, or by
going up and down the coast in boats and
thence into the interior. We hope to build
first make wagon roads, and shall try to
render the whole country accessible to the
coast with the idea that the products may
be carried down to the sea and thence ship
ped to the markets here and at Colon
Later on we shall build railroads, and IN
the far future there will probably be a rail-
way running from one end of Panama to
the other. There is already talk of rail-
road to the Chiriqui region, but that Will
have to wait until our resources are sufii-
GENTLY developed to warrant its construc-
ton. AS it is now there would not be
enough passengers and freight to pay the
operating expenses of such road"
Panama's Resources.
What are your chief resources" L
asked.
I'VE have many, We have vast amount
of mahogany timber and are exporting rub
Der and ivory nuts. Much of our land IS
fitted for cattle raising. and we have sew
eral hundred thousand cattle and horses
here. The Chiriqui country, which lies be
tween this anti Costa Rica, has many large
ranches. The cattle especially fine
and they command a ready sale in the mar
ket. There are also many ranches in the
provinces of Los Santos, Cocle and Vera