Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-30
HOW THE BRITISH ARE EDUCATING THE WIN
NATIVES OF THE SUDAN

gomyia or yellow fever mosuuiio
ewarms here, and ~ one OF them
should be inoculatcd with yellow fever
germs 30 might start an endless chain
OF disease which could hardly be brok-
MONEY IN GUM ARABIC.
one OF the most interesting mon I
have met in khartum rs young Am
cricnn chemist who has charge ol Che
Industrial Investigations OF the Well
come laboratory. This is Or. William
Beam. formerly OF Pennsylvania. Hp
g. now making study OF the various
grains ut the Sudan, as well as " its
minerals and precious stones. from tho
standpoint OF the development Of its
resources. Tie tells me. that the SUI
dan win some day export grain 10
Arabia and the other countries about.
and that It viii in the future be known
as q land OF corn. wheat and cotton.
He tells me that one OF the princl~
nal money crops OF this part of the
world N gum arabic. We know thls
gum chiefly In connection with mucil-
age. but Il Is also widely used IN tho
arts. II Is employed for making water
colors ana certain kinds of inks and
also IN dyeing and finishing silks aud
other fabrics Some of the better
grades are used In confectionery and
the pearly teeth Of many an American
belle has risen and fallen ia the chew
ing of this emulation of the tree or the
Sudan. The gum comes nom the aca-
cia tree and Is said to be due TO
microbe which feeds upon the SAP
ana causes the gum 20 eNude on inc
bark i'm the form OF tears. When Inc
bark is cut or partially stripped the
gum ooZcs out IL rs collected by inc
native women and packed up and ship
H.aHa
mort. During my visit TO the marNcts
of that city I saw great piles OF gum
which had been brought In there 70
be sent down the Nile or over the RAM
road to the Red sea. There We're nun
dreds Of tons of IL lying out in inc
open, and / was told that within q rev
weeks Il would an be on It's way TO
Europe or the United states.
THE STORY OF CHINESE GORDON.
Inst back Of the palace in khartum
and not far from the college named att
or him. is a bronze statue OF Gen.
Charles George Gordon. In IL the great
hero is represented sitting upon a
camel. which stands ON high pedes-
tai of stone The general has merely
"a stick in his right hand, ahd ne ~
looking boldly and fearlessly OUT va inc
direction of the desert. ] have peeh
told that ne seldom carried more IMAM
"a stick and that although his whole ne
was fuu Of danger, he never showed
fear.
I'm talking about this the other nighs
with the sirdar or commandments
Of the Egyptian army, he told ~ an
incident Illustrative OF Gordon bfaF-
erv. We We're standing on the poruco
which extends out from the seconu
story of the palace, forming the porte
cochere. when his eXcellency said;
1T was just about here that Cen
Carbon had his residence. II was a
rough building. with windows looking
ont over the Nle and with the fron'
windows in plain view OF the niue IS
land OF TUT. which We are now looKhls
at over there During the war Win
the mabdi the enemy had camp ON
mat island. and they frequently shot
across the river at the palace. Cen
Gordon kept diary, and Il was ms
custom Of am evening to sit IN ms
room back Of where We now stand and
write. The dervishes saw his hgh'
| and shot at II again and again When
| the natives az Khartum heard OF THIS
| thew became much alarmed. They fear
| ed that Gordon would be killed. and as
| ne was their only hope they sent III
| a remonstrancc begging him to either
do his writing al the back OF the house
| or to hide his light by a screen.
| In reply Gen. Gordon invited .hs
delegation 10 come TO tht front Of hi