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COL. JAMES A. SEXTON.
The Commander-in-Chi Of the
Grand Army Passes Away.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-Colonel
James A. Sexton, Chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
died at 3:15 this morning at Garfield
Hospital in this city
Colonel James A. Sexton was born in
Chicago, January 5, 1874 He enlisted
as private in the Nineteenth Illinois
April 10, 1861, and after three months
service re-enlisted in the Sixty-seventh
Illinois Volunteers, being commissioned
as First Lieutenant of Company E. He
was subsequently transferred to the
Seventy second Illinois, and was made
Captain of Company D. He served in
Ransome's Brigade. McArthur's Divis-
ion of the Seventeenth Army Corps of
the Tennessee, and participated in
nearly all its campaigns, sieges and
battles. He was commander of the reg
iment in the battles of Columbia. Duck
River, Herring Hill, Franklin and
Nashville and throughout the Nash
VILE campaign. In 1865 he was assign
ed to duty ON the staff of General A. J..
Smith, commander OF the Sixteenth
Army Corps. and remained with Smith
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RIVER AND HARBoR BILLS.
A Number Of Amendments Will b,
offered in the Senate.

A Number Of Amendments Will be
offered in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. A number
of Senators to-day gave notice of
amendments they will offer to the river
and harbor bill. The most important
are the following:
Mr.. Carter, appropriating S5,O00O 900
for the construction of storage reser-
voirs and irrigation canals in the arid
land States.
Mr.. Warren, for the construction of
storage reservoirs on the Piney Creek
in Wyoming and South Platte River
in. Colorado, 100000 in the former case
and $15OO0O in the latter.
Mr.. Turner, appropriating $500, 1000
for dredging Salmon Bay and improving
the waterway connecting Puget Sound
at Salmon Bay with Lakes Union and
Washington, SO as to make it available
as a ship canal
Mr.. Perkins, appropriating 1000 for
the Improvement of the harbor at Will
mington, Cal, and also one authorizing
the appointment of a committee to To-
cate naval coaling station on the
California coast south of San Fran
CISCO
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GEN. JOHN M. PALMER.
Proposed Pension Reduced From
500 to $50 q Month.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The House
Committee on Invalid Pensions to-day
reported favorably the Senate bin pen
sionins General John M. Palmer of
Illinois, the amounh being reduced from
500 to $50.
The report says of General Palmer:
''Nearlv always an office-holder and al
ways strictly honest, he finds himself
now, in his SD year, retired to private
life without means of income. broken
in health. blind in one eye, and rapidly
losing the sight of the other"
The report then refers to Mr.. Palmer
service at the head of the Senate Pen
sion Committee, his liberal treatment
of the old soldiers, and yet his opposi-
ton to large sentimental pensions
based on social position and political
pull"
tincer such circumstances, the report
states, $50 per month is all that Gen
eral Palmer himself will approve.
Accompanying the report are letters
and af1ldavits showing General Palmer {
feeble condition.
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SALMON cANNERIEs.
Consolidation of Interests on the
Columbia River.

PORTLAND, Feb. 4.-The Columbia
River salmon cannery men who had
executed options for the transfer of
their properties to the Columbia River
Packers Association have arrived at
an agreement. 1t is stated that all
necessary papers We're signed to-day,
consolidating these canneries into that
association The association consists
of seven of the largest salmon packers,
controlling twelve canneries in all, and
representing about 10 per cent of the
total pack of canned salmon on the
lower Columbia River. None of the
packers of upper river fish are mem
bers of the association.
The capital stock of the new organ
ization is 100000, all of which has
been paid up, either in cash or can
merry properties.
A meeting of the stockholders will be
held in Astoria on Monday next for the
election of a Board Of Directors. 1t Is
said the present plans will be enlarged
in order to increase the output the conn.,
ing season
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WAKE ISLAND.
Not at All Suited for Landing
Place for a Cable.

Place Tor a Gable.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. A Wake
Island, a little, lonely, isolated needle
point Of land, away out in midocean,
between the Hawaiian Islands aand the
Ladrones, is declared by an eminent
authority not at all suited for landing
place where a trans-Pacific cable may
maintain a necessary station. The
United States appropriated the barren
islet for possible cable purposes.
j. A. Scrymser, the veteran cable
builder, who is President of the Pacific
Cable Company of New York, and al
ready has operating control of over
li,O0O miles of submarine line that he
has laid, declares that Wake Island
could not be used as a cable station,
because the operator and his assistants
could not live there. Not a drop of
water is to be found on the rocky little
waste except when the whole thing is
under the waves of the ocean. The
Government has been trying very hard
to get ITALIAN Island, a Spanish possess
sion, about 800 miles almost directly
south CT Wake Island, and between the
Marshall and Caroline groups
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Nickel-in-the-s1ot Machines.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.-Justice
G. S. Groesinger decided to-day that
the nickel-in-the-slot machines seized
and held by Chief of Police Lees must
be returned to the owners. The deci-
sion recites that the machine is a
gambling device, but that there is no
law in this State which authorizes the
police or any person to seize any
gambling devices. Having been seized,
there is no law which authorizes their
destruction.
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ILLICIT STILLS.
Two Ranch Owners Near San Jose
In Trouble.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. f. War
rants will be applied for Monday for the
arrest of Joseph Wuest and Charles
Newman, two ranch owners near San
Jose, on charges of conducting Illicit
brandy stills.
Revenue Agent B. c.. Thomas re-
turned from San Jose to-day, where he
assisted Deputy Collector Flannery in
securing the evidence. The Govern
mont agents got the tip from the fact
that two sleeping kettles had been sold
recently to the men.
Both plants were in operation when
seized, and the men made no attempt
to deny their guilt. Both pleaded ig-
norance of the law, and neither would
admit having sold any Of the moon
shine liquor. The men were allowed
their liberty on their own recognizance,
pending the arrival of the warrants.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4.-san
Francisco is to have a worlds fair in
100. 1t is to be known as the Pacific
Ocean and International Exposition.
This much was made certain to-day bv
the action of the General Committee
having this project i'm view There were
present at the meeting, which was held
in the rooms of the Chamber of Com
fnerce, about sixty members of the
Committee of 100, who decided that this
exposition should be opened May L,
1907, and continue for at least six
months.
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Alviso Channel.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 1.-The Good Gov
eminent League to-day passed resolu-
tons favoring the improvement of the
Alviso Channel and appointed COM
mitteef to devise means for bringing the
matter before the Legislature and Con-
gress. An engineer reported that it
would cost $4,000 to. dredge the slough
to depth of seven feet.
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Canada's Gold Output.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. = According
to Consul Brush of Clifton, Canada, the
output Of gold from the Klondike and
British Columbia has raised Canada 10
the fifth place in the list of gold-pro-
ducing countries. While the United
States shows an increased output fol-
1893, it is still second to the Transvaal
According to the latest figures, the five
leading gold-producing countries fol
1898 are as follows: Transvaal S73,
476.60O; United States, $64, 300, 900;
Australia, $61, 4eO, 1853; Russia, $685.
1876, 1914; Canada, $14, 10000.
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stanfords Beaten at Baseball.

STANFORD, Feb. 4.-The Stanford
Varsity baseball team was to-day de-
feated by the Ffreman's Fund Insur-
ance team of San Francisco by a score
or 10 .. Both teams showed Up well
at the hat Lanigan and Scherer twirled
for Stanford, the former holding the
visitors down to 4 scattered hits in
the six innings he pitched. Scherer has
good speed, but is rather wild Krug of
thu San Francisco team officiated in
the box for the Fireman's Fund team.
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The Castine at Gibraltar.

GIBRALTAR, Feb a. The United
States gunboat Castine, which sailed
from San Juan on January 10Th for
Manila by the eastern route to REIN
force Dewey's fleet, is taking coal at
this place. The United States military
transport Grant, which arrived here on
February 1st for coal and supplies, pro-
ceeded for the Philippines to-day.
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STOCKTON, Feb. 4.-Professor J. S.
Dutton of the Oakdale High School
broke his right leg this afternoon in
rather remarkable manner. lie was
riding bicycle on Ell Dorado street,
which is bituminized. and when alight-
ing from the wheel his ankle turned,
and one of the bones snapped Just
above the ankle.
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To Carry Stores to Manila.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. a. The
Conemaugh has been chartered by the
military authorities for the purpose of
carrying freight to Manila She is now
at Seattle, but will be here in about
five days. She will be loaded with
about 1920 tons of army stores for the
use of the troops in the Philippines.
The Centennial will sail on Monday
night. Thirty-two convalescents of the
New York Regiment started for their
homes in New York to-day.
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wALCoTT THE WINNER.
Gets the Purse In His Fight With
Jimmy Ryan.

CINCINNATI, Feb. A. The largest
crowd since John L. Sullivan and Dom
mick Mccartney fought here in 1885
witnessed the bout between Australian
Jimmy Ryan and Joe Walcott, at catch
weights, for purse Of 81 800 Walcott
was the aggressor throughout tile con-
test, Ryan continually clinching. TIE
contest was tame, as Ryan laid back
ar1 ran away. In the fourteenth round
Walcott knocked Ryan down, and Ryan
took nine seconds. When he arose
Walcott sent in hard left on the Jaw,
and again sent Ryan to the floor. The
referee, seeing that Ryan was helpless,
stopped the contest and awarded the
decision to Walcott
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Los Angeles Horse show.

LOS ANGELES, Feb 4.-The horse
show Grew another large crowd this
afternoon, the weather being fine The
principal features Of this afternoons
program was the four-in-hand driving
contest for the prize cup offered by
John /. Sabin of San Francisco.
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City of Seattle Not Wrecked.

SEATTLE, Feb. Am unfounded
rumor was in circulation this after
noon that the steamer City of Seattle
had been wrecked. The rumor was put
at rest when the steamer Al-Ki from
Alaska reported that she passed the
City of Seattle yesterday, and that she
was going ahead under full steam.
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Six Cases Of smalI-Pox.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1.-The report
o. smallpox to-day show that six new
cases We're discovered. The cases are
IL such places as can be easily quar-
antined, and all persons who are known
to have been in contact with the disease
are to be vaccinated at once. All the
patients will be sent to the pest house
as soon as possible.
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struck by q Train.

OAKLAND, Feb 4.-John Littlefieid,
bridge tender, was struck by the
Aloneda local train to-day, and now
lies in a critical condition at Fabiola.
Hospital
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His Rich Trail.

"Dawsons an awfully extravagant
chap"
Eyes, he isl
HAS he got much money back of
him?"
I'm afraid he has-more, in fact,
than he has ahead Of him. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
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Senator Vest Not Seriously Ill.

WASHINGTON, Feb f. 1t was
stated at Senator Vests residence to-
night that the report of his serious i'll
ness was wholly unfounded
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UNION PACIFIC ROAD.
Belief That It Will Soon Have Pa
ciflc Coast Terminals.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.-W. H.
Llewellyn and George Tiffany. two New
York capitalists, are here. They are
said to have come West on an import
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The Same Profession.

ed States an old negro called Tim had
waited on the Students for many years
He was not without his peccadilloes in
the way of petty larceny, and caught
tripping on one occasion by one of his
employers, he was gently reproved.
"Ah, old fellow, you are bound for the
devil! What are you going to do. sir,
when you get down in his resions?"
II dunno, Mars Ed" answered Tim,
"douten jes keep on waitin' on de
dents!"-Household Words.
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mo, Herbert. I am sorry, but am
sure we could not be happy together.
You know I always want my own way
in everything"
but, my dear girl, you could go on
wanting It after we were married. -
London Judy,
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RECENT EVENTS
IN SAMOAN ISLANDS
The German Government Claims to
Have Received Advices
Which Show Her Representatives Not En-
tlrsIy to Blame for the Troubles.

Chief Justice Chambers, 1t II AS
serted, Has Been Engaged In
Promoting Agitation In Favor
of the Malietoa Party, in Direct
CONFIRMATION Of the Berlin
Treaty.
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STORM SITUATION
IN COLORADO.
The Weather Has Cleared, But
Continues Very Cold.
Minimum Temperature at Denver Fifteen
Degrees Below Zero.

The Winter by All Odds the Most
Severe In Twenty-Five Years
Loss OF Stock Will Not be
Nearly So Heavy as Had Been
Anticipated, If Fair Weather
Continues.
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Just after a ball at the Sutherland man
sion Agatha Webb and her servant are
found dead. AMI Philemon Webb. Agatha's
husband who for years has been growing
deInented, is discovered asleep at the din
ner table. \ trace Of blood on his sleeve
indicates him the murderer. Miss
Page. the niece Of Sutherland's house
keeper. persists In remaining about the
Webb premises, and discovers blood on the
grass Taa money drawer is found to be
empty. and robbery Is added to the mys-
terry. Frederick Sutherland. Maynard
youth, calls his father to witness his deter
minaticn to b. n better man. and promises
bot to marry Miss Page, by whom he has
been fascinated. Miss Page tells Frederick
that she followed him the night of the muir
der. and knew where he had secreted a
thousand dollars She gives him Il week to
decide whether to marry her or be pro-
claimed the murderer Of Agatha Webb
1t is learned that the money was in new
bills. and the keeper of a small store pro-
duceS one that strange man gave him
late the night Of he murder for a loaf of
bread A detectiTI arrives from Boston and
reports. simple case. Murdered for mon
ey- Find the man with the flowing beard
Suspici'n falls upon one Of the label broth
erS- Frederick visits the hollow tree. The
money is gone. Wattles. Boston gambler,
arrives and demands $3.50 of Frederick in
payment Of u gambling debt. Frederick Sc
cures check for the amount from his
father. The label brothers are found dead
Of starvation. one II them clutching the loaf
Of bread. the other a blood-stained knife
The Boston detective declares the mystery
solved, but young SWeetwater astuuishes the
company by a new chain vi evidence point
tn= 60 another perIetrator Of the terrible
crime This time AulaLeI Page is sus-
Pceted. Sweetw 'ter finds tie money where
he has seen Miss Page hide it Miss Page
is confronted ty the detectives and officers,
and tells what she saw the night Of the
murder Frederick oyerLears the talking
and joins the group, and Miss Page tells
just enough So that a later confession will
imllfaar- Frederick il he refuses 10 marry
ter- on the following day occurs the
funeral 0f Agatha Webb. and late that night
Mr. sutherland discovers Frederick weep
ia- rr-s her grave. On ihe way home he
learns ~ the death # Philemon Agatha's
husband SweetWster suspects and follows
FrHEsFicE and is thus discovered by Mr.
Sutherland Frederick uIarrs package of
old letters into Agrees fIalI.iay's hands and
his ,s'h-r seeks au explanation. Agatha
WINS VIII is opened AMI by its terms Mr.
SE-tarl-.lt j. made executor aud Frederick
sole l.i- Of "a SIUntp0 estate Sweetvater
rsl-''I- LIt FraI"ri"k Is .ac murderer hut
i.HE-s NJ. Sutherland ofr. saved his life
S'.".f..'.t.r .s unwilling 10 give evidence In
"-t 4. E"-p bis secret be plans to leave
b. a.-. and iH suspicious ba,te. pretending
O. Poe t. search % an Important witness,
hpi-ftS am "ut-l!n- steamer LounE for Brazil.
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inc f'+'H h"' come fu!i Circle By Fari-
nUs rhanr-s and Il train Of circumstances
for which he could not account he had
- .,.-+ - -, 8. -. -,
anu
~ ".-- "'''7''- 'dth stage by stage 10
the very spot ne had thought II his duty to
fly FROM Was this fate? He began to
think SD and ~, longer 81 much as ,7re,r,o1
- ......-.-.- ...t ''---'1'
- H"' ne Aei' ''tS
h..''i '.iz'". ana walked away through the
urv partially deserted streets with an odd
sons. of faIIu~- that poorIy corrnansateJ
him 80. -E. 49,. ~, 49,. ,,.f+,,,-, -.
NV f'S--' VIM" MIN
'- T'-- MS i''.-'t' again, ana beng once
Nor" Caleb SW=etWater OF Suther!andtown.
Tie was clearer however after a few
f-,-l-- 81 --4.-.7.1 ,.l,f,, md t1 h.. 49,,
'.' '-' -o'-''I me- oi '''' reuter- lie
'-t- aaa no" tLty would affect its recip
lent Was IL d new danger h.. was bringing
r9rae Instead If ..I5sus. JFr Sutherland in
-...-.. 49,. 4-.-.
us ~ .''' "'7 liz US
'...N 10 hfliS t,--Taee upon him. not only
bE his test lI..Iy DO for, the coroner but
Low means rf fhf. r.+f.r ,,-r--t ,,-b.,,,,-s, II
,..,.,-s,-..r ....-...f-,-.. ,..,.r7 ..
' 80 7''' ~
inc man rom whom II was designed to
w.. s-.'''-
Ti. fear 'hat h. was destined so to do
Grew upon him rapidly. and he tcmptation
60 open %. letter AND make himself master
az its contents t-r,r, leaving town at last
I..#aue sn strong that his sense OF honor
F.t..I before, t. and he made nm his mind
Inn ls-r-a De. ,-,.r-r1,ra1 ~ M +Ir.,i,,,.+
Of -;r..1r,-I.,r. -.g,1. l ,,-,r5 - 80
,,l..-r -. - d. t,,trrf b., -
49, -r-5 - ~
a. - i'ii''I'- - 40 inns
r. stopped at the nrSt respectable lodging
3D.. encountered and hlrei room.
.'..NE Tor no; water piping not, he told
'--lH %" subjected the letter TO the effects
OF lam and presently had ii open He
VS. not disappointed in its contents, save
tta- they we've even more dangerous than
I. had Anticipated Cantafn WattIes was
am I'D cruuy Of Frederfck's and knew his
record better than any one else in the
world From this fact and tho ADDED opa
fElr Frrti,,riCk had stood in s,.,.-iaI ,1aad 80
r..,,,4..y al me -f,1.- - Ae,s,tb, 49, -, -
a. rr.. ,,ri-..r fr.I no 5ssiIa+i'' a., 80.
5-.s hi-, Guilty ~ r. rri,,, I,-b;h $3.50,
n -, - - -, NJ ~ "ii'en Dpeileu
- ,.I..-. - ''tO'-7ii Uiiuei u
- =. 80 &c Nouiu, as ms
- 80 l''l'' IN a'IetuS knew De perfect
- ".'4''l@ % Aytp ms opinions 10 himself,
be Vas just now under the same necessity
I'F money that frederick himself had been
q ,Lal idtt- tine, and must therefore see
~ '"-'F yi N-.'tT' before the day was out
j Fi-dsfiok desired 10 have his name kept
o.. 'i ths H'@;on papers- That it had been
~. rN- up 10 tAis time. argued that the
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from years Of selt-oontrol were too lately
awakened In his breast to sustain him now
AS stroke after stroke fell on the ear, he
felt himself yielding beyond recovery, and
had almost touched his fingers in the sig
nfficant action of assent which AmaDel
awaited with breat hless expectation. when
was 1t miracls or only the suggestion OF his
better nature, the memory Of a face full Of
holy pleading rose from the past befors his
eyes, and with ans inner cry of Mother,
he threw his hand out and clutched his
fathers arm in way to break the charm
OF his own dread and end forever the sf-
fects of the intolerable fascination that was
working upon him Next minute the last
stroke rang out and the hour was up, which
Amabel had set the limit of her silence.
A pause which to their two hearts, II to
no Others. seemed strangely appropriate.
followed the cessation of these sounds, then
the witness was dismissed, and Amabel
taxing advantage of the movement, was
about to lean toward Mr.. Courtney, when
frederick, leaping with a bound to his ct,
drew all eyes toward himself with the cry:
Let me be put on my oath. l have testi-
mony to give of the utmost Importance in
this case
The coroner was astounded; every che
was astounded. No one had expected any
thing from him, and instnctively every eye
turned toward Amabel to see how she was
affected by his action
Strangely, evidently, for the look with
which she settled back in her seat was one
though 1t conveyed no hint of her real feel
lngs, which were somewhat chaotic, L must
own.
Frederick, who had forgotten her. now
that he had made up his mind to speak,
waited for the coroners reply.
lf you have testimony" said that gentle
man after exchanging a few hurried words
with Mr.. Courtney and the surprised
Knapp, you can do no better than give it
10 us at once. Mr.. Frederick Sutherland
Will you take the stand?'
With noble air. from which all hesita,
ton had vanished, Frederick started to-
ward the place Indicated. but stopped be-
fore he had taken a half dozen steps and
glanced back at his father, who was visbly
to this last shock.
Co! he whispered. but in 50 thrilling a
tone 1t was heard to the Cemotest corner of
the room. Spare me the anguish of saying
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Bell Boy-"Party in sixty-three have hung
hissef wifi de rope fire escapeP'
Clerk-'Heavens! He must have imag-
ined the hotel was on firew-Life.
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The Dance in Baracoa.
From the Outlook.


The guitar, the kettledrum, the gourd rat
tie and the scratch gourd struck up the
queer, barbaric music of the Cuban dan
zon'-a round dance something like waltz,
but with greater irregularity of movement
and with a peculiar. voluptuous swaying of
the body suggestive of the ''hoochee-
coochee" and other oriental dances of the
Midway Plaisance. AS sometimes executed
this Cuban damon Is immodest, not to
say indecent; and at balls in the larger Gu
ban towns 1t is often danced in way that
would be startling, If not shocking, to the
most hardened frequenter of the annual
French balls In New York; but in Baracoa
saw nothing about 1t that was particular
ly Objectionable 1t seemed to be nothing
more than an awkward, irregular two-step
waltz to the accompa ndment Of extremely
wild and peculiar music. Both in the music
and in the movements of the damon il is
easy to trace the influence that the negro,
In Cuba. has had over the Spanlard.
The music especially, with its queer,
broken time, the sharp, staccato click of its
gourd rattle, the throbbing of its deep-toned
thunder of its drum, is as Enthusiastically
African as anything to be heard on the
Upper Nile or in a jungle on the banks of
the Congo. Why the damon should be
preferred to the waltz, as Ii everywhere is
in Cuba, l do not know, unless II be for the
reason that the music ia more wild and
passionate, and the dance itself more in
harmony with the ardent, sensual nature Of
the haH-Spandsh, half-negro population.
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tiptoe and managed to whisper in the an
cry mans ear:
You a card sharp, and 1t will be
easy enough to ruin you. Threaten Fred
erick Sutherland and in two weeks you
will be boycotted by every club in this city.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars won't pay you
for that
This from a nondescript fellow with no
grains of a gentleman about him In form,
feature of apparel! The captain stared nom
piussed- too much taken aback to be even
angry.
Suddenly he cried:
How do you know all this? How do you
know what is or is not in the letter / gave
you?"
Sweetwater. with shrug that in its
quiet Significance seemed to make him at
once the equal of his interrogation. quietly
pressed the quivering limb under his hand
and calmly replied:
II know because 1 have read 1t. Before