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from anything seen In our country, or to
picture the habits, the manners and Gus.
toms Of its people-so diverse, and yet
30 human, that one seems to be sort Of
wandering spirit among the old dwell
ings and haunts Of the 400rs In An,lA-
lusia, In the middle ages-and yet among
the kindest, good natured, and best
hammered people on the globe. II
Camaguey 10 the heart Of the island, its
children, are the soul of the people of
Cuba.
Indeed as times Il seems difficult to re-
alize that We are not translated from
some other sphere Of the boundless
universe, commingling with other beings,
unknown to us before, and yet by some
mysteri0us attraction, or subtle intuition.
we feel that We are not wholly strangers,
but rather brethren, long separated per-
chance, but somehow Unexpectedly
meeting and commingling In friendly
Intercourse together.
There seems to be q sort Of living
poetry In the air-an enChantment on
every hand-Whether in field or fruit or
dower-but chiefly In the courtesy and
kindlmess Of manner Of its Inhabitants
to us as strangers from the Great Re-
public, and In their Gdaily Intercourse
with each other. The balny breeze, the
softness Of the climate, the brilliancy
and vigor Of the vegetation, the vivacity
and bright plumage of the birds-in short
everything in nature seems to invite, and
at the same time to lull, the senses into
an inexpressible calmnees and repoee,
until existence itself becomes q gentle
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ecstacy, and our very being inhales the
exquisite perfume and serenity Of an in
defnable yet peaceful joy.
But We must now take our leave OF
charming Camaguey, and bid adieu to its
gentle hammered and dearly beloved
people and disenthralled
from q political tyranny and oppression
of 4O7 long years duration, under the
Spanish rule, until the friendly interven-
tiOn Of dear Uncle Sans military and
naval arms, adm0nished them to quit
''the ever faithful isle, }" at the same time
bringing rati0ns and medicine and
money for the Cuban patriot soldiers
who had struggled 10 long against their
oppreessors, and taking food and CLOTH
ing, and care and sustenance, and schools
and books, and apparatus, and imple-
ments Of industry, for the helpless nom
infiIm. Can they ever forget US? Or can
We abandon those for whom We have
shed 50 much blood and poured out 30
much treasure?
Under Gods providence our country
has been sfgnally blessed and advanced
in all its material and moral well being,
in the eyes OF an astonished and admirinR
world! Oh, Cuba Libre let your light
90 shine before men that they may see
your good works and glorify our Com
men Father in heaven!
And now, Mr. Editor, once more In
Nuevitas, we address you from this port
perhaps for the last time, as our steamer
is awaiting Us in the winding channel
about two leagues distant from shore.
We must board the launch for our en-
barkation, with Mrs s., native Cuban
LADY, and her sprightly little wards, Jo-
sephina and AeIcedita, each Of half
Cuban and half Saxon lineage, who have
companl0ned Us on our sOj0urn In the
tropics, and are splendid samples Of the
blending Of the two foremost races Of
the human family, created in Gods own
image, whose respective types are illus
trated by Shakespeare, eaTth's greatest
poet, and by Cervantes, the author of
Don Quixote, who destroyed knight
errantry in Europe. These little girls
were on their first visit to their near rel
atives and friends in the beautiful and
long suffering Isle of Spanish oppression,
now happily set free by the magnan-
Mckinley. God bless him, and hie
and their wards In the West
ern world, and in the Islands Of the Sea,
as well as their friends aud admirers In
every part and portion Of our planet!
Different and diverse may be our Ian
guage and our laws, our religion, Gus.
toms and habits, yet We are each and al
members of the great brotherhood of
men under the universal Fatherhood of
God, who loves and cares for all His
dear children, irrespective of class or
clan or color or climate, condition or
for We are ''au of one flesh and
blood" and as the sapient philosopher
declares that mo man 80 greatly differs
from any other man as he differs from
himself at different periods in his own
sion, plan, position or pursuit in life his
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few months, and thence removed to the
present site between the rivers Hatibon-

few months, and thence removed to the
present site between the rivers Hatibon-
ico and tho Tinima-a veritable modern
Mesopotamia-where the city now stands.
in the geographical heart Of the province,
which borders the Atlantic ocean on the
north, the Caribbean sea ON the south,
extending longitudinally with the island
about 1OO English miles, and containing
2, 80 square miles Of land more than the
entire state OF Connecticut, and 500
square miles more than q sixth part of
the territorial area Of Cuba, into which
the island Is unequally divided, as to its
popuiation as we'll Al In its geographical
extent, into its six civil and military
provinces.
Fuerto Prncipe province, which has
been not inapPropEiately called "a piece
OF terrestrial Paradise, !" containa 1--WE Inc
corporated cities, and 20 towns or rural
settlements or villages, the capital Of
which bears the name of the province.
1t is also known as Camaguey since the
war. It Is . city Of over 40, 900 inhab.
itants according to the last cene as returns,
which are to be fled in Washington
liehed in both languages, there % and here
we nave not seen the official figures and
rely on rumor only for the facts as stated.
Many and great changes have occurred
IN Camaguey since our last visit to the
West India Islands in 1SS2-then under
Spanish domination, and only three
years after the 10 years. war of 1858 to
79-but especially hava these great
changes and mutations materialized since
occupation Of the American army, when
tne good and great work began and still
continues.
Iae social, sanitary, educational and
eleemosynary conditions, as we'll as the
industrial outlook in all sections Of Cuba
bsve been gradually and greatly advanc-
ed and improved In almost every direc.
tion, and now the very atmosphere itself,
az well as the face Of nature, and es-
Reclally the inspiration and growth of
tne hopetulness and confidence of the
their persons and property and their in
divldual rights in all classes and condi. |
t1ons OF lie, Is both refreshing and WON
derful to watch and study the transfer. |
matlon and emergence of an entire popu-
!ation into lite Inspiring advancement |
towards social betterment and improve
ment: Cleanliness in the streets and
awenlngs OF the poor, as we'll as of the
tire community. which increases from
year to year. and We may look for the
health and happiness of the people to 70
hand IN hand together, until disease and
pestilence are greatly mitigated, II not
eliminated altogether.
1t would be idle for me, Mr. Editor, on
The eve of our departure for the North Ii
land, within the limits of single letter,
even IN retrospection. to attempt an ad.
equate description OF this ancient, quaint,
orlck and mortar, and stone and tile
built city, Of its appearance to stranger
of the Anglo: Saxon race. being 80 very
inherent In plan, and scope, and structure,
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beings end and aim, always and every
where, - well here On earth, - in The
ltmitless hereafter beyoad tho stars, q
and Will be simply and only, happiness.
Sincerely yours,
SIaMA.
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EDWARDS M.SluTH. HID.
PHY8ICIAN AID SURGEON.
once 1t Rsddsaeo. Hours: 3 . q. u; III
2p. n; 2 t. 8 ,. n.
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Telephone 10. 1851.
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HOMEwARD BOUND.

MANY READERS OF THE BEE FOLLOWED
WITH DEEP INTEREST THE INTERESTING
LETTERS FROM HON SAMUEL SHERMAN
OF BROOKFIELD, AND PRINTED IN THIS
PAPER, WRITTEN WHILE HE WAS IN
CUBA. THEY WILL BE GLAD TO READ
THE FOLLOWING EPIsTLE WHICH WAS
DELAYED IN SOME WAY IN TRANsMIs.
SION. BUT 1T HAS REACHED OUR Of
FICE ALL RIGHT At LAST.
Camaguey, April 8, 1900.
Dear Editor of The NEwTowN BEE:
After sojeurn of 122 days in the
Tropics, we are preparing, Deo Volento,
manana pronounced man.yan-nah,
which means tomorrow, or the day after
to day, and not the indie flute and evasive
manana Of the hidalgos, the compatriots
Of Don Quixote, or their successors and
survivors In either hemisphere), to leave
this dear old spot on our home ward Voy-
age to the Continental Gland Of Steady
Habits" in Southwestern New ENGLAND.
Sir Bulwer Lytton in bis famous novel,
''What will he do with it," touchingly
apostrophizes on the sadness and selem.
nifty OF parting from persons and places
endeared to Us, because Of the uncertain
how, II ever. we may meet again. How
wildly does Sir Edwards 'sBeWare of
parting" haunt our memories and fill and
thrill our hearts, and when that parting
IL to be separation of so many miles
and possible perils Of ocean waves and
winds and storms that interpose between
us and the haven where we would be.
It is with mingled emotions of sadness
and gladness that we tear ourselves away
from dear old Camaguey-by way of the
first and oldest railroad ever constructed
In the former Spanish dominions, Amer
ican, European, African or Asian, for the
Port of Nuevitas, on the northern coast
of Cuba, where we take our steamship
for the great metropolis Of the New
World.
1t is said that Columbus made his first
landing in the Bay of Samanal. in 1892,
near the mouth of the river Maxine,
about dozen miles northwesterly from
the present site Of Nuevitas, and that
the hsrb0r was named BY the great
navigator In honor of the eldest son, or
crown prince, of his royal patrons,
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. This
spot is now known as Pueblo Viejo or
Oldt0wn, In English, and is situated be-
tween the Mayanabo and Nueyitas about
four miles distant.
In the year 1922, in consequence of the
terror inspired by the sea pirates OF
buccaneers of Portugal and of the Med
iterranean states, all of the inhabitants
fled for refuge to the interior of the
island, and took possession of the Indian
village OF CamagueY, the residence and
capital Of the Cazlque, on the banks of q |
small river, where they remained for az
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DR. r. S. Todd,
Veterinary SurSeon,
New Milford, Conn.

DIR ". ]. SOU1HXY,
XoterinAV l8urgeon. axaduaso Amsraoaa
VeeerdnA1y college, n. 7.
s%eis s:9sla 49alsa1zcss zss! al & q .st14SEss
ea Keddenoe: 100 EroneA 06oos; 6hoo
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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Flour Statistics.

From the standpoint of statistics,
the -four mill year, which closed at
midnight, August 81, was the biggest
in the worlds history for any one
community. More than 14,500, 900 bar
rels of -four were manufactured in
Minneapolis during the year, which is
an increase over the worlds record,
held by the Minneapolis mills last
year, when they produced 1920, ,2s0
barrels. The general increase is taken
by some millers to mean that because
Of prosperous times people have been
eating more, meat and less grain, as in
spite of the increased output, pricea
and other conditions have not been
satisfactory, and the millers claim
that none Of them has made any
money to speak of during the year
just closed.
During this year the mills required
from $4,000, 900 to 65,00o,000 bushels OF
wheat, and even if the three great
states of the northwest should raise
12o.o0O,000 bushels this. year, at least
half of it would be needed by Mime.
apolis mills, as all are making plans to
increase the output. OF the total.
also, fully 15,0oo,0o0 bushels will bs
required for seed. i
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Where Wit IL Wild.

The Rocky mountain jester delights
you with violent, boisterous, unpredict-
able whimsicalities. He is manner
lessly frolicsome. There sat next me
at table married man who so rev.
erently adored his wife that in our
presence he uniformly addressed her as
"Old Sweet Apples" Looking up from
his plate one morning at breakfast, he
soliloquized in this fashion: Folks -
said he, II don't know where I'd be
if it wasn't for my wife," The lady
beamed. affectionate appreciation.
Nope continued the proud husband
II don't know where I'd be if it wasn't
for my wife-she's great drawback!''
Boston Transcript.
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Partly Qualified.

"What is his occupation? ?" asked the
warden Of the penitentiary, referring
to the latest arrival.
HE hasn't any regular occupation p
said the subordinate. "He is nothing
but ward heller"
"All right" rejoined the warden.
Put him in the shoemaking depart
ment."-Chicago Tribune.
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Their First Quarrel.

"Wen," said Mrs. CORVALLIS West
after they were fairly started on their
honeymoon, I'VE are partners for life
now, aren't we, dear?''
Eyes, darling" he replied, "and you
are the senior partner, too, aren't
why, lovey, what's the matter?. There,
there, little girl, don't cry!"-Chicago
Times-Herald.
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-r..,s
Touched.

The Parson-Don't you think I
touched them rather deeply this
morning?
The Deacon-1 don't know. I
haven't counted up yet.-1ndianapolis
Press.
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Abdominal

Miss Brown-What's the matter
with your husband? Some stomach
trouble, isn't it?
Mrs. .Malaprop-Oh, worse'n that!
The doctor didn't specificate. He just
said it was some ''severe abominable
complaint" ."-Philadelphia Press.
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His Blank Despair

speaking of the races, wasn't it the
two-mile dash free-for-all that Binks
lost all his money on?''
"Yes. Why?"
Nothing, only I remember he used
about a two-mile dash in expressing
himself after it was Chicago
Tribune.
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'rr-r.. -
Most Decidedly,

"Pardon me for asking you, madam" !"
said Rev. DR.. Goodman, making .
friendly call upon the family who had
lately moved into the neighborhood.
but have you any church connec'
tions?''
my, yes!" answered the smiling
matron. 1.-TWO of my cousins are Bap.
tist preachers, and my aunt married q
Methodist class leader" - Chicago
Tribune,
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Not q Fault Finder.

"You are not one of these men who
find fault with the cooking at homer"
NO." answered Mr.. Meekton; II
don't exactly find fault, but OCCASIONAL
ly I do feel called on to apologize for
the way things taste when Henrietta
gets home from the club. You see, I
never could learn to make good Coffee"
Star.
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A Spartan Father.

Miss Jackson (tragically)-H yo'
don't let me marry Jim Loaaey, I'll
drowned mahse'f!
Papa Jackson-Wall, honey. rs
often heard dat dat wuz an easier
death den starvation.-Puck.
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Foreigners in new England.

An unusually large number of for
eign immigrants appear to be settling
at present in some parts of the New
England states, where they obtain
work in the cotton mills and in con-
nection with other industries. Late
ly, it is said, in Connecticut and
Rhode Island the preference has been
given to Greeks, while In the Fall
River mills large number Of Portu-
guese and Poles have found employ
ment.- Chicago Nmes-Herald.
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An Experienced Architect.

Architect-About what size house
would you like?
Gottrich-It need not be large. We
have few friends.
Architect-Ah, but you will have
plenty of friends when your new
house is done.-N. Y. Weekly.
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For Instance.

Aunt Sally-These summer boarders
puts all sorts Of nonsense into the
young peoples heads.
Aunt Hannah-That's so! All the
young gals in this village is worryin'
about their freckles.- "
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rhe Exolution 1, Iiterafura.

The EVOIut1On n LtteF3tufee
Jones few years ago boys read
Indian stories, got false ideas of life,
and then ran away from home to
fight redslins. This is all changed
now.
Smith-Yes; now they read the
monthly magazines, and when they
run away from home they 60 to the
city to marry the girl in tho corset
advertisement.-Judg
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Had HIS Doubts.

3 They say" said the landlady, that
q piece Of steak dropped into liquid
air can be broken with a hammer"
''Steak like this?" asked the sandy
whiskered boarder, in a tone of mild
astonishment.-India Press.
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whereia They DiRer,

"Papa, what's the difference be.
tween q defaulter and . bank rob.
ber?"
Zone is respectable gentleman and
the other . ,disreputable scoundrel,
my child."-Yonkers Herald. K -
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Often the Case.

& Arlington Fricklesmith II very
versatile chap, isn't he7 s..
Teller Oh, yesl He makes differ
ent kind Of fool iof himself every day
n the week.-Puck. sszsss5 5s'5 -.
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The Old Mans Secret,

They tell me / am handsome yet,
And the ladies, bless them. say:
''Do look at him; the dear old boy
Really grows younger every day."
And when asked: "How at your age.
Are you so free from ills?''
Ny answer always is the same
Because promptly pay my bills. -
Chicago Daily News.
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Got Even.

He cut his uncle out. The maid
+ Was willing. :
But the rich old fellow laughed to scoff.
And subsequently cut him od
~. With shilling.
-ChicaKo Tribune. -. -,... ... -
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Why Miss lie Grande decided not to
bathe.-Harlem Lite.
Poor Ec0nonay.

find I'm losing flesh, but not because :
I'm overworked or breaking natures laws:
It is that may save q little pelf-
I've just begun to try to shave myself.
-In6Oo
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The Crusty Bachelor.

@ The CRu1ty B9Ch0l0Hs ~
Friend-Where are you going?
Crusty Bachelor-To tea. ~.
{ Triend-Iuformal? - ~
Crusty Bachelor-No; infernal.-
Syracuse Herald. u
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May Have Picked Them Out.

may Have P1cked Them OVts
"Queen Victoria keeps always On
hand a box of cigars for her guests,
but the latter are never permitted to
smoke in the presence Of her majesty"
"Perhaps her majesty knows how
much the cigars cost hundred.
cago Tmes-Herald.
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EnvlOuS Admiration

3nV1UUB zAUm1TWt1Uao
When Mandy gifts little filed listen by
the hour,
In steady admiration of her oratoric power.
Eff I'd her gift Of language. lofty heights
I'd surely reach,
Cause wouldn't git stage-frightened every
time made speech.
-Washington Star.
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Guest-Hi, there! proprietor! there's
chicken in this egg!
+ Proprietor-Sorry if you're disap.
pointed, but times are hard, and We
can't afford canvas-back ducks in the
eggs, sir.-Chicago Chronicle.
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witching Ho.r.

II find can cultivate the muse bet
ter at night" said the poet.
eyes," replied the blind man, that's
the favorite time for the commission Of
crime.'-Philadelphia North Ameri.
can. # AZ . fss sss 81
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Ffon His Point o1 View. 6

FF0A His Point Of View. =
Hicks-Do you and your wife ever
get into an argument?
Wicks-No. I try to argue with her
sometimes, but all she ever does IL to
make = lot Of unfouns1ed assertions IN
I 1eply.-SomeTville Journal
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Al to the Bird

You call your parrot Money see.
Money talks" ...z.
''Not at all. Don't tell anyone, but
I, call him that because nobody about
the house can make him fly as well a
my wife car" Chicago Tribune. /,
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A Grand Prize.

Sam Houghdahl, the buttermaker Of
the New Sweden creamery, Nicollet
county, who has gained 80 many
awards of highest honors at state and
national conventions Of buttermakers,
has recently scored another victory
which places Mr.. Houghdahl and his
creamery in the front rank Of the
world.
Mr.. Houghdahl some time ago sent
two tubs Of his butter to the Paris
exposition to compete in dairy prod.
ucts of the world. Last week he re-
ceived word from p. A. Pearson, act
ing chief of the dairy division at
Washington, that his butter had beer
awarded first place at the exposition.
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rhe ndustrlo,I

Cora-Don't you think Brownings
poetry is very condensed . 3.
rittApparently. II takes shout
three volumes of notes to explain eacl
volume Of poetry Judge.
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ssOl wad some Power

W ~ S ~"~1s L
! have some self-esteem, know !;
1t is no more than meet,
But why should all my neighbors show
Such asinine conceit7
-Philadolphia Press
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A Mistake.

How oft we see him blinking
With assurance 50 sublime
The man who thinks he's thinking
When he's only killing time.
Washington Star. \
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VIII Perish Of Thirst.

On account of its weight water
tends to descend into deep holes;
while the center of the globe remains
in 2 fiery condition this absorption is
slow, hut rs thescooling3of the interior
goes on the surface water will pene-
.trate more and more and will enter
into combination with the recently
>solidifed rocks in the heart of the
earth which are specially absorptive
by reason Of: their metallic compost
tion. The oceans will grow. smaller
and smaller; the rains which nourish
the continents will become rarer and
:rarer, while the deserts will enlarge
their boundaries and gradnally absorb
the fertile plains. Chicago Chronicle.
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Little Girl-Oh, mamma, don't like
to 60 to sleep with the moon shining
in my face.
Mamma-Oh, that's all right, dearie,
that's your papa's head on the front
porch.-Chicago Daily News.
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The Saucy Thing.
':Have you learned" he asked.
ITO flirt with q fan?'
mo-" the maiden said,
II prefer a man."
Chicago Times-Herald.
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FR1GHTS ARE OFTEN FATAL.
sudden Shocks Frequently Produce
Bad Results ON HUI.
man Beings.

Sudden frights, shocks or the pres-
ence Of physical Danger, says the
New York Tribune, have curiously
diverging effects on different natures.
The presence Of danger will render
some men as cool as ice, others rand
equally brave-will tremble violently,
and break into q perspiration. re-
member once hearing7of chap who,
coming uninjured out Of q railroad
wreck, worked like Z demon to assist
his, 1ess fortunpte fellow passengers.
All the time heAwas Ct work, however,
he held one hand to his collar. and
when It. was over one of his compan-
ions discovered that he was holding
tight to his necktie, which he had
been in the act Of tying when the
collision occurred.
j I know q young girl who had
learned to swim quite well, and one
day she essayed the feat Of SWIM
ming across 9 bathing pool >on q
wager. There were plenty of people
about, and the distance was not great.
but when she was half way across
some one called out: "How deep is
it?" She let her foot down to find
no friendly resting place beneath. In
stantly she lost her nerve and sank.
She came up once. tried to scream,
but the water choked her. and down
she went again. A man who was
lounging in the gallery surrounding
the pool. realizing that something
was wrong, jumped in, clothes and all,
and dragged her, out. He was none
too soon, for she was unconscious
when he pulled Aer> up. It was the
sheer fright of knowing that she
was out Of her depth that caused it
all, as otherwise there wasn't the
slightest danger.
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Given q Holiday.

The convicts at the saltwater
prison enjoyed Labor Day in full
measure. In the morning they con.
gregated in the chapel, where an en-.
tertaining and instructive address
was delivered by Rev. Thomas Nc
Cleary, Minneapolis, and following the
chapel exercises they marched into
the prison yard, where they made
merry as best they could until noon.
An extra dinner was served, and in
the afternoon each inmate was
granted the usual holiday privileges,
such as letter writing, etc. e.~<.|*