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THE NEW BORN CUBA.
MI The New. born Cuba: BY Franklin
dom m Harper Brothers. q
The Newborn Cuba by Franklin
volumes dealing with conditions in .aThe
pearl of the Antilles since the American
o I'h1!o which has been given to the
So much has been written about the
| peoples: climate and resources of tie
1sand that it is not within the Of
these directions. 1t is therefore with alb
sorbins interest that we read the story
OF the rehabilitation Of the island under
American auspices as told by Mr.. Mat
| thews. He. says: mot less important
than cleaning the streets, purifying thu,
harbor and sewers, protecting the wate r
proper order in Havana, was the task of
cleaning the city from the inside, the
ings were "black holes in frightful con-
dition. The walls of thousands of build
lngs were the abiding places of germs OF
| 1nI0CC1OuS
cases. -.
Mr.. Matthews then tells Of the scientific
manner i'm which the sanitation of the
city was accomplished under Major Jno.
6: PAWS, a Chicago physician of large
not one single house in the city of Havana
escaped the inspection of his corps Of
physicians or talied to conform with The
Quantities of quicklime, and a solution of
chloride of lime were used Then cume
coats of paint or whitewash."
Then followed a vanishing death rate
| until Havana today is practically free
from it's former scourge of yellow fever.
The next work of great Importance per-
Tor formed neg. by the American authorities was
ice in Cuba and the abolition of bribery
and blackmail.
The work of feeding thousands Of starry
ing people by the military authorities is
dwelt upon by the author, who shows that
this was an essential part of the work of
reconstruction and that had it not been
DONE, the sanitation Of the large cities
tive.
The reconstruction of Cuba by the peo-
pie of the United States is unique and
| interesting as an example of the human
many lessons of vital Importance tc her
welfare and it remains to be seen wheth-
fn+a she fn will profit pr by them or sink back
regime. If he does, she will not remain
an Independent nationality long.
On the 2oth OF this present month the
government to the Cuban people took
place. The stars and stripes came down
and the ensign of the Cuban Republic was
Esperemos que su bandera quedara
siempre la banderae de la Hbertad Y de
la progresa.
THE GATE OF THE KISS.
a T2G Gate 8o of the he b K5zS d BY John
Illustrated cover. Rough edges. Illustra-
tons by George Varian. $3.50. Boston
Lothrop Publishing Co.
This is Biblical story dealing with one
OF the most eventful passages in the his
tory OF Judah,-the war between Heze-
kiah, the king, and Sennacherib, the ter
Tible ruler of Babylon. The prophet
But the hero is "a; younger man, a poet
and soldier Of noble lineage, Naphtali
a favorite at court and a friend of the
king, altogether fine type of Jewish
sen IN is envious Of Judah's
wealth tn ana power: and is plottine
dictionary idol worshippers still strong ir
Jerusalem Naphtali is enamored Of one
of the .Assyrian consiprators, Miraone 6
marvellously. beautiful woman who has
ing the part of Ashtoreth at an idoIat
trous orgy. She adroitly blinds the Jew
lsh noble to her real character, and he is
surprised while making love to her at g
rendezvous, by one of his comrades, Tai
mon, military officer, to whom Miraone'
real nature and purpose have been re-
vealed by Vashti, one of her servants
|This maiden has fallen in love with Naph.
| tall, and tries to save him from impend-
ing disaster. Talmon is Killed in the
struggle which ensues, and Miraone is
saved from captivity. Naphtali is blind
to the truth, and bears her to his house
as his wife. There she has every advan-
tage to continue the plotting against
| Judah, and in a great battle the Assy
rian hosts defeat. the king, and Sennach-
crib encompasses Jerusalem Meanwhile
Naphtali has been deathly ill of fever
and, recovering, learns from Vashti, tn,
servant-Who loves him, the true character
of his wife. Miraone escapes to Babylon
becoming the favorite of the king there
Naphtali swears vengeance, and proceeds
| With the devoted Vashti to Babylon,
where he kills Miraone in the presence Of
the king
The faithful Vashti whose unrequit. d
| love for her lord is the most beautiful
element in the story, saves him and her
| self from the tortures by entreating kiss
as her last favor from Naphtali, when
with vial of poison concealed in her
lips, she releases both from the terrible
ordeal. @,-..
It is story which compe]s comparison
| with "Ben-Hur,' and does not stuff er
thereby. 1t has all the elements of a
successful novel. 49,.