The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-28

chloride Of lime We're used Then l'e cam ne
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
formed 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
would have been incomplete and ineffec-
tive.
The reconstructon of Cuba by the peo-
PIE OF the United States is UNIQUE and
lty OF our people. Cuba has been taught
many lessons of vital Importance tc her
welfare and it remains to be seen wheth-
into the dark ways of the old Spanish
regime. If he does, she will not remain
an independent nationality long.
on the goth 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 SUI bandera ouedara
siempre la bandera de la lbertad y de
la progresa.
IN THE FOREST.
In 9, the Forest; BY Maximilian Foster.
$3.50. New York: Doubleday, Page &
-, In the Forest" is a contribution to
the literature of our country Of positive
value. This, volume contains stories of
Wood-lfe, wherein the stately deer. the
6nn eGy9te the ne Srs+ ana rugged
not not in the LANGUAGE of men, but in the
in her natural and primitive conditions ;;
Mr.. Foster has made q distinct depart
ure from the, ordinary stories, Of forest
life, and unlike Kiplings Jungle Stor-
| les has animals simply act in accord
ance with the imperious law of nature,
and do not talk.
He plays upon your sympathies by elo.
quent powers OF description and nara
itat to the east to furnish in the chase
amusement and excitement to men and
dogs. ones sympathy, goes out spontane-
times against hunger and trusting to his
| speed and cunning to save himself from
benF It torn to pieces by the murderous
| time he eluded his, tormentors, but his
inevitable finish had to arrive, and when
IT, ala 10y we fnd ourselves wishing him bet
The climb to the hilltop was stiff, but it
left the hounds behind. He took fresh
hope s;, but shortlyed indeed. They were
| and fight and against what odds Over
the hill came the horsemen, laundering
| down the slope. Legs in the midst Of
the baying hounds was fighting but
! weakly to the last. And when 1.-The pack
| buried him and he struck no more one
| wonders when the brutality of man still
finding. pleasure and recreation in the
torture, of beasts, will depart. Legs, .
! the outcast and pariah, obtains our sym
| pathy, while his human tormentors merit
nothing but aversion and execration.
| The glimpses of forest, mountain
stream and isolated den, where live and
roam in solitude, broken rarely by the
feet of man, the animals ION their natiVe
heath are painted by the author ir
| language aromatic with the scent Of
woods, solemn with the silence of the
Wilds, and weird withal The moose has
his story to tell, the Moose who was 8
colossus noW,' his horns broadly palmeG