THE CUBA REVIEW 



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71 degrees. The maximum is about 95 

 degrees, having been above that only about 

 seven times during the past ten years. 



Employees of Americans whom I have met 

 in business in Cuba state that one must be 

 very moderate in his diet and take precaution 

 as to exposure either in the dampness of 

 night or the heat of the midday sun. 



Neglect of sanitary measures is the chief 

 cause of local diseases, but in the summer- 

 time one is more liable to contract them 

 than in the winter. A cool breeze generally 

 plays along the coast, the prevailing wind 



being the northeast trade. Frequent "nor- 

 thers," strong and cool, produce an equivalent 

 of seasonal changes, and once in a great 

 while a hiu'ricane comes. — Roger Babson in 

 the N. Y. Sun. 



Max J. Baehr, the American consul for 

 many years stationed at Cienfuegos, has 

 been elected by the city council the adopted 

 son of Cienfuegos. Mr. Baehr has become 

 very popular with the Cubans of all classes 

 since his residence here and it is greatly re- 

 gretted that he is to leave. 



Rubber Tree in Cuba. Castilloa elastica, about three years old. It is thrifty and hardy. 



