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Show SNOW COVERS Ti CAMP OF CADETS HiglfSchool Boys Discover That Soldier Life Is Rather Strenuous. 7 Pain and mud still contlnuo to be tho main fcaturou of tho High school cadot encampment at Lagoon. Tho drizzling rain wliloh otartod on tho ovonlng of tho arrival of the boys at their camp has been coming down at Intervals ever slnco until noon yesterday, when tho rain turned into snow, and within a fow moments tho cltv of tents wan covered with fully an Inch of tho beautiful. Boys in Good Health. Regardless of tho badly Inclined weather, wea-ther, tho boys aro all having a gny tlmo. Capt. Webb reports that there hati not beon a single caso of sickness turned up yot, not ovon a cold, and tho cooks claim that tho appetites of all the hoys aro still continuing to prosper In wonderful won-derful Btylc. Tho cooks claim that tho amount of food consumed each day continues con-tinues to grow larger. Tho hill of fas-o for yesterday was bread, coffee, potatoes and ham, for brcalcfnnt; tea, roast beef, potatoes and broad for dinner, and coiree, beans and potatoes for stipier. Events Postponed. All tho events which were to hove bnen hf.ld yesterday had to bo postponed again, and If tho weather clears up they will be all held today. The long-dlstancu march which was to have been taken was culled off. nnd It Is probable that It will not bo attempted until Friday or Saturday. Satur-day. Tho only fun had yesterday wns at roller skating. Stoves Put Up in Tents. Tho rain has been accompanied by a streak ot cold weather and It was found necessary to send In to town for slbley btoves to put In tho tonts. These stoves were received last nljtht and all ot tho boys kipt ns dry and warm as they would have at hone. A lartre bonl'.ro was nlFO built at one end of the camp, ond this was kept up by the guards during all tho night In Dancing Pavilion. A largo crowd of High school students tmto at the camp lout night, most of them going out op the 7 (.'clock train, and a good tlmo was hi-d In the dancing pavilion. Tho crowd of the week will be on Friday, Fri-day, which has boen set apart au High school day If the weather Is clear tho resort will probably be tho scene of a record-breaking crowd. High .School Band Appears. The first of the proposed High School Cadet band made Its appearance at tho camp yesterday. It Is In tho lorm of a brass quartette romposd of B. Zimmerman, Zimmer-man, G llerlr, O. Alean ler and A Baor. At retreat parade, as the big camp Hag was being taken down for Iho night, ' The Star Spangled Banner" was played on the cornets. Tho retreat parade last night was exceedingly pretty There will bs another tniilght at 7 o'clock. |