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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-07
KILLING As a POET.

(From the December Forum.)
A sense of responsibility is no more to
be detected in Mr.. Kiplng's latest than i'm
his earliest work Extrayagances which
would pass in "Barrack-RoOm Ballads"
or sea "chanteys reappear to mar ser
iOuS and noble verse such as the dedi-
cation to Wolcott BaiestIer. The line in
that dedication
And they rise to their feet as He passes
by. gentlemen unafraid''
which has given one reviewer much pain
viii perhaps not equally afflict most
readers But most readers. / think. win
gree that the colossal figure Of the dead
who
Sit at wine with the Maidens Nine and
the Gods Of the elder days
becomes Gargantuan, and that the step
from the sublime to the ridiculous is
clearly taken in verse
Ills theirs to sweep through the ringing
deep where AzaeIs outposts are,
Or buffet path through the Pits red
wrath when God goes out to war.
Or hang with the reckless Seraphim on
the rein of red-maned star"
There is no use in multiplying fnstan-
ces:-the reader has to own that good
taste is not i'm Mr.. kiplings line. that he
has not the tact ana measure and discre-
tion for which Matthew Arnold exhorted
his cOuntrymen to resort TO French liter
allure. and that he abounds in the freaks
and violeuces which the critic deplored
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COFFEE TREE AND CINCHONA PLANTATION.
ravine filled with immense tree ferns,
which are never found anywhere but in
a tropical country.
It is in this favored section among
the hills that the best coffee estates are
found, above 1000 and 8, 600 feet ele-
walton, and from this region is sent out
the famous Blue Mountain coffee which
commands the highest price in the Lon
don markets. I mention this fact to
show the wide rangA not only Of eli
mate but of productions, open to one
who might wish to attempt farming or
fruit growing in this or Any other is
land of similar charActerisf s.
Fathers of growing fanilies we'll
know the persistence withgwhieh that
problem is ever brought before them,
tWhat shall we do with our boys?'
must confess that if I had a family of
boys L should not know what to do with
them or for them in the way of setting
them out in the world to hustle for
themselves; but, having been a boy my
self and having studied the problem
anxiously myself, I have tried to find
out what would be the best thing to do
if I were to begin life over again.
Land can be obtained at from So to
$40 per acre, depending upon whether
it is near a town or IN the mountains
Ny preference would be for coffee and
spice growing, which would take me
into the high and healthful mountain
region, where fevers are unknown and
the air is pure. Everything can be
grown here that the temperate zone
produces except the cereals, like barley,
wheat, etc., and which would be out of
the question anyway.
You can have coffee in bearing with
in three years, grapes and bananas al
most from the year of planting nut
megs, cloves, pimentO as soon as trees
of their size and growth can be brought
into bearing.
There are no noxjous reptiles or ami
mails Of any kind to annoy or injure
you, always excepting poisonous insects.
like the tarantula. scorpion. oentiped,
etc, which are not common There is
one pest in the central districts Of the
island-the wood or cattle tick-which
is extremely annoying and has caused
certain areas of great beauty and fertili-
ty to be almost uninhabitable. The
birds, the trees, the plants, are of the
tzopic and temperate zone. Frost never
occurs. Labor in the open air can be
carried on all the year, though there
are certain seasons for planting, reap
lug. ETC., as in the north.
I must warn the young man, how
ever, that there will be one great, even
terrible, evil to encounter. 1t is that Of
loneliness. And, again. the climate. the
laxity of morals and the prevalence Of
a too generous hospitality viii also OPP
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crate againzt any but the man of stron-
gest moral and physical fiber. 1t would
be better for a chosen few to combine,
forming a little colony or community,
and carrying with them books, musical
instruments, all devices possible for
Willing away the leisure hour, rather
than for one or two to try it alone.
know what I am writing about, for
I have myself lived for months COM
parativeIy alone in the fields and forests
of these islands. 1t requires a strong
young man to meet and combat all the
deteriorating forces so active in a trop-
ical climate But if he has within him
strength and purpose think there is
greater opportunity here for the average
young man who wishes to devote him
self to an outdoor existence than III the
colder regions of our own country.
Fruits-such as oranges, lines, banan-
as-which are not absolutely certain in
Florida can be relied on here to produce
abundantly. It would be well for an in
tending immigrant to purchase a round
trip ticket, which would average about
So per day for the time actually en-
ployed in travel, and examine the is
land for himself. Access to every part
is opened by good boats and magnificent
roads, and. moreover, the government
is well disposed to visitors and has
made living in the remotest districts
even perfectly safe.
There is a regular line of passenger
steamers from New York, a fruit steam
er frequently from Baltimore and an
other from Boston, the average return
tickets to the island merely being about
$50. 0. A FURBER
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10 CREcK BLEEDING.

From the Philadelphia American-)
Here are four rules for checking a flow
of blood.
For simple superficial cuts nothing more
than cold water and lint win be required
the patient remaining quiet
I'm a lacerated wound. with small
streams of blood issuing from several
points lint cold water and ice drlpped
into the wound, together with a slight
pressure over the region from which the
blood issues. win be sufficient.
If the wound is one of the extremities
wrap a strip of strong fabric "a stout
handkerchief serves welD around the i'm
jured member. below as Wen as above
the wound if II is vein that is cut in-
sorting a stick between the bandages and
the flesh. twist it round several times
until there is a noticeable stop in the fiow
of blood.
Should a large vein or an artery be
severed in a locality where a pressure
bandage cannot be applied find out by
experiment at what point pressure with
the finger viii cut of the supply of blood
and continue to apply such pressure un-
til skilled hands have tied the severed
vessels. For instance wound in the
temple. which indicates an injury TO the
temporal artery, should lead the operator
TO press upon each side OF it separately
until the artery is located.
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CHARMS OF JAMAICA.
The Opportunities 1t Offers for
Enterprising Settlers.
Banana, Spice and Coffee Culture
Where Land is Cheap.
Especial Correspondenee.l

Especial Correspondence
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF JAMAICA, Nov.
16.-This is no ''snap Judgment which
I am about to give on the question of
an opportunity for young men, for
have thought upon it for years. In my
own case I have always had in mind
some favored spot to which 1 could re-
treat and indulge in my liking for an
outdoor life to the utmost. So l have
always had my eyes open to any chances
that might arise as have voyaged
through these West Indian islands for
improving my condition and that Of my
fellow men.
The other day I was invited by the di-
rector Of public works and lands to ac-
company him to the government planta-
ton in the Blue mountains, where 1
am for the present staying. This planta-
ton was originally an experimental
station, where all sorts Of fruits, seeds
and plants have been tested, with .
view to their adaptability for use in the
economy of Jamaica. It is called Gin
chOna, from the main purpose for which
1t was fOunded-tO ascertain if that
valuable tree could be introduced with
profit into this island. It was found
that it could be, and not only that, but
now it may be seen absolutely running
wild in the mountains everywhere. But
it was a parallel case to that of the old
man who taught his horse to eat shaw
ings, "Just as the critter got to liking
shavings it up and died y So with Gin
chona. just as it became acclimated
and it was shown that it would grow
we'll in Jamaica the price went down,
and now you may have all the Peru
Wan bark you want for the asking.
However, other things are grown here
besides cinchona-such. for instance, as
tea, coffee. rare flowers and valuable
woods. The estate lies about 8, 600 feet
above the sea among the slopes of the
Blue mountain range, the highest peak
Of which rises to z, 500 feet.
You think of Jamaica, of course, as
being tropical island, where heat and
yellow fever reign at least half the year
and rain and rheumatism the other
half But, in fact, it has within its area
of 1900 square miles every variety Of
climate and glorious range Of scenery
that the heart of man could desire. It
was only this morning that l walked
out before breakfast and picked most
delicious wild straw berries, which, as
we know, only grow in a temperate eli
mate, and then strOlled down into
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-07
HORsEFLEsH HOLDS SWAY.


lFrOm the New York Tribune
The lover of horsefiesh now holds
sway. From the date of the Horse
Show until the ground is frozen stiff
and the thermometer registers an arc
tic temperature. fashion has decreed
that the horse shall reign supreme. In
the city parks and suburban roads and
over country lanes and meadows, men
and women of the fashionable world
may be seen by the hundreds from III
to 4 o'clock i'm the morning and from 3
to o'clock in the afternoon.
1T is impossible to " atch critically
the cavalcade on the Park bridlepath
or the magnificent exhibitions of cross
country riding. to be seen at the cOun-
try clubs, without being distinctly i'm
pressed with the marked Improvement
in style and form that has taken place
in the last half dozen years.
This is especially true of women rid
ers Careless riding in any particular
is rarely seen nowadays among the
New York women who really go in for
the sport in earnest, who own their
horses and who are accomplished horse
women. though never -hOrsey" women
in the smallest degree.
This is i'm a measure due to the fact
that many fashionable Americans have
access to English country houses
through ties of marriage. and it is i'm
possible to become familiar with I2Tit-
ish country life without, to a certain
extent becoming imbued with the love
of fine horses and Interested in hunt
ing, as practiced in England, with all
it's delightful accessories of social in
tercourse. hunting balls, teas and
Iorca JxfasfG
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rHE PLoT 81 HAMLEr.



Hamlet is taken from the Danish his
tory of Anleth. by Saxo Germanicus. 1t
may be but a coincidence that the word
Hamlet may be formed from Am
leth" by placing the last letter of the
latter word before the former one. The
story of Amleth is said to be very inn
probable and that only genius like
Shakespeare would have founded play
on it. The famous ghost 'of the
Shakespearean version is the bard S
own invention. Amleth, having made
the nobility drunk sets fire to the pail
ace. kills the usurping king and is him
self proclaimed ruler.
DIR. Goldsmith took the plot of "She
Stops to Conquer" from a Joke played
by a Lincolshire gentleman named
Grummit. says Harper's Round Table.
Late one night a commercial traveller
met Grummit on the road and asked
him where he might find the nearest
inn. Grummit said he would gladly
show him TO a quiet. respectable house
of public entertainment for man and
horse" The stranger was thereupon
conducted to Grummit's private resi-
idence- Every thing he ordered was
promptly brought him and in the morn
ing he asked for his bill and was very
pleasantly surprised to find he had been
a private guest. Other odd deeds of
kindness are related of Grummit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-07
SIR JOHN mT1LArs.

From the Christmas Soribner.1
For a period of nearly so years Millais
has been before the public as an artist
and for the greater part of that time he
has sustained his reputation as the
greatest painter Of the day. He has
painted romance, history, poetry. land
scape, portrait and has made his mark
in each. No one else has attempted SO
wide a range of subject few have
shown a greater variety of invention or
approached him in his command over
tools and materials. 1t is only within
the last few years that he did show any
decline of power.
His art is in no sense ideal. his mag
nation cannot body forth things UNI
known, or rise to any great heroic
height; he has never attempted to rep
resent rapid or violent action, but i'm
side these lines his powers are splendid
and eXuberant-
Indeed. the whole of his work has been
so sincere and full OF fresh life it re-
fleets SO forcibly his own personality
and the living spirit of his day, that it
is difficult to believe that it can ever be-
come uninteresting to posterity.
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wHERE MANSFIELD STANDS.

From the New York Mail and Expressl
IL is probable that Richard Mansfield
is accepted at this time, by most people,
a S the leading actor of America. There
seems to be no other who attacks the
classic drama with equal earnestness
and fOrcefulness. who produces. on his
own responsibility. plays Of distinct Nt-
erary character who casts, mounts and
directs his productions himself and
who in word, assumes in the public
eve the attitude of Individuality. intlu-
ence and aggression which is associated
with the names of Booth and Barrett
and Wallack
If it were possible to assert that Mr.
Mansfield is universally disiked per-
sonally, that his Shakespearean person
ations are always bad. that his choice of
new plays is invaria bly, stupid. that his
attempt to manage a theater of his own
is an utter failure. that his success IS
melodramatic. eccentric and undeserVed
and that several far better actors, truer
artists and more scholarly interpreters
can be named who are now playing. as
Americans, before the American public
IF the widest allegations of those who
find special Onense in the existence of
Mr.. Mansfield were really reasonable, lit
would, nevertheless, be true that he is
the foremost actor of his time in this
country, in the sense which places the
serious player of classic roles ever in
the van Of stage work.
fi-cruVa.
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WEITEFTsH FEWER-



The whitehsh spawns in the fan some
time between the middle of October
and the LIST of December. That they
are permitted to be caught during this
season Is q shame and disgrace upon
our lawmakers. Fishermen in the past
have seemed to be utterly Indifferent
TO the matter, except when the legisla.-
ture is in session Then they lobby
against making the spawning time
closed season, their expenses being paid
by extensive fish dealers in Chicago
and other cities Despite many ener-
getic efforts in the past. the commercial
fishermen Of the big cities have been
successful in preventing the adoption
of any laws that viii stop this sinful
waste Of the peoples cheap food sup
ply. increase 1T beyond measurement,
and cheaper it by making it abundant
and easier to obtain, to say nothing
about enabling us to leave to our pos
terity the prolific schools of whitehsh
i'm something like the numbers they
were in when we found them in the
days of the pioneers Tt is only the
scientific work of the state fish com
mission that has prevented the utter
extinction of the whitehsh long ago.
but the efforts of the commission at
propagation have not been sufficient to
cope with the defamation murderously
carried forward during the time when
the fish are ON the spawning beds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-07
A CHRISTMAS DINING ROOM.

IFrom Decorator ana Furnisher.l
is there a woman in this broad land
of ours that does NOT wish to give an
extra twist for Christmas day. With
the thought Of a good dinner comes the
thought of a room well appointed wei
dressed for the JOYOUS time. 1t is her
desire naturally to bring about a good
ensemble, to make this particular place
a home of beauty, to exercise her taste
and to show to those invited that she is
a woman of resource.
A noted society lady has already laid
a plan which if well carried out viii
without doubt be a most charming af-
fair Her dining room is of good size,
quite square, with ceiling of good
height. She proposes to have over the
picture-rau an evergreen known as the
ground pine This she viii gracefully
tack along the edge. and at intervals of
artistic length viii be hung big branch
es OF holly and mistletOe, the cOmbina-
ton of the red and gray being an ex-
ceIenL Scheme. At each corner of the
room viii be a small cedar tree planted
in dark green stand. On all four trees
viii be the usual Christmas ornaments,
gold tinsel popcorn, fuits, bOn-bons,
not forgetting the general array Of
many cOlOred candles and the like. The
table which is a round one, Will he COW
cred by a snowy damask showing only
border, there Will be tWined about the
edge garlands of evergreen studded
with holly berries SO as to enclose the
space for each cover in a modified
wreath Beyond the edge of each of
these viii be placed a tiny bouquet
holder which contains an American
Beauty rose of extra size
As a centerpiece there viii be a huge
Jack Homer pie, entirely covered with
eNergreens and set in a mound of mis-
tletOe and holly. The ribbons which
decorate the pie viii be of deep red hol-
ly tint and Will bear the names Of the
guests in gold letters.
AT the close of he dinner the ribbons
which have served as guests cards Will
be pulled simultaneously and at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-07
CHANoE ZOE WoMEN

IFrom the San Francisco Bulletin.1
s.Why not start a laundry2" was ask
ed recently by a man to whom a would
be- bread Winner applied for advice. 1T
needs small capital to begin in a small
way and it is one of the best businesses
1 know OF to bring in quick returns.
Moreover. it is entirely suited to Wo
mans management look to see one
man make a fortune who viii eliminate
blue Monday from the housekeepers'
calendar. believe to have family wash
Is done by wholesale, the clothes then
brought back rough dried and ready for
the ironing. would prove very popular
and financially prDfita Bile to those who
manage the scheme. The charge would
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SCOTCH THEOLOGY

LIan Maclaren at the New York dinnerl
You are On a train going through the
county Of Fgrfarshire, county soaked
with theology; you see clergyman I'M
tine train. La comes a farmer who has
been TO market and who has uined. He
sits down in the carriage, but has no
sooner sat down than he catches sight
of the clergyman's uniform. He goes
over beside him, and in two minutes
though cannot tell by what transition
but there was no fooling with the
weather. or wasting time upon trivial
subjects-they had plunged into justin-
cation (Applause.) 1t is the most mas
sive of all doctrines. The clergyman as
in duty bound took the side of jusdfca-
ton by faith, which he was obliged TO
do (great laughter), and the farmer with
a disinteres Jedness. which, considering
his condition. could not be sufficiently
admired-for his interests were all the
other way-took the side Of justification
by works.
In his place I would have talked the
other way. but it only showed his inter-
est to have a fun and free discussion
They proceeded to discuss as the train
went from station to station along the
county of Forfarshire, and 4 am bound
to say it was a fair and equal discussion
but the farmer had difficulty in the case
Of words which afforded obstruction
from the number of syllables, but in eV-
cry case distinctly indicated the text
that he meant. and always produced the
text that would bear upon the subject
When they came to the station where
the farmer left they still continued the
subject the minister with his waist out
al the door. and the farmer following
the train along the platform The last
of this delightful scene was the MINIS
ter shouting at the door and the farmer
holding on to a post at the end OF the
station and shouting. i am not deny
ing the text from the Romans. but am
taking my stand upon the Epistle of
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be as low as possible; a trial would soon
show how low. and the patronage. I be-
Heve. would be enormous The charity
laundries are very successful At that
managed by the ladies of Grace parish
the record is most encouraging There
are plenty in London managed and
owned by women, and every one OF
them pays handsomely.
To cure all old sores. to heal an indo-
lent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles you
need simply apply DeWitt's Witch Ha-
eel Salve according to directions. It's
nagic-like action viii surprise you. c.
w Stansfield. 632 Kansas avenue.
Broken edge collars made smooth iir
Peerless Steam Laundry.
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Totals .2S2. S95 2s4. $50 2s2. s75
Sunday: no issue
The total number OF copies printed in
the six months named above. 1851. $40.
divided by 156. the number Of issues
shows the average to be 10. 625. This ia
a correct report OF the issues Of fss
TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL.
Cor the six months as stated.
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You can have your laundry work
done on short order without extra
charge by Peerless Steam Laundry.
Phone SS2.
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