The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-27
George w. Hibbard.
Gen. Passenger Agent.
;. TROPIC LIGHT AND HEAT.
They Were the First Things That I'm
. !. q pressed a Visitor to Jamaica.

They Were the first Ihings lhat i"-
= pressed Visitor to Jamaica.
Tho light and the heat are the two
th,ess that most impress one on first com
inc 10 this land. The light Is the more inn
pressive Of the two. From sunrise to sun
eetpftiis omnipresent and constant. The
very shadows are luminous, dark though
theyappear by contrast l should say tnat
latitude II was about $4,000, 900 miles
nearer the sun than latitude 40. Yet 1T is
a teHder, soft, suffused light, not fcrce
apdslmrt one. The atmosphere Is not so
rprefed as that of our own west. One can
read here by moonlight, but ore cannot
read fine print ea-ily. The remote dis
taftesI of the landscapes are melted In an
aeriain haze instead of being defined with
the RELENTLESS clearness of IA steel engrav-
ing. Nevertheless the light of the tropics
is superlative. 1t seems to belong to a
pIifet more recently evolved from the par
entail luminary than ours. so intense ana
pervasive is it one would almost say 1t IT.
radiates the mind as well as the body. 1t
appears to possess n spiritual quality. 1
| had read of blazing tropic suns, OF scorch-
| ing, blistering tropic heats, but l hnd
| notbing of the sort. However great the
| ultimate effect may be, the manner is al
| WAYS gentle sweet, subtle, soothing. Har-
| hour street in Kingston never shows so saw
| noe n temperature as Broadway in New
| York. But for all that it will not do To
| take undue liberties with this soft spoken
| climate.
| After walking few miles along the
| white. undulating roads or painting up
steep hillside nothing could be more de-
licous than the touch of the northern
breeze tanning you as you sit under th'
shadow of a broad spreading silk cotton
nor could anything be more dangerous
You are being famed by the wings o
death. Evaporation is wonderfully rapid
You come in from exercise drenched witt
perspiration, and before you can maxi
ready for a Grub down" your skin is al
ready dry, In the north a slight chill ma!
be followed by q slight cold, and that
the end of it. Here your chill may turl
out the end of everything for you. More
| over. the soil when dampened by rain
probably exhales miasma, productive O
what we call malarial fever In ]amaic
it occasionally develops into an appalling
" ugly and brief disease known as blac
vomit. 4,
J On the other hand, II you are RATIONALE
cautious and let liquor OF every KIN
alone, you may walk or climb or play tel
mis- or ride horseback all through the no
test parts of the cloudless day and feel OF
| " the better for it at night. In fact, yo
must take plenty of outdoor exercise
order to be ut your best.
The way to get III is to avoid exertic
Il and perspiration and sit at ease In II
shade absorbing cooling drinks. Such pc
ple sometimes last two years. Those WI
| pursue the alternative regimen are n
8 surprised to find themselves alive al
= alert at 90 and upward. OF course it
: more difficult to get Ill on the higher ie
$ els than on the lower ones, but taking q
]. island by long and large 1t Is ono OF .
o healthiest places on the globe.-''uii'
{ Hawthorne i'm Century.