Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-26

God was Wy another Shock thrown into
the sea and miraculously escaped by
swimming until a boat took him up He
lived many years afterward in great rep
utation, beloved by all that knew him
and much lamented at his death.
The whole island felt the shock OF
that earthquake. 1T was said. Chains
OF hills were riven asunder, new cham
nels formed for the rivers mountains
dissolved with a mighty crash, burying
alive the people of adjacent Valleys
whole settlements sank into the bowels
of the earth, plantations were removed
en- n1asse, and all the sugar works were
destroye In fact. the whole outline
Of the island was drawn afresh, and
the elevation Of the surface was con-
siderably diminished This is not the
only catastrophe Of the sort recorded
| in Jamaica s annals, either, ais some
! fifty years later the town Of Savanna
| la Mar, in the parish Of Westmoreland,
was swept BY. d tidal wave during
/ fierce hurricane and mot vestige Of
man. beast or habitation left behind =
Mementos Of the Port Royal disaster
were kept on view in the Jamaica I'M
fEtitute at Kingston, notable among
which was the bell that hung in the
church that was engulfed or submerged
by the earthquake and subsequently
recovered by divers.
The town Of Port Royal was ADAM
doned by the survivors, who settled on
i the north shore Of the harbor, more
than 200 years ago, and thus Kingston
was founded by chance, as 1t. were,
and without an original Intention Of
building city on its site. With such
an islands resources at command no
wonder that Kingston prospered in
spite of a somewhat unhealthful loca-
/ ton and twithstanding frequent
Ethreatenings from the French. In it.
self its history is not eyentful, but
I tradition has not failed to preserve the
account Of Rodney's triumphant entry
Into its harbor in 1882, trailing nine
4! captured battleships after him as the
4 trophies of his great sea fight with De
! Grasse, by which England became mis-
,ress of the seas in very fact.
& Though little more than 40 miles in
length by fifty in breadth at its wild
i est part and with an area of about
1000 square miles, Jamaica can boast
LOT mountains truly continental in alt-
y tude and confguration. What glorious
3 memories belong to one who has climb
ed Blue mountain peak, 1000 feet high,
or even assembled to Newcastle or to
Il Cinchona gardens in the coffee coun-
try! Who can ever forget, once hav-
ing seen them himself, the quiet beau
ty Of the ''Wag Water" the aBoca del
Aqua" the foam fecked sheets of
u Roaring River falls, the fragrant pi-
mento groves of st. Anne's, the dense
forests clothing inland hills and val
Ileys, the silver sanded beaches of many
bay, EN- bosomed within abrupt head
lands hung with vines? 81
In the center of Kingston, Parade
II garden.a square containing some ten
81 acres, afforded a somewhat cool re
treat from the glare and heat of the
streets. planted as It was with q pro.
I fusion Sof tropical trees. A fountain
4 sent forth a cooling spray, the water
4 falling Into a basin containing attrac.
q tive aquatic plants. Water, crystal
clear and pure, came down to Kingston
1. from the hills, for Jamaica fully sus-
tains its original reputation as a ( land
. Of springs and streams" Northwest
i, Of the Parade stood one Of the two city
4 markets, the Jubilee, while the other,
the Victoria, was at the foot of king
street. These markets were always
t well supplied, for if there is anything
. the native enjoys more than attending
], church it is going to market. From
l plantations and provision grounds
many miles distant, these humble folk
come in with donkey loads Of vegeta-
bles and fruits. which they display in
"a the markets, desiring nothing else than
/ to secure prompt purchaser for their
i produce. The huge loads that the ne
u gro women carry on their heads sur.
t pass belief unless one has seen them
i striding down the hill roads with Their
u burdens. The men are usually disdain:
j full Of burden bearing, and if there is a
. donkey in the family as well as a wo
!, man the former carries the man on its
J, back and the latter the load of produce
on her head. In these markets might
Z be seen displayed all the fruits fol
!, which tropical Jamaica is famous.
The markets were Of superior con
/ Istruction, with iron pillars iron ROOT
and cement floors and foundations. The
s Victoria market alone cost to build
{ with the land it stands on. more thar
|! $780, 900.
While the structures Of Kingston
I were mainly Of wood and most Of the
/ dwellings infammable, ramshackle af
!, fairs, implanted and some Of them un
glazed, there were a few public build
ings, such as the courthouse, treasury
!. postofice and town hall and the gov
n eminent buildings, In which the people
took some pride. Their churches were
fine structures, and one. the Kingston
n parish, venerable pile, was bull
more than 200 years ago. The clock ii
I its tower bore date 1901, and its walls
!, within were decorated with some strik
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