The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
THE ARRIVAL AT JAMAICA.
Mr.. Howe Enjoys a Kingston Daily
PAPER.

Saturday, January %.
Larry TINS morning, while on deck,
saw the captain and his officers
looking anxiously for Jamaica island,
IN fog. The officers were on the
bridge, and I stood on the deck be-
low. They were peering through the
fog, with glasses, and seemed very
anxious. Finally one of them located
the lighthouse. A pilot had been TAX
en- on during the night, and he look
ed like farmer. A few minutes la
ter. we passed two wrecks: both Ham
burg-American ships, which went
years ago. The storm destroyed the
lighthouse, and the ships went ashore
within a quarter of a mile of each
other. The ''Waldemer,'' one of the
wrecks. was worth two million dollars,
and the captain was SO Inundated that
he committed suicide. The other ship
was the Princess Louise"
We We're due in Kingston at Z
O'Clock this morning, but owing to
the fog, we did not go ashore until 9
O'Clock. Here the ship tied up at a
ual boating to and from shore. Only
two per cent of the population of ia
matca IS white, and the usual color
ed divers appeared as soon as we
were fairly in Kingston harbor But
the passengers were tired of divers
and did not pay much attention to
them.
Soon after arriving at Kingston,
bought a morning newspaper of this
date: THE Cleaner As this island
is controlled by the English,~ The
Cleaner is printed in English, and the
issue of this date consisted of twenty
pages Nearly all of it's news was I'M
der London dates, and a good deal
OF attention was paid 20 the recent
English elections. 1t is also stated
that o0Id
throughout Europe, but here It is
summer time. A typical summer rain
is falling, and those passengers who
went ashore soon returned soaked.
The Cleaner does not seem to-
change its advertisements very often.
note that in its issue for January 90.
it is still running Christmas and New
Year announcements. REQ and Buick
automobiles are advertised literally:
also, good many American patent
medicines. A dealer calls attention to
a complete line of cricket bats. Vic
tor and Edison monographs are also
advertised literally. In a big dry
goods advertisement, I note that a
white muslin costume described as
follows: skirt with two large tucks on
hem. blouse trimmed tucked of en-
broidery insertion straps, long sleeves
with high tucked cuffs) may be had
for IS lid ($2.47.) Swift's picnic
ildillS dTe advertised at 1UQ tSO centS)
a pound. Isn't that a little cheaper
than the price at home? Great at
tention is paid here to cures for ma
laria. Butter is sold in tin cans and
glass Jars here. One variety of butter
is known as "Bluenose," and it is
sold in eleven pound tin cans. Can
ned milk is also extensively advertis-
ed, an indication that real milk is
scarce. Premium stamps are given
away here, as in Atchison. In the
want columns of The Cleaner, I find
this advertisement: "Wanted-A
working housekeeper also to act as
companion to invalid lady Wages,
twelve pounds ($60) per annum, with
board and washing Think of a
housekeeper and companion to invalid
lady working for little more than a
dollar a week! In Atchison, the poor
est servant girl gets 81 a week In
the want advertisements, I find that
a hired girl is referred to as a 'sbut-
leress." An advertiser declares that
'Phosferine" is the remedy of kings
for all diseases and that it is used by
the empress of Russia, the King of