The Western World. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1903 Page: 3 of 8
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IN SLEEPY JAMAICA.
vertisers
Once Gay Spanish Town Now in Picturesque Decay, but the
Buildings That Are a Reminder of Its Former Glories
Still Exist—Admiral Rodney's Statue.
Fancy a dull, neglected sleepy lit-
tle town, with narrow streets, without
lidewalks, pervaded with a Sabbath-
like stillness, with dwellings at every
turn tumbling down or falling Into
picturesque decay", behind grim brick
fvalls, that rise up like barricades on
either side of the streets; neglected
gardens and parks, ruins of immense
estates, with no clang of cars to awak-
en the stilly atmosphere, no rush and
bustle; with now and then an occa-
(Speclal Correspondence.)
removal of the capital to Kingston was
interred here. It was formerly the
parish church of St. Jago de la Vega,
and it was one of the earliest acts of
sovereignty exercised by Queen Vic-
toria when she created It, in 1841, tlio
Cathedral.
The church Is cruciform In shape,
the aisle running north and sciic'j, be-
ing flagged with ancient tombstones,
beneath some of which are interred
the remains of notables. Tha aisle
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Trte "Candlestick Tree."
(Grows only In Jamaica.)
sional pedestrian passing, or a troop
of school children, with slates and
books under their arms, wending their
way to their humble homeir, or a mule
driver flourishing and cracking his
whip over the heads of Mb animals.
Such is Spanish Town, on the Rio
Cobre, the once gay capital of Ja-
maica, which was known in those
palmy days as St Jago de la Vega.
And how different is everything to-
day. If it were not for landmarks
and monuments that recall the history
of those brilliant olden times Spanish
Town would be extremely uninterest-
ing, but King's House will ever be a
reminder of the roystering Spanish
governors who held their abode in
that spacious mansion and of their gay
doings; it also calls forth reminis-
cences of the vice-regal courts held
by the British governors, representa-
tives of the late Queen, and of the
royal visitors who have taken up their
residence there.
The statue of Admiral Rodney was
executed in 17% by Bacon of London,
and it is a fine piece of work, stand-
ing in a temple In the center of one
Bide of the square. He was an Eng-
running east and west Is beautifully
tiled with terra cotta marble. The
steps leading to the altar and the floor
of the altar are also inlaid with this
beautiful marble.
The light from a magnificent stained
glass east window shines upon the
bishop's throne, carved in -mahogany
and upholstered in red. The walls
are crowded with marble tablets and
memorials of all descriptions, and the
niches hold magnificent marble monu-
ments and statues, all executed by
master sculptors, the most admired
of all the groups being that monument
in memory of the Earl of Effingham,
governor of the Island from 1790 to
1791. This was erected at the expensa
of the House of Assembly, whose mem-
bers attended the funeral in a body
as mourners, the funeral honors being
at the public expense.
The pews are of solid mahogany,
some of them being elaborately cawed.
The subdued light upon two old flags
hoisted each side of the main aisle—
flags that are highly prized by the
true-hearted, loyal Jamaicans. They
are the remains of those of the first
West Indian regiment, carried in the
The Course of Electricity.
The path traversed by a heavy cur-
rent of electricity in passing through
the .body is a matter of great import-
arce. The most dangerous is from
one hand to the other, because the re-
sistance of the path Is low and be-
cause the current passes near the
heart. Hence it is a good rule, in hand-
ling live conductors, to use but one
hand. An important rule to observe
in rescuing a person in contact with
a live wire, and when it is impossible
to cut off the current, is to push the
victim off with one foot. Even should
the current pass from one foot to tho
other through the rescuer the resist-
ance of the path is considerable, and
as the current does not pass near the
heart serious injury is not likely to re-
sult.
Voting By Electricity.
Voting by electricity is a novel sys-
tem for taking divisions which the
Liverpool town council aro about to
adopt. Each councillor will have two
electrical buttons on his desk, one
marked "For," the other "Against."
Whichever knob he pushes, his vote
is recorded by a small disc that ap-
pears opposite his name on an indi-
cator placed conspicuously on tho
council chamber wall. Without leav-
ing his seat the clerk can count the
votes and the record remains in full
view until the next division takes
place.
Old Darky's Liberal Offer.
On several occasions last summer
Mr. Joseph Jefferson had with him as
a guide an old colored man to whom
had reached dimly, and from afar, the
fame of "Rip Van Winkle." One day,
when the two were out fishing in a
rowboat, he hazarded a few remarks.
"Boss, is it a circus you are in?"
"Not exactly a circus," sa,id Mr. Jef-
ferson.
"Yas, Sir. Ye can act, can't ye?"
Mr. Jefferson made a modest reply.
"Well, sar, I never git to New York,
but I'd powerful like to see ye act,
sar, and I'll give fifty cents if you'll
cut up right now!"—New York Times.
EXCITEMENT
INCREASES
Quthrle Still In a Fever of Excite-
ment Over the Wonderful
Cures Performed by
THE STAR BAZAAR
General Store
Everything New.
Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots and
.. . Shoes . . .
WILLIAMS & LOTT, - Proprietors
Dr. Russell & Co.
TIi® Celebrated En^lieW Spec-
ialists.
Eskimo Bible.
The Eskimos now have their own
translations of the Bible, which has
taken 150 years to complete. The Nor-
wegian pastor, Hans Egcde, who went
to Greenland in 1721, began the work,
which is completed and published by
the Bibls Society of Denmark.
Deadly Work of Lawmakers.
Before the latest fighting French
deputy was subdued he had succeeded
in hitting his adversary "real hard''
with a wad of crumpled paper! The
lawmaking unpleasantness of sunny
France is rising to the perilous level
o£ the Parisian duel.
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Mission Among Barbarians.
Tho American Presbyterians bare
established a new mission on the Sw-
bat river, beyond Khartoum, and 2,000
miles below Egypt. It is an uncivil-
ized region, and the language has noth-
ing in common with the Egyptian Ara-
ble.
Artificial Hair.
A substitute for human hair is now
made from cellulose and nitrocellulose,
according to a German scientific peri-
odical.
Tattoos Dogs.
Baltimore has a man who Is earning
an excellent living tattooing dogs.
DR.
CULLIMORE.
OCULIST.
BOTH PHONES NO. 27 .
Go To
W. T. TUCftER'S
If yon want Fanoy Grooerlee,
Floor and Feed
Nothing like it. was over «e n before.
Offices: Astor Ilonse, Oklahoma Ave.,
Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Hundreds right here nfc Horn# tMtify to their
Wonderful ■kill. One liwly, Mn. .lohn Corner,
of Gait on, WU cured of a horrible stomach
trouble, after 0years Kufferinpj, during which
timo ehe couLl eat nothing but raw «gg and
milk.
Mrs. Emma Hunter, of Tuscola, i«ay« she wna
entirely blind with en eye disease, and now she
truly thanks God and these wonderful Special-
tat a, Dr. IiuAell SB Co., for her eye-eight again.
James Gray nays the world renowned doctors
cured him o* Consumption. When Mies Lulu
Raglan, of Nokomia, was rescued from the
Jaws of death by the famous English speoialiets
Pr. Russell a? Co., people called It a miraole,
kat it was no miraole* simple skill ami ability.
DR. RUSSELL <S CO., are to day the peer
of 20th century specialists; they have ten dif-
ferent diplomas and licenses from tho beat
medical colleges and hospitals In tho country ; i
they are old in experience and rich in medical !
knowledge.
Ther want to see end talk to all sufferers; i
their heart poes out to those who from day te
day lead a life of pain and misery.
W® Treat and Cure diseases and weak-
nesses of women, such aa falling of the womb,
Whites (Leucorrhea) Bearing down pains and
eli Chronio discharges, ctc. Piles, Fistulas,
RUPTURE without pain, knife, needle, blood
or detention from business, successfully cured.
All Chronio Skin diseases, suporfluoutf hair and
warts removed painlessly.
CATARRH POSITIVELY CURED
All diseases of tho Throat, Nose, Ear, Eye,
Lungs, Stomach Liver, Kidneys and Bladder,
Positively cured. Also Rheumatism, Sciatica,
Paralysis, Heart's Disease Bright's Disease and
Consumption when taken in time. A never
failing remedy for Goitre, or Big Neck.
PRIVATE. DISEASES Confidential-
ly and successfully treated. Gonorrhea cured
In 6 days, Gloet Stricture, Impotenoy, Lost j
Manhood, Miifcy Urine, Sexual Exhaustion,
youthful follies or *elf abuse, Spermatorrhea,
Emissions, Loss of Semen, Debility, Nervous-
ness, Despondency, Dizziness, Unfitness for
marriage or business, poor memory, Varico-
cele, aversion to society, Quickness, etc., hap-
pily cured. Delay means danger and death.
<3LOOD POISON OR SYPHILIS
Mucous patches, in the mouth, Sore Throat,
Pimples, Coppor colored spots, ulcers on any
part of the body, Hair and eyebrows falling
out, cured^forever.
The Poor Treated Free Daily from
,1:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m.
Dr. Russell t* Co.. have faith in their
kbility te cure; have achieved a world wide
reputation, crowned with unparalleled suo-
iesd, hence make the following liberal olfer.
' Not a Dollar Need be Paid Until
'Cured. They substantiate every statement
heroin contained and the utmost privacy
Is maintained with every patient. They bring
all their latest medical and surgical instru-
ments and a largo supply of their own drugs
Consultation fres and private.
WRITE If unable to call. Write us your
troubles and receive by return mail our oxperV
opionion free. Our home treatment^ th«
most i***«eclkuowu te medioai bcieuoe. Ad-
dress
Dr. Rnsael! ft Co., Guthrie, Okla.
OFFICES land treatment rooms;Private
parlors, Astor House. Hours: 8 a. m. te H. p,
m. Sundays, 10 a. in. to 1 p. m Private en-
trance for ladies. Courteoui reatment to all,
no matter if you wish to tak treaUnent or not.
Call and let us talk yjur ta able* over pleas-
antly and sociably.
The Booker T. Washington Cafe
Nice Tables
Meals at all Hours
Short Order on Notice
YORK BYERS. Prop.
No 213 West
Harrison Street.
3 DR. H. W. CONRAD, J
PHYSICIAN
and SUB. C tO W
Special Attention Given to Diseases o Women and Children
Office Honrs:—8:30 to 11:00 • . m. 3:00 to 6:00 p. m.
Olliar Honrs by Appointment.
In otlico at uiRht
g^oSSSSSSSy. Guthrie, Oklahoma.
The Monrovia
Is the Place to get
Good Meals and Clean Beds
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Board and Lodging By the Day or Week
3224 W. Harrison WHIT ELLIS, Prop. Guthrie
B. G. GARRETT.
&. WAGNfc.fl (j ARRi'.TJ
S. G. Garret & Son-
Loan and Real Estate Agents, farm
and Chattle Loans on Long' or Short
Time. & & &
We will Lend you Money and you need not Pay it Bad:
long as you pay the interest and give Good security
I'^oom 17 DraKe Bldg. V? GU I HRIi, Oft",
>'«. 80*.
&. tad Sow*.
The Edwards House,
No. S8 West First.
la the place to go for nicely furnished
St>tu* of Ac' ilral Rodney-
H. R. PIERSON
Real Estate and Loap Agent
Special attention Riven to clouded title. roTm. for gentlemen and married peo-
iZ paying taxes. Office on Harmon fcrerything abgolutely first class.
Avenue, Hirche building.
S. G. GARRET & SON. MRS. M. O. BROWN, LANDLADY.
Real Estate and
Loan Agents.
GutHrie, - OKlahcma
St. Joseph
Hdck and Baggage Line.
^ PHONE 622 *
Rates Reasonable ^ Service ^ Tirst-C lass
LIVtRY AND FEED STABLE.
second «nd vtu. s« . N. B. UMNKUN, Proprietor.
GUTHRIE, OHI.A
lisli admiral in the naval war between |
France and England, and gained a
victory qver the P rench fleet com- i
manded by De fSrasae In 1782.
The people of spanlsh Town take !
great delight In recounting how the
statue of Rodney was removed to
Kingston by order of Sir John l'eter I
Grant. K. C. R.. Captain-General and
Governor-In-Chief of the Island, when j
the capital of .Jamaica was removed
•to Kingston, and how the indignation
of the Spanish Town people boileil
and boiled uutll It became necessary
•for the legislative council to send It
back where It now stands.
Farther down the street the white
walls of the prison loom up, and,
turning off into another little street,
one comes suddenly upon the cele-
brated Cathedral of Spanish Town.
The Cathedral has been dubbed
"The Westminster Abbey of Jamaica,"
for every governor and notable person
who died lu the Island previous to the
first Ashantee war, and although
seared with scars of battle, one can
still distinguish upon them the namei
of the other West India Islands thai
sent out regiments with Jamaica, and
among them, in the left hand cornel
of the left hand flag, appears the namt
of poor unfortunate Martinique.
Outside the cathedral is the little
churchyard with Its bricked tombi
and slabs, the oldest one bearing ths
date 1668.
Out in the sacristy the beadle of thi
church invites the visitor to glgn his,
name In the big visitors' book, and In
the meantime be brings out from its
repository a silver collection plats
that has been used in the church fot
200 years, then another that has
seen 230 years of Bervlce, and lnct
dentally he tells how an effort was
made to cease using these plates, and
how the experiment proved futile, as
the parishioners would have uo oU
era.
H. SHELBY
rHE WEST SIDE GR0CEBY.
Bargain! at all timet In hii Un«
H* deali in Grooeriaa, Bran,
Corn, Chop*, Wood. Gooda d -
livtrad to ail parti af th olty.
OUTHKIE - OKLAHOMA
RESTAURANT and
Short Order House.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
W* Give You The Beit That The Market AffonU.
GIVB US A CALL.
L. SMITH, Prop. • California Arm.
THE NARRINGTCN HOUSE
IS THE, PLACE TO STOP WHEN HUNGRY
M. l« at all Hours—
Dr. A. D. CHism,
PHyalcian and Surgaoa.
Femala DUtaws A Specialty.
Office No. 9, W. Grand Ave.
Ball Phone 764. Oklahoma City, Okla.
322 West Harrison.
GUTHRIE, OKLA.
The Silver Moon Restaurant.
THE OLDFST RESTAURANT IN THE CITY.
Meals and Short Orders at all Hours. Cigars and
Tobacco Fruits and Cold Drinks. Good B*ds and
Furnished Rooms. Call and see ut.
J. M. NICHOLSON, Prop.
w >• GUTHRIE. OKLA.
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Leftwich, John C. The Western World. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1903, newspaper, July 16, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc125837/m1/3/?q=%22United+States%22: accessed June 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.