The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-04-16
A COSTA RICAN SPA.
HOW OUR LATIN NEIGHBORS
USE THEIR HOT SPRINGS.
Burial Cermecnies-HOW Church OF Eng.
lana Man Got Consecrated GrouDd-Ad-
vice About Stage Coach Riding in Prim.-
tive Countries.
Continued from End Col.

via Paradise and the valley of OrosI. Is ex-
tremely poor in the mater Of springs, but
r1cn beyond compare in painted color-red,
black, and yellow. 1t is furnished with cush-
IONS and curtains of leather, cracked and
grimy, and with miles of rope, the propellins
power being mule and two horses the mule
IN the middle. The driver is stunning fig
ure, IN gray jacket deliberately braided, leath-
| er brooches trimmed down the outside seams
with rows of buttons and jingling coins mill
tary sash of red silk, and a panama hat of
| enormous size, circled by silver cord as
| mick as your thumb. Here is bit of ex-
cellent advice, dear reader: Whenever you
| traVel by dlllgencia, in any part of the world
| always make 1T a point to sit beside the driv-
EFF that important functionary can be in
| duced, by love or money, to let you. No
matter how the sun may shine or clouds may
lower, or dust may sting, take my word for
1t the outside is infinitely preferable to the
]olts and bumps and headaches and nausea
to be endured within. Do you ask, how can
clrcumscribed feminine drapery admit of
| climbing to that lofty perch, away I'D above
the great wheels, with never "step" be-
tween? Easily enough, If you only know
ntoW-tnough, like the writer, you be not the
airy, fairy Lillian" type. Put one foot on
the hub, the other on the wheel. give your
| right hand to the driver above, while the
other manages the drapery aforesaid-"a long
pull, strong pull" and there you are Pos
sloly when arrived at the journeys end your
and your raiment "of the earth earthly" but
you will be in much better condition physi-
cally and spiritually than the unhappy cren-
lures penned up inside, breathing the odor
VI garlic INTO each others perspiring faces
s1omachs upset, and tempers mislaid.
Clinging for Dear Life,
1t was in this fashion that established N.Y.
sen tor a farewell journey through the beauti-
tul valley of Carriage, and away we went
smooth or rough, up hill or down, over plain
ana preclplce, mud and bowlder-with speed
that never faltered. The lusty driver having
been battered within an inch of his life by the
designing female at his side in her efforts to
secure the coveted seat, determined to distin-
gulsh himself, if never before. And he did
II, to the peril of all concerned, with mercilesy
whip and prolonged "Mulas, ah-h-h-h"'
Whlcn made the welkin ring. AS we tore
tHrougn the silent country everything seemed
10 catch the infection and suddenly break into
l!ot. Dogs parked, muchachos screamed like
!unatlcs,. and women rushed to their doors
Historically wishing us an eternal adios In
sue the coach were mishaps and catastro-
phes, uproar and merriment, as the crowded
passengers; hurled from side to side, bumped
heads and bruised one another black and blue:
Wn1le your scribe, serene upon her aerial
perch, though compelled to cling for dear life
TO the drivers Jacket Ia proceeding which he
view worth crossing the ocean to obtain -
Six miles from Cartago is the village of
Paradise (Paradise), about which nothing INT
TIC name is suggestive Of extreme felicity. A
Few scattered huts, upon as many hills as
Rome occupied, the heights above it scanned
WIN Dolsterous streams and knotted with
powders, q few scant fields Of beans and bs-
nanas' and the people apparently all asleep or
gone aWay-these are the main features of
thls mlscalled Eden. But here the wise Padre
Acuna, who introduced coffee into Costa RIGA.
uVea' and died at serene old age. We went
~ MS unpretent1ous casa, and saw the first
coHee Tree that ever grew in Central America
PANIED When tiny Shoot some seventy years
ago. Dy the good padres own hand and still
green at Its scraggy top. From the fiat roof Of
ms mousse one may seethe seven hills of Par
also, covered with gardens; the three rivers OF
Cartago valley seeking the sea; the densely
WOODED slopes, and ancient Indian villages of
OIosl, and, high over all, the frowning brow Of
IraZu -
While descending to the lower regions even
tne drivers whip was unemployed, and the
norses picked their way with care down the
steep decllvities, it being serious question
which would reach the bottom first. the coach
the animals, or the outside passengers. Lau-
rels and pines receded rapidly behind US. and
mangoes, oranges, and orchids innumerable
seemed rushing to meet u.s. then coffee groves
banana patches, and pineapple plantations.
WIN mere and there church towers and Indian
villages and isolated huts Of wild bamboo
ana, better than all, the perfect blue of
cioudless sky, and the encrcling mountains
with their ceaseless changes Of light ami
snaoo"' FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.