The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-05-07
OUR LATIN NEIGHBOR.
WAYS AND INSTITUTIONS IN A
CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLIC
San Jose Del InteriOr-An Evident Striving
for Education and Improvement-Fate of
an Editor who was Candld-Natiopal
Liquor Factory.

! for Education and Improvement-Fate of
an Editor who was Candld-Natiopal
Liquor Factory.
! CONTINUED FROM FIRST, COLUMN
| Freedom Of the Press.
The two dailies are made up of long winded
editorials on all manner of topics, ancient
and modern, with modicum OF Geographic
Jews and local gossip, commercial advertise
ments, and shipping intelligence from the
ports OF Limon and Punta Arenas Speaking
OF the joys OF journalism in this part of the
world, We may refer to the fate of Senior
Don Marchal, editor of Las Brujas, the lead
ing newspaper man of San Jose during the
Presidency of Bernardo Soto. One day Don
Marchal published an article which so Of
Tended the ruler of the so-called republic
that he sent for the editor to come at once
to the palace. Not daring to disobey, the
offender fastened to the executive mansion,
where he was ushered into Soto's private
apartment. At sight of Marchal the Presi-
dent leaped to his feet in ungovernable fury,
seized loaded pistol that happened to lie
near and shot full into the face of the SIR
prised and unarmed man, missing him by
the merest chance. Naturally, at this ALARM
| ing juncture, Senior Marchal stood not upon
| the order of going, but took to his heels with
own house, making hasty preparations to
| leave the country, he was arrested by officers
| OF the government and taken to prison:
where, that very night by the Presidents
order, 100 lashes were laid on his bare back
AS Soto was aware, this was the worst puE-
| ishment that could possibly be devised, be.
| cause, aside from physical pain, any haught,
scion of Old CASTLE would rather die hun
dred deaths than suffer such humiliation
| Nor was this all.
Next morning, weak and bleeding as &C.
| was, Marchal, handcuffed like galley slave
was marched off with several other political
offenders and few common criminals IN
Punta Arenas, where he was forced to board
an outward-bound steamer. and forbidden
to return. Without trial by law, or opportun.
lty to defend himself, he was sentenced t.
perpetual exile his property confscated, aud
his family left to the charity of friends.
The Clubs.
Perhaps the most popular institution Of
San Jose is the International club, which
numbers among its members every gentleman
In the city. It occupies spacious, story,
white painted building, and contains recep-
tion, reading, billiard, card, and bar rooms.
IN the court Is fountain, surrounded by
beautiful flowers. The reading-room is rich
IN eriodicals--Spanish, English, German,
and French. The library of 5000 volumes Is
IN all languages, German classics and English
works of travel predominating. Another club,
Ell Comercio, stands next in Importance,
with upward of 200 members. The San Jose
philharmonic society has also many mem
bers: including several professors and all the
musical talent Of the city
There are also several scientific societies, of
law and medicine, and literary association
known as El Porrenir -
The traveller in Costa Rica should not omit
yisis to that UNIQUE institution, the National
| liquor factory It stands On a hill at the
eastern hOr6pr n cif no
station, and is usually mistaken by strangers
for feudal castle. The high walled fortress
like Enclosure. covering about three acres
contains engine-house, stills, and ware
houses, as well as the residences Of the super
intendent and engineers. The grounds are
entered through. high-archod gateway IF
carved stone, whose pediment contains J.
clock. TO the left are some Offices, whence
custodians issue to escort all visitors about
the premises. The head engineer in this fac
tory is North American, formerly of St.
Louis, and there are two German engineers
and twenty-five or thirty native assistants.
me four large stills were manufactured in
Glasgow, on what is known as the "cofree
princple."
Government DfstfIlery.,.
Each of the fermentation houses holds four
rows of big tanks each tank with capacity
or 1880 bottles. The storage warehouses
show long rows Of tanks, made CT teak wood
~
:! counted sixty Of them, the total capacity
being ], 900 quarts. The present output Of
this institution is about 1,500, OGO annually:
yet none of it is exported, and you rarely see
any drunkenness in Costa Rica Nor is this
all, for large quantities OF wine and beer arc
imported, besides coed dsal of Illicit distill-
ing Of aguadiente, or rum made from sugar
care. The government claims the monopoly
of its manufacture, however, and compounds
1t with various sweet llqueurs. Guarapo is
the fermented juice of cane, aguadiente The
distilled spirit The latter con tains % per
cent CT alcohol and sells at wholesale for IS
cents per bottle. OF course, it is much miIder
than our Wilkes. The Costa Ricars are
very fond OF 1t. and have observed thai fcr-
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