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
land Man Got Consecrated Ground-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
rich 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 propellinE
power being mule and two horses, the mule
IN the middle. The driver is stunning fig
ure, in gray jacket deliberately braided leath-
er breeches trimmed down the outside seams
with rows of buttons and jingling coins, mill
tary sash OF red silk, and panama hat Of
enormous size, circled by silver cord as
thick as your thumb Here is bit of ex-
cellent advice, dear reader: Whenever you
| travel by diligencia, in any part of the world
always make it a point to sit beside the driy-
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
1olts 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 up above
the great wheels, with never "step'' be-
tween! Easily enough, If you only know
how-though like the writer, you be not the
airy fairy Lillian" type. Put one foot on
me 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
s1bly when arrived at the journeys end your
nose may be sun blistered, your hair tousIed.
and your raiment "of the earth earthly" but
you will be in much better condition physi-
| cally and spiritually than the unhappy crea-
lures penned up inside, breathing the odor
OF garlic into each others perspiring faces
ssomachs upset. and tempers mislaid.
Clinging for Dear Life.
1t was In this fashion that established my
self for farewell journey through the beauti-
1ul valley or Carriage, and away we went
smooth or rough, up hill or down, over plain
and precipice, mud and bowder-with speed
that never faltered. The lusty driver, having
been tiattered 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 merciless
whip and prolonged "Mulas, ah-h-h-h,''
which made the welkin ring. AS we tore
tHrougn the silent country everything seemed
to catch the infection and suddenly break into
rot. Dogs barked 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:
while your scribe, serene upon her aeria!
percn, though compelled to cling for dear life
to the drivers jacket Ia proceeding which he
ava not seem to resent, enjoyed a bird's-eye
view worth crossing the ocean to obtain. -
Six miles from Cartago is the village of
Paradise (Paradise), about which nothing bi,t
TIC name Is suggestive Of extreme felicity.
rev scattered huts, upon as many hills as
.Rome occupied, the heights above it scanned
WIN Dolsterous streams and knotted with
powders, few scant fields Of beans and b.
nanas, and the people apparently all asleep or
gone aWay-these are the main features of
THIS m1scalled Eden. But here the wise Padre
Acuna, who introduced coffee into Costa RIGA.
!lVed, and died at serene old age. We went
20 MS unpretent1ous casa, and saw the first
coHee tree that ever grew in Central America.
planted when tiny shoot, some seventy wears
ago, by the good PADRES own hand, and still
green at Its scraggy top. From the fiat roof Of
this house one may see the seven hills of Par
also, covered with gardens; the three rivers of
Carriage valley seeking the sea; the densely
wooded slopes, and ancient Indian villages Of
Ofosl' and, high over all, the frownng brow O.
IraZu.
While descending to the lower regions even
!he drivers whip was unemployed, and the
horses picked their way with care down the
steep declivities, it being serious question
winch would reach the bottom first the coach.
the animals, or the outside passengers. Lau-
rels and pines receded rapidly behind US, and
manages, oranges, and orchids innumerablo
seemed rushing to meet US, then coffee, groves.
banana patches, and pineapple plantations,
WIN mere and there church towers and Indian
villages and isolated huts Of wild bamboo
end, better than all, the perfect blue Of
cioudless sky, and the encircling mountains
with their ceaseless changes of light AMI
snaooW. FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.