Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31


atmosphere is bad for rheumatism. but 1t
gives the girls their beautiful compilations
and. causes the earth to bring forth plants
! and flowers beyond description Maximil-
| ian called IT "The City Of Flowers.
/ The irregular topography of the country
| makes sewers unnecessary. The pave
/ ments slope from the houses to the center
| OF the street. where there Is always a
! little stream which carries off the dust
ard the garbage. THE houses are OF the
/ oitl-fa shioned Moorish type with high tile
covered roofs that project over the side
| walks like sheds and have long spouts.
often In grotesque shapes. which carry the
water from the caves to the center of the
street There is not a wagon or a car
| riage or a cart In Jalapa but a street car
! system that hauls passengers and freight
| up the circuitous streets with six mules
| Memorial to 1.-The Victims
| In the center of the plaza is a shaft of
| Stone with inscription which is mis-
| leading The monument is dedicated TO the
| memory of the victims" of Ja1apa to the
cruelty of the American invaders. and one
| of the streets is named Las Victimos.
| The true story is that two young men,
| members of an aristocratic family of Jala-
! pa were captured in action by Gen. Scott
| when he was on his way from Vera Cruz
| to the City of Mexico in 1917 They We're
| so young and seemed so irresponsible that
| he ordered their release as if they had
| been non-com batants, but required them
/ to take 0ai1 tfldt they would not again
| bear arms against the United States. The
! young men seemed to appreciate the sig
nificance and soemnity of the parole, but
| the very next day We're again captured in
| SkirmiSh fully armed and in action, and
| Gen. Scott ordered them shot as an
ample. The officials and the aristoeracy of
| Jalapa made a terrible ado over their fate
| and erected this monument to perpetuate
| the memory of their folly
! The only other reminder of the United
| States in the neighborhood of Jaiapa is
| Presbyterian mission in charge of the Rev.
! Isaac Boyee, formerly of Pittsburg, who
| has a church of seventy five native menu
| bers.
Oldest Clock on the Continent
The oldest clock on the American contin-
ent is in the tower of FL Calvario Church,
where it was placed in 1887 1t has been
running ever since, and still keeps good
time 1t was made in England and Is said
to have seen service for TWO or three hum
dred years in the steeple of some church
in Spain, from which it was taken by order
of the queen and sent over as present TO
the people of Jalapa.
After leaving Jalapa the track of the In
teroceanic railway drops down into a beau
tifuI canyon and descends rapidly toward
the sea level. The habitatons of the Ieo-
pie are no longer adobe walls and tiled
roofs. but cabins of bamboo matched with
palm leaves and covered with glowing vines.
The scenery is superb. 1t is the tirst glimpse
of the tropics have had in Mexico and is
a section of the "Iiera Calente bet,
which extends all the way along the eastern
slope of the mountains from Texas to fu-
catan. 1t is largely covered with almost
mpenetrable forests of hundred varieties
of valuable woods, which have scarcely Deeil
touched by the timber dealer, but remains
mine of wealth for the future, much more
valuable than silver or gold Where the
ground has been cleared ii produces couee,
sugar, bananas and other tropical staples
abundantly and occasionally are Wlde
stretches of clearing, covered with nutrl-
tious grass which makes excellent pastures.
Club of Tarpon Fishermen.
good many Americans are coming in
to take up lnis land. Dowie came down
year or two ago and made contract TO
buy two haciendas of several hundred thou
sand acres each from the son of former
President Gonzales. upon which he proposed
to establish a colony from Zion, but ne
failed to make good" and Senior Gonzales
has tried in vain TO recover something from
him.
Near Tampico, on the gulf coast, club
of English and American tarpon nshermeh
has recently been established with sixty
members, including George II. Price OF New
York, the president John w. Gates, Bourke
Cochran, Judge Pollock of Kansas, Judge
Mcpherson of Missouri. Judge Phllilps OF
Iowa DR.. Houg'h of Tamplco and olieF
Americans; Lord Charles Beresford, Slr
Frederick Johnson and other EngHshnen
Tarpon, which are to fishermen what royal
Bengal tigers are to hunters can be found
only in the Gulf Of Mexico few years
ago they were plentiful along the west coast
of Florida but have been practically eHtei-
minated there, and the sportsmen have been
compelled to cross the gulf to find them
They abound all the way from Matamoras
Ia Yucatan but the best fishing is said to
be in the neiglborhood of Tampico. In the
Pamuco river where DR. Hough of that city
broke the worlds record last year by laho-
ing seventeen specimens In single day
every one of them weighing more than loo
pounds. He used a six-foot pole with 600
feet of brass line. Mr.. Price last year
caught ndnety-three tarpon, averaging l4o
mounds. with the same line. The association
Is now building a $4,000 club house, with
all modern convenienceS, and Tampico Is
expected to be the winter rendezvous LOT
ocean yachtsmen.