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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12
IMPORTANT CHANCES MADE
M NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York. nee. 1.-The Ionz sx-
pccted trade makiuE Joe Tinker. short
stop 81 ERE Chicago Nationals. mana
rrr ~ the Cincinnati team. Nas effect
90 az ere rIosIuE srsslcn 81 far Na-
fuuaI league maEnates meeting held
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12

today. According to the terms q the
trade ChlcaEo Eivcs Tinker, Catcher
Chapman and Pitcher Loudcrmllk %
In exchange Cor Pitcher
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12
CRUISER PUTS ~ PORT
AFTER LONG VOYAGE

New Orleans. Dec. 1.-The Frencs
second class cruiser Des Cgrtes ar
rived On port late yesterday foI a visit
% week after q voyage OF nine
been loggcd. The oaicera yin be en-
tertafned By ne F'rench colony durine
the stay aers. ~he Des Carries wu
sail next Tuesday Tor Vera Cruz.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12

Pensacola stores offer ev-
cry inducement for Christ
mas shoppers. Do your
shopping early.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12

continued from Firat Parsl
vouid pave 40 % within eighteen
inches Of tha rails aud che raiiroa1
company ere balance The report waa
adonted and the ault against the rail-
road ordered dismissed
a communication vas read from TIE
hoard % pubue safety stating that ire
lease on me Garden street Ere head
quarters bun1nE wouid soon expire
and asking for an appropriation wlth
ehich t8 erect a central ere station.
90 was referred to toe finance com-
mlttcr.
A communication from citizens re-
siding near Seville square uaa read
asking that the squirrels in that park
~ eeut eiHewheru. 81 VA areferred 60
the committee on parks and ways.
RESOLUTIONS.
a resolution ives introduced tv Ale
German Ecmmts and adopted t6 fae
erect that hereafter an printing AMI
ruhlishInE H. ieu .H enc hands oil that
committee end not the city clerk ana
fhat an bills shall Pc submitted %
fhst tommlttre
Alderman nrashaw introduced res
NIa|.HHAr HHt.A NAM NHN..Ha NaNAaNM I'D"
attention uf fhs board of works 90 the
sewer outlet near wrshra mll which
ht says needs attention a. Unce.
Alderman ConCanunu introduced a
-eaniutiou cal'iHE on tae board 81
works Ga ascertain the probable cost Of
rianhfnr over Ct otherwise remrdvlnE
tae condition uf tue piece 81 wharf a.
the tnot 1t FsialoE street The este
mates end uaEatHfions for same % b.
Submitted tn che cIF council Do 10 Fsed
MISCELLANEOUS.
Registration Omccr Wuura appeared
End asked that warrant Coz SIS BE-
issued fo tln which wac granted He
ia paid annually and the amount b.
sned is 90 bs deducted az fhe end o.
TIE year
"a communication was read from
HmifinE Inspector sHarkrIf1rd asking
that there De- aome siiaht change En-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12

You never will have a bet
ter smoke than the "El Fal-
Co i0-cent Porto Rican
Cigar. Try IL. Lewis Bear
Co. distributors
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12
LEAGUE TEAMS
ARE SCHEDULED
FORGAMESHERE
MANAGER JoE BIRMINGHAM o.
rHE CLEVELAND AMERICANS
CLOSES ARRANGEMENTS TO
Play TOLEDO TEAM ~ THIS
CITY.

rrusacoa baseball fans uW have au
opportunity ne coming spring Of ser-
ing b.w league players iu action ont at
Mazent para for Manager Joe Bir-
minwham % the Cleveland Americans
as closed arrangements t8 play series
81 games with she Toledo Club of the
American Association Both teams ere
70 train here and Manager nirmnx-
harm haa announced the following pro-
gram
Feb. af-Bausry men vm arrive az
Pensacola
March t-Enure squad a. rsuaacola.
March Sunday Manager Bir-
nHnrhau win divide his squad into
tHo teams and piay bic arst game.
March to-Eutire Toledo squad wiil
afrire at Pensacola.
March "a G'riday)-clevoiard vs.
Toiedo
March 70 Csunday)-cisveland W.
.sisreh y oMoudag)-cl,vsland ".
Tolsao
March as Cleveland arst squad yin
lrafc Pensacola.
First squad
March faeClcFciaud cd Mobile
March s0-Ctsvriand at Mobile
March ge-Cieveiand at New OrIeauH
March ef-rieFolnud at NeN Orleans
Second squad.
fFnrHHEnIal
March 3i.-Cievriaud rs. Toledo
March 17-Cleteiand vi. Toledo.
March 2facieVeiaud ts Toledo.
March Cleveland af MOBILE
March eT-CIeFeiand at Mobile
Marvh ss-Eecond squad Joins ne
hrFt squad at New orlrans
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12

City Council Defers Action
On Resignation Of Clerk
Until Accounts Are Audited
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12

Total cash 81 hank ........ .t7o7 49, 20
ENPENsHs ron ocroaEP
Dspartnisnt % pubilc safety
Evening star., 1912-09-15
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which are to be found among the public
documents Of that period. Embracing the
great principles and facts. clothed in
nervous and appropriate style, they are
equally marked with dignity, firmness. in
telligence and wisdom"
Albemarle county held non-importa-
ton convention which was presided over
by Thomas Jefferson and Hanover cot.n-
ty held one that was presided over by
Patrick Henry, and these conventions. to-
gether with those OF twenty-eight other
counties, substantially adopted the Fair
fax resolves as the expression of their
views OF the great controversy between
Britain and America.
About half a mile eastward of Tyson
cross roads and on the Alexandria pike
lives E. r. Merry. He was born on that
farm, which his father. a New Yorker.
acquired many years ago. Neighbors told
The Star man, for Mr.. Merry was not at
home that that gentleman had been ac-
tive in promoting q plan to permanently
mark the site of the Fairfax revolutions
ary courthouse. and had identified thu
site of 1t as being on the Kenyon farm.
The site at this time is covered with
field of corn. At Meyers store, which is
the principal building at Tyson cross
roads, the information was given that
there had been considerable talk in the
county of erecting a marker TO direct
mems minds and steps to the old court
house site, but that nothing has yet come
Of the proposal.
Evening star., 1912-09-15

never heard and which few Americans
have ever seen.
The first part of the journey is through
palm trees. Further on we find tropical
giants of other arboreal varieties with
trunks as big around as a -four barrel
and 100 or 200 feet high. The limbs of
some are covered with vines and their
trunks are wrapped around with long
liamas or vegetable ropes which eX-
tend to the ground and root themselves
in the earth. In places these hamas
have vines connected with them and
the trunks of the trees seem to be
draped in cloaks or mantles with great
hobble skirts of bright green.
I wish 1 could picture the orchids.
They cover the dead branches and hang
from the live ones. They are of sew
eral hundred varieties and now and
then we see one in flower. There are
other air plants of every description.
and, in short. such a dense mass of
strange luxurfant and beautiful vege-
tation, including flowers, trees and
vines, that the eye alone can compre-
hend it's great beauty. 1t is Impossible
for the pen to describe 1T.
The splendor of the mountains cor
responds with the vegetation. | have
travelled along the Andes from Panama
to the Straits of Magellan. The slopes
of the west coast from Ecuador to Val
paraiso are ragged and rocky, and as
bare as the most arid parts OF the
Sierra Nevadas. They are bordered
Evening star., 1912-09-15
S4nE5zr SCENE
Tn SAN Jose

banana estates and ride for an hour or SO
through a dense forest made up of these
Nwide-leafed rustling green plants They
reach as high as the cars and are SO close
that we can almost pull the fruit from
the stems. We see them cutting the
bananas and laying them on beds of
leaves by the tracks. Later on they will
be carefully corded up and transferred
to the cars.
AS we go on the land rises. We stop at
Madre de Dios, and a little later reach
the valley of the ReventaZon river, an
emerald green stream which flows down
the wild valley which forms the greater
part Of the route to the highlands This
river winds in and out, now passing
through gorges between great walls of
bright green. One bend is known as the
Devils Elbow. and above this are precip-
itous green walls. thousand feet high.
The track winds along the sides of them
and as you look up yol.r view is bordered
with emerald cliffs and rooted by the sky.
Except for it's green tint the water of the
river is beautifully clear. save where 1t
rolls over the stones. foaming and dash
ing, Transforming its emeralds to silver.
And then the vegetation. Our way up
the mountains is through a botanical gar
den more gorgeous and more beautiful
than the famed creations of Java, Hong
kong or Ceylon. The plants change as
we rise and we have hundreds of flowers
and trees the names of which we have
Evening star., 1912-09-15

by the great desert which. beginning
at the south end Of Ecuador. skirts the
western coast of the South American con-
tinent for 1900 miles and they are as dry
as it's sands. The Andes of Costa Rica
are covered with green and the green
ends alone in the clouds. The air is full
of moisture, and there are clouds every
where. They chase themselves along the
of the mountains and cover their tops
They blow up TO the railroad cars and en-
velop us in mist, and moment later
the locomotive and train shoot out into
the pure air beyond.
wish I could show you the windings
of this Northern railway track as it
goes up the hills. 1t has not yet been
discovered by the tourist who flies off
every summer to Europe to see the
Swiss Alps, but in many respects 1t
is equally grand with the railways of
Switzerland and the more interesting
because 1t Is almost unknown. The
road winds about like corkscrew as
it climbs up the Central American
mountains. 1t has horseshoe curves
more wonderful than those Of the Penn
sylvania railroad-curves which are
sharper and rounder and are more like
horseshoes, in fact. Moreover, the hills
rise above these curves for hundreds
of feet, and we wind our way about
what seems to De a mighty cul-de-sac
Evening star., 1912-09-15
Job 0utdone.
DAMRosCH. at a

VyALTER DAMRoSCH. at a dinner in
w New York, was talking about the
troubles and trials of orchestral cons
ductors.
"A conductor" he said- needs the
patience, not of Job. but of Liszt. I'll
tell you a story about Lszt that my
father told to me.
Two men once made bet that they
could make L.iszt angry. So they visited
his house. found out from his servant
that the one thing above all others no
insisted on WIS a well made bed. and
bribed the servant not to make Liszts
bed that night.
1.-The plot, however, failed. Though
I.iszt slept badly and rose haggard and
pale. he said nothing
so the servant was again bribed not
to make the bed, and still Lszt said
nothing.
After the third nights bribery Liszt
summoned the servant and said to her
gently
"I see you have decided not to make
my bed any more. Well. so be II. Tho
thing annoyed me at first, but i am
quite used to 1t now.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
TYPICAL CosrARlcANs

of the densest of green. At times we
are half way up the sides OF gorge
and by looking down and following
the lines Of the horseshoe we can see
the Reventazon river, splashing Its sill
very foam as IL rolls over the powders.
In one place the eye can follow the
silvery streak for many miles.
There are but few towns on the road
up the mountains. They are mostly
shacks of one story with the roofs
overhanging so as to cover porch in
front and behind. Outside the porches
the average house is not more than
twelve feet square and the whole
family lives in one room. In some
places we see villages Of such houses.
and rising higher we find the comfort
able little country homes of the conee
planters. The plantations devoted to
coffee are 1000 or 1900 feet above the
sea- They increase as we near SAN
Jose and we finally pass through
country where there is nothing but
coffee. The trees are shaded by oa-
nanas or plantains. They are not
more than ten or twelve feet in height
They are spindling and the trunks at
the base are about as big around as
your wrist. They have shining green
leaves like those of the holly. and the
red berries containing the beans are
now ripe for the picking. The berries
are joined close to the branches with
out stems and each contains the two
little seeds which form the coffee or
coffee lands are utilized. The plan
tations climb the steepest hills aud
some are SO precipitous that IT would
seem impossible to cultivate them ex-
cent with rope ladders. Nevertheless, 1t
paws. for the Costa Rican coffee ranks
with the mocha of Arabia in the mar
kets of Europe and brings a higher
price than any other.
-.
xx,t,i ch 10 y.
traordinary fertility of the Costa sRican
soil What would you think of setting
a fence post and having 1T grow into a
tree? That is what they do here. The
mountain farms are surrounded Dy
hedges, most of which are growing
stakes driven in close together and in
terwoyen with barbed wire. As the
stakes grow they shoot out long branches
at the top. and these. in time are cut
off and used for fuel. Indeed, there Is
a wood lot surrounding every field, and
the cooking is done with fuel supplied by
the fences.
AS we get on the highlands we often
have an extensive view of the plateau.
and a crazy quilt of small farms Is
spread out below US. There are fields OF
green sugar cane, groves OF oranges, or
chards of coffee, and beds of plantafns or
bananas. The buildings SO low that
they are hardly visible among the trees.
or at best only the red tiles of the roofs
Some Of the farms have cattle feeding
upon them, and on others horses are
pastured. There are but few roads. and
the people make theif way to and from
the stations on horseback or in OK carts.
which is the corEsfaen dray or the coun-
try The horses are small, but their gait
is single foot. and they are easy riders.
Every traveller carries his saddle bag
with him, and half the men at the sta
tions have saddle bags on their shoulders.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1912-09-15

before we leave Costa Rica. Its two
craters are now quiet. but they are liable
at any time to burst into action. This
country has nineteen volcanoes, and some
of them are perpetually smoking. The
average height of the mountains, how
ever, is only that of the tallest peaks OF
the Alleghenies, and they can be culti-
waited almost to the tops.
Down at Port Limon it is hot. It is 80
tropical that the natives cannot labor on
account of the climate and jamaican
negroes have been brought in to do the
hard work. Higher up we shall find the
people cream-white. They are the de-
scendants of the Gallicians hardy and
are far superior to the descendants Of the
Spanish of other parts Of Central Ameri-
ca, and also to those of the South Amerf-
can continent. They are an Independent
people. and the most Of them are property
owners, and liberty lovers. They do not
believe in revolutions. and for more than
a generation they have had continuous
peace. This can be said of no other Cen
trail American state.
-
But before take you on the trip up the
mountains let me put this little land in
nutshell. You know where it lies. Con-
sidering Panama as the hinge which joins
the North and South American conti-
nents, Costa Rica is the lowermost coun-
try of our grand division. 1t borders on
Panama, and just now a party of Ameri-
can scientists. headed by Mr.. John Hay
ford, the eminent geograph pher and scien-
tist, Is mapping the boundaries which are
now in dispute. On the north is Mica
ragua, and San Jose, where I am writing,
lies in the center of the highlands. just
about half way between. The country,
all told. contains a little more than 1900
square miles. 1t is just twice the size OF
Vermont or New Hampshire. 1t is twice
as big as Maryland. more than half as
big as South Carolina, about one-third
the area of Illinois and more than two
times that Of Massachusetts,.
The most of Costa Rica, as have said,
is made up of these highlands. They are
SO broken that they remind one of the
illustration which one of the explorers of
the days of Columbus gave to the King
Evening star., 1912-09-15

~ REEDOM HILL lies seven miles
west and a trif1e less than one
mile south Of the Virginia end
of the Chain bridge. If you will
spread out before you the Wash
ington quadrangle, or topographic map,
made by the geological survey, you Will
see Freedom hill near the west end OF
the fifty-five-minute line. It is within
easy walking distance of Dunn Loring or
Vienna but nearer Vienna. If your boots
are stout and your energy sufficient you
can reach Freedom hill by walking across
the Chain bridge, following the Leesburg
and Georgetown turnpike to Langley and
thence turning southwest on road that
leads to Tyson cross roads by way OF
Mackall hill and Lewinsville.
If you go by way Of Vienna the road
for half a mile beyond that village is a
smooth and beautiful suburban way, be-
ing bedded with macadam that mas peen
crushed fine and compact by heavy rollers.
Passing this highly improved section the
road becomes a typical country streak of
red and yellow clay, road that Is good
when the weather is good A mile ana a
half along. this road begins TO chno d
hill rough with loose stone and not note
worthy for it's steepness. From the broad
and open fields that top the wide summit
of this hill fine prospect of the sur
rounding country is presented. 1t is a
panorama of green fields and woodland
The view sweeps southwest toward the
village of Fairfax Court House, but the
steeples and monuments of that village
were hidden either by the rolling, inter-
yening hills or by the autumn haze when
the Star man climbed Freedom hill. To
the east the eye catches a store and
dwelling marking Tyson cross roads, and
to the north and west one sees only un-
dulating country diversified by cultivated
fields and patches Of woods with an oc-
caSiOual farmhouse or barn nalf nld0en
in a clump of trees.
On the crest Of this hill the road forks.
one stem leading directly to the Leesburg
and Alexandria pike and the other twist
farms and farmhouses and crossing the
pike at Tyson. On the way one passes
rustic little building with a steeple and
porch and which might easily be mis-
taken for a church but for a large sign on
it's front which reads: Freedom Hill Pub
may catch a glimpse of a civil war earth
work, but in the neghborhood no one
was found who knew the name Of this
grim memento of the red days Of '61-65.
Freedom Hill is historic ground. The
farms there. are owned by P s. Kenyon,
B. w. Head and Helen Lamphere: These
farms meet on that part of the hill where
the direct road to the pike and that to
Tyson cross roads part. Close to this spot
stood the ancient courthouse Of Fairfax
county,, the predecessor Of the building
erected in 1900, which now stands six or
seven miles south. and around which the
village which we know as Fairfax has
grown up. No doubt a little hamlet also
stood on this hilltop in the long ago, be-
cause q county courthouse soon draws to
itself lawyers offices, doctors offices,
stores, taverns and stables.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
OVERRIDING 1t.

WOODROW WILSON, at luncheon
w at Spring Lake, said Of boy ath-
lete:
II am afraid he sets athletics too far
above English. mathematics and history.
His aunt said to him the other day:
I'm delighted to hear of your sue
cess on the school base ball team, Har-
old: but you must remember that there
are other things in life besides base
ball.
"'Yes, aunt. I know said the boy:
but. hang It all. I'm afraid I'm too light
for foot ball or rowing"
Evening star., 1912-09-15
The Male Boy.

GOV. MARSHALL Of Indiana said the
" other day that he who demands spe-
cial privileges Of the government is q
beggar.
millionaire or not" said Gov. Mar
shall to a reporter afterward. "the man
who holds out his hand for help begs.
The fact is self-evident II needs no
rroof Even to state IL seems supererog-
atory-seems like the shout of young
Benedick. who entered his club roar
ing:
".Hurray! A young son. It's boyr "
Evening star., 1912-09-15

throughout the building, in addition to
the mirrors and other glassware that
need attention. housekeeper might
easily become discouraged to think. too.
of the 100 windows in the Treasury that
require cleaning. Armed with vacuum
cleaners, the men Of the labor force en-
ter the office rooms and go over the car
pets the file cases and the books. The
messengers employed in the various Of
f1ces, however, frequently dust the desks
and put things to right in the morning
10 carry on their work the month of
July the labor force sent in reouisitions
for 200 pounds Of scrubbing powder. one
dozen mops and six gallons Of metal
polish.
Toilet articles form not the least part
of Uncle Sans purchases. For the use
of his employees he purchases each year
over 5000 cakes of soap. For the
laborers working among the machinery
scrubbing powder for the hands is
provided. Each month an average of
some two thousand rolls of toilet paper
is purchased for the building. Five
hundred rolls Of tissue towels, or an
average of about one and one-half rolls.
are used per day. In addition Uncle
rather a bit larger than that which
faces the average housekeeper. for
each year there are some 100000 towels
used, and the continual laundering of
these Is necessarily a consideration.
The work is done by contract however,
and generally at a rate of from 80 to
AZ cents per 100.
Among the other things needed in
the building Uncle Sam keeps about
1000 typewriters and adding ma
chimes in circulation. His furniture
is also an item, for each year he pur-
chases hundred or more sanitary
desks and chairs. About 1000 yards
of carpet are in use in the building and
must frequently be renovated Or re-
placed. His coal generally runs as high
as 5000 tons a year. acquisitions for
about 1000 drinking glasses are put in
during the year. AS many as twenty die
tionaries are purchased annually. Sew
eral hundred electric fans are used
throughout the building, and until re-
Gently. when new rule abollsh1ng
them was put into effect, nearly that
many screens could be found in the
office rooms.
But Uncle Sans purchases are not
all big items, and perhaps one would
be amused to learn that In SO stately
a building as the United States Treas
ury requisitions are made for such
commonplace things as mouse traps,
candles and tin cups, for the use OF the
men working among the machinery,
and several thousand boxes of matches.