The Republican journal., 1903-01-08
roLoMBIA'S CAPITAL.
,,;+v of the Holy Faith.

BoA y ,i. mountain capital, half a
-, IN .,r ,~ than the very top of Mount
ris .l22',3 p,,b has no direct communica-
s5oc ' +ns outer world by rail or
so W.T. IS surprised to find many OF
.rsa ,.... a,. $ Of twentieth century civil
tlt l' ''T rG4re are telegraphs and tele-
suo' .st sars, electric lights, pianos
po nss up-to-date agricultural
lnq '' and other machinery, sand
Gg t'' .,oaeu conditions that SAVIOR
eS'' aus of Abraham, Isaac and
Il ,r,na Of the cars, coaches, ON
lN'' utarhines were manufac-
l.li' mlt we're imported here
af'- mted states, England or
t'- brought by steamer up the
+ '' river as far as Honda, and
10. e., tu pieces, repaeked in small
1a' ,,1 carried over the mountains
'' ,,l. OF mules or men. Take,
d .rArriage. One peon will
.4-I another the axles,
'. .up.iug- pole, or slngle-tree;
' with all the parts of the
i v.ey, the screws and bolts,
r.eAe,l i'll small boxes and
sr,5 mules. together with the
oi .urtains. One man Will
.s Oo month il carrying a
~ ,rs- rm Honda to Bogata,
' a4ul to tug it rapidly from
..r- .0tiad PAGES, and then to
ID. . +a- d laHg rest, making barely
5..f. When all the dismem-
r.... ually arrives at its desti-
r-.ees are collected and put
.....- .m, Smithy, who may have
uam an itinerant Amer
uechanic. One scarcely
b. wght TO be the greatest
.. .Iurp to manufacture all
.....- ... "a country where wood
........ al are SO abundant, or
....-t.ar are overcome in their
uortation from foreign
,.l- ling the enormous cost
...uM- street ear lines i'll this
.ul rail being the load OF
ring half a dozen days
contain climbing - the
r proved a very profit
.... to the company of
..s. utajsts who built them.
. ..NN nrriages in Bogata, not
..... tle stony streets would
.... U strongest vehicle, but
.... u The great expense OF
g aere, Therefore, every
.- le street cars; and the
..rra flr, whether it be for five
.. Aurs. is a Colombian real,
t.jth equals in value about
American money. The cars
....7 uorses and mules, and the
r u horns, which they are
ATS ootiug with might and
. - ntlr people in their houses
.o.ul- approach. AS in other
&. ~pamsh-American countries,
su- aus are never run singly, but
..- groups; that is, instead of
Ws five minutes apart,
.,- '1gether, half an hour Or
a.. ..e -'lton. and then all sally
J..a, -.Y or eight of them Ill a
tHy drivers making the
-N.. their horns. Whenever
AXE on or let out pas
.Moie train is halted; and
l- at the other end of the
ugether, as before. Fancy
"H- adopted in any north
Ha.a nobody is ever in a
n is our genial minister,
unerIy editor of the
ui.Ilgencer.j "Senor COTo-
litectionately called here.
the Spanish word for
i" -urss never presses the true
4.d people are quite willing
"-l d am hour in friendly gossip
es.re- conner, while waiting for
'H'a Nobody objects when the
ofs'ua- 0t cars is halted five or ten
-'"- while aomebody who is coming
Sizes '.e 'rTemonious and ong-wind-
''.8uA Eurh are the fashion among
'- eEre-5, nIy polite Castilanoes; OF
'ltfr tsll when female passenger
'I l'tri rirst embracing all her ac-
0A,aute- who may chance to be in
'". and eXchanging with them the
.Aaa5l asses, first on the right
fa, and tleu on the left.
l-. aDe might get over consider
"'If giJind in less time on foot,
'''e 3~t pending the better part
''' 44'S ,n Bogatas mule-cars-
Nrgauer their devious meander-
apparently hap-hazzard, undoubt-
$3.50" rs portions of the old city
's'tl"lSe we should not explore:
'.'' aeeaGSe active exercise in these
'''''' mugs on that distressing COM
''trQ aroche, which means vio-
f''NLalon of the heart, and a rush
p. 'he head, inducing dizziness
'.' iemorrhage from the nose
''i' Nearly all newcomers suffer
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