Evening star., 1930-12-11
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Simon Bolivar before its door. In this
house the great liberator was born, but
in 1926 it was decided, by the Bolivar
family to one of their favorite slaves.
The edifice and the ground surrounding
it have remained in the hands Of de-
scendants of the Bolivar slaves ever
since that date, which associates the
name with the property for a period of
207 years in all. Now the landmark Is
owned by a "mestizo" (half-bred Span
ish and Indian, whose name is Limo
Francisco Bolivar; he is always eager
to show visitors the treasures of the
ancient homestead.
AS you progress from room to room
you will see many different types of
firearms in use more than a century
ago. These weapons are of all sorts Of
patterns, and some appear much more
formidable for the man employing them
than for the enemy. There are possibly
hundred different kinds of pistols and
hundred varieties of muskets. In the
yards and gardens surrounding the
house there are scores of cannon, of
varied lengths and bores. The house
was used as an arsenal during the
Venezuelan War of independence and in
1921, during the approach of the Span
iards before the battle of Carabobo, the
powder magazine in the rear of the
building was exploded by Capt. Juan
Ricaurte. He lost his own life to pre-
vent the munitions of war stored there
in falling into the hands of the foe.
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U. S. Motor Cars Never
Discarded in Colombia.
Diario Del Comercio. Barranuuilla.-
Regardless of how frequently new cars
must be purchased in the United States
these vehicles never seem to reach the
degrees Of disintegration when they are
unserviceable in Colombia. Many visi-
tors to Barranquilla, when they behold
the wrecks of vehicles that navigate our
streets, or parked along our sidewalks,
cannot conceal their astoniShment
These decrepit contrivances pass from
hand to hand until they have lost all
vestige of color and any conference of
mechanism. There are cars operating
upon our avenues that probably possess
scarcely six units of their original fabri-
cation. If no one ever saw dead burro
it is equally true that no one ever be-
held a discarded motor car-certainly
not in Barranquilla, if not in the other
cities of Colombia
Some of these vehicles it is impossible
to classify as regards their manufacture,
yet the proprietors obtain licenses to
use them regardless Of this fact.
One Fernando Monies was recently
before the court because his license
called for the operation of Hudson,
while to all appearances he was driving
Chevrolet. He protested that his ap-
pllcation was made in all sincerity and
that he thought he had Hudson.
Inspectors for the traffic department
were unable to determine Just what
mark manufacturer the car was origi-
nally, SO much of its construction had
been changed.
In our opinion, these mechanical
vagabondS constitute a constant danger
edifying spectacles, both to our citi-
zens and to strangers. who Judge us
largely by the appearance of our thor
oughfares.
All such cars should removed from
pubic sight as promptly as possible.
ana With them some OF the city buses
before we incur terrible catastrophe.
Mrs. Mcpherson Sues
To Recover Coat Left in Paris.
lie Matin, Paris-A sequel to the
visit Of Nine. Aimee Mcpherson of
California, U. S. A., Is being AIRED In a
local court through the of1ces of the
American consulate. 1t seems that thu
prophecies at the time of her visit here
while returning from a tour of Pales-
tine left a valuable fur coat with which
she did not wish to be tncumbered
while travelling. The proselyte to whom
It was intrusted instead of forwarding it
10 Nine. Mcpherson wore II for a while
and then hypothecated IL, subsequently
departing, according to police records,
original possessor will recover her coat
IS very doubtful