Evening star

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seems to be fairly w«*ll preserved

I am told that there are huge cisterns

and even a well wllhil%tiic citadel amt

big storerooms II could doubtless have

stood a siege for years in those days

I‘here would ecitalnly seem to be loom

within il toi lhuiisands of men

I understand il was Imth liy t’lolsiu

phr as a last refuge lot the Haitians Ai

•that time, they had nny recently treed

themselves from slavery and established

an independent stale an it seems

they feared the French might return

and altempl to tecoyel the lost rolonv

and re-establish slaveiy

Nliaw of lllselplioe

AeeuidlUg lo the legend II wan on

one of Ihe balllemculs ol this etladel

that Pin Isiophe matched an cnlliu

toinpauv over one us the pireiplllutes

walls In older lo defilonslrule Ihe ills

clplhie of his troops

I flew down within a tew feel of the

illadel in older lo Mispet I |l Ihe

only things know lo ccimparc ll lo in

magnitude are llte ancient pyramids in

Mexico Both id these ruin* ate tin

mud impressive l lone seen

Fonhiderlhg t tie difficulty of const no

Hon, th* solidity of the artifice sort the

Immense scale on which It Is built this

oltertal Is «n astonishing work A few

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IPrisou Invention

May Yield Riches

To Federal Convict

I By tbs A.n'Hiatf-d Preas.

i ATLANTA. Februarv 7.- Experi

ences g«Tined in the textile mill of the

Federal Penitentiary may make Jeff

Harrison, paroled convict., a rich man.

He has invented and patened an

automatic stop device for cotton

i looms which is being tested, so far

j with success, by a commercial mill

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1928). Washington, D.C., 1928-02-07. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1928-02-07/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1928-02-07.