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smile to far eaoogh to go the first time. The 

 damaaat and apead of the daily ride may be 



a ''r3rt-%5ffl& 



and a man at lwt twkv an mu 

 ad long given up all idea of active 

 ia athletics have taken to riding 

 bkrycK with the best effect, and ladies have 

 .TSTtLaseollhewlmlatoaicexerci^of 

 the si sat sal valoe. The principal charm of the 

 wheat to the fact that one can, in a fraction of 

 the tfcaa fc would take to walk or even to be 

 drtvwa to a plac^r>lbere independently an 1 in 

 a fashion that ha* all the pleasure of the roost 

 delightful tranfwrtalfcm imaginable, while at 

 the same time obtaining the benefits of a most 

 healthful enraam Once a bicyclist always a 

 Mejciiat hat become a proverb. The 

 Maple ride a machine, the more enthu 

 they ttreome and the more they want t 

 One of the most popular forms of amusement at 

 prsaiat is road racing on the l.icvele. On ac- 

 count of tiie poor state of most roads in An 

 thb pastime has not yet become what it is in Kng- 

 laod and in Kranoe, where the roads arc nearly 

 irtrfriT* Two race counes with a national repu- 

 tation are th* I rrington-Milburn and the Pull- 

 man. On Memorial Day the best Western rid. rs 

 r the races at Pullman, and the Eastern 

 try their speed and endurance at the Orange 

 %< in Sew Jersey. Tin- Irvington-Milburn 

 M baft-mile stretch between two villages 

 of thaw names at Orange, X. J. The road here 

 hi smooth bat hilly, and often a third of the 

 starter* fail to finish the race. The Pullman 

 eoofw is a U^milc stretch between Chicago 

 and Pullman. Some idea of the place tnatbi- 

 eyclin* hat taken in Xew York life may be 

 piaed from the fact that a bill was recently in- 

 traduced for the turning of the old aqueclurt path 

 IntoebicyclMrack. This bill was passed by Uh 

 Hoaam and only failed to become a law through 

 Oov. Morton's failure to attach his signature. 



The League of American Wheelmen was 

 founded in 1880, and now numbers 88,000 m< in- 

 here. The president of tl,, I. A. \v . ;i 

 always called, i* \ K Williston, of Maryland. 

 . . . ....;.-..,, _-. i', rkint, of Boa- 



toa; bat the controlling influence is said 

 Isaac a Potter. -k. who would be the 



ataaViunt of the body but for an amicable suit 

 at law. The objects of the league are, in general, 

 twofold: First, to encourage and aid i.i.-yling 

 by obtaining passage of laws favorable to the 

 port, by protecting the righu of bicyclist*, and 

 asating to secure batter roads all over the conn- 

 uid. second, to protect the bettor class of 

 ridon from the damace that might be done the 



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the first time. The break records and give exibitions or compete in 

 amateur competitions, thai furnishing regular 



Constantly moving advertisement for the 



purpose, riders are divided 

 es A, Class B, and Class P. 

 The riders ia Class A are pure amateurs who 

 S* "?. * Pd of "*"! at bicy- 



aMn who, while not actually making their 

 uTng at bicycltota, go from one country to 

 another partly for the sake of the traveling, and 

 ride a bicycle of a certain make with which they 



house that pays their expenses and provides 

 them with wheels. Class 1 up of j.n- 



i>t*. The I.. A. \V. i- divided 

 into Slate di\ision. ,-ach self-govorning. 



Qreat as is the bieyele in Ameriea and pojmlar 

 as it is in Kngland. it tin-U its true home in 

 Paris. That city, with its smooth wooden pave- 

 r adapted to bi( -yclm-;. and 10 

 Pari-iennes ride whore one Knglislr.\ 

 would. In Paris, too, one finds tin- more practi- 

 cal adaptation of the. l.ieyele principle. 

 OH! nes on all H<1<^ the tiny l>ic\de lioyswith 



messages and letters, and the' lit tie tri--\.-;. 

 whieh even the bread is delivered in the morn- 

 ing. The newspaper conditions in Paris are so 

 different from what they are in England and 

 the United States that "in the l-'r.-nch capital 

 more than one big daily utilizes the tricycle for 

 the delivery to the kiosks and to ens' 

 every morning. In Kn^land few ladies ride in 

 London, but the bicycle is as popular at the 

 country places as ever. It has become unfash- 

 ionable to ride bicycles in London, because the 

 cheapening of the wheel has enabled laborers to 

 use it, and the business man who a few years 

 ago went to his office on a bicycle will no longer 

 be seen astride one except on a country road. 



P,ol.l\ I A. a republic in South America. The 

 Constitution of i860 vests the executive power 

 in a President elected directly by the people for 

 four year-, and the legislative power in a Senate 

 and 'House of Representatives, of 16 and 64 

 members respectively. Kvery male citizen able 

 to read and write has a vote. 



Moriano Baptista was elected President for 

 the t.-rm ending in August, 1896. The mil. 

 in the beginning of 1895 were: Foreign Affairs. 

 >: Finance, E. Borda; Interior, L. Paz; 

 Justice, E. Tovar; War, S. Alonso. 



Area and Population. The estimated area 

 of the republic is 567,360 square mile-. The. 

 population is estimated at 2,019,549, not includ- 

 ing the trilial Indians. La Paz, the capital city, 

 has about 50,000 inhabitants. 



Finances. The revenue for 1892-'93 was es- 

 timated at 5,787,200 bolivianos (the boliviano 

 has an exchange value of 42 cents), and expendi- 

 ture at 5,937,200 bolivianos. For 1893-'94 ox- 

 are was estimated at 5,234,820, and expen- 

 diture at 5,721,300 bolivianos. The foreign debt 

 include!* a war debt of 1,616,655 bolivianos due 

 Chili. This is being paid off; but on the rest of 

 '"t. amounting .:viano. no 



payments of interest or principal have IM-.-H 

 made for a long time. There is an internal debt 

 JH4.916 boliviano*. 



lommeree a , H | production. -About two 

 third* of the exports consist of silver. 

 commercial products are tin. cinchona, lu'vinuth, 

 India rubber, and alpaca wool. The va 

 ira|Krta officially given for 1892 was 11,071,000 

 . - 21,570,000 bolivianos. 



Communications The railroad from the 

 Chilian port of Antofagasta has since May 1, 

 1802, been completed from Ascotan, on the fron- 

 Oruro, with a branch to the silver mines 

 of Huanchaca, the total length on Bolivian ter- 

 ritory being 500 miles. 



