Show J Un SM HAL HA L CIA CLA IN BOLIVIA 5 M M In n n n n I nn n I I I I AI CI WIN son ion In of ol Dr 8 S U 1 I HAI 1 of this city now Ira tra traveling IraI I I ehIng through South marc with lh a th theatrical company hi his father an In interesting letter of hi IsIs experience t In points point hitherto found round be to average e theatrical companies Ill Jl His hut lut litter letter Ite was waa from and sad In It I he says 11 We Ve have hive Just vl visited 1 where her U it I I II claimed the second Ind largest IrOt and Ald richest mine of ot the world la is beat located ed They have hae on their 80 name names Th The mine own ewes its 11 own on rail railroad rai railroad road rod ha has It Its I own polka police force torce and anti It its own church In fact It I t I is the only ani place In South America which I have vIsIted owns own tn sn entire city where whee one ont company entre cl We gave three thre performance there to 1 We Wt next net came Iame to lel where whee w te were er compelled to remain tots ten ami nd await nultI which to mike make tile the tie journey Journe ID to JI The Tho company came direct hut but I went via via Challapata by I poet mules mule The company took tok seven seen tn days dR for Cor or the trip while I made maula It In three thre but the riding tea something I terrible I is US 11 1 miles WR from the railroad and the only lr way ay to reach here he I Is by br mule mul There Is la not even u to 1 cart oart Crt restS roud A very var won wonderful on dorf derf l thing Ihn to rne mt Is ii II that the Indiana who travel with you run all sll II the way WIY wayon wayon on foot rol You Tots can hue have no sue 10 Idea hIM of the awful strain this thle must mean men aa as the en entire entire n tire tre place piece Is Ie over 10 feet above sea SM sealevel level Inel and we ramped camped 11 at l one place a I over 11 feet feat high You cars can cannot In Innot not Ite think how hard It I I to IG breathe breath at such an nn altitude I did IUd not riot speak a 1 word of ot from the time I left until I arrived here hr As Aa to the city Ity of Potosi It I I Is fl one of the oldest town I have hv yet vet visited Iele In South Hauth America The population ID 18 I com coin composed 01 posed 10 roty of at Indians fully 9 0 per percent pr cent cli end and Ind wind few f there t re reIr uw Ir e or B I oO t p WW Jut Just Imagine a city el of o over population Idiots lation not having havil a cart or oi wagon or any 11 kind of carnal J Everything thing la Is carried upon the backs of f Indian l The t streets Itrel are arl lighted by candles md In It would make you 01 laugh to know knoll that the theater la is lighted the same Sante wa waI will willit It I takes take about abut 4 candle candIes to i n i Sight our theater which Ich will 1 no ni louit seem Hem very vrr strange to you OU I 1 hlf list seen n a single modern article of nr furni furniture ture tUI here het A Aver very Interesting I Ithe is I Ithe the old Spanish mint at t least leapt VO 2 yea 11 IK I old The entire machinery Is he I made tlde of or wood wO Just Juet Jit Imagine making money by wooden machinery the motive power being mules mule TV Thi churches here are a very ver numerous In III fact tl l there are ae about abut all al of t the same denomination tion lon rot for the government will wil not allow alow anything but Catholic worship here 11 re reTher There Ther are besides many convent mul monasteries It I seems Bourns to tl me that the people ire are very ve much Imposed Imp on by b the monk you ou meet met an on 0 very every hand Thi Tim lower low classes cl are a compelled rl I d to tl 0 live on I nothing but OUt corn oreen Drell ann meat m WilI nime the monks monk live lve nn on n the fat of ot the hint hind hindI hintI Ild IldI I always Iwa thought till ti I arrived arrve here ht that a it 1 priest or monk tweak was wa not hot allowed loed to marry merry but U It I seems that nine out of t tP every P ten lucre here he have hae families and live J with wih them openly I 1 was wan w fortunate to 10 obtain entrance to the Ih San Sn monastery one of the oldest In the country sad and the hart hard had eel eat to 10 0 get gt Into If 11 I a I person had H a few thousand dollars to Invest In sonic some of t the old ol paintings I saw nw IW he could make muke mik a 1 fortune fortun as al many ma of them rould could be bp bought bough for a mere mer song sona In and Ant they th the are by the Meet old aid Spanish matter masters hav having In ing been brought over ove hundred of years yearn ago They are In lit a I shameful condition of or neglect t at the prevent present time In many eases le the dampness has hi ten them away ay from their mold moldIngs Ings And they Iho Him ply II hang by b a few strings Hiring The value lue ur of the paintings does doea not teem Hem to be I generally known You 01 will also all nee eM ci the most moot mel beautiful carved tu In black bl ek old Spanish furniture 11 mahogany Inlaid with wih Ivory hor all al of or a great grent I age tuge lying about abolt In lii Indian huts hut and ald emit In tack back Ick You ran can gain ll Idea Id of ot what It costs Io h to 10 hulM here when I toll toil lol you 01 that hat lumber Is I Sot o a foot Cot Hay Ja cos costs In uli a I hundred hut but ut manufactured manufacture ar articles made Iap near here her lure ure arl very cheap cheal |