Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1891 — GLOBE GIRDLING ON BICYCLES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GLOBE GIRDLING ON BICYCLES.

Two Washing;ton Mon on Thoir Way Around tha World on Wheels. Two young Washington lawyers, Mitchell and Stevens, are to encircle

the globe on their bicycles. They claim that theirs is not a “relief expedition,” but an effort to locate the Gar- ; den of > den. They j.will travel without > a particle of baggage and will pedal their way into all the curious corners of foreign lands. They do not care if

it takes them ten years to complete their long journey, nor how many hairbreadths escapes they may experience. No attempts will be made to break records —the two venturesome young men caring only to inspect the world from the saddle of their “bikes.” They have already traveled through Western Europe on their wheels and are enthusastic over their present tour. With them they will carry a kodak, revolvers, knives, guide books, maps, a compass, stationery, water

colors, one change of underclothing, a folding drinking cup, a canteen (for water), medicines, mending kit, soap and towels, all in tw'o bicycle kits. The two bicycles are awaiting the travelers at Queenstown, whence they wheel across Ireland to the north, through Dublin and Belfast, thence from

the Scottish Highlands down to London. Then they go straight through Erance, over the Alps and down the Danube, turning southward along the Grecian coast. Through Palestine and the far East they will take their time. After India they traverse Japan and Australia, thence to San Francisco and across the continent home. The two young men have passports and letters from a high official at Washington. Mr. Mitchell is a son of ex-Senator Mitchell, of Pensylvania, and Mr. Stevens comes of an old Virginia family. Both are twenty-five years of age, in perfect health and members of the International Cyclists’ Touring Club, having a membership of 25,000.

CEO. D. MITCHELL.

EUGENE E. STEVENS.