Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1896 — Page 19

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1SS5.

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joritt'Ai nicYCLn hoxks were rtT LI' LAST WI2UIC.'Cycle Xolea Dropped In Them "Will Be l'ed in Sunday Papers List of Locutions; The Journal Licycle news boxes were put up last weeK, but on account of the newness of the arrangement the. "pull" did not bring forth much in the way of news. It is desired that these boxes be used by all riders to send in the news of the week. Several items of general information concerning the roads around tne city were round In -the boxes l.mt week. This Is a subject that is interesting to all riders who enjoy country trips. Just now all the road3 are not in good condition. but there are somq in fine condition for riding. Si;ch matters as that are of such general interest that tno experience of a rider when out on a country road for the first tiir.o in the season will be read with pleas ure by all others contemnlatinc snrh tra The news items 'found in the boxes will be taken out every Friday evening. After that time notices of runs, etc, may be left at the Journal office at any time during Friday night and will get in the classified bicycle news. Any bicycle news may be' left at the oflice until noon Saturday, but it .can not be placed in the classified bicycle news when received so late. Boxes are now in the following drug stores: J. M. Scott. Seventh and Illinois ?trpM Earle C. Smith, Clifford and Brookside avenues. Baron Brothers, 703 East Washington street. ; Frank II. Carter, 300 Massachusetts ave nue. Jacob Coffman, WO South East street. Walter Darrah, 10UD Kast Washington street. Fi?hers pharmacy. Seventh street and Col lctre avenue. Lewis A. Gable, Seventh and Illinois frfts. Charles C. Ilahn, Morris street and Iladley avenue, est inaianaDoiis. . I. V. Holmes, 3TG Clifford avenue. Kdward Hoshour. fai Collecre avenue. John I. Johnston, Illinois and St. Clair Street?. Frank Keegan, l.w2 North Illinois street. IVinrad Keller. fiSO Smith MpH.llan ctret Charles W. Lambert, 450 West Michigan street. M. Lichty & Co.. .303 Talbott avenue. William JL Aicllvain. North Indianapolis. Madison avenue pharmacy, 4S7 Madison avenue. Charles 01. Mueller. f,CT Vlrclnln. ovomid Cteorge C. Morrison, llfl South Kast street. 11 C. Reick, corner of East and McCarty streets. S. F. Muhl, Alabama and Seventh streets, an.i n-j .ortn Illinois street. XAvin Rmfhprs. Tllinnl and "VnrtVi strr4 M. C. Staley, Virginia avenue and McCarty Ktrrpf. Willlam II. Stocker, 300 East Washington street. A. M. Thompson, 1247 East Washington Charles Traub. 8T.0 West Wa?hlnsrtnn pfrpet. Thomas C. Potter, 200 North Pennsylvania street. H. Ostorff, Central avenue and Ninth Iioxes will also be placed In the following Dieycie stores; Central Cycle Company, Pennsylvania and S. A. Haines & Co., 41 North Pennsylvania street. pany, 53 and CO North Pennsylvania street. G. G. Fisher & Co., C4 North Pennsylvania street. Hay & Wlllits, 7G North Pennsylvania Indiana Bicycle Company, 100 North Penn ey l van la street. Allen Bicycle Company, 106 North PennsylH. T. Hearsey Company, 116 and 113 North Pennsylvania .street. , Dickaon &. Beaning, 61 North Pennsylvania street. H. T. Conde & Co., 27 North Capitol aveW. B. Holton & Co., 173 East Washington ct rnot B. Koehring &. Son, 530 and 32 Virginia avenue. W. F. Clemens, 35 (Massachusetts avenue. 'A box has also "been placed in the "head quarters or tne inuianapons jycie ciud, m ft . a a. isorin ueiaware street. HOW BOB LEARNED TO RIDE. Had to Pay a Pennnylranla-Street Man for Dent ro Ins: a Tree. "Did you ever hear the story of Bob learning to ride?" asked a North-side girl. "No? I have laughed more over it than anything else -I have heard of. Bob bought a wheel.' He learned to ride at a riding school, and he felt so safe on It that he did not want any Instructor to go with him on the street. ' He started out by himself. He got along pretty well until he reached Uorth Pennsylvania street, above Seventh. Then ho got tired, or something, and he couldn't steer the thing right, lie looked ahead of him, and, try as much as he r:ouIJ, he found he was going straight into the curb. There was a young tree near the atone. Bob measured hLs distance, and thought very quickly that he would throw his arms around that tree and save himself a fall. I expect the whole thing was over in half the time I've been telling you this much. He grabbed the tree, but, alas. It had not been planted half an hour. He went into It with nich force that he pulled it up. and tree, wheel and Bob went over togeth er. Just then the man who had planted the tree came out, and he gave Bob the worst scolding you ever heard, Just as If Bob wanted to go around town and pull up trees for fun. Well, the end of It was Bob paid the man to have the tree set out again, and with all that he scraped his shin, had three black and blue spots on his body, put his third linger out of Joint, and it coat him Just $6 to have his wheel mended." LOCAL BVCICLE NOTES. Herbert DuckwaH w ill enter the Memorial day road race. - It is said that high gear Js gaining favor among old riders. Miss Maud Rhodes and J. Barnett made a century run on Easter. Mr. Carl Sanders and party will take a run to Cartersburg to-morrow morning. J. O. Lowrey has given up his striking bag exercise and hereafter will ride an Out ing. Mr. Harry Cavender and some friends will take a summer trip on their wheels to Pittsburg. Carey Jones leaves on a. Patee for a ten thousand mile trip by the way of the New England States April 17. Mr. Henry Kleine, a Massachusetts-ave-r.uo merchant, wilt sion be riding a wheel.His weight is 233 pounds. Several wheelmen, went to Greenfield last Sunday. They say the road la in as fine con dition now as it ever was. Tom David and Otis Birge and Harry Sergeant and .Tom Hyborn will ride tanuem to Cartersburg to-morrow. I The Indianapolis Cycie Club will go to Greenfield at S o'clock this morning. The start will be from the clubhouse. Todd Pursell and Harry Cavender will make a trip to Chicago. They will start June 13 and arrive there by the loth. Italph E. Belcher, of the Keyless .Lock Company, is rapidly getting into condition for the I. C. C. road race on Memorial day. Lando Jordan, of Clifford avenue, is spending his spare time on the track. He wants a race with some other boy of his The Brownie Cycle Club, a company of young ladies- and gentlemen, have been enJoying pleasant runs on Tuesday evening Of each week. Char! secretary of the L. A. W., reports the road to Millersville to be in good condition. He say the AlllaonvllJe Hke and the WestnVid road, or Illinois treet. are not yet In good condition for rldThe latest novelty is an automatic pump which keeps the tire inflated to a certain ten-

flon at all time, the force the wheel doing tho'-pumplnpr. It Is claimed that the pump

win counteract the effect of any ordinary puncture. It has not yet reached thi city. A correspondent says: "I would like to call attention to the fact that the covers to the water company's valves aro still menacing- the lives of bicycle riders with an ordinance airainst them, while the law against riding -without bells Is being strict ly enforced. Why is it?" WIIEX THE BUTTONS ARE GONE. Why Ex-rollcemeii Arc Failures in Other Walk of Life. "I am la favor of civil service in the po lice force," said Superintendent Colbert a lew GaVS OTV "T Kallava a mirltir those who are acquainted with the work ings of tire department will agree that the public would get better sendee If the police force were wholly separated from politics." i nomas Hedlan, a Democratic office hold er, who is a Democrat in, the fullest sense of the word, heard the statement and at once offered an objection, saying he believed in politics in all departments of government. Hedlan argued that civil service protects Incompetent workmen or allows lazy ones to do Just as little as the law will allow. He said one of the saddest sights to be seen anywhere Ls a man, who has been kept in office for a long time and then turned out on the cold and heartless world. Such a man is helpless and knows how to do nothing other than he has done. Consequently Mr. Hedlan argued that changes are better for the men concerned and also better for the public, for men of ambition ami energy aro constantly being put to the front. "Can you explain why a policeman Is such a he!ples3 being after ho has been dis charged ? was asked Mr. Colbert. Yes, I see why it is, but you can't make the average understand the situation," began the superintendent. "You see. a po liceman U made to believe while ho wears the buttons that he" is a pretty good sort of chap; ho is apt to think he 13 a little brass king on wheels. As a rule the police men come on the force from some position where they came in contact with the public very little, and they are not in positions where people address them with a cer tain amount of respect. A man from the average position gets on the "force, and then he is likely to think he is about the right thing. He is stopped and asked questionsr business men stop and speak to him: he is slapoed on the shoulder: some onn says, 'Have a cigar and his treatment is so unlika anything he has ever known that It Is worse for him. I have tried my betst to make new men understand thai all such talk Is simply flattery and those who ad dress them that way really think no more or tnera than of anybody else who makes two and a half a day. "In some cases this flattery leads the policeman to become careless, lie Rets to thinking that his existence ls not dependent on hirn being a policeman, for with all his supposed friends he ls tlxed for a good job if ho erets fired. The wt fn. through all this flattery and their heads are not turned. By and by there comes a time In the life of every policeman, at least those in this city, when he has to go. He is too old, he has got In a rut, he ha3 acquired bad habits or his politics are unwholesome or something arises that he must go. He is thrown out and immediately consults the people, that have spoken to him every day and slapped him on the back. It doc3 not take him two hours to discover that those who have been familiar to him are not his friends. Of course, they are sorrv and all that, but they will not sacrifice themselves to give him another place. Under these cir cumstances the policeman is completely broken-hearted. The realization Is a shock to him. He is bitter and discouraged. He probably is not capable of going back to his oldVtradfl? afid-taking up where he left off. He wanders about hopelessly trying to get back on tho force or get a Job as nifrht watchman. You can't put a bit of courage in him. and. as a rule, if he has been on the force for any length, of time, he is ruined ror ail omer business. I know men in this city,-who were popular officers in their time, who. are how ' filling inferior positions as watchmen and getting but a few dollars a week for doing so. It Is a sad sight to me. but .you couldn't have made them believe that such would have been the result. I tell policemen to remember at all times that the people who are friendliest to them have some ax to grind. The best policeman is not always the poular one. I try to prepare them against disappointment when they lose their Jobs, but if you are wearing buttons and having everybody telling you what a fine fellow you are, it ls hard to believe that cloudy weather will ever come." ANNUAL RUN TO CONVERSE Eight Hundred IUdera Expected In the Little Town April 2U. The third annual run tc Converse will be held Sunday, April 2G. Riders from Wabash, Anderson, Marion, Kokomo, Rochester, Logansport, Peru, Tipton, Hartford City, Huntington and North Manchester have agreed to Join the run. There will be a big parade at 1:S0 o'clock, and the Converse wheelmen promise a supply of satisfaction for the tlnner man. Charles W. Cochran, president of the Dragon Cycle Club, has the run In charge. He thinks there will be S00 wheelmen in the little town on that day. THE EltA OF BICYCLING. The Art of Walking 31ny Presently Be Lost. Leslie's . Weekly. "To buy a wheel, or not to buy a wheel, that's the question." soliloquize the Hamlets and everybody else nowadays. But the sol iloquies do not last long, and they nave but one termination. The wheel is bought, of course. Greater anu greater grows the host awheel. The Infant hardly out of arms is riding now, and the grandmother leaves her khltting to spin along the road in bloomers. If you don't "bike" you are like the unfortunate man who fell out of a balloon, and this year you will be le.s In the swim than ever without your faithful wheel, for lSiKJ, Anno Domini, is going to be the greatest bicycle year the world has yet seen. For live years the bicycle craze has been a rising tide; now it Is at Its flood. It is estimated that there are at least two- million wheelmen and wheelwomen in the United States. This, it need hardly be said, is an astonishingly large number when the price or Dicycies is consiaerea; wnen they are reduced to a hair or a quarter or their present cost, as they Inevitably will be, there Is danger that in pedaling human ity will forget the art or walking. But the rise of the blcyc;e is not to be regretted or decried. It is a step, or rather a spin, for ward on the part of society. Gladstone says; "Physically, morally and socially, the benefits that cycling confers upon its devotees are almost unbounded." And everybody who knows anything about the subject agrees with him. Probably women feel these benefits even more tnan uo men. me dicycle has been a more potent influence than any -other toward dress reform, because a woman cannot ride who is ti?htlaced cr cramped by her clothing. Whirling along a pleasant road is wonderiully broadening and elevating to women who are compelled to keep their minds traveling a good deal in the narrow proove of things domestic. Mentally, a. well as physically, they are benefited. Occasionally a voice Is heard protesting against the use of bicycles by women. The writer obtained the opinions of a dozen eminent physicians on the question of whether cycling is injurious to women, and emphatically and unanimously they answered no. On the contrary, they were decidedly in favor of the use of the bicycle. The bicycle Itself, after a long period of evolution, seems to. have reached a nearly 'perfect state. The chief difference between the machines of last year and this will be a slight increase in weight in the latter. It is now considered that a wheel welching about twenty-five pounds, and certainly not less than twenty-three pounds. Is most suitable to the average rider... The Good Road Question. ' Godey's Magazine. . . An! eo the wheelmen are trying to encourage the movement for better roads, not ouly because good roads are needed for

bicycle riding, but because they are needeJ

by everybody. Every improvement is a herald of prosperity; every good country road increar.es the valuo of every frm. that fronts It. Raise the value of real estate on American farms D per cent., and you make our farmers richer by wO.OOO.ODO. Put a like increase on the value of farm products, live rtock and farm machinery and you gain JX.000,OUO more. Decrease the cost of hauling one year's crop of hay, cereals, potatoes, tobacco and cotton, by only .10 cents per ton, and you save J15.000IOO. A good road,- therefore, ls a splendid investment.There never was a good road mode m any civilized country on earth thit didn't pay 100 per cent, a year on its cost. It raises the value of every acre, invites us to market when prices are good, and takes us out of the clutches of the commission pirates who sell our goods behind our backs at their own figures, keep their own accounts, and pay us a pittance for our toll and trouble A good road shortens distance, saves time, wagons; horseflesh and harnesses, increases the load and lessens the burden, and makes It possible to haul two tons to market with the same power that now leaves one ton stuck in the mire. And good ma3a bring us closer together, drive out the gloom, make neighbors of hermits, discount eror iarm mortgage, and bring Joy and contentment to every community, imagine a man, Knee deep in the mud, trying to look cheerful! IIY "WHEEL" THROUGH EUROPE. Women 3ray Travel That Way vltU Cntlre Propriety. Harner's Bazar. When any one eays to you that it is lmPOssiDie or unwise ror a woman, or. two women, to bo co on a bicycling trio through Great Britain because it is not proper, or be cause women should not travel alone, you may set it down as wrong, and attribute the cause to anything you like. It is perfectly possible for a couple of women to take a rive hundred or a thousand-mile trip inrougn England, provided they behave themselves, and provided they have the physical energy to carry It out. Tho day when women cannot do things alone has gone. The Important fact is that any healthy, vig orous woman can leave her home in Amer ica, sail from New York to Liverpool or Southampton in June, ride her wheel about England, and return to New York in beptem ber or October, have a glorious summer if she keeps well and her tires do not puncture too often, and spend as small an amount as 50 to 53W in a hundred days. Including her first-class passage both ways. The only important thing that is necessary after a healthy body and a good wheel ls a sufficient amount of common sense and self-possession. There will arise occasions when a ten-mile ride must be taken over the Scotch moors after dark. You may get caught in Glencoe or oa Rannoch Moor at dusk. A tire may give out back of Loch Lomond somewhere. Anything of this kind may and is likely to happen, and It is at such times that the self possession and common sense of an ordinary man helps over a bad quarter of an hour prodigiously. If a woman ls going to lose her head and sit down and weep, she might netter stay at nome; but a little practice in such matters soon fits her for her part of it, and she will, like the ordinary male known as the globe trotter, find amusement Instead of annoyance In unforeseen circumstances The nrst two requisites are, however, a good wheel and a good body. As for the first. It may as well be dropped here, for no two men, and, so far as any one can find out, no two women', will ever agree on the merits of any one wheel, unless they happen to be financially interested: in one particular bicycle firm or have friends who are. It would be foolish to discuss bicycles here, therefore. The second requisite, however, is one upon which doctors will pretty generally agree. If you will try to ride a wheel ten miles for the first time after two months of inaction you will be stiff and tired, o prepare tor a five-hundred-mlle trip requires, therefore, a certain amount of definite training. Suppose, then, that Mrs. Allen and Miss Bartlett are planning to sail from New York on one of the smaller boats on June 15. They have each purchased a round-trip ticket for 130. On the 1st of May they begin riding their wheels half , an hour each day, if it is not absolutely raining. That is perhaps four or five miles. They set out for some definite point known to be half -that distance from their homes. They ride straight there and then straight back. When they reach home they are warm. Consequently they go at once to the bath and then change their clothing. At about the middle of May they tide an hour or an hour and a half, covering eight or twelve miles, according to the time, but always going to some definite point and returning again at a steady businesslike speed. And by the 1st of June they are taking three rides a week of about forty miles each twenty in the morning and twenty in the afternoon. This, It Is important to note, ls done without at any time "using up" either Mrs. Allen or Miss Bartlett. If all goes well, the condition of the two young women is good when, they set sail on the 15th for Southampton. Then follows a week of rest on the steamer, and finally they are ready to start awheel some bright day about the 25th, riding northward from Southampton. The question of custome has of course become aji important point long before this, as well as that of luggage. The actual bicycle costume may be whatever you make it. One word may be s-aid as to the relative merits of skirts and bloomers. No one can deny that bloomers, or anything approaching trousers, are better than skirts, but either we have not arrived at a sufficiently emancipated era as yet or bloomers are not womanly. At all events. Mrs. Allen and Miss Bartlett will do well Just at present, especially if they travel without male escorts, to cling to skirts. That will prevent any comment by the way. The skirt should be light, scant, and weighted at the hem. and the superstructure to it should be a shirt waist with a light Jacket, all in colors of a subdued hue, preferably a Bnult brown, with gaiters and soft felt hat of a similar color, and stout laced Sl103 The' question of luggage is naturally ot the utmost Importance. If these two ladies are going with Mr. Allen and Miss Hartletfs brother, or if they are accustomed to bloomers, they have an opportunity for carrying a little luggage that is denied ter who adheres to the garb of womankind. They ride a "man's" or diamond-frame wheel, and can therefore strap one of those Irregular diamond-shaped portmanteau:! inside -the frame of the wheel. WitMn this can be easily arranged a little toilet case for brushes, combs, pins, needles, soap, etc. This ls attached to one end of the portmanteau, and is complete in itself. The rest of the bag Is left for two changes of underclothing, nightwear and anything else that is light and takes up little space. A little camera may also be strapped In its case on to the frame of the wheel. Having packed this important bag, the next thin.T is to fill up a good-sized valise wlt.i changes of clothing, an extra pair of shoos, ar.o:ner complete gown, and, if posiole, ome quiet evening house gown, beside extr.i supplies of all that is in the bicycle portmanteau. Finally, this bMng done, one trunk Is packed with more duplicate clothes, an evening or quiet dinner gown, and several other ults that any traveling woman may nsei. besides hats and shoes. The portmanteau gees on the wheel. The valise supposing the start from Southampton for London, thence to Derby, thence to Manchester, thence to Yindermere, to Carlyle, to Dumfries, Ayr, Glasgow, the Trossaehs, Oban, Fort William, Inverness and Edinburgh the valise Is sent ahead from Southampton to London. On arrival at London you send It on again to Manchester cr Windermere, or even to Glasgow. Trom Glasgow it goes to the TMcoh. or Oban, or Inverness, or to Edin burgh, and from Edinburgh to New Castle, Oxford or Cambridge and London. It only needs a letter sent a day ahead to any hotel, explaining that the valise will be called for in a week or fortnight. The trunk is sent in London, thence to Glisgow, to Edinburgh and finally back to London. If this simple rule ls followed, neither of the ladles will be Inconvenienced at any time. They have enough with them to last three or four days. They are sure of finding as much more in that time ahead of them, and at any time they can take a train and reach lLondon, Glasgow or Edinburgh (or, in other words, their trunks) within a dozen hours. The course of the trip can be altered at any time. The valises may be shipped to Derby or Manchester, and sent for from Edinburgh. If it is decided to stop at Broadway or Ely or Cambridge a week, a telegraph message will bring the trunks back. And. altogether, it costs little or nothing. If Mrs. Allen prefers a woman's wheel, the portmanteau is, of course, impossible, but she can procure portmanteaus of other shapes which either strap on behind the seat or in front of the handles. AVneels for All Aires. Harper's Bazar.' Take the middle-aged and the elderly women, and there are many of them to be sf en throughout the summer months and 16vely winter days in the parks . and upon the boulevard. Note. with what care they are mounted and gowned. See the girls, bright and winsome and happy, and you will note the same observance to mount, adjustment and dress. Then turn to the bystander, and he may be one of those very same men who a couple of years ago would have hooted the idea that his wife or mother could even think of committing so urxilgnified an act as the riding of a bicycle. And if you ask him the question: Do these elderly women appear to you as out of place and at a disadvantage upon bicycles? he will probably tare at you a moment in incredulous wonder, but will cert inly, tell you that not under any circumstances would, he be one to deprive the mothers and grandmothers of this bft means of Inducing longevity, and that the bicycle is as appropriate for the use of the 'old afc for the young, and will point as example to the stately woman with white hair and earnest, patient face, seamed by y?anv. giving- dignity, grace and poetry to .every revolution of her wheel or sweep and fall of her skirts. Then turn to the little children, those lovely bits of poetry in ruo-Ltl-ml'i rr tr . little man, self-reliant and courageous ?? ne Eiums over ue smootn

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roadway on ' his well-built, well-fitted, whirring charger. Or the little woman, "the new woman," as she deftly and fearlessly threads her way, quick of action, cool of nerve, her tmy hands resting lightly upon her handle bars, her little feet pressed gently but commandingly upon .her pedals, every bend, curve and motion of her swaying body in harmony and accord with her machine, perfect mistress of the art of self-controlled wheeling. , . THE WHEELS IIINCR. .' A Xew Vocation Developed ly the Growing t'e of the Bicycle. Chicago Tribune. One of the latest and most novel Ideas in the bicycle world is now being tried on the South Side. It 'is patterned somewhat after the scheme by which offices are supplied with towels and soap and ls applied to bicycles. By its operation one .of j.ha greatest drawbacks now. attached. tojjthi ownership of a wheel the cleaning of it Is removed for the small sum of 10 cents. In the early days of the bicycle craze the muddier and more used a wheel looked the better Its rider was suited. Bent fpokes, a twisted frame, and a much-patched tire were the pride and Joy of the hardy road riders, who first brought the bicycle into public favor. Now, however, the great army of business men and society women who have taken to the wheel as a means of recreation and pleasure has decreed attractive costumes and good-looking wheels are greatly to be desired. But how to keep a much-used bicycle clean and in good working order without losing valuable riding time is a question of considerable .importance to the devotees of the sport. The average business man, too poor to keep a coachman, uses his Sundays and an occasional evening to refurbish his wheel. Uut this weekly or biweekly cleaning allows many rides on a muddy machine. Under the new system, however, the problem is solved. : ; A bicycle cleaning and adjusting company has just begun operations In one of the south suburbs and has a number of expert bicycle mechanics who make regular trips each day to the houses of the wheel owrers in their district. Each bicycle visited is thoroughly cleaned, the bearings adjustedgraphite put on the chain, the lamp filled and cleaned, and simple punctures repaired. All things needful for the wheel which can be done outside a repair, shop are attended to by these peripatetic mechanics. A small sum is charged for each ; visit and the amounts collected monthly. Aristocratic Kenwood has been selected for the birthplace of this new system of bicycle renovating. During the last few days the various homes where bicycles are owned have been visited by a handy-looking man In overalls who wears a black . band stamped with gilt letters on his hat. This man carries a can of oil, a box of graphite, and a bag of tools. He exhibits a specially signed card which proves him an accredited agent of the cleaning 'company and not a bicycle thief. Then he proceeds to make the muddy and much-ridden wheel of the evening before blossom out resplendent again in Its handsome , enamel and nickel work. When the bearing? and chain, have been thoroughly overhauled and put in perfect running order and the smoky lamp has been made visible once more . the man punches a ticket and departs for the next wheel-riding family. c A large number of the residents of Kenwood are employing the new grooms and pronounce the scheme as filling a long-felt want. 'As soon as the Kenwood district is thoroughly covered the attention of the new company will be turned to other portions of Chicago, and it is expected' the entire city will soon be patrolled by blue-bloused mechanics engaged in making new looking wheels out of old appearing ones. ; THE BICYCLE IX WAIt. In Army Transportation It Can He Made Very Useful. Major General Miles, in Godey's Magazine. As an appliance for war purposes its utility has been fully demonstrated; it will be used by every intelligent commander whereever the circumstances and conditions of the country make it available, and it has been proved that it can be used in nearly every country and in most all seasons of the year. There might be some conditions of country and some reasons of the year in which it could not be utilized to advantage, but this is also. true of wagon transportation or any other method of maneuvering armies. It has been established that by this means, employing only his own power, man can transport himself forreater distances over the country than by any other, means of animal force. The" experiments that have been made, not only in our own service but in other countries, have, shown that it is quite practicable for men to-move, over and ordinary country at least 'fifty miles a day continuously; and this has been increased to seventy-five v and- one hundred miles a day. The usual rate of marching for infantry' in times of war. rarely exceeds eighteen miles a day in continuous marching, and for cavalry it rarely exceeds more than twenty-five miles a day. Of course on forced marches and occasions of great emergency this has been- exceeded and double the distance has been made for a few days, but it has been at great expense to the strength and vitality of the command. -Tho French government have found the bicycle so practicable and useful that they have adopted It as one . of the .appliances of war, and any government or commander utilizing this means of transportation and putting a large or small force Upon the cycle would compel an opponent to do likewise or eLse-have him at great disadvantage. Inthe United States army at the present time there are nearly five thousand officers and soldiers who u.e the cycle, either in service or for recreation. In a country like ours in its present condition, and on an occasion tf great cmc fioncy. it would be practicable to equip one

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hundred thousand men with this means of transportation, which would render them one of the rao.?t effective and efficient armies ever organized. The Dlcycle Promoter. Philadelphia Press. . ' , The young woman bicycle "promoter" does a" flourishing business. Not only does she spin radiantly along the highway in the jauntiest of suits, and an air of exhilaration, but she is an important-adjunctof the bicycle school, and earns a good salary by simply wearing a stylish sxJt, a smiling face and riding with grace and ease. . Of course, she Is supposed to be a patron of the school, and her proficiency and evident enjoyment lead others to follow her example. A good figure is as essential for a bicycle promoter a it is for a cloak model, and on the same principle. Prospective purchasers, however, far' from resembling the model, fancy the garment will present the same appearance upon their contours that it does upon hers. A girl inclining to stoutness is not eligible as a bicycle promoter, and neither is the one who suggests a' pair of animated compasses. ' Loses Dignity. Buffalo Courier. It is interesting to note how completely the bicycle removes the dignity from the rider, in the estimation of the small boy. A prominnt roan astride a wheel passed over tha Seneca and Mala crofsing yesterday, and a lad who had waited for -him to pass rave him a familiar slap on tlT back as he went by. Ordinarily the man Is a person of a good deal of dignity, and if he had been walking along the sidewalk the boy would have considered It an impertinence to have chown any familiarity v.ith him whatever. '

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Is "Built for Business."

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proof bearings that are dust proof and Plymouth single piece wood rims, etc. The fact is you cn't get better Bicycles even if you do pay $85 or $100. You may think you can if you've never seen the LENOX; but if you have seen it, and know anj'thing about Bicycles, the men that sell $85 and $100 wheels will never get your money. You'll buy a LENOX and you'll have as graceful a mount as anybody anywhere, and best of all, you'll -have a snug $30 down in your pocket that will be whole heaps of satifaction to you.

Four Models MODEL K Men's . . $55.00 MODEL L Ladies- ... 55.00 MODEL. I Men's . . 69.00 MODEL J Ladies' . . 69.00 63 North Pennsylvania St. Hose, Gas, THE HUB OUIIBAY JOURNAL,

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a n a a Xa T rt ACADEMY Delaware : Streets : good points, such as dustmo nr. i, i i.v.. Are Honestly Made And .riave many special features Let lis show you tho good points;' DICKSON & BEANING, 63 N. Penn St. City Agents.

Is so constructed as to PREVENT ALL DANGER. It Insures comfort and health. DICKSON & BEANING

in a i 2x2 Hose Reels, Laun Sprinklers, Etc PLUMBING SUPPLIES, Steam and Water Goods, Wrocrht-lrca .Pipe an3 Boiler Tubes. MLYAIHE - RICHARDS CO., 62 Ct 64 West Maryland St. BY f.lAIL, 02 '

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