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I ?? TITLED ANARCHIST& iLiaHMEN AS WELL AS RUSSIANfl EN. BOLLED AS EXK.M1KS OF BOCIBTT. Although Anarchy and .Socialism both alni at ?ha (quality of mankind and at the destruction 0t everything in th- shape of rank, titular dig. tinciicns and of thc gradations of society, yet (trangely enongh a large number of noblemen, ?neilin-..* prlnceB, dukes, mar-qulses, mints, Eng pfc earl, nnd barona, aro to be found In the fore -? mi rank* of these enemies of order and of ln,- social Bystem as now c instituted hi the civil jjcfj countries of tao world. What their motives may hav- been in thus allying themselves with tne hillcrest toefl Of their caste it is difficult to explain. In son,'.' Instances it is merely vanity and the desire I i attract public attention and to play a roi ; tn others the anxiety to c immand thc laflut nee of what promises to di velop Int i one of the i \\- rs of the land. Then again, there are nob1, s whose Socialistic and Anarchist opinions gre the result of personal conviction and -f thc assitempiation of tho sufferings if their fellow ereatu-e.s, snd who devote their riches as well ga their lives to the furtherance of the -ans-. finally, thi re aro those who have either been (?bittered by Borne Injustice, or else who have been driven by crime or poverty to tbs.-rt to ihe agamy an i I i seek refuge In the camp of the force* of disorder. it is to this latter class that the Russian Prince Victor Naekachldne belongs, who was compro niised to such an extent in a Nihilist conspiracy |n IW7?Nihilism and Anarchy aro practically Hsntlcal aa :n-ay bo Inferred from their respective games?that !:c was condemned to .bath. This aenten to was. however, commuted t" hard labor in ths mines of Siberia, whence he managed to eff- -. his escape, thanks to tiie assistance of his ti.inc-e, who had follow, d him thither. He sought refuge in Paris, where, in July. 1890. ho was condemned to ? year's imprisonment for haring been concerned with a number of other Russian refugees in the manufacture of explosive bombs at Vincennes. After having c impteted his tenn nt imprisonment he was expelled from Krai e. Ho made his way to London, Switzer? land and to Nice, wheo be was again arrested and sentenced to e. term in the penitentiary for having violated the decree, of exile pronounced aftaln-t him. Subsequently, we hoar of his being expo::* 1 in turn from Belgium, from Spain and from Italy, and finally, in the last stages Of con? sumption, he has been oncv more captured on French .-oil. and condemned to three months' de tention by the Assize Court at Ferpignun. in his Various wanderings ho has been accompanied throughout by his wife, s Baroness von Roedel by birth, who has studied medicine a:-,d i btalned a diploma as a phyrlclan. and, who like her hus? band, enjoys tho distinction of having been con? demned to death by thc Russian courts as .ne of tho principal perpetrat. rs of the EUtopotka outrage. The Prince, who is scarcely likely to survive Ms present tenn of Incarceration, bears one of tho most Illustrious nemes In Russian his? tory, and is nearly related to the Imperial house of Romanoff. Roth his father-in-law, Baron R ledcl, who was with him at the time of his arrest, ar.d tho Prince himself wore formerly very rich, but having squandered their fortune, sought refuge ta the ranks of Anarchy. I may add that Pllucem N4i kachldae, who has announced her intention of presenting a petition for her hus? band's liberation to Presldeni Caaimir-Perier, ls a rsmarkably attractvs abd clever woman. Sh dresses gmt elefrantly, is petite, sh -rt-halred and has most captivating manners. She ls passion? ately attached to her husband. Of a different calibre is the Sicilian Prince Bassina, who will be one ot tho first of the po? litical convicts lo be deported to that pestilential island on the Red Sea coast which the Italian Government has just fitted up as a penal settle? ment fbr offenders found guilty of crimes of an Anarhist and Socialist character. Like the Russian Prince N'ackachidze, he is of most illus? trious descent, and married to a charmin*? an-l beautiful woman, but differs from His Muscovite Highness In that he ta endowed with considerable Wealth. He openly Joined tho Anarchist party aome five or six years a<o and, as he is a million aire, was warmly welcomed by them, especially as he permitted his guperb palace at Palermo l > become in a .croat measure their headquarters In that city. Charged with bein* one of tho rinffienders of the insurrectionary movement that convulsed Sicily last sprint*, he was arrested, tried by court-martial and condomm-d to penal servitude for g term <-f ten yean. Prince Peter Krapotklne, tbe Russian Anar? chist, ls bo well-known by his writings that h. needs but passing reference here. He has a beal of billiard-ball glossiness, except Just at the base where, seen at a dtatflu.ee, ills hair ap? pears like a brown fur trimming to tho bald cranium. His bear! als-> 'lark brown, ls )<>ng and bushy, His eyes a generally hidden behind spectacles and tho nostrils ->f his cbaracteristl caliy wide Kalmuk n>.s?- aro as tremulous as those Of a thoroughbred hors.-. He has suffi r>-l k-ng terms -.f Imprisonment in France, italy, Germany and eepectally Siberia, as did also his elder br-.ther, Prince Alexander. The latter was fam .us as an astronomer and a bl -i-vist and C m trtbuted no end of valuable data to th" Imperial c,- graphical Society, yet was exiled f.-r the expression of his Anarchical opinions to Tomsk, where he blow bis brains out a few years ag ? when on the point of being trana.!.ired to Sakhalin. Bakunin, whi may be described as the father of International Anarchism, especially of the Russian f?rm of it known by the name of Nibil ism. was a nobleman "f Illustrious lineags and POSSess-d of the title ..f bap.ll. file of hlS n'.l' est relatives occupied tin p.,st of aide-de-camp general of tho lat.- Csar, another until recently that of Qovernor-GenersJ of -Eastern Siberia, whi> a third ls a Minister Plenipotentiary in the Bplomatl servli.f Russia Vet It was this ?aaron Bakunin, born to wealth, and reared st court under imi-erial auspices as a page of ths Czar, who pro lalmed thal "our firr-t work must ot destruction an-l annihilation >>f everything as lt tea exists," who demand, -l the rupture of "ail th ... chains which are styled civilisation, Property, marriage and morality," and who de* nounced <; . i as the greatest of all existing Nee. While Baron Bakunin demanded the "annihila? tion of everything as lt now exists," th.- present Duke of Oalllera and th.se other noblemen who *re of the S'"*lallst persuasion content them HaTtM with demanding tho concentration by peaceful methods if possible, otherwise by vjo ?*nce. of ail property and capital In the hands JJ the Commune or of tho State, lt i.-ing, "f ""rsc, n.-.--arv t . abolish ail the now prevalent organiz;,- ,, , ?' ,?,,;.?. and possensl n In order |P bri n-r > , . ft,,pla ab'tit. The Duke of Gal'! ra. wt hit. friend the Marquis Henri de Kochefort ganye. refuses to make ti--- of his title, and ?taa on being addressed merely as Monsli ur 'J2*rt- He has de lined to it*.- a cent of thi Jj* fortune bequeathed to him by his father. JJ* nilli .nalre railroad contractor of Italy, an 1 {"?entni- lt in trust for his native city of Genoa, "?Heh it wni go at his .bath. Di- major por* rtafl-ereof bdtag aesigm d to the charitable jnsti 'u''on- f ,;,, f. ,,.0 Although posse seed of mlll ~?", he makes a point if earning 1-i*-* own liv.nt* ? teaching mathematics at Paris. His mother, "* late luich-s- Oalllera, aware of her son's JJtalar opinions, bequeathed a portion of the property r,f which she had th" disposal to the ??>' of Parla, nnoth'-r moiety, together with ber ^w"is, to th- widowed Empress Frederick of ii* .?*"".?,-*'? **"'? ?"""?? euperb mansion and grounds ***,**? J-aub'-urir Si Germain, In the French capl __*?-to the Austrian Emperor, who now has his ??J|_Jsy qua: teri'd there. Ther- p.. eVen a Socialist l'.-er in the Hrltlsh "0l"se of I..,rds In the person of the Karl of i**?ace, the grandson of the celebrated Eng {??n P<-t. Lori Byron. Hoth be and bis rider 2*her. the late Lord Wentworth, hav- given practical proof of the sincerity of their opinions. __.. -w_J?twort__J bow d-ad, suddenly dlsap **a'ed fr.,in London society, and waa found Sn? 4,ai" ?***?? d"a,J ?*-? Deptford, where bs had SyJ-jl that Urns working as a carpenter among most humbie Burroundlnga and ta relativ. EJ*2__. ***?*? "" '""' "f *??? aeVghbors poaseaaing arTLiSf* lt.4 ****** ;,M *?" M-* Identity oe greal Vf T. Hls you"??r brother, the present Kan m.i-ov-iai-e, considered ll to be bis duty for BOV am -years to work for bin living _* a "t ia. vv." nie. ',Hlj"r*' ???"? oonld h.- seen wielding his otb-, i ? w*u'0"n** >ils barrow along with the of ih i y 'a,J')r"'K meri during the const ru, ti in _*._____ nd,'n atul Southwestern Railroad. He * Of th! IT.,3 C7taln 'ntl!est to people on this Side th. ,' "antic by reason of his encasement to iBtiJ. ? .-fi novelist Miss Lulu Fletcher, the Tho m.. _ K*?m?t" and other popular works. *?*? match was broken oft within a couple of ?n . ., I. '"ltf' arP?'n-'"l for the wedding, and n -d ,V '', "-J^'-tuent bo,,ks the fair author .[,. ?'?!>'"??"????. under the -pitas of Action, ls -? mm ted to have taken revenge in print for the , ra?lhleasness of her noble lover. I tiiii.'/T" ,,r" '";ly ? '*** "f ???'? ta-flge number of nan.es figuring in the f inmost rank of those roes I ot_?oelety who go by tb,, name of Socialists anl | Anarchists. EX-ATTACHE. -- -* CHINESE ETJQLETTE. | THEIR EXCESSIVE POUTENE88 SEEMS RIDICULOUa , HOW A "I.ITTI.l" DOO" IS R-ECBtVCD IN""1-" st. JOH.Yfl COU-KOE, shan.him a CHINESE SlTliKNT-S ILKA OF HIS corxTUV When last In this country the i.,.v. v. \? \\. pott, who ia head master of Bt. John'a College, Bhanghal, - gave to a Tribune reporter sn Interesting sccount "f ii;-- way in whl h he rei el v.-.- a pupil, it gives one ' a good Idea ofChlneae etiquette". Mr. Potts said: ""Vou want to know how I rec Ive a boy Into the college? Well, th" fathers of the boya al St. John's are usually politicians, merchants or .- - ? 4 <. i n rs They ar-- .-iii Chinese gentlemen. Of course, I hav.- to adapt myself to the etiquette of the chines.-, and ro when a father arrives with his boy i escort them to my Chinese reception-room, when th. father | ar, 1 1 each shake our own hands most heart.ly and bow profoundly. I then say to him: "'What ia ymir honorable name*" He replies: 'My mean, Inslgnlflcsnt name is Wong.' "Then 1 say: 'Please be seated.' nnd point to a ?eal at tbe beeb t-f the room at the left hand of the | tabb* -the seal of greatest honor. He Immediately takes the right ban i seat, nearest the do ?i the post of least honor, j uri,-.- him to go ui> higher. He declares that hs is unworthy. Then I catch hold of him to fore him lo |0 liltrhi r. and he takes hold of BM to prevent lt. We have quite B VtgOrOUfl struggle, laatlng aome time. Finally, he accepts, n compromise, and takes a set: half-way up ths side of the room. 1 sit down on ths seat next lower, "Before beginning .mr conversation, I send for tea and the water-pipe, an-l when they arrive I say: , 'Pie r ie use :- a." "When he has taken some tea and a puff from th? pipe we talk He asks Innumerable polite questions I about myself, a Chinese gentleman never comes to ; business for s quarter >>r half sn nour. Tims never troubles an Oriental. He begins by asking: ?What is your honorable name? "I of course reply thal my mean, Insignificant ? name is pott The next question from him is: "? "Wh.it ls your honorable kingdom?* and I am obliged, much aa I dislike lt, t,. aay: " "The small, petty district from which I com.- ls : tbs United Statis of America.' " 'Hon many little .stuns have yon sprouter.'" bo Says. That ls the way )?- aakfl host ,.i.| I urn. '1 I have vainly spent thirty years,' I reply. "Asking sfter my tether, he Bays: i< the honor? able and great man of Ihe household living?1 it is -hocking, l know, but I have to am wer: The ?*,? man la wen.' "Then comes: "H iw m.my little, precious ones have rou?" I r. ply gravely, *i hav,- two little i .gs.' (Th.- little dogs are my children.) The last Ques? tion is; '""How many children have you in this lllusti institution?' My answer ls 1 have 100 Uttle broth era.' AT LAST HE COMES TO BUSINESS. "Th> n he?c nm ? t - bui Ini ss, sn I sa* "'Venerable master, I have brought my little dog here, and ? >rahlpfully Intrusi bim to your charge.' The I;.:;- fellow, who hai l en standing In ai ?? i "f thc room, .it this cornea forward, kn eli down bef ire me, pots b'a han . ki bea i n the flo r and *?? .rsl ?> nv . ? . him ul? and .--ni h;m ..rr to * hool, and arrangements are rr.a ie about bia dorm 11 of st-: iv. etc ? gentleman ns-.** to t,.k-- hui li iv< l have tormented you exceedingly to-day.' he smirks. Oh, no,' i iiii.-w-r, "l h.iv - llahonored you.' a.- bi goei t ward m- loor hi keepi saying, 'i am gone, I nm gone,* and I reply, '<'?? slowly, bo slowly As I ( :i sr bim to thi gate In thi garden he says, 'Please restrain your golden footsteps.' When sn arrive at the gate we nK.iln shake our own lim. la, bow v.ry reyeretitly to one another, and he la K>-r.'. "Their politeness .-* sometimes carried to an ex? treme which seems amusing to ii-. I have seen liv? er six men baggie for Ave minutes ..v-r whi should first enter a dooi al which they had chanced to meet. They nil urge each other t~ go In llr-u. Ari I this ceremonl-.-is politeness ls n->: confined to the upper class-s. If tWO v h. e barr .w-rn-n meei In a narrow path and one baa to go tu one sid- to Iel the other pass, the one who kept the r-... 1 will s.i> 'I biv slnnt i against yon." and the other ?,,i reply, 'Don't mention lt.' But, while they ire ea ? tingly polite .m.-nc them ivi . the) ai rerj rude, ,i* a rub-, to ,i foreigner." Th?- reporter ask -I him if h** w mid aay som- thing more aboul th<- Chinese. He then sahl: ? Tr . qualltlei the Chinese yadue most of ai are i gei ecoi my, pat lem ?? an i obi Hence, Thi i will ii: . irate their i onomy. A missionary on - met an old woman walking on a ros I, Bhe -ti- 11 feeble thai he asked her why she w.is nol In the boa-.-. Sh.- re|.i thal she knew sb* was going : , : ?. an l was R K hoi to Ile tbere, so there would be les-- expense for her coffin and burial. A lasting monument lo their diligence is the Urea I v..... '?Obedience and honor to parents, however, ls the car brui principle. A story is told of ,i boy whose mother wai too poor to have a mosquito netl ng, so th? good boj sat on th.- bed and bared the up? per parl of his body so the moequltoei could feasl ? . flrsl Another story is thal a i n boj -.-*). > wanted to catch some tish for his mother stripped himself and lay on the frosen river until the warmth "f bis body thawed the Ice, and thi n-'i -,.-?:? i out. These ate tome of the stories Chinese parents tell their children to teach them whal an ni ?. ll I to bono) an I ol j theil par? ents. ""I kn<>w for a fact that it is ni unusual thlrn. lo cut oul vc of their flesh 1 u mi ll rlne f . theil parents 'For mi ?? lo you say? jOs, 1 .r t :i- Chlm have the mont i. :i ulou- Idea about medicine. They have tm surgery, Thej .-?? and other charms, tm- way they treal ., ,i;-, is h to give nine pll ? p. .. pers in nine -. old forty pill** to one forty years old, and -? on. ??Their gieat fault li learning bardi] anything ; thal li practlea Thej only stud* ethical books, j and are .in Ignorant ;>- children of the i lem - The i explanation of an earthquake is thal the ba'k ol the crocodile who pa ses his rim.- holding up th ? i-l ibe begins lo Itch, and so when the .. the earth begins to shake. The Igno? rant p.-, pie think that an eclipse is caused bj a monster, who come- into the .-ky . .- I Ineon erately gobbles up the sun ol moon, as th-- --a., away The] are afraid of thunder, but not ..r the i 'k-r- .nd bans their tom-toms to - are him away They are Bfrald of thunder, but not of the i Heh ming, and have no Ideas, of course, about the of th.-m They believe tbat the rainbow ls , composed ol poisonous ga es Boya are taught thal ll they point their Anger al a rainbow they will hav.- s tel m on it." A STUDENTS IDEA OF HIS COUNTRT. Mr. Pott Showed a 'Op.v of "The Ht. John's ll. ho," published in English by th.* students of tbe college. ' It wn I B neat-lOOklng Sheet, and many of tbe articles showed 8 good deal of thought A student r ,!i,.l ZsW-fOfc Kung BlgUS bia name to an article on "The Political Advantages to s Nation which rom.* from Christianity." Part .-r it is worth quoting. He says: "Nothing exhibits mon- Influence upon human Rortety than religion, the birth ?.f which dates i us r.ir back as the creation "f the nrst man and woman and hai connected Itself with the move? ments ot the human race down to the present 1 s-entrstton. Nor is there anything existing that rpasi religion In deciding the fate ..r the i oniem.-" of .a Nation, as it ls the only Indlspensal le means of bringing men up to a higher stats ?f i ? "Our beloved ronni rv, China, has been crushed 1 with the weight of 4.(sio years ol far-hood and i nii-.-r-tltion and burled under millennium*, of l-.no *.,,?-? and depravity, ?'hiri.t.' as I reed in the napers 'aa compared with Christian countries, la i ooo -..'-ir*, behind in the race of national progress. a,?i -be author of this pl.-.-.-, wltb nt-.r-- emphasis, flirt hi r adda "What ls WOme lhan that. Bhe means ?tay s" if lt be possible." ?what has prevented her rapid growth? Orin other word* what causes her M have lee] tai the , .' Her conservative religions have deprived the __ .,,i,. nf the desire toward perfect civilisation, b.-r '.';! ???.-?? his bound ber fe.-t like strone tatters. Ru il utt" rb impo-mlbl- for her io take rapid &7tli?honMt man better than a fool. RIDING ON A WHEEL. A SPORT OF* EVER-GROWING POPULARITY. Tin: "SA***..1!" BOOMED OM BICTCUta WORK ROAD! BE WHEEt-tKO- \ViMKN l". ut OOOD HMM That there ar.* In the United States ,it the present time L,00-,OM bicycle-riders ts affirmed a conserva? tive estimate In Kew-Torlt and its Immediate netghbi rh.1 ar- aald to ba at least lnn.ooo. Rut lt ls practically Impossible to ngura elosely on their numb. rs. Even If une coull know how many bicycles have beeri s lld In this country, that would i alford '-nh- an Inadequate basia for calculation, since tic re are many tens ,?f thousands of persons in ail j the Uri-.- cities who ride, yel do nu own machine*. They ga to schools uh.-!-' l>lcv,!.*-rldln_ ls taught and learn t-. rid.-, with a view to eventual purchase of a "safety," no d rubt, If they like the exercise and when they can afford to buy and wh-n they find a whee! to exactly sall th.-ni. but may go ->n for in intha '-r sven year-*, hlrlm; their wheels by the day or h->ur. before becoming owners. Sooner or lal.r they all ur.* pretty certain to reach that point, however, for it la rare that one who has conquered ih,- little preliminary difficulty of learning to ride nn-1 has experienced the pleasure --f thia mole ,,f locomotion aver voluntarily aban.lons lt, or ls -.itis fled without in i. pendent control of the means for Its enjoyment Women, no lem than men. take kindly to lt, the only obstacle lo ihelr general adoption of the wheel being ix doubt In their minds as to what PEDESTRIAN CfRRICLB, IS'.*. (Fi :i ss -l-l engrartng > concisions to comfort anl safety their regard for conventionality in c istume will permit Indeed, if ona wera to fudge from the turnout of riders in Central or Prospect park--, or on the thoroughfares favored by bicycles, ->n pleasant afternoons, li would seem .1- if there were st less! one-third as many women as men ..n wheels an 1 displaying quite -i? much skin. And it would pi iboMy be casually ob? served that either few worn a but pretty ones learn t,. ri le tbs bicycle, or the accomplishment is one which ti- relopa good looks Neither age, sea nor condition put limitations on tbs pleasur* of bicycling. Toutb and graybeards c rmpete, riding for health, f,-r business, -ir simply foi -, .. ire, and all Join in extolling the exercise, affirming Hs prae tlc .1 ts nt Ota an i evt n gi iwing ? nthusl istic In Ibu ta? llon of ths sense of exhilaration and freedom Im? parted by tbe wlfi and easy motion Of course, when bicycle-riding was >-.*t -1 new thing, ll - much denounced ju-- .1- gaslight wa* sail to be : snd '.h.- sb mi ens 1 1 levies --f tbs (evil when they toa wen novelties :->? the Ignorant per? il v by the 1 ind | lions of tb it ls -. Psi . : ? ? n ?? '-. ? :. \ .1. el ire l the ? i- the bicycle of those : ,<ur.i v.i-. iii kn is 11 -ii-- ses, but red a choici if n< ??* om - Uki '?- ? ? be ? ? gen lered by ll An 1 parsons v.). , preached agalnsi the nu chlne 1* if lt bad been it,*.? ?:.-?! specially for nsi ? ? . wn _r.i !? if * ie "'?' md road that lea letl di tra Hon." Indeed, e ??? ? f thi ? ?*? ?: .;? I - .. certain degree even yet ther antagonism, .1* -Mown recently by sn Aberdeen minister wbo curdled the blood of his congregation ty his reni.-irk* up rn a mm who, as he said, "rode his bicycle ..n Bundai. tr, k*- a blood vessel on Monday, wenl to heil on Wednesday and was burned tn Baturday.*1 Bul sn the "t'l.-r ' IB I. niHriv rn -re s, risible clergymen SOW ride bicycles aad advocate their use, and eery n cently the Pops went *-> tar in hi* spprovsl nf the bicycle?In responsi to 1 sort of excited correspond enee class in Iterlln as t. suthortse priests ? on bicycles when celled upon to administer n:r-m unction or on other services demanding haste, and Incidental!) mentioned thal aa f.r 1 1 k ,?-* IMS BICYCLE OP UN good prl- it set tbe ea imple of tbat style of loco* motion. As for health, .i London physician Dr. J A, Austin, who nas i.-*.-n cloeely Investigating the -. tin. 1 ? that "if we had 1 fen th maand under observation, we sh,.ui-i probably have In? stances of slmosi every III tb.it flesh la h.-lt to cured or relieved b) ibis prince of pastimes. The great feature of cycling as i hi ilth pastime ls the singular uniformity --f it-- results snd the corr borallon of ii* virtues by thi .?_-.?-! ss well as rb.- young, ar, I by the v.-.-ak a* well as the strong, surpassing In th:* re ? ? every ..th.-r sport snd pastime whose sphere ' . efulnesfl lle? within much narrower limits." A PRACTICAL MACHINE. Perhaps th- popularity of th.- bicycle In ibis country would nol !-? ao great, were its us.- simply subject to regard aa a delightful recreation, ..r a means for the promotion of health We. as g ,??., pie, hav-- riot much time to wast.- on mere amuse? ment nnd are prone to let "Ur health take care of Itself as far as possible. Hut tlc* bicycle ls u v-r;, practical machine, and that ls where it ha* what, in the vernacular of th" day may be called Hs "Strong pull" on American favor. Our New-Vork treen are, as a rale, ao abominably bad thnt wa cannot Utilise the machine Iti business to anv sii.-h extent a? ls common in some other cities Buffalo and Washington f-.r instance, where the asphalted pavements offer most favorable condltior-a Bul in those fortunate places a great part of all outdoor life mov.-s on wheels Tradesmen solicit orders and deliver roods on bicycles; doctors go on bicycles lo visit patients and advise them, as soon an nble, to pet ,,nt on tii.-ir bicycles; messenger boys do errands with astonishing retocity, for th.-y rids bicycles; policemen an-l mall carriers ride bicycles; Insurance agents travel about on bicycles, aad their intended vl'dlm_ fl"' 'rom them on bicycles; w.unen of fashion make their calls while bicycling; courtships an- conducted on bicycles' in short, everybody rides ? bicycle. On Ihe occasion Of the bul Alabama Stat.- election. th<- Birmingham Cycle Club by means of thirty abb- wheelmen, gathered the re? turns from the most remote parts of th.- county befor" the etty votes had been counted. To do this they bad travelled 1.019 miles over bad roads, moon tallinn- and aandy. Borne of th.- precincts wsw thirty mlbs from Birmingham, and lt was almost Impossible to persuade th- natives that the riders ha-i <-<>me out from the city that day and expected to return UM siime nlnht. Bul -ll th.* ??turua tr-trs In by midnight nnd th.- cOUStry people had re celved an object lesson they will never forget Tba recent -ranasntaBB-n la six days, by relays of Mcyi 1. tilers, of ?? BBSSSagS from Osnetal tinily nt Washington lo Oeaeral McCOok at Denver was b Startling demonstration of the practical utility of the wheel In army aervlce. lt would have taken _n,oiw i'?i d.ivs to marah that distance. Puring the lust two years the MSB of bicycles In ull tbs armies of bhiropc bas enormously Increased, und th- rarioua trays la v.iii-ii they an employed .*_<? ceesfuUy open up an Immense vista of possibilities that ..ur ti-vrrnment cannot afford ta Ignore. The world has been v.-ry h.nx In arriving at Its present appreciation of the ImmsnBS Importance of gulag upon wheels, for Its knowledge of thal means 1 of locomotion ls SXCeedb-gly oid. Hv-n the prophet BBSBTlBl and every ot.e will admit he must have lived a very long time ago?had some Idea of lt, for he left upon record these passages: "And when the living rreutures went, the wheels went by them; and when the living" creatures were lifted up from | the earth the wheels were lifted up. ... for th spirit of the Uvtng creatures ama ha the wheels." Kzeklel I, V'-i". "At, i for the wheels, it was cried unto them In nv hearing, t'hl Wheel." Ezekiel x. ll Of course, it may be s.ild he ha 1 r-oine other sort of whe.-is than primitive bicycles la his mind's eye, but this is no time for arguing polemics-h-> dearly wrote "wh'-el.s." BARLT TY PMS "I" WHEELS. crude bicych s. under varloua names, auch as "manumotor," ??eelerifere," "dralslne" and trian curricle," were from time t I tims thrust up,ai public notice in England and Prance aa far back as THE MODERN "SAFETY." 17>::i ano on down at short Intervals; bul it was not until isc, thai the Ural two-wheeled vehicle, pro? pelled i.v crank and pedals, made its appearance. That was i.aii. mont's machine .1 heavy, clumsy thing, the Ural Introduced here. Three years later the "velocipede" one very big wheel In front, with a small ons b--hind?achieved a good deal of popu? larity. Th- Hanlon Brothers gave exhibitions of riding lt all over this co';r,tr>. and in their Waka trailed a malodorous atmosphere cf arr.i--.-i. witch basel, vinegar and brown paper, from tbe contused piirts nf young persona atrtvlng to emulate th-lr f.ats. i mly persona a bo susp -cted them iclvi s of hav? ing Bred too ion- could have s.-ri. ti*-iv essayed the veledpeds "f those .lays, and any one who lived to become proficient In riding it waa Justified in deeming himself .1 favored child <,f fortune. Ten yeara later (in 1I7Q th, to-.ti gales of bicycles in Amer! ... \". the tweiv.- montha wera only ninety-two Hut the number <-f riders Increast i so rapidly that In ISH th.-re w.-r-- already :-?i bicycle clubs m th,- Uni ti 1 Slates, with a total membership of 1,000. A year later the iinii machine, a true "safety," was put on th" English m,irk*l, but lt wss BOl until IHI thal the Brat "ladles' safety" was offered In America hy th- c.i;,na I Cycle Company. Prom tbat tim.- ,,n. Caakce Ingenuity ha-- turned Itaell loose un th- bicycle, uni the "Improvemenl ." upon most "f whk-n patents were Issued, on every portion of th- m i,!ii:i" hiv.- i.n almost numberless, new ones coming out every day, i; seemed, until the once Imposing army of car-coupler Inventori were dwarf.] int. Insignificance bj ::;.* hosts -f (ray tissue sr as tei liming at peri itlon of i The ..rr i? in view by all were, in brief, nttalnm nt of th<- maximum of -tr-' ?? -i ,:ni minimum ->f weight the maximum of power and minimum of friction, with great regard, of c lurse -i- ill Ameri? can contrivances are expe ?? l ? . demonstrati artistic gr.-i<-e in form and ? 'ance n finish. Bo sharp hs*- been " ? , ? I >n among the seventy five bicycle manufacturers in th.- I'nlted States ::;ar one musl : ?? an expert t leteci even -rn iii points ,.f difference between thi I Icj i turned out bv ii number ??'. them, end ai. rlmln* Hon in quality is n.t a fa tor In detei l.N'TEKi'H VNOK VIII. ?? !AR Rir-YCLE, ? f ll I -? f- ren .- ? . ; ? * '??? -. ,-* ,--?. bv expei ? -. tr.-1, ?'. ll I" 1 rnh ? ought t ??f any one ap tlvelj fflri I ttl 'a at: I un ."?.ubi.-liv ,|., thal th. re are machines sold on the market for NO, urti even f?t 'Tr,, which are. In ...-rv rasper., fully equal to others for which the i f.. doman :?? i t ? ? ? ?? t. Tan lem bl I-. r-r two ri I- rs. iir.- mad.- by a dosen firms ?i-l ? ??*' I'"' As f-r certain foreign bicycles ? Sd Bl II4. ,.r: 1 11*6, SUCl ?? - * . r., j I \ .tl I sort Ko i-i-? I- I- worth thal amount, unless n i,.i- decorations of gold ai ema to make up j the fan- v i il i. I. ,, :.* rn.ir.-:f.i, lurer** an- chary ( of giving i' formation is t-. the real r.i tory value of their products, but it ls affirmed i.v .i skilled | -.t,i w.-ii Informed machinist, th.it the actual roel i '.'. mak 11 ..- i hlgb gr ide ms ? ? re ol the ? tST. Allow ll. foi i ? tir.-s an I you have ft thi - ? .; ' i ,,f a bicycle retailed Bl $4'",. ind ll li, i allowi i. ? ? tte ls libera] Of course, -- p. ? .-, ?? ?i to sgents, ..r .*\.-n more where new ma? king buyers; costly advertising, maintenance of expensive sale rooms .mi schools f-r ridiriK, salaries of professional riders for ex - ? n pul ;,'???* . te . sll ga lo swell the p.i .-. i nt th.* b lyer wi,., know - the basis <t all tl ? f.i- tor ?. cosl may be pardoned : ?: ton that ti- and tn.- manufacturei ought to "k;??? ?? A Whether their r -an a heels unblning light tli.in thus, of any attorn; . don.* I in i gethi-r" on rather better term pr! -s nr<- to., high or riot. are undoubtedly the heel made, - ness, strength and elegance bcttei Bun pe AMKRICAN8 BRAT TH! WORLD. A fen yeal > : ? the Engll -i : iel I leally controlled this mark : Sow, onlj two Hrltlsh manufacture i continue efforts to find here, an I theil - i ? - * er) Hm 11 Hu: this year, although lhere are a- man) bl yi le mak? ers in England c. hei . --ii manufacturers are sending ovci there considerable numbers of ma? chines, and their foreign tra le i tei illly growing. .I.i|iiin, I--", until b.r attention was diverted t-> tbe unpleasantness with i'hlna, w.is taking very kindly lo the Amerii ki bicycle, the conspicuous advantages "f which over tn.- national Jinricksha ^.-r>- v.-ri thoroughly appre lated. We hove fae tori. ? enough noe to suppl) the world Ii ls quite possible that som.* ..f th.- .::,.iil snd nea roni-erm giay not turn ont at pr* teni more lhan -i thousand machine, each per ct.:.??.tn On li is, they could bardi) continue to exl t, I" rtew of th.-lr disad? vantages. Hit they are fen Many more sell from 1,000 io r,,i?n each, Th.-.me the targe maker-, such .i* the Victor snd Rsmbler prob' ei . whose salsa even in lasl yeer, which was a bad one, are -?ii to have amounted lo aomewheri between 10,000 and vi.fri .-ach. ti..- manufacturers of th.- Col um bia. wh.. iii- credited with selling i'i.'1" or 18,00-, end Hie big Western Wheel Work** turning out the Crescent, whose sales amounted to 17,000 in ian, and wbo cnn. under pressure, build 178 bicycles i day. Theirs is ti,,- largest bicycle factory in th. world, lt ls probably well within bounds to say thal -00,000 Ani.ri.-an bicycles tv. re made .md sold last year, That meena the Bale of .. many new ones, an-l does not include nutation >f th.- enormous bu band bi.--.-ci.-s. A v.-ry large proportion lily nearly all who feel do so. ar.- ready at any momeni t > ai ,i aa old arheel much below IM va,ne. .ir: 1 buy in its stead a new '-ce, in which they fancy existent aome si? dal sdvantagsa perhaps very email oana Then th.- ..id ..ne., general.) bought io tboss who run bicycling achoola -ire nxed up. almoai ..- food as new, and resold at a profit ba: still cheaply, either to learners who pm; ally purr-? becoming pro Sclent befori Investing In expensive wheels, . r ti ??erson* of limited maana The supposed advantagea ;n new maehin-s prompting such exchanges are In most eas-* rt th-r Imastned than real, f>r lhere has not ne-n any very -.reit Improvement, except in the specialty of :ire_. within considerable time pas;, or..- recently psi nted bu: not yet put upon the market will ri-, doubt, when Introduct I, be the me .ns of making m_n] sec_n_-t??n l ?rhc.li cheap, unless, ns I* said, lt may be attached to any first class bicycle now in us-, and ll bi sold, instead of betas made th.- basis of aa entirely a at machine, lt is ihe Invention <T an exceptlonail) Ingenious me? chanic, rum- 1 H.-r: .ul ' ir.u. > iii--, mi 1 ls B Bes Ifl vice f-.r transmitting power fran thi pedals through a rod Inatead nf a cnaln-gear, and, bj mean- of a serlea of pin- mi on :h>- r,i i engaging with .. eoggi l disk -.ii tn- rear wheel, transforming power io speed, or spired to power, si tba ???.i.i of the rider anti while in mellon, a "worm" ai tb? handle-bar caus.s Hu- backward or for .-..ul moving if .. spline F. as ti i.ck eitbei one of the (Ivi pinions ai will, applying the p wer near :l*.-* periphery ir th- centre of the disk, as desired, and s.> governing the speed of the mi,,hln, without nn> -haiiKe In th.- rate of motion nf ihe pedals Thus the rear wheel nu:, be n:*.\- to turn -.nee with one revolution of the pe ll s. giving Increased power for ascending i *;-i;> grade; ,>r three I mea lo i i rotation, enormously Increas? ing tbs speed; cr ill the pinions may be unlocked and the Bedail renisln motionless while the machine ls swiftly coursing down a hill; and th. re are inter? mediate gradations of speed. .11 under the easy con? trol of the rl-lrr'fl thumb and Anger. H. E Raymond, chairman of the Raring Board of the League of American Wheelmen, ts of the opinion of wheelmen. p->s themselves ebie ! that und.r th? rule this new machine could not be , excluded fr-mi competition on the track, even though lt made winning a foregone conclusion for Its rider. I That would not be the case, however, with another | new Invention alao built, but not vet brought out? i which la to be propelled bv th* rider's arms a* weil I BS his 1"-S "There is a new tire invented every day now.-' I mys -i prominent bicyclist, and really he do's not I exaggerate very far it would he more correct to pn-mmnii, materials, rorm ana mo.es or attacn m.-nt t" the rim, are surprising, and ev*h admits of argument In Its favor. Next to the tires, the rims upon which they .ire placed off-'r th* wli.st diversity of material and form Steel la of course generally i ! but there ar-- also rims af wood, aluminum, copper and other substances, each .-.f which h.i~ Its snd all ar- probably ab mt equally I -1 if equally well made. LEARNING TO RIDB. N - question la oftener asked than "How long does lt t ik-> to learn the bicycle?" anl none less admits of .-. definite answer. One person may, aft--r a single :? ::. tin l himself capable of going alone aad have few, if any. tumbles; willie another may require ten or ,i dosen lessons before gaining sufficient con? fidence and control of the wheel to ride without coaching. Hut any uncrippled person who ins learne ! to walk should be able 11 manage a Mercie in i dosen lessons Two recent pupils In the icbool ut Plfty-second-at and Beventb-sve wre respect? ively seventy-four years of age and HQ pounds weight. Doth learned -?> quickly thai within i fort? night each wa* out riding in th- Central Park, un attend) I, \vnm>-n are generally rather slower than -.:. n in learning; nol because they sra an) leas agile, . ig.? -T quick "f comprehension, but limply b) ri ison of th*lr Ill-adapted clothing. With skirts a woman must ride i loop machine?I. ?. ?me the upper longitudinal stay of which bend* down bt low her dress. It is a weaker fi rm of construction, less rigid and controllable than the "diamond frame" and Involvea In mounting it. no little difficulty and even dinger to tho novice, Bbe must put her foot upon th pedal and leap up in front of the tadd ?? bringing it under her. while the machine 1- in m-> ti. r. iii so doing lt sometimes happens that the mm edJ-kx-r Till". CORRE T ATTITUDE, the constables were waiting, Thal Ihe device would pr.ii.ably break some arms and m.! po bl; rn ck - nhii need Its charm to inventors Itu! disappointment and gloom tied down on Cranford, for the wheelmen went around by Ral ? ? In safety While to. blah a rate of *<i.I on streets and rou ls i ? ?-- be eon lemned. tlc- public should not f "1 it**, if absolved from -lue caution in evading acci? dents, bul should look out ano n-'t plunge Into the wa) of an approaching bicycle anv more than be? fore n horse and wagon The wheelman will avi ll ? collision If beean, foi he knows ns serious risks, but bi* ability to do so ahould nol be put t-> too set ere a test, AM Killi" \ .**-." W HE ELM RN, I.EAtirE 'K ?j-),,, i,. , ol .merl sn Wheelmen is a National or an - tlon ot bicycle-riders, formed at Newport ..n May ? i. I**-'1, snd now bs i a little over WAA) mern. bera Lsst year lt had 3B.000, bul hard times, pre? sumably, ln|erefered with renewals of membership, Although comprising only a small percentage of the riders tn the country, lt exercises a controlling In ftuence among them and has been of great aervlce in several waya Ita prl iclpal work In which rvery bod) should havi -i str ny. sympathetic Interest, has been its crusade f->r good roada Acting through the local Influence ot the members of its divisions -which ar.* State organisations lt hus al? ready procured noteworthy Improvement of the highways in man) parts of tbe country and has iade p..pul.ir .in agitation In thal direction. Las! year the New-Vork division printed and circulated In the rural districts 20.000 pamphlet* Instructing farmers how to make and maintain good roada and awakening them t?. a consciousness of their direct Inter ii in the matter. This r*.?li a general pressure v. ii be brought upon legislatures all over the coun? try I--- Influence of the league f.-i procur.ment of road Improvementa The magaslne "Good Roads," - ,- ed and controlled by the League, has been an efficient aid in tts work, and ls reported successful a* a publishing enterprise There was formerly *i considerable animosity shown toward wheelmen by funner- who not Infrequently did mali-lons th:ng.*i for their Injury, but the good roads campaign has mollified thal feeling through makin-, th- tannera si*.- thal the wbeelmen were efficient helpers in a common Interest. Not a little restraint has been pul upon even the most Ignorant and spiteful of the bucolic claaa, ,ils>>, by discovery that the League could i?- relied upon te wield sufficient In fluence for the exemplary punishment of the "road hoe'' as wheelmen term driven who try to run them down. The statutory enactment declaring bicycles legitimate rehli lea possessed of riehts that oth.-r vehicle* were bonni to respect was procured by the League and has been >.f inestimable va'ue lo whi ? im. n. Not the bast of (h.- benefits c.nferre 1 by the League upon :h.> great body of bicycle riders has been tbe preservation ->f this form of sport in this country from rh- contaminating and degrading s_ iii, lutions ..f professional gambier* Immense si la the popular Interest In bicycle racing, the book? maker* h .ve nor y.*t been ab <? i., utiliz- it. This |s du.- to 'h.- fact thal 'tb races in the I'nlted stai-s m.- ru;, !l> controlled by the Racing Board ..f the |-eague, who draw their lln-'s s i sharply as to . sclude professional racers entirely and prevent all track gambling upon events Another general benefit, for which credit should be given io th-- League, la Ita procurement of special concessions to wheelmen by railroad corporations i ? over th-- country. Nearly all railroad- in the I'nlted Stats now carr.- bicycles fr.-.-. Th- U.ng M.in; New-England and New-Vork. New-Haven ind Hanron! are exception* Prom New-York to pi rt ' 'heater on the hist named road, the wheelmen" f.ire ls II cents, but the transportation of his thirty-four-pound roadster will cost bin H centa The New-York Central, on the other hand, ls eot ccpttonally liberal ."or wheelmen going to the r? cent "meet" at Denver, this road supplied a meela] train "f palace cars, meals and lieds* for thirteen days, v,l'h use of the --ar.* a. a hole", while bl Dsn vrt "everything of the best" sa the excursionists report, and all for only HE per head. F.Bch division Issues ro.il books and maps for lbs SSS of members, covering the territory of Its own State and so much of adjacent States as may seem desirable. Those put out by the New-Yorjc and Massachusetts divisions are exceptionally good. In the elaborate information they supply concern VERY BAD K'lI'.M. polni ot toe -i ile- is brought violently sgainst the en i of th spine, causing a painful and possibly dan? gerous rontusi in With divided skirts a woman may r; !?? ;h lafe, rigid ' 1 imond frame" wi.- > I. mount? ing lt l ke fl man, gracefully, safely and easily. Or? ri skirt* frequently ius< wvere falls under lons lhat render the ri l--r helples a ripped bu nf lining, a frayed edge "i ruffle, or even an se cldeni ii fold it tbe drapery, if the --kirt reaches to tht ; tala ls liable al any moment in eaten, In -:.irr,y become entangli I, an-l if the material doea ? ? give way, dr.- the rider headlong from ber saddle, li would ?? senseless and unjust to proscribe ilthful .ml enjoyable a recreation a.* bicycle rom rilmply on ai - tum f Ita demand Ina ?- alight variation in costume which n.e.! not, In ? degree, violate the nlceat modesty or -1 Til ? anything of gt u ? When womel i- learn to ri?!-? the bicycle they generally present a much more graceful and sensi? ble appi trance on th-- wheel Mun men. Racing men affirm tint In order to msk* on the ? nee l of which they .tr.- capel le it ls necessar) f-.r them to bend do#n so low as to hump their backs ind ?eem to threaten their with their i--n*. s. in that ugly and appar? ent - painful posture they claim to hav.- greater - ? the pe iii-, li ia sense of -.v ?riddle and reduced windage. Tra' ma) be i very well f - (he ;r.i k. but the common Iml style by wheelmt n on the turd The) have their handle-bars se) so low as :-. compel th-m to stoop, and, thinking ? in ? fal ey lt Incumbi ni ? ? live up to fi by g -.ng at -i - I-Hong p.ce i ? mi itlble with real enjoyment srheel and full ol danger to themselves and Vfh-o the handle-bars of roadsters are generally .ir. : men ll straighter it will com.- ss i ? ins ii-: tha recklessly fast riding will b- in irr?? i-. messure lone away with. Happily, in ni rmlty to the n it arni law thal punishes fools ly rn* ans of th.ir folly, th,- bicyclist who uses th-- highway as i racetrack la pretty .-.-rtsin even to -rina himself, but. unhappily, ls apt to ? I., i> else In jo doing. Hence, the law I- good 'hat reasonably limits the speed of wheels on pul.He ?str'-.rr* snl r.?..|s Hut that ls n-i ex ? ise ,',>r such brutal ma'tgnlty, und.r cloak of en ?:i-*nt of th- law, a* ;< reported br tbe author? ities of iii- town -f Cranford, N .!.. a couple of in mths ag'. The Atalanta Club of Wheelmen, plan? ning a I'-'-miie handicap road race, hal tala out its rout,, thr"ucl- Cranford, bul th.- night before ll cm:- off learned that in the place named ef? fective means had been tak-:-. to spoil their sport. Not ? wai i str -ng for.-.- of special constables provided to arrest the wbeelmen, bur a ditch hal been dui. across the htghw-.y as a trap to ?t-*ip thim lng many carefully chosen routes and the circum? stantiality of detail with which are set forth nil the conditions of the main highways within the mapped territory, bv means of variously formed colored lines. The New-York book offers choice nf IM routes, som. of th.-m touching New-Jersey, Massachusetts. Connecticut and Vermont. A new on- is now i-i course of preparation, which win set forth a number of enjoyable routes for trips of from thre.; to twelve days' duration. For the wheelmen of New-York and Its vicinity who are not im-mber- ,.f the League?four times as many as th.- total membership of that organisation?excel? lent local maps of Long Inbiri I. Staten Island, Kings snd Queens counties an-l Northern New Jersey are Issued by lt. I>. Bereena of No. 21 i'entre-st. In some respect! many will flijd these preferable. They offer no selected routes, but In? fill le many roads, often th.- most enloynble for tbs bicycling tourist, that are not noted In the U-ague maps, which cover BO iarge a territory that they ar* necessarily confined (-. principal highways. Mr. Bervoss is now preparing for Issue a book map of Westchester County, which with those ls-ued will cover a wide radius about New-York. Naturally aa Interest of such magnitude s/_ bi? cycling could not exist in thi* country without Us special literature. The first wheelmen's paper pub llahed in th? i'nlted States was The American Bi? cycling Journal," started in Boston In I*"., which subsequently became "Th.- Bicycling World." New York ha: now "The Wheel" and -The American Wheelman," ;.ir_" and well-conducted Journals, of Which the former is the Older, having started In IM The l,e,igue of Amer!, in Wheelmen publishes a. "bulletin" 'A'.kly which is of official character, but als . Includes mu *h matter of general Interest. Then there ar.* 'The Cyclist." of llartf.-rd: "Bearings" anl "Rover." of chicago; "Cycling Life." of Phila? delphia; "Cycling," of Baltimore; "Buffalo Jot ttngs." ,.r Buffalo; "Cycling West." of Denver, and ii score more of minor rank, ih-- best knowledge of which li confined to th.-ir publisher* and adv.rttBsm .So far is bicycling news of general Importance ls concerned, th.- daily newspapers now generally cover that Held about aa thoroughly as they do any other line of sport, and it ls -ife to say that the col? umns devoted thereto interesl many more persons ? ?a*h \vrk thin they did th- week before, so widely an I r.ipld.v is th- bicycle gr-.wing In favor. Should the Cash Prt8_ LesgtM which led a brief and agl tsted existence last summer bc revived in time for next season, aa ls threatened, to g.-t up races among professionals for the 'ncldental benefit of th- book m_ker?. Its doings will probablv only become mat ters if hint .ry through the daily press, as the league is linn In Its determination to maintain the re epectab llty or th-- sport, snd Its influence will doubt? less hav.- great weight with the class lournals. Th.- enterprise of ile- Insurers ?r thing-* has not permitted to g., unimproved so promising a Meld as th.- bicycling int-r.-st offers. There ..re already three Insurance companies which guarantee, for payment "f a small sum anriuilly, .lth. r recovery nf a stolen i-i vi-;.- ,r |ta replact menl ny a new one. ll. ES, Raymond, chairman of the itaclng Board. I.. A. \V., supplies th-- following complete and ao* curuu- list of American records up to date. Hill"i'HI'S AQAimtT timi: 1*1.YIN.*.. Mil-. Time. Nam. ?-i.i aimee Date. ?4...00:24 8-5. .1 s Johnson, Independence...Oct ft, 'BS l-l nu .ii a .-, .1 s Johnson, Independ-*Kre...Xov. io.'OS I4...0OS4M..J, 1- lin..-. BprlngneUJ.Aug. _*_. Ot 2::. ."1 IS 4-.1..H. '.". Tyler, Waltham.Aili.-. 4. IM ?V- "I -I I V ll '. Tyler, Waltham.Inly 2h. ?'?? I....01:3-4-6..H C. Tyl.t, Waltham.auk. 4. _. I. . in:i.*....... .11. r. T\i-r. BpHns__M.Oet li. "W STANHINt* 4- "?>?."<.1 rt. .b.hns.n. todepsadsaee...Pet .tl, "?l 1 a. .m. .-.:. .. .-.. ..r. s. Johnson. In l-i.-n-b n<- -. ..... *. 14, *!'3 *.. ,o>. :.?. i? ..1 p Ull-a. -*prlngfleU|.Aug. '__. 'U4 2 (..ol .1-.. 1 :,. .11. .-. Tyler, Waltham.Aug. E'S. %..?_-*-_ ... H C, Tyler, Waltham.Aug. _. a. I .. fiv.r.: m, ,h. '" T\]rr. Waltham.Aun. _ "94 ; - ?"' I-". A l> Kennedy D-nver.\ug. is' '04 ?" . '"si 4.1.W. XV Ulv,p.- S[,rln-tl"'-l .. .Ort 17'"MS I. os ... .1 :, .1. u Melntjes. Hprlnsflelil.Bept ll. "Hg B....1I?S 1-8..L I llelntjea, Bprtngfleld.Bept ll, HE CO-tPETlllOM ',. .00 .:.%.... 1. v. v.: . Palerson.Tulv 4. *S4 V---"1""-- C. -? Bald, Denver.Aug 17 ut 1 '!'.', V.?'."?' *2 . I-''' -? -? -i,.Bept ia *? ifl.10.1-.1... J, Titus. Denver.Auk M. *M J ,.4-21:1.-. Otto Ziegler, Denver.A-:g. lt. "At .1....'-, l.,\ ... I S. John-un, Minn-ap-Hs_Aug. IX,'fd ?>..lll.i.ii. 11 Bird, Denver.Vug. 17, *B4 I'NPACBD CUAtt I ",.. .00:9*1 g-S ,j Vee Bee*** ten, fhkupsls.Aag. Ui *H ?_. . .ul "., 2 .1. |-* .1 Jenney, Onegin's.*iu_ H'm -1 ",!-,- I". * Callahan, Denver.Aug] 1*. '94 _..".", ......V Buger, Waltharn .j,*iy &, -_. CLAMS B , ??"_?;.",*. 11 c. Tyler Springfield .\-ig 24 *94 ;. ""?."- 1 vu <* Tyler, BprlngneM.\?* ? 2 1......2.1.1 1 -.*...lt II Maddox Denvei.lug. fi. -i_J It ls proper to say that when the Racing Hoard le again convened to pass upon new records cuimei nearly all th-se figures will hav,* to be eery con? siderably reduced, as som.- wonderful riding has been lone this summer, if seemingly reliable reporte ar.- to be believed. <-M records hav- been smashed again and again, lower a,id lower Ti., league ,':as not favored "ladles' racea," and n.-rir have occurred, ex? pt al Louisville and one or two other places In a merely semi-public an-l "un? sanctioned" wai Consequently, there are no ree if competitive strife among women exclu? sively. And there are ni records of the "finny racea" gotten up to enliven proceedlnga at a "meet."" such BS th- quarter-mile dash through water waist deep, at I poer Banduaky, niuo, and the obstacle race at Halifax. In which the con? testants had to .lon a paper hat, ride IM yards. get themselves nr.d their wheels through loops of rope, ride another lo-i yards, open and drink a bottle of beer, ride on further an! take up an 11,-g In B spo-ii, earning the egg In the spoon to the finish, and also bringing in the paper hal Both event* occurring this leason. Trick riding ls not supposed to admit of records, and yet it ls net clear under what other bead could be classified Lbs Richardson's feat nt Denver, this season, -if riding backward one-third cf a milo and making a record of 2:35 In so doing. Hut the tricks are often surprising, sometimes amusing and lemonstrate such control of the wobbly ma.-hine as may well -.'??m almost miraculous to a novice; such, for Instance, aa riding on one pedal and suddenly, with i riving leap over the -.a,I li-, landing on the. other pedal an-l riling on: standing on the hands on the' -addle, .landing on th- rim of the wheel laid flat on the ground sn 1 managing t.. get into the saddle an-l ride ott wlthoul touching a foot to the earth, rldinr; down s bidder on one wheel only, perched on Its hub; taking out ail th.* spokes .-f a wh.-?l and rolling away, colled up in the rim, and so on ad Infinitum. The wheelmen of Brooklyn who compose the Good Roads Association have at b-ng-h Induced the Park Commissioners of that cl;v to make a gravel cycle pith from Prospect Hark to CVmey Island, a dis? tance ?i Ave .ml a half miles, li .st. be fourteen feet wide an-l the wheelmen have agreed to hear *3_oo of its cost for which thy -ir" now receiving subscriptions. The work ls to be completed this sea 1 m Bicycle riders of Xew-York deem themselvsa unjustly discriminated against by the authorities, Twenty times as many persons 1:- this city ride on wheels ss there are who own fas: horses, yet the city expends a million dollars on a "speedway for ?.ei*-.' ap irt. an l not enl*- win set apart no suitable way for bicycles, but does not even k. rp In fairly decent condition some of the most import? ant highways, and n gleets such provision for the safety and comforl of wheelmen as they have a right to expect Blghth-ave., from Fourteenth-et to Flfty-nlnth-at.. ls asphalted, and should be ensU** k.pt In order, but lt ls in an abominable p -tnt, and wheelmen, for whom lt ts one or the most leslrab.e ways ..f leaching the park, risk their necks in rid tiitr" upon it as lt ls now Central I'ark and th* Rlver-slde I'rlve should be lighted, as the evening la the moat enjoyable time for bicycling in summer. ind this is i.v" no m ins a recreation thu may be - ifely practise 1 in the I irk. Hut lt is Infinitely easier to find things that should be don? on behalf of cyclists and are not than t-> discover any evidences of consideration for th.ir pleasure, or even the.r rights. _________________________ IT WAS A 1'I.ot Ti) MUKDKK lill: PRISPESS Till" TRUTH ABOLT THK A*"*.tt_3fT TO THB ORAlTD-Dl'CHEBtl KBXIA OF RC-BIA .>N unit WKDDIXO SHORT. There la greal exUtsm*_1 In Imperial circles al Bt Petersburg, according to truste*er*l*i ln formatlon, becauae of the accident to the Crand Duke Mlchaelovltcb and the Orand-Duchese Xenia, th? daughter of th- I'rir. on th- evening of their iga a few week* ag.. The tetegrspMe dls patchea which were aenl from Raasls at the time declare- that on the way from PeterbO- Palace. where the -redding waa celebrated, ts the raatle of I'rosha. where the honevmo-ri was to be passed, the coachman's 1 ires bad been Win led by -hs bright calcium lights, the carriage hid been overturned un' th*- oocupanta mverery braised. Bul this report. I* row anpeirs. was highly col? ored bv orb"* of the Imperial cen?-.r, who wields su.h autocratic power over tbe press anl telegraph offices in Russia The truth appears to be that the accident was the result of a Nihilistic conspiracy to murder the young pair un the wav to the castle th. newly welled couple had to ,-ross a bri lee -panning a dtngeroas cut. The bridge hal been tampered with by the con splrator so that when the Imperial carriage rushed over lt, the timbers gave way and the car? nage gu 1 oocupanta fell to the bottom. The coach? man was s> badly wounded thal be died before h- could he removed tn a hospital The Orand Duchess was badly bruised about the head and I,,. Iv and had her right nrni broken. It ls also fe ired that she wss Injured Internally. Her young hu-hand hsd .ilso severe cuts about the beep. Th- excitement. ->f course, wis intense in the etty when the truth became known, d-'splte the efforts ti suppress lt and to spread the news that ir iii* sn accident. Many reasona are assigned as the motive for the outrageous attempt to kill the favorite laughter of Hla M it-sty. Il hal been expected, some say. that the Czar. In honor of the wedding, would pardon a number of political priaom rs when it became known that thee hop.--: were not to be realized the, N'lhills*s determine.! to revenge themselves In ii ti'.iv which wool I hit the ruler hardest -the death .f his daughter. They almost accrriiilished their purpose. The I'z.ir an-l oth-r m^rrrV'. or th? family Gear that the wretches, maddened hy the partl.il failure of their plmis. nnv try ?ome other way of meeking revenge The nofiea fer this rea^ son. base orders to be unusually vigilant. rjrjfV HOHB OF HISRS THIS- OK WHDRHfHm From The London Globe Coolgardie, the new gold Held district, in Western Australia thouirh situated lu the midst of an al uont waterless desert, ls rapidly becoming civilized. It has got a newspaper, the II ret issue of which Iles before un In lt wc not.- an account of "Cool rardte'a first wedding." The man who does the .escrtptloii for "The Miner'"-that ls the name of Ihe paper id evidently new to the business. He -nows much about mines, but not much about seddings, and still less about a lady's attire. The bride, we are told, wore a "rich creamy quarts solored silk, with orange blossom outcrops.'* Ons lady was dressed "In a reddish substance, with ronstone-colorecl leaJers runaing round the main body." Another was "from peg to peg arrayed In 1 slate-colored material, relieved at the throat by 1 white quartzlte-eort of band." And so on through >ut half a column.