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n/^\f> F^ pTQ I Best on fiarth <O f /^"Vf/^ I OCI It is a well-known fact that the ROBERTS is the Finest, Strongest^ and Best Equipped Bicycle on the market. We are in the wheel business to stay, but are going out of the retail business and sell to dealers only. I|VERY WHEEL GUARANTEED. A contented rider is a good advertiser, and before closing our retail store we offer to riders one hundred of our HIGH-GRADE ROBERTS BICYCLES, for three days only, at $62.50 cash, as an advertisement. After that $100 to all. Positively for three days only, -week of June 21st—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Made by Roberts Architectural and Ornamental Iron Co., St. Paul, Minn, RETAIL, SALESROOM, 327 ST. PETER ST., NEAR FOURTH. IBAYER BOYS' HIDE XHEY MADE A AERY FAST CEN TURY AXD BETTER LAST SUNDAY. CYCLOMETERS SHOWED 130. JTHKY MADE MAPLE LAKE AND RE TURN IN EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS. JDNE MAY ENTER THE ROAD RACE. It is Likely That He Will Compete at the Lake Unmet Contest. Two St. Paul boys Pa\ii and Al May er, took a shy at the century bicycle jrecord last Sunday, and succeeded In funning their cyclometers up to 130 Jfniles without half trying, making the Jrip from St. Paul to Maple Lake in hours and'thirty minutes. The jja-unt was made both going and com ing without accident, and the splendid condition of the roads made the trip pne of keen enjoyment. The young men rose with the sun Sunday morning, and started from their home on College avenue as the clock struck the hour of 4. Riding ncr th to University avenue the cyclists BICYCLES AT We will sell at Public Auction, at our store, 134 East Sixth Street, opposite Ryan Hotel, on Thursday Next, June 25th, at 2 and 8 p. m., 50 Second- Hand, Hig-h-Grade Bicycles, consisting- of Columbias, Steams, Fowlers, Waverljs, Marches, Czars and other high-grade makes, taken in trade by us this season. These Wheels are all in first-class condition for practical use, and almost as g-ood as ever for ordinary service. Every Wheel guaranteed to be just as represented, and sale positive, reg-ard less of price. Wheels ready for inspec tion Thursday morning-. Terms —Cash,or one-third cash deposit and balance on delivery within 30 days. If you need a Wheel, and want a Bargain, you cannot afford to miss this sale. We are NOT g-oing- out of business, but wish to close out our stock of second hand Wheels, and take this method to do it quickly. A. D. SMITH Cycle House, 134 E. SIXTH STREET, Opponlto Ryan Hotel. A. 6. Johnson, Auctioneer. had a clear track to Minneapolis, which they reached In exactly twenty-three minutes. From Minneapolis their route lay along the railroad tracks to Osseo. The road was all that could be de sired for the greater part of this stretch, though for a cople of miles the riders were obliged to take to the tracks on account of the deep sand. The spin from Osseo to Frankfort was reeled off in short order and the early risers in the quiet little village were ac corded the sight of' the ambitious youths scorching westward, apparently as fresh as though they had but started on their long journey, instead of having already finished half of the outward run. By far the most enjoyable portion of tfte trip wa3 that portion of it made across the Monticello pralre, a stretch of level flower dotted ground, over which the riders sped, all forgetful of the fatigue of the miles already cover ed, in the exhilaration of their beauti ful surroundings and the clipping pace with which they were neaiing their journey's end. The last few miles of the run lay through a thick wood, pen etrated by the single road which wound In and out among the shade trees like the path of a maze. It was a refresh ing finish to a continuous run of 65 miles and at 8 o'clock the young men dismounted at the Maple Lake hotel in splendid trim for the breakfast which was just being served. During the layover the excursionists called upon several friends, attended church and gave their wheels an over hauling previous to the homeward journey. The start for St. Paul was made at 3:30, and Minneapolis reached in three hours and twenty-five minutes. Taking University avenue for the home stretch the riders made the last ten miles of the run in 35 minutes, notwithstanding that they had already gone 20 miles be yond the century mark. Both of the riders were In the best of condition the next day, though one of them owned up to feeling a little tired. Paul Mayer, the younger-ef the pair which made so creditable, a showing, is contemplating entering the 15 mile road race, to be run at Lake Harriet June 25. Should he do so,, many of his friends feel confident that St. Paul will have a competitor In the race who will make a strong bid for first honors. BICYCLE AND THE SABBATH. Chicago Pastor Takes a Plain Stand In the Case. At Central Music Hall, Chicago, last Saturday morning, Dr. Newall Dwlght Hillls spoke on "The Bicycle and the Sunday in American Civilization." Dr. Hillis took as his text "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy," and "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." He said: "Ignorance and follshness may deem the day of rest to be a thief, robbing man. of one-seventh of his toil and wealth. . "Through excessive toil men have gone down with diseases innumerable. If, therefore, the bicycle has been a blessing to the nations of Europe, with their habits of leisure and recreation, to our overwrought people it has been i nothing short of a special interposition lof divine providence. Many physicians, ; j hitherto pessimistic, are now hopeful by reason of the belief that the habits of daily exercise now being formed by children and- youth are to be carried I forward as permanent habits of the new I generation. To a great multitude of adults also the new vehicle has come not only with overtures of pleasure but I also with overtures of happiness. "Modern commercial methods are such as to threaten the health of multi tudes. In the factories iron dust, ris j ing, fills the air. In the storehouse, the j bales of goods exhale the dust of dyes, I particles of wool, cotton, and silk. In the retail stores, the tramp of thous ands of feet fills the air with minute particles, while the dead breaths of living men lend new foulness to the air. Nine hours in such an atmosphere soon expels the rose from the girl's cheek, and whitens the red currents in the | veins of the boy. "Fresh air and exercise alone can correct the danger, and level with the means of all is this new vehicle, bring j ing open air, recreation, and pleasure. "In every age, when weary, the rich can ride. But now not only the rich man's son but each school boy, each factory hand, each seamstress and clerk finds riding possible. Already the gains to the Nation physically are be yond all computation. Not less strik ing are the moral gains. Slowly the bicycle is emptying the saloon. Ulti mately evil resorts also will be emptied and the parks filled. Wise men believe that this vehicle will modify and greatly improve the national temperament. What the steam engine has done for man's industry, the wheel is to dc for man's health and happiness. "But the misuse of the Sunday can ! be corrected only by new and better methods cf spending the Sunda.y. Bet ter a thousand times the wheel and the Sunday run than the salocn or the place of evil resort. Many turn to the wheel in sheer ignorance -of a better way of occupying the long hours of Sunday. If the churches will meet the new exigencies the misuse of Sunday may be overcome. WHITE BEAR PATH. v With Enough Money It Will be- Completecl toy July 4. Work on the White Bear cycle path has been progressing more rapidly thai, the majority of cyclists are aware. The path Is completed to the city THE SAINT PAUL GLO 33: SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1898. limits and the county work Is proceed ing from the limits toward the lake. The path has also been pushed from the lake toward the city and on that end the first mile was finished yester day, while th 9 grading has been done on the second mile. A. B. Ovitt, president of the associa tion, was seen yesterday and set forth the condition as follows: "The pay roll Monday will be about $350 which will leave less than $100 in the treasury. We need $400 more to complete the path to the point where the county commissioners will begin. If those wheelmen who have not sub scribed would send In their subscrip tions at once the White Bear path could be completed by the 4th of July." THAT #30 WHEEXi. It ims Certainly Stirred Up the Cycle Trade. A. G. Spalding, when asked to ex press an opinion on the controversy over the standard price of bicycles, said the contention that all grades of bicycles cost a common price of $30.00 apiece was obviously absurd. While some bicycles cost $30:00 to make, there are many that cost much less and many others that cost much more. Every article of merchandise always finds its proper level. A medium grade bicycle of medium quality sells at a medium price, and a cheaply construct ed bicycle at a cheap price. It requires many years of arduous work to perfect the organization of a bicycle manu facturing plant. It takes more than a year to build up a finely equipped plant. Experiments with new machin ery are costly. "Cheap goods and cheap prices mean cheap methods in every respect. If bicycles could be sold like sugar or horseshoes, and no guarantee or fur ther trouble from them expected after they leave the warehouse and the de mand was so universal, then they might be sold on the margin of profit of those articles, but there Is probably no article of merchandise that is so expensive to put upon the market as the bicycle, for, when in addition to the cost of manufacture, one has paid the store rent, clerk hire Interest on the capital invested, certain cost of guar antee and advertising expense, the progressive and successful merchant will find that the actual flat cost to manufacture the goods in the first place does not represent the entire cost. "No manufacturer ever achieves a reputation on an article unless it has intrinsic merit, and all the talk in the newspapers and all the advertising that might be given it will not give it a long-standing reputation unless* the article in question has the merit to deserve it." LOOKS FOR MORE INTEREST. Secy. Ovitt Thinks the Path Funds Will Grow. The city's portion of the White Bear cycle path is completed. It extends from Arcade street Eastward along the North side of Maryland avenue to White Bear avenue and thence North ward along White Bear avenue to the I city limits. The total length of the I path within the city limits, being three miles. The city expended $500 upon j the work of constructing the path. The construction of that portion of I the path between White Bear and the city limits has not progressed so rapid ly. Thus far, beginning at White Bear, one mile has been constructed. The ! distance from the city limits to White i Bear is about six miles. The Twin City path which was built | by the subscriptions of the wheelmen, is completed from Snelling avenue, out Summit to the river, and across | Country from Summit avenue to Mar shall avenue and thence out to the bridge. But there are more paths to | be constructed and more money is needed. The cycle path association proposes that a path be constructed on i Lexington avenue from Summit avenue I to Como park, and another on Langr ! ford avenue from Como park to Snell ! ing avenue. This will necessitate the j raising of some $400 or $500 more. In i view of the satisfactory results which have thus far attended the united ef forts of the wheelmen, towards se curing cycle paths, A. B. Ovitt, the president of the cycle path association, believes that they will readily respond with the assistance necessary to com plete the additional paths mentioned. WHITE BEAR'S JUBILEE. Grand Celebration in Honor of the Cycle Path. Every bicyclist in the Twin Cities Is in vited to visit Whte Bear upon the occasion of the completion of the new bicycle path July 4th, the village officials and merchants having united in an effort to make the oc casion a memorable one. Frizes aggregat ing several hundred dollars In value will be awarded to the bicylists making the best time from St. Paul, the club registering the most members, the best decorated wheel, the most ridiculous make-up. Every accommoda tion possible will be afforded the cyclists and excellent storage facilities for wheels will be provided. The list of prizes in detail will be announced later. RECORDS SMASHED. Broken by Hamilton on the Track t\t Denver. DENVER, Col., June 20.— W. W. Hamilton smashed two world's bicycle records this afternoon. The first contest was* one mile unpaced from standing start. Hachenberp and Hamilton started from opposite side:, of the track. Hamilton finished in 2:03%. This beats the world's record for an ur. paced mile, standing start. Hamilton al» won the second event, two miles, standin; start, paced by a quad, in 3:59 5-8. Thi: also broke the world's record held b Charles Murphy. CAPITALS AT HO|IE ONE IXJCAIi CYCLE CMJB FINDS COMFORT IN THE MAYALL HOMESTEAD. IN A TERM OF THREE YEARS IT GROWS FROM 14 MEMBERS TO THE HUNDREDS AND PROS PERS. WILL START A 'RACING TEAM, Whose Members Will be Selected by Competition Within a. Week or Two, The Capital Cycle Club is one of the largest clubs of its kind in the city, and has been organized three years. The club started with fourteen mem bers with headquarters in a small shan ty like structure on east Seventh street above Maple. The first officers were George W. Meiers, .president; C. H. Gluech, secretary; George Bonn, Jr., treasurer; E. J. Fox, captain and Robert H. McCieary~ lieutenant. It has since grown to a--membership of over 100 wheelmen in .good standing and numerous applications are awaiting action at the next meeting. The pres ent officers are F. W. Craig, president; Wm. R. Burkhard, vice-president; Jul ius Grosse, secretary, Paul de Haas, treasurer; M. C. Cook, financial secre tary. The field officers are E. J. Fox, captain; R. H. McCleary, first lieuten ant; Wm. Al'then, second lieutenant; S. B. Linstad, bugler; Henry Althen, color bearer. The club also has the follow ing board of directors: F. W. Craig, Wm. R. Burkhard, Jr., V. D. Thomas, Wm. Althen, S. B. Linstad, A. L. Eg gert, E. J. Fox, Paul de Haas, Julius Grosse, M. C. Cook, R. H. McCleary. The club colors are orange and crim son and the new uniforms consist of royal blue sweaters, with three white stripes and the monogram in the club colors across the breast and. from tweed knickerbookers. Three months ago the club removed to its present elegant quarters in the old Mayall residence, East Seventh and Maple streets. The new club house is beautifully situated on a sloping lawn and surrounded with trees and shrubs. At the left of the hallway is the pret tily furnished reception room opening into a billiard room. At the right are the handsome main parlors, with mirrors, velvet carpets and a general air of luxury. The sitting room and kitchen are at the rear of the hall. Above stairs is an ideal smoking room with reading room adjoining and across the hall is a neatly appointed office. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Weiblen have charge of the house and occupy the other rooms. At the rear of the upper hallway is a shower bath and all con veniences for tufkish bath the house being steam heated. There is also an ordinary bath room. On the next fIoOT Is a well fitted up gymnasium and front the tower above a view of the entire city may be ob tained, Fort Snelftng and Mendota be ing plainly visible on clear days. The club numbers among Its members Chas. Hofer, August Mertens, and R. H. Mc- Cleary, well known among wheelmen as state champfons.'; Also Wm. J. Martin, Dan Carmlehael and other fast local riders. The club racing team has not been selected yet, the trials to come off next week. 'Regular runs are made every Friday evening, Thursday being ladies' nighV No Sunday runs are made. QUEEN OF WHIST. Miss Kate Wheelock so Known Among Card Players. Among the most interesting of all delegates to the forthcoming meeting of the American Whist league In New York will be Miss Kate Wheelock, who W Gives a BIG Light f T^ and Stays Lighted ■ Can't Jar or Blow Out. Gives a Light Like a Beacon to Ride by. The very best made is the X-RAY LASWP For Sale at Dealers or F. fffL SMITH & 880. GENERAL AGEXTS, 325 U/ABASHA ST. 31ARCH, GOPHER and SUMMIT BICYCLES. ourSne STERLING, f f CLEVELAND, EAGLE, o &ELAY, MONARCH, if DEFIANCE, AOBOTT, I ROADSTER. ST. PAUL ©¥GLE GO., [! 342 Wabasha Street. is well known in this city and the north west generally as an expert at the silent game. Miss Wheelock was the first woman teacher of whist in this country. There is only one other. She is petite in figure, has regular features, a fresh complexion, a winning manner and has prematurely gray hair. She was born in Green Bay, Wis. Eleven years ago, when the female interest in whist became a fad in the west, she lived in Milwaukee. While instructing a number of women the latter suggest ed that as it took up so much of Miss Wheelock's time she ought to charge a fee. She did so. It opened up a new business. It grew. So did the size of her fees. As her fame Increased her travels extended. Since then she has visited nearly every city in the country, remaining from four to six weeks in each place. At present she has about 4,000 whist pupils scattered all over the country. Women as a rule do not play aa scientific a game as men, she says, but the most scientific of her pupils are in the Hamilton club of Philadelphia. Eugene Elliott, founder of the Whist league, calls her the "Daughter of the League," and Cavendish, the great authority on the game, calls her the "Whist Queen." For the last two years Miss Wheelock has been experimenting with a stereop ticon, with a view of giving instruction to a greater number of women at one time, and also reducing the charge of tuition so as to bring it within the means of women who could not other wise afford the expense. The first ex periment was made at Morristown, N. J., a few days ago, and was voted a great success. Miss Wheelock is an associate mem ber of the American Whist league, which holds its annual congress at Manhattan Beach from June 22 to 27. TWO RECORD BREAKERS. The cycle meeting which It is proposed to give in connection with the annual summer trotting and pacing races of the Minneapolis Driving club at Mlnneahaha Park, June 30 to July 4, has assumed almost monumental proportions. The $3,000 match race between Homer Falrmon and John Lawson, "The Ter rible Swede," the most talked of cycle event to occur in America this year will b© run in three 15-mile heats on Tuesday June 30, Thursday July 2, and Saturday July 4. If one rider should win two consecutive heats it Is agreed that the winner shall ride against the world's record for five miles, paced, at this meeting. MERTENS WON. Time Prize at Waakeitha Captured by St. Paul. MILWAUKEE, Wls., June 20.—The Wau kesha road race was run today. There were 133 starters, representing wheelmen s clubs of the west and northwest. Charles S. Muss, of Milwaukee, won the race In 49:14, and first time prize was taken by A. C. Mertens of St. Paul, a scratch man, in 47:30. The distance was 16 miles from Waukesha to Milwaukee and the course was very dusty. MIVOII CYCLING MENTION. In Russia ladles are not permitted ti ride a bicycle in public unless they have received a certificate of proficiency from some riding school. Joe Donaghue, the skater, is now an expert cyclist. The prospect is that the new cycle path in Brooklyn will not be ready for the formal opening on June 27th. This new path will cost the city of Brooklyn in the neighbor hood of 1100,000. The path itself will cost I $30,000. New paths for pedestrians will bring I the total cost of the improvements on the | boulevard up to $100,000. When completed, I the Ocean Boulevard, leading from Prospect ! park to Coney Island, a distance of 5% miles, | will have the finest cycle-ways in the world. So much has been said of late about fail ! ures in the cycle trade, price cuting and j the closing of factories that a word from a j keen observer in a position to study the I situation in all its phases,, will be of I timely interest. Interviewed on the subject 1 this gentleman said: "There are fewer fall- I uree in this business than in any other, and j as for price cutting that evil has been i turned aside by the counsel of wiser heads. ■ Concerning the report of the closing of cycle factories, I advise you to place little j belief in them. It is true that several have I shut down temporarily, but the trouble with ! these is due directly to labor dissentions." _ q» A Hundred Reason*. Can be given why Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the best and most effectual cure for every form of indigestion. They are in tablet form which retains their good qualities indefinitely, while liquid preparations become stale and useless with age. They are convenient can be carried in the pocket and taken when needed. They are pleasant to the taste. After each meal dissolve one or two of them in the mcuth and, mingling with the food, they constitute a perfect digestive, absolutely safe for the most sensitive stomach. They digest the food before it has time to ferment, thus preventing the formation of gas and keeping the blood pure and free from the poisonous products of fermented, half-digested food. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets make the complexion clear by keeping the blood pure. # They increase flesh by digesting flesh-forming foods. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the only remedy designed especially for the cure of stomach troubles and nothing else. One disease, one remedy, the success ful physician of today is the specialist, the successful medicine is the medicine prepared especially for one disease. A whole package taken at one time would not hurt you. but would simply be a waste of good material. Over six thousand men and women in the state of Michigan alcne have been cured of indigestion and dyspepsia by the use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets. Sold by all druggists at 60 cents per package. BICYCLES ....THE GREAT.... "BETTER THAN EVER." Strongest, Easiest Running, Best of AH Bicycles. ...ROMAN... A HIGH-GRADE BICYCLE. FRAME — Sing-le Diamond, 23J4 inches deep; high back. Head, 9% inches. Upper tube, 1 inch; lower tube, \% inches; upright, 1 inch. All tubing 20 gauge, except the chain side of quadrant, which is 18 gauge. Detachable sprockets. Round cranks, 6^-inch throw. Gear, 68 inches. T seat post; Truss sad dle. Handle Bars, 18 inches, raised or drop; corkaline grips. WHEELS —28 inches. Highest quality double-swaged ■pokes, 15 to 17 gauge; 28 in front and 32 vi rear wheel. BEARINGS — Dust-proof. Cones and cases turned from special steel, hardened and ground. ROMAN BEARINGS ARE ACCURATE. PEDALS— High-grade rat-trap pedals. FINISH —Black enamel. Trimmings, nickel. The Roman is made in the same factory as are the famous Ben-Hur Bicycles, and contains many of the points of merit which these celebrated machines possess. THE NAVAJO. A STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS WHEEL. The best of all Medium-Priced Bicycles: Read the following: A TESTI/VVONIAL. Office of Meridian Stables, ) Indianapolis, Ind., June 1, 1896. f Central Cycle Mfg. Co., City: Gentlemen —We have in our Bicycle Livery ten Ben-Hur Bicycles and three Ben-Hur Tandems, all of which have been in almost constant use for three months. They have stood the severe test in fine shape, and the slight and inexpensive repairs have amounted to practically nothing. We compliment you on building such excellent Bicycles, and they deserve the most favorable comment. Wishing you every success, we are, Yours Respectfully, COOPER & WOOD. I have the great Ben-Hnr Tandems in the Double Diamond and Combination Models for sale and for rent. SPECIAL PRICES and SPE CIAL TERMS on all the above Bicycles. D. W. Van Vieck, 57 East Fifth Street. AHEAD OfIMf^§TEAR/^\ Steams ♦ Yellow Fellow ♦ Bellis ♦ Trilby SPECIAL PRICES ON ALL WHEELS. 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