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10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRISON REFORM GATHERING ‘The National Organization to Hold Its Convention in Milwaukee. ‘arden Leonard Will Not Be Able to Go—Some of the Papers to Be Read. ‘The twenty-fifth annual convention of the National Prison Reform Association begins in Milwaukee, Wis., this evening, and will contiuue until next Wednesday, inclusive. ‘Warden Leonard of the United States jail, this city, who has always taken great in- terest In the work of prison reform, sald today, in talking with a Star reporter, that pressure of official duties would prevent him from attending the meeting of the as- sociation, but the proceedings, so far as published, would, he had no doubt, be eagerly read by large numbers of people. The convention will comprise, besides those who are regularly enrolled as mem- bers of the association, a large number of delegates appointed by the governor from among the most prominent citizens of nea ly every state in the Union. ‘The opening session will be held in the ‘Atheneum at 7:30 p.m., when an address of welcome will be deltvered by Governor Up- hem of Wisconsin. All subsequent sessions will be held in the public hall. The citizens of Milwaukee have, it is understood, made extensive preparations for the reception and entertainment of the delegates and accompanying them, and the season g which the convention lasts is ex- 4 to be notable. ‘The meeting each year permits the war- dens of ious institutions in the country to ex their views regarding prison discipline, ete, and it always re- suits In much good. Subjects to Be Discussed. y new subjects of interest will be discussed at the coming meeting. The fol- lowing Hist of questions, forwarded to the secretary of the association, will be taken up seriatim for “informal discussion, i. Is it detrimental to good discipline to prisoners to subscribe for daily pa- pers, or to receive eatables, confectionery, €ic., from friends outside? s it advisable to permit the use of to- by prisoners—and if not by prisoners, officers, keepers and guards also be to abstain from its use as a condi- pointment to or retention in of- the indeterminate sentence, supple- system, effective in the suppression of crime? 4. Is the graded system in prisons effec- tive in securing good discipline? y industrial education effective reventing crime? the public school, without manual or industrial education, effective May prison diet be made efficacious as & means of reformation? . What effect has been observed as a re- sult of ordinary penitentiary imprisonment upon prisoners when they have not beea ved by it? hould the state allow prisoners re- ation according to amount of labor ice rendered im prisons? it advisable having in view dis- ani economy, to employ “trusties' arden’ uses, main office of prisons r under of departments, as clerks, is the best method of grading, prisoners, especially m view of the crowded condition of our prisons. so as to secure the best sanitary condition: x vent unnatural, vicious and crimi- ees the best religious results ob s through the effor' ned of male or work-rs? What, all things considered, ts the of punishment in a penitentiary ion of rules? things considered, should © proper length of a day's best the e nm will als’ the s hold ring ion. red by holsen of the There DE tof mar ator: J Waréen ee tm ot association are: Brinkerhoff of Ma ial New "Haven. Conm: ntin, Cal.: Pa.: R. W M B. E ngene Smith ¥: John F. We R. H. Dawson. Mor Sims, Chattanooga, Plymouth, Tu Elmore E ‘ititam Hill “Hoboken le Scott, Cencerd Junction John C. Whiten. South Boston Joseph Nicholson, Detroit. Mich.: am Chamberlain, Jackson, Mich.; R. I. Allen, Joliet, Il. + --—_ Windsor's Best Room. From the New York Journal. The most beautiful apartment in Windsor castle fs said to be the state dining room, which is decorated with cream and gold and communicates with the red drawing room. A . | us to realize Israel 1 THE JEWS AS A NATION The Possibility Discussed of a Res- toration to Palestine. From the American Jewess. To our mind there is no loftier ideal. worthier of real‘zation, than Israel’s Dream of Nationality! The rotten edifice of Turkish misrule fs about to fall. The civilized powers cannot much longer tolerate the savagery of the Turks. There are evidences that the con- science of continental Europe has at last been stirred, and the question to whom the Turkish empire should belong will soon have to be dealt with. The time may be upon us in which it will be possible to re- store Palestine to the Jews, to restore our nationality; which does not mean that the Jews who are patriots of the land in which they are born should leave their country and flock to Palestine, but that we ‘may have a religious center, and re-establish the home of our ancestry for those Jews who are driven from country to country by race hatred and religious persecution. There is abundant Jewish money in the world, and enough Jewish influence among the powers of Europe, to make this ideal feasible. It is probably impossible to those born and bred in an atmosphere of freedom to form a true conception of the hope behind the old-time Jew’s belief in the promise of j Israel's return to Palestine. Oppressed and persecuted everywhere, hated and despised even when free from immediate peril,- for centuries he believed and hoped with an in- tensity of ardor that made a vivid reality of his faith in the restoration of Israel as @ nation. That there are many such yet who can doubt? “Next year, in Jerusa- Jem!" ts still the hope of countless thou- sands, that being the last and only conso- laiiun man’s inhumanity has left them. Derk, indeed, would be the lives of the trembling wretches of the czar’s dominions were they deprjved of that sustaining trust. But to many 10 are more happily sit- uated the daily petition to be returned is merely an empty form; to some a supersti- tion—even a fetish; to others the prayer is @ commemoration or sanctification: but with none of these is it inspired by the hope or expectation of fulfillment. Among the Nations. . Yet, what Jew has not dreamed of Israel again us a nation? It can be confidently asserted that among the sons and daugh- ters of the covenant it is an exceptional one who has not at some tirem!welt upon such a possibility. Who has not given the loose rein to fancy and indulged in visions of Judah reborn, free, great and glorious— one of the sister states in a modern federa- tion of nations? During those idle day- dreams, when vagrant fancy usurps the place of stern reality, who of us has not harbored the illusion that he or she was one of a great nation of Jewish citizens? Have we not had visions of ourselves a8 patriotic Jews, proudly pointing to the eagle of Judah, the emblem of a free and happy people? Has it not pleased us to imagine that, if Judah were a nation. the positions of Jews in foreign lands would be @reatiy altered for the better; that many customs and observances now regarded by non-Jews with suspicion or dislike would be eo upon as commendable and beau- qm The Jew who, by force of circumstances, became a temporary or permanent dweller ina stranger's land, could then ob- serve the cusioms of his own, cele- brate its festivals and cherish its tra- ditions with the same freedom which {s accorded others who have left ‘“Heimath” to live among aliens. To the wandering son of Israel, the knowledge that a recognized sovernment stood benind him to protect him in his rights, demand reparation for in- sult or injury, and sustain him as the equal of citizens of other nations, would give him a feeling of confidence which would endow him with a dignity of which centuries of cppression have robbed him, and which not even the widest modern freedom has fully restored. And what visions of a perfected ferm of government does the dreamer be- old “When, throned on Zion's brow ‘The Lord shall rend that y Which hides the nations now In the land once again: flowing with milk and honey he sees the realization of man- spirations—the Utopia of oct, philosopher and philanthropisi—the Kingdom of God as it was revealed Frophetic eyes. Mixston for Women. And should this forever be a dream and lever anything more? To the modern Jew every free country is a Holy La every center of thought and activity salem. stri away world. But nan’s mi 5 He is ed all over the globe; but not prevent meny from rat becoming bne of the mighties! ns of the wo! Uni . If the na- tional women should adopt storation of Jew national would at on tion of their Je > in fact, force all over e for the n of one great aim; and we do not i to affirm that there is no lack of roble-hearted Christians who would assist long-cherished dream. The work may seem gigantic and out of | Woman’. : but at present ft is the woman who has the time, the inclination and the faculty to pursue great objects. Besides, our men will w guide us with word a of centuries cannot be righted at once. by until even the first can be taken toward a na- onal home for the enslaved, oppressed and persecuted Jews of the world, but there is no better time than the present to make a orous beginning, — E GIRL Accident Insurance Compantes Will Not Insure Her. * From the Chicago New: The bicycle girl cannot be insured. This the decree of the accident insurance com- antes. ‘The reason for this is as odd from a bus ness standpoint as the fact itself. It is be- cause of the frivolity of woman; that ts, she makes frivolous ciaims for dama:se3. ingly assist and deed. The wrongs BICY: BARRED. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Efforts to Be Made to Close Up Disorderly Houses, Cases im the Mayor’s Court and the Sentences—Local Notes of Gen- eral Interest. Mayor Thompson, it is said, will use ev- ery effort in his power to reduce the law- lessness which has recently become prom- inent In the Whitechapel district. Houses of ill-fame will be raided and the inmates sent to the work house under the vagrancy act, and the mayor says: “In future all young men and others found in the house when raided will be taken in also.” The mayor is very much commended for his action in exterminating these dens of vice—where men, young and old, are al- lowed to carry on their rascality. Two of these houses have been raided in the last few @zys and the proprietresses fined $50 each, the inmates being given terms in the. work house. The Citizens’ Law and Order League, re- cently organized, will use its best efforts for the suppression of vice in both Alex- andria city and county, and much good will probably result from it, as there is un- dcubtedly room for a large work. Until the last session of the Virginia leg- islature Judge Chichester of the Alexandria county court controlled the issuing of all liquor licenses in Alexandria county, and was most positive in refusing to issue any within his jurisdiction. The matter is now in the hands of the county excise board, and the county is dotted with barrooms, many of which are but covers for gambling of all sorts—conspicuously, policy. Mayor Thompson caused another of these houses, kept by Lena Gaskins, on Patrick street, to be pulled last night. The in- mates were taken to the station house and fined in the police court this morning. In the Mayor's Court. Mayor Thompson had a large docket to dispose of this morning, as follows: Thos. Stoddard, assault on Mahlon Patton, dis- missed; Mary Coleman, interfering with an officer, dismissed; Walter Washington, re- fusing to work on the chain gang, put on bread and water; Lena Gaskins, keeping house of 1ll-fame, fined $52; Lizzie Hamil- ton, John Talliaferro, Charles Parker, An- drew Jackson, Edward Green and Jennie Hawkins, all found in Lena Gaskin’s house. were charged with indecent conduct and fined $% each; F. J. Travers, charged with an assault on Gabriel Shepherd, dismissed; | Alonzo Simons, vagrant, ninety days on the chain gang. Several persons who had not as yet taken out their corporation licenses were notified to do so before Monday, un- der pain of arrest. Annual Militia Inspection. Col. Joe Lane Stearn, inspector general of the state militia, will visit this city to- night for the purpose of inspecting the Al- exandria Light Infantry, Company F, 3d Regiment Virginia Volunteers, and the 3d Regiment Dram Corps. The inspection will be held in the armory of the Alexandria Light Infantry. Slight Fire Last Night. ‘The alarm of fire last night,which brought cut the entire department, was caused by the burning of some wood work in Curtain & Butts’ foundry at the corner of Royal and Wilkes streets. It was not found neces- stry to put the engines into service, the fire being extinguished by hand buckets. The damage was slight. John Ponder Released. John Ponder, the ex-Washington police- mar, was released from custody yesterday by Judge J. K. M. Norton of the corporation court on a writ of habeas corpus. The $390 of which he was robbed was held as securi- ty. Ponder still claims that he gave the money to Simps)n to keep for him. The au- thorities claim that the dignity of the com- monwealth has been insulted, and will Trosecute the ca: General aud Personal Notes. Miss Lula Kidwell of Charlottesville is visiting friends in this city. Mr. Wm. H. F. Beckham, who has had charge of Overwharton parish, Stafford county, has resumed his studies at the Theolcgical Seminary. Mr. Ben. Blackford of Staunton is visit- ing fricnds in this eity. Col. K. 'T. Hubbard will address the Me- Kinley and Hobart Club In the opera house tonight. Samuel G. Brent of this city will speak for the sound moncy democrats at Spott- sylvania Court I October 5, and T. L. Waters at Fairfax Court House on Oc- tober 19. Mrs. Martha Hoswell died at her home cn Prince street yesterday. Ida Brown, who recently adjudged ne; was taken to Petersburg yester- . to be placed in the insane asylum, by rd Smith. ‘The reguiar weekly meeting of Potomac Iadge, 1. O. O. F., was held last night. It is said that the Musical Association will be reorganized and hold meetings in Lyceum ‘Hall. eo BURIED ALIVE IN PLASTER. The Hidcous Form of Execution Re- cently Revived in Persia. From the Philadelphia Times. A hideous form of execution which had not been practiced before in twenty years was revived in Persia not long since to strike terror to the hearts of the people. The murder of the shah was followed by a succession of highv-ay robberies and mur- ders by nomad tribes, which made travel exceedingly dangerous. To set an example and frighten the o laws into good behavior Ruhkn-ed-Dowlei, governor of Shi marched out o7 prison five men who had nothing whatever to do with the outragcs and had them buried {! alive in plaster of paris. This form of ex- | bi ecution is called “gaiching.”” A hollow pil- HARRY B. PARKER, a BERNARD M. BRIDGET. It is quite fitting that as we are stepping over the ‘threshold of our fourth winter in business we should re- view the causes which have resulted in building up this immense clothing business---now second to none in this city. This growth is more marvelous when you consider that for the past three years this country has experienced the greatest panic since ’73. It may sound egotistical to say it, but we took the “golden rule” as our fundamental principle of doing bus- imess, — to do unto others as we would have others do unto us, ==-to sell to others as we would be sold to, to be frank and honest with every customer, =--to cheerfully return the money when goods were not as represented. In short, to lose sight of the mercenary money-mak- ing end of the business completely. We take this opportunity to thank you for the pa- tronage you have so liberally bestowed upon us. Your appreciation of our efforts in the past inspires us to = greater exertions for the future. We are determined that ; the conduct of this business shall be all that you can de- sire. It is your store. We have made extensive preparations for the Fall and Winter. Our “Clearance Sales,” which you no doubt remember—in one of them we went so far as tosell $15, $18 and $20 Suits for $5.50—have rid us completely of all past season’s stock and the present stock is as new, bright, crisp and stylish as if we had just gone into busi-= ness. You will need to remem= ber these last few words, as we know of no clothing establish- ment that is not now loaded with the accumulation of old stock—antediluvian styles—which are even dear at half price. We are now ready to show you the finest “all around” stock of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing ever brought 5 to Washington. Parker, Bridget & Co., clenagnese v6 pains 215 7th St: lar is erected over a ho.e about two feet Sis aoe ag f : ; 5 oTES. ile i giv 7 ble to bicycling. ‘There being a w 4 en Victoria generally dines in the oak| ‘The accident insurance policy usually | deep, so as to form a kind of weil. Into OLD TIME ROUTES. Another route is given from Washington | able E. rf et and room. but when many guests are staying at | calls for payment of 10) in cass of | this the prisoner is put with his head st:ck- St. Inigoes is now used as a comme a to Harper's Ferry, a trip seldom taken on season, cne knows before starting what the castle the state room is use] instead. | death, and in case of disability the weekly | !2& Out over the top. Piaster of paris is |t4mes of Travel in This Loenlity | Sort, and is the summer home of the Jesuit | wheel by jocal cyclists. ‘The distances are | Weather to expect. In summer excursions The queen does not take the head of the | payments range from $7 te #2 o meek ae | then emptied in and, between each busket- Popular Years Ago. order. Ancther route from Washington to | 33 follow are possible if one avoids the heat of the table. but always sits with her back to the | cording to the excent of the injuries, ‘The | fb Water is poured Into the weil. ‘The fauHool itownasmthe:| sts uoa oi eive™ ae CONE: Le sbarg 31 31 | day, and it: winter the heavy rain storms fireplace. One of the windows overlook ng to the excent of the injuries. The | igster hardens, soon stopping the circula- | A copy of an ol eee ‘ To Al xaudh‘a Waterton 7 35 | are sure to be followed by pleasant day the eastern terrace. where the hand plays ee from #4. to. @0 in aiterantvene tion and causing the most excruciating | “‘Companton to Mitchell's Travelers’ Guide uan 5 33 | In spring the climate is charming on Sundays. This is the fashlonabie prom-| panies. Scarcely a day passes that femi- | %0ny- Mhrought the: United States, - pubiened "|. Aca iz BO’ | EpeaiGs: Porsion ‘et Mireese te paaeaite for. enade of the residents of Windsor. An| nine bicycle riders do noi visit the $ Abcut 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, the five | 1935, recently came into the hands of a| Stitora iecling. Agreeable excursions can be enormous silver-gilt punch bow! stands in| ance companies as applicants for the poli-|P-"soners, chained neck to neck, were | made in one day from Athens to Phalerum, . The book gives the principal | Fatmout CYCLING IN GREECE. this dining room. which was ordered by Star reporter. T! 5 B F marched out of prison, and, slowly escorted > | to the Piraeus, to the king's property at cles, but now they are invariably told they i pout and canal routes in the | Frederic h 3 King George IV. dd 5 = ¥ by a large mob, who were kept from press- | stage, steamboat lebor s . . | Tatoi, to the beautiful villages of Marousi ea ste se natant ate cand on | Cannot be insured under the rules agreed | ing too close vy soldiers with fixed bay: | United States, with population of each state Ing j The Sport, Hos Ranidty Growm tm | aid Kephissia, to Marathon, to Thebes and the occasion of the Prince of Wales’ wed-| ‘In’ the early. = ing w onets and others with long sticks, they | and other statistical information. It was | Hanover Court 5 4 many other places. Many longer exc ding was filled with 210 bottles of mulled SEE (i cee anes aus thee cate were taken to the Koran gate, near the | \iiuished by Mitchell & Hinman, at No] peumend While the bicycle has sprung into such] sions are possible; for example, there claret. ii Lap eapene irs are Tagh-i-No, on the town side of which, 7 = | popularity in America, it is pleasing to} magnificent road skirting the sea all ———-re-- ie ‘the aera ov ermtenis | alongstde ‘the road, their wells had been |6 North Sth street, eniedelpalas ie wee 1) Haccwane note thst this is not the only country | WaY to Corinth. After stopping there Bea rerer e ee OS att be pomistently | prepared. It took one hour to reach the | before the days of the railroad, and though | Livrenceville a Nominated for Congress. that the underwriters would be bankrup‘ed y OF two to Visit the Acropolis and o*h which has recognized the many advantages | c 21 fi * Bagh-i-No, but the torture of this form of ining but ninety-six pages has lots of | Gholsonsille #8 iD s of interest, one can continue the the fourth Mississippi district Thursday | Panes. Sat «| they walked aiong without a s'gn of fear. 2 that women bicy ists should be debarred tances from town to town through all of cided increase, and what is more gratify-| under Otho, taking in the ruins of nominated S. S. Matthews of Montgomery for Congress. ‘The republicans at New Orleans Thursday night nominated ex-Supreme Court Judge L_L. Lewis for Congress. The republicans of the fifth Massachu- setts district have nominated Congressman Witham 8. Knox of Lawren-e by acclama- ion. In the fourth Massachuset!s district eon- vention Thursday George W. Weymouth ot Fittsburg was nominated oa tho tifth ballot. Joseph H. Walker has been nominated for a fifth term as representative in Con- gress by the republican convention of the third Massachusetts district. James F. Morris of Fall River, M has been nominated for Congressman by the democratic convention for the thir- teenth Massachusetts district. Robert N. Hodine of Monroe, Mo., was Thursday afterncon nominated for’ Con. by the democratic couven:ion of the Missourl district on the 1,429th bal- He received 4% votes cgainst 41 for Judge Rucker. Judge McPherson decided Thursday at niest in the t in favor TT Harrisburg. Pa., the clection « fourteenth congressional of Horace B. Packer of ‘Tiogs. nation was contested by Congres: c Leonard of Potter, the present incuin- nt. —-- *@e- Prot. Markoe Found Dead. Prof. Geerge F. H. Markee, chemist, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Col- lege Of Pharmacy, and.algo one of a com- mittee .of .four. appointed to revise the ~ Unked-States - Encyclopedia of Phermacy, ~ was found Cead in his laboratory at Boston yesterday. He had been stricken with ape- i from accident pol'c: All women are not excluded. however. Those who possess separate estates ini who are engaged-in business which re- quires their personal attention and in- volves travel by rail or steamer are treai- ed as desirable risks. If they are !njured while riding a bicycle for health or pieas- ure, they receive the benefits of insurance. riding {s not considered “extra haz- except in the case of profession: riders. The ordinary rider for health and pleasure, even if hé is a ‘scorcher,” is con- sidered a desirable risk. ‘A cycler may fall from his wheel and get both eyes blackened and yét not recover compensation if insured in an accident company. It all depends o1: his businesz. *If he is a lawyer, a doc a bank clerk, he will recover damages, be- cause the injury makes him iio2-present- able, an? he 1s “disabled” from attending to his duties. But if he hapyens to mechante or a truck driver and his v is tmpaired. he receives no m cause his personal appearance s not sup- posed to count. This is one of the queer phases of accident insurance. Superintendent Eaton said that nearly one-third of the claims reccnily maJe for damages under acclient policies came from bicycle riders. These who break an erm or leg or are otherwise incapacitated from attending to business receive $25 a week while they are laid up. SEAS To’ Picase Hix Public. ¥roni the Tatiaxszpolis Jourral. + These t= the littlest. sandwiches I ever saw: for the money,” said the travcter. } ‘It’s Mike this,*° the-railway restaurant man-expiaine’. -“There was.s-tauch co7- jpleint of the qua:ity of ‘em-that I thought 4 would make ‘em smaller, so there would not be so much to kick about.” ‘They were taken into a high-walled gar- den, a guard heing placed at the entrance, and in a short time the first to be executed Was brot=h? out. Round hig neck was a stee! | 8, According 20 collar with a chain, which his guard held | 1¥' tightly in his hand.’ Scme one offered hi. the crowd from pressing too close and | Wac-hington - frightful to listen to, and as th ried ever the y were car- called garden those waiting To G~«rg. town | the!r turn real'zed that the death to waich | Rockville... they were doomed, r> far from beirg the | Midiicur.or pain‘ess cro they hed hoped for, was of a | Clarke nig terrible natre. Hyaristown, Freder.ck ‘As the fourth man was led from the gar- fen he begzed the executioner to take him to the bazaar, where he would find some ene to give hem ten tumans (S10), after which he could cut his head off. ‘The fifth ran became eves more frentic as the yells ouths of his companions. S he cried, “and I Will show you where 2000 tumans he hed,” but ‘his offer came too late. Taree days | Liter capiizis were added t> th. viilars, covering the heads of the man. { The ‘cries of th> poor victims are t. + ful. (‘fhe 7 « fac. bs ted. thea purpiec, then. almost black,..and. ofien-.heir eyes Kterally pop oui of their heads. Deaia usn- | gig -cemas 21 am hour, leaving the face dis- Anoihe: ‘To Upper Marlboro’. Qen Dashis uv I ai 1 asant * Peri Tobace gcivred. 2nd of:en -d:storze from all sem-| | Sevst diance ot “huis covnteaance. | ehapece 2 3 ——-~ "eee Lestard.cawn, Gre.t M1. St. “in'g ¢ £17.00 brary: tables for $0.80. at Moses’ furaiture sulp--Advt : £ the states west of the Mississippi. The pepulation of the District of Colum- | Alexandtfa, 9/608, and Washing- , or a total population of 39,868. | erick is given as follows: ‘The route taken at the present by. the { local cyclists is a good deal longer. than this. The route ment:oned in the book ‘s very rarely used by the local wheelmen. route not taken by the Washing- ton wheeimen is the one from Washing‘on to Annapolis, given as follows: ing is the fact that the American-made wheels are supp!anting the British make. In the other c tries the same progress is reported, especially in Germany, France cenae, Argos and Tyrins on the way. scenery or such a trip is magnificent be- nd description, and the poinis touch at are of surprising historical interes! The Engiish seem to have the main mar- Many of the places which were stopping | places for the stakes in the early part of the present century are no longer in exist- ence, and new towns have sprung up in other localitics. The route from Washing- e gensus of 18%), is | - venidn the book ar@ very | s u m and Russia. < for wheels in this country, the average a pitcher of water, from which he eagerly | THE distances given Im the book ane ver fon city to Milton, N.C, ts given as fol- | YD ToT. Greece the cycling eraze hat pet ena i Mats Late drank, and then, not knowing to what | crag, he ti From Baltimore | !°™ aon z si pee The average weicht of the awful death he was dvomed, he walked fo Weshineton the Foule” isa follows To Bredericksiurz, as abore sq | begun, ard this was given a great impetus | AnOUl SIS. The. ere eee tae the calmly and without a word to his I Tt | esstdgs Landing f 5 = at the Olympian games at Athens in last] character of the roads renders a lighter tcok nearly half an hour to fill the weil = s iaartaie April. According to a recent report of | make impracticable, unless of high grace peiestch aur ne all Swen une we Cirter il George Horton, the const! of the United | and with a wide base. There are no bcy- Cambertant Girt House. States. s cveling | cles Manufactured in Greece, and the du- at Athens, the history of bicycling | tice on imported bieycks are Insignificant. hampering the movements of those cm- ‘The figures in the first. column represents in Greece may be said to have commenced | 4 German firm recently opene] at Athens ployed with the gatch. After this the sec- | the distances from town to town, while in in Athens about eight years ago, with the| with a stock of cheap wheels, but did not ondiwes broupatoue, the second column the figures represent the ; fourding of several clubs, and its adoption | meet with the highest success, a® the peo- When the gatch became solid and tight- | total distance from the starting point. An- | cement by leading Grecks. The | Pe appeared to be suspicious of ened on the poor prisoner his yells were | other route from Wasbington city to Fred- as au amusement by i s 5 The route ‘from Washington this nature of German manufac royal family and many of the leading dip- z, Va., then reat commercial center, Z | year one of the dealers took the 2 aig ecranecaueaiiowes lomats are enthusiastic eyclisis, and the) American wheels, which sold readily * 1 See eee crown prince and the English, Amcrican | 1440 drachmas each. ‘They were lig! rt x Curt Hous tag than the English machines ordinarily used ad and were muc Imired. Alinough th has been a demand for American wh since then, the supply has been com: tively light. and German ministers, among others, may be seen on the streets every day upo: wheels. Sucn leadership has more weight in Greece than it would have in America, | and was the sole cause of the cycling craze which has now struck the country. The first machine ever sees Greece was bought in Aihens many years 2g0 by It wes an old wood affair, < iL —— Knew the Sensatt From the Chicago Post. 18 Leachbu:g raatieg ae ald wood affair, wih | “The sensation of one who has heen ul 3 ront Griving power, ne Vari t ! Saupe ROPER y The route up the Shenandoah valley, a| $2 “ihe boncehaker”” Naturally, his buried almos: alive must be horritie 3 trip much liked by. Washington wheelmen, | j-siy did not appear in public ‘on this ma- | She said with a shudder, as she put aside . fis given. A change in the schedule is evi- lent, as the d‘slance from Washington to eorgetown ts given as one mite. while in o*her caces it bas been given a3s-two- miles. The route is from Washington to- eae ehester, Va., and -is.as-follows: . the newspaper she had been reading. deed, they are,” he returned with great earnestness. She fooked at him in surprise. | “What do you know about it?” she ask- ‘(ve been through it all,” he chire, as-bicycles are regarded by the na- | tives as supernatural and ancanuy thi The ptoneer bicyclists of Greece were sub- jected to many inconventences and cven> Gangers. They were hooted-and laughed at | even in: the -strceis- of Athens. and were | | sometimes tumbled from thelr wheels ard toned: At ihe preeent day the ru ers crosses himself.and utters You have!” she exclaimed. - when a-bicyclist passes him. - * Yes. “I once dived in a boom The climate of Greece is enpeciaily: favor- six months after the boom burst.

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