Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 15, 1895, Page 21

7 ES b P ROUND ABOUT ON WHEELS The Silent Steeds Stirs Up a Commotion | Hore and There, i CARRYING BICYCLES AS ORDINARY BAGGAGE | Bhota at and Sh Nloomered RN Novel Machinen— ingw In Loeal The transportation of bieycles on railroad trains as baggage Is exciting considerable dis- | cussion throughout the country, On some roads bicycles are received and carrled on passenger trains withouf objection, but a charge over and above the owner's fare is | exacted for the service. In such a case the company Is clearly responsible for damages, whatever It may pretend to think about the matt On other ro bicycles are trans ported free for passengers, but for every one a tcket is issued setting forth that the com- pany will not be responsible for injury or loss. Whether or not this 1s a valid contract binding the owner of the wheel may have to be determined by the courts. There are other roads on which the transportation of bicycles 18 avoided o1 delayed as far as possible by various devices, which as a rule can probably be overcome by paying a fee to somebody. Finally there are railroads which treat bicy- cles just like other baggage, excepting that they handle them with more care, as in the nature of the case is necessary. The New York Tribune contends that this last rule is the one which all railroad com- pauies will oventually have to adopt, and they might better come to It sooner than later. The assump'lon that the transporta- tlon of b s I8 an unrecompensed burden and nuisance cannot be succossfu'ly defended. The use of the wheel produces a very large amount of passenger traffic, as everyboly who makes frequent trips into the country by rail must know. Undoubtedly a great many persons who take their bicycles with them would go If they could not take them, but in a large proportion of cases the reverss is truo. Their argument now Is that the de- mand for the carriage of bicycies is a de- mand for additional space, labor and care which they are under no obligat'ons to sup- ply, at least for nothing. It is true that the bieycle is a rather awlkward thing to store without special ‘accommodations, and cannot be thrown around violently without sufforing more damage than usually recults from similar trestment of a trunk. And this fact largely accounts for the antipathy with which it is regarded by railrord men, But the argument Is a poor one. The cond tions which have led to all marked improvements in the operation of railroads hava doub less been cousidered grievous by some manazers who have refused to acknowledge the n sity for a change as long as they could. That there is a disposition on the part of railway men to regard the bicycle as @ competitor in the carrier business there is no doubt, says the Chicago Times-Herald Indeed, many of the rallway men declare that it has made appreciable inroads into thoir summer receipts. The competition is most noticeable, of course, in the suburban traffic where hundreds of wheelmen ride in and out to their suburban homes on their wheels. Just what rights a man with a wheel may claim for himself on a railway traln wiil probably have to be decided by the courts. As has been remarked incidentally, paren- thetically and prophetically, the bicycle is he . to stay. So Is the rafiroad. So is the bloyclo rider—at least he will stay until he i8 killed by century runs. It would seem, therefore, that the sensible solution of the problem would be for the railroad companies to get together and agree to check bicycles, free of charge, same as any other baggage, and when a baggage rustler damages a whoel 1ot the owner be reimbursed for his loss, for he must be a good patron of the road or he wouldn't be on the train. THE BLOOMER MANTA. The war between the bloomerites and the antis goes on, and in Sidney, N. Y., just now the battle is with the friends of the gar- ment, ilas Watson, a farmer, bought a cycle for his 15-year-old daughter last and also gave her money to buy a bi costume. When Miss Watson rode into the yard attired in a bloomer her mother was as- tonished, but the father was much pleased with his daughter’s appearance and ability as a cyclist. The mother declared that .her daughter should not he allowed to dress 1ike a new woman. After the girl had resumed her ordinary dress and gone to a neighhor’s the mother took the bloomers, chopped them up and presented the picces to her daughter when she returned, with the advice that she uso them in some article of patehwork Farmer Watson was so indignant at his wifo's conduct that he immediately gave his daughter more money to buy another bloomer costume, and assured her that she should henceforth be protected from a similar ex perience. Man has no quarrel with bloomers on the point of health or the point of modesty, ex- claims the Chicago Tribune. He makes his stand on the question of beau'y. The truih 18 (sad as it 15 to admit it) that the femalo form as it exists after several centuries of civilization Ias 118 1 mitations. Probably most women understand thls, for their concen- trated opinion, as expressed by fashion, has mitigated theso defects as far as possibie—all but the wasp waist, which remains a monu- ment to woman's lack of taste. Now bloom- ers, Instead of mitigating, increase by ac- centuating these defects. They make the shoulders secm narrower, the waist smaller, the hips broader, and the height less. Even a fairly well shaped woman is made much less attractive by this unesthetic garb, and the women who are not we!l shaped look when they have it on like so many potalo:s on toothpicks. The professor of one of the great teaching institutions In the Latin quarter of Paris s petitioned the polico authorities mot to prohibit women from wearing b'oomers and Inickerbockers in that quarter, for, he says, since the women have adopted the masculine costume, whather In cycling or not, they have 1ost all charm for the students, who are now attending to their classes and thelr studies with an assiduity hitherto unkno: The professor fears that if the women are com- pelled to resume their old ccqueftish cos- tumes their old ascendancy over the students will be renewed, with a corresponding de- crease of study. It Is to be fearad that the majority of women will not relish this argu- ment in favor of “rational dress.’” The Mississippi Valley Medical assoclation has solemnly declared the bloomer to be an abomination, but the ethics of fashion do not come within the jurisdiction of such so cleties, and the bloomer is likely to stay in spite of that sort of opposition. A MILE A MINUTE. In propelling the ordinary safety bleycle the rider’s feet travel in a circle over forty fnches in circumference and transmit power only about one-third of the circle, merely riding the pedals the remainder. The litert fuvention, called the “spider,” is propelled by levers fifteen inches long, having an up and down stroke of fourteen inches, hence the rider's feot travel only twenty-eight inches and transmit power about two-thirds of the stroke. The construction of the ped- als enables the rider to pull as well as push, inoreasing the power nearly 100 per cent. This is Impossible with any other gearing. The driving levers are more than twice as Jong as the ordinary bicycle cranks, and the rider can propel a wheel geared to 100 inches with as little, or less, muscular exertion as an ordinary wheel geared to sixty-eight. The inventor claims a mile in sixty seconds or even less is possible. Narrow tread is demanded by up-to-date wheelmen, and on this wheel the tread is only three Inches. The feet are directly over the levers and not at the side, as the ordi- mary cranks. The trlangular frame fs sim- pler, stronger and lighter than the present style of frame. The saddle is fixed in posi- tion, the adjustment to suit the rider belng made by raising or lowering the large gear wheels at their connection with the frame. The stroke i also adjustable to any length desired. The handle bars slide up and down in the fork slides, which are round for about five inches, and are fastened in auy desired position by bexagon taper nuts. A pneu- matio spring 1s provided In the bandle bars | to lessen the vibration which benumbs the erms and wrists of riders who bear heavily on the grips. The teeth of the gear wheels are ingenlously covered, which renders them practically dustproof and self-olling. NEXT YEAR'S STYLES. “‘Slightly higher frames may be a feature mext season,” ® & Chicago dealer. “We our models a little make 22, 24 and 26-Inch frames, Instead of 21, 23 and 26. Thers may be some other slght changes fn the way of knick-knacks, but nothing else of a ma- terfal nature, It a manufacturer wanted to aro golng to chan, bit fu that regard, | ho could put fitty new things about his whoel and stiil not exhaust the supply of new pat- ent snaps that are offered. Thers isn't an- other business that commands as much of the Inventive genlus of the country right now as doos blcycling. Men, woren and chiliren are at work trying to get up something new. They seem to think that if they can get | something that will be of use on a bicye'e or an improvement on any part of a bicycle their fortunes are made. 1 seo dozens of them. They all have something or other which they declare will revolutionize the bicycle industry. Sometimes it is new and | { more times it fsn't, and nine times out of | | ten it doesn't amount to anything. | “One feature of the market next season | will bs the ‘no name' wheels that will bo turned out,” continued the manufacturs ‘Many of the new factories will make bicycles to sell to jobbers and be sold by them under any names they choose to put on them. The same thing has been done this year to some extent, but next ear it wiil be done a| great deal more. Tn one way and ancther about 500,000 wheels will be put on the mar- ket, and they will all be sold.” SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PNEUMATIC. Mr. J. J. Ring of Chicago has made ap- plication for a patent on a_pring actuated wheel tire for bicycles, which he alleges will be superlor to a pneumatic in riding qualities, in addition to obviating the oc- currence’ of punctures. The following is a brief description of the invention: A spring actvated tire composed of a lower rim of light metal fastened to the spokes: a series of “S" shaped flattened steel springs, one and one-fourth inches high, resting upon the rim: eac spring extending over four spokes and being firmly in place by every fith spoke belng somewhat longer than the others and extending through this rim and springs where they are bolted. Above and orcircling e springs and Yastened to them 1 rim, flat and thin, of the same width as the springs—about one inch— which forms the actual riding surface. Thig mechanism, which will be about one and a half inches high, will be covered by a strip of rubber of the same material as pneu- matic tires, which will serve the double pur- pose of preventing the lodging in the springs of any foreign substance detrimental to their free operation and which also furnishes a re- silient surface in conjunction to the continu. ous and gradual expansion and depression of the springs. The springs are about seven inches in length, and there will ba eight of them in a twenty-eight-inch wheel and seven In a twenty-six-inch wheel, with about one and one-half inches space getwesn each spring. To rediuce ths weight the springs will bo keletoned,” that is, the surplus metal will be cut out of the center of the straight por tions of the top, center and the bott the springs, leaving only sufficient m: at either end for fastening purposes the curves for necessary strength. The length of the springs perm'ts them to easily adapt themselves to any irregularity or un- dulation in the road to be traveled over, while the flexibility of the upper (surfac:) rim, in addition to the rubber covering and the na tural expansion and compression of the springs, makes it a tire that will prevent Jolts, jars and thumps, even when striking obstacl It Is easy to repair, as the rubber can be removed and the springs taken from the rim and easily replaced. Not depending upon a volume of air for the necessary resiliency, punctures cut no figure in this tie, and “lay- Ing up” for repairs will be a thing of the past. In addition tc this paramount claim, the continuous expansion of the series of springs acts as a powerful prop:lling force on the already revolying wheel, and greatly adds to the speed while decreasing the power neces- sary to propel, thus lesscning the amount of force and consequently the labor and exeriion required to “pedal.” " The weight will be in excess of that of a pneumatic. NOT FOR CARRIAGE WHEELS. Tt Is not generally understood, as it should be, says the American Machinist, that bicycle wheels seldom or never are subjected to latera) strains. ~ They need to resist only those trains which pass through their own plane, and in this plane only have they any strength worth speaking of. This is worth remember Ing when the use of wheels of this type fs being considered for three or four-whesled vehicles, where the conditions are essantially different, and where, In turning corners rapidly, on in going over ground that cause: the vehicle to be inclined sideways, a very siderable lateral strain may be brought upon the wheels—a strain ~ which the ordinary bicycla wheel 1s, very properly, entirely unfitted for. This is to be considered algo in connection with devices for attaching two bleycles side by side to make a duplex v four-wheeled machine of them. Neither the frame, the bearing nor the wheels of a properly constructed bicycle are adapted to such use without injury. BICYCLES HURT THE PTANO TRADE. “The piano business,” said a New York dealer, ““has had the bottom knocked out of it by this bieycle craze. You don't see the conncction between bicycles and pianos? Well, it you were a dealer in pianos you would quickly discover it. For instance, 1 have s0ld many pianos to young married couples. Sometimes they have bought them on the in- stallment plan. Sometimes they have saved enough to buy the instrument outright, This has been a good source of business to the plano dealer. Now, what has happened since the bicycle came into popular favor? Why, the young couple that otherwise would save up for a piano save up for two bicyeles. That is a fact. Other plano dealers will tell you the same. Two bicycles can be purchased at the cost of one piano, and perhaps they fur- nish more amusement, and perhaps they don’t. 1 am in favor of a reasonable use of the bicycle, but I don't like the sight of a womanin bloomers. Just stand up on the boulevard any fine afternoon and look at the costumes of the women. I don’t want to see my daughter making a show of herself in (he kind of costumes to be seen there. It looks as if the plano dealers’ only chance for sal- vation will be in a piano and a bicycle com- bined.” PUNCTURELESS TIRE. A Boston mechanical engineer is sald to have invented a tire which cannot be punc- tured by ordinary means. The merit of the invention lles in a woven tube or jacke:, and, according to the accounts of a recent test, a journey over a road strewn with tacks would not seriously injure it. The tire is covered with a light coating of rub- ber, to give it a smooth surface and make it water-proof. AL the public demonstration of the capabilities of the tire a bed of broken glass and sharp-edged stones was prepared in a large loft and supplomented by a piece of canvas six feet in length in which nails and tacks were inserted points upward The canvas was nailed to the floor. Over all these obstacles the tires were used a dozen times without sustaining a puncture. The outer covering of rubber was badly cut. :‘lm tire is to be soon placed on the mar- et WHEEL NOTES. While adopting the bicycle has really made the girl of the period more self-reliant, never did men seem to think it more their duty to look after her. A bicycle manufacturing firm in New Eng- land is ‘constructing a machine for the Prin- cess Maud of Wales that is to be one of the handsomest products of the wheeling craze. It will be silver mounted and the ap- pointments. will be of tho richest character. A special messenger will accompany the bi- cycle to England, whose duty it will be to see to it that the princess receives the machine | uninjured. The latest novelty in bicycles is a patent handle bar cover, invented by Mrs. Richard Spamer of St. Louis, She has a clever idea of covering the Landle bar in a neat, hand- some manner, which secures for the wheel- men and wheelwomen a comfort which has | heretofore been overlooked. The cover is made of goft leather, cut to fit the curves of the handle bar, being laced with comple- mentary colors. The rider can rest from the cork handle to the polished metal with greater comfort, the cover securing a better Brip with less force. It is also a protection for the eyes, many persons suffering from the reflectiun of light on the bright nickel, Wood rims have not proved a sucesss In Bugland, owing to the extreme and continued humidity of the atmosphere, Lewls Cline, a bicycle sider, dfed at Youngstown, O., a few days ago from a pecullar cause. He taught ladies to ride bi- cycles, and the work, the doctors say, caused abscess of the kidneys, which proved fatal, A novelty In bicycles Is shown in the win- dow of a New York dealer. Its entire frame, including the handles, and, In fact, every part save the saddle, spokes and rims, iy of | iron, cast in imitation of the branches of trees, with the bark left on. A careless driver on Long isiand has beea . il Sl B OMAHA fned $35 for running Into a bicyel by a woman, and will also be sued for ruining the wheel. The evidence was strong agains him, showing that he was on the wrong sido of the road, and the jury had no hesita- tion In deelaring him gully. CYCLE SMILES, “It 1an't the clothes that make the bloyele rider,”” remarked the girl in bloomers as she picked herself up from the roadside. She—Have you seen that mannish Miss Strider in, bloomers? He—No. She—It's awfil—she' ralses her hat now when she meets women In skirts, “What,” sald the emancipator, “what has the bicyele done for woman?” “It has enabled her,” said the cynic on the back seat, ‘“to taks her place in the middle of the road along with horses.” “When these bloomer girls light their bi- cycle lanterns” suid the young woman in short skirts and leggings, “I don't think it looks well for them to scratch their matches in the way a man does.”” Then she raised her little foot and raked a match on the sole of her shoe with a skill and prectsion ac- quired only by patient practice “They quarreled about a *‘asked the police magistrate. your honor,” replied the policeman. n't know!" *No, your honor. It had the face of a woman an’ the togs of a man It's hard guessin’ these days.' | “How are you and your new bicyele get- | ting along?" asked the intimate friond. | “Beautlfully,” answered the eminent person- | age. “I was interviewed last week on | wheellng by no less than four represent:- | tives of the leading papers, not to mention two or three syndicate men.” Woman Cyclist—Have you seen a woman &0 by on a machine? Villager—Well, T did 566 4 parly go past just now on a h[x'y(‘lr-.{ but whether it was a young lady or only | one of you young fellows [ wouidn't hardly | I'ke to say. | woman, did “I don't | Lenves from a Tourist's Note Book. 1 For once during the season the club w enabled to make a run last Sunday without | encountering mud or ge'ting a wetting. Tae run was called to Papilifon, one of the favor- | ite jaunts for the clubmen. Some thirty or more turned out and enjoyed the trp, the dinner at the Hotel Wilcox and the fun at the fair grounds. A hill climbing contest lad been advertised, it being the third trial of the contest for the gold champion- ship medal. Right men lined up before Reforee Smith for the trial, anl Mes ts Bouk Guldner, Marsh and Swoboda were stationed at the top of the ste:p inc ine as judges. The uiil solected was one of the ste-pest and hard- et to ciimb yet chosen. Owing to the wid h of the road the referee decided to run th | trial in hea Howe, Newcomb, Gunther. Hosford and Counklin won their he .ts and started in the final. The boys worked like beavers and made one of the pret'iest races of the scason. Newcomb won, Gunther sec ond, Counklin third, and Hosford fourth. Howe pushed off a pedal when aimost within the goal. He was second at the time | | | | crowding Newcomb hard. He ran a the tape and claimed second place, but the judges did not sustain his claim. After the hill climbing the club rode leisurely to Sarpy | Mills and stopped over long enough to do Justice to melons and plums, then on to Papillion. After dinner the majority of the | wheelmen took possession of the fair ground and the half-mile track. A game of base ball was played by the old-time rivals, Ho fords and Randalls, to decide the season championship, each aggregation having won i an equal number of games. Kelles and Trey- | nor officiated in the points for the Hosfords | 10 Smith and Peterson for the Randalls. The score was 6 to 2 in favor of the Ran- Harry Jones, umpire. After the ball ne a series of impromptu races were run & in which entry fees and prizes were un- kiown. The first event, a_half-mile novice, | was won by Rigdon of the Ganymedes In | 1:19. There were twenty-ons starters; ail finished_but Lieutenant Randall, who rode across the quarter stretch into the grand stand. There were two pony races—horses unknown—half-mile each, one run in 57 gec- ond and the other in 53 1-5 seconds. The mile open was won by Hartson in 2:47 4-] A number of the road men then tried for an unpaced quarter. Newcamb rode the distance in 33 1-5 seconds. Hattenhauer in :34, Rigdon in 35 1-5, Vandenberg, Gunther, Hartson and Counklin in :36, Jones and Smith in :37, and several others could do no bet- ter than 37 4-5, The track was in poor shape, but the time was good consider- ing the fact that all were road men and not racers, barring perhaps Hattenhauer and Rigdon, neither of whom are in training. Loule Flesher was on hand with his twelve- pound wheel and rode an exhibition half-neile. After the races the club gave an exhibition drill on the track. The run for today is Blair, with a hill climbing contest thrown in for good measure. Nine applications for membership were ac- cepted at the September meeting of the club, two resignations were read from members about to leave the city, and were accepted One of them was signed by our worthy presi- dent, Mr. Ed P. Walker, was quite a surprise. Mr. Walker's resignation leaves the office of p ent vacant. Several ballots were taken tc fill the vacancy, but for kome reason the leaders did not pull enough wires to elect themselves. A successor will be slected at the October meeting. . Walker was one of the charter members of the club and a warm favorite with the members. e held the office of vice president in and captain in '94. His clubmates wish him sy ss and regret that business calls him from their midst. T. R. Huston Tom Srencer, D. J. O'Brien, W. M. Barnum and C. E. Jenkins each made century runs last week, “Jinks" having lhe; honor of making the first double century u'l the scason. His ride was a plucky one and stamps him one of the best road men of this western country. He started for Salix, Ia., Saturday morning at 6:30 a. m. and returned to Omaha at 2:30 Sunday morning, total time for the 210 miles being twenty hours, well within the himit; his affidavits are all signed and acknowledged in the correct manner; his time is state record for the distance. Will M. Barnum followad closely upon his heels with another double century, two trips to Tekamah century post and back. He had twelve minutes (o spare at the finish. There are any number of rumors in regard | to the appear e of the Tourist club in the great bicycle parade Monday night, some golng 50 far as to ran the number of men who wiil wear the club colors up into the two hundreds. These rumors for the most part are all in error. As the club has noth- ing to conceal as to numbers, uniforms, ete., it is very easy to find out iow many men will turn out and what part the club will take in the parade. The drill corps consists of thirty-two men inclusive of officers. The corps will be uniformed in white duck coats, caps and knickerbockers, black stockings and bets. The decorations will be simplo and neat, merely a bunch of club ribbon, navy blue, cherry and white at the right handle bar,' "A similar bunch of Ak-Sar-Ben colars will be worn on the left handle bar. The corps will be in command of Captain Smith, Lieutenants Randall and Harding and Bugler 1 Toozer. The other members of the c'ub not in regulation uniform will be in a division by themselves, in command of some officer chosen for the cccasion. At the greatest estimate there will be 100 Tourists in the column. The uniformed corps will bs one of the best drilled companies in the parade, and while it will not prcsent as stunning an ap- pearance as others, will commend itself for its neatness and military bearing. Next Sunday occurs the second annual run of the Tourist Century club. The course selected will be Tekamah, and every wheelman is cordlally invited to take the run. Come on, everybody, and find out how easy it is to ride 100 miles in sixteen hours. Chief Cen- turion Hynes and Deputy Centurion Cully will have charge of the run. Mossrs. Grim, Hattenhauer, Rigdon and Traynor of the Ganymeles accompanied the club on its Papiliion run Sunday. Whisperings of the Wheel. Local wheeling circles are at present all agog over the bicycle parade tomorrow even- | ing. All the clubs in the city have been pre- paring for this event for soveral weeks past and their doings have in nearly every case been keep secret and they intend springlag a surprise on the good people of Nebraska who will be here to take part in the week's fes- tivities. The line of mareh will undoubtedly be the same as that lald out by the com- mitteo for the Ak-Sar-Ben and other parades. The bicycle clubs which have signified their intention of participating are Omaha Wheel club, Tourist Wheelmen, Columbia Bicycle club, Turner Wheel club, Wanderers Wheel club, Young Men's Christian Association Cy- clers, Omaha Guards Wheel club and the Ak-Sar-Ben Wheelmen. The parade will be under the auspices of the Associated Cycling clubs of Omaha, who will furnish lanterns, ete, for decoraiing the wheels. All unat tachied wheelmen urgently requested. to take part, it is the committee’s desire to have every wheelman in Omabs in line, re- gardless of whether they belong to a club or not, and the ladics, bless them, they are all Men’s Frock Suits— Along with this im- immense purchase was nearly a carload of sack aud cutaway suits that we cut away at the unheard of prices of Bigger than the Fair--- ' More money in it for you—too—It is the big- | gest astonisher ever sprung on the clothing trade—this big purchase of ours of the $75,000 stock of the finest suits and overcoats made—for men, boys and childréen—hought for 50 cents on the dollar and being sold out for less than half the price you usually pay for goods of a much inferior grade. It's a chance of a lifetime to suit yourself —the money saving is immense—— Ship B.ck at our Expense if not Satisfactory. Mail i Orders wanted, too; they will bo given the position of honor and it is hoped that they will all turn out. It will be wheelmen and wheel- women's night and they should make the most of it. Thers is talk of offering a prize for the best decorated wheol and in this case some elaborate decorations may be expected. The parade will start promptly at 7:30 p. m. The double century craze has struck Omaha at last and several of her wheelmen have besn foolish enough to make them. Men who carry wheeling to excess in this manner may expect nothing elso but some harm to result from it. The human system Is not built to stand such strains and for a man to ride 200 miles on the road in twenty-four hours, unless he does not value his health, is one of the most foolhardy things ever at- tempted. Council Bluffs and Lincoln are talking very seriously of giving up their dates on the Na- tional eircuit, as they claim they cannot get any of the fast eastern teams to attend and therefore it would be foolishness for them to put up a large prize list and have none of the “crackerjacks” o compete for it. b o—— Some of the logal weycling agents have ready received samples of the 1896 bieycles; they’ make the present wheels look rather weak, as they age all built of very large tubing, which is clafmed to be much stronger than that used at Dresent. There are other minor improvemeals’ too numerous to men- tion. " There are al}nfl“uo indications of a lower price on whebls next year. The fac- tories are all unanimous In saylng that they can dispose of allcthey can possibly make at the present prices and therefore they see no reason to reduce the price. Every foot of American tubing, hgs been contracted for and manufacturers gre now looking to Eng- land to supply them with what they may need, 1 aax Chairman Gideon of the League of Ameri- can Wheelmen refused to sanction the ladies' race, which starts at the Charles Street park tomorrow evening, but the managers say that this will not stop the race and they will start promptly at 8, and the races will be a suctess. Ed Cox acted as referee at the bicycle races at the new fair grounds Jubllee day and proved himself an efficlent man at this sort of thing, Ed would make a good officlal referee and Chairman Gideon would make no mistake by appointing him as such. Pixiey will try for state records October & at the old fair grounds. He will be paced by the tandem team, Potter and Denman, and hopes to reduce all existing state records. A number of Nebraska racing men will fol- OPEN EVERY EVENING EXCPT AK:SAR-BEN NIGHT. well m ard $7 Boys' 2-piece suits, made up in the * most perfect style, strong and ade—Stand- $ Children’s suits that you always pay $4 for, will go in this sale as long as they last for.ciieeieennnnens Your choice of over 1000 boys' khoo ST . .25¢ $195 wool and elegantly trimmed—single or double breasted styles—worth and sold the worid over for g15, but in every seam silk sewed—linings are the best of serge—no suit in the uni= with them for less verse to compare Sthisbi o s aleRth ey AR T R R o, than §18; at this bigsale they are.... handsomest business suit in this big e, si purch half dozen different styles—some worth up to $22 s0—all bunched in one jot—regardiess of value to make the best bargain in this sale cs 35to 44—worth $20 of any man’s money—you get them for Men’s pin check cassimere suits—absolutely all 50 ILight & hea- = vy weight for men, boys’, Men’s neat plaid cassimere suits—every fibre wool 50 *8 Men’s black worsted and cheviot suits—perfectly made—double breasted — really the $Q00 Men’s black and fancy worsted dress suits—in a 2l Over- l coats— | (2d floor) and children Almost Given I Away. during this sale. Keep your tomorrow evening. Philip Win the Benadicts. low the Towa circult, which takes in the fol- lowing plac Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Creston and Red Oak. have a circuit like this next year and the chief consul racing board in racing, and we would then see racing boom In Nebraska. The failure surprise to local whee men. one of the first to embark in the cycle busi- ness in Omab always condu The Omah watermelon They were the guests of William Emerson, a nonresident m CLOTHING HOUSE THE NORTHEAST CORNER 15™ & DOUGLAS STS eye on the Omaha Wheel club ndheim (Paddlefoot) has joined | figured for of contest, es: Marengo, Cedar Rapids, to tape: . Nebras Nume, should by all means Bald would do well to appoint a 5 Murphy « which would take some interest of M. O. Daxon last week was a Mr. Daxon wis 1a and has until the present year cted & succe:sful businces. a Wheel club held run to Waterloo its annual last Sunday. nember of the club, whose wat r- . Johnson steeds, and will be making them themselves, | Times No. men ried. defeated. d 134 4 B n 28 3 kR 13 10 34 15 0 3 20 18 2 The following percentages ara of the men | national September 1, for open scratch events; aver- ages figured on position of men at finish Each competitor receives credit- mark for every other competitor he beats circuit only, and to men Per d by cent. melon patch they nearly succeeded in obliter- e, allRhan. { ating from the face of the earth, Andetaon 1 J 13 The roads are at present in excellent condi 2 tion, and as this is about the best seascn of . the year to enjoy a run, wheelmen are mak- 5 ing the best of it. Apples are ripe now, and 8 as most of the nelghboring farmers are very P hospitable, the boys who take regular Sunday 1 runs aro enjoying themselves immensely. £l A grapo run is talked of by the member: ; » o of the Omaha Wheel club and it is probable | Macdonaid FTO ] that about next Sunday Captain Potter wi!l | Macduftie 3 : steer his boys to some grape patch near by | §;, G Covurn H 3 where they c2n enjoy themselves generally. | 1tasry 1 » Davidson [ 15 E. C. Bald has proven himself to be Amer- | Fatterson i fea's fastest cass B man by winning, you Y might say, everything at Springfield, Mass., H H lags Wask, Maxwell 2 H Heyer 2 3 What has become of Zimmerman? But Nt- | Terrill Bl 5 1 & tle has been press sinca his departure for foreign shorex He must have gone ast Toledo offers to expend $25,000 for the next national meet of the Leigue of Amer- ican Wheelmen. the be in favor of holding the meeting at Louls- the plum ville, as the ored with the big national event. ¢ native wheel tamiliar with the mechanical arrangements of the whee before they cling has got such a hold on the Japan- e9: that a bicycle factory has been estab- lished at Tokio to supply the wants of the said of him by the American It looks W. F. Simi ay down in Austra'ia. past. If Toledo dots not secure local wheelmen all seem to south bas never yet been hon- | ha men. The Japs are not very yet, but it won't be long #ot acquainted with the steel if the i1l luck that h of the Columbia racing thus far this season i» now a thing of the Upon his return to the track at Wal- tham, Mass., on Labor day, September 2, he made a remarkable win of the mile handicap, riding from the scrateh, rider, and but for the many a encountered, would doubtles: many victories to his credit. Few persons who' saw his remarkable riding at the open- ing of the Manhattan beach track will ever forget the dogged persistence with which he hung to the rear wh world's records from three to nine mil followed team Sims I a strong sldents he have* had in breaking the The number of accidents to eyclists which have been reported recenily caa only be ex- plained on the sc many heedless riders go about, ulterly ob ivis ous of any obstruction which might bar their re of carcle'sness, as 8o progress. - With the development of the pocue matic tire, the reduction of welght and the ine crease of the gears used, the speed which a mediocre r'der can altsin s something res marksble, and naturally the incrcase of acels dents follows in its train. Persons stand aghast at somo of he feats performed In (he circus, but a careless rider who cossts down steep hill with which hs is not familiar at pace of thirly miles an hour is in much greater danger than many of the gymnasts of the circus. Care should bs ex; on singla-tuba tires rcised in makng repal ® not to have tue plug patch thoroughly ¢ 4, 25 well as the punce ture h B 18 best for the purpose it it 1s handy, but if not the blade of the pene knife used as a scraper will he pur- posa as well ential poiy menti fabric. in ¢ the plug patch and surface of your pug of a good, large ar:a the surfices of g Hive the paich with blunt edges, cement and adjust it prop- erly and iuflate, and it will not troub'e yoa further, Asa Windle, the we'l known maniger and trainer of the Columbla racing team, who has followed his profession uncen:ingly for ti past twelve years, is considered one of the best julges, If not the very best, in the world of a racing man's capabiliies. He has demonstrated his facuity repeitedly in times past and present in the selection of 1 for his team and is aiways on the alert, mot- g the minutest particu'ars in the progress of a race. He also possesses the rare faculty of keeping ths resuits of his obiervations to himself, recognizing the valuo of the prov.rb that silence Is goiden, a moito that m ght be adopted by other men in similar vocations to their personal advantage, Wheelmen and whe stato fair will be ple clwomen visiting the ed with the accommp- dations that have been prepared fo hy that prince of sporty caterers, Colonel Ika Miner. He has the privilege and has had an area set aside at the cast entrance 160x60 fest for the storing of hicycles while their owners do the fair. Bich wheel wll be checked and put in a stall by itself anl owners can rest perfeetly eary that their wheels wiil be safely and tound y k-pt until called for, i Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, { bruises, sores, ul salt rheum, fever tetter, ‘chapped hands, chilbla all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or mo pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satlufaction or money refunded, Price 256 cects per box. 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