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THE IOWA CAMPAIGN
The Iowa Republican Stale conven
tion was ruled from first to last by the
machine aud gang which has long con
xrolled the politics of the State But by
Ihe strategy which a political gang al
ways employs the candidates having
-the gang brand and certificate were de
feated They were defeated by gang
tactics
The most conspicuous fact in Iowa
politics is that the men closely con
nected with the administration for the
last four years of Republican rule have
brought reproach to the State and have
been denounced as unavailable for re
nomination This was their reward for
continuous and humiliating obedience
to the dictates of the machine in mat
ters of corrupt legislation and bad ad
jninistrative management
Governor Frank D Jackson elected
in 1S93 was a swift and willing agent
of the machine in aiding its efforts to
make the legislation of the State ac
cord with the designs of the great mo
nopolies and of corrupt interests of
Tarious description in all parts of the
v State lie became so odious to the peo
f pie that he was compelled to withdraw
in lSOo as a candidate for reuomination
The Republican party did not dare to
go into the campaign of that year with
Iiim as its leader
When Jackson was forced out of the
field as a candidate for reuomination in
ISJo Francis M Drake was nominated
as the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor and was elected His administra
tion was such that he feared the result
if he should again ask the verdict of
the people at the polls and he drew out
The Republican candidate for Gov
ernor of Iowa this year is Leslie M
Shaw described as a lawyer and local
banker without a political record of
jiny kind and acceptable only because
nobody knows enough about him to say
anything against him But Jackson
was nominated for Governor in lS9o
and Drake was nominated in 1S93 for
precisely the same reason Neither
dared to appear as a candidate for re
nomination Probably the same fate
If he shall be elected awaits Mr Shaw
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lu no other State in the Union is
there a more rotten condition of politics
than that which has existed in Iowa
since the Republican restoration in
1S94 For the previous four years un-
dcr the Democratic administration of
Governor Ilorace Boies there had been
-economy honesty and thrift in the
management of State affairs Taxes
1iad ho roduood in proportion to the
increase in the value or properly The
State was more prosperous from 1S90
-to 1S04 than it ever was before or has
been since A Democratic restoration
is needed for the best interests ot the
State and its people Chicago Chron
acle
Surar Trust and Farmers
Providence has given the farmer a
glimpse of prosperity by providing a
large crop of wheat in the United
rStates and a short crop everywhere
else
The Republican party has given the
Sugar Trust prosperity by passing the
iniquitous Dingley tariff bill Next
year the worlds crop of wheat may be
large all over the world then the farm
ers of this country will discover that
the Republican party has done nothing
lor them and their wheat will be hard
-to sell at HO cents a bushel But the
Sugar Trust will go right on reaping a
liarvest of unearned gold
Last March before McKinleys ex
traordinary session of Congress met
Sugar Trust stock was worth some
thinglike U3 to day it is worth about
130 This gives the Sugar Trust a tidy
little profit of 2S000000
Tiie farmer cannot make his wheat
-grow nature must provide the proper
conditions and he cannot sell it at a
good price unless the demand is good
But the Sugar Trust protected by Re
publican legislation can raise a crop of
dollars amounting to millions for every
-eighth of a cent increase to the pound
on sugar The farmers along with all
other consumers will have the priv
ilege of contributing to this fund for
the benefit of the trust
Statements that Do Not Ajirec
We are told in one breath by the Re
publican organs that the effect of the
Dingley tariff will be to restrict im
portations and thus insure a favorable
lalance of trade and in the next breath
that the Dingley tariff will also in
crease the revenues and keep the treas
ury full of gold Unless there shall be
large importations there cannot be a
large revenue collected from importa
lions If the Dingley law shall stop im
portations it will stop revenue Phila
delphia Record
Phlebotomy on the New Plan
It used to be thought necessary
when anyone got sick to bleed the suf
ferer as a preliminary to the restoration
of health We now know that this
was a delusion and a mistake But
there are thousands of credulous per
sons who think that the passage of a
law increasing federal taxation and
bleeding the pockets of the people will
cure the business sickness which af
flicts the country In due season this
delusion will also pass away Phila
delnhia Record
Half a Million Daily Deficit
The tariff for revenue does not
seem to be filling requirements The
receipts from customs under the new
law continue small averaging about
4S20OOOO a day while it will take an
SK
average of 500000 a day to wipe out
the deficit The whole of the govern
ment revenue collected for this month
amounts to about 910000000 while the
expenditures are over 18000000 Pros
perity cannot stand such inequality be
tween expenditure and income tery
long Indianapolis News
Silver Sentiment Growinc
Those who flatter themselves that the
free silver sentiment of this country is
dying out are lacking in powers of ob
servation or are guilty of shutting their
ejes in order that they may not see
Colonel Dlenri Watterson is an experi
enced politician and yet in a recent
speech he made the following reckless
assertion As a political issue the free
and independent coinage of silver at a
ratio of 10 to 1 or at any other ratio is
as dead as the institution of African
slavery
It is worthy of note that the New
York World a strong advocate of the
monometallic gold standard takes oc
casion to criticise the opinion expressed
by Colonel Watterson In discussing
this matter the World says From this
statement we must dissent It does not
correctly state the actual situation We
wish it did But no good and much
harm may come from deceiving our
selves with such an optimistic but un
fortunately untrue view of existing po
litical conditions
It is best always to see and recog
nize the truth even though we would
prefer it were not so And the sober
undeniable truth is that the free silver
issue is neither dead nor sleeping
Our esteemed contemporary is emi
nently right in its view of the situation
The sentiment in favor of free silver
was never as strong in the United
States as it is to day Aside from the
fact that logic and reason are all on the
side of free silver the corruption and
of the Republican party
tend to destroy its influence and to
strengthen the Democracy
The World concludes its comment on
the situation by saying There is in
fact grave danger of a popular reaction
against the national verdict of 1S90
which may enable the free silver coali
tion to cany some very important elec
tions this year and perhaps the next
House and at the same time gain con
trol of the almost evenly balanced Sen
ate next year
It is evident that the advocates of
gold are beginning to see the handwrit
ing on the wall The enemies of the
people have been weighed in the bal
anc and found wanting The downfall
of the party of trusts and taxes is ap
proaching Chicago Dispatch
McKinley and the Stump
It is hardly possible the report that
President McKinley is going to stump
Ohio during the State campaign can be
true
The assertion that the President of
the United States will descend to the
squabble of a party campaign is made
with a good degree of particularity by
the New York Sun as follows Presi
dent McKinley will make a railroad
tour of the State not as a stump speak
er but in a modest fashion talking for
the ticket from the platform of his rail
road car Surely the Sun must have
been misinformed President McKin
ley has too high an appreciation of the
dignity of the office which he holds to
imitate Andrew Johnson the only chief
executive who ever stooped to such a
course
Mark Hanna it is true did a great
deal for Major McKinley during the
Presidential campaign and Mark Han
na will need all the help he can get this
autumn in his Ohio canvass but while
the junior Senator from Ohio knows
the exigencies of the occasion he also
knows the game of politics too well to
put his friend the President in such a
light before the people of the United
States The Sun is unusually correct in
matters of fact but in this instance it
appears as though its careful and clev
er editor had been shamefully victim
ized Chicago Dispatch
Great Time for the Farmer
This has been a marvelous month for
the farmers
Farmer Joseph Leiter has made
300000
Farmer Charles Pillsbury has made
500000
Farmer William T Baker has made
330000
Farmer D R Francis has made
300000
Farmer George B French has made
200000
Farmer J Tierpont Morgan has
made 1000000
Saved by Dinjrey
United States wheat shipments are
5218000 bushels for the week as
against 2992000 for the same period
last year This enormous increase is of
itself an exposition of the cause of
higher prices But what a fortunate
j thing it is that the Dingley bill
poses a duty of 25 cents a bushel on
wheat and of 20 cents a bushel on corn
If it were not for that the farmer would
have to meet the competition of the for
eigner in the home market Last year
all of 4000 buhsels of corn were import
ed and of course they played the
deuce with the priceof the 2000000000
bushels that were produced here
Thanks to Dingley we shall have no
more of this ruthless slaughter The
farmer is protected now Chicago
Journal
Consumers Will Pay as Usual
The average advance of S2 a ton m
the price of structural steel reported
from Cleveland will go into the cost of
new buildings and thus into rents Not
a cent of it will go iuto the United
States treasury and unless foreigners
are encouraged by the Dingley bill to
move to the United States Americans
will have to pay it aud as much more
as the structural steel combination
feels able to add to it New York
World
The Kxodus from the Farm
The policy that makes agriculture un
profitable shows a vital defect Men
will leave the farm so long as protec
tion takes from agriculture aud gives to
industry They will run for office so
long as official salaries and perquisites
so greatly exceed the average earnings
in private life An honest frugal gov
ernment bestowing equal and exact
justice to all and grautiug special piiv
ileges to none would so ennoble the
farm that the present exodus avouIU
cease Dallas Tex News
For Lincoln and for Hanna
Strange as it may seem there are
men still living who voted for Lincoln
and who expect to vote for the election
of Mark Hanna to the Senate Since
the creation of the world no two men in
the same or in opposition parties have
been less like than Abraham Lincoln
and Marcus A Hanna It scarcely
seems possible that they could belong
to the same race Columbus O Press
Trusts or Government Must Fall
As monopolistic combinations profit
ing by oppression aud by the abuse of
governmental powers the trusts as
sault the bulwarks of just government
One or the other must fall If the trusts
XXOCXCOCCXC2CXC
FALL IN THE PRICE of SILVER
Loss to the United States on Bullion Purchased
QUI C IT 2
I This Is What Makes Republicans Happy
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are to survive as useful agents of socie
ty they must be the servants and not
attempt to be the masters of the people
St Louis Post Dispatch
Brief Comment
What a wonderful thing the tariff is
to force up the price of wheat so In
dianapolis News
Senator Foraker of Ohio is not talk
ing much these days This is equiva
lent to saying he is working and Mark
Hanna had better keep his eyes on him
Peoria Journal
The Dingley newspapers are telling
of a return of the wages of 1S92 But
the wages in 1S92 were no higher than
the wages in 1S90 before the passage of
the McKinley tariff The sponsor of
the law never responded to the Demo
cratic challenge to point to an increase
of wages in a single protected industry
as a result of the heavy increase of du
ties which he engineered New York
World
The theory of the new feudalism dif
fers little from the old except that its
scope has been enlarged and that It
substitutes the rule of cunning for the
rule of might and just as before a
hammer will be found large enough
this time not only to break but to shat
ter the new feudalism even though to
fashion that hammer notions respect
ing many matters must be revised The
thought of the world is even now forg
ing that hammer Des Moines Leader
Wheat is going up in price because of
a foreign demand due to exceptional
but logical causes Woolen clothing for
man woman and child blankets and
carpets are advancing in price becauso
of the tariff Thisredounds to the ben
efit of Dingley and other manufactur
ers who imported vast quantities o
wool in anticipation of increased du
ties The treasury gets no benefit from
it but the trusts do Pittsburg -Post
The farmer is the blood of life to pro
tection Once let him find out that he
is a poor deluded wight that it is not
the 57 per cent tariff but his wheat and
corn and hay and cotton that make this
country rich and prosperous and he
will refuse any longer to tax himself in
order that the manufacturers may
make money enough to build fine
houses and draw big checks to the or
der of the treasurer of the Republican
National Committee New York
Times
Oxygen Gas as a Healer
A hospital has been opened in Lon
don for the treatment of wounds ul
cers and kindred ailments by oxygen
gas The new method of treatment was
suggested by the Zulus When they
are wounded they climb an eminence
and expose their wounds to the pure
air of the mountain tops After the
Turco Russian war it was noticed also
that the invalids sat with their wound
ed limbs bare on the deck Scientifical
ly developed and with the addition of
oxygen one part of oxygen to one part
of purified air that is the principle
now adopted at the oxygen home
Between a womans yes and no a man
could stick a pin
A
NOTES ON EDUCATION
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PLN
PIL AND TEACHER
The Teacher Should Be Particular
About His Personal Appearance
Total Attendance in All the Schools
of the United States
The Teachers Appearance
An untidy slouchy eccentric sloven
ly person should never stand before a
class as a teacher in the schoolroom
Such as have contracted the habits of
squinting the eyes puckering and
twisting and sticking out the lips
wrinkling the forehead arching the
eyebrows looking wise at nothing
parting the feet while waiting for an
swer to a question or any other indica
tion of displeasure or indifference to
the work in hand will be weak and un
even In holding or instructing pupils
A neat but homely person whose mind
is active whose actions and manner
are always considerate whose heart is
kind whose sympathies are broad and
deep will always beget in the hearts of
the children love and respect A com
bination of ugliness ill nature sloven
liness and mental deformity united
with disagreeable physical habits is
enough to disgust the children Sun
shine should always be brought into
the schoolroom not offensive odors or
loathsome objects Children as well as
grown people reverence knowledge
which the teacher has in hand So do
they like those bodily traits and intel
lectual and moral qualities which mark
so clearly the man or the woman from
those of lower aims and purposes in
life They know at once the difference
between garlic and a bunch of roses
They feel more comfortable when they
see white cuffs and a white collar than
a few scattered samples of the last
meal on the shirt front or vest
In the circulars sent out by the teacL
ers agencies these questions are usual
ly inserted What is the applicants
personal appearance Any peculiari
ties Any physical defects I would
be the last person to inveigh against
the misfortunes of others but ugly
teachers as well as good looking teach
ers should possess a good education
scholarly tastes and instincts gentle
and refined manners a kind and sym
pathetic heart in the closest touch with
each pupil a will that guides rather
than drives and controls easily and
naturally without an apparent effort
Since children are influenced much
by example inwardly as well as out
wardly the personal appearance of the
teacher is one of the silent yet most po
tent influences of the schoolroom Clean
rooms desks and books clean neat
and tidy teachers and pupils tasteful
pictures elegant language noble
thoughts and actions tend to make
character firm strong and beautiful
The very school atmosphere moves the
school A disgruntled cynical teacher
snarling and snapping at this thing and
that will turn a schoolroom into a pris
on from which the children will break
out into open rebellion upon the slight
est provocation And a principal of the
same misanthropic doleful counte
nance who is continually descanting
on the failures of the human race is
miasmatic enough to infect all tho
teachers and pupils of a large school
A good natured intelligent sympathet
ic genial neat and tidy teacher should
be in every room
Pupils must be properly prepared for
the schoolroom and the same law ex
cept in a higher sense applies to those
who teach Kansas City School Re
port
Lesson in Verse
If you can spell every word correctly
in the following rhymes all legitimate
expressions you may consider yourself
qualified to enter a spelling bee
Stand up ye spellers now and spell
Spell phenakistescope and knell
Or take some simple word as chilly
Or gauger or the garden lily
To spell such words as syllogism
And lachrymose and synchronism
And Pentateuch and saccharine
Apocrypha and celadine
Lactiferous and cecity
Jejune and homeopathy
Paralysis and chloroform
Phinoceros and pachyderm
Metempsychosis gherkins basque
Is certainly no easy task
Kaleidoscope and Tennessee
Kanitchatka and dispensary
Diphthong and erysipelas
And etiquette and sassafras
Infallible and ptyalism
Allopathy and rheumatism
And cataclysm and beleaguer
Twelfth eighteenth rendezvous intriguer
And hosts of other words all found
On English and on classic ground
Thus Behring Straits and Michaelmas
Thermopylae Cordilleras
Suit hemorrhage jalap Havana
Clinquefoil and ipecacuanha
And Rappahannock Shenandoah
And Schuylkill and a thousand more
Are words some prime good spellers misa
In dictionary lands like this
Nor need one think himself a scroyle
If some of these his efforts foil
Nor deem himself undone forever
To miss the name of either river
The Dnieper Seine or Guadalquivir
New Orleans Times Democrat
Enrollment in the Fchools
The report of the United States Com
missioner of Education Dr William T
Harris for the year ended July 1 1S96
has been completed It brings the edu
cational progress of the country up to
that date and embraces the latest sta
tistics the bureau had gathered The
report showjya total enrollment in that
year in the schools and colleges both
public and private of 15997197 pupils
This is an increase of 30S575 Tka
number in public institutions was 14
405371 and in private institutions 1
531S25 In addition to all these there
were 41S000 pupils in the various spe
cial schools and institutions including
business colleges music conservatories
Indian and reform schools making the
grand total enrollment for the whole
country 1G415197
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BABOON A SOUTH AFRICAN PEST
Prey on Valuable Stock and Delight
In MischicvouH Deeds
The South African colonists have got
rid of their lions and elephants but
they have not yet been able to get the
better of the baboons A baboon al
though somewhat like a dog has all
the mischlevousness of a man It is
the ugliest animal in all creation The
Boers call him Adonis and never des
ignate him under the official name that
has been given to him by science
Now this creature is the curse of tho
Cape colony He commits depredations
for the love of the thing Any impru
dent tomcat that ventures too faraway
from home is sure to be captured and
strangled for fun by a baboon Nearly
all the Angoras the choices and most
costly animals imported by the colon
ists have been destroyed by these huge
monkeys Even the dogs share the
same fate The bravest and most pug
nacious of the English canine breeds
are unable to cope with adversaries
armed with just as powerful jaws and
with the immense advantage of having
four hands instead of four paws With
a dexterity that conspicuously exhibits
his surgical aptitudes the baboon
bleeds his enemy in the throat and in
less than a minute the duel ends in the
death of the dog
When the shepherd is away and the
dog has been disposed of the flock is
left without defense Although the
baboon generally feeds upon lizards
an beetles he does not despise a few
mouthfuls of mutton which he de
vours seated on the back of his living
victim Unfortunate are the goats and
sheep that are attacked by these cyno
cephali When Adonis finds his appe
tite fully satisfied he enjoys at a little
distance the contortions of his victim
He frequently attacks cows but never
atempts to get into close quarters -with
a bull The ostrich thanks to its extra
ordinary speed can easily get away
from the baboon but it is very much
afraid of him and immediately runs
off on hearing his bark It is note
worthy that nature has given the ba
boon not only the head of a dog but
also the voice of a dog All birds that
are not remarkable for their intelli
gence have an insurmountable dread
of the C3nocephalus
One of the principal amusements oi
these big monkeys is to gambol around
the wire fences that protect the tame
ostriches just to terrify them The pan
ic among them is so great that they
often break their legs in their wild
rushes This is a pastime which the
monkeys seem to enjoy hugely It is
known that a broken leg for an ostrich
means a death sentence Paris Figaro
Dying Words oi Famous Persons
It is well Washington
I must sleep now Byron
Head of the anny Napoleon
Dont give up the ship Lawrence
Let the light enter Goethe
Independence forever Adams
Is this your fidelity Nero
Give Dayrolles a chair Lord Ches
terfield
It is the last of earth J Q Adama
God preserve the emperor Haydn
A dying man does nothing well
Franklin
Let not poor Nelly starve Charles
II
What ds there no bribing death
Cardinal Beaufort
All my possessions for a moment of
time Queen Elizabeth
It matters little now the head lietih
Sir Waiter Raleigh
Clasp my hand my dear friend 1
die Alfieri
I feel as if I wore to be myself
again Sir Walter Scott
Let me die to the sound of delicious
music Mirabeau
I have loved God my father and
liberty Mme de Stael
It is small very small indeedr
clasping her neck Anne BoJeyn
I pray you see me safe up and for
my coming down let me shift for my
self ascending the scaffold Sii
Thomas More
Dont let that awkward squad fire
over my grave Burns
I resign my soul to God and mj
daughter to my country Thomas
Jefferson
I wish you to understand the true
principles of the Government I wash
them carried out I ask nothing more
Harrison
I have endeavored to do my duty
Taylor
You spoke of refreshment my Em
ilie take my last notes sit down to my
piano here sing them with the hymn
of 5our sainted mother let me hear
once more those notes wliicli have so
long been my solacement and delight
Mozart
God bless you my dear Dr John
son
God bless you Is that you Dora
Wordsworth
Now it is come John Knox
Dying dying Hood
How grand those rays they seem to
beckon earth to heaven the sun was
shining brilliantly into the room ic
which he was laying Humboldt
Treasure Ships that Have Snnlc
Some of the famous treasure ships
which lie at the bottom of the sea in
clude LOrient sunk by Nelson at the
battle of the Nile with 300000C
aboard the Latune sunk in the Zuydei
Zee with 7000000 in her hold the
De Brake lost off Delaware bay witt
Spanish bullion and the ship Goldei
Gate which went down off Capp Hafe
teras while returning from Calirornis
in the 0s loaded with gold Official
statistics show that 2000 vessels art
sunk annually the vessels and cargcci
being valued at 5100000000 The At
lantic and Pacific coasts are strewn
with old and new wrecks many lader
with valuable cargoes
Most persons think their trade is
so vaiuable that merchants would fail
should they patronize other stores
Keep Away from Street Cars
The Idiot who rides through the norm
or west side tunnel during the busy
hours says a Chicago paper Is fit com
panion for the fool who gets In front ol
a street car on the level and grinningly
keeps there until forced to vacate Next
in aslninlty come those who race along
side of or follow the cars How so
many of them escape broken bones is a
mystery In riding close to a car eith
er beside or in the rear the rider cannot
be too careful There is no telling when
a passenger may jump off or when
some other cyclist may cut directly in
front of the car or cross directly In the
rear Then again the car may come to
sudden stop when the rider Is wholly
unprepared The most dangerous rid
ing of any is to follow a car between
the tracks It is true that on some
streets this part of the highway is ther
most desirable for cyclists yei another
car Is apt to come up suddenly and thet
rider will find himself in a
ment It is a fools exploit to ride be 1
tween the pace when two cars aret
passing in opposite directions Tho
slight swerve of the wheel is apt to
mean a serious injury perhaps a fatal-
ity and in no circumstances are the
conditions such as to warrant such a
feat It takes a steady head and aj
steadj hand to steer a machine through
such a tight place There is no need of
giving such a performance and the best
thing is to let it alone
Dont Wear Noisy Clothes
The deplorable lack of taste shown by
wheelmen in selecting their suits iS
matter of frequent comment In no
particular is this more conspicuous
than as to sweaters Recently two
young fellows were seen in sweatersj
calculated to make the observer bil i
Ious One was of sickly green the
other of Chinese yellow Either one
alone would have been a horror in it-
self but seen together the effect was so
shocking as almost to provoke
in the spectator Occasionally
too a woman is seen in costume indi j
eating total lack of good judgment Af
woman looks well on the wheel provid
ed she Is careful to dress in quiet colors
with clothes that fit her Quiet clothes
are essential and the leggings should
come somewhat near matching the
cloth The hat should be a plain Alpine
or Derby or golf without ornamenta
tion so that there is nothing conspicu
ous about it With these things and a
fair control of the bicycle any woman
will look well while enjoying the most
invigorating exercise
Dismounting in a Hurry
A wheelman may ride for years
without getting into a position where
an emergency dismount is necessary
but when the necessity
self lie needs the knowledge quite asj
much as a Texan under certain circum j
stances needs his gun The surest and
safest way to dismount safely Is to
grasp the handle bars firmly and spring
with both from the pedals off the seat
backward so as to land in the positionr
one would be in when about to mount
from the step Hold fast to the handlej
bars It is amazing how quickly one
can stop in this way after a little prac j
tice It possesses the advantage ofl
bringing the wheel between one and anj
obstacle in front Another dismount
which one should practice is the right
side dismount It is often impossible to
dismount from the left side when an
obstacle comes suddenly from that side
and when one can dismount from the
right as well as the left side it is a
great advantage
The First Attempt
Rather a Tall Story
A New York paper says that several
members of the Bushwick Vheelmen
while riding through Newark had am
odd experience One rider rode over ai
horseshoe with half a dozen ugly nails
sticking up throwing it to one side an
other rider caught it and passing over
it also threw it to one side where an-
other rider did the same thing and so
on until six of the party had ridden
over the shoe Not one of the cyclists
had his tires punctured or even
scratched
Cyclometers
Are you the new girl asked Mr
Wheeler coming down to breakfasts
Yes sir replied the maid Whatr
make of wheel do you ride Yonkersr
Statesman
Hobson How are you getting on
with your bicycle Dobson Samej
way as usual I havent learned the
pedal mount yet New York
cial Advertiser
Mamma what is the bicycle indus
try Well it must be the way we allj
have to hop around and wait on your
father when he takes a notion to cleani
his wheel Detroit Free Press
First wheelman Who is that oldj
fellow I see him riding quite fre
quently Second wheelman TbatisJ
Dr Bolus who wrote a pamphlet a fewj
years ago to prove that bicycling is In j
jurious Brooklyn Life
