Pleasures of Automobile Driving in Nebraska
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O Till: ma ti whose blood runs glow,
to tho mnn who has wheeled nnd
golfed and bowled until ho la
tired of tho world nnd thinks
thero Is nothing now, nn automobile
trip Is commended. The horseless carriage
Is a cure for tho blues and n panacea for
the ennui that attacks men of leisure, men
who have tasted and tired of many pleas
ures. It would make Duo Patty du Clam
ashamed of his song, "Nothing New."
If Darius Green hnd lived In the day ot
locomobiles ho would never have dreamed
of navigating the air. What's the use when
you can My along a country road so fasi
tho farmers can't see you?
Imagine yourself sitting on the cow
catcher of an engine with a small dash
board between yourself and tho great be
yond. Have the englno get up a speed ot
twenty miles per. Let It Jump tho track
at a grade crossing. Then have It go spin
ning noiselessly down a country road to the
consternation of onlookers. No better de
scription of automoblllng over country
roads can be given,
Ail Mini iik'M lit' IOiiJiijn.
A man on an automobile Is given a wider
borth than a smallpox patient. Before
country horses acquired a taste for bicycles
wheelmen used to get more than half the
road. They were frequently treated to out
bursts of non-rcpcatablc expletives, also.
Not so with the man In the horseless car
rlage. He Is a creature from a strange
world. Ho operates an Infernal machine
nnd horsemen who would be rash enough to
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a wheelman wish Tor a world built on tho
Hat plan bo dear to the men who ante
dated Columbus. After tho needs of tho
machine have been provided for tho driver's
only duty Is to direct tho noiseless car
riage. Tho steering apparatus Is so perfect
that tho machlno responds tu tho slightest
touch.
A locomobile will go over any sort of
roads, so It doesn't make much dlfferouco
which way you start when you decide to
tho last syllable. To get the word out
properly come nt It gingerly and take the
llrst two syllables easily. On tho third get
up a little more steam ami make a strong
finish of the ultima. Cholly Knickerbocker
lias decreed that this rule must bo ob
served nnd Kdw:rd llok will get you If
you don't do It.
With theso few precepts In mind nnd a
camera In hand the sportsman Is ready for
a trip to Lincoln that would revive a
do ciedlt to a Iroup of trained elephants,
They weie up against a new proposition
Tho carriage only Inn cased Its speed ami
tlie mules were forced Into a run. Occa
sionally they spurted ahead for a few rods
anil slackened their speed long enough to
get a glimpse at Hie black monster that
was pursuing them.
Crossroads were disregarded by the mules
with all the precocity of Thompson's colt.
They shied at the lanes that would have
hands and gaped at the speeding iarrlii",i
h It tame opposite he eel,ilnied
"Well, what In the dcil Ih that?"
He raced the old liiirse about and fol
lowed the automobile over the brldgo in
the hope of satisfying his curiosity,
Mltlllllllt'llt It! Itllt. HIlllH,
Surmounting Hie highest knoll on Hie
south Hide nt tlie I'latle Is a large three
story stone lioiisi' that looks as though It
might lie a female seminary. It is made
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make u country run. Thero is a score of mummy. One more Injunctlon-don't wear alforded safety, brayed all tho louder
lino trips that may bo made from Omaha, a hat. You'll need both hands for other worked their long ears and played tho rolt
Representatives of The Itco who went tour- purposes. Ilefore you go many miles you'll ot outriders to the automobile party as It
ing last week Headed for Lincoln becauso wonder why your feet haven't some sort of dashed down Hie main street of Paplllion
thoy know that road. They might ns well claws that would anchor you to tho ma-
have gono nny other direction, for they lost rhino.
tho road several times and rambled nil i.'nrl.v .Mnrnluu i:k-i-Ii-iii''m.
over threo counties beforo they located the A ',,.). 10,K 8,,n al.rnlia tIlu Sx.
city named after tho martyred president. tcenth street viaduct and along tho smooth
I'nrt of l In- I'roKniin. asphalt paving to Vinton streot kIvcs an
Tho clanging bell of tlie machine sum
moned a crowd of villagers, who seconded
tho welcome extended to the travelers by
.Mayor Charles Koseiicrnn..
Spriuglli'lil is on a load thai the League
of American Wheelmen's ulde book cuts
You must expect to lose tho road when aiitomoblllst a taste of tho pleasure in storo "t because It Is so hilly. The locomoblli
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swear aro so astounded that they do not
Infringe, upon nny of tho commandments
until the automobile nnd Its passengers are
several miles away.
Tho automobile driver cares nothing
about tho roads. Perched high on a cush
ioned seat nnd buoyed up by springs and
strong pneumatic tires, he imagines ho is
on a bed of roses, even while traveling over
bumpy roads that would set a wheelman's
crazy bones to tingling. Hills are a delight
you go automoblllng. It's a part of the
program. You will go so fast you can't
locate landmarks. When tho machlno
whirls around corners tho prudent man will
frcezo to the seat and keep his eyes away
from signboards. It Is more important to
for him. It affords a chance to get tho gait dashed over Hie hills Into Springfield with
of the steed. Then comes a tedious till) the alianilon of a limited mall train. Mayor
over defective South Omaha paving that
keeps tho miuhlne snaking along to avoid
tho holes.
In a few minutes streets and alleys llt-
kcep going In the direction tho machlno Is tered with tin cans and lulcks are left be
headed than It is to know that It's ten
miles to Louisville or thirteen miles to
Greenwood.
Rounding a corner on an automobile
driven by an experienced operator Is like
riding a chariot In a hippodrome race
S. C. llauey and his twin sons were taken
lor a ride through the principal streets of
the town, and the aiitouioliillsts pushed on
toward Louisville.
i'ii ii riiii- or itoiiii.
Tho road Is uno of tho prettiest In Ne
braska. It Is mostly down giade, and oo
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hind and tho automobile crew is out on tho
broad country road that leads to Paplllion.
Tho horseless carriage is ot Its best where caslotial glimpses of the Platte river may
there are no street crossings with their lm lllul for lmlt 1111 beforo tho low
hurrying crowds. Street cars and llro on- wooden brldgo across the stream Is reached,
gines do not give way to the loeomoli:le, A laI"K0 wooded Island in tlio river and
When vou strlko tho curvo It is uood for but anything that moves along a country broad lowlands covered with wild grass
tho health to stick to the ship rather than huio pays great deferenco to the machine ,,I1V' !Ul iibuiiilnnco or rich green In eon
to devote anv attention to tho scenerv. All that runs itself. Creamery wagi us and l-nst K,''"t Htretch of dark water
of tho rough stone taken from tho quarries
near the river bank and is an angular
pile, topheavy with bow windows that ex
tend from Hie hccoin! Moor to Hut roof.
Tho house was built by W. II. II. Stout,
who at one time had a contract for the
labor or convicts In Hie Nebraska peniten
tiary. He owned quarries along tho Platte
and planned to bring convicts from Lincoln
to tho man who drives tho self-propelling weight must go to tho Inside of tho circle, steam road graders are equally courteous to l1"' yellow stone that juts out along , NV()rk ,,, hl,. T, mo waH tlp
carriage. His machine takes to up grade
with a keen delight and laughs at the
breathless wheelman nnd tho panting horso
as they strugglo up ascents which only
glvo the tnan-inado horsi, it chance to get
Its joints Into good working order.
Wind, water and gasoline are tho feed
that puts power Into tho steam locomobile.
The mnchlno rights Itself with all tho speed tho man whr, threatens to take another fall
of the end boy in a game of whip-cracker out of the horso market,
and tho fellow who isn't watching his bust- Man is so unaccustomed to riding on a
ness may find himself lloundeiing around In noiseless vehicle that ho Is forced to clang
a hedge fence. the boll of the automobile to convince hiin-
Thero Is one other thing which would-be self that he Is not wandering around In the
nutomohlllsts must heed. Machines abso- realm of Aladdin and his womlei fill lamp i r
lutely reftiso to carry people who do not say climbing Jack's wonderful beanstock.
They send It whirling over hills that mako aughtomobcal, with u grand explosion on
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few miles this side of Paplllion lives a
fnrmer who owns several
mules that can scent an
H( mobile as soon as li
crosses Into Sarpy coin ty
)n the particular mom
Illg The Ilee squad hemic I
It Paplllion the farintr
was grazing his mu s
along the roadside He
sat on a grassy bunk and
stared at the approach
ing mm hlne. Tlie halter
ropes tightened In his
hand very suddenly and
ho found himself tobog
ganing along a nowly
worked road nt n rate
that would hark a hlckorv
tree. Tho mules de
elded to run the machine
a race. The farmer eon
eluded that ho wouldn't
Interfore.
At llrst tho long-eared
raco horses loafed. Thoy
cantered along and hoped
to scaro their competitor
tlie bluffs south of tho stream.
As the automobile approached the bridge
an old man driving a skinny horse Hint
was all but dead hove In sinht. Ileslile
the driver sat a woman whose appearance
was in keeping with the horse Tho old
nag reared up as tho machlm approached
and tried to climb over a wire fenco. The
driver sat with tho Hues lying limp In his
be the home of the unfortunates. Hut the
bars fell from the windows of the proposed
prison, and It is now tlie home of a stock
man After meeting M. N. Drake, chairman of
the Louisville village board, tlie travelers
sped on through the German settlement
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