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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1895)
8 THE COURIER; I 4-if ; mm city mm club Rooms 12, 13 and 14, at No141 south Twelfth street, in the Zehrung block. The rooms are always open to visiting wheelmen, who are invited to make themselves at home there when in the city. MEKTINOS. Regular business meeting second Tuesday of each month. Meeting of board of directors second Wednesday of each month. Election of officers the first Tuesday in March of each year. OFFICERS. President Etl M. Allen. Vice President-S. M. Mills. Secretary.Treasurer P. G. Yule. Seargant-at-arms E. K. Milminc. Board of directors Ed M. Allen S.M.Mills P. G. Yule E. E. Walton A. It. Edmiston C. L. Shader A. J. Hamilton C. A. Wirick C. E. Seifert. ROAD OFFICERS. Captain F. V. tfoagland. First Lieutcnent E. K. Milmine. Second Lieutenant II. W. Peters. oluh iccxs: May 19 Seward, 26 miles, via Ger mantown. Start, 7 a. m. Dinner. Return, 3 p. m. May 2G-Crete, 20 miles. Start, G:30 a. m. This is a fishing expedition. ON THE WHEEL LENZ. Dead! In a foreign land his young life ended. Silent helies'neath the Armenian hills. His requiem the hill-dove's mourning blended With the sad rythm of the sorrowing rills And breezes plaint and echo's lamenta tion. His tomb a niche in some sequestered glen Headstoned with mountains safe from desecration. And, like the prophet's, "all unknown of men," His epitaph the story told in wonder 'Round Kurdish campfires, in the star light grey. Of how, within the gloomy pass up yonder The entrappeu Frankish eagle stood at bay. Brave heart that failed not! From thy' quenchless 6re Lend us a spark to kindle other ilamej That we may see the way to our desire And, with thine, on fame's scroll in scribe our names. F. H. M. in Cycling West. The following article on mounting is from the Cycling West, and is repro duced by The Courier as opportune, considering that so many ladies in Lin coln are on the eve of becoming riders: "How the wheelwomen mount the bicycle is a question that will not trouble fnture writers, because physical education in joung ladies' schools of the next generation wiil make atheletes of them all, and getting astride a safety will only be childs play for the little acrobats who can perform upon the horizontal bar and trapeze. If they do GEO. A. CHANCER. Lincoln Cycle Company 208 South Eleventh St., LINCOLN. TERLINCt s S OVERLAND Our line of Sterling, Syracuse and Sylph are the very highest grade don't buy before seeing them. not spoil the gymnastic exerciBe, by overdoing it, it will be beneficial, and give them more confidence when enter ing a carriage, passing over a bridge and descending a hill with the redicu Ioub spectacle which places their com panions in an unenviable position. At the present time the inexperienced wheelwoman getting into the saddle is a difficult operation. It is somewhat different from sitting upon soft carriage cushions with her skirt spread like a fan, to be obliged to balance herself ujkjii such a little piece of leather called a cycle saddle. Place the pedal in the proper position, jump over the frame, sit down and start without falling upon the other side; and what is still more important, do it gracefully, with a smile upon the lips, like the premiere which shows that it is done without effort. The little woman stands upon the left side of the machine, passes her limb to the right and starts; it is the correct and simplest way for the begin ner, the timid, the reasonable, and what shall we call them? the fat. lie sure that the pedal is not at the dead point, madame, and that there is no wagon near by, for if the pedal resists, or the coming horse is heard suddenly, you will lose your head and oscillate from side to side, and end, alas, by giving to the bystanders an occasion to laugh as you spread yourself, more or less softly, on the ground. Wo will not speak of thoeo who are sure of themselves, the toe touching the ground to keep the balance, whilo straightening the hat, puttiug the frizzes in order, or using the powder bag to conceal the prespira tion that may bo produced by the hygenic pedaling. Others use any kind of steps to boost themselves, a stone on the roadside, or a little rise in the ground; they will Hometime regret this way of getting in it; the saddle, as a handy footstool is not always to be found under ths foot in life, and stones are not placed aiung the roadside for cyclists. Happy uiu those who use the step near tho driving .wheel; they are the dilettantes of cycling; they get on and off gracefully; it is a pleasure for it shows to ner companions that she understands it, aud to the masculine spectators that awkwardness is not a natural defect, but a long hereditory want of habit. We must not pass in silence those who have to be assisttd by an accomodating cyclist to place and start them. These will never learn, for they get into the habit and habit is second nature. Once upon the road cycling is agreeable to all, and a rest after a little spin is also pleasant, and all the wheelwomen are equal before the green grass, the dusty road and a certain god that follows them." There is a very small part of tho United States wl.ich, just now, is for bidden ground to any citizen of Mary land who happens to be astride a bi cycle. Eaglti-eyed watchmen are guard ing the bridge at Chestertown. Bicy clers from ill the other states in the union may edal over the bridge, singly or in battalions, and go their way re joicing; but if anybody who is recog nized as a citizen of Maryland attempts to enjov the same privilege he is landed in jail. The reason of this strange state of things is not that the Chestertown folks love foreign bicyclers more than they do their own, but because, having won a legal victory, they don't propose to tarnish their laurels it they can help it. The state courts have decided that the Chestertown people have a perfect right to keep bicyclers off their bridge. The Lrague of American Wheelmen, eager to get tho case into the United States courts, is doing its level best to have some citizen of another state and his wheel taken into custody for patron izing this attractive structure The City Fathers of Chestertown, however, refuse to rise to the bait. The edut has gone forth that no person who is riot un- -y- B. G. DAWES. and ULVIMI BICYCLE SUNDRIES of all kinds BICYCLE REPAIRING BICYCLES RENTED DERBY BICYCLES Best -J8t, . Made.. C. A. WIRICK, Agent. 1217 0 STEEET. T J Tlxoio Ste Co., GENERAL BICYCLE REPAIRERS in all branches. - Repairing done as Neat and Complete as from the Factories at hard tima price3 All kinds of Bicycle Sundries. 320 S. 1ITH ST. Machinist and General Repair Work. LINCOLN. Ligljt Running Rambler gkcles Are Known and Trusted all over the World Are safe One mile or a Hundred from home. B. R. GUTHRIE, i?40 o street. Rambler Wheels and Bicycle Sundries Repair shop in connection. mistakabiy a Marylander shall be mo lested. Bicycle tourists from New York may therefore look forward to special privileges this summer in that inviting and hospitable burgh. Lincoln cycle enthusiasts will, some time this summer, have the opportunity of entertaining a globe circler, Miss Annie Londonderry, who has the merit of having completed the greater part of the journey. Miss Loudonderry started from Boston last June and traveled east. She is now in San Francisco from where she will soon start on the trip across America to Boston, lecturing on the way, her subject being the Chi nese Japanse war; having while in the east ridden all over the battle fields in Corea and China in the company of two war correspondents, they on their ponies she on het bicycle. She is the first woman who has made so long a tour on a wheel. Miss Londonderry rides a Sterling. The regular club run to Hickman last Sunday was abandoned and Frank Cowdery. Fred White, Ed. M. Allen, Will Miller, Ed Van Horn, under the leadership of Second Lieutenant Hank Peters, made the start from the club rooms at 7 a. in., Beatrice !eing the objective point. That city was reached at noon and the start on the return trip made at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. When about half way to Lincoln at a point known as Pickerell hill Frank Cowdery met wit an accident which might have proved a serious one and which has laid him up for the past week Mr. Cowdery took a speedy start at the top of the hill and throwing his feet on the coasters, remarked to his companions, "Let her go. The hill is steep." At the bottom it is crossed by two railroad tracks. Mr. Cowdery struck the first track with terrific force; his wheel rebounded high in the air and coming down struck the second track. Tho second I'rop buckled the front wheel in the shape of the letter S, smashed seven spokes out of the hind wheel, exploded the tire, wheel and rider finally landing in a heap, the wheel on top and Mr. Cowdery, very consider ably bruised up, about thirty feet from the point of the first collision with the track. A buggy was procured in which Mr. Cowde ry and his wheel were con veyed to Cortland from which point the entire party returned by train to the city. As The Courier goes to press Mr. Cowdry is getting along very nicely and will probably be out early next WGcKa Strongest' Frame." II MES I GREHT DIFFERENCE Some Bicycles look as goDd to practiced eyes latxt are not Just Received a full line of CRESCENT1 CO'S. SWEATERS -in WHITES, TANS, BLUES and BLACKS SEE 01 WES! Ml Also a fine lot . . . Cycle Pants and Cycle Hose. 1039 O Street. SULPHO-SALINE BATH HOUSE Cor. Fourteenth and M Streets. HOT SALT BATHS COLD SALT BATHS CABINET BATHS TURKISH BATHS RUSSIAN BATHS T"l?e GjFeat plunge The Salt Sea Waves at your very door DRS. I. B. X J. 0. EVERETT, Physicians. Will the track at Lincoln Park be ready for the Decoration day races? is the all absorbing question among the race men. Captain Hoagland informs The Cour ier that Beatrice will be represented in BAKER'S U HI - - - -- -