THE COURIER.
ON THE WHEEL
ON YER WHEEL.
Taiii't do use titlkin', it's hei-ps o' fuu
Tit Kit up in tlio morain'aforothe sun.
And talco a five- or a ten-mile run
On jrer wheel.
Ycr take a spin throueh the town still dead.
While the day's just breakin overhead.
And ycr make less noise thauthcrabhit'stread,
On yer wheel.
Then 'cross the river bo still and blue.
An' fly past tho medders all wet with dew.
An tho cattle turnin'ter stare at you
On yerwhepl
Meet a farmer with a "pesky colt"
That tries it's best to turn ami bolt
While the farmer cusses "that city dolt
On a w heel."
Then back to tho city just beirinnin' ter hum
With the whirr and rush of the world's Kreat
loom;
And ycr feel the richest kind of a swell, "by
Kum,"
On ycr wheel.
An' IctushoiK) wncn we leave tho din
Of this world o crime an' woe an sin
An dogs an' w ires an' Klass an t'n.
That St. Poter will say: "Jest ride riht in.
You've had jcr trial on earth below."
Ail' strait-lit up to the early throne we'll k
On our wheels.
-L. A. W. Bulletin.
THE SONG OFTHECYGLER.
I rido from haunt of busy men.
Released from cares and duties,
And speed through meadow, copso and Bleu,
Admiring Nature beauties.
By scons, of hills, I hurrj" down,
And slide between the hedges;
Through hamlets now-, anil then n town
And dart ncros tho bridges.
On foot the other cho-n to go.
Or on tho flowing river;
For men may run and men may row.
But 1 rido on forever.
WHAT WILL, THE LIVERY MEN DO?
It has long been a recognized fact
that the extensive use of the bicycle
has cut into the business of men who
keep horses to let.
How extensive has been the effect of
this readjustment in methods of trans
portation is shown by the frequent al
lusions which have been made to the
subject in papers devoted to the horse
and his vehicles.
As tho world progresses such changes
as this must necessarily come about.
People as a whole know what they
want, and tho livery stable keeper who
watches the growing tendencies, will,
ere this, have discovered that horses
are to a limited extent, being super
ceeded. People who cannot afford to keep
horses are expected to become more or
less familiar with this wonderful new
vehicle which doesn't require horses.
Many of those who cannot afford a
new bicycle take a second hand one
from some more fastidious or better
fixed friend (or enemy, as it sometimes
happens).
This constant wraringoutof machines
is a fortunate thing, for it enables peo
pie to ride a bicycle who could not have
a new one of even the cheapest make.
Second hand machines may be had
at all prices, so that any person who is
not reduced to absolute beggary can
usually find one at an appropriate
figure.
In many instances the tandem has
superceeded the horse and buggy and
the livery man has been obliged to ad
just his business to suit the new order
of things.
A recent number of the Livery Stable
contains the following. It ie the best
and most comprehensive article that
has come to us.
"The most sensible and apparently the
only thing for them to do is to place
themselves in a position where they can
retain the business that is now fast
leaving them. That position is to keep
bicycles for hire and be prepared to
meet tho demand for both bicycles and
other vehicles. There is a u good de
mind for bicycles, they cost lees than
horses, harnesses and buggicB, they
don't get tho heaves or the colic, and
don't require any feed.
"From what has been said it is self
evident that the competition of the bi
cycle must be met in a business like.
way. Thero will be no additional ex
pense on the livery man for rent or
labor and the only outlay will bo the
original investment for bicycles, which
will bo no more than it would cost to
restock tho stable with buggies. In
that way only can the livery trade meet
the condition now presenting itself. It
ts bad business olicy to allow a man to
settle himsolf next door to jour stablo
and by keeping a few bicyclet take
away your trade. Your business is to
keep conveyances for hire ami to bo
governed as to th-j conveyances by the
public demand. Surely no sensible
livery man would lay in one style of
carriages if he knows that tho style is
not wanted and cannot be let. He would
certainly buy the vehicle he could let
and to tho best advantage. Or course
the wiser plan is to keep enough horses
and such vehicles as can be let, and, to
add to these, bicycles. It is no argu
ment to say that it was never done be
fore the same conditions never existed
before.
Adapt yourself to the circumstances
which confront you; these are a heavy
demand for bicycles. He prepared to
furnish them, and as they are little
trouble and less expense than light
vehicles with a proportionately greater
profit, reap the benefit of your enter
prise which tho riding pnblic will ap
reciate. A considerable number of
livery men have already sensed the sit
uation, bought bicycles, and are satis
fied with their venture.
This is the season for bicycles and
there can be no doubt that those who
are first in the field will have the ad
vantage. Before the summer is over
this new departure can be made to pay
for itself and leave a handsome promise
for the summer's work. Having bicy
cles to let will certainly not interfere
with jour letting horses so that it can
not injure the business you already
have; it will, however, prevent your trade
leaving j ou and going to others who
are more enterprising. A business man
should not only strike when the iron is
hot, but keep on striking until the iron
gets hot. The sooner livery men will
consider bicycles as proper livery vehi
cles the better it will be for the trade."
L. A. W. Bulletin.
GEO. A. CHANCER.
B. G. DAWES
A young man of Cincinnati writes-as
follows to one of the daily papers of that
city: "1 am a bachelor in good society,
with a permanent income of 815,000 a
j ear, earned myself, and I have a uni
versity education. I ride a bicycle, and,
knowing what I do about women and
bicycles, I would not marry a woman
who does not rido a bicyclejand I prefer
she shall ride the same sort of a wheel I
do a man's 'vheel. The advantage to
anybody, and especially to women, of
riding a bicjele is simply inestimable.
It will develope women's beauty, prop
erly proportion their forms, prevent
sentimentality, insanity and foolishness,
promote their health, strength, nerve
and common sense. I prefer the girl
with freckles all over her nose to the
sickly, pale, inane young woman who re
sortB to cosmetics and nurses and drugs
herself from fear of 'nervous pros
tration.' The time has nearly arrived
when a man or a woman must know
haw to rido a bicycle as a social accom
plishment, just ' as one must know
dancing, tennis, swimming, rowing,
horseback riding and golf. The time is
near, too, when woman will wear any
sort of sensible garb suited to what she
is doing." Just think of it. A bachelor,
with a 815,000 income and sensible about
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the wheel. If the girls of Cincinnati
allow a man like that to go begging for
a wife they have sadly depreciated since
I knew them twenty years ago.
"How many wheels are there in Lin
coln?" is a question frequently pro
pounded to me by strangers and by
home people who do not ride. As yet I
have found out no way of acertaining
the number with any accuracy. But
wait until next year or the jear after.
It will then be an easy matter. All yoa
will have to do will be to count the
people who do not ride, and subtract
them from the total population. It will
be an easy problem.
One of the most comprehensive woks
that I have seen on cycling comes to
me this week from J. M. Erwin, of Chi
cago. 111., its title "Zimmerman abroad
and Points on Training." It is jointly
written by the champion A. A. Zimmer
man and Mr. Erwin, is handsomely em
bellished with half tones and contains a
history of Zimmerman's European trip,
an exhaustive treatise on training,
American and foreign cycle records,
pacing, trotting and running records and
other valuable departments. The book
is well written throughout and is well
worth its price, 50 cts. At Booksellers
and Newsdealers.
I reproduce in another column an
article, the caption of which is really
becoming a serious question with many
who have their money invested jn horses
and buggies and conducting what is
known as a livery stable. And in an
other year or two it will have become a
still more serious one. The tandem is
going to prove a very popular means of
an outing and there is going to be more
money in renting wheels than in rent
ing horses and buggies in a compara
tively short space of time.
President Ed. M. Allen, of the 4 C's
has been riding around town for several
days with an air so important, a dignity
so awe inspiring and withal a smile so
pleasant as to cause his friends, one
and all, to wonder what has come over
Ed anyhow? It is all owing to the re
ceipt of a letter from Memphis, Mo.,
where Mrs. Allen is spending the sum
mer, and which informed him that in
purchasing a new qua'1 wheel all the
seats would have to be for girls as this
one makes just four in the family. The
little one arrived on June 27th and
mother and daughter are doing well.