The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-09

A NEL0ClPEDE LUNATlC.-l Tclu tbe Lon-
don NeU$. Apart from the artificial excite
mcnt OF wager there Is some amount OF
romantic interest attaching to the announce.
men. that Mr.. Nairns set out on Thursday
morning on bis bicycle on his long journey
from Vienna to Paris. The distance is sl&
hundred and seventy-eigh miles, and the
route. folio wing that of the Hungarian lieu
tenant, who performed the same feat last
year upon single horse in fifteen days, will
lie through Ems, Munich, Stuttgart, Stras.
burg, and Nancy. Mr.. Nairns hopes to ac-
complish bis undertaking in at least one.third
less time; and looking TO what has already
been achieved by skilful oicycliSts we see
little reason TO think him oyer-sanguiDe. 1t
is an established maxim that even human
power would beat that OF horse In the long
run. DR.. kitchiner, in bis Travellers
Oracle" work Of authority in pre.railway
days, lays down the rule Of twenty miles
oay for a horse for the first two days; and
then, if he is good one, thirty or forty, with
a rest on the fourth day, to give him time to
recover his spirits. Twice such an amount
Of work 10 the same period would certainly
not tire skilful vclocipede-rider very much.
The Hungarian officer rode forty.slX M lies
day; but his horse must have arrived greatly
distressed. Dir. Nairns proposes to ride con.
tinuously about sixty miles day. he starts,
moreover, in the heats Of August-Do small
consideration in Southern Europe !; whereas
the Hungarian travelled in November. OF
course MIR. Nairns will ride only in early
morning and in the cool of the evening; be
will be troubled neither to find stabing nor
fodder for h8 steed, and with few
handy tools will be ready for most acci-
dents. Altogether the bicy Gle may now claim
to have risen from the position Of toy to
that of useful supplement TO mans misera-
bly defective means of locomotion. 1t Is
true that seat on a bicycle Is, 10 some per.
pies eyes, little uudigaided !; but snfra
dig, as Hoe. said, upon where man
"plants his Dig" Since an eX.cbancellor OF
the EXchequer has shown that he can pre-.
serve balance on q vehicle OF this kind
there il no reason why the bicycle should
not begin to gather even dignifed associa.
lions, though our horses will, unfortunately.
still regard these machines with distrust, and
whole population Of bicycls.riders would
be rather an alarming spectacle. @'0 '.A q
TEE WOMEN OFFICE HOLDERS BLAcKaAiLED'
from the New York Tribune. ]-Perhaps II
will aid the thoughtful citizen to q proper
comprehension Of Judge Edmunds ana MS
official black mailing OF the women In tne
Treasury Department at Washington 10
know that their average salary is nine num-
bred dollars year. When the Judge makes
demand, therefore, for twelve dollars from
each OF these clerks, he asks for one.sixtn OF
a months salary "a sum that will seem large
enough TO any man who calculates the mole
| that the same deduction would make IN III!
| income. Many of these women have faml
lies dependent ON them for support some
are caring for wido wed mothers, and iolher'
are educating brothers and sisters. They
are all poor, and most Of them deserving
! n Judge Ednun.ls is still going about levy
ing for the sinews OF war on women anG
4 children. he ought to be helped down th'
Treasury steps and his contribution. boz
I thrown after him. - = -