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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23

The Oregon Pacific has rails laid
four milesN beyond Gatesville, the
present TERMINUS, and It's grade is al
most completN fogtf:een miles be.
yond that TheWork is expected to
begin ON the SnlsTuction of the line
eastward within row weeks, The
sconpany viii do their own work, in
preference 10 contracting II us in the
plSt
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23

Last night Mr.. Bailey, night
watchman at the Capital numbering
mill, discovered small blaze in the
roof of the furnace room. Mr..
Bailey took the hosY and threw II
stream of wAer on vhe fire but the
pressure was sesy6ng that it caused
the hose to bu% Enough water,
however, waythAwn on the fire to
put it out t/thus averting what
would havf proven II great conila-
grafton. The fire caught from the
furnace by some means.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23
BLACKSNITHING and WAGONNAKDd.

John HOLM, THE OLD RELiAnLsee "a
J Blacksmith, has removed his snop
the corner of Commercial and enemy ~
public. He is now prepared better .ss thss
ever to do all kinds OF wagon and cans cank.
making and repairing; all kinds Oh Dsrsl Dl
smithing and repairing, and p,nds
horseshoeing business. He has al Ad "a
OF shoes, steel, ,trotting, hand made, essn,.sc:sl
fits them in a scientihc manner. 49,
attention given to the construction Oh
ons and carriages. Remember the P'"7
opposite State Insurance building.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23
BORN.

sCorE-\p ese wife of George
n,o'S tpound daughter, NAV
10 M9Tnd child doing we'll.
MiNINTo MY wife of Jasper
M'nto' May ~, tsa. a daughter
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23
bushels of IIcrrl,s

This morning Chas. Chapman
brought to the city nice load Of
Strawberries for market, He reports
everything about the garden doing
well and Nays he has strawberry
vines that hSve yom one to two
hundred bcrriAH them, Mr.. Saw
age also brouyNin about thou
sand boxes OF beyies. Owing to
the good Weather and abundance of
berries the price has fallen 10 2Oc per
gallon.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23
RAPIDLY l,nii,linr IN

of the Sunnysidt small tracts al
ready'pNer dozen have been sold
by the Oregon land company To
parties who propose making their
homes In OnSsM. THIS is the old
Baker farm, hrce miles south of
salem, and YIN make most desirable
hopes andfruit farms. On the lots
already sold seven residences will he
erected at once and work ON some
of'them has commenced.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23
Thr, Arr Cnn,nI....in.

y fNd Di'apondcr, who has been SO
Ill Tor the past two weeks at his
'i'ppme In NorthNJen, is fast rcoover
ing and II is thy,Aht will soon b,
able To Ike aro9nd aga,u. Mr.. RYAN,
the North Solcm grpoer wa, much
better this morning aud they have
hopes now of his ncovery.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23

Workmensem pusyvpntting the
finishing toavlys on 'KRnp,r 4
becS's ice manusAe,oy, which will
he In operation in hss than a Meek,
seven tons per day Is the capscity
Of their machinery.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23
News Of the River.

The Hong left this morning Tor
Harrisburg. She came up from
Portland last evening with a load
of fgeneral freight and about thirty
passengers. Among the passengers
were some Minnesota tourists who
are { king in thcsightsof the valley.
They wcre driven ovY Salem in car.
riages rndnre loud h their praises
of the cariAl citZ They deem il
the most IeaeliF city they have
encountered ihfh'ir travels. Tie
Tlrtec sfsters y6plc down from Cor
wallis yestcfla& afternoon and
brought /Ioal " wheat to the
Salem mills from Eola The Ocri.
dent IL expected up today, bringing
II heavy cirgoo Of freight 10 .'alcrn.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-23

The capitaf' lsmbering oom,S,ny
are meeting wlthOuite good Gortune
Ia banging logs down from The
Lnek'amn'e. Yesterday n.n of
considerable size was fioale,i down.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
THE RICE MARKET .

The American Grocer of Thursday last
says: A good demand prevails in all
styles of domesties, the principal move
ment, however, being III the low to me-
dunn grades, which are relatively much
cheaper than the higher. Prices con-
tinue firm, as stocks are light and not be-
ing materially added to, as planters are
marketing their crops much more advan-
tageoUsly at the South than here.
Southern advices note free movement
at unchanged quotations in all Atlantic
coast markets. In New Orleans there is
also a fair demand in cleaned and
more than usual activity in rough. Some
heavy purchases in the latter are noted
for shipment to the coast which would
seem to plainly indicate that the South
west was the better trading point of the
two. The breaking of the millers' COM
bnation has caused an advance in rough
on account of the competition of buyers
who are anxious to secure stocks. For
eign sorts are in fair demand. Advices
from abroad note hardening markets, but
as yet no material change in quotations.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08

noticeable hurrTing TO and fro of bosses
and agents and spectators into the in
terror along the Hudson looking for re-
fusals'' of ponds and lakes from which TO
cut ice if necessary. Within a day or
two ice barges have been towed to tide
water terminals of railroads leading
into the country. and they viii re-
main there until loaded with ice from
the country ponds. The Ice crop of the
river is over 500 900 tons, and not a
pound of ice has yet been gathered, and
there are only 500 900 tons left over, of
which John Clarke, the ice king of the
Hudson, has 20 coo tons. Dispatches
from various points up the river tonight
show that ali the ferries are still IN OPP
GRAFTON and that there is but little
floating ice south of Saugerties, though
north of that point it is accommodating
The ice is fast in the inside channel at
Shodack. and the Knickerbocker
company's men have cut holes III
it to let the water on 1T SO as to
increase the thickness as rapidly as
possible. At Barrytowu the Mutual Ben
eft company has marked out ice fields in
the cove north of the village and cut
holes in them the same as at Shodak. At
Catskil the mouth of the creek Is open in
front of the big houses and the ice IS
moving along with the current. 1t is now
only thirty-five days from March /, and
as it takes 5000 men and boys, 1000
horses, and over 100 steam engines thirty
DAYS to house the crop of 500 900 tons,
it viii be seen that there has got to be
some terrific hustIing when the ice be-
comes thick enough to cut, if it does this
winter
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
ON WALL STREET.
Further Evidence of a Broadening
Tendency in Stock Dealings.
Renewed Buying All Over the List-The Best
Prices of the Day We're Ruling at
the CIose-Ihe Values.
COMMERCIAL RESUME


Special TO the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Railroad bonds
to-day closed as follows:
Fort Worth and Denver City at 50.
san Antonio and Arkansas Pass is at
80.
Texas and Pacific rs at 9116.
2's at 381a.
Houston and Texas Central rs at
1888
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Us at
1855.
Gold 6's at 8215.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rs at
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rs at 90.
Government easier.
Money, 2 per cent,
Silver, SO.
Sterling dull.
Oil, 81.
Cotton to points lower.
Coffee steady.
Wheat irregular and weak.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
Nrw YORK. Feb. THE stock market
AGAIN gave evidence of its broadening
tendency to-day, and except for frac-
tional setback continued strong all the
way ont closing at the best figures.
There was renewed buying all over the
LIST nv commission people, and the pur-
cbsses more than usual Of late, extended
largely TO speculative stocks and pros
pective dividend payers, Whlle the usuai
leaders of speculation were comparatively
oriet The Northern Pacific group
came into prominence, and slowly
worked up without any marked
movement. while Changers were
ouieter than for some time and their
nrices were well held. The opening
Drices were generally from 18@12 per
cent above those of last evening, and
further fractional gains were established
in the early trading. There was no fur
tner change in the temper OF the market
and the advance continued without spe-
cial feature until the close, which was
active and strong at the best prices of the
day.
The railroad bond market was less act
i've and not so uniformly strong to-day,
and while some iTTegularity was shown
final changes are generally IN the dlrec-
ton of higher figures, and III most cases
for fractional amounts only.
State bonds were duh and steady.
Government bonds were duh and firm.
APANIC FEARED.
MoNTEvIDEo, Feb. THE boUrse IS
excited and fears are expressed that
fortnightly liquidation will prove dlsas-
trous. The National public works aires
are quoted at 80. The transltory crisis
has had no effect upon trade or the ma
tiouaI bank The government and
merchants generally approve of the
hanks action in refusing. to support the
recent excessive speculatiOns.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
GALVESTON SUGAR MARKET.
OTHER PRODUCE AND PROVISION MAR
KETS.


OTHER PRODUCE AND PROVISION MAR
KETS.
ST. LOUIS, No., Feb. 7.-Flour-Quiet but
firm.
Wheat-Lower: the market was knocked down
&c for May and ssa1kc for July at early hour.
free selling, offers on very depressed cables and
unfayorable effect; cash, 9SI4e, nominal; May
closed S6Is &c; July, S4ssc asked.
Corn-LoYger; cash, 29i4c; March, 29i4c; May,
3ll.e bid; June, sc asked; July SZSsc.
Cornmeal-Steady and active. 81 goal 60.
Whisky-Steady, 81 o..
Professionalism, weak and irregular.
PoFk-Si2 90.
Lard-Refned, s6 671z.
Dry Salt Meat-Shoulders, $ 25; longs and
ribs, IS 10; short clear, IS s..
Bacon-Boxed, shoulders, S. IS; longs and
ribs, s. 60; short clear, s. I2I5G7 20.
Hams-Sl0 00dI2 %.
Bagging-Quiet and lower, 7laaSc.
Iron Cotton Ties-S1 10.
CHICAGO H.. Feb. 7.-Operators in wheat
were again treated to surprise to-day. Early
market was weak and opening sales &c lower
as compared with yesterdays closing. This,
how syer, proved lowest prices OF the day. and
and closed nc higher than yesterday. Corn
was fairly active. more interest being mani
tested IN the market than for several days past
The market opened fride lower than dosing
prices of yesterday and gradually Sold of nc,
reacted triae but closed $sADlSc lower than yes
terdays Considerable interest was manifested
in mess pork. Prices ruled 71a3Ioc lower and
active and easier.
Leading futures closed:
Wheat-No. 2, February, sS1sc; May slOIsz;
July, Sotze.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
ON CHANGE.
Spot Cotton Unchanged-FutureS were
from Two to Five Points Lower.
Wheat Opened Weak, Fluetuated Narrowly and
Closed at a Decline-COffee and Wool
were Unchanged.
Daily Review.


FORT WORTH. TEX. Feb. Z. 1889.
There has been no change in the condi-
tons of trade on this market to-day.
Everything is lively, and the prospects
are good for a continuation of that state.
The first report of the India crop of
1859 by the revenue and agriculture
department places the acreage under
wheat in India below that of last year,
the decrease being attributable to the
rotation of crops and to the scanty rain
fall, which induced cuirlvauors to sow
kharif rather than rabi crops.
Says the Chicago Inter Ocean: Sig
mund Fischer of Marseilles, France, was
on change yesterday. Mr.. Fischer has
been to the Pacific coast, where he went
to purchase high grade wheat. He said
that the French crop was poor, and that
there would soon arise a good demand for
the better qualities OF American wheat,
which France would be obliged to import,
regardless of cost. Also, that while
stocks at Odessa we're still large, they
would soon be exhausted, while Russian
and Indian stocks were decreasing rap
idly. Mr.. Fischer added that the only
good wheat that Europe had produced on
the last crop was what had been raised in
the Danubian valley.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
LIYE sTOCK MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Feb. 7.-Cattle - Receipts,
lIeO; Shipments zoo; market strong; choice
heavy native steers, S370d4 80; fair to good ma
tive steers, So IO03 so; butchers steers, 81 5Ga
corr-fed, 50 O0613 80; grass-fed, 81 OO92 SO.
Hogs-Receipts, 44d0; shipments, 100; lower;
choice heavy, 81 55G4 60; packing, d 5O64 60;
light, 81 55d4 20.
Sheep-Receipts, 200; shipments none; steady;
fair TO choice, So OO04 80
NEW YoRK, Feb. 7.-Beeves-R Receipts, car
loads all for the market, and all reserved for to-
morrow trading. The market was nominally
dull and unchanged; dressed beef dull, 81 &c
per pound for sides. To-day's Liverpool cable
quotes American refrigerator beef dull and lower
at SIC per pound
" dull, and less than carloads changed hands,
but sellers were not accepting lower prices. The
sales included: Sheep, So SOFAS IS, and lambs,
s55oa65.
KANSAS CITY, No.. Feb. 7.-Cattle-R Receipts,
2220; shipments, 1900; good to choice cornfed.
s. S5d4 20: common TO medium, s. 20G3 IS;
stockers and feeding steers, 81 6963 %; COWS,
Hogs-Receipts, 7Ioo; shipments, 300; good
TO choice, 81 45d4 50; common TO medium, 81 z5a
sheep-Receipts, 2l4; shipments. none; firm;
good to choice muttons, - 564 30; common TO
medium, 81 SOFA 90.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb.7--Cattle-Re Receipts, II COO;
shipments, $500; choice TO extra heavy beeyes.
s. 40e4 s.; steers So 00G4 30; stockers and feed
ers, 81 O0as so; cows, bulls and mixed, II 400
Hogs-Receipts, q 600; shipments, $500;
lower mixed, s. 45a465; heavy, 81 5oa4 CD;
sheep-Receipts. 1000; shipments, 200;
weaker; natives, 81 e094 90 corn-fed westerns,
s. 40aI S.; Texans, s. 50G4 Is; lambs, 81 50a6 90
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
Ice Companies Alarmed.
New York Times

There is no denying the fact that the
ice companies are becoming very nervous
over the outlook for ice. There is a
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
FINANCIAL.
BRITISH CONsoLs.

Special to the Gazette.
LONDON, Feb. 7.-COnsOls closed at So 1916
for money.
Silver, 421b.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08

Corn-No. 2, February, S47sc; March, S424c;
May, 35$4c.
Mess Pork-May, sI1 Az; June, s11 57lk.
Lard-February, So so; March, Sc S212; May,
short Ribs-February, IS s7lsi March. Sc 90;
May, Sc 1919.
Cash quotations were:
Flour-Steady and unchanged.
Wheat-No. spring, 9SiIasslzc; No. red,
9614 d98Izc.
Corn-No. 2, 345sc.
Mess pork-$l1 I0d11 80.
Lard-S6 S21afa6 So.
Short ribs-Sides, loose, IS 00a6 10.
Dry sailed shoulders-Boxed, IS S1Ls96 90
short clear sides, boxed, Sc 25@6 S71a.
New YORK, Feb. 7.-Flour-firm.
Wheat-Quiet; spot No. red, 1914 a96K4c.
Options closed: February, 95c, March, $3.50;
April 9715c; May, $50; June, 9S34c; July, 94sc;
August, 921sc; December, 95lsc
Corn-Steady; spot No. 2, 49, Options
closed: February. 43Iac; March, 44e; April A4c;
May, 4312c; June, 4312e.
aud closed steady at 5alO points down;
bags including February, SIS 60015 20; March
10 65a15 20; April, SIS 6OG15 So; May, SIS 6o0
sEgarRaw. quiet and steady; refined, strong
MoIasses-Foreign, quiet; so test, 2Olac; New
Orleans, dull; open kettle. medium to fancy,
40d43c.
Rice-strong and quiet.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, Feb o. Wheat
Strong; No. red. cash, s9lsc bid; May, sSI4c
Corn-weaker; No. cash, 25l4c asked May,
26e bid.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
GENERAL MARKETS

FREIGHTs FROM GALVESTON.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX. Feb. 7.-Freights by steam
ship from Galveston, Tex:
To Liverpool. Observation-Disclosures. SD
To continent. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 7-l6d
To New York. 4Oc q 100
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
EXCHANGE AT NEW ORLEANS.
Special to the Gazette.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. Z.
Sterling Commercial, 60 days 3 s4Aa6 50
Francs-Commercial, 90 days -.......5 2ls
New Nork sight-Bank. .............I 90 prem.
commercial. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. par.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
EXCHANGE AT NEW YORK.
New YORK. Feb T.

cptCIaI 20 IIe VazeIIt
New YORK, Feb 2.
Ster1ing-Bank, go days.............4 S6I4 al s6Is
SterIing-Commercial, so days. S5AG4 S51a
acknowledgements 90 days. % I-l6
Francs-Bank, So ys...............5 205s
Commercial, gu days...............52 Ih
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08

August Observation-Disclosures. 10 30GI0 81
September Observation-Disclosures. SEA 80
Sales, 104, 300 bales.
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special to the Gazette

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE SPOT
MARKETS.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Feb. THE following are
the closing quotations for cotton on the spot to-
day at the leading markets, together with the
closing for middling yesterday, with to-day's
sales:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
ST. LOUIS WOOL MARKET.

ST.. LOUIS. Mo-. Feb. Wool-The mar
ket was quiet; bright medium, 100
26ILc: coarse braid I2a22c; low sandy, 1lG
lsc; fine light, 1sG22c; fine heavy, 15al9c;
tub washed, choice, BIC; inferior, 5lGS5c.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
MEXICAN SECURITIES
BONDS AND STOCKS.

BOSTON, MASS, Feb. Mexican fours, T01sd
Il; scrip, 1908 G10Ol2; common 1875 ala.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
COTTON MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette
LlvERPooL. Feb. 7.-Cottou-Futures opened
steady, point off, ruled quiet but steady and
closed steady z points lower
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
EXCHANGE AT GALVESTON.

Special to the Gazette.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08

KINNEY and ali Urinary Troubles easily,
Capsules. Severest cases cured in seven days.
Sold 81 so per box all druggists, or by mail from
Ny. Full directions.
, 1889-09-17
The carbon. ,p The Glass GIobe.

Let us next turn to the glass blow
ing department, whore hundreds of
girls are employed in all the delicate
and skiHful manipulations involved in
the glassworks of these lamps.
The first step is to take two minute
pieces OF platinum wire, one end of
each having been shaped into a little
socket capable of holding the enlarged
end of the carbon flament; and after
mounting them in a small lathe chuck,
TO wind melted glass from a glass rod,
heated in a glass blowers lamp,
around these platinum wires until
they are for some distance imbedded
in glass and formed into a structure
such as is seen at the lower part of the
ordinary incandescent lamps. Into
these lamps and platinum supports are
then inserted the large ends of the car
bon flament.
In the meantime small glass TASKS,
made by the thousands at the glass
works, are passed through a variety of
manipulations by which a small glass
tube is attached to what would be the
bottom Of each flask, and its neck is
shaped so as to receive the glass sock
ct carrying the platinum wires and
carbon filament. At the proper time
this socket is dropped into the prepar-
ed flask, and by manipulation with
the glass blowers lamp and a sleight
of hand which is simply marvellous,
the glass socket, with its carbon fila
ment and connecting wires, is sealed,
by fusion Of the glass itself, into the
neck of the flask. The girl holds in
her left hand the glass flask by the
glass tube which has been attached to
it, and in her right hand the shears
with which she at times holds and
shapes the glass socket and neck of
the flask.
The next thing to be done with the
lamps is to exhaust them. For this
purpose they are attached by the small
glass tubes before mentioned to radi-
ating glass ~connectors, and these in
turn are attached to the pumps, while
at the same time electric connections
are made so that currents can be
sent through the filaments of the
lamps while they are being exhausted
by the pumps.-President Henry Nor
ton in Scribner's Magazine.
, 1889-09-17
Bear Shooting In India.

1 was once present at a great fair at
the capital town. While at its height
a bear was viewed on the neighboring
hillside. l hurried up with my rifle
and shot him from above between the
shoulders, but, instead of dropping,
he rushed headlong into the middle of
the fair and squatted in q bush. The
people foolishly crowded round and
so prevented my getting a shot. Pres
emily he rushed forth, and, passing a
grain dealers shop, he gave the own
err a slap on the face and passed on,
but that slap took out a semicircle of
his jaw with seven teeth attached
The mans nerves were so little affect
ed that he presently held up the piece
of jaw for our inspection when we
visited him at the hospital, and he was
at his work again in a few days.
The bear was soon dispatched after
he left the poor grain dealer. Though
the deadly wound l gave the bear fail
ed to stop him, l was more fortunate
with another bear which l got a shot
at going at full gallop, and l rolled
him over with one shot, so that he
never moved again. He was q big
one, but doubled up just like a rabbit.
Stalking bears is just q tritie tame,
as they are so easily approached and
afford so large a mark, but driving
than is more exciting. There is all
the excitement of noise and numbers,
and it is more difficult, of course, to
hit them. In the Himalayas we had
some wonderful spots for bear driving.
In n drive ten bears were secured.
A quaint old planter used to join us
in these battues. He had q perfect
armory of guns and rifles, but none. of
them modern or precise. He used to
take his blacksmith out with him,
who would, on the spot, adjust the
bullets to the required gauge, and
hammer them home when a tight fit
His many and erratic weapons caused
us more anxiety than the bears. He
had a way as claiming as his trophies
all that were shot. He could not tell,
/ suppose, what he had not hitl-Mur-
rays Magazine.
, 1889-09-17

have received while riding. Then take an
equal number OF horseback riders and com
pare the number of their mishaps with those
OF tire bicycle riders, and ten to one you will
find the last list the longer of the two. 1t
sounds somewhat paradoxical, but 1t Is at the
same time true, that most of the serious
wheeling accidents occur to professional or
thoroughly experienced riders
The reason is that an old rider Is apt to
become careless He forgets that he is on n
wheel as he spins over the smooth asphalt,
and when the stone or other obstruction ap
pears In his path he Is not looking for It, and
consequently is not prepared. So, bifi over
he goes. A less experienced cyclist, on the
other hand, would have been watching the
road, and would either have avoided the OBJ
struction or have put himself In such shape
In passing over 1t that 1t would, at the worst,
nave only shaken him up n tri6e.
Professionals or those amateurs who take
part in races or tournaments, however, are
the greatest sufferers from accidents. There
are two reasons for this: First, the race
tracks are of course crowded with wheels
whose riders are all excited TO a greater or
less degree and are apt to steer wildly and
run each other down. Second, n man In
racing form" must lean forward over the
handle bar OF his machine, thus throwing tho
center OF gravity before instead OF behind
tine hup, anu IN such circumstances pooplo
or inequality In his path that would hardly
nave Jared him had he been riding quietly
along, would send him TO earth in an instant
and the unusual speed would add to the prob
ability of serious injury.
The principle of the bicycle can be illas.
trated very easily; Take n coin and roll II
over the door. As long as 1t retains its mo
mentum the coin stays upright. As It begins
to go less rapidly 1t topples and finally falls
That is all there is to bicycle riding. As long
as you keep your wheel going 1t win not fall
OF itself. II it goes over sideways it is your
fault-not the wheels. You must use your
body's weight TO keep the wheel upright.
When you feel it going over lean your body