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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-26
Unlisted STOCKS

bullion certificates. '''''
The board Of directors Of the Fourth National
Bank have declared a semi-annual dividend of
Sis per cent payable on January . 1875.
The Board of Directors Of the Chatham Ma
tonal Bank has declared quarterly dividend
Of per cent. out Of the earnings Of the last
three months payable on January ,.
The Board Of Directors OF the Central Nationa!
Bank has declared a semi-annual Dividend OF
g.. per cent payable January 2.
The directors of the Bowery Bank have de-
clared a sem-annual dividend of per cent, out
Of the earnings Of the last six months, payable on
January ..
The directors of the Eleventh Ward Bank have
declared semi-annual dividend Of per cent
payable on January
The quarterly report Of the Corn Exchange
Rank on the morning of December 1y shows re-
sources and liabilities s4 $50 rs %; loans and dis
counts less due from directors, $SSsOsZo ~ uil-
divided profits, s269S7l o. surplus FUND, SloooVVo
The report Of the condition Of the central
National Bank at the close Of business on De
Cember 10 shows: Resources and liabilities. slh-
25S O29 50: loans and discounts ssb4OZ'e 30; sur
plus fund $500 900; undivided prohts, less eA-
penses and taxes paid, ISL GA a.. - 1890,
park Rank at the close OF business on DecenotT
10 shows: Resources and liabilities $1,000 ~ -
loans and discounts, s25.9S3.l66 81; surplus iund
S. 500 900: undivided profits. less expenses anu
taxes paid $685.. 764 81. ,-,,
The renort of the condition Of the National
Shoe and Leather Bank at the close OF business
on December 10 shows: Resources ana llaDlhNes'
e. go O35 60: loans and discounts, 81 56621 81 IN
divided profits, less expenses anu ' F
s32.979 %. ,,, -. ,h cooo,d
National Bank at the close Of business on pcccii-
her 70 shows Resources and liabHlues' $50
,eo o. ,o.rs and discounts 81 360.271 81; surplus
tnd $500 oo0; undivided profits. less expenses and
taxes paid, S6I1s2 o.
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ODNPANa MA
MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINES
NLD DOMINION LINE.

O,teamers for NoRFoLk. PORTSMOUTH,. OLD POINT
,DMFOET and NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA BEACH.
pl:TERsBt'RG and RICHMOND VA. and WASHING.
ToN D. c-Mon.. Tues Wed. Thurs. and Sat. For
Il rhmord wa JAMES RlNEft-Mon. Wed and Sat.
For WEST POINT: yA.-Tues Thurs. ana Sat From
urdays I r. Through tickets and freight rates to al!
'o'"'' ''''' W. l.. GuIifAUDEU. Traffic Manager.
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OFFICE or WELLS FARGO g. CO..
q, BROADWAY
NI.W- YORK Do 20 l~'l
vr>IIE HEcI'IAK SEMI ANNUAL. DIV !

i nEND q THREE PER CENT. has ieen declared
iv the Directors of this cnmfany payable jan l''h
lSa5 al our Office. abo:c. a.. go, , .
The ,ransfcr viii clos" De 3is'. is'' ana re-
'''" JAN II T. PARSONS. Assistant Secretary
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financial elections.

TIE IMPORTERS ANp TRADERS NATIONAL BANK
OF SEW YORK
Nt.W YORK. December 81. 1871.
rI'iIE ANIMAL ELECTION for Directors Of
L bank VIII nc held ~ rs banking rooms. corner
o. Bf,ulWaf Murray Sfl''t. Tuesday. January :.
1885 The Iuu VIII De- open frm l. m. % o. m
EpWAIb TOWNSEND. Cashier.
NATIONAL BROADWAY HANh.
Npfi. IrD is.i
rNlIE ANIMAL ELECTION For Director,
j ~ This Bank VIII hr held To- The banking house. y,
~ Hroadwn, go Tucsdny January = 1855 between
'l- hour u II NJ. am / o'cllc, T. VI
T. q. J. RICE Cashier.
rJNIIE ANNUAL ELECTION for five tn fus
j toes ~ the K.na,o Cemetery place q thos" whose
terms shall csplr, shall hc held January -. i-.' AZ
O'Clock o. ar the on'0't ~ the cemetery. ~ ~
East VI ST. 10 the o Sew Aorl
SAM II. / KNIGHT. secretary.
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL HANk
~ the Cty ~ New-Nork.
December : 1885,
vJNUE ANNUAL ELECTION for Directors Of
r,i. hank VII Ice hold ~ the banking ~ Wall
o'ciock u IN C. V. BANTA
1900 = Cashier
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Total .. ................ 81 2g so 10
TATE on NLW YORK. COZ NTY or Kew YORK -
ALFRED 9. BARNES. President anl JOHN 7. PER.
kINS cashier ~ Astur Place Bank. hanh located
and doing business Astor Place and Ehth street, In
CITY ~ New lork. said county being au'r sworn.
himself the foregoing report. Nh N"
schedule accompanying IN" same. IN All respects
sntel'nt ~ IA condition Of the iad bank before
The Transaction Z business the loth ia! ~ Deem
1884 ana they further that the business It
transacted the location required hy
the hanKinr Law CHAP GN Laws ~ 1871. ani not
elsewhere. and that the above made In
pliaurc official notice received from ti" ssI"-
luteldru 81 Banks. designating the iH cN g be''u-
Dor ls!i dag which such report shall hc made.
d.plucnts knowledge n ~" foregoing report Is de-
rived a familiarity with and Inspection NJ
AFFAIRS ~ sai corporation. and thl SAID report ana
schedule prepared uadr Opponents Ters nal super
vision
ALFRED g. BARNES. President.
JOHN r. PERKINS. tnshief.
s.verallv auhscr bl and sworn - hy both dcp9nents
The 90 4ig ~ December. 1928. before me-
AKrHTH !. LEVY. Notary Public.
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TO THE HOLDERS OF THE
COLLATERAL TRUST BONDS
or THE
OREGON RAILWAY
AND NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Pursuant 10 the preyio-s notice Of this Commit o.
dated July L. 1885, there have been deposited win TIE
United states Trust Company ~ New York more than
81 100 COO Of the mentioned ronds oui 81 an "n'
standing issue Of S. said bonds. and the Ger
tircates ISSUED by the s1id Trust Company therefor
bav. been listed the New-York stock Exchange
In view Of the tendency Of action brought by me
Farmers Loan and Company TO foteclose the con
.odated mortgage c the oregon Railway and Navigation
COMPANY II is important that many az possible Of
your bonds be deposited the disposal Of your 'on
n,,tee I'm order your interests may be protected III
any steps which your Committee may deem u necessary
10 take the premises.
The Committee hereby extend the time "i'h'n Nn'e'
deposits Of may Doe made withou; penalty win tne
United States Trust Company OF New YORK No - wal
Street TO JANUARY 10. 1899 after "hich cate
further deposits Will be received only upon the
nayent OF ten per bond In the discretion OF e
Committee
New-York. December - 1894 -
JOHN CROSBY brown,
Chairman.
JAMES JACKSON.
ROBERT FLEMING.
Committee.
HOWARD G.. TRACY. Secretary.
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CAVANNAH LINE.-TOuR TIMES WEEK
- y from per a. n r. 700, Of spring,s' MSnd1ys
Wednesday, Fridays ana Saturdays al J.. NJ. FOR
freight passage apply 20 ...-. .
W " RiIETT. Genl hgt.iI y. HASH tufE. F. Act
Cent II r. 3if Rwav. 3 +. = W nv. 2Gl Bway
J /. ADAMs G - FIR l. WALKER At. o =
q. NJ SORRET, Manager.
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THE STOCK MARKET.
Tuesday. December 2J-p.

on account az the holiday all the exchanges
here and abroad were closed. and nothing was
done in the stock, money and commercial mar
keis. FOR the convenience Of our readers we re-
print the closing prices Of shares sold on the
Stock Exchange yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-26
CLYDE LINE.

CHARLESTON :. -. The s,uta ana southwest
JACKsOSNlllE All al Florida points
ri.nl i,~i - l. H. Goot ot Roosgy"ii-s., ?, m D,
YI.AASSt.f WEDNESDAY Nv -
NIGpNg N............ .'.'.-.- .'v"t -
SI.tfNoI.r u i'i3 80 81
Al steiner hat~ nIstcif-s pIsns't accom- h'etohs
3 BOWLING Green. y. \.
fin Cent & Penn. Fas, = . p Line Via Jacksonville
Gr.at So sNalslt and Pa s-nger Line Via 'hnrlesion
t;af.l 4 20 h wy. y \.
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"A. 70 LIVERPOOL VA QUEENSTOWN.
Lucsnia Dec % 10 n. m Umhria Jan. ~; O. m
rtsia. Ian. noon lacania. jan 70 30 a H.
From Fer 40 North Hlyet. 700, - Ciark'on-.t ~
caf.a t4ssirr So aud unwt ri second cabin SD $40
sgS according 20 steanr ami Accommodations
sf.~rire tickets e. and fr0r nll r1tts ~ Europe a,
very 10 rates freight ard passage apply NJ tho
C,frpsn,'~ orlro. 80 D1vlIuk Gfc"u. New-York.
VERNON II BROWN . 60 General AGENTS
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NEW YORK December rom. 1874
vV,IIE BOARD or DIRECTORS Of This Com

/ ,-,v nv 1o.flr0l A sENl-ANNUAL UlNIDEND
~ THREE PER CENT upon d. CAPITA stock pHy"'.'
q, MS once on Friday 1T day ~ February NEXT -"
tho Stockholders Il record ~ y O'clock noon On -
DAY he 2'th day ~ pecemh"f Instant ~ Mh,'h ","
tios~d Go lr lI"n"l on ~"
,nornlug Of MONDAY. the iih dav ~ February nexi
' T. f.. WORE ESTER.
Tr.ss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-26

IL Parties al frequent intervals lndei'nd'ht tickets
ami Atlantic passage At lowest rar- i9t any tour.
Forolsn moneys Every faculty ana Information
TIIOS CO.,N & son aGi and 22j Bvay. y. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08
THE TOILET OF BIRDS.
Some Like Nice Clean Water, Others Pro
fer Dust for Bathing.

Some Like Nice Clean Water, Others Pre-
fer Dust for Bathing.
The feathered tribes have many Pc
culiar ways and fancies about the de-
tails of their toilets. Some birds use
water only, some water and dust, while
others prefer dust and no water Birds
are not only exceedingly nice in their
choice of bath water, but also very
particular about the quality of their
'tOilet-dust."
Wild ducks, though feeding by salt
water, prefer to battle in fresh-water
pools, and will fly long distances inland
to running brooks and ponds, where
they preen and dress their feathers in
the early hours of the morning. Spar
rows battle often, both in water and in
dust. They are not as particular about
the quality of the water as about the
quality of the dust. They prefer clean
water, but have seen them take dip
in shallow pools that were quite
mudG !.
The city sparrow must take a water
bath where he can get tin the streets
or on the tops of houscs-but he is
most careful in his choice of his dust
bath. Road dust, the driest and finest
possible, suits him best. l have noticed
the city sparrow taking his dust bath
in the street and invariably he chooses
place where the dust is like powder
Partridges prefer dry loan. They like
to scratch out the soil from under the
grass and fill their feathers with cool
earth. Most birds are fond of ashes
Some early morning take walk across
a field that has been burned over, and
see the number of winged creatures
that rise suddenly from the ash-heaps
A darting form, small cloud of ashes,
and the bathers disappear. n. Y.
Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08
THE DOG OF MONTARGIS.
How the Noble Animal Avenged tn
Death of His Master.

Death of His Master.
This brave dog lived in France, way
back in the middle ages. Unfortun-
ately we do not know his name, SO he
is always called the dog of Montargis
He was very fond of his master, who
was named Aubri de MoDtdidier. The
dog followed his master everywhere,
and people never saw one without the
other.
One day when Montdidier was walk
ing in a lonely wood near Paris, called
the forest of Bondi, he was attacked
and murdered by man named Ma
caire. The murderer buried the body
Ender a great tree. He thought no
one had seen him and that he was
quite safe, but he was mistaken. The
faithful dog appeared and took up his
station by his masters grave under the
tree. There he remained day and night,
guarding his body.
He never left the spot, except to go
after something to eat. He usually
went in to Paris to the house of his
masters most intimate friend. where
he was well known. and after he had
eaten what was given him he returned
Immediately to the grave and resumed
his watch. MOntdidier's friend began
to think the conduct of the dog very
singular, and one day he followed him
The dog led him through the forest till
they came to the grave under the tree.
There he began to scratch away the
earth and leaves. The man helped
him, and you may imagine how
shocked he was when they laid bare
the body of his missing friend. The
dog now seemed to feel that he had
given the responsibility OF caring for
his masters body over to the friend
He attached himself to him and went
to Paris and lived in his house.
1t was not long before Macaire's ac-
tons led people to suspect him of being
the murderer. Whenever the dog met
him he growled, his hair bristled up,
and it was all people could do to keep
him from tearing the man to pieces.
They finally sentenced Macaire to fight
a duel with the dog, after the custom
of that time.
The fight was to be in large amphi-
theatcr at Ste. Notre Dame, in Paris,
and an immense crowd was there Co
see the man and the dog tear each
other to pieces. Macaire was not al
lowed any weapons except stick and
shield, while the dog had tub into
which he could retire when he was
weary.
The dog was let loose and rushed at
the man. At last his chance to avenge
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08
BITS AND BREVlTlES.

GREAT BRITAIN'S drink bill is attract
ing worldwide attention.
THE distillers of the province of On
tariO last year used As, 5Sl 900 pounds of
corn and 1852, 900 pounds of rye.
OF the 1900 ministers in the Free
Church of Scotland, 754 are pledged
abstainers, a gain of 30 during the
year.
For every man, woman and child
there was nearly one-half barrel of
fermented liquor consumed in the
United States last year.
FORTY-sEvEN temperance Organiza-
tions in Cleveland. O., including the
Christian Endeavor and Epworth
league societies, have formed Cleve-
land Temperance alliance.
WHEN the queen of Madagascar shut
up the saloons in her kingdom, and the
eX-saloonkeepers asked for compensa-
ton, she replied: Compensate those
you have wronged, and | will pay the
balance"
IT asserted by continental statisti-
CIdHS Lhdt III tllc CoHSuIHpll OF al
cOhol France, as country, has gone
up by bounds. 1t is now fourth among
the nations OF Europe, following close
on the second and third; Belgium be.
ing the first and Great Britain the
second"
TOTAL abstinence in the British army
in India is on the advance, the number
OF abstainers having nearly doubled in
four years. The present commander
in-chief, Sir George White, is much in
terested in the subject, and has discov.
cred that nearly all the crime and half
the sickness in the army are traceabIe
to drink, and that intemperance is the
main cause of failure in health and en-.
dur"nce on the part of the British sol.
der.
NICTORIA's expenditure for intoxicat-
ing liquors in 1898 was, according to j.
d. Merson in the League Journal, thir-
ty-twO per cent. less than that of the
previous year, representing u reduction
from five million to three million
pounds. Encouraging as this is, it is
partly due, however, to the unusual
business depression prevailing in the
colony. And the question naturally
arises, how can people eXpend the
enormous sum Of So, 75O, 900 for so use
less and injurious an article when wax
and suffering prevail?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08
The Empress and the Swallows.

Swallows invariably arrive in Aus
tria March %, and leave September 5
for a milder climate During recent
soiourn of the Austrian empress at her
daughters (the Archduchess Marie Va
,.eria) castle of Lichtenegg, near Wells,
in upper Austria, her majesty took Il
great interest in some swallows which
had actually built their nest on the
large chandelier of the grand parlor in
the castle. This nest was SO peculiarly
built around the main branch of the
chandelier that even the chain for rails
ing and lowering the chandelier could
be used without any way affecting the
comfort of the swallows. On her maj
esty's seeing the manner in which these
swallows had built their nest she was
greatly delighted, as it is supposed to
bring good luck She gave strict or
ders that the birds should not be dis
turbed. notwithstanding the fact that
their presence was running a valuable
carpet and doing much damage gener-
ally.-Nienna Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08
DIET AND OLD AGE.
High Livers Who Could Look Back over
More Than a CentnrY.


Bread and water" says a certain
physician, are an admirable diet for
those who would rival Methuselah. and
fasting itself is an excellent promoter
of their views" Perhaps so; but to
the majority, we suspect, spiritual or
intellectual existence indefinitely pro-
longed only by such sensual privatiCn
would not seem worth enduring.
There is more comfort in knowing
that one John Weeks could at ia
(having recently married as tenth
wife a girl of 16) enjoy a meal of pork
bread and wine; pint of the last and
three pounds avoirdupois of the first
Not to multiply cases, Mr.. Davis. the
vicar of StauntOn-On-Wye may also be
mentioned, who, at 1O5, late of hot
rolls well buttered, and drank plenty
of tea and coffee for breakfast; at dim
ner consumed a variety of dishes" and
supped on wine and roast meats.
After this, Tom PARIS simple regimen
of coarse meslin bread (made of several
kinds of flour, green cheese, preferably
with an onion, milk, metheglin, and
an occasional cup of ale, cider, or perry.
sounds very moderate. Our friends.
the quaclls, would have US believe he
added his elixir to this diet. and that it
was due only to his neglect of the pre-
cious homely medicine distilled from
herbs that he died in London of high
feeding and the best wines. But these
authorities must not be credited -Mao-
millan's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Anxious Inquirer Ito crusty old gem
tleman)-'When do you suppose this
rain is going to stop" c. o. G.-"When
it gets to the ground, of course -
South Boston News.
This is the third time You have
come home tipsy this week" Hubby
"D-dOn't be so p-pessimistic, my dear.
You should think of the four nights [
come home sober."-Boston Home Jour
nal
-He-"Do you know how to make
good bread?' She-''O, yes: but | don't
mean to. When l marry | mean to get
husband who is rich enough to buy
me cake. "-Somerville journal.
-Cholly-"I wondah where-ah-
Algy pwoeures his beautiful accent,
dontcher know? Dolly-"Why, didn't
the deah boy tell you? He has all his
teeth diwect from-aw-London.' So
Jewish Messenger.
Elder Berry-"Joblots tells me he
still has serious doubts about the mira
cles." DR. Thirdly-'Why should he
havoc Elder Berry-"He can't get
over the fact that the witnesses to
them We're mostly fshermen"-N Y.
World.
-TOmmy-'Paw, what makes them
have the weather Office away up on the
top of a high building?" Mr.. Figg-
That is so that it will be too much ex-
ertion for fat man to climb the stairs
and kill the weather man. "-Indianap-
oils Journal
Humane, at Least. -J Jack You
may say what you please, but Miss de
We're has a kind and sympathetic heart"
jill What makes you think SOP" Jack
-"Cholly Fitzhugh asked her last night
if his monocle was becoming and she
said yes. Judge.
Big Days Worl.-Mamma-' well,
Willie, what did you learn at Sunday
school to-day?" Willie-"That must
sell five tickets for our picnic next
week, give twenty-five cents to buy
teacher a present, and-that Noah
built the ark. Vogue.
"A Pull with Her Husband. -Dicllley
~ wonder what induced the female
India rubber man?@ Dollley-'I sup
pose she wanted somebody she could
twist around her fingers. boston
traveller.
"A judge in crossing the Irish chan
mel one stormy night knocked against
a well-known witty lawyer, who was
suffering terribly from sea-sicl1ness.
Can do anything for you?" said tho
judge. Yes gasped the sea-sicll
lawyer. Il wish your lordship would
overrule this motion. "--White Noun
tain Echo.
-Bessies Composition on Saw Mills.
Saw mills is very useful. If it was
not for saw mills we wouldn't have no
sawdust for to stuff our dolls If l was
a doll would rather die than be stuffed
with straw. Straw is very ticklesome
when you han't got anything else on
your inside. know good deal more
about saw mills but my paper is all
gone Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08

bred yar6s ne broke away from his
guides and plunged into another tent,
cursing AID yelling in a way that
speedily brought the inmates to their
feet, and then telling one of them with
a vicious kick. In the melee Rodgers
got hold of a musket, and general
row seemed eminent, when one of
Rodgers friends happened to see the
surgeon of his regiment, kind-heart-
ed young physician, to whose skill
Rodgers owed his recovery from a seri-
Gus wound. The doctor, after listen
ing to hurried resume of the trouble,
agreed to undertake the role of peace
maker and entered the tent just in time
to save the intruder from being
Drained with a campstoOl. The mo-
ment he regained his feet he made an
other rush for the gunstacl, but was
as quickly flung back and into the
arms of the doctor, who clasped him
around the shoulders and tried to push
him out of the tent.
You are the best boy from Ohio,
Bob, he said, but this will never do
on have to go home and keep quiet,
that's all about it. Say! don't you try
to strike me, Bob; don't you know who
l amp"
Yes, | do shriekcd the maniac,
land curse You and your pills if amt
going to teach you to mind your own
business and suddenly whipping out
a knife he attacked his benefactor
with the rage of Berscrk, cut
his throat, ripped out his bowels
and horribly slashed his face left
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08

His little ones pleaded for bread,
The mother PROSTATE, with the burden of care
hneit on the interpreted floor,
And lifted her eyes up to heaven in prayer
For relief from the cross which she bore
For water the foverish sufferer cried,
To cool the mad fires in mis- breast;
The mother endeavored her teardropS to hide
As She rose to obey his request.
The clear, sparkling water fresh drawn from
the well,
To his drink-palsed hand she did pass.
And as she strove hard her emotions to Queu,
a teardrop fell into the glass.
He started as if by scorpion Stung,
And g&zed on her SorrOwful face.
Now ageing with anguish-but yesterday
young
On the form once a picture of grace,
And cried in his agony: Darling, for years
Now lost in the terrible past
see 1t all now-I've been drinking your tears;
God helping me, this is the last"
The little ones play on a carpeted floor
The mother is youthful again,
Prosperity reignS in the home as of yore,
United is loves broken chain.
He kisses the eyes of his glad-heartcd wife,
And tells hCr he ever will bless
And cherish in memory all of his life,
That tcardrop that fell in the glass.
-Capt Jack Crawford 1.-THE Poet Scout'0 !,
IN the London sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08
ON THE ROAD,
Relative Merits of Horses. Shank's Mare
and Wheels.

HSeldilEt Vi ElOTSco. Nndnk marc
and Wheels.
The man who sings the song of the
open road on horseb back is not really
free" of the wandering borough He
has but a limited franchise; is but half
a citizen. Unless he is a careless or a
hard-hearted man. he is forever won
dering whether his horse is not too
tired to go any further, whether the
near foreleg is not puffy, whether the
stable at Long Warrington is not dirty
and unwholeSome, whether the hostler
did not forget the corn or the water.
The cyclist, on the other hand, is
never worried by thinking whether his
horse had not done enough, or too
much, already. If he is himself ready
to go ON, there is nothing to prevent
him. As long as the road has a smooth
part two feet wide, that is enough.
Bad roads are no worry to him if they
have only this small strip of good in
them, and that they usually have 1t
is true that the cyclist cannot leap
hedge, but those who are chiefly bent
on singing the song of the open road
do not want to jump hedges. What
tney Will II W SLUG ny tlc 4dfiuS anu
the hedgerows, past the village green,
its pond, and white ratings, past the
old manor house and its elms, the
church and its clipped yew trees.
How superior is the position of the
touring cyclist to that of man on Il
walking tour! Each carries a KNAPP
sack-the same, but oh, how different!
The walker tOtterS on the STRAPS con-
tinually working on his shoulders,
longing, like Christian, to cast down
his burden. The cyclists kit is strapped
to the machine, and gives him neither
thought nor trouble. The addition to
the weight may make the same ex-
penditure of energy produce nine in
stead of nine and half miles an hour,
hut that is all-SDectatOr