New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-02

a good priest the example Of that style OF loco
motion As for health. London ply siclan. DR. j.
A. Austin. who been closely investigating the
subject. finds that ~ had a few thousand cases
under observation we should probably have In
stances Of almost every III that nesh Is heir cured
or relieved by this prince Of pastimea. The great
feature OF cycling a health pastime IS the singular
uniformity OF it, results and the corroboraton OF Its
virtues by the aged well ~ the young. and by the
weak az well d the strong. surprising In this
spect every other sport and pastime whose sphere
OF usefulness lies within much narrower limits"
PRACTICAL MACHINE.
Perhaps the popularity Of the bicycle in this
country would not be so great were It's use simply
subject to regard "A delightful recreation. or
means FOR the promotion OF health We. az peo-
pie have not much time 10 waste on mere amusc-
ment and are prone TO let our health take care OF
itself as far possible But the bicycle Is a very
practical machine and that is where 1t has what
IN the vcrnmcular Of the day may be called its
.strong PULL" on American favor Our New-York
streets are. a rule 80 abominably bad that We
cannot utilize the machine In business to any such
extent az is common III some other cities-BunaIo
and Washington for instance. where the asphalted
payements offer most favorable conditions. But In
those fortunate places great part of all outdoor
ufe moves on wheels Tradesmen solicit orders and
deliver goods BICYCLES doctors go on bicycles to
visit patients and advise them. as soon as able. 10
get out their BICYCLES messenger boys DO errandS
with astonishing FeIOClty ioi tn'y iihe pi'SNicS'
nolicemcn and mail carriers ride bicycles; insurance
agents travel about bicycles. and their intended
victim. fee from them bicycles: women OF
,o.bion make their calls while bicycling: courships
are conducted on bicycles: In short everybody rides
q h,cycle on the occasion OF the last Alabama
state election. the birmingham Cycle club. by
means of thirty able whecnen gathered the re-
turns from the most remote parts OF the county
before the city votes had been counted. To do this
,bev had travelled l0i9 miles over bad roads. noun
,ainous and sandy. Some OF the precincts were
,h,r,v miles from Birmingham. and II was almost
,nossibIe to persuade the natives that the riders
49,, como out from the city that day and expected
N return the night But all the returns were
1, nv midnight and the country people had re-
o,ved an object lesson they Will never forget The
Ion, transmission in six days. by relays OF bicycle
,d.-s of message from General Gree,y at
,-s,,ngton 10 General McCook at Denver was
.,,,rc demonstration OF the practical utility OF
49,, ,,bceI in army service. 1t would have taken
,roo,s 100 DAYS to march that distance. During
49, last two years the use OF bicycles In all the
r,,,es Of Europe has enormously Increased. and
,ho various ways In which they are employed sue
aa.sfuIlv omen up an immense vista OF possibilities
that our Government cannot AFFORD to Ignore.
THE world has been very long In arriving at Its
,,r.san, anpreciatlon OF the immense importance OF
o,,g uoon wheels for its knowledge Of that means
., ,ocorot,on 1. exceedingly old. Even the prophet
Ezekel-and every one will admit he must have
,v.d very long time ago-had some idea Of II. for
no lief, upon record these passages: And when the
living creatures went. the wheels went by them
ana whsn the living creatures were lifted up from