The evening times., 1895-08-17

The man win TINS great stature wOulo,
after all, fall far short OF making the speed
| Of the bicycle. There is nothing like rotary
| motion; the wheel W ould be the winner in
| any race. While the bicycle has the ad-
vantage over the extremely tall pedestrian,
/ it is obvious that the tail wheelman has no
advantage over the short one.
The new woman figured in sensa-
tionaI scene here the other afternoon. Pfs-
toi in hand Mrs. Nelson Young asserted the
right of a woman to wear bloomers with
out being made the subject of unpleasant
comment. The lady, who is young, is an
expert on the wheel and every day is seen
''scorching" on the shell road that winds
about Lake Worth.
Mrs. Young rode attired in an ordinary
costume until that afternoon, when the
villagers were surprised to see her go
whizzing through the streets garbed in
up-to-date bloomer costume. MIs. Young
looked very niannish in her close-fitting
bloomers, but everybody admired her save
John Mcdonald, who spoke sneeringIy OF
the niodesty of a woman who appeared
in such costume.
When the lady heard of McDonald's conf
ment she became angry, and, bloomer-clad,
she wheeled to his store and entered She
immediately covered Mcdonald with a
revolver and demanded an apology. The
pistol looked ugly and the lady made Nc
Donald apologize. He wrote a card for the
local papers retracting all unpleasant conf
ment. Then Mrs. Young rode gayly away.
The affair has caused a great sensation
owing to the prominence of the parties
and to the fact that Mr.. Mcdonald is
church deacon.-West Palm Beach tFla.)
Dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Bicycle stealing has been reduced to a
fine art, says the Chicago Record;
Leave a wheel ten minutes next to the
sidewalk anywhere in the downtown dis
trict and, unless 1t is watched, IL will
disappear apparently of its own accord.
And there is very small hope of the owner
ever getting 1t back again. The bicycle
thief has every advantage in making his
escape, for there are hundreds Of riders
in the street almost all the time and when
be has once mingled with them u is diff
ficuit TO single him out. Even IL be is dis
covered In the act he may sconch away
at full speed, and nothing but another good
rider could ever hope to oyeftake him.
There are thieves who 1.-The work diff
ferently. They are not eonteuted to take
a single wheel. They want a whole load
of them.
A wealthy West Side man, who is con
nected with a bicycle manufacturing COM
pany, has eight persons in his family, and
each OF them is possessed Of q wheel
Frequently they all go out riding together.
A few days ago the whole family went
away on a short vacation, leaving the BIZ
cycles stored In a back room. When they
returned every wheel was gone, and there
were evidences that some one bad broken
into the back window. The police were
promptly notified, but so far they have not
been able to locate the stolen property.
There is a strong tendency toward re-
turn to the heavier wheels with bigger tires.
Men who are now riding the lightweight
wheels find big difference in comfort IN
the models Of 1892 and '93. OF late it is
common to hear riders cay: IT am going
to get bigger tires next wear; there is more
comfort In them" II the demand con-
eight-pound wheels, rather than those five
pounds less.
He mounted the wheel,
Expecting to feel
The thrill that his broncho rose up with in
ire;
The wheel scarcely stirred,
He shouted and spurred-
And thefirst thing he knew he had punctured
tire.
In Boston-Clcrk: what can do for you,
nniss?''
Miss: "Iprs pose adopting gacomA-neenss
cycling sui,. ard would ike u s.s sosas
brown 'limbings.