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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

police agents. Slowly, and, as it seemed
unwillingly, he folded the note up in
fresh sheet of paper, and was prepar- |
ing to seal it, when tap at the door
stopped him. Come in," he cried, ir
ritably, and man in travelling cos
tune, covered with dust, entered,
quietly whispered word or two in his
ear and then went out. Lomaque
started at the Whisper and opening his
note again, hastily wrote under his sig
nature: Il have just heard that DAN
vile has fastened his return to Paris,
and may be expected back tonight
Having traced these lines, he closed,
sealed and directed the letter, and gave
it to Magloire. The police agent looked
at the address as he left the room--it
was "To Citizen Robespierre, Rue
SailteHonore."
Left alone again, LomaQUe rose, and
walked restlessly backwards and for
wards, biting his nails.
Granville comes back tonight" he
said to himself, and the crisis comes
with him. Trudaine a Conspirator! Sis
ter Rose (as he used to call herr con-
spirator! Bah! conspiracy can hardly
be the answer to the riddle this time,
What isl"
He took turn or two il silence
then stopped at the open window, look
| ing out on what little glimpse the street
afforded him Of the sunset sky.
This time five years" he said, "Tru-
dame was talking to me on that bench
overlooking the river; and Sister Rose
was keeping poor hatchet-faced old Lo-
maque's cup OF coffee hot for him! Now,
I am officially bound to suspect them
both; perhaps to arrest them; perhaps
i wish this job had fallen into othey
hands. don't want it at any price,
He returned to the writi.'~ table and
sat down to his papers witt the dogged
air of man determined to- drive away
vexing thoughts by dint o. sheer hard
work. For more than an our he Ia
bored on resolutely, munching a bit Of
dry bread from time to time. Then he
paused a little, and began to think
again. Gradually the summer twilight
faded, and tho room grew dark.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12
WITH THE WITS.
Journal

Tommy, dc you love your teacher?"
'I would if she wasn't my teacher"
said Tommy. shes awful nice"
"MenIl do anything fur money" said
Flooding Pete. yes" replied Mean
dering Mike. "Some fellers'H even
work fur it."
A Frenchman declares he has dis
covered a process by which wood can
be made palatable. He ought to tackle
some kinds OF board.
Lonesome Luke-Does yer ever wish
for a bicycle, Wally? Wally Virgins
None; l would rather walk a-foot than
ride a-foot-
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12
Best of All

To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
Springtime comes, use the true and per-
feet remedy, Syrup of Figs. One bottle
will answer for all the family and costs
only so cents: the large size 81. Buy
the genuine. Manufactured by the Cal
tfornia Fig Syrup Company only, and
tor sale by all druggists.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

George Berridge of Boise, Idaho, has
cow which has had four calves IA ten
months, and three of 'em are nving.
Idaho has q great climate.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12
Man Was Made to Mourn,

Perhaps, but rheumatism need not add 10 th'
calamities to which we are more or less sub
dect. when there is such an efficient means OF
counteracting the dire complaint as Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. When the liver,
bowels or stomach are out of order, or the
kidneys or nerves troublesome. the Bitters IS
also an efficient rem edy. Il prevents and
remedies all malarial disorders.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12
Notice.

I want every man and woman in the
United States who are interested in the
opum and whisky habits to have one OF
nv books on these diseases. Address, b:
Nj. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga, box 81, and
one will be sent you free.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

Incredible as it may seem, the Russian
Government has just made up its mind to
connect Moscow and Petersburg by tele-
phone; and yet it is 1896.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

Electricity has been this winter used as
a motive power for ice-cuttlng machinery
near Concord, n. H.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12
CIT APTER IL.

O2IAQUE rea d
these lines through
down to his own
signature at the
end. They were
the duplicate Secret
instructions de-
manded from hiDl
in the paper which
he had been look
ing over before the
entrance of the two
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

A fend incarnate in Paola, Kan, pro-
poses to have the purely agricultural horse
races at county ta1S Isn p1t t7,o u rcot tt
aided the next, SO as TO "oIh tHe iooVeA9
cor two admission fees.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

When girl says she is going ,te be an
old maid it is safe to say she haS had
recent proposal which is looked upo- with
favor
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

The North Pole kind O. got list to star
board and slid down toward Lake Superior;
that how it is.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson has
given the Boston Public Library !, 900 vol
umes relating to the woman question.
Too few volumes for SO big a question!
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

two inches across formed and in walking
to favor it l sprained my ankle. The sore
became worse; l could not put my boot
on and l thought should haveto give up
at every step. could not get any relief
and had to stop work. Tread OF a cure OF
a similar case by Hoods sarsaparilla and
concluded to try it. Before l had taken
all Of two bottles the sore had healed and
he swelling had gone down. My
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

aAHnHnE Morphine Habit Cured In 10
UEaU III t 81. J. ssTEEfs'AESs' lebanon Ohio:
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-12

Infests the blood Of humanity. 1t
aDpears in varied forms, but is forced
to Weld to Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
purifes and vitalizes the blood and
cures all such diseases. Read this:
"Inseptember, 1894, Imade Inisstepa and
injured my ankle. Very soon afterwards,
The record-union., 1896-05-24

Very likely if Jameson had known
that Laureate Austin would write sncb
a poem about his ride, he would have
walked.-Boston Courier
The record-union., 1896-05-24

Wheelmen Have Stirred Legislatures
to Improve Highways.

1t is not a very remarkable matter
that the wheelmen of the United States
should wish for better roads, but it is
remarkable that they should have been
able to influence the legislative bodies
of nearly every State to such an extent
that everywhere there is a movement
for the appropriation of State moneys
| to be devoted to the improvement and
betterment of roads.
Good roads are a positive necessity to
the bicyclist. This may be laid down
as the first axiom in the book of wheel
men. Isaac B. Potter may be quoted on
| this point:
THE cycle path is a protest against
bad roads, not a desire of the wheelmen.
Give them good roads and they would
! not ask for a path. France has 13o, 600
| miles of splendid roads. / have ridden
all over that country and there is no
cycle path. 1t costs France S1S000,000
a year to keep those roads in good re-
pain. The assessed valuation of per-
sonal real estate in the State of New
York is $1,000, ,OOO, 900, yet there is no
State appropriation for the mainte
nance and making of roads,
IMPROVEMENT NEEDED.
OC0,O 900 to S2,O00,00O a year would be an
insignificant tax in the State of New
York, but it would be of direct benefit
to roads already constructed, and would
act as an object lesson to the farmers.
teaching them how to make and i'm
prove branch roads.
The Highway Commission of the
State of Massachusetts is composed of
tLr1 ,l,r,-e <~f+ H. T
can Wheelmen. That State has an ap-
preparation of $780, 900 a year for the
Improvement and repair of it's roads
New Jersey has appropriations of 81
OCO.O 900 from State and county, and dur
ing the last two years has constructed
and improved more than one thousand
miles of roads. In Kentucky and North
Carolina the work Of constructing roads
is most active. In the latter State con-
vict labor has proved highly successful
and in Mechlenburg County a large
number of roads have been built at a
cost of 81, 800 a mile, which is less than
half the cost had it been done by con-
tract
Illinois is hampered by provision of
the Constitution against State appro-
priations for local purposes, but in Ohio,
Indiana and Wisconsin and in Rhode
Island the work is going on briskly and
with marked success. In Vermont
mainly owing to the interest and influ-
ence of former Governor Levi K Fuller
the roads are undergoing a process of
improvement which is remarkable Mr.
Fuller is a member of the League of
American Wheelmen.
Another result of the increasing num-
Der of bicyclsts is that many new road
houses have come into existence and
| the old ones which had fallen into dis
use or diSrepute have been renovated or
rebuilt, in order to keep up with the
times and regain the business they had
| lost
The record-union., 1896-05-24
Phenomenal Gromth
Of the Bicycle Trade.
Four Million Riders in the United Staes-Sxty Millions
Invested in Factories-One Hundred and Twenty Thou
sand Persons Employed, and Million Wheels Made
This Year.

cellence. to the English, French or
German article, that they are being ex-
ported in large quantities to those
countries, where they have a large
sale, and are not only better but cheaper
than the homemade machine.
AS result, or better, a synchronous
consequence, of this noteworthy condi-
ton of affairs an immense new industry
has been created in this country, which
gives employment to hundreds of thou
sands of hands, mostly skilled artisans,
in all parts of the country. Leaving out
of the question the thousands of men
who make quite a comfortable living
by repairing injured machines and sell
ing supplies of pocket tools, of fitable
parts and general bicycle sundries and
requirements-for their name is legion,
and there is absolutely no means of
computing them-we may form an esti-
mate, as before, by taking a look at the
numbers employed by few large firms.
THE HANDS EMPLOYED.
One of the firms quoted as about to
produce $4,000 machines this season
employs l 400 men the whole year round
Another, expecting to produce about
$4,000 machines, gives employment to
200 men all the year. Now, taking
these as a fair basis on which to form
an estimate, supposing it takes / 400
men to produce 25000 bicycles, how
many will be needed to produce LOCO, 900
machines? By this rough method Of
computation it will take $4,000 men.
But the total is nearer 10000. because
some firms make more parts of the COM
pleted bicycle than others. Some are
entirely dependent for all their screw
work upon some larger firm, created
specially for that kind of production
Not all the bicycling manufacturing
firms make their own tires, tubing or
pedals, for instance, and special parts,
such as lamps, cyclometers and saddles,
are almot invariably made by firms
which make these articles their special
ty. 1t is estimated that in the manu-
facture of these sundries alone some
10000 persons are employed all the year
around.
a very slight idea of the number of
bicycle riders this country can boast of
may be formed from the number of cy-
clometers sold during last year by one
firm alone. The sales reached the fab
ulous total of 263, ,427, and yet the cy-
clometer is one of the luXuries, not one
Of the necessities Of the bicyclist
A pneumatic tire, which was one of
the first of the new order that wiped
out of existence the old 'fbone shaker"
and the six-foot driving wheel, was the
precursor of about 500 models existing
at this day, fact in itself we'll worthy
of serious consideration.
The record-union., 1896-05-24

never before required A man wants
to look graceful and picturesque on his
bicycle. The mans natural style has
to be very carefully studied A louder
pattern of cloth is permissible than
usual; a new article has thus come in.
me material must be stronger, harder,
and, at the same time, light. But be-
sides the mere suit there are the stock
lngs, the sweaters, the flannel shirts,
and the shoes. These are all of special
make and design. We have sold thou
sands of such suits and accessories
where few years ago the demand was
very limited indeed. More hands en-
pIoyed? Undoubtedly. Wherever there
Is sudden and brisk demand for an
article there is bound to follow an in
creased employment of hands"
BIG DEMAND FOR BICYCLING
SUITS
1--WE put 200 bicycling suits in stock
this morning., said the representative
Of another firm 1--WE sell from forty
to fifty such suits every day. We are
affected in every department by bicycle
development. We are obliged to keep
special lines of goods on account of the
large demand, and some of these arti-
cles we have the greatest difficulty in
keeping in stock. They are bought as
soon as shown. Our packers are kept
busy. Things balance themselves, of
course-if there is not so large a sale in
one class of goods there is a larger sale
in another
A RETURN TO OUR GRANDFATH-
ERS' STYLES.
The effect upon the custom tailor is
felt, but not so strongly He makes the
same kind of clothes as before, with BIZ
cycling suits in addition. But he makes
a curious prediction. One of the most
fashionable tailors said:
Il foreSee one effect of this craze,
which may strike you as incredible. We
shall in a short time return to the styles
of our grandfathers. The ungraceful
trousers will die the natural death they
deserve. Knee breeches, knickerb0ckers,
and, l believe, even shorts-a tight-fit
ting garment, reaching nearly to the
ankle, around which it is buttoned with
four or five buttons-will again come in
to vogue. Nothing could be more COM
Portable, nothing more graceful, and
nothing more suitable to either the Pc
destrian or bicyclist. l feel certain that
mems fashions are having rapid ten
dency in that direction
The record-union., 1896-05-24
GOOD FOR TAILORS.
More Clothes Needed and New Lines
i'm Goods and Styles.

It may be safely said that no one of
sts sister trades has been more affected
by the bicycle industry than has the
ready-made clothing business. The en-
tire clothing commerce has indeed felt
its influence, in many respects bene-
ficially in some few instances the re-
verse.
1--WE cannot fail to appreciate the
affect OF the so-called bicycle craze, -
the manager of one large concern said
We are are really in the face of a new
branch of business. And I cannot deny
that it is in a great measure a bene-
fetal effect. Take. for example, the busi-
ress man who rides a wheel. He has
a pair of knickerbockers made to ride in
g pair of trousers to go to business in
the same coat and waistcoat answering
for both. AS a result, we are now max
ing, and doubtless other firms are doing
the same. combination suits in that
style. There is a call for an article
The record-union., 1896-05-24
PASSING OF THE HORSE.
Thus Far Only the Cheaper Grade Has
Been Affected.

Dismissing the horseless carriage
from the inquiry, the question arises,
To what extent if at all, does the in
creasing use of the bicycle affect the
sale and use of horses?" 1t is a noto-
rious fact that horses have been for two
or three years past selling for less and
ever dwindling values.
This query has been put to practical
horsemen, men who sell horses in this
and other cities, or who are otherwise
interested:
ITO what extent has the introduction
of the bicycle injured your business,
or how do you account for the depre-
ciated values of all grades of harness
horses?'
One of the first answers I received
was from a dealer whose horse interests
are about equally divided between this
city and Chicago. In effect this is how
he looks at the matter: Driving horses
of certain grades are not lower in price
to any appreciable extent because of
the wheel" 1t so happens that the in
PRODUCTION of the improved safety BIZ
cycle was coincident with the intro
duction of power traction on surface
roads all over the country.
In New York and Chicago this en-
tirely closed demand for nearly 30
600 horses annually, and in every other
large city in proportion. Thousands of
horses, averaging in value about $125.
were thereby rendered unstable for
surface traction.
But for this phase of the horse busi-
ness the public would not now be i'm
pressed with the idea that the bicycle
is to blame. Speaking of Chicago how
ever, he said: There certainly is in
our section one class of horse whose
sale is injured by the growing use of
the bicycle, and that is what you may
call the second-class runabout horse;
The record-union., 1896-05-24

to get at the amount of money spent by
the devotees of the new pastlme.
prices Of wheels vary from $50 to
500 and upward; $50 may therefore be
pretty safely accepted as an average
first cost to the owner of a bicycle. Put
down another S. for such adjuncts as
lamp, bell cyclometer and few useful,
handy tools. There is possibly suit
uf bicycling clothes, which may be es-
timated at $50, and tEen for the simple
repairs that may be needed while on a
long trip and away from the regular
repair shops of the maker. These are
not likely to exceed So in a year. The
guaranty given with all bicycles covers
all ordinary repairs not the result of
carelessnesS or accident caused by the
owner. Together these sums, which in
clude first cost, amount to S1Oo. Now,
by the end of the season rider may
have tired of his bike or seen one he
likes better, and wishes to make an eX-
change His old machine and $50 to
$50 will procure him brand new one
of the latest model. Hence we may take
it that the annual expense of keeping a
bicycle, inclusive of first cost, is about
$50, or say 81 per week. This, of course,
does not include refreshments en- jour-
reys, hotel and other incidental eX-
penses.
SO MUCH SAVED.
Elsewhere it has beer shown that in
New York City alone there are nearly
200,000 bicyclists. These figures show
100000 spent weekly by these enthu-
siasts, or S10,OO0,00O spent annually
To continue the sum, ii is also estimat ted
that in the United States there are not
far short of and possibly more than
1000 600 bicycles in use. At the same
rate of computation these cost their
owners 81 100000 week or $500, 600, 900
a year.
The economics of bicycling would not
be complete in the least degree (they
cannot be eXhauStedD without some
slight estimate were made of the money
saved by this apparently enormous ex-
penditure. Take the railroad and car
fares and other incidental expenses the
ordinary pedestrian is put to in his
daily walks through life. Put ordinary
car fare down at twenty cents a day,
and that is very conservative. The BIZ
cyclist saves twenty cents every week on
that, to say nothing of his little Sunday
jaunt into the city or out into the coun-
try. That may cost him anywhere from
fifty cents to 81. Take the lower sum,
his bicycle saves him fifty cents There
can be no question Of the health giving
properties of fresh air and exercise, so
let US say for argument, $52 a year is
saved from doctor and medicine. That
is another dollar a week. But this may
be extended to almost any degree. AL
ready we have made him save SSS 40
in year. Four million bicyclists
throughout the country, at the same
rate, 1888, 100000 saved in a year.
The record-union., 1896-05-24
AFFECTS THE BANKS.
Deposits Withdrawn for the Purchase
of BICYCLES.

The universal fever for bicycling ex-
erts an influence in most unexpected
directions. Everybody perceives the
effect it has upon the health of the peo-
pie, the revolution it is working in the
social habits of certain classes and the
progress it has made toward the reform
of woman's dress-breaking down in a
few years conventional prejudices
which advanced" writers and lectur-
ers had failed to weaken by half a CEN
tury of agitation. But no end of less
obvious changes have been made by
putting all the world astride of the
wheel
1t was recently discovered, for in
stance, that the amount of deposits in
savings banks throughout the country
is seriously affected by the bicycling
habit, so that it Indirectly wields an
influence upon the money market and
the prices of securities in Wall street.
This fact was first noticed by an officer
of a, savings bank in manufacturing G
town. He observed that many thrifty
mechanics and clerks who had formerly
deposited So or $40 every pay day.
would draw out about $40 each, and
that thereafter they ceased to make
their weekly or semi monthly visit to
the receiving teller. When one of these
customers whom he knew appeared one
evening and called for $40 the bank
official was moved to question him.
ONE MAN CONFESSES.
Haven't shut down on you at the
factory, l hope, Brown"
"Oh, no, sir; we are running full
time"
Family ill?"
mo: very well, thank you"
Pardon me, then, for asking. but I'd
like 10 know why you draw out this
money. I've noticed so many others pull
out a similar sum of late that I'm Curl
Gus about it,"
why, I've bought a wheel" replied
the client with a laugh. I'm going to
give SO down and installments Of So a
week after this until it is paid for. 1
used to deposit 50 with you every Sat
urday night, but I won't be able to come
round and see you again for three
months. Then I'll own the wheel, and
it's a dandy"
A light broke in upon the inquiring
bank officer. Here was the clew to the
recent falling off in the amount of
weekly deposits. He questioned other
savings bank officials, and found that
a vast army of thrifty people of small
means were buying wheels in the same
way and that the consequent aggregate
effect upon deposits was enormous.
A TYPICAL CASE.
Browns is a typical case. He has
now paid the last installment on his
own wheel, but IS now getting one for
his wife. on which he will make similar
weekly payments. His enthusiasm for
bicycle riding was infectious, and his
wife caught it and became so eager to
accompany him on his outings that he
could not refuse to buy her a machine,
and consequently he will not resume his
deposits in the savings bank for some
months 10 come. The fever runs in this
way through whole families. and where
there are sons and daughters growing
up the bicycling parents get no peace
until they have all been provided with
machines. When it is remembered that
in the State of New York alone there
are more than 100000 savings bank
depositors with an average of S4O0 each,
one can form an idea of the possible
effect of this amazing demand for
wheels.