The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-23
At $3.50 Other injuries are reckonsd as fol-

lows: - -
Fracture, pelvis. 500; knee cap, $50: thigh.
skull. both tables. SIS; lower jaw, $50; frac-
ture bones or fingers, $40; fracture, rib, $40;
two or more ribs. $40; collar bone, $40; frac-
ture, upper arn $50; total loss of one or more
fingers. $40; total loss of great toe, $50; dis
location Of wrist, $780, dislocation of lower
jaw, $40; dislocation Of knee, $40.
Every fracture is covered by the complete
list. except broken hearts and broken engage
ments.
class of women, writes Julia Ward Howe,
to whom the uses of outdoor exercise are
TO be commended, are the women devoted to
the book and pen. These tyrants often usurp
the time and strength of those who delight
them. BY the time that the whole day has
been invested in the pages studied or pro-
duced. there is little energy left for walk or
ride. ! remember once going to dine with
the great Agassiz and his charming wife.
AS my carriage drove up to the door, the
illustrious scientist opened 1t and drew In a
long breath. AS he welcomed me he said:
morning and this is the first breath Of outer
air have enjoyed" Yes" l thought, land
you are naturalist, to whom the laws Of
health must be familiar" While we must
must also deplore the consequences Of such
overexertion. tending to shorten life already
too short for the great problems of science.
No necessity exists longer for vexatious
delays to initiate the bicycle tire. By new
invention which scorchers are welcoming the
operation can be performed without min
ute's delay. 1t is called the automatic BIZ
cycle pump, and does its work rapidly and
well.
1t weighs two ounces, and is attached. to
the wheel. When the air goes out it i'm
medately begins to supply the neei, and
with human precision stops pumping the in
slant the tire is filled. The cycler can speed
on as though nothing had happened, and
he will not have to experience the slight
est annoyance. The pump is a neat AFFAIR
looking like simple rod, and does not ap-
pear cumbersome.
1t is certain ally, always to be depend
ed upon and never falling to do It's duty
and no more. 1t obviates delay, bruised
fingers and soiled clothing
The actual pump Is small affair." which
looks like dmlnutive oil can. inverted and
placed over the air vent on the inner rim
OF the wheel. The pump rod or piston ex-
tends from the pump to the axle of the
wheel, where it is attached to a peculiar
fork-shaped arrangement. Nwith an elbow or
bend in it.
AS the wheel revolves this bend is worked
IN and out, and operating ON a joint in the
pump rod causes it to work up and down
within the small pump The faster the
wheel revolves the faster the pump works
and by this means the tire is kept filed
with air to it's fullest extent Even should
mere De small puncture in the tire the
pump, by constantly working, would keen
tne TIRE blown up and thus avoid the neces-
SHY OF stop and perhaps a fruit!ess hunt
ior some means of stopping the leakage
Cyclists are now taking extended canning
trips. Wisconsin and Michigan are full Of
them rowing around with their outfifs
strapped to their wheels. The regular tri-
angular a. case to fit into the diamond frame
is used. and if there are a number in the
party the camp implements are distributed
among them and carried with ease Some also
carry light knapsacks, and what seems a
W nf fror1 O-fiv
comes in reality efficient and labor saving.
Smali tents OF light gossamer or silk, which
lola up INTO an exceedingly small package
are used. The cyclists are also provided with
rubber capes, which completely protect them
from the rain when riding Fishing tackle
is easily carried, and the wheelmen on that
sG make hshlng their favorite sport,
though some of the most daring are seen
with shotguns strapped to their wheels 1t is
astonishing into what regions of poor roads
but good camping, these novel tourists have
penetrated. No one has ever seen them cross
an unbridged river, but they undoubtedly
nave some way as clever as their other
methods. They often take their wheels to
the nearest railraod and ship them to some
point where they meet them by boat, for
canoeing is by no means impossible for
camping cyclists. The movements of these
wheelmen show that camping has been re-
duced to a science to be enjoyed by all classes
of sportsm63.
/ do not mean to say that many women
are not interested in cycling, says writer
in Town Topics. They are, to the extent that
they love to talk about it; that all either
are or hope to be the owners Of the most
fashionable make of ladies' wheels and that
they assume that they know all about riding
There is however, about one woman in a
hundred in the society element that converses
about wheeling and assumes to know how TO
ride who is sufficiently expert or possessed
of strength and energy enough to ride over 20
niles@eEen on good road, and really enjoy
hexhncRing accident while riding. which
resulted in the death of Mrs. PORTER on
Wednesday last confirms nay opinion that~no
woman, unless size is an expert ought to ride
Wheei In the crowded streets of the cities.
There is sure to come sooner or later to
every rider of a wheel in a city some crit
lcal moment when loss of nerve or judgment
menas serious accident or possibly death.
The average man seems generally to have
sort of sixth sense at these junctures which
enables him to escape and do almost instinc-
lively the right thing, and the average woman
seems generally to lack at these iunctures
just this sixth sense. do not think this fact
con be controverted and 1t is this which
makes m It dangerous for women to ride on any
OF our crowded streets and avenues. To my
mind the only wonder is that the accidents
both to men and women, and especially to
the latter, are so comparatively few.
Calico from his retreat
Of silence came on noiseess feet
One day to Earth and turned his eyes,
With keenest glances of surprise,
10 countless thousands of mankind
Speeding along as speeds the wind;
To maids and matrons sires and sons,
And immaturest little ones
All whirlirg on revolving things
That bore them swift as swiftest wings;
Through every busy thoroughfare.
In rural highways, coursing where
The prairies reached Ger endless space,
Where rivers ran, where'er the face
Of Earth revealed an open way,
wheeling whirling fleet array
Or human forms in CGaSeleSS flight
Was shown unto his wondering sight;
And standing there one aghast
His hands before his eyes he passed,
Then. proudly lifting up his head,
In self-applauding tone he said:
II knew by Jupiter it moved
AS my researches grandly proved