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than q luxury, but, like the horse 1t is
fast taking the place Of, it becomes
luxury on Sunday after being neces-
sity during the week.
It is therefore meet to discuss the coun-
try roads of the southwest from wheel
ing point of view. About each city the
roads are better than further away. The
only long road that can be called good is
between Los Angeles and Riverside, and
that is not as good as it should be. The
road from San Francisco to this city and
from here to San Diego is often but a
trail.
BOULEvARDS
The time is coming when roads will be
as good in Southern California as they
are north OF the Tehachepi, but It may
be quite while before the good roads Of
Santa Clara county are equaled.
The proposed Pasadena boulevard,
when built, will no doubt be the begin
ming of series of boulevards which will,
connect together all the large towns of
the southwest. Already there are bits
Of boulevards at nearly every center
Of population in Southern California.
Pasadena has its Orange Grove avenue
which half circles that city, and the road
to Monrovia and Azusa is pretty road
which is good most Of the year, although
narrow as a lane at some points Beyond
Azusa the road to Pomona is good much
of the way. But, though there are many
parallel roads in this part of the country,
there Is no f1rst-class road from Pasa-
dena right through to Pomona or Onta-
rio. as there should be. The San Gabriel
river has to be forded, and. there are
other disagreeable features.
RIVERSIDE ROAD
The road to Pomona and on to River
side via Puente leaves Los Angeles at
Eastlake park and is very good road
for three miles, aside from the several
small hills. 1t is then fair the rest of the
way to Puente, for this road is now
sprinkled daily. Thus the first twenty
miles are covered. The fourteen miles
from Puente to Pomona are very dusty
at this time of the year, and
as the road goes through the
Puente hills, 1t is hilly enough
to be hard pull for good rider. From
Spadre into Pomona it pays to follow the
railroad track instead of the highway
for there are several good paths along the
railroad right of way and the public road
is deep sand.
Between Pomona and Riverside the
road Is big and easy to follow without
getting lost, but it is somewhat hilly,
especially through the great Chino
rancho and at South Riverside, now
known as Corona.
After successfully crossing the river
bottom, just beyond Corona, there are
more than a dozen miles of good road
the last six being over the famous Mag
nolia boulevard and the we'll paved
streets of Riverside
Beyond Riverside there is a fairly good
road to Cotton, seven miles, and the re-
manning four miles to San Bernardino
are excellent. To Redlands from River
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The Truthful Citizen

The other morning a careless mason
dropped brick from the second story OF
building on which he was at work.
Leaning over the wall and glancing
downward he discovered a respectable
citizen with his silk hat jammed over
his eyes and ears, rising from recum-
bent posture. The mason in tones Of
apprehension, inquired: did that brick
hit anyone down there?" The citizen,
with great difficulty extricating himself
from the extinguisher into which his
hat had been converted. replied with
considerable wrath: "Yes sir, it did.
1t hit me- That's right" exclaimed
the mason in tones Of undisguised ad-
miration. Noble man, 1 would rather
have wasted thousand bricks than
have you tell me lie about it.-Baptist
Union.
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Ii the Santa Monica road was sprinklet
its whole length Il would be fairly de-
cent to ride upon, but the public de-
mands good boulevard over this much
frequented route and it should be built
at once.
CAHUENGA VALLEY
To Cahuenga Valley and the pass Of the
same name Is a very nice ride and one
that can be made over various routes
The Temple street way is, the best going
Many new riders win not fancy climbing
the long hill on the way back. Temple
roads Well graGed and surfa ed and this
route through Prospect park continues
out to Sunset boulevard. The Sunset
boulevard crosses Western avenue in the
center of the beautiful, fros1ess Ca
huenga valley and continues third OF
the way to Santa Monica. This is an
almost perfect stretch of road and it is
we'll taken care of. At Hollywood, Ca
huenga avenue crosses it at right angles
running from a point between Los Ange-
les and Colegrove up into the pass where
it becomes the Ventura road that every
body follows on the coast route to San
Francisco.
ga pass is steady grade but 1t has been
rebuilt this year and the grade 80 cut
down that an average rider can ride to
the summit of the pass without dismount-
ing. This road is kept sprinkied, too, SO
that the run to the tavern in the pass is
indeed inviting.
Cahuenga valley can be reached from
Westlake park by continuing out Sew
enth street and then Sixth street to West
ern avenue or one can go out West Pico
street to Western avenue and turn to the
right onto the latter road. The Vermont
avenue route Is also fair and to some ex-
tent interesting. There are still other
routes.
ROADS SOUTH
South from vernondale or South Los
Angeles there is a pleasant ride to Comp
ton part of the year and the run on to
San Pedro and Long Beach is all that
could be desired in the winter and spring
before the summer traffic cuts up these
roads. Out New Main street from the
end of the asphalt on South Main is an
other way to reach Compton and Long
Beach.
Out Figueroa street Is a nice little
ride with the exception so general with
all roads at this time of the year
Sprinklng is the only way to bring good
roads quickly for the heavy summer
traffic with narrow tires soon ruins most
Of the country roads.
TO PASADENA
To ride to Pasadena there are half
dozen variations of the two main routes
Most riders go out the Pasadena avenue
route along the electric railway. This is
a hilly run, but the shortest way to reach
the Crown City. At Garvanza the pleas
ure seeker can go through the San Ra-
fael rancho.
This route passes the little Church Of
the Angels, which is worth visiting. A
half mile further is the tunnel and just
beyond the tunnel is San Rafael lake
Then, climbing the hill. one descends
into the Arroyo Seco which brings the
wheelman or wheelwoman into one of
the prettiest picnic grounds that can be
found and one of the many pleasant
spots of the always inviting Arroyo Seco.
Coming out of the Arroyo Seco the
route deboucheS on to Orange Grove av-
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sold by them is kept. This is very impor.
tant and also convenient to all riders Of
Columbia bicycles.
Upstairs is the wholesale department,
where the thousand and one articles are
kept which go toward making up their i'm
mense wholesale stock. In this department
one may spend some little time to adj
vantage and learn more about the little
fttingsAnd supplies than one had any idea
of.
In the basement the machine shops are
located, being in the hands Of skilled me-
chanics, who take pride in turning out
nothing but first-class work. In conjunc-
tion with the machine shops is the tire
department, where old tires are made
as good as new by vulcanizing. Also the
enameling room, where new coat is put
on bicycles with fitness and dispatch.
The Central Park cycl8ry is also owned
by this enterprising firm. For those who
do not ride. it may be stated that at the
cyclery one can be taught to ride in few
lessons by corps of competent instruct.
ors. Special attention is given-to ladies'
and children. At the cyclery Columbia
wheels may be rented at reasonable rates.
With the many pleasant rides one may take.
Southern California is, indeed, an ideal
cycling spot.
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paper. The office of secretary of the di-
vision was forced upon him year ago,
he having no knowledge of his candidacy
until notified of his election by the elec-
tion board. Personal business becoming
TOO pressing, he was forced to resign
the office and accept membership on the
board of officers, where the duties are
not so heavy. Mr. Laverty is one Of the
old members of the league and has been
an active worker in it's interests for
several years, both in this city and the
east.
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was built two years ago, and, after the
institution had fallen into the hands of
creditors the money to release it was
raised by this gentleman and his wife,
the latter being the best worker in the
leagues interest in the west, not except
ing her able husband. The pair now re-
side in Los Angeles, having removed
from Santa Ana some months ago.
A list of pioneer wheelmen would be
incomplete without mention of S. H.
Laverty, late secretary of the South
California division, and at present a
member Of the division board and coun-
ty consul of Los Angeles county. In
1898 he, in conjunction. with jay B. Ar
mold, launched the first bicycle publica-
ton on the Pacific coast, THE Pacific
Field" and continued it up to few
months ago, when he disposed of the
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Roaa Rating
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the year between Santa Ana and San
Juan Capistrano, where the famous old
mission Is located. For the six miles on
to San Juan by the Sea, there is no COM
plant about the road. But at the beach
the road ends and the coast route thence
on to San Onofre is on the beach or
along the railroad ties for the touring
wheelmen who wish to go beyond San
Juan. If 1t Is low tide the beach can be
ridden, but beach-riding is not what Is
claimed for it.
After this dozen miles is passed and
the railroad trestle over the river at San
Onoffe, the railroad ties are fair riding
on to Oceanside, or one can tahe the trail
through the great ranch and ford
river four miles this side of Oceanside.
The best way is to follow the trail until
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No Ono Will Question It

Hamburg is a we'll known market for
household pets. A civel rat cost IS, a
tame jackall 7, and an affectionate Bra
lillian snake $40. An alligator one foot
long can be had for $1.50, but at two .ect
he is worth IS and at seven feet $35. The
small size answers just as we'll in a
fiat st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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has been originated and advanced by the

has been originated and advanced by the
California Associated Cycling clubs.
Last February, when the League of
American Wheelman. at it's national as
sembly, refused to allow California to
promote Sunday race meets, for the sec
ond time, some Of the cycling leaders of
the statet broke away from the parent
body and added an individual member
ship department to the c. A. c. C.
There was a bitter fight on the
part Of the upholders of the political
part of the L. A. W., but the San Francis
co clubs and their leaders won the day,
and even carried the fight into Arizona,
Utah, Oregon and Washington as we'll as
Southern California, winning on every
hand. The main object was the control
of track racing, but beyond that the CAL
ifornia Associated Cycling clubs are
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even with the great water tank at Los
Flores, flag station, and there resume
the railroad tie riding again.
Below Oceanside the forty miles to San
Diego is over actual roads, which, most
of the way, is quite fair riding. There are
several big hills to climb, though, but on
the whole the run from Oceanside to San
Diego is an easy one.
*. INLAND ROUTE
There is AN inland route from River
side to San Diego passing through Elsi-
more and Escondido that is good most
Of the year. 1t is more or less hilly, but
part fit is over natural roads, which are
smooth and hard
The best short ride from Los Angeles
e out the San Fernando road to Burbank
about ten miles The road passes
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can cross to Washington street on West

ern avenue.
Adams street can be reached by keep
ing aloriy Western avenue instead o.
turning into Washington at -Four Mile
house. Most riders prefer to follow out
Washington street. though, to the Half
Way house. Below that point there are
two general routes. That through the
Palms is the best known, but at present
half Of It is badly cut up by heavy traffic
and makes hard pushing The other
route goes straight ahead at Ivy station
on the Southern Pacific railroad. where
the so-called' "5oulevardr' begins
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acting on every point and are now bring
ing out a comprehensive road book of all
California as we'll as carrying on many
other reforms. =
The annual dues of the c. A. c. c. are
one dollar year, the same as the L. A.
w
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side via East Riverside or from San
Bernardino, the roads are nothing extra,
but yet passable, and one can find the
way If careful inquiry is made Right
beyond sRedlands is the beginning of the
desert country, with no regular roads.
TO SAN DIEGO
Starting, from Los Angeles for San
Diego. at some times of the year the
road through Whittier, Fullerton and
Anaheim TO Santa Ana is good. but DUR
Ing the long summer much sand has to
be soften through some way
There = : pretty good road much Of
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road racing the general rights of wheel
men have been preserved and enlarged
Golden Gate park in San Francisco was
opened to wheelmen by the c. A. C. c..
and state baggage bill was passed. The
state highway commission was a result
of the agitation of this confederation
and in fact, every great move in Califor-
MIA for the good of those who ride wheels
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C. a. C. C.
ooooooooooooooooooooooo

URING the past
five or six years,
the confederation
of clubs about San
Francis co bay,
known as the Cal
ifornia Associated
Cycling clubs, has
been the means Of
doing much good
for all wheelmen'
of the state. Asid e
from the proml-
nence given 20
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represents one of the leading wholesale
bicycle houses in Los Angeles and can
extol the excellence Of the Morgan &
Wright tires for hours, is one of the most
esteemed wheelmen in Southern Cali
fornia. The agile form and CHEEKY coun-
tenance Of 'Knip," accompanied by his
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HEELS were first

HEELS were first
a luxury and in
the gladsome days
of the old high
wheel the athletic
young men, for
on ~ that kind
rode wheels, flew
about the country
like the mystical
airship, which has
been so much dis
cussed the past
wear. And wheel
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SOUTH SIDE CYCLING CLUB
A Young but Very Progressive and
Prosperous Institution

organized in the month of Aug
ust, 1896. The club started with
about twenty members. Their first. club
house was only barn, but from this
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men Z decade ago attracted about
~ much attention as an airship would
these days. Then the sport Of cycling was
almost altogether in road riding.
Today the bicycle is more a necessity
The herald., 1897-09-12

Will F. Knippenberg, who as present
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-18
An intermittent Lake.

GAINESVILLE. Fla. Sun: Payne's prairie,
three miles south of this city, covers an
area of $1,000 acres. A large portion of
the prairie is now covered with water,
but there are thousands OF acres around
the borders OF the lake which has been
formed on which horses n cattle
Craze. There is no way of estimating
the number of cattle, but there are
many thousands. and they are in fine
condition. The prairie, or savannah,
which 1T really is. occasionally goes
dry, the water passing out through a
subterranean passage called the sink.
Where the water goes to has never been
determined. When the sink Is open the
lake goes dry, and when the outlet be-
comes gorged or choked a lake from rve
to seven miles wide and about eighteen
miles ong is formed. When the waters
of the lake suddenly leave it, thousands
of ~aligators, snakes, fish and turtles
are left with nothing but mud for their
places of abode. The fish and turtles
perish. but the saurians and reptiles
seek and find other quarters. Fol miles
along the northern border of the lake
there is a succession of sinks, averaging
in depth all the way from twenty-five
to 100 feet. Subterranean passages Il
in every direction, leaving the ground
In the shape Of a honeycomb. The
ground is liable to give way at any time,
Creating Il new sink.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-18
Journalistic success in England.

New York Post: Recent transactions
in journalistic property In England
show that enterprise in newspapers,
when in competent hands, leads to
wealth on a large scale. A provincial
newspaper. the Manchester Courier,
with its satellite, the Manchester Even
ing News, has just been successfully
launcehd as a limited liability company,
at a valuation of f3OO, 900. Sir George
Newnes Is converting the hitherto prof.
table journalistic and publishing COM
pany of George Newnes. limited. into a
yet bigger concern, with a capital of
fl. 900, 900. The enterprise was started
with Tit-Bits in 1881 by the then Nix.
Newnes. BY degrees the Strand Maya
zine, Woman's Life, the Hub and other
publications were added to the business.
The concern was turned into the exist
ing company in 1891. Thu profits
amounted in 1895 to ISL 1000, in 1896 to
f60, 600, in 1897 to f66, 900. The one pound
shares. issued at a premium of five
shillings, are now worth s2-12-6 each.
The Strand Magazine, a sixpenny, sells
to the number of 40. 900 a month, and no.
toriously has a very large circulation
Newnes is a remarkable instance of
mans attaining to rank and fortune by
self help. Not SO many years ago he
kept a small shop in a back street in
Manchester. Today, though only in
middle life, he Is a baronet of the United
Kingdom and a man of vast wealth.
| He was a member of the house of COM
mons, but was defeated at the last gen.
| eral election.
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Gain, fur Sale"

A well-known magician is u wag and
minded folks. A correspondent of tn.
Boston Transcript, writing from Wash
ington, where the sleight-of-hand ma
has been exhibiting his ckill. tells of his
success in astonishing q group of col
ored people:
The magician one morning went
down to the market. Washington has
one of the largest ard finest market
houses in the world. and one of its most
picturesque features is the row of COM.
Portable negro mammies, with baskets
Of eggs and vegetables, sitting outside
the building, laughing, chatting and
smoking.
The straightforward expert, who had
a friend with him, sauntered up to ono
inky-black old markctwoman with q
pipe in her mouth and q beautiful array
of fresh eggs before her. He looked at
them and asked the price.
"Twenty-three cents, honey" an-
swered nanny, IAN desc heah is fust-
rate aigs-de hen ain hardly done
cluckin' ODER 'em yit."
81 should think So" said he, and. as
he picked up = and cracked it, out
came a quarter.
MammS's jaw dropped and the Pipe
with il.
And this one-and this one seems
pretty good" carelessly remarked the
man, cracking two more, out of which
5O-cent pieces tumblcd.
He cracked half a dozen in all and
mammy's store of silver was increased
every time. AS he walked off, followed
by n dozen pairs of beady black eyes
with nothing but the whites showing.
somebody came up and asked the awe
stricken old marketwoman the price OF
her eggs.
Desc aigs ain fur SALE" she an
swered, and she gathered them up in
her apron and waddled off in the dircc-
ton of home.
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NATIONAL NAMES.
Interesting Historical Facts Compiled by
the Historian of the Globe Democrat

Zululand is the land of the Zulus.
Hayti mean "mountain country"
Peru was named from the River Plro.
The Transvaal is the country beyond
the Wall.
Java is the Malay word for "land Of
nutmegs."
Columbia was thus called in honor of
Columbus.
Bolivia was thus called liz honor of
Simon Bolivar.
Moldavia took its name from the
River Moldau.
Morocco has always been the "land
of the Moors.
Findland is properly Fcnland, "the land
of the marshes"
Arabia was so called from its inhabi-
tants, the Arabs.
Turkcstar. was originally the stan. o,
land of the Turks.
Chill is a Peruvian word, signifyins
"the land of snow"
Roumania was originally Romani2, a
Roman province.
Canada is IN Indian word meaning
collection of huts."
Mexico is the City 81 Maxi:.i. tho
Mexican god of way
Prussia was at first Borussia, the
country Of the Bornssi.
Uruguay was named from tho river
which flows through it.
Costa Rica is a Spanish expression
signifying "rich coast"
Corsica has a Phoenician name, mean.
Ing wooden islands,"
Abyssinia was the land of the Abas-
sins OF "miXed races"
The word Borneo is the native origin,
s%ignifying "the land"
Tasmania was named in honor of Tas.
man, the discovcrer.
Bosnia is so called because the River
Bosnia flows through it.
Nicaragua was thus named in honor
OF u chief called Nica-o.
Formosa is a Portuguese word signi-
flying beautiful country"
Argentina has its name from the sill
very reflection of its rivers.
Manitoba commentaries the Manitou
Oh great spirit of the Indian.
Egypt to the Hebrews and ever since
was the land of oppression"
Ecuador means equator" an illusion
to its geographical position.
The Sahara is so named from the
Arabic word signifying desert"
Zanzibar, more correctly Zanguebar,
aiEnities athe coast of the negroes"
Jutland was originally Jutcland. OF
the land of the Jutes, q Gothic tribe.
The word Ceylon is of Sanskrit ORR
gin. signifying the ISLAND of Lions"
Bohemia is so called because it was
settled by the Boil, a tribe of Germans.
Bulgaria was formerly volgaria, SO
called from the Volsci who Inhabited it.
!Algiers is so called from the Arabic
words Al.yezair, meaning ~ peninsula
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SISTERS ARE BURNED TO DEATH
Clothing of tho Women Catches
Fire From mn Overturned
Oil Stnra

Lynn, Mass, Sept. 1.-two maiden
sisters. Miss Harriet C.. Sheldon, 81 years
old, and Miss Matilda Sheldon, sc years
old. who formerly conducted a school in
which they gave tuition to the children
of the best families in this city, were
fatally burned at their homo here.
The women, who live in a mouse by
themselves. We're cooking with an oil
stove when the latter tipped over and
the oil ran out and ignited. The burn
ing oil communicated to Matilda's
clothes, n they were quickly ablaze.
Harriet attempted to eXtinguish the
fire and her clothing also caught.
The women were both on fire and they
could do little else than scream for as
%sistance. A neighbor rushed to their
aid. Before he could reach them Ma
tilda had run through the house, into
the front o and thrown herself into
an easy chair, II when the neighbor
got to her side She was dead.
On the floor in the kitchen lay the
other sister, suffering terribly. The
neighbor o eXtinguished the flames
and the woman was removed to the hos
pital, but she died a few hours after
ward