The herald., 1897-06-26

sometnlng on the order ora nelo argent
with bicycle current and Aitchfork ram
rant. In short, about d0e-fourth o
the grave and reverend sekneurs fin'
time for exhilarating spint, and clos
observers assert that the eject of pur
air and improved digestioH is alread.
plainly apparent in more g4erous an'
CANNON THE CYCLAsT
In the lower house, the pronprtion O
those who ride the wheel is v&ry mucl
greater, including fully half sAe repre-
sentatives. Uncle Joe Cannon hads TIL
van as the first and Oldest cyckr. Th'
veteran member from Illinois iAa as fon,
of his bike as boy in his teens.i He ha:
not yet adapted golf trousers. put ha
a way of securing his ordinary 'hnmen
tionables'' at the ankles so thbt the.
won't get snarled up in the chain tina
looks for all the world as il he hat
tucked them into his boot-legs prepara
tory to a plowing match. He alway:
smokes a cigar awheel, even when rid
ing in the teeth of the wind; and 30 eX
pert and fearless is he that nobody
would be surprised to see him careerins
That feat is considered by cyclersto be
a little more hazardous than the historic
one performed by General Israel Put
nam when he escaped from the British
soldiers. But it was lately accompliShec
by a professional, who skipped from the
lofty top Ike a bird, without touchirs
stair after the first half dozen, ano
landed in heap at the bottom-with M
bones broken either of man or steed.
tom AND JERRY"
Speaker Reed is not now riding &
wheel. / asked him why, and was not
ruled out of order, as one might expect
With customary modesty he said that he
could and did ride well, but he was no.
doing much cycling at present. The fact
is, he rode just once, and met his Water
loo. Among the pioneer cyclers in the
house is Hon. Jerry Simpson, the Kan
sas Populist. AS long ago as the Fifty
third congress he and the Hon. Tom
johnson used to run the gauntlet of ko-
dak sharks and jeering gamins from the
capitol steps to the district line. MI.
Simpson enjoyed the exercise might
ily," to use his own term, and didn't
indeed thorn in the flesh, And II"
wonder, if he once caught glimpse OF
snapshot of himself on wheel! Some
body accurately described him in that
attitude as resembling a comb all back
and teeth. Those early tendencies to
bike dissipation on the part of the Hon
Jerry caused no end of agita-
tion among his constituents, and he had
to do a great deal of explaining out IT.
Kansas.
Whether his retirement for couple of
years had any connection with the agi-
tation I cannot say. He sold his wheel
before leaving Washington and bought
a Texas pony for use on his native
heath. But things are different now
that the bicycle has become as common
al the plow-even in Kansas. The other
day Mr.. Simpson was heard to tell a
friend that just as soon as he got his
hands on his next months salary, if he
had anything left after paying his bills
he was going to buy wheel that wou!1
cause his colleagues to turn several dill
ferent shades of pistache.
THE PIONEER
The first statesman from the w'iregrass
region of the south to contract bike
phobia was Representative Clayton of
Alabama, and he took to it," so he
says, as a cure for corpulency. Several
Of the younger Ohio representatives
most of the far western members and
many from the Middle states confess
frankly to that pneumatic tired feeling
which makes the hours of this summer
session unduly long and leads them to
scour all the adjacent roads like March
breeze The conservative ones-those
who still look upon the wheel as a de-
vice of the devil or "dromedary for
es''-almost to a man hail from
ouritanical New England (the part
where witches were burned), or from
hose unprogressive portions Of the
south where the natives are still voting
'or Andrew Jackson and "Massa Lin
KUN"
CABINET MINISTER'S TOO
Among other shining lights Of capital
society who commit themselves to the
of cycling may be men
Toned Secretary Gage and Attorney
General McKenna, and two or three
others among the presidents silent
partners" The only member of the last
cabinet who rode was the Hon. Hoke
Smith, and his 270 pounds held the wheel
lown we'll at it's work. Judge White is
he only one of the supreme court jus
ices who has as yet exchanged the
lwesome robe for the bicycle surtout,
but it is understood that two others are
about to follow suit" in double sense.
In foreign circles the diplomats might
as we'll be mentioned en- masse, or rather
n the lump. from Sir Julian Pauncefote
down to the newest secretary, Senior
Don Domingo Cana. whose translated
,ognomen would read Mr. Sunday
iana, the minister from Chile, was the
asst to learn The two little SONS of the
Spanish ambassador are famous riders.
and their beautiful mother, Nine. Dupuy
lie Lone, is taking lessons. The Baro-
ness Hengemuller wife of the ambassa-
lor from Austria, is an accomplished
'ider and her two little daughters are
learning the art. She is queenly woman
and looks exceedingly well in the short
out modest dress which the wheel re-
Iuires. BY the way, the bloomered maid,
f she ever did exist, is not seen in Wash
nS TON, ana II Sne would make nef ap-
)earance would surely be known as hav
ng no claims to moving in good society.
The MISSES Brice, daughters of the eX-
senator from Ohio, were great wheel
so are Mrs. u. S. Grants grand
daughters, Phil Sheridan's twins, Di
ralmage's daughter, and III short about
all the younger women Of Washington.
Sen. Miles is an expert wheelman. Gen,
Greedy of Arctic fame rides great deal
With his. Wifi. and da1ghter At the Obi