Evening star., 1897-04-09

lumbia Athletic Club, which have been very
kindly rendered by the board Of governors.
The use of the gymnasium and bath rooms
will be much appreciatRd by every one in
the party.
We will not bring aIcook with u.s. but
each man will be expected to prepare his
own food. We will depend largely upon the
hospitality of the country through which
we pass for our rations. as do not propose
to carry but limit supply with us at
the start I have found that the concen-
trated foods prepared for such trips do not
serve wheeimen well after two or three
days. After that time they require q sup
ply Of wholesome fresh foods and meat. and
We shall obtain these from the stores and
farms along Cur road. =
Each Mans Load.
In addition to the equipments each man
Will carry for use In making camp at night
extra parts Of wheels viii be brought along.
Each man will carry one extra spoke, and
distributed throughout the company will
pe the extra parts of one entire bicycle
One man will bring a pedal. another q
crank harger, and so on; so that in case Of
a breakdown there may be no unusual de-
'ay IN getting under way again
require every member of my cycle
company to be thoroughly familiar with
the parts Of his machine, and to be canabla
ol taxing 1t apart and assembling if to-
sether again. He must also be able to
iii iilahe an ordinary repairs such as straight
Rpr
spoke, repairing a puncturs etc. JTniesa he
can do these things. he has no business in
d Dlcycle company on the road
,, men we make our trip each man will
nave note book with him. in which tn
make record of accidents and Incidents of
me journey. Afterward l shall collect
tnese ana make a tabulated account Of tbe
in lip Whlch ought to contain some interest
HIS ana useful information on the suhiact
OF moving bodies of infantry across co,,nN
try on bicycles
speaking of some of his experiences In
No aI eAperlnents OF similar nature
annoyances In southern Illinois results
from the frequent pune lures received frrm
the thorns of the Usage orange which is
grown extensively in that region for
hedges. l have found that a tira H.. i9a w
surety non-puncturable is so dead as tn
De almost without practical value Ana
YET a tire that is resilient is more or loss
liable to puncture. Another great anroS
ance resulted from the points of tho thnrD,
remaining firmly embedded in the casing NJ
the tlres so that after patching the inner
.uoes new punctures would he received In
uia"ihs them back into the outer casings."
Experiments With Koln.
MAJ. Davidson stated that he had made
some experiments with the kola mt and
While 1t undoubtedly acted as a powerful
stimulant. In his opinion its regular usa
was not beneficial, since then the sxstem
craved the stimulant and would not act
well without it. He said he tried the nut
with some of his men on one occasion
s wmeh they were out for an extended tour
TOUR of them eating one nut a doy four
ma III nut day and four refraining entire
~ from Its use. He said that those thar
used the stimulant finished the trip in bet
yer physlcal condition than those who did
not. but there was one pecuJi,r foo tire
ABOUT the effect of the nut. Those who
used IT partially lost their appetites and
iell Off in weight, while those who did not
li increased IN weight and relishcd their food.
So far as it affected the sIeap Mai n,yiJ-
son said he was not able to detect anv diff
terence between the users and non-users.
all alike being equally ready 10 fal! off into
d sound sleep when bed time came But in
MS own case. he said, he:noticed that after
eating the nut his sleep was lighter and
more restless. to