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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Financial Intervals.

"a little quarrel now and then helps
love affair"
"Yes; the lover quits buying roses
and gets 4 chance to catch up with his
board bill. "-Chicago Record.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
A Nice Distinction.

Wife (reading letter)-Who do you
think is coming to pay us visit?
Husband-Who?
Wife-My mother.
Husband-That will be a vista tion.-
Town Topics.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Prudent

$50 you refused him?" said Maud.
"Yes," replied Mamie. Il told him 1
shall send back any letters unopened"
Il wouldn't be so rude. There might
be matinee tickets in some of them. -
Washington Star.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Explained.

Molly (between waltzes)-He said
the world had been like a desert to
him till he met me.
Polly-That explains why he dances
so like a camel, uppose.-Tit-Bits
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
HIa Advice.

Editor-One of my fair subscribers
wants to know how to change the color
of her hair.
Caller-What would you say?
Editor shall advise her to marry
some nice young man TO reform him.
Puck,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Right in Season.

Van Clove-That Miss Newleigh looks
good enough to eat.
Miss Passee (enyionsIy)-Why. yes;
her family are mushrooms, you know,
Town Topics.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
A silver Lining.

Wife-I;orTors! Husband, I've just
heard there is a case OF smallpox in tina
fiat above us.
Husband-Yes, l know about it,
That's all right. It's the young man
who plays the flute.-N. y. Weekly.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Quits.

Mrs. Dumjohn-I married you for
love, and [ did not get it.
Dumjohn-Well, then, we are quits.
married you for money, and I did not
get it.-N. Y. World.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Snnerf1nnns FnrmaIitx.

Giles-Have you asked her fathers
ccasent?
Jowles-No; it isn't necessary.
Giles-How's that?
Jcwles-She has just declined me-
Stray Stories.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Went Out of His Way.

Phipps-He's the most bashful man
1 ever met.
Quipps-Quite true. I've known him
to decline 20 meet note when it was
due.-Town Topics.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Serves ns nm Alarm.

Hassick-A baby is a coed thing to
have in the house.
Walker-Yes, if you want to prevent
overSleeping yourself.-BOston Tran
script.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
The lows of Love.

1.-THE happiest thing in the world IS having
A maid so true" he said.
Ills not to be compared" she answered
with having a trousseau made"
N Y Truth
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Too Previous.

Grace's eyes are full Of tears,
She's caught cold, fear;
She donned her new hiking garb
Toe early in the year.
up to Date.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
breaking the News

Papa, when horse laughs he kicks
up his heels, doesn't he?"
Il guess So"
We'll, old Bill has just laughed at
Bonnie. Won't you come out and carry
him in ON. Y. Truth
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Gets the DrOD on PeODIe,

Jorkins-Drugged and robbed! Wh5
don't you have some action taken IL tha
matter?
JObson-I can't. suppose the fellow
had my permission. YoQ see he was
my doctor.-Puck.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
A Thourht Anicce.

TWO souls with but single thought.
But nrt the same one. no;
He with her beauty is distraught--
She wishes ne would go.
--Chicago Record.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
He EXPLAINS.

Mrs. Brown-It's a shame the way
the early settlers killed off the Indians.
Mr.. Brown-They couldn't get close
enough, my dear, to chloroform them.
Puck
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03

They say that ghosts appear in the
windows of that old haunted house
every night"
boo! l must say don't fancy that
Kind of window shades. Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
M Checks.

The college boy now grieves about
This paradox unwilling;
Because his fathers loving caro-
Appears so unremitting.
-Judca
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Arithmetic.

1 count not lovers by bruised hearts
That is not my plan at all
1 score them up by the wheels that stand
In the rack out in the hall
N. Y. Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Minister Woodford Leaves for Homo.

PARIS, May .. = Gen. Woodford,
United States minister to Spain, sailed
from Havre Saturday on La Touraine
for New York. Before his departure
he said that Italy and Austria are the
only two countries now holding com
munications regarding the future OF
Spain. There is not at present, he add
ed, any movement for peace.
Nothing Reliable From Manila Before
Monday.
WASHINGTON. May ,. - There was
no possibility of hearing from Manila
Saturday. The navy department says
it will be Monday or later before reli-
able news comes.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03

"Who is the belle to-night?" asked she,
As they stood on the ballroom floor.
He looked around the room to see
And she speaks to him no more.
Harlem Life.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
For That Tired Feeling.

The trouble with full many a man,
Upon this whirling cled,
Is that he thinks he needs a drug,
When he only needs a prod.
Chicago Daily News
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Difficulties I'm the Way.

81 believe in an aristocracy OF intel
lect"
'Oh. don't know! There would be
the same old scrap as to who would be-
long to it.''-Puck.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
K0 %, II (
SlflyIE[ziT j5Ezi i!jE5 4
A SeriOuA Case.

Mrs. O'Grady-An' how's Mr.. O'Reilly
this marnin'?
Mrs. O'Reilly-Worse, honey. He was
taken with another disease lasht noight.
Mrs. O'Grady-An' fwhat is that
same?
Mrs. O'Reilly-The doctor called ii
convaleshcnt!- Tit-Bits.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Ammunition for the Fleet on Havana.

TAMPA, Fla, April a9.-The naval
tender Fern, heavily laden with am
munition, sailed Thursday morning
for the feet off Havana. She is being
convoyed hv the gunboat Annapolis.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Mr.. BlaLd's Amendment De feated.

WAsHINGToN, April SO.-Mr. BANDS
amendment to issue $4,000 900 of
greenbacks was defeated by o vote OF
100 to Ia.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03

Jink-My dear MacFuddle, it's the
very thing you want! Charming house
lovely spot! Cheap, too. But one
great drawback. You can't get any
water thercl
MacFuddle-O, that doesn't matter!"
london Punch.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Ore-dnin- IL

What makes YOU think s. doesu't
care much for his wife?''
Because he's always so attentive 70
he- in public. brooklyn Lie.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03

First Commercial Tourist-You just
ought to see the orders l get from my
house.
Second Commercial Tourist = That
so? 1 get mine from the trade.-Chica-
go Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03

How They Garry Their Pole.
You will find it a difficult matter
To move with the people of rank,
For, to walk on society's tight rope,
Your balance must be at the bank.
Puck.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03
Not "a Popular Kind.

Don't mum! Don't stop 'emI
They've got bet on! "-Ally Sloper.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-03

She-But, George, suppose papa set
ties my dowry on me in my own right?
He-Well, my dear gir!, it's-er-
nothing to HE if he does.-LondOn
Punch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A Panic on a Trolley C~ar-Several Per-
sons Injured, One Fatally, by
Jumping from the Car.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, Aug. 25.-DurinS a
heavy thunderstorm yesterday light
ming struck Il summer car on the Sec
ond-avenue traction line as it waT
passing Greenwood avenue, and. as =
result, one passenger is dead, anothe:
will probably die, and four others ara
badly hurt.
The car, which contained abou.
twelve passengers, was travelling a.
about Il 2O-mile rate, when the boz
struck it. exploding the motors AMI
setting fire to the car. The passengers
were panic stricken and made frantts
efforts to escape through the tightly
drawn canvas sides. Mr.. Fear. ~
jumping, aiightcd on his head. crush
ing his skull in a horrible manner. he
lived but a short time. All the ill.,
jured received their hurts in attemp,-
ing to jump before the a came to !"
standstill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
AN CLEW.
A Clerk Tells of Selling an Unmarked
Box of Candy to a Strange
Woman,

STOCKTON, Cal, Aug. 21.-Frank Cat.
rell, a salesman in the Wave Candy
store, says that about three weeks ago Il
woman came into the store and
asked for a four-bit box of candy
saying that she haG some candy
that she desired to put in
the box with some of the store candy.
Gatrell gave her Il box which did not
have the firm name on it. The candy
which she put in looked old to him,
and it scarcely half filled the box. He
says he did not examine the lady
closely, and can only describe her by
saying that she was of medium height
and build.
Gatrell could not fix the time OF SELL
ing the candy in question any more
definitely than that it was about three
weeks ago. He was positive, however,
that there were chocolate creams
among the candy, besides other French
candies. w. L. Kuhn. proprietor OF
the store, says that he would know
both the box and the candy again
should ne see them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

ing silcs and cellars, and will save
time and money on any farm if prop
erlv handled.
The stacker consists of one long post
or pole set solidly in the ground and
extending 30 to 40 feet in the air, a
short arm of ten or twelve feet, and
the necessary ropes and pulleys. The
arm is fastened at the height desired
by boiling onto an iron band. some
times made from an old ~wagon-tire
inserted in a groove or collar cut
around the post. \ strong wire, rope
or chHin is hen fastened TO the outer
end of the arm, or derrick, and on a
band made to circle round near the tor
of the pole. Three pulleys are suffi-
Gent TO hoist the load, and a small
rope in the hands of the man on the
stack or ground enables him to pull
the hOisted load wherever desired.
As no one has disturbed the farm
ers using the derrick, it is supposed
the stacker is not patented, hence no
royalties will be demanded of anyone
who wishes TO make one.-Joel Sho
maker. in Farm and Fireside.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
MAY BE DISAPPOINTED,
tisgo Clamoring for Pay From the
Customs Revenue.

New YORK, Aug. 25.-A dispatch
to the Herald from Santiago de Cuba
says:
Customs Collector Donaldson is find.
ing the duties of his office more extern
sive than he probably had any idea OF
at first. He has had the difficult task
of dealing with the entire ecclesiasti-
cal establishment of the province.
The entire clergy, from Archbishop
Cresno down, sen in the monthly i'm
press for the payment of salaries.
The archbishop's salary originally was
$4,000, but has been reduced to S12.-
600, owing, as stated in the impress
to the bad condition of the treasury.
To Mr.. Donaldson was also presented
claims from the professors of the insti-
tute schools, police and other bodies,
all of whom were paid under the Span
ish regime by the head of the customs
department.
The claims were tabulated and sub
mitted to Gen. Shafter. who will ash
for instructions from Washington.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
THE ALIEN LABOR LAW.
Put 1t in Force-Italians Import
ed to SuppIant Canadians.

BUFFALO, y. Y, Aug. 25.-A special
from Hamilton. Ont, says: \ gang of
about sixty Italian laborers have been
imported from Buffalo by the Grand
Trunk authorities to work on the
double-tracking of the system between
Hamilton and Burlington. A gang
of Canadian wOrkmen were discharged
to make room for the imported Ital,
ians. The Canadians called on L. II.
MACPHERSON. NJ. p, and asked to have
the alien labor law brought to bear
against the railroad people and have
the Italians sent back.
Mr.. MACPHERSON told them no officer
had been appointed in the district tc
enforce the law, but gave them a letter
to ex-Nayor Murrich, of Toronto, who
had been appointed by the Dominion
government for the purpose, and WHIT
will be asked to investigate the cir.
cumStanceS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
THE COUNTRY OF THE CAR.

Russian papers complain that the
Siberian railway, instead of civilizing
the regions through which it passes,
is teaching the natives the art of rob
bling trains.
Ornithologists must be very inlu-
entail in Russia to succeed in almost
making a government matter of the
great exhibition of birds which is to be
held in ST. Petersburg.
In the next seven years, it is now
stated, Russia will spend e51 600
on her navy, for which she will get
eight battleshiPs, 16 cruisers, one sub
marine mine transport, one torpedo
transport, 90 ~destroyers and so tor
pedo boats.
Russia has curious PROSECUTING meth
DDS. The ear has presented the Bull
garian people with the complete EOS
tunes for a hundred Russian plays
taken from the wardrobes of the St.
Petersburg and Moscow court the
aters. They comprise $500 separate
articles of dress, valued at 10000 rou-
bleS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

Vs llR]5&
AS.fS'
THE DERRICK STACKER.
A Western Device Which Gives Gen.
eraI Satisfaction in Hosting
Hay and Grain.

The derrick stacker is in use in many
sections of the west, and gives general
satisfaction il hosting hay, straw and
grain. 1t is made stationary, and can
be used in making a round stack, with
the pole in the middle, or for lifting hay
or grain 10 a platform, from which il
may be put in the barn. This simple
device is also handy for stacking on
sheds, saving all the heavy pitching
from the wagon. Some farmers have
the derricks set against the barn, and
use them for hosting machinery tc
the top floor in winter and letting II
down in the spring. The derrick will
be found handy for filling and empty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
NOTES FOR B~EEKEEPERS.

Drones are the male bees.
Have a good supply of hives in readi
ness.
DrOncs have no stings and no means
of defense.
Cross, singing bces are usually the
result of improper handling.
Keep plenty of room above the brood
nest for the storage of honey.
\ colony hat seems slow in building
up may have a defective queen.
Much surplus honey cannot be Sc,
cured if the bees are allowed to swarm
al will.
Rough treatment will not succeed,
but will irritate the bees beyond re-
demption.
Colonies worked for extracted honey
are less inclined to swarm than those
for comb honey.
Use one-pound section boxes in the
crates and the best crates for holding
them on the hives.
As the season advances and the hive
becomes crowded with bees. more ven.
t~iIation should be given.
Swarming may often be discouraged
by giving a young queen to the hive
that is getting ready to swarm.
To hive Il swarm right is to hive all
the bees. and if the queen is there at all
She will be in the hive with them.
To obtain a crop of honey in a prof
liable manner, the surplus boxes must
be ready TO put in the hives when
needed.
\ section filled with comb in which
there is little honey put in the surplus
cases will entice the bees into the upper
ones.
Moth worms are very destructive to
empty combs in the hives where the
bees have died and in those put away
unoccupied.
The best way to get rid of moth
worms in empty combs is to put the
combs in empty boxes and fumigate
them with burning sulphur.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
SAFE BLOWER ARRESTED.
petrated in Michigan Charged
to His Account.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-George Wagner,
alias George Whitney. ex-cOnvict and
expert safe blower, is under arrest
here, charged with robbing the Bank
of Richland, Mich, of So, 500 in cash
and negotiable securities.
Wagner was arrested at 2125 Wabash
avenue by officers who were watching
for him. They followed him into the
house, ard were compelled to fight des-
perately before they could subdue him.
The robbery, which occurred Au-
gust 5. was one of the boldest that has
ever been perpetrated in Michigan.
Enough dynamite was used to SKATER
the big safe in which the money was
kept and to wake up the town of Rich
land. The robbers escaped on a hand
car
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
WOMAN AND HER WAYS.

Girls know how every young man
tips his hat.
woman thinks the chief purpose of
keys is to lose them.
Probably every girl has wished at
some time hat she had curly hair.
Any woman who won't work is soon
spotted by the rest of the neighbors.
Some ONE worry so much over not
having any time TO rest that they
don't enjoy it when they have time.
Nothing bores a wOman so much as
to have anyone agree with her when
she ~deprecates her own housekeeping.
Anywomanw Who works in her kitchen
Is rot recognizable rs the same ildi.
vidual whCE ,yOu meet her down town.
-WaShirptOn Ga.O Democrat. I
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
Training the Heifer Calf.

A heifer calf intended for a dairy
COW should be trained from birth with
this end in view. 1t should be handled
from the start, taught to lead,
and not to be handled, made
gentle and tractable. The feeding
should be done to develop her milk
giving qualities. Give her a ration that
will secure a good development of bone
and muscle rather than of fat. Keep
thrifty. but it is not as necessary &c
push the growth as with calves in.
tended for beet animals. \ little are
at the start will help immensely in Sc
curing 4 much better animal in every
way. While there is much in this
need if the best animal is secured care
to properly develop is also very essen.
tial.-Dakota Field and Farm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
FACTS ABOUT PENSIONS.
Original Grants Allowed and Pensioners
Observation-Disclosures of the Present
War Making Application.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2+-In the forth
coming annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions, Mr.. II. Clay Evans,
it will be shown that on jun 80, 1897,
there were on the rolls of the pension
bureau go, OLA pensioners. To this must
be added 6,S52 original claims granted
but not recorded, and 762 restorations
which were not entered at the time on
the books.
Commissioner Evans granted 63,64S
original claims during the past year
and restored 4,OS9 pensioners TO the
benefits of pensions. The pension
ers now aggregate 1,O4O,3 56.
More pensions were granted last ysGT
than at any time from 1869 to 1850.
There is absolutely no NEAR of
even approximating what the claims
will be under the recent war. The
pension Office has done nothing with
the claims that have been filed up to
this time. They do not aggregate 100,
and for the most part are claims OF
widows and the next of kin for the
soldier boys who fell before Santiago.
Before a claim can be perfected it
must contain the full record of the SOL
dier's service, and this information has
not yet been compiled by the war de-
partment. When this is done the
claims will be speedily taken up.
No additional legislation will be re.
quired to deal with the cases arising
from this a The present laws, the
authorities say. cover all that is ne
cessary, and claims will be adjudicate6
on the same lines as those of the civil
war.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

LONDON, Aug. 24.-At the Bow-streei
police court yesterday morning, Sil
John Bridge presiding, j. w. Jago
chief officer of the White Star steamer
Britannia, charged on a warrant issued
at the request of the United States
embassy with mail robbing and Snug
Cling. was formally discharged. He
was Immediately rearrested by the
British authorities on a charge of rob
berry within the British dominions,
this arrangement having been reached
by an agreement with the United
States embassy, which withdrew its
seouest for lagos extradition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
An AUSP|C|0US Opening.
Formal Meeting of the British.
Canadian and American Com
missioners in Quebec.
FIRST MEETING IN SECRET SESSION,
Inc FORMAL Work OF Organization Fol-
lowed by a Public Reception with
Speeches of Welcome and Responses
by the Internationally GIveI Place
to Cordially.

QUEBEC, Can, Aug. 24.-The ice ia
broken; the somewhat rigid British
tormallties of preliminary ~organiza-
ton are past; the commissioners have
become acquainted, and the body of in
~ternational ar~bitrators is now ready
for the hard work before them.
The ceremonies of organization took
place IN the parliament buildings yes.
terday, and while they were character
lied by a considerable degree of dig.
nifty, the utmost ~friendliness was man
ifest in every word and movement, and
an amicable adjustment of all ques-
tions is predicted by both the Ameri-
can and British commissioners.
AT noon the commissioners met in
private session in the legislative as
sembly, the upper house of the Quebec
parliament, all of the commissioners
except Congressman Dingley and Sir
James Winter being present. After
the formal exchange of credentials
Senator Fairbanks, as chairman of the
American delegation, named Lord
Iierschell, of England, as permanent
president of the joint commission.
Three secretaries were then chosen,
Chandler p. Anderson, representing
the Americans; w. c.. Cartwright, for
Great Britain, and Henry Bourassa, NJ.
T.. representing the Canadians.
A committee of four commissioners
was appointed to formulate a plan of
procedure.
After this work of organization was
finished, the commissioners proceeded
to the Legislative council chamber,
where Il public reception was rendered
them by Mayor 5. y. Parent and the
city council of Quebec. A small party
of the best citizens of Quebec and a
number of American and Canadian
ladies occupied the first rows OF seats
in the gallery.
Everything was done with the great
est degree of formal precision. The
commissioners filed into the chamber
in advance of the visiting citizens and
stood about a long table during the
addresses. Lord Herschell stood at the
head of the British commissioners on
the east side of the table, and Senator
Fairbanks at the head of the Ameri-
can commissioners on the west side.
When the commissioners had taken
their places, Mayor Parent, standing
at the foot of the table, addressed
them. His words were delivered first
in French and then in English, and ex-
tended Il hearty welcome to the city,
once the cradle, then the bulwark and
now the center of activity of the ma
ton.
To this Senator Fairbanks responded
in a brief but happy effort, and was
followed by Lord Herscbell on behalf
of the British commissioners, at the
close of whose speech the commission
ers left the building.
During the afternoon Don NJ. Dick
inson, and Il number of gentlemen of
the western states, interested in the
Canadian lumber trade, had a confer
nee with the American commission
ers.
Congressman Dingley arrived during
The afternoon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
K l A LONG RIDE.
From Lowell, Mass, to San Fancisco b.
Wheel by December L, to Comply
with the Terms of "A Wager.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug. 25.-E-
Victor Sergeant and Robert Mckisson,
both of Lowell, passed through this
city Tuesday evening on bicycles on
their way to San Francisco, which
place they must reach by December l.
without the assistance of railroad or
steamboat conveyance. to aatisfy "a
wager made by the members of the
Vesuer Country club of Lowell.