Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-01-02
USE OF gYcLEs IN CHINA.
Much Used Eoreignera in the Cit-
 iea the Coast.

Ael tke Coast.
 Consul Gal Coodnow at Shang- hai reports the trade in bicycles in China incl hd very rapidly during the past seaand gives promise of even more raexpansion during the season now ling. Prior to 1897 very few bicy were in use on the Chinese eoastale now, in all ports where cyclingSossible, the habit is becoming almdniversal among for eigners.
 Society herays the consul gen. eral, lis dominaby the English, who claim that no nbr woman can hope to endure this 4te unless they de- vote considerabhrt of each and every day, rain. shine. to outdoor exercise and spot Horseback riding has been universmong those who can afford that pry; others take long walks daily.ie bicycle appeals to all-rich, midllass and poor and all classes ar&g it. The city of Shanghai is pefy flat. and some Of the roads Tn andbediately around the settlements abod Each na- tionality has gene1 bought wheels made in their owH Ie country. and at first the Hngllsfllel, with brake, mud guard and heaibina predom- mated. l believe thow the more graceful and lightererican wheels have the larger salel
 "No wheels are man China. nor do I believe they can bade here. No wheels are brought Ii a less rate of duty than thoge the United States. There are no we roads. as we understand that There are narrow paths for the pfrian or the horseman, but gsners not wide enough for vehicles; gty in dry weather, muddy iE. WetR rough all the time, they are practy impossi- b1e for wheeling.
 ssI'ew Chinese have as taken to l the wheel. Their elothinnot adap. ted to exercise, aud espHy not te l the wheel. No man abdhe eoolie
 class, in middle and nom China l appears in public other8 than ir long elothes-i. e., an ouoetticoat Teaching to his ankles. 1nW young
 CRinamen who fiGe here kr leave l d
 oHN this outer gaflaent teIhrily ol turp it up and fasten it al waist IheT also bring thS long qqof hail over \the shoulder and fastd at tn,
 waistpand. Their trousers ss lon, ana Iqll and paggy as thYerag' Wona1As divided skirr m Ahh, ant nave Anot yet seen a Chln4 rid \ withoutA a chain guard tob tn trousers from catching anqring NO Chlnease women ride. l Aseel it stated in American and En pa p@is that IF IS now common lhng hal for Chinese ladies to rid tn streets. NoKhing can be farthor the truth. 1Ahe Chinese womei ith better class a1e kept in absolu4lu sion from men Aother than those lei family. This Aule has not been le In the slightesA degree. Even h missionary schoApls, where the h, ters of the mercA Ahants and man, are educated, no Apan is allowed the girls.
 The customs re Aport of 1897 that in many impoA Artant produci imports from the u United States increased at the expYense of in from other nations. We are nea the market, freights ar e less acco ly, and the feeling of t be Chimes pie is more friendly to kmerican to the people of any othe r nation is the time to push our trade o coast. l do not believe tl, pat any method will give better r nor manent results than an e Eposit United States products at s bang
 "oii Al "nlcn hung II oaken Bucket" is situated on tn of Marshfield, only a short di from Scituate Centre, or fron Scituate, in the Cape Cod Massachusetts.
 The craze for sensation was more aptly illustrated than at cary Pa, where nearly a thousand pe viewed the twin sons of P. A. Dick ing in one coffin, and 405 carri; composed the funeral cortege.
 A Missouri locomotive recently 100 miles solely to carry "a bottle medicine. A physician brs\ke his and lockjaw followed, the mledicin cure him had to be brought from distance, and time meant life.
 A man died recently in town far from Philadelphia with the markable record of having besen jured twenty-five times in railroAad Some of his injuries v very serious, yet he lived to a goo1l age and died from natural causes 
 Last week a. woman of Dowli Ohio, dreamed that some goods sto from a store in the town in Janu had been hidden under a haystaek neighboring farm. The next day went with a constable to the stack, 2 found the most of the stolen goods.