The Wichita daily eagle., 1899-08-29
ARE At NIAGARA
Wichita Tandem Riders to
Palestine.
GIVEN A NEW WHEEL
Racing With Automobiles on
New York Roads.

Chas. Musselman and Chas. Hatton.
who are riding tandem from Wichita 70
Palestine. have written the following let
ters from Niagara Falls:
Niagara Falls. n. Y. Aug. 81 1SsS-
Dear Boys-At last we have reached
the Falls, probably the most interesting
place on our journey. Other scenes may
have been more enjoyable, probably some
as beautiful, but none have inspired the
awe and magnifcence Of Natures beauty
as Niagara
Probably we Rad better time at Bluff
Park than we will have here. Blun Park
Is about mile from Montrose. Iowa We
iourneyed there with D. L. Musselman
and family on a Mississippi excursion
boat carrying about 300 people and had n
splendid time with n merry crowd of
young people on board. The steamer
went up through the canal past the rap
ids and landed at the Bluff itself On ac-
count Of this It remained but an hour
and returned down stream. leaving about
twenty-five people. including Mr.. Mussel-
mans family, all owners Of cottages. who
had journeyed khither for the summer.
Swimming is our strong point. and the
swimming we had there will probably
never be equailed. We would row our
boat into the channel where the water Is
40 feet deep. and then dive to our hearts
content. It was immense. Fishing was
not so slack. either. and the way we
would pull IN those big fish is too much
to tell about; but the biggest fish was
Prof Musselman himself. who weights
200 pounds He fell backwards into the
water from our boat and was heroically
rescued by Hatton.
I'VE left Bluff Park because we could
not take It with us) July %. crossing the
Mississippi in a boat Then we visited
the interesting village OF Nauvoo, which
is historic as the original home Of Joe
Smith. the Mormon leader. The ruins OF
the Mormon temple and the homo IN
which Smith lived were also visited. The
temple and home are connected by Sc
cret underground passage way which en-
abled the leader TO escape the Christians
when pursued.
''we made splendid time from Nauvoo
to Clinton, Iowa. on those splendid bike
paths, which just suited US. 1t was on
this run that our forks broke as we were
going down a rocky hill: but you know
all about that We have now recovered
consciousness, and only the scars remain.
Rock Islapd. Ill. and then Davenport.
Ia. were added to our list as we pe'laled
for I,eClasre, where Chas. II had rela-
tives. We thoroughly enjoyed the rest-up
and good time. Clinton Ia, came next.
and here we had n swell time. They
were waiting for the tandem riders. and
we were glad Of II. II was a reception.
| a party or a supper ali the tine we were
there. We took IN the bike raCes. hut
| they can't ride like A J. ". or John
| Gribi. After ten days OF solid comfort
| AT the home Of r HattOn and the Adams
residence. we rode into Chicago IN two
days.
'.It would be easier 20 tell what we did
not do than IN tell what we did do IN Chi
| cago. but among the most Interesting
poS1ts were the Art Institute. the Pubic
Library and the Morgan g. Wright tire
faceory. Our first visit was made 20 the
Art institute. where we saw the statues
Of rnos4 OF the characters Of GrecLan and
Rornan mythology. m well as the stat
ues. busts and portraits OF peTsonages
u-bo have made the history OF the world
| from the time o. Rameses OF Egypt DOWN
I 10 our own Dewey. Egyptian rnurruies
are Interesting. and the collection ~
Egyptian deities; equally a. intereFtlnE
| also are the paintings. drawings ana
| carvings OF The famed artists of ne
yvo,,d We iked the Public I.IbrarJ-. which
| "a the targest IN the United States az
| ra,4 The library a. Washington. d e
| Nv, blocks west a the Library & the 7
n = A the largest We have visiis7i. out
| the swimming pool r. 80 small Te ENJOY
ed the Mississippi and the lake more.
The N. 4 W tire factory vas N
s.-.,c.fve and was more 81 our ifDs tran
the extensive lurnbe. mills Which We w.
! ga 4, C-s,.gn. which are the IarEeS In
,Ae vr,~Id To yur surprise. Tzeh-eT -
| not melted but Is crushed ard pressed
t,,c aha,4. We SAW the wheels 20
/ rors,d. hat make everything frorn The
| t,,,.-r tube s,s bike 20 the tirss 81 ihe
/ r,odern a-gumo5fies aad sold tires fos
| carT1age-
..FaTsooed win cur neE 1res. = -
n,,sre.i bot nttie time for u - 80 fh-
o;hs-r etrhis Of Chicago. and ne ~ ths
/ rs,y three GAYS after our arrival
I'VE made \ q-sick rf1a from Chap -
/ coSbea- We cannot say too rnuca q ~
A-ssi eorrany. After oErrhaBi31z or
! ojd like. .h~y 6sciss5 that -s rsels3 a
new wheel becazlss - ths car1aze o'sss
/ s,,<ts4r--i 81 the ac1Gess. - tSeg @1fT
n the best ez-lnch diamond frAsne s!aF2s
s<ee-axe ,anSesa they had. Shie5 THfe
ftsliy as easily ss the c5ainissE Thfsta
| uhscz theT had loaned gE dgriEE or SAY
IN Gosbsa
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