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Vol. XVII.
GOLDSBORO. N. G.. THURSDAY JXJNK 3. 1897.
NO 16
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Mr. Frank Bryan is home from
Uhapel Hill.
Miss Sallio Lee is at home from
Pence Institute for vacation, to
I ho great pleasure of her many
friends here.
Mb. R. Li. Kornegay is having
the paint brush used pretty free
ly on the offices of the Electric
Light Company, the Water
Works ai d the storti of Mr. J.
B. Watson.
Misses Katie and Irene Weeks,
of llovrdens, N. O., after sSend-
injr a few days visiting their
cousins Misses Fannie and Susan
Weeks, in this city, have returned
hi me.
The Goldsboro Book Store has
put a new awning in front of their
store, which is intended to take
place oi ine snaae tree tnat was
blown down somo months ago by
the vitd. .
The first ripe peaches of the
season and the earlitst we have
heard of as grown in these parts,
were gathered this morning from
the garden of Mr. A. D. Ward,
iu this city.
The handsome residence of Mr.
Geo. C. Royall will soon be ready
for occupancy. When completed
there will be nothing near so
modern or so convenient in this
city or any other in the State.
Bis Excellency Gov. Russell
has notified our townsman Dr. J.
D. Spicer of bis appointment as
a member of the State Board of
Bealtb, which will soon be pub
lished complete.
The excursion of Messrs. Hatch
Bros, to Wilmington and Wrights
ville on the 16lh of June, promi
ses to be well patronized. It will
be the first of the season, and
everybody will want to go.
These is talk cf a bicycle race
among local riders for the cham
pionship, to come off at an early
day, on Mr. Bennett's splendid
track, near this city. Consider
able interest is already engenered,
and several prizes have been of
fered. Let's have the race.
Mr. Frank Evans,- the clever
superintendent of the Goldsboro
Water Works, is a hustler in all
that the word implies. He has
had several improvements made
since he has taken charge and has
in contemplation several more
that will be of material benefit and
convenience to their many patrons.
r'w that imposing and tower
ing new telegraph poles have been
placed throughout the city, would
it not be well for both the tele
graph and the electric light com
panies to paint these poles ? It
would add greatly to their ap
pearance and enduranco, and like
wise, also help the looks of things
generally..
, Mr. Jas. Clifton, in the employ
of tl e Singer Sewing Machine
Company, now located in Wilson,
and Miss Sudie Andrews, daughter
of Mrs. Nancy and the late VV. R,
Andrews, were married in this
city Wednesday, at the home of
the bride's mother, and left on the
noon train for Wilson, Elder Jno.
W. Gardner officiating. The
Argus extends its best wishes.
Mr. Jesse W. Stanley, South
eastern representative of the
Cincinnati Coffin Company, ar
riV"d in the city Friday to
spend his 40lh birthday
with "the loved ones at home.
He has been with the above well-
known and reliable company for
aore than a d(.zn veers, and
deserves, as we are sure he pos
sesses, their unlimited, conn
dence. Tesse does not seem to be
growing old, and we doubt not
that it will give his friends pause
and surprise to learn that he is
forty. The Argus wishes him
mauy happy returns of bis natal
day.
A turtle, weighing 750 pounds,
was brought in on the Atlantic &
North" Carolina Railroad Friday
from Morehead City and trans
ferred to the Southern train to be
carried to the State Museum at
Raleigh. , This large production
of the sea proved quite a crowd'
drawing attraction during its stay
in our eity. Several hundied peo
pie crowded around the trains to
get a glimpse of the monster. A
great many people believe it to be
a thousand years old, and the cor-
. rogated shell on its back of sev
eral inches thickness indicates that
they are not far from right.
TIRED, nervous and weak men and
Women find now life, nerve strength,
vigor and vitality In Hood's Sartapa
riila, wnicb purines, vitalizes ana en
riches the blood.
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family cathartic, easy to
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the favorite
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Royal Baking Powder Co.,
New York.
REY. SAM JONES.
Writes About "Society Gamblers"
and "Stage Artists."
The following lines were writ
ten by Sam Jones, while he was
conducting a meeting at Augusta,
Ga., recently:
In Augusta, as in Atlanta, high
society's gambling is written up
with a great flourish in the socie
ty columns of our daily papers.
The gambling of low society is
quietly registered on the books
at police headquarters. The high
society gamblers exhibit their sil
verware, cut-glass vases and other
so-called souvenirs of the game
to their admiring callers". The
gamblers of the lower circles
quietly slip their money in their
pockets. The high society gam
blers teach the boys and girls of
our best home to gamble; the gam
blers of the lower circles usually
play only with confirmed gam
blers. The gambler of the higher
circles take the poor boys and
girls from Christian homes, de-
baunch them by gambling and
then drop them into the depths;
the gamblers of the loAver circles
gamble with those who are al
ready fallen. The gamblers of
the higher circles teach our boys
and girls to be drunkards, by sip
ping punch from cut-glass bowls;
the lower order of gamblers con
tinue this appetite with liquor
rom the old black bottle. The
gamblers of the higher circles are
toasted by the world, while the
gamblers of the lower order are
roasted by the authorities. Av e
roast all gamblers alike. In Au
gusta, as in other cities, the com
mercial gambler of the higher
circles gambles on cotton futures,
grain futures and other uncertain
markets: the commercial gambler
of the lower order plays poker
or the clean stuft.
In Augusta, as in all large ci
ties, the higher circles ot society
feed their lusts in the licensed
gilded theatres, as they look upon
the nude forms of immoral women
styled "stage artist;" the lower
classes feed their lusts on the li
censed houses of ill-fame, by their
association with lewd characters
called "soiled doves." To the
brmer place the husband takes
his wife and pure children; to the
atter place he goes alone. In the
'ormer place, our pure girls and
innocent boys sit side by side to
be debauched; from the latter
place our pure girls are shielded
and only a wayward boy is occas
ionally caught. In the former
the wives and mothers of our coun
try are debauched, by looking on
immoral scenes, as all kinds of
domestic immoralities and lustful
tricks and intrigues are presented
upon the stage, suggesting tricks
and plans and ways and means
which have been the downfall of
thousands of our once happy
homes. In the latter, only the
husband is debauched, while pure
wife lingers "at home with the
children. In the former the im
pure woman is toasted by high
society as an actress; in the latter
the poor woman is roasted by
the police as a "scarlet woman.
The former feeds lust in its in
fancy; the latter feeds the full de
veloped lust. The former mti
mates the jnnocent; the latter
receives only the guilty. We roast
the former; we pity the latter.
GOLDSBORO GRADED SCHOOLS
Prof. J. I. Foust, Superintendent.
WHITE SCHOOL:
Tho3. A. Shaiipe, Principal.
TEACHEKS ;
Miss Anna Lewis,
Miss Ada Blair,
Miss Sallie K. Stevens,
Miss Jennie Boyall,
Miss Minnie Slocumb,
Mrs. Mary B. Griswold,
Miss Rebecca Humphrey,
Miss Anna Farrior,
Mrs. M. O. Humphrey,
Miss Etta Spier,
Miss M. M. Carrow,
Miss Caddie Fulghum,
Miss Mattie Nash.
COLORED SCHOOL:
Rev. C. Dillard, Principal.
teachers:
Julia A. Amee,
Susie C. McLamb,
W. A. Smith,
M. E. Dortch,
Georgia Peel.
C.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES :
B. Aycock, Chairman.
W. G. Brut, Treasurer.
Henry Weil, G. W. Langston,
E. B. Borden, N. W. Musgrave,
J. W. Bryan, W. T. Yelverton.
from rr.S.Jomalf lfeSfcAtt
Prof. W. H. Peeke, who
makes a specialty ot
Epilepsy, has without
doubt treated and cur
ed more cases than any
livinsr Physician ; nis
success is astonishinsr.
We have heard of cases
of so years' standing
cureu vy
him. Ho
publishes a
valuable
work on)
this dis
ease, which)
he senda
with
laree bot.
tie of his abfiotate cure, free to any sufferers
who may send their P. O. and Express address.
We advise any one wishing a euro to address
tsoLW, S. TSESS, Jt, i)., 4 Cedar St Sew Tor
Unto
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Choosing
George
a Husband.
If there is any one institution
of which the citizens of Golds
boro are proud more than anoth
er, it is the Goldsboro Graded
School. Its influence has been
far-reaching in many instances.
It has made it possible for chil
dren born in obscure homes, in
the cabin, or in disgrace, to at
tain self-respect and usefulness in
the community. It is helping to
raise the whole population on the
grand table-land of humanity.
The Goldsboro Graded Schools
were established mainly by the
late J. A. Bonitz, a true patriot,
who desired to build up every
community with which he came
in contact. And this community
sustained him nobly. A charter
was obtained from the Legisla
ture, witn scarcely any opposi
tion. When the laws were found
to be unconstitutional, the men of
this town put their hands in their
pockets. They generously said,
and most humane, that no child,
be it ever so poor, should be ex
cluded from the school. That
spirit has much to do with the
success of this school. Not only
has this been the case, but there
are men in this community who
have given, not only their tax to
support the school, but put their
hands in ther pockets and given
of their private means to encour-
pupils with prizes and re
wards and to encrease their libra-
-i i i i t i i
ry, ana aviio snow tnat it is more
blessed to give than to receive;
whose love of country and love
humanity is stronger than love of
self than love of money.
And the next thiug in building
up this school has been the char
acter of the trustees. From the
study of the history of this
school, they have ever had m
view only one idea to secure for
the school the very best talent
that was obtainable anywhere.
They have supported them before
the public and have given them
authority to manage the schools
as best and wisest. To our wise
school board, to their generosity,
to their unselfishness and good
common sense is due the great in
fluence of our school. And then
to the teachers themselves. Is
there any school anywhere that
can present a stronger or better
known or more honorable list of
teachers, . than the Goldsboro
Graded School?
The influence of our school and
its great power are due to the
men who have governed it. Every
man on the list of Superinten
dents is a graduate of a universi
ty or a college. livery man on
the list represents training and
culture. Every man was there
for the work the upbuilding of
the work. Moses and Claxton
from the University of Tennes
see; Alderman, Mclver, Howell,
Connor and Foust from the Uni
versity of North Carolina and
Shaipe, our present princi
pal, of Chapel Hill, and Ar
nold from Trinity College. An
honorable list, may it never be
weaker. But the great lesson o:
the school is from those that it
teaches. The character of the
boys and girls that have been to
at: that have gone to other coun
pes, univers ities and institutions
til over the United Stabes, they
aave made the reputation of the
school; they have made the repu
tation of the teachers of the
school: they have made the in
fluence of the school.
A larger number of children
EUot savs
in one of ner novels,
that almost any woman
can marry any man she
makes up her mind to.
Whether this is truth
or fiction, certainly a
woman chooses her
husband oftcner than
he knows it. But she
must play the negative
part. She can only
TT . . V f 1irir it attrac
tive as tiossible in a modest, womanly way
and rely upon human nature and manly
instinct.
A sensible man naturally seeks a wholesome-looking,
healthy, capable companion.
Men are not unselfish enough to willingly
assume the care of a weak, nervous, de
bilitated wife.
Men ate not attracted by a sallow, pimply
complexion, foul breath, or tliin, emaciated
form, because these- symptoms are the sure
index of poor digestion and impoverished
blood.
A woman afflicted by these mortifving
miseries should seek the powerful, purify
ing and nutrimental influence of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, which com
pletely dispels all unwholesome appear
ances by clearing and renovating the organic
sources of healthful vitality.
It helps the liver to filter all bilious im
purities from the blood. It gives the diges
tive organs power to extract nourishment
from the food. It rounds out thin forms ;
wipes away wrinkles, and gives to the com
plexion its natural clearness and bloom.
"Your "Golden Medical Discovery' cured mi
of a severe caeof poisoning of the blood,"
writes Mrs. Selia Ricca, of Coast, Santa Cruz Co.,
Cal. " Boils one after another would break out on
my arms, and were verv painful. I have tried the
loudly praised SarsaparillnR without any benefit
whatever, and not until I. took your Discovery
did I get well. That was two years ajzo, and I
have not had a boil or sore of any kind since."
have
year
finement
received during the past
a lamer percentage of re
nd moral training,
which comes through education,
physical culture and moral schools
within the limits of Goldsboro,
than it is possible for them io
receive under the private school
system. In point of numbei,
therefore, we see the great supe
riority the great benefit which
comes from public co-operation,
contributed towards the support
of the institution. It is not a
mere matter of numbers. It is
not a mere matter that the entire
community has the ennobling in
fluence of training; that the char
acter of that instruction is better
than the character of any in
struction given in this countv.
The' blade of public education is
clearer and sharper than if
wielded by private hands.
Now, the life of the Goldsboro
schools has established, First,
that we receive more education
than can be procured by private
agencies. Ine bulletins: lnwnicn
the school is now conducted was
probably erected early in the
50's o2 '53 or
has stood
years. It was built lor scnool
purposes;- 30 years of its exis
tence to private schools and 16
to public schools. There have
sen 5 schools conducted there,
hose schools educated so few
people, and made so little im
pression upon the community and
State at large, that the memory
of them has almost gone. How
different it is now! We have en
rolled now in these schools over
six hundred pupils.
AVhat will the children do who
will receive from this school their
education? What will those do
who have received their diplomas
of graduation this week? Are
they not now filled with a sense
of gratitude to the school and
the community that has done so
much to epuip them to fight the
battles of life? And will they
not resolve that, the children born
in the cabins shall receive the
same advantages of education as
those who may live in homes of
affluence? We are persuaded
that they will, and that they will
use the means within their reach
to better equip the school for the
noble work which it is doing.
there quite 45
THE ROMAN GAMES AND FES
TIVALS.
BY J. TYSOJf DORTCH. J
At their best the Roman Gj.mes
were only a degraded imitation of
the Greek! The Greeks being more
successful in theirs because the no
blest thought it an honor tp partici
pate, while the early Romans, in
their staunchness and nobleness of
character, considered it a disgrace
for one of noble birth to contend be
fore the eyes of the multitude; but in
the privacy of his home he was phys
ically the equal of the Greek.
The first Roman Games of which
wc have any description, were those
exhibited by Marcus and Decimus
aBrutus at the funeral of their father
m the year 264 B. C. Thus they
originated in a religious ceremony,
and were henceforth considered as
such. " When a divine favor was de
sired from a god, a vow of Games
and Festivals was made to him, and
each of the great gods had his own
festival month.
The Satumalian Games were the
greatest of these. They were held
in the month of December, and
usually lasted seven days. This was
a time of general mirth and feasting,
comuiemorating the free and easy
rule of the ancient Saturn. All bus
iness affairs, both private and pub
lic, were stopped, slaves were put on
equal terms with their masters, and
even criminals and captives were al -lowed
certain privileges.
But as the Romans became more
luxurious, and their character less
noble and reimed, their nature de
manded more exciting spectacles
than comedies, tragedies, and musi
cal exercises ' of the Greeks it de
manded the real thing. It was not
their nature to be satisfied with the
feigned death of an actor they
wanted him really dead, and their
craving for blood-shed was gratified
by the gladiatorial and wild beast
fights. At first connected with the
Saturnalia they soon became too
popular to be restricted to certain
dates, and after a time the taste for
these brutal contests grew to a pas
sion, and unmindful of their reli
gious significance, politicians used
them as a road to popularity, and
successful generals in honor of their
victories. At the opening of the
Colosseum there was a slaughter of
11,000 beasts, and the great Ciesar
at one time exhibited 300 pairs of
Gladiators clad in silver armor. j
There were two kinds of these
games: those exhibited at the Circus
Maximus, and those held at the Am
phitheatres. The circus was the
fashionable resort, and literally a
betting ring. Here were usually
held the horse and chariot races,
which the Romans greatly delighted
in. The throng who filled the Am
phitheatres were more numerous
and less select, although " the noble
Romans had charge of affairs. Here
were held the gladiatorial contests
and the wild beast fights, the brutal
ities of which still exist, in - a slight
measure, in the Spanish bull fights.
They show the coarseness, and tbe
cruelty, and the greed for blood in
the otherwise noble Roman charac
ter. They were advertised generally
by public announcements, and on
the day of the exhibition, the Glad-
ators marched to the Arena, where
they were matched in pairs and had
their weapons and armor examined
by the officers m charge. Long be
fore the appointed hour hundreds
of spectators took their seats be
neath the awnings, gorgeous with
purple and gold. Before the open
ing they were regaled with sweet
1 n a i 1
music ana reiresements. At tne
shout of command and the sound of
a bugle the contest began. When a
Gladiator was badly wounded he
threw down his arms, and held up
his fore-finger as a plea for his life,
which was often the privilege of the
people, more often that of the
Vestal Virgins, but during the em
pire, that ot the .Lmperor. Ihe more
blood shed the more inflamed the
spectators grew, and even the maid
ens reviewed thesecombats with
eager eyes, and would unfeelingly
turn down their thumbs and show
not the slightest signs of pity for
the conquered. The smell of blood
was drowned by the fragrance of
Oriental perfumery, dispersed
through the building by tubes, and
the shrieks of the dying were lost in
the medley of musical instruments.
The clots of blood were covered
with sawdust, and the killed and
mortally wounded were dragged
from the Arena by the numberless
attendants. The Romans at times
became so frenzied with the sight of
blood that they would rush into the
Arena and take part in the contest;
sometimes the Emperors, and even
women, thus debased themselves,
The Emperor Aurehus Commodus
fought seven hundred and thirty.
five times as a common Gladiator
before his depraved subjects. .
If possible the wild beast fights
were even more revolting than the
Gladiatorial combats, because un
trained captives, and - defenceless
christians, some of them delicate wo
men, were pitted against ferocious
animals. At one time twenty mad
dened elephants were turned m
utjon 600 war captives, and the ani
mals were often goaded against each
other. This slaughter caused a
great demand for strange animals,
and all the provinces were searched
for them, which when "captured and
carried to Rome brought exorbitant
nrices. Noble game became scarce.
and it was prohibited by law to kill
a lion, even in self defense. The
animals were kept shut up and were
deprived of all food except just
enough to sustain them, and they
were inflamed in every possible man
ner, so that they would be ferocious
on the day of their exhibition before
the enervated Romans.
Haval ngnts were also very popu
lar. J.ne Arena was so arranged
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PAiiKKR'S GWGEB IONIC Many wlio were huuo I , , i j , tt
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women
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Reliance
After Many Discouragements They
Turn to Munyon.
Mrs. J. EX Wood, 37 Auburn Averma,
Atlanta, Ga,, says: "I have been a mar
tyr to dyspepsia for years. Everything
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tonstipation, jaundice, torpid
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Cleanses sad beantifiea the hate
Promote a larari&nt ffrowth.
If ever Fails to Restore and
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Cum tcaip disease! & hair falling
BY HERMAN WEIL.
wbuk. ana aeniutatea rrom my
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A few weeks' use of Munyon's Dyspep
sia. Cure cured me completely. It acted
ts a strong tonic to my stomach, and
built up my strength In an almost mar
velous manner."
Munyon has a separate cure for each
Blsease. At all druggists. Mostly 25 centa
. pe?al letters to Prof. Munyon,
1.505 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., an
rwered with free medical advice for any
alseaa.
vessels were placed and manned
with Gladiators, and at the shout of
command a naval battle began which
equaled any in bravery and daring
held on the Sea. The Emperor Au
gustus was accustomed to introduce
all kinds of novelties for the pleas
ure of his guests, and one of the
most enjoyable of them was the
Egj ptian Crocodile Hunt, in which
crocodiles were captured and placed
in the flooded Arena where they
were pursued and killed by the de
lighted Romans. Even at feasts
blood was the only stimulant that
could arouse the jaded appetite of
the Romans, and indeed they seldom
ever went to one where their cravings
were not satisfied.
These brutalizing exhibitions con
tinued for a long time, when finally
a christian monk,Telemachus,mshed
into the Arena in the midst of a
i fight and ordered the combatants in
the name of Christ and humanity to
desist. As a result he was torn to
pieces by the mob. But from that
time the public games became less
frequent and were fiaally abolished
by the Emperor Honorius in the
year 404.
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9
The President Apologizes.
President McKinley daily adds
to his reputation as the most po
lite man in Washington. Yester
day he rode to the Capitol, in
company with Secretary Porter,
to listen to the openair concert
of the Marine Band. The driver
of his carriage attempted to cross
the chalk line that encircled the
space beyond which vehicles are
not allowed to go. The policeman
on duty, not recognizing tne
distinguished occupants of the
carriage, took the horses by the
bridles, and, turning them about,
ordered the driver to move his
carriage back with the others.
The driver was about to protest
when the President, leaning out
of the carriage, took off his hat,
made his regulation bow, apolo
gized for the mistake, and orders
ed his carriage to the place re
served for the vehicles of all
kinds.
100 REWARD $100.
The readers of The Argus will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
rot beea able to cure in all its stages
tnat is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
the only positive- cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
connstitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly unon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destioymg the
foundation oi the disease, and giving
the patient strength by toning up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors nave so
much faith in its curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of deafness, (caused
by Catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
P. J. Cheney & Co., Props ., Toled o,
igTSold by druggists 75c
Attack on Chinese Mission.
San Francisco. May 28. The
Pacific Mail Company's chartered
steamer Glenavon arriyed to-day
from the Orient, bringing news
of a savage attack by Chinese on
the Protestant and Catholic mis
sions at Loli, in the Kwaugsi
province, and the murder of
Father Mazel, a Catholic piiest.
It is reported that tbe missions
at the neighboring town of Sailin
are threatened, f
C ascarets stimulate liver fcioneys
and bowels. Never sicktn, weaken or
gripe, 10
The year 1815 gave birth to the
vehicle which was the forerunner of
the modern bicycle. This was how
ever so heavy aad clumsy that it was
soon found impracticable. In 1869
M. Michaux, a Parisian, invented a
vehicle which bears a good deal of
resemblance to the wheel of to-day.
The two wheels of this were differ
ent sizes, the front wheel being
about six feet high and the rear one,
about a foot. These wheels were
connected by a backbone of iron and
it was propelled by two cranks at
tached to the axle of the front wheel.
A bicycle similar to this was manu
factured during the following year
by the Pope Manufacturing Compa
ny of Hartford Connecticut: The
weight of this wheel was much less
than the one first made by Michaux
and it had rubber tires, On account
of these changes it met with much
more success than had any former
wheel. The next radical improve
ment was the addition of cushion
Tires. This was somewhat like the
solid rubber tire but it was larger
and with a hole in the centre, thus
making the tire more resilient.
Because of the danger incurred in
learning to ride the high wheel, in
1886 a bicycle called a safety was
made, although some beginners
claim that it is a misnomer The
danger of learning to ride being thus
reduced to a minimum, many people
who had hitherto considered the
wheel a danger and also a great folly,
altered their views and a good num
ber began to ride them.
In 1891 pneumatic tires were first
applied to the bicycle. This caused
it to run much more easily and
smoothly than before and gained for
it many riders. The patrons of the
bicycle have increased so rapidly in
the last twenty years, that in place
of the one manufacturer of 1870 thei-e
are now over a thousand. The
weight of the bicycle has been re
duced to about twenty-two pounds
and it has been improved in so many
particulars that one wonders in
what way it can be further bettered.
Bicycling has become a great pas
time and it is estimated that there
are now over two million cyclists in
the United States. Similar to other
sports in which speed is a large fac
tor, constant practice has shown
what can be done with the bicycle.
A relay of riders rode from Wash
ington in Denver, a distance of over
two thousand miles, in six days, and
much better time was made in the
last rely race, although some rough
country had to be traversed. One
man had in his alloted ride to cross
a trustle a half a mile long, the cross
ties being eighteen inches apart.
This relay was from San Francisco
to New York. The distance was divid
ed into four hundred and three relays.
Doctors consider the wheel a
great health restorer and, strange to
say, prescribe cycling botn tor re
ducing and for gaining flesh. Many
ride for these reasons.
The most important and best re
sult of the bicycle is the improve
ment of roads. A good that is likely
to constantly increase. Around all
the large cities there are now roads
for cycling and some of those extend
for a long distance.
Many States, on account of the fa
tal accidents which are continually
happening on the crowded thorough
fares, in which the wheelman always
gets the worse, have expended much
money for building roads for bicy
cles, and New York has lately passed
bill authorizing the construction
of a bicycle way upon the top of
Croton aqueduct running for forty
miles through a beautiful part of the
country, north of the city.
Another great road which is now
being constructed is that between
Baltimore and Washington and this
doubtless will become a great resort
for cyclists.
The South, as yet, has few good
roads for cycling, but thevheelmen
are beginning to demand them. Ine
most noticeable use of the bicycle
so far made by the South was in a
recent election in Alabama when the
Birmingham Cycle Club, composed
of thirty members, went all over the
State and brought in the returns be
fore midnight. To accomplish this
over two thousand miles had to be
traversed and for- the first time in
the history of the Stat the result of
the election was known the next
morning. The wheel is a great help
to the business-man, especially in a
large city, when his business locali
ty is urobablv two or three mues
from his home, and some men claim
that the car fare alone that is saved
in eierht or ten months amounts to
as much as the cost of a wheel. It
is also much more convenient than
either cable or electric cars, there
being no stops or delays.
As a decided factor in the lessen
ins of travelling expenses, the bi
evele has been used by tourists and
students, singly and in companies
Travellers in a strange country
whose object was research more than
pleasure have used the bicycle and
at times found it more convenient
than a horse would have been. One
of the most difficult of such rides was
that made across Asia by two Amer
ican students, Allen and Sachtleben,
who after two years of endless mis
haps and narrow escapes, succeeded
in reaching California and from
thence thev came overland on their
wheels. Since that time Allen at
tempted to'cross Asia alone and was
murdered by some Arabs.
Probably the number of bicycles
in some of the towns of this State
will give an idea of its popularity. In
Charlotte there are about a thousand
wheels: in Raleigh about six hun
dred and fifty; in Newbern about
four hundred and, fifty, in Wilson
about two hundred and in Golds-
bord about three hundred, and fifty.
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