MADAGASCAR. PEOPLE AND WAYS OF THE ma ISLAM I). The Two Lrmllnft Tribes Drwn and IMct or th Native -Peculiar Man-In; Customs -"llluod Ilrotliershlp." FEW people realize the vast area of Mnilafrascar, any a writer in tlio Nan Francisco (s Chronicle. Jt i the largest f slnnil in ttm world, counting Austra lia among the continent. It (rreat est length in 400 mi lor, wifh nn aver ago width of 'J50 miles, nnd the tou Ution in variously estimate. I nt from 1,0011,000 to l.'iiO.OOO. Tho general name of the inhabitant in Malagasy, lint they urn divided into it leant forty-live tribes. It. in it popular idea Hint the Malagasy nrn Africans, ns n mutter of fact they nro Malays, mitt WOMEN WATItn though only il(M) miles from tho Afri can count the African element is munll. The few Africans among thorn are im ported slaves. The Malagasy are Asiatics in appearance, though they liave developed in their long separa tion from tlie present race manners and cliBracteristics of their own. Tho theory is that Madagascar wag once joined to India, with a people, plants and auimnla iu common. Thisthenry ia homo out by tho fact that the plants and animal of Madagascar are like those of India nnd entirely dif ferent from those of Africa. The Malagasy have brown skins and some are quite, light. The ruling family are of about the same complexion as the lightest skinned Japanese. There is a wido difference between tbotiibcsof Madagascar. The moat numerous tribo comprises about one third of the population. The tribal name ia Kalialava and they are the most tiavage and warlike of any of the island peoples. They are averse to civilization. Tliny are not cannibals, but they are naturally lazy and stupid. They have a tine physique and aver age over six feet in height, but they are by far tho darkest aborigines, from much mixing with the slave popu lation. The Hovas, tho second largest tribe on tho island, comprise about two ninths of the whole population. They re much smaller than tho Sakalavas, averaging only n littlo above rive foet. They have straight, regular features, and take very kindly to civilization. They aro intelligent and quick to learn, and have preserved the strong feeling of casta that exists among the natives of India. The Hovas are the ruling tribe, all the Kings and Queens of Madagascar having been Hovas. The Hovas do not mix largely with the other trihes. When a marriage ia ar ranged between a Hova and a member of another tribe, the latter becomes a Hova, unless the barbarian happens to be very wealthy, in which case an im pecunious Hova foregoes hi titles aud glory for the pleasure of enjoying tem poral blessings. The Hovas have straight, dark hair, very long, tine and 'abundant, while the Hakalavas have kinky hair, though it cannot be called woolly. The Hova women wear their hair in two long plaits and it is not nncommon to see these braids reach to the ground. The men wear TOWD OF A their hair close-cropped. The Saks lavas wear their hair in four great knots, like bath buns, or else in a myriad of small, tight braids. The native of Madagascar are es sentially gregarious. All over the inland are cluster of grans bouaes. An isolatod dwelling la indeed a rarity. Village of 100 people are the smallest, and from this size tho towns vary all the way up to Antananarivo, the capi tal city, with a itfuUUos t 103,000. All the towns lire surrounded by wall of stone or nn-bakoct clay. The gate of each settlement is covered with Urge stone. Inside is a moat, thickly !lanted with prickly pears. .The ob ert is to guard not against surprise, nit against theft, and prickly pears form a good protection agnint hare feet, The natives like to live close to each other for sociability' sake, for there is lint little trade done. Each native owns his own rice plot and some stock, and this, with slaves, con stitutes their entire wealth. The cat tle are of the hump-hacked variety and the milk they give is poor. The natives export them for food pnrposes, the entire eastern coast of Africa being furnished with beef from Madagascar. Occasionally on feast dnys the natives gorge themselves with lieof, lint or dinarily they eat little meat. On the high lands the. natives raise sheep also and both sheep mid cattle have a peculiarity. When the rains cease the grass in very rank and abundant. Tho sheep and the cattle become very fat, BB5T 15''' - l'ARIIIF.r.'. but the fat ilo not distribute itself nil over the body as in temperate climates, but goes into the hump which curiously enough is composed entirely of Tut. Iu the sheep the fat all goes to the tail. When the auimnls are iu poor condition these abnormal developments almost disappear. The staple diet of the natives in boiled rice, served with an herb dress ing which leaves a pungent ta ste in the mouth, like that of half ripe per simmons. They also eat a great deal of fruit, pineapples, oranges, lemons, mangoes, all of which grow wild in the greatest profusion. Chickens run wild all over the island, and the Cau casians eat more chicken than any thing else. Potatoes cost rive cents apiece and flour aud bread are things unknown. The territory of Madagascar ia divided among the tribes, and per mission to travel from one tribal ter ritory to auother must be obtained from thi chiefs. In this way tribal peculiarities are strengthened. For example, tho Hovas, who are monoga mous have individual property, which descends to their children iu equal shares. The Sakalavas, on the contrary, hold thoir property on a coinmuuistio principle and cling to the feudal idea. They are polygamous, and capture thoir wives much as the Homans did the Hahices. They are entirely without family feeling, sell ing both wives and children when ever a buyer presents himself. On the death of a Hakaluva his property reverts to the tribe, aud is divided as the village authorities dictate. The marriage customsof the various tribes resemble each other when they can bo said to have any marriage cere mony at all. The ceremony is a rather pretty aud effective one. The bridegroom usually sends an emis sary, aud tho marrige is for the most part performed by proxy on both aides. The groom sends a messenger and the bride is represented by her father. Often the groom has not met the bride, but he chooses her accord ing to her rank, wealth and reputa tion of family. The groom's messen ger goes to the bride's village and an nounces his master's name, with all bis titles, of which tho Malagasy! are very fond, and his wish to marry the daughter of auoh and such a man. Then follows a list of promises, all runiS MINWTIR. announced after the manner of a town crier in the open apaoe at the centre of the village. Theu the father of the bride step forward and ask all the inhabitant of tne village why he should not give hi daughter in mar riage to this man, repeating all the titles. Then he goes down through the list of promise and ask why he should not take auoh a son-in-law who will make uoh promise. These ques tion are much liko that one ia our marriage service when the officiating clergyman asks if any one knows why these two should not be joined to gnther. These publio proc dings A VTM.AOR OATH. consume the greater part of a day. Then the bride's father nntortain the messenger and his retinue, and in a day or two the bride starbt out for her new home under the escort of the husband's messenger and her father's men. Mho ia carefully guarded dur ing the journey. When she meets her husband it is her first view of him. Their acquaintance with each other is of gradual growth, and usually the Hova family is a stable one. Families are small, and with the birth of each child tho nanio of the parents is changed, until with the birth of tho youngest child the name becomes per manent. Thero is a peculiar custom of adop tion among the Mnlngnsys, called blood brotliership, which is accomplished by cutting tho breasts of both the men who desire to become related, nnd soaking a piece of cotton cloth in tho blood of each. These del inn ) token nr then exchanged and swallowed, e'ter which interesting nnd appetizing process the two nrn brother for nil purpose, even to tho inheritance of property. Strange ns it may seem, tho white residents of the island are ofteu adopted by the Malagasy in order to facilitate trade. The dwellings of tho tribo differ considerably. The Hovas live in sub stantial house built of sun-dried bricks, which they manufacture them selves. These house have partition and windows, and are quite comfort able. The Hakalavas live in bamboo and grass houses, square, one-roomed structures, with sloping roofs. Tho Hour is of dirt and fairly swarm with Hear, w hich are peculiarly ravenous iu Madagascar. When the grans houso becomes too full of Hum tho owner burn it down. In one corner of tho Sukalava hut the Are is built, aud hero all the cook iug is douo. The furniture is exceed ingly primitive. There are no chair and tho bod i formed of bamboo stick. The native wear no jewelry aud do not care for it. Thoy are all exceedingly avaricious ami prefer to have their wealth in money. They have no appreciation of the value of precious atones, and though most of the women wear earrings they are fre quently of wood or horn. Personally the native nre very dirty anil have a repugnance for water. Besidos, thoy auoiut their hair with rancid lard, io that on wr.rm day they are very odor ous. The natives have soft, musical voices, and nre ready speakers. Thoy have a printed and a spoken language, which ditter almost entirely. Two newspaper! are printed on the island, one by the French and ouo by tho English, between whom the rivalry is very keen. Both papers are printed in Malagasy. The native read them aud incline ilrst oue way aud then tho other, as their own interests dictate. The Hovas, who take kindly to tho Christian religion, wear the most clothes, and even wear shoes occasion ally, but when they begin to pinch the feet they take thein off and carry them homo iu thoir hands. The Hova wo men wear a single garment a square sheet of linen, cotton or Bilk. The other native wear a garment much like a gunny sack, only that it is made of wovuu grasa, with hole cut for lugs, arms aud head. The Sakalavas bury their dead on the surface of tho ground, with a pref erence for high elevations, and over the body erect a pile of rock. The Hovas build tomb of masonry, which are always oblong and run east and west. The body i wraped in a "lamta," or square cloth of silk or grass, and laid in the family vault. It is considered a great honor to be the fouuder of a family tomb. When a Hova dies the relative pnt on dark blue clothe and unbind the hair. The period of active mourning, when all the relative mourn and wail, last one day. Then until the day of the funeral tho slave do the mourn ing. The funeral does not oecur un til the rum and oxen provided for by the will of the deceased are entirely consumed. A wealthy Hova always leave a considerable turn to be ex pended in funeral feast. The tomb is usually near the house and the pro cession thither is exceedingly uncere monious, the only care being to pre vent the dead body from coming anywhere near the presence of royalty. When a Hova dies away from home ha ia buried in a surface grave and later hi bone are interred iu the family Tault. During the funeral ceromoniea th Sakalavas beat drums made of hollow logs with ox hide drawn over the end. They also fire gum, and expre their orrow or joy with noisy demon stration. These festivities last a week, and during that time the divis ion of property take place. They bury all the clothe of the deoeased with him, a hi spear and any per sonal property which is not valuable. The Uetsiuiosarkas bury their dead on top of the ground in a hollow tree trunk, one end of which i -left open to allow the spirit to escape. Rioe i soattered about that the spirit may not (o hungry. GOOD ROADS. ni5tTlU TMK IMIOHMCM OK JIKTiKIl IIIUIIWAYS. Economy of flood Roads Shown by Kurort should the National Unveriiitient Ciidertalke tho Work -Cost Per llle. IT lias been estimated that, in ad dition to the good road already possessed by thi country, in or der that a system equal to the best in Europe may bo had. it would bo necessary to fcnild or rebuild about i no million miles, a reasonable eeti fnnto of the coat of which is $4000 a mile, or $ioo,otio,00() for tho wholo country. Enormous a must bo the cost of constructing a system of first class highways, it would appear that, in their present deplorable condition, tho roads nre expensive nliuost be yond comparison. According to tho consti bureau, there wrro in tho country June 1, 1HII0, 14,070,017 horses, 2,!2KI,!:lti mules nnd 40,10!) esses. A prominent authority given twenty-llvo cnts a day ns his estimate of the cost or feed for each nnimnl. Taking this as i basis tho expense of feeding this vast number for a singlo dny mtgrogutc over JM,!HN,000 or morn than $1,570, 000,001) in one year. It ia said that on the smooth stonn roads of certain European countries n dog can move a hcavit r load than is drawn on nn average iu thi country by a horse, and that a horse there pull easily three times ns heavy loads ns cqtia'ly good American animals movn with iliihVtilty. A conclusion which many, no doubt, will draw from thi is that about one-third of tho pres ent number of horses would give bet ter service with llrst-clas wagon roads than is now enjoyed. However, iu view of the fact that n considerable haro of these animal is owned in the cities, whero there nro moro or less ol good pavements, tho number could be reduced only olio-half instead of two thirds. This would moan a lessening of the feed expense of 3788.000.0U0 u year. The average earnings of capital in tho United State nro about three per cent. On this basis tho unnecessary expense of S'HH.OOO.OOO iu miutituin ing what would, with good roads, bo surplus stock, represents tho interest cm an averago investment of more than $2i, 000, 000, 000. Thi ia moro than six time tho investment required for tho building of 1,000,000 mile of good stone road nt a cost of $1000 a mile. It is inconceivable to many how tho idea can be entertained for a moment that the construction nnd maintenance of highways can bo safely intrusted to individuals or private corporations for gain. Only a littlo in advnnco of this, it in declared, however, i tho so-called subdistrict road supervisor system. County control, a a rule, bIiow still a marked improvement over tho two plans named, and wherever the State have entered into tho Held of rood building with effective, legislation an evon greater improvement is noted. Hut of all roada ever constructed in tho United State those which tho National (loverument has built un questionably aro or have been tho best. A striking illustration of the com parative merits of National and local management of publio roads in to bo found in Oermany. Tho best ronds of that country wero built by tho State which now constitute tho Empire while they wore yet independent king doms, and they were thus tho creations of National Government. Absorbed into tho Empire, tho State were no longer diatiuct Nations. What had been National before to them now Mink to the rank of tho provincial. Tho road had been constantly im proved previous to tho formation of the Empiro. Now narrower aud cheaper roads aro built, and the high ways of tho Fatherlaud, excellent as thoy are, do not comparo favorably with those of France, over which National authority i exercised. Until recently tbo inhabitant of cities iu thi country have generally regarded the building of country roads as an undertaking which be longed to tho farmer alone, the ex fienso of which ho should bear. Of late, through natural causes and the general agitation of the question, a better understanding ho been reached. The mud blockade in tho various sec tions of the country in tho lust few year have served to bring merchants of town and smaller cities to a realiz ing sense of what bad roads mean. Three years ago the morchauts of an Ohio city of 30,000 inhabitants lost on account of muddy roads, in two weeks of the holiday season over $100,000 of trade. Smaller cities aud towns, of course, suffered still more in propor tion, being moro direotly dependent upon the trade which the farmers sup plied. The quickest and most satisfactory, and iu tact the only snre way to se cure good publio highways throughout the oountry, in tho opinion of many, is for the National Government to step in and exercise its rightful au thority. There exists in the country n strong sentiment adverse to the is fcniug of additional Nutlonal bonds. Can tho roads be -bnilt without run ning the Government into debt? By building a reasonable portion of the roads each year until all shall have been constructed, and by apportion ing the expenses among the Nation, the States and Territories, the coun ties, and possibly the townships, it is believed it will be found possible to secure the coveted good roada without issuing bond. Twenty year would be a reasonably short period for the bnilding of 1,000.000 miles of suit able highways. This would require the oonstruotion of 60,000 miles pur year. Two hundred millions of dollars trould bo the annual expanse. On the . convenient supposition that thi Na tion at largo should bear one-half and that the State and Territories, togeth er with the counties and towns, should bear the balance, tho General Govern ment would bn compelled to appro priate annually 9100,000,000. Thi would not represent a very considera ble additional burden, for now three fourth of that amount i expended by the Pint id Department on highway. Of tho remaining SJ.'i.OOO.OOO a largo share, ray 810,01)0,000, could be wiped out by employing regular army force l on tho rond in those sect ion whers their presence i required. A a rule, it may bo said, no lea than 20,000 men, who now rind army life irksome because of it idle monotony, could bo employed to good account on the high- WBV". the majority nt tho Slate Govern ment, a well a tho counties and townnhiM, it in bolieved, could also provide for the expense which they would bo expected to bear that tho tax burden would not bo greatly Increased during tho period of construction. Moreover, tho expense could bn mado even less onerous by tho employment of tho thousand of criminals in each commonwealth, and at tho same timo remove from free labor an objection able class of competitor. New York World. Peculiarities ol Anli.tul.4. The reason of tho shortness o? tho elephant's neck is that the head of the nnimnl is so heavy that wero it placed at tho cud o! n neck of a length pro portionate to th) di.n uisioLS of that organ in other animals, an almost in calculable amount of muscular force would bo necessary to elevato and sus tain it. Tho klmost tidal absence of a neck obviate tho difficulty nnd the trunk serve a a substitute. The use and advantage of a long neck, pecu liarly exemplified in tho giraffe, which contains only thosamo number of ver tebral articulations as in the elephant, aro in the latter supplied by the trunk or proboscis, by which ho is enabled to carry food to bis mouth and to drink by suction. This curious organ contain a vast number of muscles variously interlaced, is extremely flex ible, endowed with the most exquisite sensibility and the utmost diversity of motion, nnd compensates amply for the ahsnuco of a long neck. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There i so much Toriely in tho hand of monkey thnt a comparison of thorn with thoso of man cannot very easily be made, but this compari son may bo mado with the higher apes, such the gorilla and chimpanzee, which approach nearest in their struc ture to ourselves. In the gorilla tho thumb i short nnd doe not reach much beyond tho bottom of tho first joint of the forefinger. It is very re stricted in it movements, and the animal can neither twiddle it thumbs nor turn them around till the tips do scribe a oirclo. The wob between the fingers roaches to the beginning of tho second joint, tho finger taper to the tips, and there is a callosity, or pad, on the knuckles on which the animal rest when walking on all four. In man the thumb reaches to tho top of tho first joint of the forefinger. Man can "twiddle" hi thumb, so that the tip will describe a circle ; and he can touch the tip of all hi finger with it ; the web botweon the finger doe not extend beyond tbo base of tho first joint, and there are no pad on the knuckle. The bones iu the hand of mm and in that of tho gorilla are tho same in number and in general form, But tho thumbs of tho monkey have no separate flexor or bending muscle, as those of men have. Thi is why a monkey always bends hi thumb with hi fingei aud nevor put hi thumb round an object whioii he grasps, but always keeps it on tho same side a hi fingers. The whiskers of cat and of tho cat tribo are exceedingly sensitive, en abling them, when seizing their prey in the dark, to fool its. position more acutely. These hairs are supplied through their roots with branohos of the same nerves that give sensibility to the lips and that in insects supply their "feelers. "St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Biding Down a Wolf. It has often been noticed in India bow font a wolf travels by means of a lounging loping trot that in by no means suggestive of speed. While one gallops after it as hard as a good horse can go, the wolf pursued, never ap parently hurrying, lollops along at a pace that equals that of the following horse. I have heard it said that no horseman ever rode a wolf down ; but to this statement I must demur, inas much as I have done this thing. Per haps my wolf was sick. Be that as it may, I did, when out pigeon-sticking in the Gsnges oountry over against Colgong, follow a wolf, and that wolf turned sharply when I closed with it, and the horse I rode (a rare good one) kicked it over with his fore feet, and maU the matter of spearing my wolf simplicity itself. One of my companions oi that day found explanation of this performance in the fact that I had ridden another man's horse with my own spur. Black wood's Magazine. A Woman's Capacity. The power of love, and the possi bility of a woman's intellect, are both exemplified in the case of a naval officer who ha devoted several years to an important and complex invention. His girl-wife, through sheer determ ination to be his chief confidants, has acquired a thorough a knowledge of the invention as he possesses himself, and has him oome to her with every trial and attempt, able to be sympa thetio and ittelligent throughout. Men who sneer at feminine minds should sea this wise man loan on that littla wife of his. SOLDIERS' COLUMN t ERRTVILLH. , " Did the MoCooks and Sheridan Interfere with Buell's Flans MY MKMOUAN MIM, written each day after netting; In to ramp. show that nu Ttintlay, Oct. 7, ws bniksrsnip on the fork of Halt Hirer, nailed lleanh Fork, at II t li I e h m Church, We march v6 '-fi ' fa" Wl -u ,u Cfi t r 0'c,ork t ni"h "'li. R '.if T andcamnedon the right nl the road. I Ai' jr J 'iirhriBciewas in t W.' V,T 4'Tv ' advance. That U'M- A'V' iV V nlKht It was rumor ed I lint we would hav th advance, next day at day- Unlit. iwA-w Our regiment, the i--" - r,2d Ohio, moved m - -w't2n clnrk. a. m . followed bv the ft1tli III., Col. Moore com mandiiiK, Harnett's Haltery (I). 21 III., with the Hill li and I'AVh III. In support. After marching about two mile we filed off to thei left of the road ami formed line. The H'llh III, tiled off to the right of the road. Hkirmisher were thrown forward. advanced and sliout 4 o'clm k sharp eklrmlhlng took place in our front mid troin the Hashes and reports theH.it h III. on our right were known to be hotly engaged. Our sklrmisliersdrove the rebel picket to die crctof the bill where tho road crosies tho hill to IVrryvllle. A scattering artillery lire told about I) o'elnck a in. that troop wer arriving and taking position on our left. We recognised Col. Webster's ftSth Ohio, and noted their position to our left. About II a.m. a veteran Missouri cliaigd and drove the rebels in our front bank be yond the spring on our left center and to the left of l'erry vllle, which enabled us to get water, a thing we had not b?en able to get Since about 3 p. m. the day before. Asweramehsek and reached the brow of the hill where the road cro-se I counted It of the MiMotiriaii! lying side bv side, each one shot above the eyes. Their comrade! aid they had all been killed while trawl ing down through the woods sdvsncing tee lines. I shall never forget th broki n Mer man on apok and th remark: "Poor Bliske, he dead too." Our regiment took position on the crest of th hill on th right of th road. About noon the heavy artillery Hringand continu ous musketry on our left told that Alex. MeCook' Corps were having hot fight. About 3 o'clock p. m. th rebels, said to be Hardee's Division, advanced on our front. Harnett's battery, double shotted with canister, and the regiment poured -the musketry into them for ail they were worth When the reus reached i he edge of th cornfield In our front they halted at th fence; then, alter a few minute, broke to the rear. During the time our regiment wasengH d, Col. Dan Mrt 'rvik was going up and down the line cheering the boys. Orn Sher idan cam up and sat on hi hone, about 1 or 2D feet to my rear and left, and talked with Col. Dan McCook and ( apt. Harnett. Sheridan's right leg was eiclled and fre quently he rested heavy on the itirrup to (top th "buck ague," as I thought. Later on It all left him and he aeemed calm. Though hi face was flushed, he appeared though no unusual excitement existed. Near sundown the lines on our left were charged by the reb and driven back and Uarnett'l battery turned tbelr guni to oot left rear and gave the charging rebel line hell in the flank. Onesbell struck a rebel cairsnn and blew It nr. The reb brokeand retreated, and the field waa quiet. This battle wis brought on by Col. Dsn McCeok and, as far as I am advised, fought by liens. Hherldan and Alex. McCook, against, as waa th general rumor th judg ment of (ieii.lliiell, commanding the army. I believed the rumor was universal in th army st the time that Oen. BuMl's refusal to reinforce his left under MoCook lost us the victory, and that Alex. McCook repeat edly called on him for troop during the battle. en. Thomas waa on riheridan right, and awaited order all day. In discussing th fight since with com rades whose opportunities for knowing th facta were better than my own, they have iiid that Oen. Hue I had planned th Ken tucky campaign to concentrate his troop at another point and then force a battl3 and win a decisive victory. Or, it may be thai his orders were to drive Ilragg out of Ken tucky; end he was then accomplishing thi result successfully, with the full assistance of llragg himself, the McCook and Sheri dan had no business to bring nn an engag ment alone and aingl banded. J.R.Wobk, in National Tribune. BLUE EYES AH D BULLETS. Man With Orb of That Shade Are the Beat Marksmen. The annual report of Lieut, C. I Collins; Inspector of .Small Anna Practice of the Department of Colorado, shows some Inter esting Ucta. Nationally, the result of one year'a competition shows th following re sult, with a possible sccfre of 100: Norway 68.18; Austria 91; Switzerland 882; Ireland 87.41; Franc M; Denmark Kt.Hl; Scotland 80, Oermany 7880; Canada 7U.30-, Belgium 74; United Slates 72.73; Kngland 8.79;Mexi co 85: East Indie 6 bweilen 60. M; West Indies M; Ruiai R7.78. Italy 55; Holland 46; Walo .15; Australia 10. There wer but one Australian and two Wtlcbmen in th competition. Of the 2.200 officer and enlisted men classified practicing in th Department bS.77 per cent were born in th United States; of these 82.73 per cent, are whit and 17.27 colored. Compared as to their merit at th target th white scored 80.40 and th colored men 50.38, io bis table ahowlng th merit of th troops and their bight, men aix feet tall and over rank rfi.OU per cant, snd 5 5 men 58. It i almost a steady plan down hill from ux leet to five feet five inches. Men with light blue eye rank highest, followed In their order by dark bin. iat blue, light brown, dark brown, and black. In th colored troops light blue eyes again stand at the top, but followed in thi in stance by slate blue, light brown, dark brown, black and dark blue. There i but on troop of Indian in Oen. VcCook's command. being L of th 2d Car. This troop not only atanda at th head of Its regiment for revolver tiring, but ia at the head of the entire department. This, how ever, is for troop work. Whites beat tlium individually. Hot Recognition. The Louisville Courier-Journal savi that two young men of that city, iitlosmcn In a dry good a to re. hired liicyclis and took it s;iln into the rountrv. When they were perhaps (en uiilej out, they decided to have a i a e. One of them got far ahead of the other, and in dashing round a turn ran into a pile or stones. The wheel was demolished, and tho rider found himself lying among the spokes. An aged woman who happened to be passing was met by the secoui' rider. My good woman," said he, "have yuu seen a young man riding a blcycio on abearii'v . ."Nn," said the woman; "but I saw a young man on the road a spell ago who was sittln' on the ground mend. In umbrellas." tm
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