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Show r.i'.cimcn on Wheels. The .mounting of it njiind of Pari: policemen on uhuUs In Philadelphia was announced some llnm wince, nndlinj. "been' follow Oil by similar departure? in other cities. The police department In tills coitnliy have nut yet madepiorcsH In tho adoption of lucyclcsfoi the regular force, although In I.ivtrpoul a large nuiulicr of pur,.li i n and roundsmen have been furniHlud w ah mnuiits. The 1'lnktrlon delcune ngcury utillzte bicycles quite oftui in eases wheru It Is ncccsBMy lu less Mispicion hi ins; aroused by the fact llitt t up. moii on it bicycle is slowly following in niic'i unl.e than if it were ft pedestrian hovering in tho rear. A cuc which should iliuiaiiMratu the ndvautngoof having the police mount upon bicycles nrcureil ut Itellnville, Illinois, Illi-nois, a short tinii' uio. A horpc-thlcf passed through the town, whom the polico wcio instructed to pursue. While theBhcriff and Jnlter were getting their horses, four blcj cleats Htm ted to chac tho thief, whom tlioy ovcrlmulted nflir an clght-n.llo run, u-'ur Centcrvillo Station. Iilsrorcrii'g llie object of their pursuit, tho runaway turned and fired a revolver, one of the shots talcing effect pi tho pm n nut tic tiio of one of tho wlicch Ho was nevertheless: held till tho sheriff camo up and relieved thtr amateur policeman. b'rom, Modem Viet of the llicycU." ', m Ikmoreit'i Mnqmiiie for April. |