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Show of forgery will likely bo placed on him now. ' A correspondent from Cherry Valley, N. Y., writes us: "There are two ladies riding safety bikes here but have become be-come so frightened from their dresses catching between cranks and pedals, not in chain, that they can hardly be induced to ride at all. There must be some way of overcoming this, as we constantly note increase in number of lady riders. Please answer above and greatly oblige." I To our correspondent and others who have seen and experienced experi-enced the same diilleulty we would say that the trouble must be in the construction construc-tion and length of the dress. Wo can recall no instance of the trouble alluded to except in case where length or elaborate elab-orate trimming has been the offender, or else a tear in the dress or loose braid has led to the winding up. Have the skirt plain and do not lot loose ends remain, re-main, and we think there will bo no trouble. Editor, Bulletin. NOTES OF THE WHEEL Interesting News of all Sorts for the Ladies Lad-ies and Gentlemen Who Bide Bicycles, A MAEEIED LADIES' WHEEL GLUTS. Dingley the Great, Tailing A Choice Lot of Melange Gathered at Home and Abroad. ' - The applicatsons for admission to the League of American . Wheelmen from Socials, Salt Lake's crack bicycle club, were duly forwarded to headquarters in Boston his week. All League of American wheelmen members have certain benefits conferred con-ferred upon them, w hen traveling, that are not enjoyed by others. At the principal hotel in most cities of tho east, reduced rates are given to thciri, club houses are open, and wheels and fellow cyclers are at hand to make things pleasant for them. .. The members of the City Council last Tuesday evening were made merry whilst listening to the petition remonstrating remon-strating against the wheelmen being driven form certain sidewalks. After a doRen side spiking sections had been read some obtuse member wanted to know how many more pages were to be read, and when told there were "several more" he moved to lay tho petition upon tho table, which was promptly none. A reader from Chicago sends us a Tery' clever sketch which he entitles en-titles "Road Improvement A plan to catch the farmer vote." Ho represents a party of sorco twenty wheelmen all mounted and harnessed to a huge road roller on the seat of which nils "ye farmer" with a long lash whip. The wheelmen are all tugging away for all they are worth, and the farmer is in the act of applying the whip to the bodies of those who are inclined to be sluggish. League Bulleteu. A Cincinnati exchange remarks that, "This city will soon bo thrown iu a state of agitation over tho appearance of married ladies' club of bicycle riders. A prominent society lady, who lives at the Gibson, is tho leader, and avers that tho club will make its appearanco' on tho street as soon as tho weather permits. per-mits. They have boon practicing all winter, and are now in a slate of perfection. per-fection. They expect to create an immense im-mense sensation, and it is safe to predict that their expectations will be fully realized. Their costumes will consist of navy-blue riding trousers such as aro used by equestriennes, with ovorskirts to match. Frank Dingley, the man who holds the 100-niiles track record, It is said, has lost his grip on long distance riding. The Omaha. Boo says that the woudor-ful woudor-ful powers of endurance are gone, and that he is only good for short dashes. Many attempts have been made to lower his wonderful 100-niiles record of 5 hours 118 minutes 44 1-5 seconds made at Lynn, Mass., September 2387, efforts wo far have proven fruitless. A celebrated quack, a few years ago, when asked for his address, replied that a letter simply addressed to him, without with-out any designation of county or city, would always reach hiin, since everybody every-body in the world know him, and it was useless to burden the authorities with aiiy further instructions in the matter. This was egotistical, bombastic and untrue, un-true, yet I woidd that wheelmen would look upon cycling in somewhat the same light. Tho address of cycling Khould be the world, and tho brotherhood brother-hood of wheelmen should bo as universal as tho address of the sport they uphold. There should bo no distinction as to location, but as all riders are wheelmen, whether they abide at homo or In foro-igudands, foro-igudands, should they all bo recognized, - whether from tho south, north, east or west of the country they inhabit. Localism Local-ism and sectionalism should not bo allowed to enter-into any of our discussions. discus-sions. Cycling is catholic, and as such must be maintained, or else like a house built udoa shifting sand, it must surely fall. Perhaps in this column I may sometimes have written paragraphs that have seernod to bo aimed at certaiu sections of this country, or at lauds across the sea. If such has boon tho case, it has been au unintentional error on my part, as my object has been to oiTors that I have seen, or fancied I saw, creeping into the sport, iu various localities, and my censure was aimed at the .error, not at tho country or section 5n which it has occured. To mo there is no foreign lands in cycling. I believe - that were I to meet a wheelman at tho fnrth srrnost end of the earth, that I would grasp his hand with as true a friendship as I would one of my fellow club mates, and feel as sure that the answering pressure would show me that I was not mistaken iu doing so. Love of home or country is a sentiment which is worthy of all praise but local ; prejudice and pride should not be ul-i-wed to overtop that sense of right and justice which teaches us to admire and respect our fellow man, when he proves himself worthy of it, come from what land he may. I hope that my readers . may see this in tho light I have eudeav- ' ored to place it before them, and that they will give their aid to combatting all attempts to draw geographical lines, boyond, or in which, wheelmen are declared de-clared to be either better or worse than they are elsewhere throughout the uui-verse. uui-verse. Such ideas are unworthy of ourselves our-selves and the sport as well Hankshaw. ....... A young man named Roderick M. Campbell, who says ho lives iu Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, I'a., was arrested at Washington, D. C. on Satu-day, April 6, charged with selling a l-ented bicycle to II. T. Cook for $25. He had rented tho machine from a local dealer. II. T. Cook, however, had Campbell arrested before the check was cashed. Campbell when arrested had in his possession a signed receipt for two bicycles, dated for the month of May, 188U. The charge |