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Show His Lessons. "I am trying to learn to ride a bicycle," bicy-cle," remarked an elderly bachelor who walked somewhat stiffly, to a friend whom he encountered on the street. "I'm just going home from my lesson now. I've had more tumbles than usual this afternoon, and that's saying a good deal." "How long are your lessons?" Inquired Inquir-ed the friend. "Half an hour," responded the bicyclist bicy-clist with a rueful countenance "25 minutes cn the floor and five in the air is my usual proportion 1" Philadelphia Times. |