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Show DLUID MEN ON WHEELS. They Cn SuroM.rully Hun Tricycles with tho Aid ot Ono 1'on.on. There nro blind nntiirallnto, blind historian , blind men of colonco, blind uiuslcliini, and now blind men have taken to cyclin-r a ft means of rocroa-tlon, rocroa-tlon, It vvos a atrango fclght in the city to rco lib-nit olghtoou of tho students of tho Itoynl normal college for tho blind In nppor Norwood leave the Mnnlon Iiom nfion trloyoloa on n visit tn lllrmlnghom, vvhero tho carl of Dudloy was to op-m ft new Institution for tho Blglitlos. Tli' party vvoro mounted upon tandem machlnos, four ur flvo of them Iwinif Utile I together so n to form two pro. j ulons of rea honublo lontfth. 'CTio londor of each was poMOfued of tho ordinary powers of vision, but ll the rout were blind. After paying theft" teepceta ti tho lord mayor, who greeted them Ulndly nnd wished thorn a sfo and happv Journey, tlnjfctndonUinetTily fet out on tholr trip and pedaled Uii-ium-Ivui along Clieapsldn in tiprltflitly f.ishlon This Is, perlmpn, tho Unit limo on record wheroa band of blind peraonK havra scoured thooountry on cyeloi. MIUou'h "stn&i. nnd wait" tlieory I noblo pootry, but It is out ot fashion in real llfo, so far ns cXmeernn the blind |