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Show Why Korea Has No Bicycles, A missionary who has resided In Kor-i says tho Koieaus nro pnitlcu-larly pnitlcu-larly fond of a "tnll" story. He once asked a venerable Korean why his people did not use tho bicycle. "Wo hod a bicycle once," was the reply of tho patriarch, "It was Invented by one of our great men about 70U years ngo. It had two mechanisms, n going out and n coming homo mechanism. Hut ono day tho mother of tho In-ventor. In-ventor. In order to tost the Joys of cycling, stole the machine and rode off on it. Unfortunatoly, how over, sho did not tnlto the coinlnghonift mechanism, and slnco then," nddej tho old mini. "Korea has not had a blc)cle." |