Show run the bicycle has not anly come lj atay but is pla ing havoc w ith many lines of burices bu sices the theater managers claim that instead of going to amusements young men and old men maidens and old women are saving their aroney to buy bicycles and those who have wheels prefer iho exhilarating sport of wheeling to the best opera or drama the churches are without a portion of their who taace the sunday aa a day for rides watchmakers and jewelers eay they notice a difference in their business instead of watches and jewelry for presente bicy clea ara given the decrease in the consumption of cigars averages a day in the united states riders re train from ro oking while speeding along while before the advent of the machine their aparo time found them with a dear the bicycle suit is a cheap durable make including the cap sweater pants and slices so tailors halters and shoemakers are losing trade the bookseller bays the riders of wheels eive but little time to reading and thus they The etory ot the boreo is a recognized fact the bicycle has almost ruined the livery business and made horses almost valueless the saloon keeper is disgruntled for his resort la less frequented A compensating feature Is the health of the public since the advent of the wheel tho health of the american people is eaid to bare improved wonderfully and consumptives ives and dyspeptics are browine ewer if this is the cage the bicycle is the blessing of the age notwithstanding tho loss of business tu many trades A ride through the streets of a city and into the highways and byways and the pure air of the country stimulates and briglia ens the body and mind elnoar of dull care and the monotony of indoor life give place to a light heart aud a normal pulse ana thus promise cf physically and morally improving the human race the bicycle is a national blessing |