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lillllllllllllfllllllll. BY JOHN A. \VYIII‘H. In northern Alabama the Tennessee River makes its great Southern sweep. On the map the outline of this pictur- aque stream is not unlike a grape-vine swing. with one end tangled among the mountains of Virginia and North mrolina and the other looped over the Ohio at Paducah. The seat of the swing is in Marshall County. for here. after fretting its way for hundreds of miles in and out among the mountains of the Appalach- ian range. tearing bold Lookout in twain for daring to stretch his giant form scram its path, baffled at last in its wild rush to the Southern Gulf. and seemingly broken in spirit. it turns with siackened and reluctant flow back to the north. where,_ with the Ohio. it joins in common tribute to the Father of Waters. Just in this bend of the river is a group of islands varying in size from one-half a mile to as much as two miles or more in length. and from one-quar- ter to one-half of a mile in breadth. They are among the 'most fertile of all the Southern lands, receiving with each annual inundation. when in early spring the snows in the northern moun- tains melt. a rich alluvial deposit, giv- ing year after year bac kto the soil the elements which crank vegetation abstracts for its nutrition. "Buck island" is one of this clus- ter. and contains about eighty acres of ground. It was named in honor of a cunning old stag. which. in its dense canebrakes in the early settlement of the country. long eluded death from the hunlsman's rifle and hounds. it is now cleared and cultivated. paying rich tribute in corn to the farmers' industry. At the time of which Iwrite however. it was almost wholly covered with a heavy forest of tall oak, hickâ€" ory and gum trees, of which the leafy tops llllu'l. out the rays of the summer sun. while the soil from which they sprung was hidden in a wilderness of cane from ten to thirty feet high, and so thick that in many places a man could not. penetrate unless with axe or hunting knife he cut his way. in the early days, when the frosts killed the grasses on the uplands, the farm- ers drove their cattle into these is- lands for winter pasturage. where, up- on the rich perennial cane. they fat- tencd until the freshets of spring forc- ed them again to the higher ground for safety. . in 1863-4 the storm of war struck North Alabama. It found it a paraâ€" dise of plenty. and left it a wasted, blackened and desolate land. None but those who know the fertile and bean- tiful “ Valley of the Tennessee " in the days of the odd regime. when its pros- perity was a marvel. when its hill-sides were burdened with fruit and foliage, and the vast plantations were white with snowy cotton or yellow with tas- selliug corn, and then revisited it af- ter Appomattox. can realize the change which had transpired. As i rode through lhe valley. early in 1865. it seemed one vast. buryingâ€" ground of the hOpes. the happiness and the wealth of a people once pros- perous. From a single elevation l counted the chimneys of seven differ- ent plantation homes, standing li'ke gravestoncs over the ashes that were heaped about them. Now and then 1 passed a farm-house which had escaped the general ruin. and more fret uently a rude shanty but. re- cently n justcd to a. chimney several sizes too tall for it. or a cabin con- structed of small logs, and covered with split boards held on the roof by weight palm in lieu of nails. Fences and pal- ings were gone. and over fields and gar- dens and yards stretched an almost un- broken tangle of weeds and briers. Nor were the towns exempt; within araf- ius of thirty miles. Guntersville. Vi- enna. \Voodville. Camden, Larkinsville. Balk-fonts, Slcvcnson. Scottsboro’, and Cluysville. all thriving t'owns were “iped out by fire. And. saddest of all. came unlimon and undeserved death to many unarmed. helpless. and inno. cent citizens. for the most cruel and must uncivil of all things is civil war. There were among the poorest and most illiterate class in northch Alaâ€" buina a goodly number who. while not caring particularly \vliefhcr the in- ion was to be maintained or not. were very particular in keeping out of the Confederate service. They held it was a slaveboldcm' war. and as they never owned and never exlectcd to own. a slave. thcv did not see why they should do any of the fighting. When the «inscription laws were onâ€" fon‘ed thcy dodged the. enrolling offi- cehi. and when pressed too closely they left thcir hmucx and hid out in the mountains and caves or in the cane- bl‘.lli$§ in the valley. When the Southâ€" ern forces were driven out of this Sec- tion. and their cause “as waning chi-s.- fugitives mmc out. of their himng~ 13...”, took sides with the Federal sol- filom wan with them as Scouts or guides, or on their own responsibility organized bands of cutlhroats and mar- audeni. plundered the homes of sol- diers. thcir former neighbors. now off in the Confederate army. driving away their mttzle. appropriating their sup- lies. and at titties murdering the men on o d or boys too young to be in the service. or any unfortunate soldier who. with or without a furlough. had ipped through the lines to make a urried visit to the wife and children or parents from whom he had long been separated. ‘ Of them mumuders'”oid" Ben Har- rL-e mm- the acknowledged chief and leuler. In all the annals of crime pro- buM)‘ no more cold-blood heartless, and inhuman brute ever! the earth. He Ziwd near Vienna on Paint Rock River. fifteen miles from my father's Wu. and of course knew the roads end paths and trails throughout this section. and the “lost ferries" on the l‘ennessee. Tennessee. He was invaluable as a guide to the Lnion soldiers. He knew "Buck Island.” too, as will appear. and what I am about to relate is only one of the many bloody deeds of this bloody villain. 51y witness is Mr. C. L. Hirdcsstle. who now lives ncn‘ Gurley's. a stetion on the and. Charleston Rail- road. how men have had such a thril- ling experience as this nun. and fewer would Wish to repeat it. .i knew the Rodeos. all of whom were killed. and the fact of their murder is well known to every one in and. about this section. As Bardeen-sole was also shot. and left for dead. and survived this frightful ordeal. I hunted him up in 1893. and had him write me his story. it. is this: "On the let of Walnut. 1863. .l was at. home on furlough. My people at that tune were living in hfnrshall Coun- ty. Alabama. on the northern side of the Tennessee River. About ten days oetore the expiration of my leave of absence we were alarmed by the sudden appearance in our neighbourth of the notorious Ben Harris and his gang of marauders. Knowing that if we were caught we would in all pmbability share the fate of many others who had been killed by this murderer. I. to- gether with James W. ltoden. 13‘. hi. lloden and Porter Roden. sought re- fuge m Buck island. where Ben lloden had. already driven his cattle. and con- structed a rude cabin for the shelter of hunsolf'and family in case of neces- sity. and in. order to reveal. his cat- tle from being stolen y various parâ€" ties of fomgers. " At this place of concealment we were joined by old Mr. Ben Roden him.- sell. shortly after we arrived there. We remained here in supposed security un- til the morning of December 27, when. about two _o'o’loc.k. We were aroused from our sleep by a knocking at the door and. a demand for our surrender. "Ilo our dismay, we found that we were ill the hands of Ben Harrisl j'Hle demanded to know the place wu‘ere we had concealed our boat, and we were promised our lives it we would atd_hrin and his men in raising the boat which we had sunk. and ferrying the stock from the island to the north bank of the river. He was accompan- ied by a squadron of men in the uni- form of United States cavalry. "After we 'had accomplished this work we were taken a few hundred yards. doWn the river-bank. and were then mformed. that. we had to be shot. It so happened that old Mr. lloden had long _bec.u acquainted with Captain Harris. and he asked him to step aside that; he might speak with him private- ly; but his plea. for our lives was in vain. When he returned he told us that our case was hopeless, and that. we. were condemned to be shot. and we all then saw that the objem. of Hor- ris in shooting us was to prevent it being known, when the war might be over. that behind taken cattle and pro- perty belonging to Mr. Rodcn. Harris stated to us that if any of us wanted to pray, we could do so. and that if we had anything that we wished to send to our people. they would take it to them for any of us. Porter Rod'en ave them several thin s to carry bac‘ to his wife and chil ren. l have since learned that. they never gave these things to the widow they .had made. “ in looking back over this horrible experience it still seems to me the pray- er I’ortcr Rod/en made for himself. and for all of us, as we stood there within a few minutes of eternity. was one of the most earnest appeals to the mercy of the Eternal Judge of Man that ever fell from the lips of mortal. When he had finished me faced them, and as we stood in line it so happened that hwas the lush. one at the end in the right of the line. Harris and his men began the shooting from the head of the line, and shot them all from two to four thnes'each with their pistols. I being at the foot. of the line was the last one, and at the flash of the first pistol-shot aimed at me at close range i fell to the ground as if dead. The ball, which Wounded mo. passed through my right arm. for I turned sideways to them as they shot me. and the bul- let cut the artery-in my arm. \Vhen they were dragging our bodies to throw them into the river. they stopped to feel my pulse, but. fortunately for me, they felt the side which had already been wounded. As the pulsation at the wrist was absent. they threw me with the others into the river. like so many hogs. As i was plunged into the wa- ter. unfortunately. i became slight] ’ strangled and coughed. Some one said, 'Stick your sa'bre into his dâ€"d body.” but i had floated out. from the bank beyond the reach of this weapon. when they shot at. me again. but missed me. As they fired i hold my breath and sank under the _water. and they turn- ed and left. me for dead. "1 floated under some which had caught in the trees on the bank of the river. and under this brush 1 succeeded in concealing myself where i could gel. air until sufficient time had elapsed for them to get awn . l was so great weakened from the cold, for this was winter, and from the loss of blood that i was scarcely able to reach the bank and crawl up out of the water. How long I remain- ed upou the ground I scarcely know. but it seemed like a long time before i was able lo travel. about one mile to the liuusc of my bmtherâ€"in-law, Mr. J. H. Sledrim, and thcre got some stimulants, food and dry clothes. My friends than went with me to the river. where i got a boat and was ferried to the other side." Suoli ‘ultll very slight changes in pnrnsewlogy, is thc. simple story of this rellmrktlhic cxperieuce. Few persons have ever gone so far into the " valley of the shadow of dcath " and then re- turned. No doubt it was to the won- derful prcsence of mind of this un- assuming and plain countryman that he owed his preservation. Many a man would have givcn up at once. lost his self-comm]. and submitted perhaps with equal courage to his fate. But this man determined at the first crack of the pistol fired at him to drop. as if dead. and did. courageously. notwith- standin the wound which had disabled him. an with two or three other shots fired at. his supposed inanimate body. remain perfect! still. and by so do- ing saved his in e. Despite this wound and two others received in battle he survived to ive to the world a true account of tins horrible massacre. only one of many of like femcity whic s“ t men to untimely death. and left mot. and wives and c ildren help- less and broken-hearted. uch was our war: such an all Weekly. d rift-wood warn l-Ha rpr-r's MR. scours JOURNEY. NOTES OF HIS TRIP TO THE YUKON COUNTRY. Running Rapids In \thlc Horse ('nnlmlâ€" scenes Along the Route â€"- A Descrlptlon or Dawson 1 II: and It: Prices. Mr. J. H. E. Secrets-n was sent to the Yukon country by an Ottawa. syn- dicate to prospect. .He is a civil eng- ineer. ‘He returned to the capital last. week. Mr. Secretnln kept a. diary from which the following extracts are takâ€" dnzâ€""Ieaving Ottawa on the 3th of April I arrived in Victoria on the 14th mud on the 15th sent a. party of four man up :on the Topeka for Juneau. The that was crowded with mounted police. and I stayed behind to order some can- oes, and sailed on the Mexico on the 25th. Left Juneau on the 30th on the small steamer Alert and arrived at 'Dyea om May I. Dyes. is a hard place at which to make a landing. There is a big tide which uncovers about two miles of sand. flats. Next day I found my men were only six miles up the Dyea River. I had ordered from Juneau about 5,000 pounds of provisions, calcul- ated. to last about four months. which they were busy transporting towards the summit. The first detachment of mounted police crossed the summit on (May 20. I arrived at Dyea on May 7 and walked to Slhsop Camp. 8. dist- ance of fourteen miles. that day; crossâ€" ed the summit on the 8th in a. snowâ€" storm, which was so violent that near the summit I could not see the man ahead of me. a distance of ten feet. Ar- rived wt Lake Lindeman that night, nine miles. The, estimated distance to the summit: is eighteen miles, and it is probably 3.300 feet above sea. level. Lake Lindeman is 2,500 feet above the sea. and the thing that struck me as most remarkable. about this route. is that the head waters of the Yukon River are practically only 27 miles from salt water. Therefore, although it is on abrupt pass. it is decidedly the shortest that can be found. OANYONS AND RAPIDS. "0n the 8th of May I found the ice still in. Lake Lindeman. and had to camp there until the 28th of May, exâ€" periencing very bad weather the whole timeâ€"rain. snow and gates of wind. Moved. to the foot of the Lake on the 28th of May by boat and canoe. and. put in. an order for lumber at Lake Bennett, which I did not get until June 2nd. The. ice went out of Lake Lindeman. on dune let. Ibuillt my boat in three days and a half. She was built of two-inch plank right through, 26 feet long, 71-2 feet beam and3feet deep, with an estimated capacity of 5,000 pounds, and six men. She carried a square sail 14 feet by 16 feet. I sail- ed on Sunday night. the 6th. from. Lake Bennett, and arrived at the White Horse canyon on the 10th, which is considered the first obstacle of any moâ€" ment. Looked over the situation there and decided to run everything loaded. On the 11th min the canyon, and the rapids, and the \V‘hite Horse. The Canyon is 3,300 feet long, and very swift water. but I don’t consider it dongs 'ous. There is then a mile and a hill of swift water and plenty of rocks, which at some stages are hard. to avoid. It is than. rapid water for 2,000 feet to the W'hite Horse proper, which is a. dangerous chute about 50 feet wide for 150 feet. Before running through this chute I tried a log through it. The ‘log went through the centre. bmt immediately disappeared, showing the existence of subterrane- an passages. which are no doubt dang- erous for boats. ~Made the head of Lake Lebar e on the 12th, and had the usual di ficulty in finding a. deep clmmnel approaching the lake. \Vas detained at the head of Lake Lebarge until the 14th. The lake is 31 miles long. The Lewis River is very swift after leaving, Lake Lebarge and there are many channels before arriving at. the mouth of the Hootalinqua Riverl. 32 miles. I made this place safely at 11 o’clock that night. I then sailed and drifted day and night. and experienced 11.0 difficulty. Ran Five Finger Rup- ids on: the 15th at 11 o'clock at night, and they Rink Rapids. six miles below, shortly afterwards. I estimated the current of the river at 5.75 miles. From here made. li‘ort Selkirk. the junction of the. Lewis and Pelly Rivers. on the morning of the 10th. and the mouth of Stewart River on the. morning of the 17th. After leaving the Stewart River we met a party of .five men. in. a: boat on the Yukon poiing up. A'l‘ lllAM'SDN CI'I'Y. "Arrived at Dawson (‘ity on the 18th camping about half a mile. below the town. feeling it little tired. not having ind my clothes off for 1210 hours. Here we found: two steamers. the Ellis and Parties B. Wears. \Ve slept on six- inch moss. overlying perpetual ice of unknown tiljf'knPSSL Dawszn (‘ity at this time. August 18, (xynsistcd of sev- eral hundred tents straggling along about a mile and a half in the mud- and at the lower end the steamboats' landing. Joe Latins has a saw mill and the: companies have stores. There ware several buildings going up. chiefly dumce halls and saloons. The charge for a drink is fifty cents. hair‘mitting, a dollar and shave fifty cean and everything else in proportion. The police reserve have been. located on forty acres and they have one log. storehouse up. Everything is paid for in dust. and there is very ittlel money to be seen. In the midst of all this swarming refuse. roots. lmshes. etc... there is a sweating. swearing mob of rocking humanity. mostly gamblers. whiskey men and adventurers with an occasional honest miner. the usual sprinkling of “men. indian and the overtpresen-t dog. There is no night in this country. I. have seen the sun on down at twenty minim in [2 at. night and rise again shortly afterwards. I decided to build a cabin here and start- ed the men out to get the logs. The of rain. On. the 10th of J uLy I finish- GXOept for labor and the boat~ which except for labor andt he boat. thh I_broke ‘up and used for floor' '. being 89. and sold the cabin when I sit for 5000. July nthâ€"Some festive gentle- man «paid $18 for a breakfast oonSist- mg of a dozen and a half of 988's “t 31-50 apiece. and on the 13th [bought a bottle of elite ed rye whiskey. price 37- The holders 0 the richest claims on Eldorido and Bonanza Creeks are eith- er Americans or foreigners. generally. Scandinavians, and no one can imag- ine thit they are in Canada here. The 4th of July was celebrated with the usual display- of firecrackers and gunâ€" powder. but. I did not notice any par- ticular demonstration on July lst. An Englishman or a Canadian is looked union in my opinion as something of an interlloper “Chef steamers are ownâ€" ed by Americans. The people are en- tirely dependent upon Aincria'rns to for- wdrd their letters. and I have. heard of a man who offered 88 for a threel-oent Canadian postage. stamp and could not get it. Having made of) my mind to return to civi-izafion, left Dawson City on the T. P. “'enre 011i July 20." LYNCHING A KLONDIKE THIEF. 9-: The Gold Hunters llnlixcd a Man “110 Stole l'rovlslons. A letter from Juneau tells of the lynching of 'Willi-tm G. Martin of "Mis- souri for stealing food at Lake Ben- nett. Martin had sold what he could of his provisions at Skaguay, abandoned the remainder and started in for the Klondike with less than u sixty-potuid pack on his back. Being so "light," his arrival attracted particular atten- tion from camps of bontbuildcrs. His pack was secretly examined to Scc how much grub he had. It was noticed that he had about twenty pounds of bacon among other things, but no sugar. Martin camped back on the side of the hill in the brush alone. He must have heard how scarce provisions are expectâ€" ed to be in Dawson City, next winter. He was suspected and watched, but it was not till after he had tried to buy provisions. The second day it. was seen that he had sugar for'his coffee, and that night his puck was uncovered and a side of bacon branded with a private mark of one of the campers was found. A. poor attempt to obliterate the mark had been made. The investiga- tors reported the facts to the few campers who had not yet turned in, and, although it was late, the entire camp was quietly aroused and a minâ€" ers’ meeting held. It. was the gener- al sentiment that an example should be made of the thief. The question was put. The reply to the motion was an instantaneous rising to the feet of every miner, and a crowd of about sixty determined men moved off into the brush, in the direction where Mur- tin’s dying campfire could be seen dimly flickerinfi. .Martin wasasleep. He was unro ed roughly from his gla‘nkets and stood blinking on his ee‘. “\Ve_stand no stealing in this camp. Your time has come," Martin was told. He started to speak, but said nothing, and stood trembling from HEAD ’10 FOOT. " Do you want to leave a mesâ€" sage to your friends 9" he was asked. "No," said the man on the brink of the grave. “Do you want to pray?" "No," said Martin. “If there is anything you want to say, say it quick,” said thespokes- man. A slipknot had been made at theend of along painter of the boat. :lmddthe noose was put over Martin’s lea . “Boys,” said Martin. with faltering voice, “you know how it is. when a man has mortgaged his all, alerts for the Klondike and sees that he can't get there. If I am not hanged my life is not worth much to me anyhow. I’Ve. got 1,000 pounds of stuff at Skag- uay, and :I'll promise on my life to carry it. in here. for you.“ “Enough of that. it would not save you if the stuff was here." Martin was half dragged down lo the shore of the lake. it took less than two minutes to lash two slender pines, dressed for masts. in a forked up- right and drop another mast from the rocks on the bluffcver betwcen the forks. “May I write a message,. boys?" :iskcd Martin. “Be quick about it," was the .an- swcr. l’oor Martin took a letter from his pocket and kissed it. Then he tore it up, saving only the back of. the envel- opc. stooped, pulled off his rulnler boots, and. placing the paper on the Solo of one. wrote in darkness. the following. in a dim and trembling hand : "Hoping that with the money i might nuke. in the Klondike. sacrifice would go out of lhc. door and love return through the window, 1 left you. Kiss Ted. but never tell him. m-d. lid." In the morning Martin's body was Seen turning first one way :mdthcn back, like a kettle dangling over a fire, his hands tied behind him with a pack strap. 0n the other half of the envelope whoob Martiniorc in two were his name and the pHSiIllIll'k of St. Louis CAREFULLY REARED. Fond Mommaâ€"l am glad you had such a nice time at Mrs. 'l'iptop's. and I hope she noticed how ('arefully you had been brought up. You did no! a-k twice for dessert did you! Small Sonâ€"No. indeed. um. i didn't have in. Every time i f‘ni-bel a dish and began scrapin the saw-er with the spoon and 3mm ing my lips. the “nib-r came and lm-Ingbt me wine more without :aying sword. amzh‘eOf June was alsolutely tropics}. __ ; meme sgmfgfi $33 5,335,333“; amen, mum." inner}... mam scoxcnmo CAUSES fig} £11.? . I or France “he Ride the Bicycle. The doctors of \France are puzuled by a new mania which is afflicting wo~ men who ride bicycles. The feminine cyclists are becoming extremely cruel. Medical men who have made a study of the matter are inclined to ascribe it to a form of insanity, the cause of which is to them an absolute mystery. There are in Paris a number of physi- clans who call themselves bicycle spe- cialists. meaning that they have made an especial study of nervous and other troubles resulting from the use of the the wheel. These men are completely mystified The first case which came into gen- eral notice was that of Mme. Eugenio Chantilly, wife of Desire Chantilly, .1 well-known silk manufacturer of Ly- ons. Au enthusiastic whcelwoman for a very long time. she even lakcs bor wheel with her when she goes upon visits to friends some distance away. it “as on one of these visits to a friend of her girlhood in Paris. Mme. Henry l‘ournier. Whose husband is one of the best known business men upon the Rue de l'Opera. that the strange af- fliction came upon her. Her hostess is also a wheelwoman. and the two went riding one morning along the bouevards which have made l‘aris famous When in the vicinity of the Jamin dos i‘lantes )lme. .h‘ournier scorched ahead of her friend, and asshe drew away from her looked back laughingiy over_ her shoulder and called to her "‘adleu, mon amie.” Mme. h‘ournier, who tells the story, said she received no response and looking back a mo- ment later, saw her friend darting down upon her ‘ A'l' TEllltlb‘IC SPEED She rode to one side. thinking Mme Chantilly would be unable t0checll hersrlf by the time she came up with her. but what. was her horror when her friend deliberately steered the wheel straight at her. Before Mine. lflournier could evade her Aime. Chau- tilly had collided with her wheel and knocked her down. (Mme. Chantilly rode back .a few pace»; and then. rid- ing at a lightning rate, actually rode over the prostrate form of Mme.h‘our« nier Screaming with terror Mme. hour- nier attempted to rise. but was re peatedly knocked down by her infuriat~ ed friend, and it was not until others came to the rescue that she was able to gain security. One of the most curious features of the affair is that during this whole time Mme. Chantilly preserved an unmoved exprcssion of countenance ,apparently never even lookingi at the friend she was so cruel4 ly assaulting. When she was taken into custody by those who had hasten- to Mme. Fournier's reSoue, she only said, ‘\\"hy do you interfere with me when I am enjoyingmyselff” She was conveyed in a carriage to the .lr‘ournier residence. and from thence was prompt- 1y sent to her husband at Lyons. Sims then she has been kept in strict se- clusion. Mme. Fournier’s injuries were sucn that the constant care of a physician was required for sevcral days. ller right arm was broken between the wrist and the elbow, and she received severe internal in'uries.' ’l‘ho physi- cinn. deeply interes ed in so singular an assault. took pains to investigate it. and communicated with.tbe insan- ity expert who had been called tocx~ zgifiine into the condition of Mme. (‘han- l y. Considering the case on the whole. these two medical savants determined that they had discovered a BRAND-NE“! DISEASE Which was due solely to the bicycle. ’J‘hey. caused a careful inquiry to be made throughout France to discover, if lossible, any cases which bore a resumâ€" iilance to that of Mme. Chantilly. They found 17 women who had been seized with the same desire to injure cyclists of their own sex whenever possible. at such times as they were awbeel. The desire apparently took the same form in every instance the first action be. ing 8. Violent collision and than rcpt-ab ed attempts to ride over the form of the fallen cyclist. All were not as successful as Mme. Chantilly. because she is a wheelwoman so export as to be well nigh a professional. The doctors also found that not only did the desire to ride down other wheclwomonuppcar but. there was plenty of ndditionaievi- dence that the mania inspired a keen keen delight in all things siivokring of cruelty. In some of the instances women indicated this fact by torturin their et dogs or cats in the mos fright ul fashion although previous to the time the mania affected them they had been kindness itself to tho anim- als. One woman who was found for- turing her dog said, when asked the reason that she was illustrating the methods of the Spanish Inquisition of which she had read not. long leforc. rho also stated that she was expcruucnl.- ing with animals in order that she might become sufficiently expert to make similar experiments WITH HUMAN lll'IlNHn‘. That it was cycling that brought the mania on there sccma to be no qucs'« tion. Only whcclwmncu baw- lci-n alâ€" flicted with it. and oddly enough in every instance they have lit-en omr The only theory ad- vanced as in tin: cause. which has been seriously considered. is that it is the. result of the effect upon tin net-yous systcm, of the intense crhi - nration rapid riding brings! about: French whcelwumen ride at a high pn‘c. 'l'hcy are all mnbryu aznrrhcxt much more so than their sisters in of o er countries This leing the was. it is suggested that thepzacticc ore orching by women i~ likely to bring about a new form of insanity corflspmmuu: t. unfoituuuzt 30 years of urn. that which afflicts the il'renchwomcn. It is therefurg thought pr.- l N; H: it if women an: not foo-ed to ride at a slower pan: on their wbcca this” mnrkahie mama will make it. appear- an‘e in the wheeling countries othu than France. The “viral feztirirn. of d all is that there has thus far l-ora found no method which -.'.ou'l Wall-t in curing 9, patent. or c-vcn 1"11'7‘H'lll.‘ the mania loss violent._