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Every subscriber will get the Premium Picture as :1 Present. a Send m your subscription at once, ot order through our local agent. Address: THE EMPIRE, Toronto, Ont. NO EXTRA CHARGE (31% year, $ 1-25 made for this Grand Promlum, but It will be GIVEN FREE all Machinery. TORONTG; THE W 1892 WOMEN 0N BICYCLES. A FORM OF EXERCISE THAT HAS COME WITHIN A FEW YEARS. Ten Years Ago Very Few Machines Were On the day that the ladies’ bicycle was first launched upon an unexpected public that garrulous old dame, Mrs. Grundy, threw up her hands in holy horror and sent post haste for her smelling salts. That was nearly five years ago, when the high wheel was still in vogue and the present popular type of safety bicycle was little used even by men. As no one had ever seen aught but a betiuseled damsel in a circus perform- ance make use of a wheel, the term “ladies 3 bicycle” carried with it visions of fair maids and matrons perched high up in the air astrideâ€"actually astrideâ€"of the horrid things. In fancy at least it was a state of affairs positively too awful to contemplate, and little wonder then that even1 the ready tongued Mrs. pression. 1-: PIC: uu. Little by little, however, the true form and merits of the ladies’ bicycle became known, untllto-day in this country alone there can be hardly less than 30,000 in use, and none but the overprudish and incurably dyspeptic are left to rail against it, so completely has it won over the puhlic. - Jun 1..-“-.. “nu-nan had reallv Ridden by Womenâ€"Now 1 bably 30,000 Lady Riders in the United States. fi-x'I‘Cr‘mmN, LINDSAY, THURSDAY, JANUARY puuuu. Until its introduction women had really no means of outdoor exercise. l‘hey could not jump, run, or play baseball; walking was wearying, rowing more so ; tennis was good enough in its way, but was limited in confines, and one saw nothing of the country or the beauties of nature. And so it went all through the list. Now, with the ladies’ bicycle she can go where she will, when she will, and how she will. Her exercise out of doors, where she may feel of God’s sunshine and breathe of His unvitiated air, may be as gentle or as hard as she has a mind to make it ; she can go four miles or forty miles in this direc- tion or that direction, and as fast or as slow as suits her own sweet will. The hills and dales and surrounding country, so prosaic before, take on new life, new in- terest, now that she has learned to ride. There is no horse to shy, no groom to em- ploy, no stable to provide. Her wheel is always ready, always obedient, aIWays her slaveâ€"more, it is the most fascinating and invigorating out-door gymnasium that was ever devised. \Vith its aid a glow can be brought to the palest cheek and a rich, \ I r I ,,,_._l.‘a;.\n 6n fkn an". CVfil \lcvlavu. v .-.- _-_ brouuhb to the palest cheek and a. rich, coursing, healthful circulation to the most stawnaut blood. . m . I t “1.1.“- 1“ Sbugllduu Uiuuu. It is a successful and effectual banisher of that tired feeling if thecxcrcise be not over- done. Rhythmical motion is very diii'erent from walking or tension or strain of any Sort,aud possesses an undoubted fascination hard to dctine,but which only too frequent- ly leads ’cyclists to exert and overtax them- selves, aml women riders more than all others should bear in mind the caution, “Pleasure carried to the point of dissipation or exercise to the point of exhaustion is neither Wise nor wholesome.” It was a female physician of large prac- tice who, when asked, "Have you come to regard the use of the bicycle for women as good or bad 1'” replied, “Bad, because I am forced to confess that the principal bad re- sult that 1 know most about is its defraud- ing doctors of their fee.” It was another physicianâ€"Dr. J. Eaton J ohnsonâ€"who en- dorsed the bicycle as the “best health-giver ‘ woman has,” and it was Dr. R. N. Tooker, the president of Chicago’s Academy of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons, who in open meeting read a paper giving it as his opinion that “it would be a godsend to the saleswomen and the shopgirls if after their long day’s work they could mount a bicycle and hasten to their homes, I know of no more practical bit of philanthropy than that of our merchants andmanufacturers placing a safety within reach of every working girl in their‘ employ by buying the machines at wholesale and sellin them at cost on the instalment plan. I elieve they would have a less number of employes on the sick list and get far better average service from their help when on duty.” The lady’s bicycle was first shown in England in 1881. It failed to “take,” how- 1 4,... IIOO'T\ ouvkan 1". ever, unm sxx years mun- \w was introduced in \Vashington. CV61, uAALAs ”An uâ€" . -w-- was introduced in \Vashington. Mrs. \V. E. Smith, then of that city, but now of New York, having the honor of being the first lady bicyclist in this country. There were hardly a dozen of them sold the first year, and but very few more the next, but in 1891, owing mainly to the introduction of the pneumatic tire they became im- mensely popular, and have been gaining devotees daily ever since. , ,t LLA uovuuuuo nun-J v. V- ..-_---, Pauline Hall, the actress, was one of the first well known to the general public to use the wheel. It not only proved a great car d in her case, but also drew attention to the bicycle as well, and thus serve a double purpose. In England. strange to say, the success of the ladies’ bicycle has not been very pronounced, the English women still seeming to prefer the tricycle, which the girls of America long since voted clumsy, awkward, out of date, and which has been Ishelved as a back number. In England, however, the roads are so universally good, that the three wheeled machines can be used with impunity, while here in America they are so universally bad that the “trike” could not budge in many places where the safety is in general use. .11 ‘IA'.:_ -1....-.::~L +l\un Slutty In In Sun-u; ...... , Ladies are naturally les‘s clannish than men, and while many ladies’ bicycle clubs have been organized and some are still in existence, for some reason or other they do not thrive and are usually short-lived. \Vashington, Providence, Philadelphia, Chioago, Minneapolis, and other places have at different times boasted of their ladies’ bicycle clubs, but they have not prospered and are now practically dead to the world and never heard of.â€"New York Herald. “Which side should I sleep on, doctor ‘2” he inquired. “In winLer or summer?” asked the doctor, rubbing his chin thought- fully. “What‘s than got. to do with it, ‘2” exclaimed the patient, half angrily. "A great. deal,” responded the doctor, mysteri- ously. “I donl see it.” "Of course you don’t,” said the imperturbable; "ifyou \lid you wouldn’t, be here asking me ques- tions about. it.” “Go ahead then,” said the patient, sitting back resignedly. “Well.” Joaninucd the doctor, “in winter, when it is cold, you should sleep on the inside, but in such weather as this you should sleep on Lhe out-side, in a hammock with a. draught 1 111 round it and a. piece of ice for a. pillow. ifwo dollars, please.”â€"-Medica.l Review. Dd. In 1651. 15 Kalle“. VDBG, IIVW' until six_ years lgter (1887), when it. "‘ ‘14.. 117 “'hich Side to Sleep On. v. v..--_ G. was véixfidcked beyond eni- responded the doctoi‘, mysteri- lofo see it.” "Of course you w the imperturbnble; "ifvyou ldn’t, be here asking me ques- .b.” “Go ahead then,” said the ing back resignedly. “Well.” 1e doctor, “in winter, when it should sleep on the inside, but; bher as this you should sleep on in a. hammock with a. draught and a. piece of ice for a. pillow. - nlease.”â€"â€"Medica.l Review. .â€"Now There are of the Wheel THE SECRET OF GLADSTONE'S OM- TORY- He Talks Strnight at the Peopleâ€"Rot Afraid to Be Commonplace, It is ditficult to read one of Mr. Glad- stone’s non-political addresses without ask- ing wherein is to be found the secret of the charm exercmed by his oratory over all classes. There is no gorgeous rhetoric, no melody of words, no spice of epigram. Again,there is no attempt to show learning, there is no special depth of thought, and there is no great newness of View or origi' nality of conception. All these powers of the mind Mr. Gladstone no doubt possesses in a high degree, but unquestionably, he does not let them be seen in his popular addresses to large. mixed audiences. They contain plenty of good sense and good feel- ing adeguately expressed, but to say more of them, judged on the surface, would be impossible. How is it, then, that they are so successful and please so much more than the etforts of men who pack their speeches with the best things in the best language ‘2 I :s____J We believe that theanswer is to be found I in the fact that Mr. Gladstone has realized exactly the intellectual capabilities of popu- lar audiences, and so manages to make every shot tell. Burke praised one‘ of the ‘ statesmen of his day, we believe it was George Grenville, for always being able to “hit the House between wind and water.” This is what Mr, Gladstone does ; he never Wastes shot on the decks or the rig- ging, but pegs away at thegplace where he can do most execution. But to hit this place among the majority of mankind an srator must not try to be too wise or too witty, and he must never be the least afraid of being commonplace, of moralizing, or of stating things which are supposed to be known to every schoolboy. "LVIJ VUIV ‘1va U..-ub~ â€"â€" _-_- "l’ “1,1..L‘..- nnnv u -. vv ‘1 . v._, _v__ Half the things said by Mr. Gladstone last Saturday are things which many men would not have dared to say for of being told they had nothing new to say. Mr. Gladstone has the art of being not only in- different to such considerations, but, what is more, of being able to become genuinely enthusiastic over his review of what is commonplace and well knownâ€"London Spectator. How Petticoats Licked Bull Nagle. [A legend of the district of Holy Smoke as told by old man MeCurdy at Big Bob Montgomery’s threshing while the three hired men are changing the straw-carriers in the barn.) Boys. ye g1! remember Nagle, the tenth concession ' i'utfian, His brother Jim is married onto Squire McDer- mott's gell. He wuz anus pickin’ quarrels, a-bmggin’ an' bluflin', He claimed to be the bully on the sunny side of hell, He kicked and licked an wrapped and slapped and cuffed the hull creation, _ . Till no one dasn’t. squeak when he was nmsm’ round, But the slimmise little teller â€"â€"We (ullcd him SiSS) l’ etLi on the ground. Thet finished Mr. Negle, they dragged him to the stable, The big blasphemer’s idle tongue was swollen up and raw, He neviri helt his head up, but soon es he was a e He went away up country and tuk up with a squaw, An’ little Sissy Petticoats he made a jam up preacher, Chuck nip to his neck with Christianity and sun : 'Way out, in the West he‘s a leading Gospel tear-her. He can lick his weight in Wildcats and pray wheat the band. -The Khan in Dundas Banner. Smoking I think I have knocked one superstition of the doctors completely out. This is the belief that inveterate smoking causes heart disease. Out of a total of 468 deaths due to heart troubles that have come under my observation during the past two years, only two of the victims were regular smokers. Drink caused the largest portion of these diseases, and so the deaths. Fifteen years ago, when I was back in the oil regions of ‘h ....... l\r-xn;a a. dnntor told me that l “LAMI‘ v§.\‘l~lvv- v._ , diseases, and so the deaths. Fifteen years ago, when I was back in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, a doctor told me that i would be a dead man within two years unless I quit smoking. My heart was affected, he.said, and the tobacco, by in- creasing the organ’s movement, aggra- vated the malady. Six years ago that same physician passed through the city on the way to Colorado for his health. He was almost a complete wreck and his heart was in a very bad state. I happened to meet him, and almost the first thing he said was, “You quit smoking long ago, I suppose?” “\Vell, scarcely,” I replied. “I smoke now ‘on an average twenty-live cigars a day, and never felt better in my ‘ life.” You neVer saw such an astonished man in your life. To make a long Story - short, I got that man to smoke a cigar, and I before the morning was over he had smoked live. Tobacco put him on the up- road to heaven again and he is living yet.â€" St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Better Left Unsaid. “VVhete are you staying? I’ll call and see you.” “Don’t! You’ll only think the worse of me when you see my surround- ings !” “Oh, my dear fellow, that’s impos- sible, you know.” yeer thing it, happened at Joe McKenna‘: riz the barn y'know on the fifty-acre it was rushin’--till Bully was a-blazin’ .vnnhhl'f. touch 3. (11'0”. \VhiCh made big ON HYGIENIC THEMES. and Heart Disease -â€" Cofl‘ec Drinking. ller in all the population, ‘cLLicoaLsâ€"he downed him 19, Interesting Account to the Great Poet, The next recollection, and one that sweeps most vividly across the memory, is that of going to Farringford for the first time, and seeing Tennyson among the sur- roundings so admirably suited to his tastes, and necessities. The place was much more retired than at present ; indeed, there was neither sight nor sound during those sum- mer days of any intrusion. The island might have been Prospero’s own, it seemed so still and far away. Beyond the gardens and the lawn the great downs sloped above the sea, and in ‘ the distance on either band could be seen \ the clifls and shores as they wound away and were lost in the dim haze that lay be- tween us and the horizon. We found our- selves suddenly walking as in a. dream, surrounded with the scenery of his poems. ,_L_L LA Beyond the gardens at great. downs sloped above the distance on either hat the clifis and shores as 1 and were lost in the dim aul'luuuuvu "n... -..v _..w,,‘ ‘W e could not know, nor did he, what he was yet to do. We only feltâ€"all who knew him feltâ€"that he knew his work demanded 3 from him the sacrifice of what the world calls pleasure. He endeavored to hold his spirit ready, and his mind trained and re- sponsive. His constant preoccupation with the work of his life rendered him often impatient of wasting hours in mere “personal talk.” He was always eager and ready to hear of large matters of Church or State from those who were competent to inform him, but it was his chief joy when his friends were gathered about him to read from other poets or from his own books. ‘ 1 A._‘l‘_ “ p I 893‘ 1113 UN“. va-uo In this same visit there was much talk of Milton, of whom he spoke as “the great organist of verse, who always married sound to sense when he wrote.” Surely no one ever ave the lines of that great poet as he did. a was wonderful to hear. It would be impossible to forget that grand voice as be repeated: “The imperial ensign which full high advanced Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind, With gems and golden lustre rich eiublazed, Seraphic arms and trophies ; all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds.” His chanting of his own “Boadicea” was very remarkable : n. _ .1--Al to be eelebrated, Thine the myriad-rolling ocean, light and shadow i1~ limitablc.” But nothing could excel the effect of his rendering ot “Guinevere,” his voice at times trem ulous with emotion, and his face turned from the light as he read : , “Let no man dream but that I love thee still,” and all the noble context glowing with a white heat. It was easy then to find that “Thine the liberty, _thine the g‘ his own ideal, was not a. legend u; him alone, but a. vision of the Holy Grail Eowaxrd which he aspired. ..-.......\;:nn J It were easy, indeed it is a temptation, E to record every detail, stamped, as they all ; are, on the memory after several visits at Farringfield and at Aldworth, but the 1 beautiful paper printed in these pages only a few years ago by Mrs. Anne Thackeray ': Ritchie, now given to the World in a volume, where Tennyson stands as one of “The Light-Bearers,” would make any repetition of the history of his family life worse than unnecessary. Mrs. Ritchie’s friendship with the members of that household, and her familiarity with the houses and scenery which surrounded them, have given her the opportunity to do what her genius has ex- ecuted. Summer was again here, with a touch of ' ' ' ‘ 1â€" __L:A'L 50d uwu. The great frame had lost its look of giant 1 strength ; the hands were thinner ; but the habit of his mind and spirit was the same. Again we heard the voice; again we felt the uplift of his presence. He was aware that he was not to stay here much longer, and when he bowed over him and kissed his hands, we knew and he knew it was indeed “farewell.” He was surrounded with deep love and tenderness and the delightful pre- sence of his little grandchildren, and when, shortly after, his weakness increased, he doubtless heard the words sounding in his mind : He asked for Cymbeline, that he might carry the noble lines clearly in remem- brance. Later the moon shone full into the room. and in that dim splendor, and to the music of the autumn wind, his spirit pass- ed. â€"From “Tennyson,” by Annie Fields, in Harper’s Magazine for J anuaty. How the Former Learned the Name of One of Her Lady Visitors. Mildred Aldrich tells in the Mahogany Tree of a very clever way in which two well known literary women of Boston es- caped from a dilemma. It was in Boston’s best known if not only literary salon. The hostess approached a dear friend and amus- edly whispered in her car: “My dear Lil- lian, I am in a dreadful dilemma. There is a woman here with whose face I have some special association, and yet 1 cannot call her name or recall where I met her. I am possessed with the idea that I especially in- vited her. I am going to introduce you to her and you must find out her name." ‘ The hostess and her friend approached the guest. The hostess said, in her nicest. way, addressing the stranger, “I want you to know my dear friend,l\liss ,” and turned and left them. The two women chatted a few moments, and, when the hostess again approached them, the friend addressed her over her shoulder with “1 am going to takew” Then she hesitated, looked perplexed, and said to the guest : “Will you forgive me? I did not quite catch your name.” Of course the guest supplied the missing name, and the friend continued to the hostess : “I am going to take Mrs. in to get a cup of tea.” “Yes, do, Lillian,” said the hostess: and the two women exchanged gratified and re- lieved smiles. CLEVER HOSTESS AND GUEST. LORD TENNYSON- “Fear no more the heat 0’ the sun, Nor the furious winter’s rages, Thou the worldly task hast. done, Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages." “l-‘los regum Arthurus." nus (of Lon 1ion)â€"(}01fls all the .2x1. Don L- \ou think I should It would brace me up. \Iuc- , nun .inc‘l ! Uzz. duma. dae jmzst» perzec’ in-«uuiu 1 Sin’ I 1 La. guuf. I'm: m; uctit m3 - :u-glecu: m. lfn'r'éllnss, and ‘\'}‘ai\‘!\.~‘al‘1 I “l :it‘S "Yen dim ucgiecup whisper) 'l"{.-'1.{u of Two Visits “.13“ [1th nf Golfing. k of giapt of Bow nary Adopted nor Husband’s Tactics and the Result Thereof. The vslking delegate never tired of talk- ing of the strike. He held that it was justifiable if ever a strike was, and he was repared to demonstrate that it was per-'- ectly proper to strike to secure any desires}; result. He so told his wife, and she. seemed to agree with him. She said it seemed to be the easiest way of enforcing a demand. And that night when he came home he found that the table was not set. “1 want a new dress,” she said, when he ? asked what the troubie was. . ' ~2___- s..- wxcu wuaw on mun“.-- n “I know. {'ou’ve beenwgothering me for that dress for a month," he said, “but how aboufi supgerf’ . ., _-_._1:-.a “'1‘th papfgry. tha‘ WI u adv-nu LV' “That’s your business,” she answered. “I offered to arbitrate once.” It was 10 o’clock that night when he fin- ally gave in, and somehow he felt that he had experienced a. new phase of the strike business. It looked difierent from the other business. It lookl side of the fence. The Deaconâ€"Do you know what happen- to boys who tell lies 2 Small Youthâ€"Yessir. They git: of, most times, if they tells good one. A Co'n‘éreSsnlin's Story, Congressman John Allen‘s very latest story is about a fire that was . 'tu‘y discov- ered coming from the roof 0: - prominent citizen of a hamlet down in 11.. .s'aunba coun- ty, Mississippi. The church bell sounded an alarm, and the populace ran pell-mel! toward the burning building. There was no fire engine in town, and nearly everyâ€" body carrieda pail. While an otficial of the county was making: a break toward the burning building he passed a strapping negro walking away from the scene of ex. citement. He had his hands in his pocket, and was whistling the “Mobile buck.” “Yere, you black rascal, whar you goin at?” the otficial asked. "Don‘t you see ‘ that Mr. Taylor’s house is on fire 2 \Vhy don’t you go back and help to put the fire out ’1” The negro stopped whistling. Drawing his hands from his pockets. he said, “I’se got great respect for Mr. Taylor, sah, but how does I know Mr. T aylor wants de fire put out ‘3”â€"Boston Herald. The Waiter‘s Translation. Guestâ€"Got any good roast beef? \Vaiterâ€"Yes. sir. Guestâ€"Bring me one of your best cuts. I want it, tender, juicy, not too well done, not too raw, and with very little gravy. Have the fat. and lean about equally divided. and be particular not to cut the slice thick, :url don‘t, forget» the horse- radish. L‘an you remember all that? \Vaiter-Yes, sir. (Loudly) Roast. beef, one.â€"â€"Tit-bits. An Anecdote of the Czar. An anecdote of the Czar Alexander II. is published by his rivate physician, Dr. Botkiue, in a series of letters which that gentleman is contributing to the Revue Kusse d‘hlurope. During the Russo-Turk- ish war the suxierings of the troops were horrible, especially from want of food. Dr. Botkine asserts that the true state of things was hidden from the Czar, who was nearly discovering them when, passing through the ranks, he asked: “Have you eaten, my children?" The soldiers. how- ever, rather than complain, shouted heroic- ally: “We have eaten, ‘Little Father,” the name by which the Czar is spoken of 1by the Russian peasantry. Dr. Botkine’s letters reveal at shocking state of things, and his description of the hatred with which the rank and file regarded the stafi’ oficers, who contrived to be provided with luxuries of all aorta, is most graphic. . THE WIFE’S STRIKE. More Be Bargained For. “This is