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THE BICYCLE AND ITS BENEFITS.
outdoor air. The pores are opened and the dead secretions are thrown off. It aids the peristaltic movement of the bowels, which they have in their normal condition, and thus it becomes a panacea to that great enemy to most every condition of health -constipation. Out-door exercise tends to the highest physical and mental advancement of the race. When Greece gave her models of learning and art to the ages, it was then that she had her national out-door games and exercises. The position on the wheel, if proPerly taken, is a combination of walking, standing and sitting, which gives the most perfect relaxation. You are interested in what you are doing, and doing what you are interested in. Do not ask for a bicycle run by electricity or any motive power other than your own. The flower we love the best is the one we plant and till with our own hands. Hundreds of instances might be given where cycling has been of the greatest possible benefit to invalids. A few cases may be named here. In the spring of 1890 a lady visited the Snow riding school in Minneapolis. She weighed but ninety-eight pounds, and was unable to do much of anything. Physicians had failed to aid her. At first she could ride but a few minutes at a time. Her shoulders drooped so her teacher was compelled to raise them. Slowly she learned to ride, and then she began to improve. She soon weighed 118 pounds and became one of the strongest and most graceful of riders. Another case was that of a young lady who had periodical spasms, and who had not been able to attend school for two years. Care was taken with her instruction. Her case seemed a hopeless one,