Making A Long Bicycle Trip

D. J. McDermott, assistant editor of the Reading, Pa., Eagle, aud Ira M. Becker, an attorney of the same place, were callers at the Argus office on Wednesday. They were on a 4,000 miie bicycle trip to Miuneapolis, Minu., and from there to St. Lotus, Mo. , returning to their home by way of the Shenandoah valley. They will take three mouths' time on the trip and will make it all on bicyoles. Mr. Becker rides a '97 model Royal which was bnilt especialy for him at Marshall, Mich., aud he says although he rode a Colombia for 16 years he likes the Royal better. Mr. McDermott rides a '97 model Relay. Up to Wednesday they had been out 10 days and bad made G49 miles. They got caught in the floods at Pittsburg which delayed them considerably. They were entbnsiastic in their praises of the roads in Michigan, and said if they had as good in Pennsylvania they would tbink tbemselves in a bioycler's paradeise.