Marine Bicycle

A passender on the steamer Appledore hui relates the meeting of tbat Tetssel with a strange cnitt on the high seas : "Ol irday al'ttrnoon, August 89th. sckm iitter eavinj; the [slesofSboals, and vrhen about eight miles Mm-xoutheast of the New Hamp.liirc ooast, OBM of the passengen espied nul polnted out a tiny speek on the ocean which bad wmewhat the appeaxanee of ¦ short spar buoy. tbouoh it was evldeutly noviii-r s iftlv taruagn the water. On aptroachlns nearei wc difcorered It to be i aan, liavini; cmtv appearance df walking rapidly OVW the heaviugseas. (real inti'ij manifestad by all on boanl at tliis strange meeting with so novel a inenns of Darioe imviation. No sinnki-, po stc.-iin, 10 sail, no oars or paddies - in fact, nothng that baa liitherto been known n ¦ neana of marine propulsión is riaibla on or about this uew water craft. Nor did the ail of the lass throw any light Uhjii the iilycct. The sou " an by nu nu-itns Bmooth ; lulced, wheii the strangt1 iiiachine was tirst Uuuu muil Ál wu. v wiMu uuly "lt"11 it rtMu n tbe top of each ucceeding wave. We ! it about an ciglith of a milo to leevard, the lone navigator waving his hat whilc mr pastengera generally returned he salute. We continuwl to watch with nUTest the progressof this animateU speek upon the otean until it faded entirtly fïoin our view iu the distance.'' The soliitfon of lila mystery is that Major Urcfc made hia irst visit to the Bhoala with ihc nibrlnc bicycle on Suturclay aflcrnoon, passing the teamer Applcdore !th going and returnng. He left the inouth of the harboi at bia o'dock and arrived at the Appledore asdlng at 4:07, makiug the run out in one lour and twt nty-twi minutes. Alttr leavnt the Applcdore, HouK the major made a ruu to the Oceanir, al both hotels being ïcaitily welcoincd by the assemblee! gai Bts, vho hád espied liim coming some time lire he rcached their sliores. Mucti interM mamt'ft-Iid l'V all at thl8 Visit tO heir islands of o rsm"all and odd a craft. uite a iiumberof ;;iMitlenien at th' Applelore obtuincd permualOD and tiied the inachinc, inaaifeating much pleasnre with it md its novel coiistriiction. The major left he Oteante tor this city at 5:15, but, owlnjf o a brisk northeastei', which kicked up a icavv Sea tor a craft so sinall, did not arrive at the a[Uarlum until 7 o'clock.