have seen the thing, and that it is really an air-ship; but whether there
is any truth in these reports or not, it is impossible as yet to tell.

One thing is certain, however, that a great many persons are experimenting
with air-ships, for from five or six different towns word has come that
so-and-so has been experimenting with an air-ship for a long time, and
perhaps the object in the sky is his perfected ship.

We may live to travel by air-ship yet.

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The New York Elevated Roads have put on bicycle trains.

Between certain hours of the morning and afternoon on Sundays, the trains
will run bicycle cars.

These cars are made with a line of bicycle racks running down one side,
and a row of seats facing them on the other.

The fare is fifteen cents, and none but persons with wheels are allowed to
ride on these trains.

The experiment has proved such a success that the surface cars are talking
of running trailer-cars for bicycles on Sundays, and, during certain
seasons, on week-days.

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War has been declared between Greece and Turkey, and the meddling of the