The Twenty-Fifth United States Infantry Bicycle Corps has just completed
a two-thousand-mile ride from Fort Missoula, Montana, to St. Louis. The
trip took forty days.

The riders and wheels stood the journey remarkably well, and the
lieutenant in command considered the trip a great success.

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The constant rain that we have had for the last few weeks has called to
mind a very curious old superstition which will amuse and interest you.

There is an ancient English rhyme which runs:

"St. Swithin's Day, if then doth rain,
For forty days it will remain;
St. Swithin's Day, if then be fair,
For forty days 'twill rain nae mair!"

The history of the origin of this legend has been handed down to us
through the chronicles of William of Malmesbury.

In the early days, before printing was invented, the records were kept
by the monks in the monasteries.

The monks were, indeed, the only people who understood how to read and
write.

The records were written by them on parchment or vellum. The margin of
every sheet was very wide, and beautiful designs were often painted