same way as the, steersman of a many seated road machine steers by turning the front wheel. The tires of the new contrivance for traveling on ice are made of solid rubber, and are provided with spikes at regular intervals. As the machine is propelled forward by means of the pedals, these spiked wheels will grip firmly the surface of the ice, and, when the runners have attained headway, they will serve to steady and act as a brake on a machine that might otherwise travel, with so much motive power as eight riders provide, at a dangerously fast pace.     There have been ice bicycles before, but a machine to travel on ice that will accommodate eight riders at one time, and which combines wheel propulsion and the gliding movement of steel runners in the manner provided by the invention of this Lenz machine, is the crowning novelty of them all. Mr. Lenz proposes at the trial exhibition to have the eight seats of the machine occupied by a bevy of girl riders. He rightly judges that they will enhance the attractions of the occasion. He states that he will carefully train the girls beforehand, so as to prevent the possibility of any accident occurring to mar the success of the trial. After a careful study of the accompanying illustration the reader will probably arrive at the conclusion that such a machine as that shown, propelled in the manner indicated, will be granted the right of way on any body of frozen water in the country. From—The Dupuyer Acantha. (Dupuyer, Mont.), 27 April 1899. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.