1 CENT; 



Regular Price $ 



$8m50 per pair. ^ 



To Introduce 

 We Will Sell 

 You a Sample 

 Pair for Only 



IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU 



to write for our big FKJiE BICYCLE catalogue 

 showing the most complete line of high-grade 

 BICYCLKS* TIKFS and SUNDRIES at FBlCES 



^1 BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the world. 



M DO NOT BUY A BICYCLE Irz/T"^, 



or on anv kmd of fej-ms, until you have recL-ived our complete Free Cata- 

 logues illustrating and describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade 

 bicycles, old patterns and latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW 

 PRICES and wonderful new offers made possible by selling from factory 

 direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. 



WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit. Pay the Freight and 

 allow 10 Days Free Trial and make other liberal terms which no other 

 house in the world will do. You will learn everything aud get much valu- 

 able iuformation by simply writing us a postal. 



"We need a RldBt^ Affenf in every town and can offer an opportunity 

 to make money to suitable young men who apply at once. 



.50 PUNCTURE-PROOF TIRES ^^^^^ 



■If 



VI .80 



Mm NAILS. TACKS 



^^U OR GLASS 



^^F WON'T LET 



■ OUT THE AIR 



PER PAIR 



Notic* the thick rubber tread 

 "A" and puncture strips *'1J" 

 and "D," also rim strip "H" 

 to prevent rim cutting. Tliis 

 tire will outlast any other 

 milke— SOFT, KLASTIC and 

 EASY RIDING. 



NAILS. TACKS 



OR GLASS 



WONT LET 

 OUT THE AIR 

 (cash WITH ORDER $4.55) 



NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. 

 Result of 15 years experience in tire 

 making. No danger from THORNS 

 TUS. PINS. NAILS. TACKS or C 



Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can 

 be vulcanized like any other tire. 



Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual use. Over 

 Seventy-five Tliousand pairs sold last year. 



DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside 

 with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures 

 without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating 

 that their tires have only been pumped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than 

 an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting c|ualities being given by several layers of thin, specially 

 prepared fabric on the tread. That "Holding Back" sensation commonly felt when riding on asphalt 

 or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave'' tread which prevents all air from being 

 squeezed out between the tire and tlie road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these 

 tires is |8 so per pair, but tor advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider 

 of only li'So per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on approval, 

 ■you do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. 



We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.65 per pair) if you send 

 FULL CASH WITH OKDEK and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel 

 plated brass hand pump and two Sampson metal puncture closers on full paid orders (these metal 

 puncture closers to be used in case of intentional knife cuts or hea\'y gashes). Tires to be returned 

 at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. 



We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster. 

 Banker Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper about us. If you order a pair of 

 these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look 

 finer than any lire you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased 

 that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a small trial 

 order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. 



^%*% a OV^n ^^A I^rO buiit-up-wheels, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and 

 COA^ fiCn'0n#l'€Cd^ everything in the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usual 

 nrices chareed by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDRY catalogue. 

 „_ mmftr \Af Air ^ut write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a 

 00 nOm WW At I bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and 

 wonderful offers we are making It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. 



MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. "J L" CHICAGO, ILL. 



