WANTEPrA RIDER AGENT; 



IN EACH TOW , 



and district to 

 _ ride and exhibit a 



sample Latest Model "Ranger" bicycle furnished by us. Our agents everywhere are 

 making money fast. Write for full particulars and special offer at once. 



NO MONEY BEQU1KED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship 

 to anyone, anywhere in the U. S. without a cent deposit in advance, prepay freight, and 

 allow TEN DAYS' FREE TiilAL duiing which time you may ride the bicycle and 

 put it to any test you wish. If you are then not peifectly satisfied or do not wish to 

 keep the bicycle ship it back to us at our expense and you will not be out one cent. 

 FAPTflRY PRIPFQ We turnish the highest grade bicycles it is possible to make 

 IHVIVIU rniULO a t one small profit above actual factory cost. You save >io 

 to $25 middlemen's profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guar- 

 antee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone 

 at any price until you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard of factory 

 Prices and remarkable special offers to rider agents. 



mlMBl I RF ACTflftllCUEfrl) when you receive our beautiful catalogue and 

 VWBLL DC HdlUMORCU study our superb models at the wonderfully 

 low Prices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for ■ ess money 

 than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above lactory cost. 

 BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at 

 "bur prices. Orders filled the day received. 

 SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but 

 r usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out 

 promptly at prices ranging from $3 to S8 or SIO. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. 



single wheels, imported roller chains and pedals, parts, repairs and 

 equipment of all kinds at half the usual retail prices. 



*A50 HE@@ETHOftl PUNCTURE-PROOF *A 80 



COASTER-BRAKES, 



8 



SELF-HEALING T3RES * SAMPL£ PMR 



TO IN1RQOUGE, ONLY 



Notice the thick rubber tread 

 **A" and puncture strips "B" 

 and "D," also rim strip " H" 

 to prevent rim cutting. This 

 tire will outlast any other 

 make— SOFT, ELASTIC and 

 EASY BIDING. 



The regular retail price of these tires is 

 $3.50 per pair, bat to introduce we will 

 xtlyouasample pair for $4.S0\.cashwithorder$4.55). 



m wmi trouble mm punsteres 



NAILS, Tacks or Glass will not let the 

 \\t out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. 

 3ver two hundred thousand pairs now in use. 



CZSCRtPTWN: Made in all sizes. It is lively 



v-d easyriuing,verydui ableand liuedinsidev. i.h 

 % special quality of rubber, which never becomes 

 porous and which closes up small punctures without all 

 ing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satis- 

 jed customers stating that their tires haveonly been pumped 

 ip once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than 

 an ordinary tire, the puncture resistingqualities being given 

 by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the 

 .read. The regular price of these tiresis$8.5operpair,butfor 

 id vertising purposes we are making a special factory price to 

 Lhe rider of only $4.80 per pair. All orders shipped same day etter 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 $4.55 per pair) if you 

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

 nickel plated brass hand pump. 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. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, 

 nrear better, last longer and look finer than any tire 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 trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. 



gam V/Uff AKgTtm TIO^C don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of 

 !#• m <LP<J PCtLtLH* f friCo Hedgethorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at 

 the special introductory price quoted above; or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which 

 describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the usual prices. 



nn tUnT IA/AIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle 

 Uf%J fwC#f WWM4M M or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and uouderful 

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



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



