The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-02-13
The Yelocinede.

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a7slf The Veiocipede.
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ADVANCING civilization strives to econ
oniize time BY annihilating distance
Therefore the telegraph, the railway, and
the standing French prize for inventors
In the science and art Of flying. "Ob
had / wings likea doVe,n is q prayer not
limited to- the spiritually weary. Rail,
ways do not always haYe stations where
We want 70 60, and wings, some scientists
think, will not help rs until our fore.
arms are developed into natural pinions,
50 we must adopt the next very best de-
vice, Next faster than slow pedeslrianism
is TO make one'a self q burden for beasts.
Therefore 8 camel aided Mahomet's
Hegira, Bueephalus carried Alexander,
the Centaurs were born on horseback,
| Gen. Taylor rode q Whitey,a and Henry
Ward Beecher was content with slow
"Old Charlie until he saw and bought
Nelocipodefthe Latin or French swift
FOOT .Yf s4isss6 ss 4aa " \
"Fhe velocipedeP Who, after sll.the
talk andall the newspaper psragraps, has
not heard Of The neWiinanlmate horse
who has not desired TO know more, and
yet how few have seen genuine speci-
men The fteed has almost crazed France
and now the mania, after exciting our
English oouAins, has fairly invaded Yam.
4 keedom. ,ssss
One earnest Of the ultimate success d
the invention isgthe persistency Of those
who attempt to introduce it. An entirely
impfaoticable idea would never have been
revived after its first hint, early III thii
century, by Mons. DEais Of Mannheim
] France. An outline of his machine L
/ given among the illustrations IN the las
edition Of WebsteT's, Unabridged Dicti0n
ary It had no cranks, but was propelled
| by q succession Of pushes on the ground
| by the feet of its rider, That embryo
/ Yelocipede soon passed out Of sight 4
earicature repfesenting one struggling
with o locomotive which, by tho way
was then ridiculed, Is now seen ina Paril
4 library. T 9a gaa 1sii HeseH stew tsatt'
4 In 1880 another Frenehman, Mons
Dreuse, Postmaster General of France
4 made improvements, constructed d mum
ber and mounted some Of his countr!
postnen who rode triumphantly for a yea
ortw0. EArlyfn 1858 several Paris AM
Mannheim factories began 70 supply voloci
pedesswhich soon found their way all owe
France. That country is entirely iAyora
BILE to- their use, because Of the asphsl
J roads which are smooth as 8 door w
are not able 10 precisely illustrate th
varieties Of the French Veloeipedeor thel
American reproductions - Z.
An American has, however, produced
machine which, while u has marked IA
provements, preserves the general Frenc
fhutliua slif 1liff.F z
There are two wheelsg the front On
three feet, and the rear, two feet and onl
half high. Theffort wheel Is iInmediatel
forward Of the other. The connecting read
has extending upwards therefrom ST
I springs upon which isafiixed saddle-lih
sea. with bearings for the vertical arbor
. forked standard, The lower end pf whiG
has bearings for the short axle Of the 70
!. ward wheel The person using the velot
2 pede seats himself astride Of the seal Yli
: hisfeet upon Cranks provided on the G
! tremities Of the forward axle and gfasI
with his hands cross, handle furnished
I the top of the arbor abogeindioated, Ski
fully balancing the apparatus he turl
I the forward wheel by the action. Of b
i feet on the cfanks, and at the same tin
3 guides il Id the desired direction By tur
Q ing the arbor's handles The wheels mi
g be Of any size. Some front wheels a
g two and one-half feet high, and othersa q
y four, or even five, feet, The rear who
2 ID generally smaller than tbeother,
y Two or three day practice viii enat
y one to ride with encouraging prospec
The familiar example Of q spinning e
or rolling hoop, win suggest the prl
ciple Of equilibrium, Upsets at FIRST 3
freduent, but the confidence Of the skal
soon rewards the persevefing. E8
q On perfectly smooth roads tie yHlo
+, pede Is entirely practicable ON such,
y miles are less fatigNing than half the
q, lance on foot Ftenchmen have travl
eightysfye miles In eight and one.h
hours, and many men In Paris, New Yo
- Chicago and other cities pass from hoi
a. to busineEs OK work, and return, mount
re on the oatless horse. The rate Of spt
1e Under favorable circumstances d Mond
X full The writer has a friend who traverl
I'd one4thirl Of d mile III sixty.two secon
n 0r at the rate Of nineteen miles per ho
" Th0prevailing article, with two wheels
~ cAil6ut Lnoa DiCyCic. AH0hncN NeAA
ng with two hind wheels, made for ladies
to children, Is snamed the Tricycle. Y
at For the first time the Veloclpede
N fallen into ingenious Yankee bar
ug These will mako II d success ID some tol
~ New York, Boston, Chicago, and india
Of Wisconsin, and scpfes OF towns have
siI tained, Or applied for, patents for imprc
ed ments. Many Of these ideas are good,
1a. many decidedly foolish. There Is "
no feid for the inventive, and large hopes
40 the Taste of him who now has nett
Ins wings. locomotive nor horse - Yofihil
az err Clristfqa ADVOCATE
az IA Man ia Greensboro, W., nearly BIZ
asl his wifes neh recently. By playfullys b
ss ing her. Her neck cracked, che heci
~. ~ partially paralyaed and was oonfinet
3sf her bed seyeu days