Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-03
Bicycling and TricycIing.

'
 ! Progress of the Wheel Sport in EngIanG
 -Great Feats.
 From the London News
 | The bicycle has undoubtedly to 8 large ex
 tent been put somewhat out of countenanc
 by the tricycle., but it's manifest advantage
 will insure for it abiding popularity among
 the young and vigorous. It's superior speed
 is alone an irresistible attraction; it is easiel
 to work, if not to master. By it. you ma,
 travel over country which the larger vehicl,
 could not touch. Against these points of ad
 vantage must be reckoned the greater danger
 of capsize, the inability to carry muct
 baggage, and the incessant care necessary 1T
 management. The year before last we saw $
 great army of bicycle riders in Bushey park
 and the solemn countenance worn by eact
 man as, with eyes firmly fixed in front, he l anxiously proceeded on his way, was quite ! enough to indicate the absorbing nature ot | the exercise. It was evidently portentlous | ly serious business for every individual among the hundreds of riders who passed iu ! review. But that the Vaccinations are over | towering may be seen every Saturday, Sun | day and holiday in the country within a ! twenty-mile radius of London. Flights, | sometimes of one or two dozen, sklm along | the high roads continually, as all timid horse men know at the cost of much nervous pow \ ST. The clubs, however. have exercised a ! very beneficial effect upon the members, l sho, in the main, honestly endeavor to con | suit the feelings and safety of people ln I charge of horses. It is stated by the organs | of s'the party'' that the chief highway of | lenders at present are non members who hire | machines, and we have seen it suggested that | if there is to be tax imposed it should be | upon all hired bicycles and trics cles. re ! markable illustration of the work to be done by a good bicycle rider who pursues the | amusement steadily was recently given ia the performances, during 1883, of MT. Teget ! mier, a well known expert in the practice of [ road-riding In 230 riding days, by journeys | ranging from twenty three to 154 miles, he ! travelled during last year 10, 053 miles. One ' gentleman (Mr. Adams) during the same year | rode 2424 miles in one day.
 Tricyclss are, however, the machines that will appeal to Che many. They may be used by both sexes. The man of advanced years, of cumbrous proportions, who has no ambi- ! ten for the saddle of high-hying bicycle, may, at his ease making speed, or dawdlIng, 1 as the fancy takes him, enjoy many delight full country trip in the seat saddle of a tricycle.. Man and wife, brother and sister, or pair of lovers, have the docie soclable at their disposal. There is an arrangement, uuAJ tO Oo bQO"u ab LA0 CuEEcA9 by which couple of men may indulge ln the delights of "tandem " No wonder, there fore, that tricycle. clubs are multiplying everywhere At club dinners the chairmen do not fail to announce that her majesty has been tricyclist these two years past, and that her children and grandchildren follow her example Another statement, showing the hold which the custom has obtained, Is that the Cycling Touring club alone has H. uoO members This information was given at the annual gathering of the West Kensing- ton tiicycle club. On that occasion Sir Charles Dilke referred to the achievement of Mr J. B. Marsh, London journalist, who last autum rode on his tricycle. from Paris to Geneva crossing the Alps, and going via Lu- cerne into Italy. It was 8 really splendid feat to accomplish, requiring as It did, strong nerve as we'll as hard work, for the run of 12o miles down hill, including the Great Simplon, was as full of perils as de- lights. After 8 very little practice a man | may average his seven miles an hour with a good tricy cle and soon be able to perform 8 ! journey of sixty miles in a day with compar- | ative ease. difficulty in the way of setting up tricyc ycle in London is the want of place ! to keep it in, but central livery stables for ! the accommodation of this steed, which has no appetite and is not liable to spavin or ganders, will no doubt be before long sup I piled to meet the growing demand.
 The Clothespin "a Civilizer.
 | A Tribune reporter called recently on g 1 wholesale dealer in clothes pins. The store \ house where the merchant kept his stock Sas filled with bales and sacks. Hundreds of | thousands of clothes pins were there. The | proprietor pattsd 8 huge bale with gentle, | ness suggestive of appreciative affection and discoursed after this manner:
 t'Clothes-pins are one of the staple exports | of this country. In the spring millions are shipped to Europe, the majority being sent
 to Eugland and France. A family in England 1 without clothes-pins would be like plum ' pudding without the pudding. There are five factories in this country which manufacture
 over 50, ,OOO, 900, ,O00 of clothes-pins annually. They are situated in New Haven, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston. The | lumber which is taken from the Adirondack forests, the spruce especially, is nearly all \ used in making clothes-pins, but they are oi ! inferior quality and sell at whole sale for 1E \ cents gross. They are soft and apt to split l upon the line. The yellow pine, maple and ! hickory are the best woods for pins as they
 season easily and the dampness of the wash | ing does not spring them. The greater DOT.
 
 | tell you how many thousands of feet of good 1 pine woods of that state find their way into I clothes-pins would astonish you. It takes i only foot of wood six inches in thickness to ! produce nearly 300 pins. The block of the ! dimensions have given you is divided into 28s pieces, which are thrown into an auto | anatic turning machine capable of turning | out 5O0 pins every ten minutes, and the ! square pieces of wood, thrown into the ma | chine by the bushel. come out of it with the | neatly turned head and the smooth slot which ! fits 30 snugly over the clothes line. The do- | mestic trade in clothes pins is calculated ! rosghIy at 30, 800, COG, 900 yearly. They sell | at wholesale for 20 cents gross for spruce, | 20 cents for pine, 21 1 and 22 cents for maple, and 22 cents for hickory.
 ''It is 8 singular fact that clothes pins are seldom used in the extreme south There | the clothing is doubled over the llne and al- lowed to hang until dry, which, owing to the warmth of the climate, is matter of a short time. We first began exporting clothes pins | to Europe in large quantities in 1S4S, and ae the duty on them in foreign ports is only nominal, we can sell them cheaper than they can be made there. The American clothes pin is civilizer in no slight degree, for where pin is needed, 8 washing of clothing I is essential; clean person after clean cloth. | ing is demanded, and if cleanliness is next l to godliness,' then the modest pine clothes. pin is missionary te be bought by the gross. The Connecticut branch of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission society will hold a meeting in MiddIetown on the 9th of March. Mrs. Gordon, wife of the Rev. A. J. Gordon of Boston, will deliver an