The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-20

become doctor In India.
Count Giaoomo Canuda will ride a
Raleigh in Italian path races this season.
A new clerk In wheel agency was ex-
planning to novice the beauties OF the MAJ
chine he was trying TO sell. Neither seller
nor buyer were posted upon cycling. what
do you mean by that bicycle being sixty
four gearW asked the prospective purchaser
30, the driving wheel revolves sixty-four
! times to each revolution of the pedal" re-
piled the salesman. Then the proprietor
paid him his wages and discharged him.
The announcement that F. J. Osmond the
English racer, will visit this country next
menth and remain for the International
event and fall tournaments shows that he
wants TO become aCciImsted before COM
| petlng against the experts OF this country,
although he will miss the National Cyclists
| Union championship and avoid meeting
| Zimmerman while the latter is In England.
Osmond is not now CHASED az the leading
wbeelmsn 10 England, and his absence
| from the National Cyclists Union races
will lead many persons TO believe that he 10
| afraid OF zimmerman.
Gun barrel tubing, which has lately been
| introduced into the manufacture OF bicycles,
| is not likely to prove q success An expert
| gives 10 as his opinion that, while it is plain
that the best make Of gun barrel tubing
| will stand an enormous bursting strain 10 a
| lateral direction, they are abnormally weak
! in the tensile strength so essential in a
! bicycle frame. This arises from the TACT
| that the metal. though being of the highest
! quality, particularly that of the fiuest guns,
| during the early process of Welding aronnd
the mandrill affords continuous series OF
transverse joining. thus destroying its
! in LONGITUDINAL
bearing great weights.
A public-spirlted citizen of Houston, Tex,
| by the name Of Z. 1. Coombs, 10 going to
! build as fine bicycle track on his estate as
can be made with money and skill In
| brief, it will be one-half mile. scientifically
| graded and banked; foundation of broken
| brick. with top dressing of sand, clay and
cinders mixed in mixer, put on in thin
! layers, and rolled with lotion steam roller.
| It will be properly drained with terra Gotta
tile. The grand stand seating capacity of
| 5000 will be a novelty; it will be placed on
| the inside OF the track and will be made to
| revolve by hydraulic power. The home
| stretch will be 800 straight. In connection
with the bicycle track will also be 1-mile
! horse track, and the same care will be shown
| IN its construction.
Lenz has just written private letter to
| q friend In his former nome, IN Which h6
tells some interesting experiences he has
had in his trip through China. The letter
Is SO follows:
Il have successfully reached here after
many days Of hsrdships, the last 1866 miles
I have tramped through snow, ice, mud and
cold. Twice | used my revolver to brighten
| off Chinese who stoned and showed fight
against me. The cry OF Foreign devip
greets me verywhere, but this pay no
attention 20.
THE roads are fearful here: the tires of
| my wheel stand all right, but tine frame and
rim have had to patch. 1t has been the
severest winter here in twenty years and
| snow has fallen heavily. / may stav here
two or three weeks until the wet season
| goes away. | eat entirely with chopsticks
among the Chinese and subsist mostly on
| rice and greens. Although / expected
besstly accommodations, yet words cannot
describe the filth that abounds here. MY
! tripod, tool bag and tools, opera glasses and
| spool Of film have been stolen by the
| Chinese, l am compelled to watch my
wheel AID camera like a hawk. Hinges on
my voliEe have been twisted off, being mis-
taken for silver.
Occasionally l reach missionaries, who
kindly welcome me to their house. Foreign
| food and beds are indeed Injuries. It may
| be three or four months before reach CAL
| cutta. l am determined TO cross China
awheel or afoot, no matter what the conse-
| quences are.
"A good joke is told on Stevens, who
was escorted here by soldiers in 1856. The
Chinese said a crazy foreigner went