The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-14

is loss of at least $l3. 10000 on the year
to the piano industry.
Criminal liability for the reckless riding
OF bicycle was visited with a sentence
of four months hard labor in the recent
English case of Regina VS. Parker, which
was tried at Lewes assiZes. The defend
ant was charged in an indictment for
manslaughter and also for furiously driv-
ing a carriage or vehicle contrary TO law
The sentence was imposed upon a plea
of guilty to the second Indictment. This
plea was accepted although the prosecu-
tion considered that a conviction for man
slaughter would be supported. The Law
Journal quotes Mr.. Justice Hawkins as
saying that the counsel for the prosecu-
ton had very mercfully asked only for
conviction on an Indictment TO which the
prisoner was ready TO plead guilty, and
that he was glad that some one thought
fit TO put the law in motion and let those
who We're careless and reckless of the
lives of others know that they were pun
ishable by the law. The justice also said
that man or woman who rides bicycle
Is bound to conduct it with care and
caution, and no more entitled TO ride
recklessly and furiOusly than TO drive q
cart a furious pace through the street.
Laws or ordinances on this subject,
says the Law Journal, as on all others,
are made only for those VINO are either
mentally or morally deficient and not for
those who are intelligent and consctenI-
Gus enough not TO need them. The inter
esting and innocent party who, for time
whereof memory of man runneth not 10
the contrary, has been carrying gun and
did not know it was loaded, has now ex-
changed it for a wheel, and his works do
follow him His victim is often fellow
wheelman, but more often it is an elder
ly lady or small child. PusillanlmOuS
municipal authorities nave in many places
failed to check the increase of these
crimes. In other places the authorities
have been more effective. To make the
law of the subject plain to the limited
comprehension of scorchers, a few convlc-
lions of granddaughter will probably be
necessary.
Most nuts on bicycles are frightened
by turning them in the direction of the
hands of a clock. An ordinary monkey
wrench should not be used on an octagon-
shaped nut, if "spanner" which fits
over is at hand. A monkey wrench is
apt to slip and round off the corners,
making the nut practically useless. 1t
should be remembered that small bolts are
easily twisted off by a good, strong pun,
with a long handled wrench; or the
threads are slipped off, which ruins both
the bolt and the nut.
Mud accumulated during ride should
be allowed to dry on the frame before
removing, as it can be more etfectually
taken off in that state. It should be
wiped off with cloth which has been pre-
yiously oiled, as there will be less likeli-
hood of scratching the enamel.
Riders should never allow the adjusting
cone of the head of the wheel to become
loose, as continued Jolting will thus weak
en- that part of the wheel, which bears the
greatest strain. -,
Ordinarily a small plug or a patch will
mend a puncture, but disaster is usually
fuil-hedged when the tire is torn. Then
a. plug fails to work and a patch will not
hold Some man has patented little con
triVance which is as simple as anything
can be- yet it is practical and will save
hundreds of wheelmen long walks. 1t Is
nothing more than strip of rubber with
a strap and buckle fastened to the ends
When the tire is torn the rubber band i
placed over the torn place with plenty OF
cement underneath. The buckle IS fasten
| ed and the tire is pumped up. This band
| will ordinarily permit one to ride nome
| without further trouble.