The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-02

strength Of your machine you can coast
| this hill. The climb on the other side
is the most formidable you will meet
on the trip. When you have reached
the top Of the hill beyond you get the
finest view of Wichita obtainable. You
have been out only twenty minutes.
Most people in Wichita have not built
their kitchen fires at $40 O'Clock in the
morning. The valley is perfectly clear
and bright. When you see the city
again it will be black with smoke. You
go on east to the first road turning north
The road Is a beautiful one in dry wea-
Their, though a watch must be kept for
hedge thorns. 1t is important that you
turn north at the first road for another
Will not present itself for mile further
east. This road running north, a half
mile east of the end Of the street rail-
way, is a very pleasant road. Travel a
half mile north and you begin the finest
part of your morning outing. A half
mile north is the eastern part OF Cen
trail avenue. The road is splendid.
There Is an easy pump for half a mile
and then the finest coast in the vicinity
of Wichita presents itself. There Is alb
solutely no danger. The decline is very
gentle, but sufficient TO keep you going
pleasantly for over mile. The trick is
to put your feet up and let your wheel
spin. The undulations prevent your ma
chine from getting too fast. You will
find it necessary to drop your feet TO
the pedals at the corner of Hillside ave-
nue., near the Cook homestead This,
however. is only for moment and you
are again on a gentle down-grade which
carries you down toward Chisholm
creek which you cross on the Central
avenue bridge.
This trip, If you take If easy, lasts on
ly hour. Distance seven miles. II you
start at 5 o'clock you are back home
again in plenty time to eat breakfast
and get to work at o'clock The roads
are fine, the air clear, and the scenes
pretty. II will pay you TO take II. The
most important step in the trip is to go
to bed at o'clock the night before.
The ignorance displayed by a large
proportion of new riders regarding the
care Of machine is surprising The
adjustments OF an up-to-date bicycle
are so simple that any person OF aver
age intelligence should be able to make
them without trouble. and to keep a
wheel in good order without continually
visiting the repair shop. When a ma
chine is delivered from first cless deal
er 1t is in perfect order. for the dealer
will see that It is so before 1t is sent
out. Sooner or later the bearings ana
chain will need adjusting. perhaps the
handle bars prove not to be at just the
proper height or II IS thought desirable
TO alter the position Of the saddle To
make these changes some riders Will
a 1v1h
chanic would require to repair steam
engine, and quite likely make bungling
job Of II even then.
Should they get the chain off to clean !
or oil II they would require a half hour
10 get IL back in place, and IL they ex-
am1ned the bearings in search Of a bro |
ken ball would probably have more |
trouble than If trying 10 solve the pigs |
IN clover puzzle. 1t is not necessary
that a bicycle rider should be a full
hedged mechanic. nor IS IL desirable that
he should attempt to make difficult re-
pairs when such are necessary, but he |
should know enough 10 keep his mount l
In good shape, see that all bolts and |
nuts are tight, that the chain and bear |
ings work perfectly, learn how To turn 1
a nut with wrench without stripping
the thread. repair puncture in case Of /
the oil holes. It is an actual fact that
there are some wheeelmen who do not |
even know where 8 machine should be /
oiled, and who yet wonder why II IS
that their wheel does not run as easily /
as that belonging to their friend.
A well known railroad official IS ouot- /
ed in a Boston Sunday paper as saving /
the court has explicitly defined what /
constitutes personal baggage. and no !
where in the court rulings are bicycles !
mentioned. says the L. \. ". Bulletin. /
This statement is both correct and /
clever. The omission may be account /
Ell for however, by the fact that bicy- /
cles had not been discovered at the time /
the principal rulings were made.
Whatever a passenger takes with /
him for his immediate necessity or I
comfort. or for the ultimate purpose Of 4
his journey. according 10 the particular /
class TO which he belongs has been held /
by the courts 10 constitute baggage.
The bicycle seems 10 come under that
head. Il anything ever did.
The gentleman says that one day last
summer l4o wheelmen came 70 take a
train al Waltham 10 escape a threaten
ing thunder storm: thar there was not
enough rooom IN the baggage car and
some Of the wheels were :aken into the
coaches. You can imagine" said ne.
the annoyance 70 which the train |
hands were put. and Il appears TO me TO
be only right that roads should receive
some compensation for the extra trou-
BILE and added weight
Here are the facts The F.tchburg
railroad had train or lis way % Ros-
ton. The expense OF running Il TO Ros-
ton was a fixed quantity. The thunder
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