The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

The Latest in Costumes
Banks decided that he would Kill it by
riding over its head But the moment
the front wheel Of the bicycle struck the
snake il coiled up and began striking at
Banks. It's fangs punctured the rubber
tire and let out the air. The men dis
mounted, and Banks killed the snake with
stone.
The New York Herald figures it out
Bicycle riders in the United
states ....-..-.+..-. .s..-........ 100000
Riders in New York city........ 100000
Riders spend each year in caring
Tor their wheels and on excur-
SlollS ....-.....-...-.. $500 GOO 900
Reputable wheel manufacturers
Gfapitai invested in these plants. ssooOoo55
tories .....;.....;... ...:......,.. 10000
Wheels turned out this season. 100000
Gained by riders in health and in
saving of doctors fees. Untold millions
The worlds hour record is now thirty
miles. The figure was placed at this mark
last week in France by Tom Linton, an
Engllshman. mile every TWO minutes
for sixty minutes is certainly a wonderful
performance, and ii reflects great credit
on the staying qualities OF the English
man.
To know how to oil a bicycle IS neces-
sary 70 riders comfort. After the wheel
has been washed, begin at the middle
hole in the axle of the front wheel. turn
steel band until the oil hole is exposed and
use from three to four drops of oil. Next
the lower steering or head bearing should
receive attention and should be oiled fire.
quently, two drops being used at a time
The Oh hole TO this part can be easily
round, as II IS directly in front. Then turn
TO the upper head bearing. The oil hole to
TINS part, being in an adjusting ring, is
not always in the same place, but can be
round on one side or the other. Two drops
OF oil are sufficient for fabrication Axle
hearings require about three drops Of oil
a wheel should be oiled at least once in
every hundred miles. and the pedals need
about three drops in every 500 miles The
joints in the chain should be oiled about
once month and then wiped off.
Chicago now lays claim to being the
Wneeimans paradise. That city has 342
miles of macadam and 81 miles Of asphalt
roadway. Two or three years ago Wash
ington claimed the honor. having $50 miles
OF asphalt streets. Last year however
Brooklyn measured up $50 miles of as
phalt.
The accident insurance companies stiu
insist upon CHASING riders of BICYCLES as
extra hazardous risks, such as men who
work in powder mills or putting up the
iron work of sky-scrappers. There is no
MaTrant Ior tnis discrimination, as, not
WllhSlahdlng the vast increase of the
number of bicycles in use accidents
aWheel are not so common as supposed
An analysis has been made of 900 acct
dent policies upon which benefits have
been paid by the company that was fore
most in the crusade against the cyclist
| II was round that the causes of accidents
We're as follows; Falls on pavements. 53l :
! run over by carriages and wagons 243:
| kicked or bitten by horses. IS; thrown
| from horses, AZ; cut by edged tools or
| glass, III; injured by falling weights. 90;
| falling downstairs, =, and bicycle acct
dents; q. These figures are official
Mamma-Why were the five virgins
/ whose lamps lacked oil foolish?
/ Tommy-May6e they had their bikes
| with 'em.-Truth.
Road Observation-Disclosures idea of
! taxing bicycles as vehicles is simply out
! rageous. A bicycle doesn't damage the
| roadway a bit.
! Walker-It isn't the wheels that do the
! damage; 1t is the fellows who fall off
! Indianapolis Journal
First i'm Peace.-"Did YOU find the bicv-
| Gle useful on the battle field?"
Yes. indeed; we dashed up to the enc
| my, and then we stacked arms ana shook
| hands Every man on both sides rode
the same make of wheel Chicago Re
| cord
The bicycle built for two" is coming
into more general use. There have been
! various schemes devised for attaching two
| bicycles so that the riders may sit abreast
| but the tandem remains the favorite form
! Of the companionable machine. At first ii
was ridden only by professionals to set a
pace for racers and then the scorching
| idiots took 1t up. But a good many tan
l denis are used now by couples of opposite
sexes and it is certainly as companionable
a form Of bicycling 5 could be wished
SAYS the Argonaut. Even if a chaperone
! is along she can soon be left behind in the
race and then, with a good road, it be-
comes the perfection of solitude a deuN
! The tandem is in consequence, immensely
popular with young couples. But it is to be
| noted as a curious phenomenon that the
| Benedict, when he has passed the honey
| moon stage, loses his admira ton for the
| tandem, though he is a s fond of the single
| wheel as ever. Cynical bachelors have ex-
| planned this on the theory that in tan
| dem riding the work of pedaling is not
| equally borne But they don't ride tan
| dems with pretty girls and SO have no real
1 KNOWLEDGE of rho nl1rrar