The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-07


able TO right himself again. This was
considered unfair but TO use the writer's
own words, you may go as crooked
(snakelike) as you please but never turn
around or face the rear - The AmcrI-
cans won, as they did IN q subsequent
challenge oue-lap race. The author con-
tinues This was real fun for the Amer
leans. The 'all-cOmers,' however. are up
to SNUFF now, and are looking for some
thing new to beat the Americans; but
the trenchmen must get up early and
dejeuner before Il o'clock to beat us"
Thirlwood Bramland. writer Of a COM
munication TO the New York Mercury of
Oct. 8. 1868, must have had a vision for
his words have proved most prophetic.
He says: THE velocipede mania having
Well nigh exhausted itself IN Paris we,
as the natural successors to cast-of
French fashions. are likely to see the
street toy become all the rage in a short
time. The revived velocipede has
run off with the wits of the male fast,
and the modicum OF modesty pertaining
TO the fast among ladies-bOth sexes
Joining in fast travelling on the straddle-
bug arrangement. We shall see the
srong-minded women of the day astride
Of their hobbies on wheels-blue-spec-
tacled. spindle-shanked, and pantalooned
their skeleton skirt having been dis
carded. What comet with its
downy tail Haunting over a third of the
celestial plain viii attract as many eyes
as the blooming H-year-old comet shin
ing with all the effulgence of voluptuous
Charms Veiled, not hid, by dainty
boomer costume, mounted on a VelOci-
pede, which the little feet will propel at
a speed the awkward Ixion never knew
Our young sWells, ambitious of
muscle, viii try to excel the feats per-
formed in Paris. The weary la
borer may yet be seen, after days de-
bilitating toll, straddling a more sedate-
looking because cheaper, form of the
skeleton horse. All the dwellers
in suburban districts, remote from street
cars, may find the Velocipede an inValu-
able convenience. Indeed family
velocipedes may be constructed TO accom-
% "a ~lenr 40 ar Coz
pedes with baby seat in front.
The modest parson who cannot afford TO
keep horse or carriage may keep a non
oat-deVourlng wooden steed, etc" The
editor of the Mercury has prefaced this
letter; our whimsical contributor has
evidently been afflicted with a nightmare
vision after perusing some of the marvel
Gus Partisan accounts Of the amusements
Of fashions favorites with the revived
of luxury straddle with no more of the
sense of enjoyment than Is felt by the
S-year-old who rides a walking stick"
The New York Tribune, November. 1868.
regales its readers with two or more col
umns said to be from the pen of Horace
Greeley, which exhausts the subject COM
pletely. These extracts read: at is a
matter of doubt, as yet, whether the ladies
VIII take TO Velocipedes or not. The use
of the bicycle is, of course out of the
question, unless each fair rider follows
Jessica's example, and obscure herself In
the lovely garnish of the boy.
When this time comes and when obnox-
ious officeholders skim themselves out on
two wheels at twenty miles an hour and
ofhceseekers who run behind their ticket
straddle the bicycle and labor to run
ahead; and over-sanguine candidates for
the White house glide leisurely thereto
only to meet disappointment, and pedal
back to their constituents at break-neck
speed; and when mounted postman fly be-
tween the corner boxes and the office with
their loads of Sybils leaves; and school
boys with their satchels, and messengers
with their parcels, lawyers with their
briefs, doctors with their pills and whole
sewing societies with their knitting, and
Things scud through the street on their
various errands, each individual Of the
countless throng borne smoothly along on
the wheels of a fleet Velocipede-what a
busy world We'll have to buffet with and
how respondent will the cabmen be- and
the car conductors, how indignant, and
the railway companies, how disgusted
with the nckle-minded peoplei
One Of the new wrinkles in the bicycle
trade Is the hickory handle-bar Several
Savannah riders are using them and are
loud in their praise. Others say they
don't take much stock in them They are
light and springy and give so much rs
TO cause a feeling of insecurity at first
But their great advantage is their SPRING
mess, which greatly reduces the continu-
Gus shock which Is communicated through
the hands and arms of the rider to the
whole body when on rough road. In
this respect II is more restful than the
rigid metal bar of present style But tine
hickory Is said to warp and crack, when
is a drawback.
The New York Heralds bicycle editor
figures out the cost Of a high grade
wheel like this
Handlebar I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. OK
IMo 4edu cLpS ..-'.''''.'............ 10
Crown (receiving fork sides) ...... u
Seat post bracket ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. u
Crank hanger ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 50
Brace lip 90
Rear FORK ends .......................... u
Adjustments ......................... az
Frame braces ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. e5
RetnforcementS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IA
Handlebar clamp ....-................... On
seat post ..'..'''.. .''''.'................ q
Two head cups ........................... IL
Crown cone ............................... %
Head adjusting cone .................... O8
Lock nut O3
Lamp bracket ...................... n
One hundred balls ......................... 10
Rims Observation-Disclosures. 60
1HtS 20
Saddle 50
feaaIs '''''''''''''''.-.'''..... 20
GRIPS 20
Nipples on spOkes .................... Is
Washers o.
Spokes .....''....'..-........-... 70
HUBS .-.............t 50
IuDlnS .....'.....''''-. .-.''.ss............ 90
Fork sides .............................. 26
Crank parts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
Large sprocket ........................... 40
Chain ....-.................... So
Nickelling .............................. N
EnamellluB -e.......-...... I 90
Labor in assembling parts ............ 5 "a
Total $50 81
Ills Op.nion-"I suppose" said the
philosophical man, that for every dis
appointment in life there is a correspond-
ing happiness some time, even though one
may not be able to trace the connec-
ton"
"Um-well, / suppose mebbe there is - re-
piled Senator Sorghum, though l wouldn't
like to go on record TO that effect"
Don't you believe in the law Of COM
pensation2"
''Of course, I do" was the energetic
response. "But II ought to be changed
Five thousand dollars a year isn't living
washington Star.