The record-union., 1896-06-07

TepuoQ.
Take it and go!"
Sprocketolius waved the 500 bill in
his face and the man fell in fit.
"Hyi"
''Sprocky!"
The lovers lost each other in warm
embrace.-J. ]. j., in New York World
The evening tide brings out the pos
sibilities of the bicycle as a"pack" ma
chine. Hundreds of wheelmen carry
home with them on their bicycles bun
dies and packages securely tied to some
part of the framework, and these par
cells are made up of everything, from the
last magazine to half a dozen boxes OF
Strawberries. This is particularly the
case with people who live in the nea1
suburbs or in the outskirts of the city
and some of them have acquired knach
Of piling up bundles on their wheels
which rivals the genius displayed by
the Western packers, who are said tc
be able to pack the furniture of a
twelve-room house on one mule.
From a mere racing machine, from
which every superfiuous ounce of weight
is stripped to a two-wheeled express
wagon loaded with provender for large
and hungry family is wide range, YET
the bicycle can accommodate itself tc
these extremes with the single aid of a
monkey wrench.-New York Paper.
Apropos of sensible looking women
the question of costume is always one OF
the most important with woman. A
man can wear a golf suit, knickerbockers
being always correct for wheeling or he
can, If more convenient imprison his
trousers in those awful little metal
springs, which look like handouts. But
a woman must be appropriately gotten
up or she looks like a guy on her ma
chine
So the first thing she does, even before
she has her wheel in the house, is to de-
eide what she Is going to wear. Short
skirts, kits, bloomers, Tam O. Shanters
and many another fancy frill of the
sport look very picturesque and the
atrical on the road, and the men say the
women who wear them look "fine," but
the women of social position who rides
the member of the Michaux or Colonial
Club. is to be noted especially for the
ship shape simplicity and modesty OF
her 'rig." No flying ribbons or fancy
doingS for her.
Oh! the heartache; oh, the pain;
great the loss and naught the gain
oh! the bitter, bitter, sigh, quivering
lip and moistened- eye. Earth no pleas
ures now affords; naught to me are
misered boards. Worldly things nc
longer please; nothing can my grief ap-
pease. Where, oh where in Christen-
dom, Africa or kingdom come; where
on water, where on land, by entreaty
or demand, can 1 find some one to say
Friend, I'll light this dismal day; help
you in this awful mess; relieve you in
your sore distress; swear for you an6
cuss like sin; mend for you that shell
like skin? Call me not a bloomin' liar
I can fix that busted tire"
James Asher, Dunville, Ont, writes
Il have recently invented simple
method of finding the speed of bicy-
cles. Multiply five times the radius
Of the rear wheel by the number o1
teeth in the large sprocket and divide
this product by the product of four
teen times the number of teeth in the
small sprocket. For example, the Tins
constant of a bicycle whose rear whee
has a radius of fourteen inches (a
twenty-eightin wheeD with sixteer
teeth in the front sprocket and eight
teeth in the rear. is ten seconds
By counting the number of revolu-
tions of one pedal in ten seconds the
rate of travel per hour is found. Thai
is, If a person counts twelve dowr
strokes of one foot in ten seconds, the
bicycle is travelling at the rate o.
twelve miles per hour.
Keep the tire well inflated when rid.
ing. Oil should not be permitted tt
come in contact with the tire Oil rot:
rubber. Avoid keeping your whee
near heating apparatus. Rubber i:
vulcaniZed by heat, but too much heat
will make the tires lose their elias
ticity and become stiff. If brake i:
used in coasting, apply it gradually
Rubber can be torn by the brake
Fewer cyclists would be forced tC
walk or take a train home owing to the
loss of a nut or two If they made {
practice of trying each nut before
starting on ride.
To prevent missing the pedals wher
riding fast down hill, the cyclist shoulC
sit well back on his saddle, if necessary
altering the tilt until this is easy ant
natural, use a reasonably short stretch
and not lean on the handles. Thert
must be little or no weight on the ped
ais. 1t is throwing the weight on t
| hes hot NH loo nf
The whole stress, so far as possible
should be thrown on the saddle-Irisi
| Cyclist.
Said a bicycle boy, Now. then
| / will ride like the racing men,"
But he got into trouble,
For he bent himself double,
| And couldn't bend back again.
| Evelyn-Did you know, grandma
that cyclists learn to ride in academic.
in New York?
Grandma Haytop-Did / know 1t
Well, l rather think I did! 1 saw on,
of them cycloramas the last time / wa.
down to the city.
O Phaeton. scorcher, ruined one
For thy sad fate how bad we feel;
Thou wouldst not thus have been un
done
If stead of chariot of the sun
Thou DIST scorched upon a modern
wheel
1t takes boy seven or eight years t.
learn the multiplication table. but h
can learn to ride a bicycle In an hou
and half