The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-19


pearalce from rae ordinary m-ral-lraule
ones. IN IS nor heavier. nor Us u clumsy
T lo1k-le- The diamond frame is ~ one
. piece % benz wood The steering column
f is OF wood. the diamond frame being iu-
Eeui1lsly connected with IT, u has a
OGDEN handle bar. The front fork rear
I am laIlrr lafser Than ln me me- I'D
q frames. - as r1 te strong enough The
I saddle il M carved wood The couuer-
IRONS are ~ ph1sphor bronze and are 20
made tlat they can De- frightened az any
| time. and Jhe hubs. pedals ana such small
/ crlflrE gear are OF metal as iu other
/ wheels. Tie frames are flexible ana OIL De-
easy, and are SAID 90 stand usage remark
ably well The wheel can be- made 10 sell
| al comparatively low price. and on this
account 30 10 thought l viii meet win
success Rock elm. hickory and other
strong wood VIII be used. and viii be filled
and oiled
Here is some thing % alarm "scorchers"
10 Two or three cases that recently Oc-
CURED in Philadelphia, the Ledger says.
/ me doctors diagnosed "a arrangement Of
the intestines, caused hy bicycling, set
| tlnE up appendicitis. from which death
resulted. 10 appears that the victims were
young men who used their bicycles TO an
excessive extent and took "a wrong posi-
ton I'm riding them. bringing the abdomen
down against the saddle as is done ia
-scorching," with the result that the con-
tents or that sensitive part of me body
were pushed out OF position, complicated
together and pounded into Inflammation.
But n riders will sit un right on their
wheels and keep their bodies in a nor
mai position, 10 Is believed that they viii
be In no danger Of appendicitis. The Led
ger may be right; but the scOrcher ia ac-
ton very much resembles "A monkey on
wheels and IL cannot be said how he Is
constructed iuwardly until he is cut open.
1t does not matter. only the lives Of the
useful are worth saving.
You are charged" said the Judge. with
riding your bicycle through the streets at
"A rate exceeding ten miles an hour"
Ten miles said the man whose new
wheel had run away with him, ten miles?
III bet / was going three hundred. In
dianapolis Journal
II IS a matter Of surprise SAYS the Ar
gonaut, that the universally of the bicy-
Gle has not produced an extensive YER
uacular. "Cyclist' Is "A legitimate term,
and has the advantage of being short.
Scorcher," as indicating a speedy cyclist.
is fairly eDgrafted upon the language. The
technicalites Of the machine have led TO
attempts upon the part Of young men TO
coin expressions. Your tire is punctured''
indicates that the story you are telling
lacks the probable element Of truth. Reck-
less statements are called "coasting."
very ancient yarn is not chestnut"
but a Century" A young couple sharing
a mutual fonduess are riding tandem"
A man leading fast life is ''geared too
highS An old fOgy is referred TO as a
high wheel, a chaperon is known as a
''pacemaker.' A cheap bicycle is called
a gas pipe Machine
she: I hear Miss Flurts is learning to
He: fnt she rode one last year. Why
does she have to learn again?
She: Another gentleman is teaching
her.-Funny Cuts.
A bicycle store hangs in its window a
sign: Bicycles sold for 50 pound
twenty pounds for $l0O
Recently the wheel was in evidence at
| the marriage Of Mr.. Henry r. Stahl to
! Miss Matte G. Morris, in Trenton, n. j.,
and all the parties connected wore national
costume. Mr.. and Mrs. Stahl started on a
trip awheel to Niagara Falls.
In an English wheel clubs floral parade
| Lady Emily Cherry (Gladys) quite a
/ young girl dressed In white with a green
/ sash and a wreath of white flowers round
1 her head, was awarded first prize. Her
| cycle was very daintily decorated with
white carnations and mauve rhodOden-
/ drons and fern. A huge mauve paper pop
/ by with gren stem OYcrhanging the ma
/ chine and attached to the mudguard gave
/ the whole a very fairyllke appearance.
/ Mrs. Middleton Chack took second prize.
/ Her costume was a white pique skirt to
/ the ankles, a figured muslin bodice fancy
green straw hat. trimmed with cherries
1 and cherry colored ribbon. Her bicycle
/ was one mass Of choice roses-all colors
] and asparagus fern. Hanging from the
! handle-bar were long ends Of crimson
/ yellow, pink and green ribbons The
! framework was entirely covered in green
/ silk The rose bicycle certainly deserved
/ her prize. Miss Worsley Roberts cycle
/ was not to be overlooked, IL being most
| tastefully decorated with white marguer-
! ties and scarlet genraniums. A hoop OF
daisies was suspended from the handle
| bar and tied to her waist with scarlet
| MORE ribbon. In the front OF the hooT
| was a gold badge Of the club. Another
| very pretty machine was covered every.
where with pink and white sweet peas
| and asparagus fern
Americans anticipating a bicycle tour
| through England Will have to unlearr
their rule of keeping to the right. In one
! of the English cycling journals the other
day the first thing noticed was a eau.
ton to the novlces to keep to the left Al
| old saying in that country is: IF you gC
to the left you go right; If you go to the
large party of Americans meeting al
equally large party of English tourist.
riding in the opposite direction. What
! confusion there would be in the event 81
the Americans forgetting the English rule
/ of the roadi
The European edition of the New Yorl
Herald says; French leaders of societS
appear to have definitely settled to adop
the fashion in cycling costumes prevail
ing in England. The Paris dressmakers
with one consent pronounce the kncker
pochef 10 De Dau form, and declare tha
the skirt, proper of divided. lis your only
wear"
jeremiah Hardwood Of Pocantico. Me.
bought bicycle and could not become rec
oncile to it until he had attached a pail
of short reins to the handle bars He rig
n ged up some sort of a back to the sea
and now declares he is perfectly happy
because he can lean back in the saddi,
and pull.
Mary had a "bran new bike,
It's frame was polished steel
1 And everywhere that Mary went
She rode her pretty wheel
She rode her wheel TO church one day
Which was not orthodox;
| 1t caused the parson to cough and say
Some thing about woman's frocks.
Why do the elders look at Mary so?
The sisters all did ask,
i Oh, Mary wears boomers, don't vel
n know
Then everyone looked quite aghast
LATER
But now the parson rides bike
And the deacons ride EN-, too
While the sisters scorch along the pike
In pretty boomers new. N c, ].
I have just heard of an infatuated and