The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-09

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ride wheel. He had somebody start a re-
| port that he didn't want her to ride.
| The wheels of a bicycle if properly adjust
ed, should spin freely and stop gradually
with rocking movement, yet have no side
play.
The boy sat on the scorchng bike,
The people fed, you bet;
lie struck rut upon the pike
And he is scorching yet.
eve told Mabel her wheel skirt must he
heightened down to her shoe tops" "Yes-?'
Well-she went off and got shoes that come
up to meet the skirt. Puck.
A good way 70 clean the bicycleschain is to
place 1t in d quart bottle of benzine over
night and before removing it in the morning
shake the bottle thoroughly.
pneumatic tire which cannot Re punctured
has the air tube about one-third large as
the shoe and placed close to the wheel rim,
the space between the TWO tubes being filled
with sawdust or cork
Among the many eccentric ideas possessed
by the emperor of Germany is his disapproval
OF women VINO cycle. He is said to be the
only sovereign in Europe who does object to
this exercise for his fair subjects.
In new bicycle tire combination of the
old cushion and pneumatic tire is used the
cushion being moulded into the tread of the
tire and backed by the pneumatic pressure
only the cushion coming in contact with the
road.
London Daily Mail in the late Turko-Grecian
unpleasantness, used a bicycle in his business
and as consequence, he says that his stuff
reached London on two or three occasions
day ahead Of his competitors who used the
horse. His only difficulty was in having his
tool bag stolen.
Proper saddle adjustment means comforta-
BILE riding and the saddle should be of suffi-
cient height and pitch to furnish an easy sit
ting position, at the same time enabling the
rider to easily reach the pedal at the lowest
point.
Dry batteries are used in new bicycle
lamp. two cells being set side by side in
case having small incandescent light in the
front. surrounded by a cone-shaped reflector
the light being turned on and off by the but
ton.
Too much cannot be said against the I'M
wise habit Of permitting boys of 10, - and 10
years to make long runs A boy of these years
has not the reserve strength TO long endure
such eXhausting work.
When the bicycle first appeared in India
it was not at all uncommon thing for
natives to fall down and worship it.
A New York firm has invented device
for suspend.ng bicycles on the sides of
street cars. 1t is said to be quite efficient
and to have been adopted on several lines in
New York and other places east. The max
ers proclaim it Indispensable for trolley
cars.
A new kind of hook and eye has been in
that is necessary is to hook each one into
the edges of articles that are to be fastened
together. A card of these is a very handy
thing to carry in ones pocket when start
ing off on bicycle tour or a camping trip.
Smart cyclists who have their machines
painted in gorgeous colOrs and adorned with
crests says writer in an English maya
zine. may be interested to hear that the tri-
cycle which the Princess of Wales rides is
enameled plain plack, and is not ornamented
in any way whatever.
''You should see Isaac" said Mrs. Parting
ton, ION his biceps. It's got romantic tires
that makes 1t ride real easy Isaac saws. but
how anybody can make it stand up is more
than | can understand. But Issac rides it
for hours he says he has already finished
his second centurion on it,
There was youth in our town
With brain as big as Mars
He raced into trolley car
And bent his handle bars:
AND when he saw his bars were bent
why, then with might and main
He scorched into another car
And bent them straight again
In London, where cycle-mounted police are
not yet, the police have inaugurated an anti
screening crusade They are gauging pacs
Dy marking out sections of road and holding
stop. watches on the riders. In one day re-
Gently they arrested three dozen cyclists and
secured conviction by this means.
10 not leave your bicycle standing too long
In the sun, or you cannot expect your tires
to last we'll as if your wheel was kept in
the shade. The bright sunshine soou takes
the elasticity out Of rubber tires, and so does
oil II allowed to stay on the rubber. They
absorb water quickly, then the dirt grinds in
and the tires soon rot.
Will Hilliard cyclist of Colorado Springs
made run of 100 miles in nine hours and
SO minutes, or at the rate of mile in four
and one-half minutes. The speed is note
worthy in that the entire 100 miles were
covered by one continuous run. Wright the
well known cyclist, made similar run, COW
ering 1875 miles in ten hours and five minutes
Some industrious man has been counting