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Nichols, of Weybridge, has new idea
which he has worked out in the shape
of an automatic infator, which always
keeps the tires of bicycle pumped up
to thirty pound pressure. This infiator
is simply kept in action by the weight
and vibration of the riders body on
the saddle, working piston, which
forces the air through the tubes of the
bicycle, and eventually by ingenious
means into the aXles of the wheels,
thence through a thin tube and valve
into the tires.
BICYCLE FARES.
The Grand Trunk Railway of Mont
real, has put in force a new regulation
regarding bicycle fares. In future
wheelmen will be charged a tariff for
the transportation of their wheels vary
ing according to distance in proportion
to the rate paid for the passengers
ceeds $50 the fee for carrying the wheel
will be per cent. of the ticket rate.
For less distances the rate will be
larger, no fee being less than. % cents.
Bicycles will be carried on passenger
trains only when passengers accom-
pany them. The Canadian Pacific Rail-
way has adopted the same schedule of
bicycle rates as the Grand Trunk Rail
way.
EVOLUTION OF THE TIRE.
"The development in tires from the
old iron-rimmed 'bone-shaker' wheel to
the pneumatic tire" says the Irish
Wheelman, might well form the sub
ject of an interesting and instructive
treatise of wheel locomotion. A great
stride was made when solid rubber fix
ed on the spider wheel replaced the
metal tire. The cushion, or hollow rub
ber tire, introduced by a Manchester
firm, soon followed, and then the air
inflated tire made cycling justly popu
lar, and consequently, cycle making a
Very important industry. Now it is our
pleasant duty to notice in the manu-
facture of pneumatic tires an improved
tire-making machine, which goes long
way toward bringing pneumatic tires
makes more than 5000 tires per day,
and they are all Of the highest quality
it does, in a word, the work Of $50 quail
flied men. The tires il now makes are
known as the single tube tire, though
why called single tube when it is really
two rubber tubes, with two large lay
ers of canvas between made into one
compound tube, we cannot understand.
Il Oft
genuity, and yet of simplicity, is equal
ly adapted to make hose pipes and all
kinds of flexible tubes, and all at such
remunerative prices that the owners
of the machine must be happy"
a CYCLE SURGEON.
There are enterprising bicycle people
fn England, as we'll as in this country,
says "Harper's Round Table" year
or more ago London was flooded with
the following circular by a bicycle re-
pairer, which is ingenious enough in its
wording to have been the product of a
Yankee:
Bicycle surgery.
acute and chronic cases treated
with assurance of success.
"Languid tires restored to health and
yigor.
Tires blown up without pain. Wind
free. No cure, no pay asked:
I'VE understand the anatomy, phys
fology and hygiene of wheels, and hom-
eopathic and allopathic treatment, as
individual cases require. Sure cure
guaranteed.
Testimonials:
My wheel had three ribs fractured.
and you cured it in one treatment
My tires were suffering with a case
of acute aneurism, which had been pro-
nounced fatal by other bicycle doctors,
but you cured the disorder, and l did
not lose a single day on my tour
Thousands Of testimonials like the
above sent on application.
DIR. BLANK, B. S. bicycle Sur
geon),
mo Tottenham Court road
A BLOOMER NIGHT.
It has been decided by the Chicago
six-day race management to give a
oloomer night The evening of Febru-
ary 26th has ben designated. when wo-
men in bffurcated raiment viii compete
for prizes. Favors viii also be award
ed women who appear in appropriate
cycling costumes. Of which a short
skirt is a, factor. 4 gold medal Will be
awarded the woman who wears the
most becoming costume, and a silver
medal win be given the wearer of the
nattiest short skirt habit.
AMAZING FIGURES.
According to Road Commissioner
Budd Of New Jersey, the number of
domestic bicycle factories was six prior
TO 1885. In that year there were II 900
machines turned out. Five years later
there were seventeen factories with an
output of 10000 wheels. In 1894 the
factories increased rapidly, and 125oU
machines We're turned out. a year later
the production was 600 900. and the
number of factories more than 300, none
of which turned out less than 1000
wheels year. The capital invested in
these large factories is S9o,o00000.
aud the estimate of the output for the
present year is not less than 1000 600
Wheels, valued at $G0.o00.000. What
better argument" says Commissioner
Eudd. for the speedy Improvement OF
our roads than the necessity of afford
ing speedy passage for this immense
number OF vehicles?'
HOW HOPPER GOT A WHEEL.
DeWolf Hopper, his wife, and several
friends. visited the Chicago cycle show
one afternoon last week. 1t occurred
to the genial actor to earn a wheel. and
he started at one end and began recit-
ing Casey" and 50 on TO mild-eyed
dealer. When he had finished the actor
asked for "One wheel. please" The
mild-eyed dealer shed a few mildeyed
tears and said that 1t was against the