Show BICYCLE CYCLE PRIVATE MARKS secret sigm by which ow owneta ners may their wheels wheela in cue case of 0 theft A simple device for concealing a vate mark on ones wheel Is suggested suggest eol by john D carroll chief detective of a wheelman wheelmen wheel elmen mens Is insurance company 1 IQ the event of the loss of EL a wheel tb tue identification of such auch a mark kno knon only to the rider Is indisputable proof of ownership according to the new nev york journal mr carrells carrolls can Car oils rolls plan Is that every owner of a bicycle should have a private mark upon his wheel hut but so arle cr cn noeal le ed that the closest scrutiny lov liy 01 og who does not know it will fail to dis dig cover it instead of a mark t saddle or saddle post where a would id naturally look for it lie he azz bests that a portion of the enama about one inch square be scra scraped scrape pj from the frame of the machine arit all trace of the enamel has bin b in rt re moved apply a coating of great and with a pointed piece of steel ili iliin I Ip ij in Q carbolic acid draw the initial initia ur r vate mark through the th T acid follows the markins marking of tile the st point while the grease keeps it from spreading after allowing the acid to eat into the tubing the grease can bv bt j aili jod off on and the mark or initial alii sl ii a ar plainly as if cut into the stol str l fralc work one coat of enamel will completely hide bide all trace of the anar mart should any question as to the ownership of the wheel arise the owner could by simply scratching off the en enamel arnEel which cove covered rei his mark at once prove his bis claim mr carroll says sans he bt lias has known cases where wheels have I 1 liu stolen from owners by their must most intimate friends |