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Show NOTES OF TIIH WHEEL.' Matti i ToriNTKREBTTO DBV-OTbbs DBV-OTbbs OF THB BIOYOLB. Tl " nrs ah.l arrwarts t lew bill Shoal IITnltie ( Imln l-utirtw tm linn Man Tlaht t)u A o,.l Melhxl el tdserltsbil. Tri,l .if llnara ami mekst. C -., WINO to tho pre- c f W '' twt ,or fits jl blgh gmra and big ( I I aprockela, a party Q.vA) of wheelmen from .-Jv'te' Port Hlchmond 8. aGJdptV I recently detr jMKfgSWQ mined to glee thera tJfrT7S-Ta a practical tet. and Va eho for th pur- prase the rnn to Mortiatowa N J klrh la on good road over a ftno roll lag coiimrj lth one long, herd hill or-h way and man) lar rlsea, lb round trip being fnrty-four tnllea. The Inweat gear In the party waa I ami ihe hlgheet v.aa 87 and extra pro act wheel were carried In order that rhanera might be made nn the ay If desirable W hen eleven mile eut one rider became dlsMtualed with at xni grar nd changed It to 71 -' d was then able lo proceed with Brh greater comfort Another named hie MH to 70, nnd thereafter found riding more enjoyable When slorrlttntrn waa rracheal the one with H I 9 gear wa a fth a nt the be-tinning be-tinning whiles Ihe one with l7 wa seed up and tho who had reduced their geara during Ihe ride had bene-lied bene-lied materially by lb Th return trip was made tea I list n head wind and Ihe Hperh nre of Ihe outward trip w repealed re-pealed An eiperlment wn also nude with th to romblnntlon of sprocket wheel that glo a aeventy gear trli, liM and lOxla the larger chain wheels being first used and then being changed to the smaller imr. and II waa found that with the smaller sprock el the chsln ran more pleasantly and freely and with leaa feeling of drag At n result of the trip It wa con eluded medium geara are decidedly the beat for long run those from OS 9 to 71 S-9 giving the lat satisfaction nnd that medium sprocket rot larger than nine-tool h rear ensure better running than the larger site Unul.l lint hlay Ki.lit. V dealer till n story of n maiiilne that ho once took In trade but which he could hardly keep sold It wa thoroughly up to-date In appearance, and In first class order so he readily disposed of It. The next day the customer cus-tomer returned said It ran bard and paid more money for a different machine ma-chine Shortly after It wa told again, nnd with like result The machine wa rarefuttr examined, and overhauled a second lime, but no defect wero found, 1 nnd the wheel spun beautifully It I was sold and traded hack three or four i times, and tho laat buyer disposed ot It hlnnelf privately In n very ihort time. When no weight waa on It It ran with great freedom, but na noon a ridden It itemed to bind somewhere In a most unnccountablo manner for Chain I ulirlratlon. Tho following method of cleaning and lubricating a chain la recommend-td recommend-td Plrat, clean the chain with kero acno or benilne Then put It In an empty skillet and heat It until It la Just warm enough (not hot) to melt tho grease In stick graphite Hub the graphlto thoroughly on both aide of chain, and the heat will make It run Into tho Joints. Aa Iba grease will harden, tho chain will run a little stiffly stiff-ly for a few minute but after that will run finely from three to flvo hundred miles. Mew lae fur Stir. New nngtand bicycle dealer have struck a now and elfrctlve device to attract at-tract the attention or the public to their ware The duwn-easlr alwaya were clever advertisers and this new nilver-tiling nilver-tiling scheme Is one of tho moat original orig-inal and striking ot tho many that havo DIUVKN I1Y ilOL'BB 1OWWi. ioma from that aectlon of tb country K mouse rag with a OoorUai uten lien and a couple of mice together ith a blcyol form tb properties for Iho act that la performed dally la the show window of vsral bicycle ttore In Connecticut and MaaaachuaetU towna, Bx. nffaftlre Inbrlsaltuii I -tola.! Inn aays a brller 10 Cycling I n-fcree It tho " ' " on- trucf'J on tb line ot a blcyol It hi imptwolbU to nn,wlthout It Lubrl ration ovoroomM murb friction and trlisUoa mean lo ot power, low of VMl, lo "' tilD Md nlwt 1 ea, by ron of walght or muc Bt, contact la ro i lose a3 to tipal the iaiHHHMHI lubricant from between the Journal and !ta hear if whlb In motion It wl 1 - i treill rnuse friction and I lis n li bo ' I lowed h hnt Heat will causi- ex mislon of the metal an I il even expansion of part will aciorllimiy In-crrae In-crrae the heat It Is the mission of oil to form a fllm or film nhoiit moving mov-ing contacting pari, and thus I iiirkat the rarfare Hot when the fit I too tight th Dim rsnuot form or If formed are (craped off ( rle me-chanlca me-chanlca are well aware that two metallic metal-lic surface can be so fitted that they will of themaelrra make an Impene trabl and perfect joint Knowing these facta rommon ense teach that In tke Journal or Joint where motion I required the Journal should b so snlusted that It will revolve freely aud yet without any perceptible play Tbl will alios, the lubricant room to enter between both Ihe Journal and th bear Ing Th lubricant will then form a cuahlon avoiding th friction and In tiring safety and smooth running. FYlrtlon and heat nre nlao accounted for In cycle Journal and thlr bearing from th latter either being out of line or subjected to severe preaaure, or by reason of strain causing coneuealon The surface of both th Journal and hearing receiving the full force) of th shock will urcly become heated I' not deatroyed A lubrication I nothing noth-ing more than the Introduction ot n, suitable body between one or two revolting re-volting or sliding pa'l" tot the sole purpose of forming a cuahlon tietween the two to reduce friction we must arrange ar-range for Ihe free application and permanency per-manency of that cushion by correct ml Justment of tb pan to be lubricated To Slsrl Tlihl tune. Many persona make their first acquaintance ac-quaintance with thing mechanical when they begin to rid tho bicycle and they are often annoyed nnd puttied put-tied by the failure of the porta to work In what em lo them to be-n ptoper manner A rate In point la lhat ot an adjusting rone, shown In tho picture, which haa bound up, and cannot be moved by the fingers In such a rose, hold a screw driver atalnst the milled eilgo of the rone, below the top and tap It with a wrench or light hammer A BTAHTINO A C0NB few light bwwa will lraatn It, ro that It can be adjusted by hand, unless It I (Infective In some way. In which cats It abould bo repaired or replaced (.jrllnr tint it, nut. PreabJanL llldoUsU!ojSll8in CflJU.Ct. onto said The best eierclse I that which reache the largest number and doe most for the weakest men, second, sec-ond, the beat exercise Is tat which make tho hardest work attractive, third, the beat exercise I that which most successfully co ordinate body, mind and will Inter collegiate athletics! athlet-ics! cannot be made the bU of a national na-tional system uf physical training a It stimulate only the few to action The weakest men-they who need physical phys-ical education moat are eliminated from the rank of Inter rolle-ktato athletic ath-letic at the outset " A lalu.Ua Imminent. An Instrument haa been devised foi measuring and registering upon a diagram dia-gram tho Inequalities and Ihe slispo number and depth of the depressions ol any road upon which It may bo used ays the Itngllsh Cyclist, and the Koad Improvement Association nro conalder-Ing conalder-Ing It use In order to be able to item onstrato the condition of any highway Homo Interesting picture would be produced If a few of these Instruments were put In use aver Mime ot our coun try road Tnll.lln. I Charges. The rate of toll charged on turn plkaa leading out of Philadelphia are n Kiuro of complaint. Tho eharga for a wlietl tn som euburban point Is near, ly i much a tb far by train, for a lngl bora It 1 more, and for a team Mil) mora. l ul Urn I Tlrea nn soar lire," A country doctor hurrying over k hortlbl road on a life and death cr rand, exclaimed to hla driver II those poor fellows bleed to death It will be tb fault of th narrow tire that have mad this road almost Im passable Never make rata my boy; put broad tire on your Uf MullLa'a Itrtlrrnrs. Mollke's retlieiio was so proverbial that aa tb Kins' birthday approached, there used to be bt among the at-floor at-floor and th gnrel staff a to how many word Moltka would use In pro-posing pro-posing th toeel of th day (some hacked a ills word pech other put thlr mony on eight words Molt lie's habit wa to aay To th health ot his Majesty Emperor and King," or "To bla Imperial Majeaty a health " In thi year 1U4 an oyster breakfast wat nuked an tb marshals not tlng moro than nlu word But because he began with lb word Gentlemen " th! bet wa loet. Th loser comterttd himself by aaylng "He agalog, Il Moltke he grttlng loquacious!" |