The Wheel and cycling trade review . se bolts haveone flat side fitting into a corresponding pro-jection, preventing their turning and admit-ting of their being readily removed in case ofbreakage. Perfect sprocket alignment, it isclaimed, is thus secured. This form of bear-ing, it is- asserted, produces the greatest rigid-ity, as the balls run on the extreme edge ofthe bracket. LEATHER LACKS LIFE. A journal devoted to the hide and leatherinterests, after conducting an extensive in-vestigation of the leather tire, has come tothe conclusion that there is no hope of a de-velopment of the leather
The Wheel and cycling trade review . se bolts haveone flat side fitting into a corresponding pro-jection, preventing their turning and admit-ting of their being readily removed in case ofbreakage. Perfect sprocket alignment, it isclaimed, is thus secured. This form of bear-ing, it is- asserted, produces the greatest rigid-ity, as the balls run on the extreme edge ofthe bracket. LEATHER LACKS LIFE. A journal devoted to the hide and leatherinterests, after conducting an extensive in-vestigation of the leather tire, has come tothe conclusion that there is no hope of a de-velopment of the leather industry in that direc-tion. Leather is not a suitable material fortires, it finds, and the attempt to make it asubstitute for rubber for this purpose has beengiven up wherever tried. Facts already wellknown to every one except the journal abovenoted and the inventor of the tire referred to. FROM SEAT TO SOLE. It is not generally known that the SagerManufacturing Co., the well-known saddle-makers of Rochester, N. Y., are turning out. the toe clip shown herewith. It is made ofoil-tempered crucible steel and the shape issuch that the clip performs its mission per-fectly. LIKE A TEA GARDEN. Two thousand five hundred Japanese lan-terns, which are to be illuminated at night byelectric lights, will be among the decorationsin the Chicago show building. Southern smi-lax and Spanish moss will also be employedin addition to the usual flags and bunting. MIXING CHRISTIANITY AND CYCLING. The cycling contingent of the Y. M. C. A.,of Cleveland, Ohio, has scheduled a cycleshow for to-day. It will be a one-daystand, and it is stated that nearly all of thelocal manufacturers and dealers will exhibit. SAT AND ACQUITTED. The suit of H. M. Rosenblatt & Co. againstGus Boyer, tried in Philadelphia last week, re-sulted in a verdict of not guilty. The jurymendid not leave their seats, rendering the ver-dict by direction of the court. CHICAGO SHOW , Dec. 25.—The various railway pas-senger
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