The Wheel and cycling trade review . sti-fying his gratitude in the only way possible—namely, by making the fascinating wheel thesubject of such a romance as he alone of liv-ing men knows how to write. He is hard at work on the story. Lover offacts as he is, he spends a good deal of timeon his wheel, collecting the necessarymaterial, which he carefully jots down everyday, together with his own impressions, inhis indispensable notebook. Friends who callto see him find him generally in his bicyclecostume and rather averse to discussing anyother subject than the wonderful wheel. TheCycle will con
The Wheel and cycling trade review . sti-fying his gratitude in the only way possible—namely, by making the fascinating wheel thesubject of such a romance as he alone of liv-ing men knows how to write. He is hard at work on the story. Lover offacts as he is, he spends a good deal of timeon his wheel, collecting the necessarymaterial, which he carefully jots down everyday, together with his own impressions, inhis indispensable notebook. Friends who callto see him find him generally in his bicyclecostume and rather averse to discussing anyother subject than the wonderful wheel. TheCycle will consist of about five hundredpages, and, according to Zolas usual fashion,will be entirely realistic. BECAUSE TREES GROW STRAIGHT. Were it possible to train trees so that thebranches would grow in a perfect circle, thewood-rim problem would be solved, but, un-fortunately, wood insists on growing instraight, or nearly straight, lines, and this ne-cessitates bending and a joint, and one of themost ingenious of these is that standing to. the credit of J. E. Carr, of New Haven, is a simple interlocking device, and con-structed in such a way that it really holds to-gether itself. The illustration merely showsthe portion covered by the tire, while the innerside presents a straight line that, after it isfinished, is absolutely invisible. AN ITALIAN SADDLE IMPROVER. Dr. Scaffner, an Italian medical man, hasbrought out an anatomical saddle which canreally be sat upon without at the same timerendering it nearly impossible for the rider topropel the machine. The article in question isshaped much as an ordinary saddle, but it ismuch wider than usual, and the peak is not solong. The great feature is that the saddle isfree to turn from side to side upon a ball-bearing placed centrally, and this motion,while not rendering the rider unsteady, allowsthe thighs to descend sufficiently for the feetto reach the pedals easily when the cranks arecoming up. WHY SHE IS CHARMING. What a pretty t
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