Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 1, 1896.
LOYAL
COLUMN.
The bicycle has been the means of killing the joke about the slowness of
the messenger boy. The little fellows never loiter on the road now, the
exhilaration of the wheel has over them such an influence that they couldn't go
slow if they tried.
LOYAL
WHEELS ARE ALL RIGHT.
There is no doubt at all in
Germany as to what position a woman shall occupy on a tandem. According to
German law, whenever there is an accident, the rider in front is held
responsible. That settles it. You couldn't get a German girl on the front seat
of a tandem if you gave it to
her.
"THE
EASY RUNNING LOYAL."
The bicycle is the poor man's
horse and he ought to give it at least half as much attention as he would an
animal. If it actually were a horse he would have to water and feed it and rub
it down when he brought it home after a ride. The feeding and watering may be
dispensed with in the case of a wheel, but it is no more than fair to rub it
down. Yet how many simply put away the wheel night after night without so much
as a wipe off and then wonder and complain when the machine breaks down!
Yes, and then send it back to
the manufacturer and expect him to repair it under his guarantee. Loyal wheels
are guaranteed against defects in workmanship and material, for one year, but
no wheels are guaranteed against misuse.
Still they come! Consumption of
tobacco has fallen off twenty-five per cent; light novels, fifty per cent;
ardent liquors, forty per cent; chewing gum, one per cent; doctors' bills,
ninety per cent; theatre going, eighty per cent; dressmakers' bills, three per cent; shoemakers' bills, seventy-two
per cent. But why drag out this harrowing list, and get everybody down on the innocent
wheel? All the money thus saved must certainly go somewhere, unless the savers
are putting it into the banks, which is not likely. It will all flow back into
the channels of trade, and the bereaved tradesmen will have their
innings once more.
ADVERTISEMENT.
WANTED.
100
RIDERS FOR "LOYAL" BICYCLES—APPLY AT FACTORY.
"Loyal" bicycles are
built of the best materials and put together by first-class mechanics. We
guarantee all our wheels against defects of workmanship and materials for one
year from date of sale. Our motto is, "STANDARD GOODS, STANDARD PRICES, STANDARD TERMS TO ALL.
THE
WESSON-NIVISON MFG. CO.,
CORTLAND,
N. Y.
DAVID
WESSON, PRES. AND TREAS.
A
Fine Excursion.
To-day is a beautiful one for
an excursion and a large number availed themselves of the opportunity offered
by the employees of the Wickwire mills to spend the day at Long Branch and
Syracuse. The excursion train left the D., L. & W. station at 8:20 this
morning. There were fifteen coaches and no one was crowded. By actual count
there were 470 people on the train when it left Cortland and over thirty got
aboard at Homer, so that there were over 500 people on the excursion.
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| Wickwire Mills, Cortland, N.Y. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, August 12,
1896.
Cycle Notes.
To clean
a muddy bicycle proceed as follows: Let the mud dry, then take a cloth with a
little oil on it, pass it around each tube of the frame, and holding the ends one
in each hand, pull them alternately, dragging the cloth backward and forward. By
this means, and with the aid of a spoke brush for some of the parts, the mud is
quickly rubbed off and the enamel left unscratched.
A
newspaper in the City of Mexico keeps the following standing matter at the head
of its cycling column: "Pedestrians should not stop short or run ahead
when crossing the path of a wheelman, but should pursue their course unmindful of
him, as the cyclist has all the advantage of dodging front or rear. All accidents
are caused by the indecision of pedestrians. This rule should become universally
known."
In
repairing a single tube tire, it is well to exercise a little care estimating
the size of the plug patch. The tire is often condemned when the plug does not
hold, while, in reality, the fault lies in the inefficient material used. A
plug with a blunt edge patch should in all cases be of as ample area as the
aperture to the tire will permit of inserting. A common mistake is the
application of a thick plug with no patch base, which common sense should tell
the user will not answer the purpose. A single tube tire can be [repaired] both
easily and permanently, provided proper care is used in the selection of the
material.
A
bicycle chain should not be tight, says the L. A. W. Bulletin. No chain and wheels
can be made which will run well unless there is a little ."slack"' to
the chain. In fact, there is no danger of the chain being too loose so long as
it cannot possibly get off the teeth of the sprocket wheels. If you have any
doubt as to whether a chain is loose enough, roll the machine forward a few
steps, and while it is still moving forward, slightly take hold of the lower
part of the chain, and unless it has the feeling of being perfectly loose, the
adjustment is too tight. A chain should be kept well oiled in its bearings. But
very little oil, however, should be allowed to remain on the outside.
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| Black Diamond Express |
The
Lehigh Valley's new engines from the Baldwin locomotive works have arrived at
Easton. There are twenty-nine altogether, five with the six-foot driving wheel
for passenger service, and twenty- four with the five-foot wheel for freight trains.
Fifteen will be taken to Sayre, one will be stationed at East Mauch Chunk [Jim
Thorpe] to draw fast freights and the others will be used on the lower
divisions. Engine No 655 has two
driving wheels and a large poney truck behind them, also a large tank to hold
water enough to run from Sayre to Wilkesbarre without stopping, and it is to be
used on the Black Diamond express.—Elmira Advertiser.
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