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RECREA TION. 



evidently quite old and is of special interest 

 to bicyclists. It is to the effect that " we, 

 the undersigned citizens of Jacksonville, 

 most respectfully petition your honorable 

 body to pass an ordinance to prohibit the 

 use of bicycles and velocipedes upon the 

 public streets of the city of Jacksonville, as 

 the same are dangerous to foot passengers 

 and a serious cause of fright to horses." 

 Among the 50 names of prominent citizens 

 appended are several gentlemen who now 

 ride wheels, with the greatest enthusiasm. 

 — Exchange. 



Miss Kittish — I hear Lucy Perkasie is 

 married. 



Miss Frocks — She is, and she married a 

 freak, too. 



" What do you mean by that? " 



" Her husband doesn't ride a wheel." — 

 Louisville Courier-Journal. 



All the nuts used on a bicycle could 

 easily be made of 3 sizes. A light, flat 

 spanner could then be made to fit them all. 

 No. 178,451 L. A. W. says he made one 5% 

 inches long, which is very strong, and 

 weighs less than a quarter as much as the 

 lightest monkey-wrench. 



Bicycling unfits a man for the work of 

 wheeling a baby carriage. The handle bars 

 on the carriage do not suit him. They are 

 so high he cannot crook his back enough, 

 and he misses the bell that is to warn other 

 baby carriages from the sidewalk. — New 

 Orleans Picayune. 



The farmers along a road in Central New 

 York have donated 1,200 tons of stone, 

 picked from around their farms, for road 

 improvement purposes and a neighboring 

 stone crusher has been rented to properly 

 prepare the material for use. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



REMINGTON BICYCLES FOR '98. 



The Remington Arms Co., Ilion, N. Y., 

 will place on the 1898 market a $75 and a 

 $50 wheel, in both men's and women's 



famous company's long mechanical experi- 

 ence and skilled workmanship. Frames of 

 all 1898 models are strongly reinforced at 

 the joints, and the Remington Special has 

 a full flushed internal reinforcement, as 

 shown in the section cut. A marked added 

 strength is secured from this method. The 

 crown of the Remington Special is a hol- 

 low forging, in 2 pieces. 



The sprocket is in 2 sections, with the 

 teeth machined to receive the new style 

 Remington special chain. These are dis- 

 tinctly a Remington feature, unique in con- 

 struction. In making this chain the or- 

 dinary blocks have been done away with 

 entirely, which permits the use of the same 

 quality of steel throughout, the grain of the 



models. The first grade will be known as 

 the Remington Special, Models 46 and 41, 

 and will embody the latest results of this 



metal running lengthwise of the chain. By 

 the most rigid tests the Remington Arms 

 Co. have proven this chain absolutely with- 

 out stretch, and that it reduces the friction 

 25 per cent. 



The crank-hanger bracket is another dis- 

 tinctly Remington feature. It is of heavy 

 gauge steel. The crank-hanger ball pocket 

 is removable, which permits the entire 



