Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1896 — THE NEW TOLEDO UNICYCLE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NEW TOLEDO UNICYCLE.

Ita Invert tor Kxpecta It to Boon Roll Into Public Favor. The latest 111 unleycles Is the idea o< L. Z. Phillips, of Toledo, Ohio. It Is a imlcycle that the Inventor says Is bound to be a success. The cog wheel Is inode of brass and works in u gear made of rawhide. The long hookllkc arrangement lu front Is tho liallast and serves In the place of the forward wheel as a balance for the rider. The seat may lw adjusted to suit the rider, as In the old ordinary or on the present pneumatic safety. The hnndle liars nre adjusted lu a similar manner to those on the regulation bicycle, and may be of the

pattern desired. There Is no danger o| the wheel tipping forward to any greai extent, ns the ballast piece will serve ni a guard to prevent anything of the nnd Mr. Phillips argues that there Is no more danger ol n rider tipping back' ward than upon a bicycle. The gearing Is properly eased, so the dust cannot get into the delicate parts of the ma chine, It will weigh about fourteen ot fifteen pounds, and can be nianufac< tured at n little more than half tho cost of tho bicycle.

THE TOLEDO UNICYCLE.