The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-12
CYCLING IN EUROPE.
PLEASING INCIDENTS or A JOURNEY
eaoM PARIS TO LYONS.
Solving tl.s Question OF Gui"e ""oh'
pairing . Drcak--Cesture. and signs oil
More Value Than Many WordS-Cbeap
LodgIng--In a snow stosi~

With 10 knowledge Of the French or itaiiaL
language. could not carry along WIKI
me ia the knapsack but could az
least send them along By HALL 10 mo
different points where they would be
come need .d. and by 50 doing Tighten the
load in the knapsack 50 | took Northern
Italy with me. for that book began at Lyons
and took il Marseiilcs and Nice. central
Italy" | s'nt 10 Florence, 10 be called Tor
wnen reached there and Southern ltaiy
sent to Rome Than, With ROAD map o.
France m the knapsack, | rode out through
the St CloIl cute, climbed up through Meu'
don and out Of the great basin IN WINCH
Paris i situated aud out upon the level %
slightly III iulating country 70 the south Of
tho beautiful city IN vhicu / had spent e
month 50 pleasantly
The second ii.mount made however, 10
suited ia bringing Ia. well hilei EnapiacA
down with such a strain upon one "a inc
hooks that il broke short on. Here was
trouble to start WIKI But tie coil OF piiabie
wire, which / bought Tor five cents IA a
small town ia Indiana IA 1856, ami which
was u great service ono day ont on tue
plains and again m the Yellowstone PARK
once more proved to be a very handy tnin2
- have in the house, and with the break re-
paired, was soon on my way again.
On leaving Paris | was advised 10 take
more ci.cultous route % F0ntGinetieau to
avoid the block pavement which extends ios
miles over many Of the direct roads leading
70 the city but altar following the route
written out for me by 4 wheelnan, who Ead
himself never been over i,, ana finding noth
ing else but pavement. struck out Tor my
sell and tried % fud The diFeat road 20 Eoa
talnebleau 10 the first man l met | said
Monsieur the route % Folt1iuct.-au. >.
much could say Ia French, but no more
lie not only began 10 explain very explicit.
the way-whlCu, II course, / could not III
derstand-0ut be also used many gestures
ami signs, which were u more value 70 M
than q volume OF words. When came To-
the next turn in thp road repeated ms frs.
lesson IN French ~ .omo one else, ana IN that
manner, after being led SIX O. eight miles
cut OF my way by the wrong advice 70 star.
with, got 10 the direct route anu bai ~
more trouble
Since then have found that one gesture,
ia directing ms t. take the next gut Or 10.
next lett ia passing through town " I'D
looking up the postoifiee. j. worth more than
the most careful verbal directions Mon
sieur, the post aud telegraph. il repeated
every few blocks in French, which Is much
the same as in English. will lead one o "a,
po'totice in any large French town or city
And the French are particularly free with
their gestures. so | get along very nicely ~
regard 20 finding the way. Tor not only arc
there stone posts along oil tie main roads
giving the distances IN kil0mcters 70 the nc-.
pace, but az every cross road there are blue
sign boards So that a wheelman, though o
foreigner, ues1 not or but travel along IN
complaisancy. hoped 10 reach
FyntaineOleau the DIST night, but II dGr4
found myself twenty miles from that place.
and with little else than block pavement Ia
prospect The color u the stones o. COnsid
eIabiy lighter than that Of the surrounding
soil and after gliding along mile or rroIe +
over tue beautifully smooth dirt road it Vas /
quite disquie1ng to ride up over the brow oi /
u low hill and, ia the dark distance. See the /.
light cOlored pavement rising up before M.
ike Banquos ghost, between the long lines .
OF tail SHADE trees, giving no prenOnltioa .
OF the pounding / must endure before tie
next town could Oe reached
But the lights Of Essonnes finally came il
sight az the top Of the hill, and / walked
down into the GOWN, for tie place was too
poorly lighted 70 ride with safety To the
first man met I said Monsieur. the hotel
Or boarding. house He did not understand
my French, aud So 70. LIS sake, | shortened
the sentence into sEc hotel, tor / found Z
was, b. too :Duch y0luDl.ty, makilg !. ali
,ult for tue French people % understand
their own language / -" that tLey could
not grasp long French sentence Hotel
he man understood, and pointing u a
lighted lamp IN front OF building
Town the street Le said. The IRE
went straight Tor the fire and found q very
good hotel. At isas- they understood per
ectly what | wanted when said. IL an /
lungry / sleep Those few words picked
Up ia Paris ana laid them carefully away fer
ust such use - they nos we're put 70. for II
III the word in tie French language those
wo hungry aud sleep were cure - he
10 most important ones 70 me
The next morning ! large bowl q not
milk, about q nincglsss of black cote.
,Eougbt in bottle and some bread we're ~
= r>%h--Asl. AN NatA-@ 80 A4-l Tue AAl4h -
Don as It was poured into it, though did
ot know but IL always acted that WAY IL
rance. The beet sugar OF which there is g.
reat quantity grown In France helped %
make tue dish palatatle, however The BIZ
Z that hotel wGs So The next night Z
ound fully as good accommodations az the
rst hotel to which applied, and the charge
7as but eighty cents tor the whole thing
inner, room, breakfast and service
The country from Paris through Foutaine
leau, Aont1Igis. Mouths and La PalEsse IL
eneraily leye! OF slightly uudulating. hut t.
.oanne it L more hily, and from there
'wards Lyons FOX twenty miles, It Is really
l. vas 4 steady climb Know
laI entire distance, and before got T. tie
)p the snow Disw across the road ana Tia
lis were white Even the exercise Of III
.iMbing, with 4 thick coat on and the Lasy
lex Oh NY back, was hardly sufficient u
cep ny boGy warm with the wind blowing
gale from the Forth Il would bsa most
ljoyable trip over those hills in pleasant
Gather, for even with the clouds and slice.
iuttln. cat much q the view 70 tbs north
% prospect Ia all other directions was very
,tcndcd and showed smooth. rounded hills.
lpped with clusters OF tiled rooted houses
Announcing well w.tA tho reddish, upturned
ltches Of sol The only pleasant anticiDa.
Oh had IN tie three hours climb was the
asst that was sure 70 come, and when Il did
me enjoyed 1t 10 the utmost The inst
" miles down along the broad smooth
al which wound about the sides Il tue L!l
ere made IL fifteen minutes, and after that
er- were several other coasts Of q mile or
~ IN length, one especially hne one,
ought, 1t 4 town called Bully / reached
IONS taat afternoon about c'ciccs. having
lian 80 n. IS il tie past two days Tas
stance ridden from Paris was S43 niilea
al tine whole distance ridden s.ace leaving
asgow mas been , g5H miles. --t5eorge Is
lgyer ia New York World.
-lany people use oil with IMMUNITY for
adling BY dipping wood into it before
.ciug the wood In tho stove or cyan Lv