The morning call., 1893-05-01
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Are the People Becoming
Bow-Legged?
THE BiCYCLIST'S PARADISE.
Impressive Memorial Services to Be
Held An Unpopular Marble EN-
ploye Hanged in Effigy.

both sexes who ride, and of this number at
least $50 are owners of fine machines.
Numerous places are conducted where non
owners are provided with machines by the
hour at nominal fee, and while these
rented vehicles are not as fine nor so we'll
'groomed" as those glittering steel steed S
owned by the wel-to-do bicycler, they an
swer the purpose for spin and 20 saiiing
down the wind on the asphalt as swiftly
and as noiSelessy as thief in the night"
The pedestrian stranger hears tinkliHg bell
behind While taking his evening stroll, he
he looks laZly, and of sudden he catches
his breath something, a shadow, a rus h
of air. fash of a tiny red light is upon
him and it is gone in the cleaning and he
is alone again until more tinkling bells or
piping bicycle whistles or the unromantic
and diScordant bicycle horns and other
swisheS of wind and flashes Of light re mi nd
him that other wheels are turning. Each
night at dusk the busy man of the day re-
gales himself in this speedy manner and
look which way ono VIII the flying wheels
are there in force.
There are the lankv big-wheeled machine s
oil lew years ago, now almost 4 back
number, There are tricycies for the sedate
professional man, and the Gathering little
three wheeled affair that the small boy in
siStS upon barking your shins with. Then
tire and gliitering steel framework, as light
as air and as swift and nOiseless as the
wind. There is no limit to shapes, sizes
and designs, and Oakland has them all.
So The bachelor rides, the old maid rides,
the lover rides and signs, and the sweetheart
LIS beside him signing and riding too. Young
and old, rich and poor, big and little, all
ride. The city seems all awheel, as it were.
/ They ride 10 the office, to the store TO the
market for vegetables. They deliver your
goods and ride" your errands. The town
is astride apparently, and one soured SLAM
derer remarked that every body is gettin 2
bow-legged."
Observation by THE CALL correspondent
doesn't bear him out in his sweeping ASSET
| tton. Invest tga alton shows his animns in the
premises. He is lame himself with equity
rheumatism and cannot ride. The exercise
brings color to the palid, develops the
/ muscles and expands the lungs, and those
-WholnduiGe III the pastime show il, said an
l.eXpert. ...:
=: After his days labor 1t is common sight
to see a well-known Oaklander and the
| family out for an evening spin. These soft
nights are not too harsh for baby, and with
the mother in front on tandem, the father
IN the rear as propeller and guide. the
household angel will be snu ggled down be-
tween the two on the little seat prepared
for it, taking in Oakland oznne, as con Gated
and happy as in Its .high-chair al the family
freside.
A city ordinance governs bicycle riding
and riders in Oakland. One provision OF
the law is that the rider must keep his Ian
tern lighted at night. Arrests have been
frequent for nOn-cOmpl iauce with this ordi-
nance. aGd the Vice linen are up in arms
and are going to make a test of the legality
Of the ordinance. Argument in the case
VIII be heard Tomorrow. Another feature
Of the ordinance that annoys The bicycler is
the section requiring him To dism0unt when
within six feet OF a pedestrian, and 1t is re-
ported that crack tller, when once on a
spin, attained such a speed and met so many
persons afUot mat he was kept vaulting
from his machine to the ground like circus
hurdle-rider while his metal steed was in
full swing, and so great was the momentum
and so often was he called down from has
perch that 1t was hard 10 tell whether lie
was riding, running or flying.
"A bicycle match for next week has been
arranged between the Acme Club of this
city and the Bay City Wheelmen. The
start will be from San Francisco and the
finish viii be in Oakland, the course being
around the bay toward san Jose, over 100
miles. Ten riders from each club will up
hold the honors, riding IN relays, each man
covering ten miles.
ATTORNEYS AT LoGGERHFADs. - CITY
Attorney johnson called Prosecuting At
t0rney Church a liar, Saturday evening,
and Mr.. Church retaliated by calling Mr.
johnson another. Neither attempted TO
fight, but c0utented himself with Police
Court billingsgate. It occurred in Judge
Aliens chambersand was brought about by
the trial Of a small boy for petty larceny,
when Mr.. Church prosecuted and Mr. john
son defended The boy was discharged
after Mr.. Church had argued for continu-
ance of the trial and Alr. Johnson after
ward bantered Mr.. Church about It, Mr.
| Church wanted to know what business Mr..
Johnson had In defending the case, and the
latter retOrted that Church didn't know
| how 10 run his office.
you've got no business to issue war
rants 10 every Tom, Dick and Harry that
| appiirs," said he.
Aud it's rather funny for a City Attor-
neT TO be defending criminals" was the
retOrt.
This brought on other accusations. and
the war was getting hot when Judge Allen
| appeared and stopped il
The remark that caused the word liar TO
| be used was when Mr.. Church accused the
| City Attorney OF defending men who have
violated city ordinances when lie was paid
! by the city for defending its interests.
! A MAN OF STRAW. - Saturday the
| Coroner was ielephoned 10 from Mountain
| View Cemetery that he was needed In that
! neighbOrhood to look after the body of a
! straw man found hanging TO eucalyptus
| tree in the vicinity. The grisly object had
| swung all forenoon in the breeZes that blow
| over the Piedmont hills and had sent cold
| chiilS DOWN more than one spine. 1t was
/ lUheu uUWu uUdlly ana thrown 10 one side
| oil the road. Ii proved 10 be a straw padded
| suit of clothes and was meant for an pfigy
| Of John Calderwood, n nOn-union employe
| OF the marble-yards. lie is not popular
| with the union marble workers employed
| there aud Thursday night this straw man
| was su5rended to a limb, with this inscrip-
| ton written on board nailed 70 the tree
sacred 10 the memory OF John Calder
wood"
The HOPKINS ACADEMY.-There is a
| little lnharmuny among the pupils and
others about the recent cons oiidation Of
the Hopkins Academy with the Belmont
| school. Mrs. Hopkins, who endowed the
academy. Is said 10 be dissatisfied, and
| Haywards paper announces that she is now
negotiating Tor property at Haywards, with
| the object OF establishing separate schoO
| 10 bear her name. The pupils and teacher.
OF the academy are generally supporting
her.
| CHURCH IMPROVEMENTS thou.
sand dollars has just been subscribed fol-
| needed Improvements in the Second Presby
| terrain Church. The audience-roOm will be
| enlarged, a choir loft built. o study and
classroom put in and the basement viii be
| fitted for Sunday-schoOl purposes. The
pastor. Rev. II. Il. Rice reports the church
in very healthy condition.
/ THE LAW LIBRARY.-John E. McElroy
| has been elected secretary and librarian OF
| the new law library Just opened in Ala.
media County. The library is situated on
the lower fl0ar OF the courthouse, and the
| first board Of trustees are Judges Greene
Henshaw. Ellsworth aud Ogden and K. NJ
| Fitzgerald.
! MEMORIAL DAYTIME programme of ex-
ercises for the observance Jf Memorial day
will be very complete ana interesting. The
! gentlemen having the matter IN charge
| have made arrangements for the turning
| out Of the National Guard of California, the
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