San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-06
BICYCLE NOTES.
THE SUNDAY SERMON.

May teach you more of man,
OF moral evil and OF good,
Than all the sages can"
The specialist on nervous and
dyspeptic troubles" is the latest to
suffer. The bicycle is robbing him
OF patients.
A wheelman scorching along,
with nose to the handle bar, is not
exemplifying the highest use OF
the wheel. The beauties Of the
country are not his. The green
grass, wild flowers, the old spread
ing shade trees that may hedge his
path, the half hidden brook
and the grazing flocks that
round out the beautiful aspect Of
the country in the summer are all
unheeded. He sees but a dusty
track, which he follows, and his
trip is a bare record Of miles.
Good roads mean a good deal
more than mere convenience? They
mean more than saving money,
which, however, is q matter Of no
small importance. They mean a
more intimate relationship be.
tween the city and country people,
to the mutual advantage OF both.
They mean that living in the coun.
try for six months in the year shall
not be practical isolation.
This talk about cyclists being
compelled by ordinance to have
lighted lanterns at night, is all
very well, and all will do so when
the manufacturers can produce
q lantern that will keep lighted
during a ride, and which is not out
OF reach of the average purse.
Tom Winder, the Indiana news
paper man, has just completed the
rougher part OF his long journey
around the edge Of the United
States.
Cycling is a certain cure for dys-
pepsia.
Why, Ethel ! That is DR.. Wisely
pushing that cucumber wagon!
How did he lose his practice?
He advised his patients to try
cycling and they all recovered.
Desperation has probably driven
him to selling cucumbers.
One decided disadvantage for a
girl in riding a tandem is that her
escort Is always talking behind her
back.
The precocious youngster gener-
ally gets out OF the house when
"popper" starts to clean the wheel.
The easiest and quickest way to
recement a tire on a steel rim is to
drop a little gasoline on old ce.
ment-just enough to run entirely
around the rim. Then touch a
match to it and let it burn out.
This makes a good job, and it
doesn't injure enamel like using a
lamp.
Don't dodge a bicycle rider, either
male or female. Stand still and the
rider will get along all right.
Posts, trees, stones, ETC., never
dodge, and only beginners ever run
into them. II you see a "bike"
coming straight at you, don't
dodge; II you do you will confuse
the rider. II you stand still ain
the middle. OF the road" or wherev-
er you happen to be, the rider Viii
take care to give you plenty Of
room (; but if you go lodging to get
out of the way, the chances are
there will be a collision and you
will be the worse hurt Of the two.
Therefore, don't dodge.
The average bicycle rider doesn't
stanu fear OF a crowded street
nearly so much as he does to meet
a lady driver with both sides OF a
wide street open for her to pass
him. She'll pull the horse zig. gag
until she either knocks the cycler
over or compels him to dismount.
What the wheelmen want is not
a law taxing bicycles, but a law to
compel carts and wagons and 90.
pecially the Negro carriage driver
with the plug hat, to give them at
least part ofsthe smooth road in
passing.
The Paris project OF police, it ia
said, is contemplating the applica'
tion of the law Of male impersons.
ton to the growing number Of
pseudo.cycle women who frequent
the Boulevard st. Michal and the
students quarter dressed in
costume. The Temps and other
papers maintain not only that the
legal process would be most cum
brous, but that it would end in
bons-hde lady cyclists being mo
Tested.
Even Berlin, that fortress O
prudery, is being conquered by tn,
ubiquitous lady cyclist. Tn Z,