Arizona republican., 1899-06-21
WHEN YOU GO WHEELING.
Eight Rules to Remember that Will
 Make Your Ride a Round of Pleas

Eight Rules to Remember that Will Make Your Ride a Round of Pleas
 ure. A practical bicycle rider has ar ranged the following set of road rules and subn. .ts them with the hope that they will be speedily adopted by all wheeimen, and that the non-rotary public at large upon the streets will observe them ;3heerfully.
 i One sharp stroke Of the bell means that business men, n sSseEger boys and other persons ;n a hurry must pos-- pone i-idefitely their contemplated journey across the strest Crossing the street n front of a wheelnan who has given the above signal is very bad form, and is generally productive of spinal meningitis and doctors bills. Two sharp strokes of the bell is a signal to the riders ahead that they 1 must ClsmOunt at once. bow politely and say 'Gesundheiti" to the strokee as he passes. Wheelmen who refuse to obey this signal should be run into and severely injured
 Three sharp strokes of the bell is a signal to the policeman on the corner, who must immediately come to parade rest, doff his helmet and comment en- Enthusiastically on the grace and general elegance of the strckee un:LI the lat ter has disappeared in the distance Policemen who fail to follow this rule should be arrested, tried, convicted and sent to Siberia.
 Fcur sharp strokes of the bell is q gnal for the fire department to as semble imn ediately and remove all trees, statues and things of that sort, so that the strokee may take a short NIIf thrO11cyh nf a :fry11 rIy ENa- ure to obey this rule will justify the rider in de-aying an engine on its way to a fire by stopping in front of it long enough to get run over.
 Five sharp strokes of the bell is a signal to ali drivers of brewery wag- ons. ice wagons and moving machines in the vic.nage that they must descend at once from their various pedestals and lead their juggernaut:an caravans into the dry goods stores handy-a candy shop will do. No driver of a brewery wagon, ice wagon or moving machine will be excused for breaking this rule simply because he doesn't know the meaning of v.cinage.
 Six sharp strokes of the bell is signal to conductors and motormen that they must, without any unneces- sary de,ly, lift their cars from the
 
 If the passengers ;n the cars so sig nailed offer any objections the police men on that beat will take the of lenders to the nearest bicycle store and compel them to buy wheels.
 One long and one short stroke of the bell means that everybody in the neigh'borhCod not awheel must start promptly for the woods. Failure to Obssrve this rule wiN justify any rider in chasing the offender seventy-six consecutive miles in a soTthwesterly direction.
 Long and continued applause from the bell on any wheel means that the l rider has lost the combination on his | brain cells, and is suffering severely | from stage fright, superilduced by the | sudden appearance of a coal cart di- rectly n his pathway. In a predica- ment of this kind, strict guiding rules | cannot be lad down, but no blame can be attached to Glie wheelm3n if he | climbs over the taiaboard of the vehi- cle ard adds a new series of phreno- logical bumps to the suburban part Of i the heci1 Of the offer5ing coal cart di- ! rector
 If the foregoing rules are carefully observed. there is no reason for fur ther instructions, and bicycling will become a thing of pleasure ard a joy forever.-Baltimore American.
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