The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-09-11
Bill Nye Skating.

] have once more tried to ride q
pair of roller skates. That is the
reason | got down OH the rink and
down on roller skates. That is the
reason why | also now state in /;
public manner to lost and undOne
lace that unless lhe roller rink il
ut once abolished the whole civil.
lied race will be plunged iu,O arni
ca.
| had tried it once before, but
had not carried my experiments tO
IA successful termination. | made
trip around the rink last August,
but was ruled out by thejudges for
incompetency, and advised to
skate among people wIro were in a
hostile Government of the United
States, while the rroprietOrs repair.
ed the rink.
On the 9th of September l nes.
tied in the bosom of a cyclone to
excess, and it bas required the
bulk OF the succeeding months for
nature to glue the bones of my leg
together in proper shape. That is
the reason | have not given the at
tentiOn to roller skating that
should.
A few weeks ago l read What Mr..
Talmage said about the great na.
tional vice. 1t was his opinion
that it we skated iu proper spirit
we could leave the rink each eve
ming with our immortal souls in
good shape.
Somehow it got ont OH Thursday
evening l would undertake the
feat of skating three rounds in
three hours with no protection to
my scruples, for one half the gate
money, Talmage rules. So there
was quite a large audience present
with opera glasses. Some had um-
brellas, especially OIL the front rows.
These were worn spread, in order
to ward Oft the fragments OF the
rink which might become Olsen
gagged and set in motion by atm0S
phenc disturbances.
In obedience to a wild Wgerian
snort from the orchestra | came
forth iuto the arena With my skates
in my hand. | feel pert city at
home before an audience when l
have my skates in my hand. 1t is
morbid desire to wear the skates
on my feet that has always been
bete nOirC. Will the olIice.boy
please give me- brass check for
that word so that | can get it in
when | go away.
My first thought after getting
myself secured to the skates, was
this. cam | in the proper frame
Of mind Am | dong this in the
right spirit? Am Iabout to skate
in such ii way as to lift the tog OF
unbelief which now envelopes a
sinful world, or shall | deepen the
Opaque night in which my race is
wrappedW
just then that end of the rink
eIupted iU Il manner so forthwith
and SO tout ensemble that | had to
push it back in place with my per
son. | never saw anything done
with less delay or less languor.
The audience went wild with On.
ihuSlasm, land 1 responded to the
encore by writing my name in the
air with my skates.
This closed the first scene, aud |
my trainer took me in the dressing |
room to attend consultation OF |
physicians. After the rink carpen-
ter had lacked up the floor a little
| went out again. | had no fears
lbOnt my ability to perform the
mechanical part assigned me. but
| was still worried over the qu es- /
ion whether it would or would not
De of lasting benefit 10 mankind.
Those who have closely scruti-
iized my frame in repose have ad.
nitted that l am teartully and
Sonderfully made. Students OF
ho human frame say that they
lever saw such wealth of loose
Tess and limberness lavished upon
me person. They claim that ua.
ure bestowed upon me the hinges
nd joints intended for a whole
inily, and therefore when
kate the air seems to be perfectly
mid with limbs. | presume that
bis Is true, though l have so little
,isure while skating in which to
bserve the method Itself, tue plot
r auimuS OF the thing as it were,
nat my opinion would be of little
alue to the scientist.
L am led to believe that the roll
= skate is certainly great civil
er aud a wonderful leveler of
ankind. If we so skate that q
hen the summons comes to seek v
lr war,l ia the general hospital, T
here each shall heal his busted d
lticle within the walls where rink v
is squirm, We 20 not like the "
oral wreck, morally paralyzed, =
1t like hired man taking his v
edicine, and so fOrth-we may u
ate With perfect impunity, or any D
Ie else whom we may be properly v
trOduced by our cOOk.-BH Me-
Denrer Opinion.