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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
RIDING A WHEEL.
= Sensible Article on tho Use and Abus.
of the Bicycle.

= Sensible Article on tho Use and Abus.
of the Bicycle.
Bicycle-riding on good concrete road
and apart from all attempts ut speed suy-
gests the nOisclcss, enforced movement
ola bird through the air, and has almost
the effect of quiet sail on placid water
Its influence on the mind is no unim-
portant part of its usefulness. 1t is
soothing, with just enough OF pleasant
cHhilaration. In this respect it is supe-
rior to walking. since it prevents that
absorption in thought which is so apt TO
defeat the walkers purpose of complete
relaxation. What is known rs con
stitutional." moreover, is too often Il
task rather than IL pleasure
'Cycling," on the contrary, is attrac-
tive in itself. One comes to it as he used
to come to his play. 1t is equally adapt
ed to gentlemen and ladies-a point
very much in its favor, since women are
largely shut out from more vigorous
sports, while walking for health is
specially irksomc to them. AS for car
riage-riding, it is too passive involves
Il crampcd posture, is too expensive for
most persons, and is of little advantage
except as extended over miles of road.
misunderstanding is in many respects su-
perior, but in cities, at least, compare
lively few can afford it.
Beneficial as bicycle-riding is, it NAV
nevertheless be abused. The London
Lancet says:
1.-THE use of the cycle is form of
bodily recreation in itself doubtless
wholesome; none the less is it open to
the mischievous effects of undue indulg-
ence. Everyone finds he can do some
thing with it, and considerations of
weather, constitution, age and health
are apt to be dismissed with summary
imprudence.
'One fruitful source of injury is COM
petition. In this matter not even the
strongest rider can afford to ignore his
limit of endurance. The record breaker
who sinks exhausted at his journeys
end has gone point beyond this. The
septuagenarian, who tries to rival his
juniors by doing and repeating his
twenty or thirty miles, perhaps against
time, is even less wise.
Lady cyclists, too, may bear in mind
that their sex is somewhat the weaker
So, likewise, among men the power Of
endurance varies greatly, and it is bet
ter for some to admit this and be mod
crate than to labor after the achieve
Inents of far more muscular neighbors.
SIN short, whenever prostration be-
yond mere fatigue follows the exercise,
or when digestion suffers and weight is
markedly lessencd, and pastime be-
comes an anxious labor, we may be sure
that it is being overdone."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
THE CENTRAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB
Met Last Night and Transacted Business
of Importnncc.

Met Last Night and Transacted Business
of Importance.
Tho Central Democratic Club hold
their regular meeting last night. V.
FL Payne acted rs president. Tho sew
eaal wards having been invited, large
meeting was anticipated, but owing 10
the inclemency of the weather and the
Sam Jones meeting, not more than 1@5
people were in attendance. Before tho
business Of the night commenced twelve
new members were enrolled.
The committee on banner reported
through &. C. Payne that tho banner
was finished and now in place.
Mr.. Hoguo moved that a meeting of
all the clubs be held in Federation Hall
on Monday night at o'clock.
MIR. Wood moved as an amendment
that the club meet in the courthouse
instead of in their hall, and that n COM
mittee be appointed to request the other
clubs and all Democrats to meet at the
courthouse on Monday night at O'Clock.
Mr.. Donnelly, chairman of the Third
Ward Club, stated that his club would
hold an important meeting of their own
on Monday night, and would probably
be unable tn attend.
Mr.. Dooley moved that the clubs be
requested to meet at their respective
places and after transacting their bust
ness proceed to the courthouse on Mon.
day night. Lost. The original resolu-
tion was then voted on and lost
Judge Gooch moved that committee
be appointed to wait on Rev. Sam Jones
and request him to preach to the ladies
on Tuesday morning. Adopted. The
president appointed Messrs Wood,
Gooch. Randolph and Hardaway, Mr..
Hardaway, by request, was relieved
from the committee.
Mr.. NJ. y. jackson. secretary Of the
club, offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the club will continue
its efforts for Democratic ascendency
indefinitely; that our int rest is as
deep in the municipal elections, and
that we pledge ourselves to do all in
our power to elect Democratic State
and national officials
Mr.. Randolph, from tho committee on
synopsis OF registra ton laws, made his
report, which vas received.
After some remarks by Messrs. Ran
dolph and liardnway, the club ad-
lourncd.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07

TO be "in trade" they trace their nnces.
try back to some of the best families In
old New York, and their family tree,
with its connections of Pierreponts.
Jays and Duboiscs is'still in the records
of the old Evangelical Lutheran church
of lower New York.
Lispcnard Stewart goes back to .Jnmes
Alexander and to the carly Picrreponts
for his ancient family history. | had
almost forgotten to mention that Dc
Lnncey Nicoll often tells the story of n
famous Lcdyarl, also connection of
his. who WAS Capt. Cooks corporal of
marines i'll one of the famous exploring
tours of that daring navigator, Capt.
Cook
fnd that American society is not
modelled very extensively on that of the
old monurchics. There may be, and
there probably is. a good deal of hero
worship when Il titled foreigner flaunts
his pedigree before the eyes of our
nouvcauy riches. But in the best set
this is lccric;i. In fact the titled for
clgncr who comes here must have some
thing besides his title IL insure him an
entrance into the best circles. Baron
Grucnc1;:an. no" an interpreter on
i>iiiH isi'tilti IctI inc llfisOr OF leading IL
cotil,;on "t Mrs. AStor's d,li:,g his palrly
days. hit when the baron's vcaiti, .raya
out he found that all the culture he had
amassed in Germany did not suffice to
keep him in the best set here AS said
before, it takes both culture and wealth
to be among the best, and one or the
other will not suffice.
One thing more must be said, how
ever, for the man of fashion of America.
and that is he is not an dlcr. Our rich
ldlcrs arc comparatively few. Even so
lnveteratc society man rs Ward Meal
lister processes to be lawyer and to
work 1T his calling. He told me, how
ever, that tie bulk of his time in Il bust
ness way was taken up with looking
after his docks, and the dockets gave
him very little trouble. Mr.. McAllistcr
is of southern extraction. His fnthcr
was n famous Georgia judge, and his
brother, believe, is now n well-llnown
California jurist. On this same point ]
might advert to the appointment of
Cyrus Field, Jr., to Il position in the
consular service. He had been in Wall
street with his father and when the lat
ter went out the son was without Il po-
sition. Friends tell me that he will pros
per i'll the diplomatic service
The line, therefore, which SOUGHT to
draw appears to me 60 be we'll over the
trade mark" With education and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07

Sloane, showing customers the very
neatcst designs in the latest carpet
goods l had intended TO ascertain
where the line was drawn. thought
that a lineage dating back to Peter
Stuyvcsant, or to some siCncr of the
declaration Of independence, or to some
famous revolutionary soldier was an
open sesame: or that in Boston it was
necessary to bc ar Amos. Winthrop or
an Adams; in Philadelphia, IL Yelling:
in New York, u VAN in the south. n
Fairfax, Il Lee, q Carter or a Tucker.
Just where this popular error originated
l could not ascertain. unless it WAS
from the bleak souls of some of the re-
jectcd ones knew that ell the wealth
of the Goulds, the Armours, the Car
negies, the Ayers and the Singers had
never given them an cntrce into New
Eofll's best set, and felt certain there
was reason. For tho JaiTrays, the
Testers the Oclrichs, the Tailcrs and
the lselins are or were recently lin
trade" and they are cream Of the
cream. And then came the solution in
the following from the lips of a De
Pcystcr:
Society wants bright young men. 1t
wants no roucs; no men of fashion who
are not gentlemen to the very core 1t
wants men who are cultured mon with
good address, men who can entertain if
they should become the husbands of
fashionable da,ighto4s. T4ado IS 10 Lar
to American society. Wealth and an
cestry arc not sufficient to admit
why, then" asked I. ARE the Goulds
not counted in the best set?'
Their wealth can never bring them
into society. We have made certain
degree of culture the first desitlcraturn.
and this we believe they have not yet
reached. For that reason alone arc the
Goulds, the Singers, the Armours ant;
others omitted from the lists of the most
fashionable set
In this connection might repeat the
story, which will not absolutely vouch
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
MIGHT SUIT THE HAvEMEYERs AND THE
wATERECRYS.

for, although it has been affirmed and
denied Il thousand times. 1t is the old
story that DR.. Seward Webb, while a
Woodworking dentist, met and fell in
love with Miss Lima Vanderbilt In
fact, the story goes that DIR. Webb fell
in love with the young lady while at
tending her professionally. have the
story from such good authority that 1
believe it, but you can do as you please.
DIR. Webb only smiled when / asked
him whether it was true. The smile
might have been negation, but it
might also have been an affirmation.
1t is often said that the Perry conncc-
tion in the Belmont family gave it an
entrance into the exclusive set of New
York. do not know how true this Is,
but there certainly are few more
refined, better educated and more highly
cultivated men among New Yorlss
fashionablcs than these very Bclmonts.
If they at any time did not belong to
this set they certainly have earned the
right to be among the best.
There are many men of fashion in
New York, however, who, while blac-
i,!.r TO :r"cat weight On ancestry. still
wv I" Ia wv hi l'iSi Bcilc'tiOs-iCut ITcc
Among these arc the Cuttings. Both of
them are in the ultra" set and both
are recognized as typical men of cul-
turc. They come of the Bayards, of
Philadelphia, and of the Livingstons
and Schuylers, of New York. Their
father was one of the most faI2cus law
yers in New York state, but through
their neither they come from mcrcan-
tile stock. for Nicholas Crugcr, an old
Eond street merchant, was their great
grandfather
District Attorney De Lanccy Nicoll
comes OF Ilngucnot stock, but it is his
oy"r brain which has won him Il way
into society. Still he is proud of the
record made by the old De Lanccys. the
old Fioyc;s AID the old Provoosts, with
which families lie is connected.
While Pierre Lorillard and his
brothers, tie tobacco men, riay be said
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
THE MAN OF FASHION.
Can O Nan In Trade Go Into tho
"Best Set?"
Tho Answer Ia In tho Calling OF soInc
Leading Society Mcn-A Vanderbilt
WHO Married Carpet Man
Was DIR. Webb IL Dentist?
tcopyRIcHr. 1927

American society has not yet thrown
to the winds Tic good old democracy OF
early times; it has not yet debarrcd the
ii>0n OF fashion. who has culture, q GOOD
address and wealth ut his back, from
entering the portals where the select
rule. had imagined the opposite the
ease until locked over the .on~ list Of
society men and women who have no
ancestors If note to help along their
cause uatii | found that Duncan
Elliott. Gre OF the most refined of Tic
best set here WAS i'll trade. and whcr
not III society supervised the sale of
very dclectablc ard palatablc pea soup.
| went step further and found n sor
of New IovlS's uncrowncd social king
Ward McA!lister. selling wines on com
mission. found another in the tobac
co business. Pierre Lorillartl: still an
other of tie best set, James NJ. Water
bury, in the rope trade; and the hus
band of Vanderbilt hcircss, w. G.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
IN SPECIAL SESSION.
Council Rents the Opera House
and Opens Paving Bids.

AT 4 called meeting of the City Coun.
Gil last night Messrs. Engleby, Graves,
Huff King, McCahan, Ruggles, Welch
Watts and President Bucliner answered
at roll call
Mr.. King, from the ordinance com.
mittee, asked for further time in th q
matter OF an ordinance remaining and
mum bering the streets.
Tho committee submitted Il volumi.
nous amendment 10 chapter % of the
city ordinances, which regulates tho city
markets. Seven sections were adopted,
but tho eighth prescribing the modc of
renting and the way in which rentals
shall be paid, provoked considerable
discussion. On motion of MIR. Watts
Tue matter was recommitteG to the com
mlttee and city solicitor with instruc-
lions to examine the ordinance and re-
port at the next regular meeting, and
that the renters be allowed to retain
tue stalls and benches they now occupy
free of charge until Council adopts an
ordinance regulating the market houses
Alr. Watts was added To the committee
The street committee submitted their
report, with some recommendations and
estimates OF the cost of keeping the
new macadan in repair. Mr.. Watts
addressed the Council at length on the
necessity of close attention to this
work, and advocated the purchase of a
roller and sprinkler. The recommends
tions were disposed of as follows:
The board of public works was in
structed 70 ascertain the cost OF extend
ing and grading Chestnut street.
The recommendation that the board
purchase roller and sprinkler to be
used in keeping the streets in repair
was referred to that body, 70 ascertain
the cost and terms upon which the pur.
chase can be made.
The street committees recommends
ton that the center of the new macadam
be raised to twelve inches instead of
SIX, as 1t now is, was adopted.
Tho committee urged that the work
OF matchmaking streets in the north
ern portion OF the city be pushed with
moro vigor.
t was ordered that Park street from
Church to Luck, Luck from Park to
Grove, and Grove from Luck to Camp
bell. and Fourth street from the center
of Gilmer to Wells be graded.
Bids for street improvements were
opened and read. Following are the
bidders:
dILSISOE, VI. 11dUChGi, ~.
j. Banks, Avis Rick, Il. j. Allen, +. S.
and NJ. ~. Moomaw, j. A. Gillispie.
Skinker IL Sims, Thomas Barry
Tho last named proposal was not
accompanied by certified check and
was thrown out. The bids were referred
to tho street committee with power to
act. President Buckner was added to
the committee.
Bios for the Opera House were read as
follows:
M. A. Moseley and Fred Weber. $3.50
y. w. Beckner. :. GG3
John L. Hooper e Co. 76O
George w. Albaugh. 80. ESQ
S. a. Wick. 655
The first named bid was accepted.
The mayor was requested by vote of
Council to have the ordinance requiring
telegraph and telephone poles to be
painted enforced.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
NYE LVTHlA SPRINGS,
WITH EVILLE, va,


Elevation, 1880 feet above sea level;
mean temperature 80 degrees Entire
freedom from all malarali and fehrile
diseases.
Both Lythia and Chalybnate Springs,
acknowledged TO be the finest in inc
United States for purity and strength.
Many certificates Of cure OF diseases OF
stomach, indigestion, Br:ght's disease,
diabetes, rheumatism, gravel. dropsy.
nervousness, insomnia, e;c. Fine
hotel communications. NYE LYTHIA
SPRINGS co, Wythevilic, Va. Waters
in draught at Christian IL Barbee's
drugstore, Roanoke. IS ,u,tI &su, 3m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
DECLINED TO DE ASSESSED.
Why Mr.. Matson's Name Will Not be on
the Official List

the Official List.
Considerable surprise was expressed
yesterday at the absence of the name of
Mr.. d. II. Matson from the list fur
nished by the Democratic executive
committee Of candidates for Council in
the Second ward. In conversation with
n TIMES reporter Mr.. Matson stated that
he had been notified that an assessment
would be required to have his name or
the list.
Il refused to pay any assessment"
said Mr.. Matson. "The amount was
trihing, but the principle involved was
a most material one. did not seek the
nomination to Council: The duties are
onerous and exacting, and as Council
man l would be exposed to criticism
from every one whose views ! did not
adopt There are no emoluments, and
l do net think it my duty to Contribute
a campaign assessment in order to be
considered candidate for an unsought
Office"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
To Light the Ponce de Leon.

The management Of Hotel Ponce
de Leon have decided to erect an addi-
ton to that building, in which will be
placed an electric plant for lighting
purposes. They have, at present, sufii-
clent steam to run their own dynamos
which is at present wasted This steam
is now used for the elevator and for
other purposes. Mr.. Smith, the propri-
etor' expects to place 400 lights in the
building. The addition will lie built on
the ground now occupied by the old
Trout residence.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
A Roanoker Honored.

Capt. j. Ii. Feathcrston. OF Roanoke
Division No. II, Uniform Rank, Knigh is
of Pythias, was elected to the position
OF major at the meeting of the regimen
tai officers in Portsmouth Thursday.
AT the same time {. Collins Taylor. Of
the Clifton Forge Division, No. IL. was
elected lieutenant colonel. The next
rcgimental meeting will BE held in
Richmond in February, 1898.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07

TIE TIMES can De found regularly on
gale at the following places:
Rosnoke--George GraCatt, Jr., NJ. l..
Smiths, Hotels Roanoke, Ponce de Leon,
Elk's News Stand, 81 Salem avenue
Bristol, Tenn.--W. A. Ward, Front
Street.
Observation-Disclosures Inn.
Lynchburg-N orvell-Arlington Eotel.
Pocahontas--Pocahont Inn.
Pulaski--Maple Shade Inn, Brown &
Brown.
Radford--Radford Inn, W. c. Butler.
Salem--W. S Taylor's Book Store.
Wash;ngton--Willer TIE Metropoli-
San.
Wytheville-E. 3. Bailey.
Norfolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
Il Narrow E.cape

Harry Macabee, the son o: Engineer
Macatee, OF the Roanoke and Southern
division OF the Norfolk and Wester n
railroad, was severely injured while
bathing In Roanoke river yesterday. In
GIVING MS body came IN contact WIKI
stick, which pierced his side /, the
cavity. Had it not been for little Frank
Williams, e fifteen year old boy, who
jumped in the water with his clothes on
and pulled Harry to the bank, he would
lave been drowned.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
Swallowed Lye by Mistake

+. K. Johnston, one of the oldest
citizens of Big Lick, yesterday swal-
lowed fluid lye by mistake for medicine.
Only about one teaspoonful was drank
before the mistake was discovered. His
throat and stomach was badly burned,
but nothing serious is anticipated from
the wounds caused by The burning drink.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07

culture it is wealth alone which will
enable you to decide whether you can
hold your own in entertaining. For
only the refined and the fine entertainer
can hope to be ''of the exclusive set"
Mrs. Gre yer Cleveland is not OF tho
best set in New York, for tho reason
given by the ex-prcsident: 81 cannot
afford" Otherwise she would be Il
queen where she is now not even a sat
elite. ALBERT EDWARD TYRREIL.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
4 Eatnl E'aIl.

Hugh Hale. an employe of the
Pencoed Bridge Company, while doing
some work on the new viaduct being
put up at Ochre bank trestle, on the
Shenandoah Valley division of the Nor
folk and Western, fell through the
longitudinals yesterday at 1870, dis
lance of fifty feet to the ground, and
was Instantly killed. His body will be
shipped to his parents in Louisville,
Ky. for interment.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
JUDGE DUrUY's MOVEMENTS.

He VIII Leave this Evening for Bland
Court House.
Judge j. A. Dupuy, OF the circuit
court, will leave this evening for Bland
Court House, where he will hold circuit
court for Judge Williams, who was
counsel in number c. cases on the
dockets before his elevation to the
bench.
Judge Dupuy will return to the city
on the 10Th inst, and on the day follow
ing, will go TO Bedford City TO hold his
hrst term as the successor Of Judge
Horsley. The docket Of the Bedford
circuit court embraces about 500 cases.
and will necessitate a term running far
into June
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
Looks Like Spite Work.

The work OF preparing for and laying
track on Roanoke street railway is pro.
crossing slowly. Some person, evidently
having grudge against the railway
company, drove some large iron spikes
IN the ties OF its track on tho Salem
division yesterday, allowing them to
stick up above the top OF the rail and
causing the derai.rnent and some dam
age 10 the engine running on that divi
sion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
Lots of Fish.

Frank Varalla, Harry Hays, Reuben
Hays and Clay Hopkins, of this city,
went fishing in Roanoke river Thurs
day and caught "a large number of fish,
weighing in the aggregate l22L pounds.
In the catch there was German carp
that tipped the scales at nine pounds.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
Heironimus & Brugl
HOTELS.
DEER PARK AND OAKLAND.
On tne Nrest OF tho AIIeGhanies,
5000 Feet Above Tidcwater.

5000 Feet Above Tidcwater.
SEASON OPENS JUNE 90, 1892.
These famous mountain resorts, stu
ated at the summit Of tho Alleghanies
and directly upon the main line of the
baltimore and Ohio railroad have the
advantage Of its splendid vestibuled OK
press train service. both east and west.
and are therefore readily accessible from
all parts Of the country. All baltimore
and Ohio trains stop at Deer Park and
Oakland during the season.
Rates, $50, $40 and SIS month, ac.
cording TO location. Communications
should be addressed to GEORGE II.
DESHIELUS, Manager Baltimore and
Ohio Hotels. Cumberland, Md, up TO
June 10; after that date, either Deer
Park or Oakland, Garrett County, Nd
5 ,1i,:l, 2S&64,ll
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
Will Reside in Tennessee.

Capt. Thomas G. Blair and wife and
their little daughter, Bertha, will leave
to-day for Unicoi, Tenn, where they
will reside in the future Capt. Blair
has extensive mineral property interests
there which require his supervision.
Many friends in Roanoke will regret
their removal
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
In the Hustings Court.

In the Hastings Court yesterday,
most of the time was occupied in at
tending to the complaints against the
alleged Trailing rioters. Liquor H.
cense was granted to e. NJ. Petses. C.
Markley was appointed receiver for the
Bridgewater Carriage Works with
bond of S25, GOO
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
ROANOKE, VA. MAY :, 1899.

RoweIl's American Newspaper D:rcc-
aory for 1891 puts the circulation of THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that OF any
vther paper In Southwest Virginia, and at
moro than that of all the other papers of
Roanoke combined.