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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18
The Intelligent Mechanics Labor.

A group of gentlemen were discussing
the necessity for brain labor in some
life vocations, and after illusions had
been made to several well-known citi-
zens who were successful and prominent
in their professions, one of the speakers,
himself a retired merchant and influen-
tial politician, declared that Blank, NAM
ing a craftsman and inventor employed
in large machine tool mandatory,
did more brain labor than any other man
in the city. Some examples were cited
of well-known mechanics, and the con-
clusion was reached that intelligent me.
chanical labor required as much solid
thinking as any other work.
The intelligent, valuable mechanic is
not mere walking machine; materials
aye not always plastic; they are some
times perverse, and judgment and calm
consideration are required in their man.
agement. The parts of machine, how
ever closely planned, do not come to-
gether unaided and naturally, as eye
stones converge in saucer of vinegar;
it requires head work to Ensemble" the
parts Of a machine of any kind, and now
adays, when mechanical work requires
an accuracy of proportions and nicely
of dimensions such as were not dreamed
of generation ago, the mechanic who
is not brainy in his line will surely get
left.-Detroit Free Press.
A Dangerous Glass of Men.
No one who has not gone through the
experience has any idea of the danger
GUS class of men mates have to handle.
The police court records give some idea
of the character of the men, and out of
the batch of Migrants and dangerous
men turned loose daily and given few
hours to leave the town, large ma
jority ship on some outgoing boat as
deckers. These ruffians have no particu-
lar place of abode, care little how they
live, and apparently less for their lives.
A mate who has many of these under
him simply carries his life in his hands.
Once in "a conflict, it must be ended
promptly, and the slightest hesitation
would probably cost you your life, while
the chance of your murderer's capture
would be very remote.-Steamboa Mate
in GlObe-Democrat.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

All, pretty buttons on the cloak
That autl m wraps aroun her,
Ere winner with his icy chill
In crytals chains has bound her.
How bright you make the dark-brown earb
Now IA id grown, and olden,
BY touching it with colors rare
or crimson, white and golden.
When winter comes and cutting frosts
Have clipped you from her dresses,
The memory of white ana gold
VIII still rem in to bless US.
Washington Critic.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18
HEIRS OF THE lNCAS.
Fine Race of People Who Are MACH,
Abuscd-In Southern Bolivia

A Fine Race of People Who Are muun
Abused-In Southern Bolivia.
The Quichoa Indians are the direct t.,-
scendants of the Incas of Peru, ~ well
described in Prescott's history. They
are IA fine race of men and it is "A great
pity that little OF nothing is done for
their education. On the contrary they
are much abused, although of hate years
the government of Bolivia has tax en-
measures fOrbdding their naltreai,n-nt.
Before reaching that country l WAS told
the only way in which to get along with
these Indians was to treat them like
dogs. However, / treated them kindly
and justly, and from experience, I de-
clare this to he the best mode of getting
along. They are good race, but with
out courage This Iattribnte to the state
of servitude they have been held under,
and the utter ignorance they are kept
in, giving them no incentive TO herter
their condition. From the first days Of
the conquest they were treated like
beasts of burden, withal they are intel
ligent, and once educated they will in
time form an important factor in the
body polite of Bolivia. In Peru it was
the Quichoas who stood by Ceaceres, and
it is to them he owes his present posi-
ton. Speaking their language and ming
ling among them, he won them to his
cause, and truer friends can not be
found. The only priests who can man.
age them are the Franciscan monks.
These also learn their language and live
among them. They are almost wor-
SHIPPED by the Quichoas.
The Inca language is to-day the same
as three centuries ago. The people are
tall, 1.-the, we'll built, but rather slim, of
very pleasing features, with rather
melancholy cast Their morals are good.
me of the laws of old, now Endorsed by
the clergy, is early marriage. They all
profess the Catholic religion. In each
village there is chapel, rude like their
houses. Their priests are chosen from
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18
The Board of Commissioners APP

The Board of Commissioners APP
pointed by the Governor, in accord
ance with an act passed by the last
Legislature. to receive propositions
and locate the State Normal School
for the education and training OF col
ored teachers, met in this city yester-
day for the purpose of opening bids
and locating the building. PROPOSE
tons were received from Hopkins
vile, Lexington, greensboro, Dam
vile and Frankfort. Arguments
were heard i'm favor of several places,
but no final decision had been reached
up to the time we went to press. The
proposition made by this city was,
that the City Council would give .
acres of ground on the Fort Hill and
fifteen hundred dollars, and the citi-
zens five hundred dollars. 1t was
understood that if the Council would
agree to build road up the hill to
the grounds the school would be To-
Gated here, and a special meeting OF
that body was held yesterday after
noon, but nothing was accomplished,
and second meeting was held last
night.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

The present disagreeable spell OF
weather is accounted for by the fact
that Col. +. &. Went has rendered his
resignation to Gen. HaZen as chief
engineer of the weather in this sec
ton. The whole thing is going to the
bad for want of head. We would
suggest that public meeting at once
b. called to insist on Col. Went with
drawing his resignation until warm
weather
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18
She Will Follow Directions.

Physician Ito young woman PATIENT
You have severe cold, Miss Smith,
and are threatened with pneumonia.
You will have to remain very quiet for
several days.
Patient-Oh, DR.. Pellet, must go out.
l hav. SO much shopping to do.
PhysiciahII see, also, that your nose
has tendency to inflame at the tip
Patient-(thoroughly alarmeO oh,
sir, I will do anything that you tell me
to.-Puck.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

For the next fifteen days ! will
offer at bargain, two No. 7 May
Flowers, one Jewel Range No. 8,
one No. 8 Champion Monitor, one
No. s Capitolice, one No. 8 Improved
Delight. All first-class stoves. Call
early and get first choice.
It. JNO. II. BUCKLEY.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

Inanother column we publish an
Interesting letter from Rev. George
Darsie, and hope to have many more
of the same kind in the future. We
always have room for such excellent
matter.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18
Needs Your Pity.

The most repulsive man or woman,
the creature full of deceit, treachery,
and venom, needs your pity and help Of
all the most, for that man or woman,
through generating evil thought, is gen.
Grating pain and disease for himself OF
herself. -Prentice Milford.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

The Capital Printing Company
have rented the YeOman building
and will remove their office there
about the first of January. The
name ofthe paper will not be changed
to the Capital YeOman as published
i'm the COurier-J Journal.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

There will bea concert given by the
ladies of the Baptist Church, in their
new Chapel one day during Christ
mas week.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

An application has been made for
patent for manufacturing cattle food
from wood.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

Notwithstanding the sale Of the
Woman Office material, the Ladies
Exchange of the Methodist Church
will be held there to-day as usual.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

FOUND.--A gold Masonic pin, cir
Gle with square and compass In the
centre. Call at this office.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

Teach self-denial and make its prac-
tice pleasurable, and you create for the
world destiny more sublime than ever
issued from the brain of the widest
dreamer Sir Walter Scott.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

The ladies of the Baptist Church
realized about one hundred dollars
by their supper thursday evening.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

If you want pure Anderson county
sour mash whisky call on John Dris-
coll, 237 st. Clair st. ct
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

A large stock of rattan chairs at
cost at II. Rogers. st
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

If you want good bargains in gro
ceries call Oh John DriscOlI, 237 ST.
Clair street. 1t
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

A Fort Worth, Tex, concern has BIZ
gun shipping 300 frozen beef carcasses
day to England.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

Fruits, candies, DC, at Howard
Bros.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18
A Beggar's Gratitude.

A rich banker gave beggar shil-
ling, when the latter said, with gratitude:
3May heaven reward you thousand
times !" swell, what would that amount
to?-oniy fifty pounds I" answered the
rich man, smiling.-Exchange.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

are comfortably settled at "a Chester
Square. Let all our friends, who en-
pect to- be in Boston, cut this address
out and paste it i'm their hats. We
shall regard it "the objectionable
sin" for any of our friends to come to
Boston and not call on US. chester
Square is easily reached by taking Il
fremont Street car. The church in
which preach is called ''the South
End Tabernacle" and is on Shaw
nut Avenue, corner Madison street.
The Shawmut Avenue cars from
down town all 60 right by it. Seats
free and all welcome.
If the editor does not object I shall
be glad to send another little letter
i'm Il week or two.
GEORGE DARSIE.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

1t was difficult even to walk in the
middle of the street yesterday.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

Fine plush base rockers cheap at
r. Rogers. 1t
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

Buckley is agent for Clayton Crate
RefiectOrs. It
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18

Holiday goods in the furniture lire
at II. Rogers. 1t
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-17
A Mexican Park With a History.

How many associations crowd on
one during a morning walk through
the park of Chapultepec! Here in the
crisp hours after the dawn walked
Montezuma and his Aztec court. Here
under the huge overhanging branches
rode or drove Maximillian and Car
lotta. Up through the forest of Chapul-
tepec, their faces blanched and grave
every voice huShed, dashed the scaling
party of American soldiery in the time
of that mad and wanton war with
Mexico. They scaled the crags at the
south of the castle while the rest of
the little army kept the attention of
the Mexican troops at the north side
where there is an easy slope. So near
that with a stout bow you could shoot
an arrow on to the field of the battle is
the historic site of the fight of Moline
del Rey, or Kings mill, and brick
building there still bears, in half legible
letters, the words, "Molino del Rey."
There Grant won fame and good repute
with his superior officers. While you
are walking on under the trees think
ing of the panorama which the unfold
ing scroll of history brings before you
there dashes by an open carriage from
which gaze at you the dark eyes of the
fair descendants Of the stout-hearted
race who conquered the Aztec mon
archy. If man has any sentiment in
him, this ancient and historic park will
bring it to the surface. To the artist
the noble castle dominating the hill of
Chapultepec, it's terraces and towers
far above the tallest trees of the forest
beneath is an enhancing picture. The
mysterious line of the massive and
time-stained aqueduct half discerned
through the trunks of the trees and the
low-growing shrubbery, forms the
boundary on the northeastern side of
the park. From occasional assures the
water gurgles forth, and if you stop
and watch quietly, you shall see bright
hued birds glide down from the tall
trees to battle in the little pools formed
by the escaping water. Far away
perhaps, you hear the call of shrill
bugles. tits from the great white stone
barracks on the hillside at Tacubaya.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-17
Cashmere's Capital and Its People.

Cas- mere, whic has Just been devas-
tated by all earthquake, is kingdom in
the northwest part of India, including
the vale OF Cashmere, made famous by the
poet Moore. Seriu"ur, The capital, has
o population of abont one hundred and
and thirty. five thousand. It extends
about four miles along both sides of n
deep and placid stream, about three
hundred feet wide. From it's delightful
situation and innumcrahe canals, Ser
INCUR has been callel The Venice of Asia;
but the city is, for the most part,
extremely filthy. The houses, which
are generally dlanitlatetl, are built of
thin bricks, with timber frames, MANY
of them three stories high. Sixty thou
sand persons can Worship in the mosque.
The capital is the centre of the shawl
manufacture of Cashmere.
The men are tall, robust, well-formed.
and industrious; the women famous for
their eeauty and fine compilations. They
are gay people, fond Of pleasure, litera-
ture and poetry, but are represented by
many travellers as peerless in cunning
and avarice, and VIGOROUSLY addicted to
lying. Notwithstanding the beauty of
their vale, the population, since the
beginning of the present century, has
been reduced from eight hundred thou
sand to two hundred thousand by
pestilence, famine and earthquakes.
Under the treaty of Lahore, in 1876, the
British government c,me into control,
but Immediately sold the country for
$3.50, 600 dollars. The present ruler, by
a compact made at the time of the pur.
chase, is to be assisted by the Brit
ish. in defending himself against his
enemies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-17
The Commercial Drummer.

The commercial traveller" vulgarly
known as the drummer" now repre-
Sents a very important class in this
country. They furnish vast deal of
business to the railroads and an i'm
mense patronage to the hotels of the
country. The number of New York
drummers is very large-there are said
to be fully 10000 of them. Of course
there are not so many as that on the
road at one time, for certain goods are
sold at particular seasons and the SER
vices OF some of the travelling statesmen
are only required for few months in a
year. The drummer is generally a
pushing, well-informed. plausible per
son. He must be q good talker and
understand the ware; lie is disposing of
as well as the peculiarities and credit
of the merchant lie calls upon. So vast
and so well equipped is this army of
commercial travellers that there is no
longer any necessity for country store
keepers to visit New York or other
JobbinG centres. lie is visited at his
place of business. wherever situated.
by sWarms of drmmmers, who keep him
thoroughly posted a. to styles and prices.
A good commercial traveller is we'll paid
and always puts Up at the best hotels
and travels in the saloon and sleeping
cars. They, of course. are heavy tax
on the houses that employ them, but
with the present machinery of trade
they are Indispensable to the merchants
and jobbers who have goods to sell to
retailers outside the large cities. The
trade papers and TIE telephone price
current, with the Grummers' visit, rem
ders it unnecessary for the country
dealer to visit the great jobbing centre
except for pleasure. Nor does he want
so much stock on hand. as he can order
his goods at short notice by telegraph
as per sample shown to him by the
~drummers."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-17
Gamblers and Army Officers,

Says a Laramie (Wyoming) letter,
one OF the brakemen on the Overland,
in discussing the tricks of the fellows
who works the trains, said: cit is
often charged that railroad men stand
in with the sharps, but they don't do
anything of the kind. / know most of
them, and have known them for wears.
but L can't go around punching passen-
gers in the ribs and telling them to look
out. / did that a few times and got
the worst of it, and, besides that, have
noticed that sometimes the passengers
come out ahead. We had an army
officer on board once last Fall, and he
cut the heart out of one of Doc. Bragg's
men in poker game. and I've known
others to beat them at their own games.
The boys are usually very careful about
getting in with army officers. You can
generally tell an officer by his outfit,
but not always. They're worse than
the sharps, especially after they've been
out here few years. The boys have
superstition as to them which is funny.
They think if they play with one with
out knowing who he is that their luck
is gone forever. l knew one fellow
who killed himself after trying for
twenty-four hours to skin an officer,
thinking he was a stock man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-17
Facts About the st. John River.

Tradition has it that the deep and
narrow chasm through which the
waters of the st. John (north) find their
way to the sea was formed by some
mighty convulsion of nature many
centuries ago, and there is sufficient
contirmatory evidence that the state
ment rests upon more than mere tradi-
ton. The level of the waters of the
st. John is fifty feet above that of the
bay, yet so mighty are the tides of the
latter that steamers and sailing vessels
of six hundred tons burden are borne
from the one to the other at their in
coming and outgoing. The rapids or
falls are principally just above the
chasm referred to, over which, many
years ago, an airy suspension bridge was
thrown for carriage and foot travel,
and recently the cantilever which con-
meets the railway systems of the Strait
of Canso with those of the Pacific
coast. Directly above its mouth, which
is SPAWNED by the suspension and can
tilever bridges, the river expands into a
basin of such extent that it affords
room for the storage of vast RATS of
timber, which are toWed down by small
steamers from its upper waters and its
tributaries, as well as anchorage for
great number of steam and sailing YES
sells. In the same basin lie three small
islands, two of which have precipitous
sides, and are very picturesque.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-17

The neatly-written, closely-lined let
tiers of the past are wholly out of style
with women of fashion. Rough Irish
linen paper lmruled a " stub pen and
a scrawling chirography go to make up
the hurried notes one receives NOWADAYS
in lieu of the long, friendly letter of
olden times. The art of correspond
ence, which used to be one of the
greatest accomplishments our grand
mothers possessed, may be recovered
among the lost arts. AT the present
day the society woman has no time for
letter-writing; but when society de-
mands her writing at all, she sits down
in the hurry of the moment, and with a
business-like air dashes of a note cover
ing several pages, it is true, but con-
tanning about as much matter as could
easily be put upon the despised postal
card, and then her duty is done. The
old saying that a letter shows the
character of a person who writes it and
the character of the one to whom it is
written, if it be true, would argue the
modern society woman trifle too Wase
or too fast, one or the other. There is
as much character in woman's writ
ing as in her voice and one feels a little
awed, upon opening modern billet
doatc, in character like a printed placard,
as he would upon hearing a coarse,
gruff voice proceed from the rosy lips
of a fair woman,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-17

The letter M is curiously coupled
with Napoleon l., and also his nephew.
Napoleon l.: Maitland was the person
to whom he surrendered; Malet con-
spired against him; Marchand was his
valet, who accompanied him to st.
Helena; Maret was his most trusty
counselor; Marie Louise was his second
wife; Menon lost him Egypt; Meter
mich vanquished him in diplomacy;
Montholon wrote his memoirs; Moreau
betrayed him; Murat, whom he made
king of Naples, deserted him; M was
the initial letter of six of his mar
shals; Marengo was his first great
victory; Mont st. Jean CWaterloo) was
his last battle; Moscow his pitfall.
Napoleon I'LL: MacMahon, the greatest
general, succeeded him as ruler
of France; Macmillan and Mexico
were his evil stars; Malakoff duke of,
next to MacMahon, his most distin-
guished general; Moltke was his des-
tiny; Montijo Countess of became his
wife; Monticello and Magenta two of
his victories; in the month of March
the prince imperial was born and the
treaty of Paris signed, and in May he
escaped from Ham.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-17
Mind Your Own Business.

Nine-tenths of all that goes wrong in
this world is because some one does not
mind his business. When a terrible
accident occurs, the first cry is that the
means of prevention were not sufficient.
Everybody declares wemust have a new
patent fire escape, an automatic engine
switch, or high proof non-combustible
sort of lamp oil. But little investiga-
ton will usually show that all the con
trivanceS were on hand, and in good
order; the real trouble was somebody
didn't mind his business.
The engineer of the mill, at Roches-
ter, n. Y, thought the engine would
stand higher pressure than the safety
valve indicated, SO he tied few bricks
to the valve to hold it down; result:
four worlingmen killed, number
wounded, and the mill blown to pieces.
The best ventilated mine in Califor-
MIA was turned into a death-trap for
half hundred miners, because one of
the number entered with lighted lamp
the gallery he had been warned against.
Nobody survives to explain the
explosion of the dynamite cartridge
factory in Pennsylvania, but as that