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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1895-02-02
I)lIckcrs.

Weather pleasant.
The November election the one
and only topic.
Miss Ida Durham is visiting
Miss Lizzie Darnell.
One day last week couple OBJ
tanned license at Versailles, walked
down opposite the residence of
Rev. J. K. p. South and were
united in marriage by him without
leaving the road. The reverend
gentleman invited them to his
house but they said: mo we
want to be married right in the
road" When told they had bet
ter walk to one side, the reply was,
1--WE want to be married right in
the middle Of the road" We hope
they will live long and keep in
the middle Of the road"
The beautiful woodlands in this
section are fast crumbling before
the fell destroyer, king tobacco.
1t seems almo.ta sac-ilege to de.
stroy so much of beauty, only to
add a few more dollars to the
Golfers Of the already wealty land
lords. SO far as the tenant farmer
is concerned he gets but bare
living at best. 1t will not be long,
however, until the beautiful blue
grass woodlands will be a thing Of
the past.
Mrs. Mary Newman, whose
death has been announced in the
ROUNDABOUT, was type Of true
womanhood. true friend, faithful
wife and loving mother. She
reared a family Of five boys and
one girl, all Of whom are living evil
dences Of her noble character.
Enemies she had none, while her
friends were many. Her bereaved
family will not sorrow alone. In
the home Of the blessed she
awaits our coming.
There seems to be serious trou.
BILE among the sheep here, many
Of them dying without any ap-
parent cause. Between the disease
and the dogs they are in a posi-
ton similar to that Of the fellow
between the devil and the deep
blue sea-"
Very heavy pressure is brought
to bear upon Hon. d.. Thornton
in the hope that he may be'in-
duced to permit the use Of his
name in the race for Representa-
tive from this county. If Mr..
Thornton is not our next law
maker it will be his own fault and
not that Of the people.
The next Legislature should
pass law forbidding all foreigners
to purchase or hold real estate in
the Commonwealth II til such for
eigners have taken the oath OF
allegiance to the United States.
and those holding such property
at the present time, should be re-
auired to take the oath or dispose
of their holdings within six or ten
years from the passage Of the act.
Col. Risk says he did not vote
for Breckenridge. Well he is the
only man who does or can know
and we accept his statement. Mr..
Risk, however, lives in a town
claiming a Settle Club OF forty
members. and of which ne was
President. The precinct in which
the Colonel voted cast but three
votes for Settle, and OF course Mi.
Risk cast one of the three. How
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
DISPLAYED TRUE COURAGE.
How = Soldier Sacrificed Himself to Up
hold Principle.

How y Soldier Sacrificed Himself to Up
hold Principle.
A brave man was Sir Hope Grant,
who, during a campaign in India, saw
that his colonel was Incorporate in
his habits, and resolved to reprimand
him. On the day of one particular
battle, the colonel had been taking
sips of liquor all the morning to keep
up his spirits, and SO greatly affected
was he that all the soldiers noted his
condition, and almost Missed him on
going into action. On the evening Of
the battle Sir Hope said to the officer
next above him in rank:
You know that the colonel was
drunk yesterday when we were going
into action?"
Yes, of course"
well, you know you must go and
put him under arrest"
Indeed, l shall do nothing Of the
sort" he answered, angrily. II will
leave you to do that business, and to
knock your head against a stone wall
if you choose"
Very we'll" said Sir Hope; "if you
don't do your duty, l will 90 mine"
Early next morning he went to the
colonePs tent and said, after the GUS
tomary greetings
"You know you were very drunk
yesterday, sir, when you led us into
action. l have come to tell you that if
you do not at once undertake to leave
the regiment, l shall now put you in,
arrest and report your conduct"
"Will you, indeed?" cried the colonel
angriIy. Very well, l will be before
hand with you. L now place you un.
der arrest for bringing false and in.
sIlting accusation against your COM,
maEding officer"
So the remonstrant left the tent I'M.
der arrest, and there he remained for,
six weeks. A great excitement rose,
ran its course, and died down. and at
the end of the six weeks Grant was
released and ordered to return to his
duty.
The colonel was allowed to retain
his command, and so it might appear
to the casual eye that no good what
ever had come of remonstrance. But
good had come of it. One man had
shown that he would sacrifice himself
to uphold a rinciple.-Youths Com
paniOn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
-"They say that Cholly has lost

-"They say that Cholly has lost his
mind" SIS That so? Does he know
it?"-Boston Courier.
HE said | was his life's sunshine"
II guess you will find that all moon.
shine."-Boston Courier.
-Prisoner-"What, that man is 60
ing to defend me? Why, he couldn't
bring an innocent person through!"-
Fliegende Blaetter.
Tell me, guide, why so few people
ascend that magnificent mountain"
because no has ever fallen off it,"
-Fliegende Blaetter.
--'Well met, colonel" I'm not a
colonel, sir." pardon mel was I'M
der the impression you had been in
Georgia six weeks! ATLANTA Constitu-
ton.
Her Choice.-"What kind of tie do
you admire most?" he asked as he made
his regular call. "The marriage tie"
she answered truthfully, and without
esitation.-Detroit Free Press.
-Hoax-"You worked your way
through college, didn't your" JoaX-
fright" HoaX-"What did you work
at?" Joax-"The other students prin-
cipally ."-Philadelphia Record.
-Slobbs -" jenkins told me Miss
Beaconstreet was an old flame of
yours" Blobbs-"An old flame? I'm
possible!" 'Why impossible?" "She's
from Boston. "-Philadelphi Record.
@->:yit--''When see you I always think
of the proverb: To whom God gives an
office, to him he gives understanding"
B-"But / have no office!" A-"Well,
don't you see how that fts?"-Flie-
gende Blaetter.
Mr.. Spinks-"Well, Willie, has your
sister made up her mind to go to the
concert with me?" Willie -" yep.
She's made up her mind and she's max
in up her face now. She'll be down in
Il minute. Great Divide.
Miss Kostique-"Do you know when
1 see you looking so happy it reminds
me of what a great poet once said
Cholly Sophisticated! Pway, what
was it?" Miss K.-'Where ignorance
is bliss. philadelphia Record.
-He-'I have never loved but once
in ali my life" She-"What" He
Fact, l assure you. 1t has somehow
always happened that l never was quite
free from the one girl by the time the
next one came along" - indianapolis
Journal.
Confident of It.-Lady of the House
81 should think you would be afraid to
come around in the back yard. | no
tice you didn't do it last week on ac-
count of our big dog Tramp-"No'm.
But l knew that dog wasn't here any
more" Lady of the House-"How do
you know it?" Tramp-"I let him
have that piece of pie you gave me-
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
COMES ALL THE RAGE.
New Fashions of Dressing the Hair and
the Latest Ornaments.

New Fashions of Dressing the Hair and
the Latest Ornaments.
The women who have been fond of
dressing their hair with feathers and
aigrettes will have to give them up this
winter or be hopelessly out of date, for
the feathers must go. Combs of all
sizes and shapes are the correct head
ornaments, so the fashionable jewelers.
and hair-dressers say, and they come in
endless variety, so far as material and
design are concerned.
There seems to be very different
way of arranging the hair for every
face, and yet all are stylish. The
woman with dark, glistening locks
must wear her hair in the evening after
the style of Empress Josephine if she
has the face to stand it. and the dia-
mond and pearl tiara which gives the
finishing touch to this very fetching ar
rangement of her locks If she can't
afford the latter two or three strands
of imitation pearls look well wound in
and out among the dark puffs. Dark
hair does not look well too much be-
frizzled. Crimping causes it to lose it's
luster, which is brought out by light
ornaments. On the other hand, the
woman with yellow or reddish hair
should wave it on all sides and puff it
up in a fluffy mass.
Medium-sized tortoise shell combs
ornamented with applied silver are
more popular than anything else just
now, but they really show off better in
light hair than in any other. Black
garnet and mat jet combs and hair-pins
are being imported from Paris and are
already very popular. Many of them
come in crescent and butterfly shapes,
and are thickly studded with rhine
stones. The side combs match, and the
effect of these novelties in blonde hair
is gorgeous and striking.
The silversmfths report big run on
the enameled and jeweted bodies of but
terfiies. The ornaments have an ar
rangement st the back which permits
Of ribbon wings OF the color of the
gown. The demure maid who clings
TO her crimpless part and coils her hair
very high on her head may thrust one
of these butterflies in at the back of
the part and 50 relieve its severity. She
may even golfurther and fill her hair
with very small enameled and jeweled
butterfly and flower pins and So obtain
an effect altogether Japanese.
Few women can afford tOdress their
hair low on their necks, even with the
aid of crimps and puffs, but those who
do must not fail to set off the knot with
an immense tortoise-shell back comb
curving almost from ear to ear, if they
wish to be in the very latest style
Toledo Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
MOTOR CARRIAGES.
Cost of the New Petroleum Wagons With
in Reach of Many People.

in Reach of Many People.
The practibility of these carriages
seems to be placed beyond doubt. Since
1892 they have been growing in favor
in France, and the only wonder is that
we have not seen them over here before
now. The future would appear to be-
long to them, if all be true, and we can
| hardly doubt the bona fides. They are
| as easily worked as tricycle-prob-
ably easier. A novice, as many witness,
is able upon the first trial to drive his
carriage over 200 miles in days of
10 hours apiece. Tourists have wan
| dered over half dozen departments in
them. and the taste is spreading every
| day. Soon the enthusiasm will reach
| England, and then-well, it is difficult
to say what will happen then,
For among the great advantages of
the petroleum carriage is its remarkable
cheapness. The cost of carriage is
| not much in the first instance. They
are built, as we have said, with touching
fidelity to old forms. There is the dog
cart, the wagonette, the phaeton, the
"break" and the "mylord," as our
| French friends have it. From purely
lay contemplation of these vehicles, we
are not disposed to think that finality
has been reached in regard to their
| shape.
When the first railway carriages were
constructed, either out of loving con-
servatism or from a desire not to Of
tend, they were built upon the line of
| the stage coach and colored to match.
In time they achieved their own indie
pendence and individuality. Messrs.
Panhard and Levassor will probably find
time and experience ripen their in
vention in this respect. At present
voiture a deuX places cost 1863;
voiture quartre places forme dogcart
costs goo; the phaeton, 9212, and
| the "mylord" heads the price list at
e 240. These cannotbe reckoned ex-
travagant prices. And when you have
once purchased voiture to your taste
the saving seems amazing.
TO begin with, two horses can be dis
carded; and horses, we believe, are
roughly estimated to cost 25 or c 80
JCdl apiece W Keep ~ JuICHiSeI Vi Il
petroleum carriage reckons that it costs
him from 1.50f. to IF. a day. The manu-
facturer's reckoning is 4c. per kilometer
for "A 2seated carriage and sc. for
I-seated carriage; let us say, on an
average, something between a half
penny and farthings mile.
Compare this with the expenses of
horses. Let US say a cab horse costs
some e SO, and is available for three
years; that constitutes yearly charge
OF G 12. Add to this 6 25 for food and
keeping, and we get total of c 81. The
initial outlay on the vehicle may be ig
nored, as we are also ignoring the initial
cost of voiture. a horse, year in and
year out, would hardly do more than IS
miles day. Out of these figures, which
are, of course, rough, one may deduct
something like twopence mile as the
cost of a horse carriage. The advan-
tage is in favor of the petroleum car.
riage by to 1.-London Saturday Re
view.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
SUPREME MOMENT IN A LAUNCH
1t Is When the Vessel First Gets Into the
Water.


Water.
That launch is a matter of mathe-
mates, as well as of great skill and la
Dor, is Shown by the fact that the man
OF science who has the matter in charge
always makes set of calculations show
ing the strain on the ship and its pre-
else condition at practically every foot
of the journey down the ways. If Il
boat should get in the way, or if il
should take an unusual length of time
to knock out the keel-blocks, or if any
one of half dozen things should cause
serious delay, the scientific man knows
just how long he can wait, and just how
far the limit of safety extends.
There IS always one supreme moment
In Il launch, and it is at a time that es-
capes the average spectator. 1t is when
the vessel gets fairly well into the water
This is when an important factor known
as tie moment of buoyancy comes into
play. If you can imagine vessel slid
ing down an incline without any water
into which to drop, you can see that the
vessel would tip down suddenly at the
end which has left the ways, and would
rise at tie end still on the incline. But
really, i'll successful launches, the stern
of the vessel is gradually lifted up by
the water, and this throws the weight
forward on that part of the ship Sill
resting On the ways. The force of the
water is called the moment of buoy
ancy,' and the natural tendency of the
ship to drop to the bottom of the stream
is called the moment of weight" Now
the moment of buoyancy must always
be greater than the moment of weight;
but it must not be very much greater,
for if it were it would throw too much
weight forward on the part of the ship
still on the ways, and might break them
down, or injure the plates or keel of
the ship. When the great English
battleship Ramihies vas launched, this
did really happen; and so great was the
strain near the Vow that parts of the
cradle were actually pushed right into
the bottom of the vessel. 1t is this dan
ger OF disaster that causes the scientific
launcher to make the most careful cal
culations as to the conditions surround
ing the ship at every foot of her journey
into the water.-Frank Matthews, in
st. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Perfumes are now extensively man
ufactured in the United States, and the
native articles are said by experts to
compare favorably with foreign manu-
features.
England manufactures perfumes
on a very large scale, importing many of
the materials from other countries,
but also making large use of home
grown herbs and flowers
Many woods have sugar and gum in
their composition, and the presence of
these elements is generally shown by
the attraction the wood seems to have
for many kinds ofinsects.
The wheat yield in the Genesee
valley, Idaho, this season is immense. w.
y. Glib thrashed 1000 bushels off of 200
acres, averaging about 45 bushels to the
acre. Dan Healy cut and thrashed IA
acres of wheat that went 80 bushels to
the acre.
A Missouri rattlesnake at the mu-
scum of comparative zoology at Cam
bridge has been observed to lose his
skin twice a year and to add a rattle
for every skin. Instead of losing the
rattles as he does the skin, they are re-
tanned by the closing of the inner end
of the old rattle over the knob of the
new one, and accidents accepted, the
snake bears with him this record of his
age.
The trade in California sweet wines
is showing gratifying increase. The
total estimated product for this year is
100000 gallons, which is 25 per cent.
more than was marketed last year.
Heretofore there has been little profit
in the vintages because of the fierce COM
petition of growers, but the producers
have now made arrangements with
sweet-wine syndicate which will con-
troll the entire product of the state and
give all concerned some share in the
profit.
In America it has been observed
that bees often bore tubular corollas in
order to get at the nectar of flowers, in
stead of entering by the mouth, as
humblebees do i'll Europe. In essays on
the crossfertilization of flowers, this
supposed anomaly has been the subject
of much comment. 1t now appears that
the humblebees of Europe and America
have identical habits in regard to the
manner in which visits to flowers are
made, and that it is the class of insects
known as the carpenter bee, or the
borer, which works in the outside man
ner indicated.
The question of the influence of the
size of seeds upon termination and up
on the size of the plants that spring
therefrom has recently been studied
anew by Mr.. b. II. Galloway, a summary
of whose conclusions is given by the
Gardeners Chronicle. The weight and
size of the seed are of great Importance.
A large seed terminates better and more
quickly, and with it one can count upon
having at the same moment from IS to
90 per cent. of the total crop, while with
small seeds the crop reaches maturity
only in successive periods of time, so
that at no moment in gathering the
crop in toto could we have the same
proportion of the whole. Besides,
where with small seeds four successive
crops are obtained, we have six with
large seeds, their evolution occurring
with greater rapidity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
THE SWEATER.
A Curious Funeral Rite Which Obtained
in Wales.

III hdleS'
The principally of Wales has within
living memory possessed an official
known as the "sin-eater." 1t was the
practice for relatiye-usually a wom
an-to put on the breast of a deceased
person quantity of bread and cheese
and beer, and the sin-eater was sent for
to consume them and to pronounce the
everlasting rest of the departed. 1t was
believed that in doing this he absolutely
ate and appropriated to himself the sins
symbolized by the viands, and thereby
prevented their disturbing the repose of
the sinner who had committed them.
Such an arrangement would obviously
leave nothing to be desired on the one
side, but how it worked on the other we
are not told. What was supposed to be
the condition of this spiritual under
talier after the ceremony was con-
Guided? Did his appropriation" of the
dead mans sins imply a sort of moral as
similatiOn of them, answering to his
physical assimilation of the bread and
cheese? The question would obviously
be one of some Importance to a sin-eater
in large practice. If the responsible
ties of his profession were as great as
ties of his profession were as great as
hypothesis, he would need to retro
from it early and to devote a consider
able portion of his closing years to re-
pentance and good works.
Again, it is natural to ask what hap
pened at the decease of a popular or
| ~, 4. : II I
one among his professional brethren
undertake to eat his sins, even in the
first flush of satisfaction produced by
stepping into his shoes? If so, then,
| indeed, has the epithet of gallant"
been rightly bestowed upon little Wales.
1t is as though one doctor succeeding to
another's practice should consent to as
sumo the moral responsibility for his
late colleagues treatment of all his de-
ceased patients, in addition to his own
similar burdens.
| We yield to none in admiration of the
quiet and homely heroism of the medi-
cal profession, but we doubt whether 1t
would enable them to face such an or
deal as this. AS to the Welsh practi-
TONERS to whom we have compared
them, we shrink from pursuing the an
alysis further 1t is evident that, as in
the schoolboy game of "conquerors,"
where a stone which can smash the
smasher, of, say 43 other stones takes
over all it's conquests, and becomes n
self 'forty-fourer," so the responsible
tiles of these unhappy men might ac-
cumulate at an alarming rate. One
hardly dares to contemplate the inter-
nal condition of the sin-eater who had in
life attended a long series of other sim
eaters. The cheese would be almost
converted into Welsh rabbit before he
had got it down.-London Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
VARIOUS NOTES.

WHEN rum was invented the devil
felt that he could take little rest
Rams Horn.
ARCHBISHOP WALSH has accepted hon
orary membership in the Canadian
Temperance league.
A BANQUET in connection with the
annual meeting of the Kentucky
Press association September "a, at
Hopkinsville, was given without wine.
The w. C. r. U. of st. Adams, Yer
mont, followed up a programme on
narcotics at one of its meetings by dis
tributing from house to house the
leafet Smoking for Boys"
You may reform a liar, but you can
not reform lie. You may reform a
drunkard, but you can not reform
"the drink" Total abstinence from
lying is the only cure for liar. To-
tai abstinence from alcohol is the only
certain cure tor drunkard. A lie is a
lie whether a wee little one or a thum-
per; alcohol is poison whether by the
barrel or by the smallest glass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-26
Analysis of "A Cigarette.

The following is the result of an
analysis of cigarette, made recently
by physician: The tobacco was
found to be strongly impregnated with
opium, while the wrapper, which was
warranted to be rice paper, was proven
to be the most ordinary quality of pa
per whitened with arsenic. The two
poisons ombined were present in suf-
ficient quantities to create in the
smoker habit of using opium without
his being aware of it, his craving for
which can only be satisfied by an in
cessant consumption of cigarettes. :"
These facts would be sufficient to stop
the manufacture of anything less in
sidious in it's influence. But smokers
will smoke on to the death. Michigan
Presby terrain.