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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
PIES BY THE TON.
An Industry Which Is as Peculiar
as It Is Important
Hsw the Great Pie Factories of Chicago
Are Conducfed-An Article of Diet
That Seems to BE In Every
body's Mouth.
Especial Chicago Letter.1

Especial Chicago letter.
Some philosophizing geniuses have In
nj seriousness advanced the theory that
a nations characteristics can be judged
by the food its people eat Working on
this theory they have argued that
steady diet of roast beef has made our
British cousins a nation of DULLES. that
the excessive use of soup has trans
formed the once staid and sober Gallo
temperament into one of vacillation and
uncertainty, and that the duInpllngs
and beer of Germany have produced a
nation of slow but profound thinkers
Poets, too, have not disdained to dedi-
cate o6es and sonnetS to various deli
cacies. INLAND, one of the most enter
tanning of minor German poets, goes
into ecstacies over sauerkraut and
young pig, which latter article of diet he
compares to Venus among the roAes pro-
gided it be inbedded in a generous bowl
of the picked cabbage Kraut creates
an appetite for beer, and inasmuch
as struggling literary lights, in Ger
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
WATERING STOCK.

A Simple Way of Supplying the Barn
with Cistern Water.
One of the first things that attracted
my attention was a cistern to supply
his COW and horse stables with water.
1t was built entirely above ground
originally. This saved the expense of
digging. It is safe from frost, for it is
under the bank that leads to the upper
story of the barn. The cistern is 9
feet deep and Is feet in diameter and
holds $50 barrels. The barn stands on
slight side hill, SO it is an easy mat
ter to lead the water from the extreme
bottom of the cistern right into the
stables into an appropriate watering
trough for each. There is large tub
with float in it. SO the water always
stands just so high. It is large enough
for several horses to drink from at
once, and just as fast as they drink the
water more comes in. This apparatus
has been in use seventeen years and
has worked perfectly without repairs,
except new hoops on the tank, and
without freezing. When we take into
have eavespouts anyway, the arrange
ment is not so very expen sive.
Only those who have had similar
water at hand right in the stables can
realize the time and labor saved COM
pared with the way many farmers
manage to water their stock. Another
thing: L believe it is pretty generally
conceded that rainwater is more whole
some for stock than any other; and
friend Cham berlain declares that if all
the water is carefully saved that falls
on the roof that shelters the horses and
cattle, and their hay and grain, it will
give them all the water they will ever
need to drink; therefore, all that is
wanted is the necessary spouting and
a cistern to hold the water. With this
arrangement. mind you, there is no
pumping at all; neither are you obliged
to trouble yourself even SO much as to
open a valve. The horse is simply led
up to the watering tub; and as it is To-
Gated right where he passes when he
turns around to come out of his stall,
when he is used every day, he waters
himself.-Roots' Gleanings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
DIFFERENCE IN FEEDING.
Growth Of Stock to He Considered As Wei
aR Labor.

Growth OF Stock to He Considered as Wen
rs Labor.
One has only to take little pains to
observe the different plans of feeding
followed. to see that no general plan
at any season or with any class of stock
is carried out by any considerable num-
Der of farmers in the neighborhood.
In fattening hogs one will confine in a
close pen and feed entirely upon corn
until ready to market: another Will use
more or less slop or other materials in
feeding; others will consider it best to
give the run of a good pasture while
feeding. One will feed so as to push
the growth from birth to maturity,
while another will let them take care
of themselves while making a growth,
feeding only sufficient to keep alive
Some haul up nearly or quite every
thing and feed the stock either in the
sta bles or sheds, or in convenient feed
ing lots, while others feed out a good
portion of the rough feed in the fields,
hauling out and scattering as may be
considered necessary.
Some will feed but once day, 9th
ers twice, while others, especially with
fattening stock. will feed nearly or
quite every time that they go where
the stock is or manage to keep feed
before them nearly all the time.
While circumstances must, in meas
ure, determine which is the best, yet
there is such difference that in many
cases if some are feeding on what may
be considered the best plan others must
be wrong. If one is securing the best
profits, Others will be making more OF
less of failure. 1t is certainly an
item to make the most of the feed, &c
feed the stock in a way that Will give
the best gain at the lowest cost. keep
ing in view the fact that it is necessary
to make, save and apply all of the ma
nure possible. And while a general
plan may not answer for all localities.
yet there is too much difference in
neighborhoods. 1t is always an item
to lessen the labor when it can be done
| without loss, and whatever plan will
secure the best results with the lowest
cost is the one to follow, even though
it may be necessary to make consid-
cradle change.
The growth and thrift of the stock
must be considered as well as the labor.
1t is easy to save labor at the expense
of the feed or the growth and thrift OF
the stock, or it is possible to go TO the
other extreme and increase the cost
more than is best or profita ble.-Prairie
Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

with fresh, red face, who was just in
the act of raising a gigantic eyeglass,
in order to examine the company. It
was Uncle Wechmar, my mothers
brother. l arose and fastened towards
him.
''Wen, here you are, my boy! cried
ne A his deep voice ed that everyone
turned to look el ~.
grasPcd His arm and led him to the
drawing-room, where two pretty
young ladies, with fair hair and fresh
faces, greeted me as cousin" A de-
lightful surprise for one who has just
begun to feel homesick.
''What brings you here?" I asked, af-
ter the first greeting had been ex-
changed; mother did not write me
one word of your intention of travel
ing!''
'Ah! you see, my boy, the matter
here, began to cough, and mamma inn
agined it something serious, because a
distant aunt is said to have died of con-
sumption!
sour old doctor is always of mammals
opinion, and advised us to spend the
winter in the south. Well, my rheuma-
C1SIn Is always CrOuD1eSOme III WIHCer-
time, hunting is not going to be very
good, SO we got ready and have been
sitting at Mentone five days"
''But why in that tiresome place, why
not here?"
Dear boy, you know your aunt never
does anything by halves. Mentone is
considered the safest and warmest spot
in the whole lovely Riviera, and poor
Leonie, as you can undoubtedly see, is a
great sufferer; SO we must remain at
Mentone. Your aunt has a horror of
Nice. / believe she is afraid that
might get into mischief here. She is
very much distressed that your mother
sent you to such a hotbed of vice, and
commissioned me to sound the ground a
little and to find out about your ac-
quaintances.'
"Papa,'' said Erna, my eldest cousin,
show you tell everything! Could one
believe that you had ever been dip
lomat?"
''Little one, that was long ago, and
did not succeed very well. That just
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

Of every variety, or preparing rhubaro
for the boiling watts The girls are
compelled by their employers to look
neat They are dressed in calico
GOWNS. and wear large white aprons
and pretty white caps. the latter 90
prevent stray locks from hiding them
selv-, n their handiwork.
HUGE hogsheadS OF mlncemeah anu
veritable mountains of eggs ornamens
every nook and Granny OF the large es-
Enlistment Fruit by the ton and OF
every known species, rhubarb IN Plies
several feet high and various other
compounds are conveniently stored hero
and there
All of the preparatory work is done
during the day, hut at nine o'clock in
the evening the more serious operation
of baking commences The girls who
have earned very meager wages for ten
hours toll are supplanted by men
dressed in natty white aprons, Jackets
and caps Some collect the frnitS pre-
pared by the girls. others are busy
making custarJis and beating the whites
of eggs and 4 third detachment takes
tender care of the dough which has
been carefully mixed by machines con-
structed for the purpose. A number OF
girls who have passed their apprentice
ship at fruit-picking attack the
dough as soon as it is thrown on one Of
the long tables with which every pie
factory is furnished, roll 1t out to
the required thickness and place the
lower crust in the bottom OF the pie
plates As soon as a sufficient Quanti-
ty of the dough has been disposed OF
in this manner a man armed with pan
and dipper comes along and drops the
fruit on top of the crust Another girl
puts on the upper crust, boy wheel
ing truck takes charge of the raw
product and wheels 1t to the monster
oven whose jaws are wide open to re-
ceive consignment of fifteen hundred
pies every hour. BY five O'Clock in the
morning fifteen thousand pies are ready
for delivery to the drivers and peddlers,
each of whom disposes of from five
hundred to 4 thousand pies per day.
Apple pie is the staple article of the
pie factory Everybody in Chicago
seems to have so<. spot in his stomach
for green apple pie. and this variety
constitutes nearly one-half of the entire
output During the berry season rasp-
berry and blackberry seem the most
popular. Rhubarb is in fair demand In
the spring of the year. and huckleberry
seems to be 4 favorite all the year round
Cherry, according to some critics the
king of pies, is never in great demand,
probably because the kernels are not
removed from the fruit Everybody
knows that one experience at biting
cherry pit Is. diScouraging both to the
teeth and the morals of the victim and
no one of ordinary intelligence seems
willing to take the risk a second time.
Lemon cream, custard and pumpkin
pies are salable every day in the year.
although persons who retain even the
faintest recollection of the pumpkin pie
that mother used to make VIII not
have the tenerity to eat factory pump
kin more than once. The custard and
lemon cream varieties are apt to be
soggy and have been pronounced by
struggling physicians a boon to their
profession
The fruit pies, on the other hand, are
very good and wholesome, although
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

of the frontier village added pie making
to their less artistic functions and Gre
ated general demand for the delicacy.
The growth of the town increased the
consumption to such an extent that pie
making became a business by itself,
and now Chicago has a number of pie
factories which send out over thirty
five thousand pies every working day in
the year.
One Of these concerns, the largest in
the United States, has a capacity of
fifteen thousand pies per day and dur
ing the summer months, when house
keepers do very little baking, is COM
PEELED to keep its doors open day and
night Strange to relate, most of the
work incidental to piemaking is done
by hand
Scores of girls may be seen at any
hour of the day cutting up apples
which have previously been peeled by
an ingenious machine, cleaning berries
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
AMONG THE POULTRY.

TEN or twelve hens can be kept on
nearly every farm with profit.
PUT a lump of lime in the drinking
vessel.
BOILED peas or beans make a good
poultry food during the winter
On the farm where the fowls can be
given a good range poultry meat ought
to be grown at a very low cost
WITH turkeys the best breeding stock
is two years old. When young fowls
are used the earliest Matched should be
selected.
THE only way to pick fowls dry and
clean without tearing them is to do the
work as soon as they are killed, while
the body is warm.
TURKEYS are so restless when con-
fined that in fattening the time should
be made as short as possible; ten days
or two weeks is ample.
UNLESS the hens are laying more
regularly than is usual at this season
it is not necessary to feed literally
those that are to be wintered over.
LACK of variety in their food will
sometimes cause the hens to lose appe-
tite. so that whenever they refuse their
food it will be found a good time to
change the diet
LINsEED meal brightens the plumage
of the fowls; it also regulates the
bowels and promotes digestion Care
should be taken not to feed too much.
THERE is good market now for the
quilts of all kinds of fowls, especially
for the tail feathers of the turkeys
They should be gathered up, carefully
sorted and tied into bundles.
If any defects are in the bird they
will nearly always show when the new
feathers come out after moulting.
Some breeds, however, moult lighter
every year, and this is not a defect
Do NOT let the drinking vessels stay
in the same place more than one or
two days at a time. More or less water
is spilled by the fowls when drinking,
and in few days this win smell foul.
By moving about this can easily be
avoided.-St Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
Climatic Influences on Corn.

Last year experiments were under
taken at several experiment stations
both north and south, to determine the
effect of varying climatic influences
upon the same variety of corn. Sew
eral varieties were selected and sent to
each of the stations conducting the ex-
pertinent These were planted, a rec
ord kept of their growth and advance
ment, and the product, both grain and
fodder. analysed Comparing the re-
suits obtained at the different stations
it appears that the southern grown
corn is richer in a1buminoids and fats,
with corresponding decrease In the
less important ingredients
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

THE COUNT SANG FRIVOLOUS SONGS.
smile. 81 might easily be in such po-
sition as to be compelled to appeal to
your friendship. could. could 1 not?"
cat any time, and in any place" I
answered, warmly.
'sNo, no due1,' said he. 1.-THE man
fights against me with other weapons;
but am on my guard"
It was almost eleven o'clock when we
reached the hotel. From the drawing
room rang out a mans voice, which,
without really sounding well, had a
great deal of nerve and was well culti-
waited.
drew nearer softly, and saw through
the half open door Count Degenfeld
seated at the. piano singing French
couplets from the latest sperettas,
whose frivolous points he well knew
how to bring out.
fro BE CONTINUED.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

LOADING TRUCKS FOE OVEN
they do not come up to the old-fashioned
home standard The wholesale price of
pies payable cash on delivery-varies
from ten to fourteen cents Dealers
and restaurant men usually divide them
into four or five cuts, which leaves them
quite 4 handsome profit on the invest
ment.
The so-called dairy lunch rooms are
the most reliable patrons of the pie
manufacturer. These institutions are
patroniled at noon time by men work
ing down town, almost every one of
whom does not consider his lunch COM
plete without cut of pie. As they eat
very fast-a vice quite prevalent in Chi
cago-their dessert frequently disagrees
with them, and the great American del
icacy is consequently brought into dis
repute without just cause.
Foreigners usually develop a wonder
full proclivity for pie after they have
been in the country two or three
months, and they gladly give up their
native dishes in its favor. Women born
across the sea seldom acquire the art Of
piemaiSing and hence the pie factories
do most profitable business in those
parts of the city where the English
language is facetiously called an ''out-
landish tongue
Piemaking as business is now thirt :
years of age in Chicago, and If ft
grows during the coming decade
at the rate it has hitherto established It
viii be one of the most important and
utilitarian industries of a city already
noted for the magnitude of its CONNER
cial transactions G. w. WEIPPIERr.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE.

The Cost for the Necessary Material L.
But Seven Dollars.
Mr.. L. A. Dunlap. of Better. Mich i,
sends to Farm and Fireside plan of
his poultry house, which he describes
as follows: 1.-THE house is small, be
ing sxl0 feet, and feet high. The
cost is about s. for material, not esti-
mating labor or hauling. 1 keep about
forty fowls Fig. is the external
and Fig. 3 the ground plan view of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

C is the dust box, and D D the large
and small doors. E E are windows.
The material used was 300 feet of
s-inch board, 80 feet of 1-inch broad,
800 feet of ribs. 800 feet of battens, five
bundles of shingles, 25 pounds of tarred
paper, glass, hinges, etc, and % pounds
of nails. I use cut straw on the floor,
which keeps it clean"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
After Them.

Excited Citizen-Do you know that
the Graban bank has closed, and not an
official can be found? Do you know
we suspect they have run
Police Officer-Y-e-s we know an
about it
''Oh, you do, Ell? Well, what hsva
you done?"
'-Oh, we're after 'em, hot an heavy.
We've already caught the janitor.neN.
Y. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
Lambs Tales.

Fond Uncle Ito favorite niece Just
home from fashionable boarding -schooll
Well my dear, which of your studies
did Won enjoy most?'
ION the whole, i liked my English
literature the best, only the teacher did
give us such funny topics sometimes"
What. for instance?"
why, one day she wanted me to find
out about lambs tails! spent the whole
afternoon going through the encyclo-
psedias and couldn't find single thing
about themr"-Harper's Bazaar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

A LARGE crew is at work at the in
sane asylum building at Augusta, Me-,
on what is to be the largest vegetable
cellar in the state. It is to have a
granite foundation with wooden SUI
perstruct1re. Its dimensions are 40 by
100 feet is to cost $1,000, and is to
be used - storing vegetables and gar
den produce. from a garden of 25 acres,
and potatoes from a 2O-acre field
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
VALUABLE PIG TROUGH.

Its Introduction VIII Prevent Roofing
and Other Nuisances.
Here is the cut of pig trough which
have used for the last year and find
of great value where number of pigs
are kept together. 1t is parti-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

toned in such a way that each pig
has his own stall. and therefore there is
no roofing each other out of the trough
and filling it up with dirt. 1t was made
of two inch plank, one ten inches wide
and the other twelve, and nailed up
against the penn. L. Wheeler, in
Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
FIG. 1.

house. On the south side are two win
dows, and also on the east side. above
the door. On the north side are the
nests. The small shed roof, under
which are eight nests. are shown in
the ground plan at A. The perches OBJ
are level, and Is inches from the floor,
they having hinge, so as to be raised
up and fastened to the roof for clean
ing. This leaves the floor all clean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24

TRoUGHs should always be provided
for feeding all kinds of soft feed Make
them tight and arrange them so that
they can Re cleaned readily.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
CHAPTER VIII,

At the depot had just helped my
cousins into coupe and taken leave of
them when saw Lapotin on the step
of the next one in earnest conversation
with one of the passengers.
The train was in motion, when with
a short ''good-by," he sprang down. He
staggered and would have fallen had
not held him.
''Ah!" cried I, ''I have been able to
act as guardian angel once"
''You here?" said he, astonished and
pressing my hand.
swered.
''And I greeted some one passing
through He seemed to me unusually
excited. 'sJust Think he continued, 81
was almost persuaded to go along.
What would you have said if I had dis
appeared sans adieu? Would you not
have thought me the dishonest game
ster?''
l laughed, but asked uneasily: care
you really thinking of leaving so soon?"
perhaps in January, not before. We
shall spend Christmas together. 1t is
celebrated very nicely at the hotel.
Herr Metzler, our landlord, provides the
Christmas tree and dinner, and the
guests make one another gifts. For
you, who are accustomed to q family
gathering, it is poor substitute"
AS Lapotin was chatting he suddenly
ceased. Close by his side the dark blue
specialized man passed.
''The man has followed u.s." said
Lapotin softly to himself. ST wonder
if he watched me at the station"
SCI did not notice it," said I, land
was there quite time; he must have
been in one Of the coaches"
Lapotin nodded.
YES said he; ''that was the train
from Marseilles that touches at Cannes.
Did he not get in at Cannes when you
travelled with him?"
81 cannot say positively. I was half
asleep. But what have you to do with
him, my friend? Have you a reason to
-to-what shall 1 call ito avoid or
face the man?"
more than you think" said Lapotin,
softly, land in a different way from
what you think" he added with a faint
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
He Staid.

Ethei-They do say that Leighton
Layter wears stays.
Maud don't know about that. but
ms stays wear me.-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-24
CHAPTER VII


Lapot:n was not at breakfast; Miss
Rennert's chair, too, was empty; she
had a headache, Louis said.
Mrs Clifford looked pale and excited,
but wonderfully beautiful in her jacket
of black velvet trimmed with fur of the
same color. which set off her dazzling
complexion very effectively.
Next her plate lay a bouquet of May
flowers and gardenias, with which at
times her delicate hand toyed. Sudden
ly she drew few May flowers out and
fastened them ON her bosom. Count
Degenfeld smiled and swallowed large
glass Of Madeira. The secret alliance
was in full swing; what did it concern
me?
''Some one is asking for Monsieur lie
Baron" Louis whispered to me.
looked towards the door and saw
there the powerful figure of a man