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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21

proper and fair that he should receive
some compensation for his smokers and
chuckles
There is not the slightest prospect
that the tipping system will ever be
abolished. The custom is as i'm
movable as the rock of Gibraltar Of
course, anybody can refuse to tip a
waiter, but the next time the customer
dimes at that hosiery he will wait a
long time before he gets anything fit to
eat.
A New York gentleman of nv ac-
quaintance objected vigorously to con-
ciliating waiter. He refused to shell
out single additional nickel to the
waiter of the hotel where he boarded
and in a short time he began to ex-
perience the pangs Of hunger. 1t was a
very fashionable hotel, and the exaS-
perated guest went to see the proprie-
tor about it. He said to mine host"
This is an internal outrage. pay
a very liberal price for my room and
board, but in addition to what | pay
you | am mulcted-yes, sir, actually
mulcted-into paying more money to
your waiter. If l do not do it cannot
get anything fit to eat"
The urbane proprietor replied: My
dear sir, am in the same boat with
you. 1 am just as much a serf to these
white-aproned banditti as you are.
own this hotel and all thereunto be-
longing, but have to tip the waiter my
self. Time and again have made every
effort to break up the tipping system.
and have failed ANONYMOUSLY. AS you
say. it is an internal outrage, but we
hotel men are unable to abate the nuis-
ance. If you will devise any scheme by
which this bribing of walters can be
abolished, III board you free for the
rest of your natural life. As things are
now l have to submit to the humiliation
of having to plank down my coin
at my own plate on my own dinner
table and in my own house every day"
There is, however. one waiter who
should always be tipped | refer to the
one who pours a cup of hot coffee out,
side the patrons neck. He ought to be
tipped upside-down-
While there may be some truth in the
saying that all things come to him who
waits, it is also fact that unless you
tip the waiter literally he is apt to be
slow in coming with the things There
is absolutely no exception to this rule.
ALEX E. SWEET.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21

pipe and paused. as though something
was on his mind that he was not quite
prepared to divulge.
s.But, what, man?'
Bladon smoked on in silence Then
he said sullenly:
Il did think, sir, when steady mid
dle-aged gentleman like myself come
down among us, there'd be peace for a
time for my young master an me. But
the troubles broke out afresh, worse
nor ever I might say, an there's none
but you to thank for it,
Trouble! What trouble?''
"What trouble is there in this world
but what comes from the lasses?''
Bladon demanded Indignantly.
''YOu mean?"
''That no sooner has one little maid
turned the poor lads wits with her
glamor and tossed him aside like
worn glove, than another puts the
comether on him with her wiles an
pretty ways"
Mr.. Hardcastle looked grave.
ST think, Mr.. Bladon,' he said stiff1y,
''that you are exceeding your privileges
as an old and faithful friend and serv-
ant of Mr.. Arundel"
'.Mayhap be, sir.''
''Rest assured you are. He would
not thank you for taking this view of
his affairs. Besides, man, can you not
see that the greatest blessing which
could befall him would be the acquisi-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21

waiter never smiles, but the negro
waiter fairly beams on the hungry Gus
toner. And with what more than
Oriental reverence does he help you out
of your seat-if he has been remembered
with a quarter. The air with which a
colored head waiter tells an under
strapper to remove de debris" instead
of requesting him to take away the
dirty dishes,'' is simply grand, being
delivered with dramatic effort superior
to that of Tom Keene when in Richard
III. he says: ''Of with his head! So
much for Buckingham!''
To write about walters and not to say
something about the tipping nuisance
would be a very serious mistake. ITO
tip or not to tip" that is the question,
and it is always decided in the affirm
alive. Tipping is an imported custom.
OF the S75. 600, 900 Americans spend in
Europe most of it goes for tips. The
man who dimes at restaurant, or at q
hotel, and who undertakes to break up
the tipping system is apt to be broken
up himself. At such fashionable resorts
as Saratoga and Newport it takes con-
sidera bic sum of money to accelerate
the speed of a waiter. After his itch
ing palm has been fabricated with a
dollar. thirty minutes frequently roll
away into eternity before the order is
filed. It is dreadful to think how much
time it would take him if the dollar had
been omitted entirely.
Regularly graduated walters abound
In devices to increase the obligation and
the consequent tip. In summer they
leave the doors and windows open so
that the flies can come in and make
themselves at home. Then they chase
away the insects with assiduity. with
the same towel with which they wipe
everything they place before you For
driving the flies away while you're
feasting it is not genteel to offer less
than quarter.
Observe the walters campaign plan
when he takes your bank note to the
cashier with whom he Is the only
authorized channel Of communication.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
RATloNs FOR STOCK.
How Much Should He Fed and What
Kinds OF Feed.


Kinds OF Feed.
How much shall we feeds The oues-
ton just stated is frequently heard and
it deserves considerate answer. With
regard to cattle it may be stated in
brief thus: 1t takes just SO much to
keep the stock in good healthy con-
dition without gaining pound; if more
than this is demanded. extra and bet
ter rations must be served Two forks
full of hay and six or eight ears of
corn fed at regular times viii keep
steer at his weight. but If you want
him to grow, to fatten. he ought to
have of hay all that he viii eat and the
corn besides It Is best, however, to
give regularly what viii be eaten rath-
er than to feed lavish ly to be trampled
under foot
The same treatment may be given to
a mich COW. no matter whether she is
dry or in milk or coming in milk 1t
should be remarked here that 1t is hest
not to feed cow about to become
fresh with mill feed in order to stimu-
late and enlarge the milk productions
such treatment is likely to superinduce
the dreaded parturient fever. Forty
eight hours after calving, if the cow
has cleaned" well, it will do to in
crease the feed calculated to increase
her milk.
Horses that labor should be fed their
grain in regular quantities and at reg
ular times Six quarts of oats three
times a day with hay ad hbiturn is
enough for an ordinary-sized horse A
fat horse viii require less feed and
keep in condition than q gaunt one
1t is we'll to shake the dust out of
grain or hay that Is to be fed Stock
relish it better and viii eat more Of
it.
One must be very careful in feeding
shipstuff Fourth grade -FOUR because
little too much viii act as physic and
viii give cattle a h1ckset
The careful stock feeder will so man.
age that the animals viii be ready for
their meals when they are given them
Have salt within reach of horses and
give a small handful to each of the cat
tie two or three times a week.-St
Louis Republic
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Icopyright. 1891. by A. N Kellogg Newspaper Col
CHAPTER XIv.-CoSr1NUED.

CHAPTER XIv.-CoNrINUED.
When the first gush of surprise was
over, the ladies concluded that it was a
tardy acknowledgment of the girls
kindred, and that Wanda was quite
justified in taking possession OF it.
Yhus it fell out that Havana lost its
teacher even before the vacation, and
Mrs. Evesham welcomed back again
the sunshiny presence of Harry's prom
Used wife.
Of course Miss Arlington wanted to
give all her money to her benefactress,
ond, equally of course, Mrs. Evesham
6efused to take advantage of her gen.
crosby, though it was agreed that the
interest of the money should be largely
spent in the current expenses of the
household.
'Then they hurried to notify Mr..
Hardcastle of the singular windfall, in
the hope that the news would reach
Harry before he started for Europe, but
Mere they were disappointed.
''Harry sailed on Wednesday. Your
communication so important that shall
be with YOU in a few days to personally
discuss matters" the genial old gentle
man photographed.
And none was more pleased at Wan
0a's good luck than George Arundel.
he had been the first to congratulate
heF and combat a half-forned intention
20 Eefuse the money, which in the first
surprise was seriously meditated.
8ladon was the only one who did not
seem quite satisfied with the situation
~ affairs, or why did he mutter SO mo-
eosely to himself one day when he was
-susoking his pipe under the apple tree:
SO that's what that lawyer chap
~coRe down from New York about. It's
che first secret you ever kept from me,
Master George, and l don't think the
better Of you for it, 'Taint so much the
Tnoney-what's ten thousand dollars to
him if he had his rights-but it's the
keeping it BACK from me that hurts.
Amen to hear them girls talk of the
lass relations getting a streak O con-
science an Master George sitting by as
demurc as a cat by a cream bowl-Lord,
it's enough to make a sitting-hen
laugh -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21

or two from the house, if possible into
gravel soil.
If the character OF your land be
sandy or gravelly, you need have no
anxiety about drainage, as the melting
ice will take care of itself The main
point is securing good drainage SO rs
to prevent draft OF air under the ice
chamber. 1t is well to have a stone
underpinning well pointed with NOR
tar. A current of air viii melt many
tons of ice in a week. An excellent
plan in use under many ice houses is a
cold storage room a bank Is most
convenient for this arrangement,
though by elevating the floor for ice
four to six feet a moderately good stor-
age room can be secured with little
extra cost The one objection to this
convenience under the chamber Is that
it is likely to allow drafts of air up
through the ice house unless great care
is exercised A tight, or nearly tight.
and sloping floor should be made and
the drainage carried into trough and
away from the building in a pipe. OF
course the floor, which also forms the
ceiling of the cold storage room, must
be heavily propped or underpinned to
support ice so the great weight above
will not crush it in Many find such a
storage room extremely useful in hold
ing for few days small fruits. vegeta-
bles, meats, etc, for market, and for
preserving the family supplies For
foundation walls probably nothing is
cheaper or superior to concrete well
laid below frost The walls if OF wood
must be double or treble the same as
for the ice house proper Double doors
and windows must also be provided.
Never overlook the rule that the
smaller the amount of ice stored the
greater is its proportionate waste
Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
Maine Congregations.

Maine can hold their focks without
offering liberal feeds on all possible oc-
casions, and even then the faithful COM
plain of the scarcity Of oysters and
criticise the cooking All of the new
churches have kitchens, and as winter
approaches the local newspapers have
announcements Of oyster suppers, bean
suppers, antique suppers, New Eng
land suppers, coffee parties and pink
and lemon teas The multiplication Of
loaves and fishes would have to be car
ried to the last extreme to satisfy all
of those who find piety in provender.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
BLACKBERRY INSECTS.
Gall Makers and Borers and How to O.
Rid of Them.

Gall Makers and Borers and How to Get
Rid of Them.
In certain of the black berry regions,
according to Insect Life, a number of
insect depredators have been noticed
and their habits studied One of the
most destructive of these Is the red
necked blackberry cane borer (Agrllus
ruJicolLis). The eggs of this borer are
laid at the base of leaf stalks. or in the
buds before starting. When these eggs
hatch, the young borer enters the
stalk and makes a corkScrew track be-
tween the wood and the bark, continu-
ing until about the first of August By
that time some are half an inch long
and reasonably stout while others are
less than quarter of an inch long and
of almost no diameter. Usually the
borer makes a spiral path going
around the stalk five or six times.
When this is the case, gals are formed
on the stalks and the location of the
borer may be known by them Some
times, however, the borer Will make
but two or three turns, and while yet
small, will pierce the wood and enter
the pith- No gall is then made and
the position of the borer cannot then
be determined Raspberries which are
infested with borers form no gals, and
it may be that varieties of black berries
supposed to be exempt from borers
simply form no gals when attacked
The only remedy is the knife and fire
Cut off the infested shoots below the
gals in early spring and burn them
Worn out bushes or patches must be
destroyed, as these form breeding
places and all efforts to keep the bear
ing bushes healthy will likely fail
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21

with her head in the air, as though the
whole city and corporation belonged to
her. Suddenly, just in front of me. a
tall, MISUNDERSTANDING gentleman
oh, tell you it takes us who have
served as upper domestics to tell the
true gentleman at sight-stepped from
a doorway and stood right in madam's
way. Lord, sir, ! don't think / shall
forget her face to my dying day. First
it flushed scarlet with passion de-
clare her eyes did flash fire-I've read
about peoples eyes a-fashing fire, but
l never saw it save that once. Then the
gentleman, making her a low bow.
whispered a few words in her ear. an
you should have seen the change. Every
bit of color left her-her lips were
bloodless-and with the most abject,
humble look / ever saw in voman's
face she took his arm and turned of
down the street with him.
TO BE CONTINUED
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: AMONG THE POULTRY.

EGGS cannot be produced without
lime for the shells.
The earlier the pullets are Matched
the sooner they will begin laying.
In small yards two cocks are w orse
than none on account of fighting.
SUCCESS with young chicks demands
warmth, dryness, liberal feeding and
pure air.
A FEW days in the spring will make
q considerable difference in the price;
try to be early.
IT is not necessary to feed the breed
ing turkeys so as TO keep them fat;
what is best is to keep them in q good
thrifty condition
FoR setting pick out smooth, medi-
um-sized. well-shaped eggs from hens
that are over a year old or puIlets that
are well matured-
IT takes less time to look after an in
cubator that viii hatch 200 eggs than
to look after one or two old hens that
will not hatch over thirty.-St Louis
Republic
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\
and unruffded.
The head waiter stands in the middle
of the dining-room with his arms
folded, his head thrown back, and his
eagle eye taking every movement of
the gastronomic chessboard, as it
were. There is something about him
suggestive of Napoleon at ST. Helena.
He may be distinguished from the other
walters not only by his majestic pose,
but by his shirt being whittier, and the
tails Of his coat being longer.
It is really hard to believe that he is,
or ever was, ever a waiter at all. There
is something about him that is sug-
gestive Of better days. He looks like
he might be what the English call "a
decayed gentleman" Perhaps that is
the reason guests are so timid in his
presence. For all they know he NAV
be an ex-emperor, or something of that
sort.
He does not like to be called the head
waiter. If thus addressed he rebukes
the rash man who rushes in where
angels fear to tread, by replying with
quiet sarcasm that while his vocation
may be in that line he would prefer to
be addressed by his Official appellation
which is ''dining-room superintendent"
In the words of the poet in the Hotel
Mail:
behold his cold sarcastic smile.
Like some arch agitator,
Is he 'Gillies' without guile?
Oh no! He's the bead WAITER
At the seaside and mountain health re-
sorts there is in summer great demand
for walters at very remunerative rates.
Very frequently students masquerade
as walters and lay up comfortable little
sums for an impending rainy day. In
the language of another inspired son of
the muse:
"And the college youth who waits.
Won't object to carry plates,
AS he follows out the hotel patrons wishes;
But, OF bitter is his cup,
And it almost breaks him up,
When he has to wash the dirty Dishes"
Not all the walters at the seaside re-
sorts are theological students. Ere
quently beneath the white-aproned
exterior of the supposition student
waiter beats the heart of the heavy
tragedian from a travelling com bination.
For once, he carries everything before
him, although, of course, it is on a tray.
There are a dozen different kinds of
walters, and among them should be in
umerated the brisk, smart waiter just
over from the ''old county," POLITICALLY
described:
There is waiter who's sharp, and who's Pat,
Who always has eyes the fees.
The top Of the marning to YOU he has changed
To the tip OF the marning to yez.''
But the king of walters is the south
ern darby. He is a natural-born waiter.
He is good barber, but as a waiter he
is a positive genius. The English
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
Suggestions on Pig breeding.

Mr. Sanders Spencer, al English
authority on pig raising, said in the
course of a lecture to farmers: THE
great secret is to breed only from those
pigs whose sires and dams are from
polite strains, and from those sovs
that are bred to milk well The chief
cause of SO much dissatisfaction in the
past with SO many of the so-called
pedigreed pigs has been in want of at
tention to the prolifcacy and rearing
properties of the bears and sows bred
from The great idea has been TO pro-
duce a pig short IN the head, heavy in
the iowl. thick in the shoulder and
wide on the top. and then to make II 50
beastly fat that il could neither eat
grass, walk about, or reproduce its
species: nor was il 1T for anything but
to render into lard This is exactly the
most useless and the most improbable
kind of q pig il is possible to produce
The folly. like any other silly fancy,
takes a lot of killing. but although it
dies hard, its death knell is sounded.
and nothing has brought about this
most satisfactory change moro than
has the discussion in the press and at
the farmers clubs on the q uestioB OF
the best pig for the bacon curers' pur-
pose"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOME ICE PACKING.

Dead Air Spaces Preferably to the Use Of
Sawdust or Charco
The method of building icehouses
without requiring packing Of sawdust,
charcoal or other substances, merely
by leaving dead air PAGES, Is to-day
considered fully equal, if not superior,
to the old-time way. Dead air, spaces
appear to have fully as much power as
non-conductors as do solid packings.
and the method is a cheaper one. The
system, however. must be carefully fol-
lowed out for the best results The air
chambers must be distinct and must
not admit draft up or down or around
the ice The air spaces must open into
the upper portion of the house above
the plate, that the cold air of evening
may descend into them. This also al
lows air which may have become
slightly heated to rise above the ice
without reaching it Partitions must
be tight To receive the full benefit OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
Divorce In karirland.

The divorce contagion has reached
Kafirland. Not long ago a chief in
voked the assistance of the law TO en-
able him to dispense with wife on the
following grounds of complaints: wife
talk too much with neighbors; too much
paint face and eyebrows; too much
snore in sleep; too much loss, and too
much no good" And yet the Kafir
cannot acquire the .graces Of civilizar
t;nn.
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ing Larvae cells and larve in position, C,
la-Tzs; q, chrysalis-
Another insect that at times does
even more harm than the gall-maker is
the larvae of Bembecia mdrgindtd (Harel-
The eggs are laid upon the new canes
in August or September, hatch the
same autumn, and bore into the cane a
short distance above the ground In
July of the following year they leave
this cane and enter one of the new
growth and eat around the base, be
tween the wood and bark. causing tina
shoots to wilt In August the Larvae.
which is about an inch long, white.
with a brown head, pupates- As this
insect destroys two years growth. il 10
quite important to keep II in check
Cut the shoots. as they wilt, close to
the crown, and burn the larve con-
tanned therein
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21

He sees to it that the change Is made In
such a way that You have no excuse for
not giving him some of it In q small
way he is Napoleon of finance.
There are numerous other devices by
which walters impose a moral obliga-
ton on the customer to come down
handsomely at the end Of the repast-
If a couple of gentlemen are dining at q
New York hotel and one of them is in q
convivial mood it is amusing to observe
how the waiter takes advantage Of
this opportunity of making him
self solid with the would-be hu-
morist- No matter how aged and de-
crepid the chestnuts may be, the waiter
chuckles with counterfeited glee, and
undergoes silent spasms of suppressed
merriment- The funny man believes he
is, what he has often suspected, a nat
ural born comedian. so when the ban
quet and the flow of wit is over, the
hilarious party cheerfully shells ont a
much larger coin than he other wise
would have done. We must, however,
take into consideration that it is no
part Of the walters professional duty to
encourage the growth of humor. and if
he goes out Of his way to do SO it is only
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
Begging tomatoes.

Bagging tomatoes was an experiment
the past season which gave excellent
results The fruit ripened ten days
earlier than that which was not bagged.
A curious result was that while bag
ging grapes retarded the period of
rpening, the hAgging Ct tomatoes had
the opposite effect Tomatoes that
were bagged also ripened more COM
pletely around the stems Baggilg is
done by simply pinning paper bags
over the young fruit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
Had Seen Him.

English Girl Ito accepted lover)-My
dear. l think you should see my father.
American Youth-Oh. I've seen him
several times He looks very respects
ble.-Good News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21

Mrs. Toogood-I am surprised that
you let your daughter read such trashy
novels.
Mrs Veragood-Well, it's the only
way / can keep her from getting hold
of the daily papers and reading London
scandals.-N. w. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
Especial New York Letter.l

LILLY Luc aver
age waiter can
n o t compete
with the aristo-
cratic coach
man in the
items of hduteur
a n d intense
personal digni-
ty, the head
waiter at a
fashionable re-
sort crowds him
v e ry closely.
T b e h e a q
waiter does not
rush frantically
around with a
tray full of
d i S b e S, and
a n X j e ty de-
is always calm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21
PalmiStry.

Kitty Winslow-They say you can tell
a girls character by the way she holds
her hands.
Tom De Within; I can tell more
about it by the way hold her hands
Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-21

'Do you really love her. Mr.. Hard.
castlc?"
eyes, you provoking puss, suppose
do. But l never thought any sane
person would encourage me in my infat-
uation," was the grim reply.
''Then if l were you would try my
fate and ask her."