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The Washington times., 1894-05-27
THE GREATEST F0UEDRY
FOE PIES IN THE WORLD.

The largest pie factory in New England,
without doubt. is locared in Boston. Not
only is this bakery on patriotic soil, but IT oc-
cupies, in part, an old church building. In
this factory the average is 10, 600 pies day,
and the varieties are many. That they are made
with great rapidity goes without saying.
The manufacture consists consist chiefly Of
four processes-prepariHS the filling. making
the crust. iAliH2 the pies. and baking them.
II mince filing is being made. says the Hart
ford Courant the meat is first selected, and
then cooked in a steam-jacketed copper ket-
tie that will hold barrel. II is then chopped
by machine that knows its business, and
then mixed with the apple. beef suet, cur
rants, eitron. spices and brandy.
When the expert mixer gets them all mixed,
by approved rules for mixing. but never get
ting mixed himself this filing goes to the
filler, who. though always engaged in filing.
never gets full Meanwhile another set of
men have prepared the crust. A huge trough
is partly flied with flour and lard, shorten
ing" is worked into it by fellow dressed in
white, with hair powdered and arms bare.
This flour is next changed to a doughlike
consistency by adding water as near freezing
as possible to make it fiaky, and mixing it
with the hands.
When the batch is ready it is taken to the
men who roll 1t out and put II on the tin
plates. The deft2ess and Qu!ckness with
which this is done throws into the shade the
work OF lightninS-change artist. Then the
pie Is filed, and this. TOO, is no slow opera
ton. A lonc-handled tin dipper, holding Just
enough to Charge pie. is seized in one hand
by the operator and pie in the other. With
dexterous dip into the barrel of filing and
twist Of the arm to lift and to invert the dip
per over the pie the work is done. Another
set OF men in white put on the covers. and
then the pie goes to the oven. which is the
marvel. Quite likely its ike suggested the
Ferris wheel at the Worlds Fair, for that fol-
lows its principles of construction quite
closely. It is arranged so that big wheel. at
least twelve feet long and sixteen in diameter,
is suspended by its axle in big oven, under
which is Il glowing fire.
Hung from the rims of this wheel at equal
distances from each other are eight iron plat
forms, upon which pies are placed. Such is
the manner of suspension that they always
remain horizontal. This wheel is revolved
by power. One OF these platforms is before
the opening in the oven. which opening is as
large as the wheel itself. The attendants
cover this platform with pies. and the wheel
is turned until the next comes into view,
which is then filed, and so on until the eight
have been supplied. The next turn brings
into view the first lot put in, and they are
ready to take out. They are removed. and
the platform flied again. The wheel turns,
and another baked lot is presented, and so it
goes on day after day, 1000 an hour taking
their course over this pit OF fire.
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Nnn.Partisan Afterthinks

So Col. Bill Oates, of Alabama, is nomi-
| mated as the Democratic candidate for Gov
| ernor of that state. Well, Colonel Oates. from
all accounts, is going to have big fight on
his hands. The colonel likes flsht, anyhow,
and he may come out all right in his impend-
| ing scrap with the undownable Reuben Kolb.
Colonel Bill, they say. was n wild harum-
scarum chap down in the south Alabama
| piney woods before the war. and when he
answered the general fool tocsn to go to kill
| ing his tellow-citizens of the North he went
straight to the front and did his level best"
| He commanded at different times two very
obstreperous Alabama regiments, and led them
into pecks of trouble bushels and bushels OF
times; but he was always on hand, until he
lost an arm.
Oates was terrific fighter. The Jeffer-
sonian populites in Alabama will find it out
this Summer before he is through; but really
the colonel knows more of fighting than he
does of statecraft. He is the champion down
South of the administration Just now. But
the Alabama folks, If one may Judge from
the expressions of the press, the majority of
the delegation in Congress. including the
two Senators, and even of the recent conven-
tion itself, with its mottled declaration OF
principles, are not unqualified in their wor-
ship OF the Cleveland administration. The
Montgomery Advertiser and Mayor Rich, of
Mobile had declar I'd that the administration
ought to be 1ndorsed without any qualifca-
tion whatever The Alabama convention
took second thought, and, like the Senators
wrestling with the tariff upon the hill, reached
fervid declaration in the nature of CON-
promise.
That Alabama Observation-Disclosures
dorsement-Jones- Morgan -eulogistic
platform is one of the narvels of modern poi
itics. Nothing could more happily approxi-
mate the genius Of that prince of compro-
misers, Senator German.
But really what is the prospect of Col Bill
Oates election? When Tom Jones. the pres
ent Governor, beat Reuben F. Kolb, the JEFF
fersonian Democrat. self-styled. the Jones
people had control OF the election machinery
of every county. The Kolbites claimed that
they were counted out of something like 3O.-
600 votes, which lost them the election. This
year they get, they claim, the very candidate
they would like to beat, and they will go into
the battle equipped with the machinery of
thirty-seven out of the sixty-six counties.
WAT
The Washington times., 1894-05-27
Summer Fancy Work.

1t is probable that as the season advances
there will be some very attractive needlework
offered for busy fingers to execute. The early
productions exhibit novel features in the
actual work rather than in new materials, de-
signs and knickknacks. As far as materi-
ais are concerned it may be said that there is
but one, and that is linen-white, cream, blue,
red, olive, and many other shades too numer
Gus to mention. Sometimes two colors are
combined in one piece OF work, and tea
cloth, for instance. will have an olive green
center and hem of pale blue. In the same
way u sideboard cloth will have panels, as it
were. of brown and lemon linen used alter
nately. and the embroidery in such a case
looks well if executed in shades of the same
two colors, the yellow being placed on the
brown. and vice versa. Another striking eff
feet is gained in a teacloth by the use of small
squares of old gold and dark red. connected
by two-inch bands OF rich Jluc. This is in
tended to be worked with white threads only,
and certainly she is a bold woman who at
tempts to add more color to such a combina-
tion.-Phiiadelph Times.
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HIS CERTIFICATE.
The Corn Plaster Man May or May Not
Have Been Satisfied.

The Corn Plaster Man May or May Not
Have Been Satisfied.
Public men are often at their wits end to
avoid people who seek their influence to
carry out new enterprises, or to further their
personal interests. A prominent politician in
an evil hour:bought some corn plasters of an
agent who was selling them from door to
door, He was seated one day in his study
preparing for debate, when a shy, cadaver-
Gus man was shown in. Thinking the stranger
might be a constituent, the politician received
him with his most genial air.
GOOD morning. sir. l called to see If 1
could get your certificate for them corn plas-
tiers you bought of my agent the other day."
"Why, sir, do not understand YOU"
'Merely certificate for benefits derived
from my corn plasters.'
"Oh-ah-yes. 1 understands; certainly;
certainly and the statesman wrote:
ITO wnom it may concern: This is to GER
tify that if live long enough l shall be Il
thousand years old next July. For one hun
dred and seveEty-five years, more or less, l
have been an invalid. unable to move except
by lever. The day before yesterday 1 bought
a box of Barker's corn plasters. Since then
can run twenty miles an hour. Any man who
believes this, and wishes further recommen-
dations, will gladly be supplied if this corn
doctor lives TO get out OF my Office"
The man OF corn plasters took it in silence
and departed.-Harrison' Monthly.
The Washington times., 1894-05-27
RED MARBLE AND WHITE.
Hotel Floor That Shows the Difference in
Tiles Taken from the Same Hill.

Hotel Floor That Shows the Difference in
Tiles Taken from the Same Hill.
The flooring of the lobby of New York
city hotel shows in curious manner the diff
ference in hardness between two kinds OF
marble which were quarried from opposite
eides of the same hill in the Green mountains
In Vermont
The floor is laid in oblong blocks about one
foot by one and half feet in size. set in zig
gag lines-one line of mottled white, and the
other Of red and black marble. Near the
windows and walls and in other parts of the
room not much used the whole floor is still
level, but at the foot of the staircase and
gIouHd the desks the white marble has worn
sway until in some places the surface is half
N inch below the level of the red. 1t has
Wnrn ont smoothly. and until one sees the
ir.s Of the floor that are unworn one is apt
.alasine that it was purposely laid with
waite below the red, in order to catch the
- IL. and accentuate the lines of the floor.
iie red marble is apparently unworn and
rs US hard as granite, even Its edges hav-
reserved their form. The floor was laid
IT, years ago.
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BOTH LOVED The SAME GIRL
A Boston Newspaper Man and a Law
yer Fight with Foils.
THE FORMER WINS THE BATTLE
Delos L. Goldsmith and Attorney Crowley
Had Been Enemies for Long While and
Last Night They Settled the Dispute in an
Unfrequented Spot.

BosToN, May 26.-Shortly after 9 o'clock to-
West Roxbury. They contained two duellists
and their seconds and referee and attendants.
One of the principals was young lawyer
named Crowley, having an office In the
Adams building, and the other was young
newspaper man named Delos E. Goldsmith.
The two men have been enemies for some
time past ON account Of having fallen In love
with the same girl. Some two months ago the
arrangements for the duel were completed.
Both men are reputed to be experts with the
foils, and so it was agreed that they should
settle their quarrel with sharp foils.
Accordingly the pair repaired to an open
lot under the rays from gas lamp and fought
until Crowley fell into the arms of his sec
onds. The seconds for Goldsmith were For
est Cook and Joseph Bundy, and Ambrose
Lambert and man named Grover for Crow
ley.
The referee was a man by the name OF
Toomey, and the party were accompanied by
a young divinity student named Vincent.
Upon arriving on the field Of battle both
principals stripped to the waist and faced
each other. Their seconds had previously
attended to all the details.
The men for few minutes feinted SO well
that neither was injured, and it looked to the
seconds as though the battle would be
lengthy one. when Goldsmith, by quick
lunge. which Crowley failed to parry, drew
first blood. After battling for fifteen minutes,
during which time both men were wounded,
Crowley fell and was caught in the arms OF
his seconds.
The referee declared Goldsmith the winner.
Crowley has bad wound In the thigh, a slight
cut on the head, and one or two scratches
while Goldsmith, aside from a few small
aSrasions, suffered cut on the forehead and
u cut on one arm.
The men Immediately returned to the city
and Crowley was taken to hotel, where he
;gas attended by the divinity student, while
Goldsmith went to his home, the seconds 60
ing their several ways. The scene OF the
battle is in close proximity to the pesthouse,
and is dark, unfrequented spot, especially
after o'clock at night.
The news of the duel did not leak out until
long after midnight, and it was almost i'm
possible to get any clue to either the princi-
pals or seconds, as a consequence OF fighting
duel in the state of Massachusetts is twenty
years imprisonment.
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HIS SEARCH FOR A WIFE.

Romantic Finding of the Glorious Queen
of Her Sex.
/. He had made up his mind he ought to
marry, and then started out on still hurt
for good sensible girl for wife.
ii. He saw young lady on a crowded
street car who was not occupying two seats,
and he thought: "This is promising. I'll
keep my eye on her."
III. He met young lady on the street who
wore gown that did not trail in the dirt,
and he thought: ''She's worth watching. She
has some sense"
". He was introduced to young lady at a
ball who was not overdressed, and yet who
wore waist that was visible to the naked
eye, and he thought: "Taste, modesty, and
sense That's good combination"
V. He sat behind a young lady in the thea
ter who took off her hat and let him get
glimpse of the stage, and he thought: Con
sideration for others is great point. l must
find out who she is"
VI. He stood behind young lady in a dry
goods store who did not paw over everything
in sight and keep one clerk busy for an hour
that she might buy n spool of thread, and he
thought: ''She must really be treasure"
VII. He was accidentally pushed against a
young lady in crowded corridor, who did
not stare at him and mutter, awkward brute
when ne apOioSizeu. anu ne tnOuVnt: Inefe 3
a gen.
VIII. he noticed young lady at street
corner in the business part of the city waiting
for car, and he could hardly believe his
eyes. He boarded the same car. and followed
her home.
X. Three days later. after he had secured
an Introduction, he said:
"A few days ago L saw you at a crowded
street corner waiting for a car
.sNps " she added in Surnrisa
''You stood at one side of the crossing
where you would not be in the way of people
who wished to cross the street.
Il always do that" she replied.
"Queen of your sex,'' he exclaimed impetu-
ously. Beacon light In the darkness of
woman's ways, Shining star OF progress
toward better conception of the courtesies
of city lifei VIII you be mine?''
The answer is no particular consequence in
this tale. She could have him il she wished,
and that is the main point it is intended to
bring out.-Chicago Tribune
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Wisdom in Small Chunks,

1t may be that the members of the next Ohio
assembly will have to label themselves '.takenr
in order to escape bribes.-Cleveland Plain
dealer.
wife-I don't believe in women voting: at least
j should never want to be leader in politics.
Husband-And why, my dear?
WEe-UghI l should SO hate to go to the
penitentiary.-C Plaindealer.
Chicago's life-saving stations are well con-
Quoted and admirable in every way until an
emergency arises for the saving OF fe.-Chicago
Tribune
Mr.. Slaughter has been nominated for the
presidency of the stock exchange. If elected he
will probably want the lamb allowed on the
hoor.-Chicago Times.
There have been but 116 divorces In Canada in
twenty years, yet the people up that way ex-
press themselves as opposed to annexation
Chicago Times.
A lot of delegates are in town to attend the
whist congress. Properly enough they brought
their rubbers with them.-Philadelphia Times
The Senate investigation will be conducted in
secret, and, as usual the news Of what takes
place will be spread all over the country each
dsy.-Baltimore Herald
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Why We Smile.

Enthusiastic Authorizes, sir, 1 don't ex-
pect to be able to write the half that's in me
in this world. When get to the next world
1 expect to keep on writing just the same.
Cynical Friend-Words that burn?
Census Enumerator-Of what age are you,
Miss Chicago?
Miss Chicago-The present age. Think I'm
a dodo?-Cleyeland Plaindea!er.
Yes, life is stage,n but thers's no encore.
-Cleveland Plaindeaier
As illustrating the principle Of patience on
a monument, for old Billy McGarrahan the
Washington shaft is about the proper place
and Philadelphia Times.
Rinx-What are you writing now2
Scrib-I am collaborating with my father
on a book OF poems.
Rinx-I didn't know that your father wrote
poems?
scrib-Ee doesn't; he's paying for their
publication. Bits.
The Washington times., 1894-05-27
HIS COLLECTION OF TOWELS.

A New York Advertising Mans Unique
Stock, Collected in Many Cities.
OF all the queer, unexplainable hobbies for
q man to possess, Benjamin F. Davenport, a
New York advertising man, has one which
outranks that of every competitor. Davenport
is collector, not OF historical relics, or post
age stamps, or walking sticks, or pipes, or
rare china but of towels-and hotel towels at
that He has been at it a dozen years, and he
has collection which represents principal
hotel in every city in the United States and
Mexico.
Some OF the towels are linen and some are
cotton and many are ragged. They vary in
size from napkin to n takle cloth. The
smallest one comes from hotel in Vermont,
where the guests go to the pump on frosty
mornings and fill their own pitchers, and the
largest-a Turkish towels from a Mime
apolis palace. 1t would do at a pinch for
bathrobe.
The most ragged bit was the property of a
Memphis hostelry. 1t would make good
necklace, because there is nothing left to it
but the selvedge. Davenport has his collec-
ton carefully ticketed, and on each tab are a
few words, which are reminders of some par
ticular incident connected with the hotel or
town, or with the obtaining Of the towel
itself
81 get 'em the best way can," explained
the man with the outlandish hobby to a
writer fer the Mail and Express. "and don't
mind telling you that at least 25 per cent. OF
my collection has been secured without asking
anybodys permission. The intrinsic value is
so small that it isn't worth while. II a towel
appears to be an expensive one always
speak to the landlord about it and pay him,
If necessary.
have towels from Key West up to Mani
toba; from Portland, Me-, to San Diego, Cal,
and from every hotel which has a history. I
do this for my own amusement and because
don't believe it has ever been done before by
any man in the world. Anybody can and
most persons do collect umbrellas or buttons
or newspapers but who ever heard of towel
collector before? tell you, my boy, there's
nothing like being unique, even If hotel
keeper gets after you occasionally with club.
The Washington times., 1894-05-27
A BIG CYPRESS TREE.
II Is in Mexico and Ranks with the Giant
Growths of California.

1t Is In Mexico and Ranks with the Uiout
Growths of California.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.]
We started at $50 o'clock, determining to
take on our way the big cypress OF Tula,
which is SO large that it is worthy to be
ranked above the big trees Of California. We
found it in the inclosure of the parish church.
There is no doubt that the latter was built in
that place because OF the tree, for which the
Indians feel great veneration. 1t Is precisely
of the same kind as the trees OF Chapultepec,
but the largest there is only 46 feet in circum-
ference, while this one is, by recent measure
ment, 152 feet inches.
There is another difference and a very
marked one, and that is the tendency to
fiattening of the lower and larger branches
and Of the peculiar buttresses which the trunk
throws out. In the latter they are almost as
fiat as boards, and in the branches the fiat
ness is that Of a wedge The contrast be-
tween these and the upper ones, which are
rounded, is very striking. The trunk Is not
like an ordinary one. but resembles but
tressed WALL so that the two diameters vary
enormously. The height must be less than
200 feet. making the appearance in photo
graph almost dwarhsh. The spread Of the
branches from north to south Is gigantic, and
the effect of light and shade is enhancing to
the artist There are colonies OF lizards and
of various birds in the different departments
of the trunk and branches. and upon the
green dome of the top were a group OF buz-
yards, that croaked without intermission dur
ing our whole stay.
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A Desirable Location.
[From the Chicago Record. i

[ :
Henry Wdtterson tells OF a politician who
was inveighing against Cleveland before a
number of auditors in Washington.
Il am going to quit says he I'm going
to get out and keep out of sight for the next
four years. / know secluded spot IN the
James river country where I'll &C aud live.
It's an ideal home for a weary recluse About
200 yards back of the cottage there's spring
house, and close by is mint bed, while just
across a creek friend Of mine runs dis
tillery."
A kentuckian was among the Auditors. and
at this juncture he interrupted the speaker.
Excuse me. stranger, but that must be pah-
diser'
The Washington times., 1894-05-27
Brushes OF Spun Glass.

An American glass manufacturer has now
begun to make glass brushes such as are used
by china decorators for furnishing the gild-
ding on china after it comes from the kiln.
These brushes nov come from Bohemia. They
are maryels OF glass spinning They are made
of glass fibers so line thar they look like spun
silk. These fbers are rolled up in bundles
about six inches in length and in three sizes
in diameter. half an inch, three-quarters, and
one inch. The bundles are wound with cord
to within about three-quarters OF an inch OF
each END, each end being used as brush.
The brushes are cut square across the ends,
and so extremely fine are the glass fibers thar
in the fare OF the brush the compact center
presents velvety appearance. The brushes
are flexible and silky to the touch. They
wear away in use. and as they wear the cord
is cut away to leave the end OF sufficient
length.
The Washington times., 1894-05-27
A Cover for the Trunk.

= Cur trunk must be In your room 1t will
approved in appearance by cover. This
,y be of dark blue duck, the exact shape,
e tribe larger than the box. Trim the
ian with two ruffies Of dark blue silk. At
des make pockets, II desired, Of the
r, silk ana have thin cushion Of the
...i.. iur the top,
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asnaracus SOUP.

One pound of knuckle veal, one ounce Of
salt pork, a small sliced onion, and all except
the tips OF bunch Of asparagus. Scrape the
stalks and cut small. reserving an inch of the
tips to be boiled for an asparagus omelet for
breakfast Boil all the above ingredients
SLOWLY for three hours and strain. Meanwhile
cook a large handful of spinach leaves in
water; drain, chop, and press through a
sieve. Put tablespoonful OF butter on the
fire. and when melted add the puree of
spinach. then the broth. of which there snould
be three pints. stirring to prevent Jumping.
Finish with cup OF hot milk and white
pepper, and salt to taste. II not wanted for
an omelet. the heads can be boiled separately
and added to the soup. This soup can also be
made with milk, using no meat -Philadel-
phiG Times.
The Washington times., 1894-05-27

say. however, that he wept fully minute
Fully minutei" roared Robson, why,
cried an hour after I'd signed II. t."-Chicago
Record.
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His Fears.
Prisoner-what does the Judge say about
my case?
Lawyer-He's non-committal.
Prisoner-Wcil. I'm glad of that. was
afraid he would give ms seven years.
Judge.
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IS Trains Pass Daily

within a few blocks of these lots Our lots are
reached quicker than Mount Pleasant, being
within 31S miles of the city and 21S miles of the
District line. 1t takes 10 minutes by train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. which needs no words of
praise from US, and the New Chesapeake Beach
Railroad, which will be in running order in
about two months, and will be, we told, one
Of the finest railroads in the country The day
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800 IN GOLD
TO 6r GIVEN AWAY.
YOU NAY GET PART OF IT.
Read about ii on Page 9 to-day.
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An Undesirable End.

from the Iammany Tiines.l
The terminal faculties Of the wasp are not
large, but they are ample Tor their purposes.
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manding beautiful view of the surrounding
country The prices OF these lots are placed
within the reach of nll, the owners peing salts
fed with a small profit. Our motto being QUICK
SALES and SMALL PROFITS. We offer every
inducement to those wishing to build There Is
now Post ONCE, Church, School, Store, Express
and Telegraph ofice, where