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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
SOUPS MADE OF FRUITS.
Unique First Course Dishes New to Mos,
CoOkS.

Unique First Course Dishes New to Most
Cooks.
In one of her lectures on cooking. Miss
Annie Barrows spoke of fruit soups,
which are quite common in foreign coun-
tries, particularly in Sweden. They arc
aDpctizing and healthful and offer Il
pleasing variety from those common to
the American bill OF fare. The one she
made for purposes of illustration was de-
l;cious. For it she took one tablespoon
full of raisins, two tablcspoonfuls of raw
lice. three whole cloves ami one cupfuI
Of dried apricots which had been thor
oughly soaked. To these was added
three pints of water. This mixture. Was
rubbed through a sieve and afterwards
half Il teaspoonful of salt and a table
spoonful of sugar were added. The sea-
soning, Miss Rarrows explained. would
depend upon the fruit. Apples. being
much more acid. naturally would require
considerably more sugar than the amount
used for aoricots.
Something new in the way of salads
was made by combining apples. celery
and nuts. For this dish. the lecturer
said. there is an almost unlimited field
for the exercise Of ones ingenuity. There
were almonds. pecans and walnuts in
this particular combination: blanched
first and then cut into small pieces. The
apples We're pared and corcd and also cut
up, as was the celery. II cupful of each
was used, and over them was poured
Il tablespoonful of salad Oil and Il little
smaller quantity of lemon juice After
that had stood awhile a mayonnaisa
dressing was poured over all, made of Il
tcaspoOnful of paprika Ga bit of cayenne
would -do), four tablespoonful of lemon
(half may be Of vinegar if preferretD. a
pint of oil and the yolks of two eggs.
The lecturer told how to vary break
fast farina by cooking it in fruit juices;
to improve insipid pears by preserving
them in grape juice; of the value of sery-
ing fried or boiled apples with fat meats,
and how to make a filling for shortcake,
which might do for Il sauce as we'll, by
cutting bananas in tiny bits and cooking
in lemon and sugar.-Philadelp Times
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26

side will be at the bow, while the angle
formed by the 13-foot sticks will form
the stern. Five feet and six inches from
the stern place a cross stringer \. and
secure it firmly to the side pins with
anglerons made of quarter by inch
tire iron i'll which countersunk screw
| holes have been made and through
which pinch ,tiat-headed screws are to
be driven into the wood. TO the under
side Of this piece. one end of Il 13-foot
| bowsprit is to be bolted. The spirit is
then bolted again to the top of the p
foot stick of the triangle so as to extend
| out for Il distance Of seven feet Thirty
inches OH each side the spirit two string
ers, IA, arc securely fastened with an
gleirons. The timber. frame is now COM
plete. 49,
With some clear boards, plancd on
both sides. form d deck as shown in
the deck plan. The boards may project
over the stringer pieces for a distance
of six inches or so: and should be fas-
tened in place with fat-hcaded screws.
At four or five different places on the
deck bore holes in the boards, and
through them pass the ends of short
rope, tying knots i'll the ends OH the
underside of the deck. These will form
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Beauty Don't Count.

This seems to be essentially the period
Of the reign of the woman who fas-
cinates by her charm, rather than by her
features. Fashion is responsible for this
change of alteration of mere physical
loneliness. In past days the woman was
seldom aided By the coquetries of dress.
She came first: her gowns were simply
her covering. Therefore real beauty was
necessary. Nowadays clothes mean ev.
erything. An ugly woman who is clever
can, by application to the trickeries Of
the millinerial and modistic artist, far
outshine in fascination and attraction the
,.owdy vet exquisite creature who wears
her clothes in Alma Tadema folds and
dresses her hair after the Greek model.
# another Mrs. Langtry (writes Anne
Morton Lane from London to the Chi
:cago Times-Herald) were to come among
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26

ground, and is distant about 100 yards
from small stream that circles round
the foot of the pasture
Now if there is one task that Johnnie
has found particularly irksomc, it is the
dull and heavy work of drawing water
by the bucketful from the creek several
| times day for four horses and ten
miles when the number of trips per day
We're reckoned.
Sometimes he had help, it is true. but
it was only sometimes, and he grew
very tired.
So he sat himself to thinking. OF
course it was possible to pump the water
through iron pipes, but he had neither
father objected to the expense. Next lie
thought if he could only get the water
up to level slightly above that of the
barn there would be no difficulty in con-
structing an open trough and allowing it
to flow down; but how to raise it was to
him poser for many a day.
At last one evening, while porting over
some old books, he came across ,,n an
Gent wood cut representing an Arthi-
medcan screw used for jraining
marshes; then the problem was solved.
Early the next morning he was at
work. First he constructed a small
tank, or reservoir few yards from the
SeAcstiIi, AHu SET IL upon IL HiSH
enough above the level of the barn to
give the necessary grade. Next, procur-
ing two lengths of rubber garden Lose,
he wound them alternately round a Lang.
smooth fence rail, and in the ends of
this he drove two stout round pegs to
serve as aXles.
In the stream he sunk a heavy block
| of wood, through which hole had been
partly bored. and i'll this he inserted the
peg at one end of his novel pump. To
the other he fastened an old cart wheel,
| which was made to revolve with it's axle
resting i'll a sort of pillow block up.,l, a
projection over the center of the rescr-
voir. Then by means of handle at
tached by a short piece of cord - a
knob on the felloe of the wheel, ne could
| cause his novel pumping apparatus to
revolve quite easily, and the water taken
up by the rubber hose was by the sue
cessive revolutions gradually forced up-
ward through coil after coil, until it was
delivered into the tanks, from which it
| flowed down to the barn through a
! roughly constructed aqueduct of hollow
| logs.
As the novelty has not yet worn off,
! Johnnie can get scores Of boys unitc
happy to turn the wheel for him. 81, that
his Office of watering the stock is at
present a sinecure. He sits by the fire
| place with his favorite books enjoying a
| well-earned rest. Johnnie will be n
great man some day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
An Old Printers Work.

Sixty-five years ago Hiram Lukens en-
tered the Intelligencer Office at Doyles-
town, to learn printing, and he is there
yet, setting type as fast as anybody
around the place. His record of contin-
uOus service with one esta blishment is
probably unequaled in the business. Sew
cral times the management has changed,
but he has never left his case. Three
sets Of floor boards have worn away un-
der his feet in that long time, and 1870
pairs of thick-soled boots have been put
on the retired list. For over 1880
working days his eyes have been trained
on the type, but still his vision is unim-
paired, and he handles the smallest size
with ease. 1t is quite fair to estimate
that he has set and distributed an aver
age of 5000 ems of type day. or a total
III sixty-five years, of 15g,O0O,OO0 ems.
This is equal to 2S.8SS columns of COM
mon type.-Philadelphi Record. r.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
DEATH OF "GRoUND HOG ALLEN,
A Mysterious Recluse Who Lived in u
Cistern.

- nySteflOuS hoCIuSe WHO Lived Il
Cistern.
\ queer character died at Columbus.
Ky, few days ago. Ec was known
as Ground Hog Allen, and was cave
dwcllcr, and the most mysterious per-
ssonagc in Hickman county. Little is
known of him, and he lived the life of a
reclusc. Allen settled in Columbus early
in the los, and purchased ten acres Of
land in the vicinity of the seven springs
about two miles from the town. Hav-
ing no family, he erected Il house on his
ten-acre lot and cultivated his land, liv-
ing alone After living there for some
time his house was destroyed by fire.
He had dug q large cistern before his
struction of the house he moved the few
effects he had saved into the cistern,
which was dry, and, being dug funnel
shaped, was quite wide at the bottom
He lived ill that cistern to the day Of
his death.
Allen would 60 to Columbus OCCASION
ally and buy necessary supplies. He
soon acquired the maine Of Ground
Hog Allen. and was known by no ether.
lie was very Industrious, wore very lit
tie clothing, and always went without
shoes iii warm weather. He was polite to
all visitors, and to some he COMMUNE
Gated something of his past life. He
went to California from Ohio i'll 1910,
and was absent number of years. On
his return he found that his wife had
procured divorce, and had married
again.
Ground Hog" Allen believed he had
enemies and that his house had been de-
stroyed by an incendiary. He said that
he had determined that no one should
burn him out again. He had dug :: pas
sagcway from the bottom of the cistern
where he lived to a spring adjacent. but
it had cayed III, and he used a ladder
as a means of ingrcss and egress to his
strange residence
Since his death no relati has ap-
pcared to claim his estate. There are
many anecdotes current in the vicinity
concerning this peculiar being He was
skeptical in his views of religion, but
could quote passages of scripture will,
accurIcy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
! Admission Tickets Needed.

..,Thc freedom with which the residents
and tourists in Washington attend social
functions at which they are not expected
will soon make it necessary to demand
admission tickets ar the door. There
has always been a great deal of scandal
about such matters, but this year the
imposition is worse than ever. At her
reception, a few days ago. Il Washington
hostess invited 300 people. whose names
appear upon her visiting lists. and sup
posing that as usual many of them
would like to bring friends. provided sup
per for five hundred. Nearly 1900 pco-
pie we're admitted. of whom 800 re-
ceived no invitation. At the Chinese
minister's. the other day. tho crowd was
SO great that it was almost impossible
for people to enter the house or to get
out again without tearing their garments
off, and at the last diplomatic reception
at the white house the ushers claim that
there must have been over 500 people
who were not invited.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Don't Reprove at Bedtime.

10 send children happy to bed should
be one Of the mothers most ordinary
tasks. No little one should dread the
bedtime hour. nor fear the dark. nor be
allowed to go to rest under sense of
disgrace or alienation from household
love. Whatever the child's daytime
naughtlness may have been. at nightfall
he should be forgiven. and go to rest
with the mothers kiss Oh his lips and
her tender voice in his ears.
Hardly anything can be worse for Il
young child than to be seeded or nun
ished at bedtime The mother does we'll
to be Il little blind at some things. re-
memhering that a good deal of childish
culpa bilitv is superficial only. and washes
which the evening bath removes from
the skin.
The main thing with children is to
have them well started with good prin-
ciples: which they will carry through life.
Obedience. truth. unseltishness. purity,
are essentials, and these can all be low
ingly cultivated, and will flourish in the
right home atmosphere.
When the nursery brood is undresscd
and i'll bed, the lights turned low. the
room quiet for the night, the mother. or
nurse. or elder sister, or the kind auntie
who is still to be found in SOME fortunate
houses, should have a little fund of sto-
riess on which to draw for the small listen
ers pleasure before they embark Oh the
train for dreamland.
Fairy stories are always enjoyed by
children. and the literature of fairylantl
is not far to seek. Imagination is very
active in little children, and occasionally
one meets a mother who does not I'M
derstand the child's world. having for
gotten her own early days and their illu-
s $40 or who is afraid that fancy and
its imageries will lead her child into de-
ceit. While the most exact and rigid
truthfulness should be practiced in our
dealings with children, and they them
selves should be taught to shun equivo-
cation and every form of lying, still we
need not fear to let imagination give
them pleasure.
They early learn to discriminate be-
tween the false and the true-or perhaps
it would be better to say that they learn
to find the truth wrapped up in the husk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
ROW OVER A BACK-RUBBING.
st. Louis Wife Refuses to Scratch and
Has Her Husband Arrested,

't1cT I1uSDaDO arrested.
While John NJ. Witte. retired mer-
chant and capitalist, was sitting in the
housesof a neighbor on Forest Park
boulevard, St. Louis, tho other day.
playing a game of cards, the loorbell
rang and two policemen asked for Mr..
Witte. When he appeared they seized
him, hustled him into a carriage and
landed him at the city hospital. where he
was locked in a ward for tho observation.
of IfM.8 insane
This all came about on account of a
IoWSMr. AWitte had Il few nights before
withIh ibis young wife because she refused
to5rllb his back when he was suffering
from. rheumatism. There was such Il
violent uDroar in the house ut the time
that the ncighbors interfered and tho next
day they had him arrested on Il police
court warrant, when the matter was OK
planned.
Since then Mrs. Witte and her two
children have disappeared from their
home. She declares her husband is i'll
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Ont, Of His Snhere,

g An actor of little consequence having
been engaged at the London Haymarket
during the reign of the elder Colman,
was assigned to play one of the scholars
in sThe Paddock
Sir" sair he. addressing the manager,
with a severe frown. Il am astonishcd
at getting this part, so much beneath
me; besides, how can man of my size
and figure look like a scholar?"
Indeed" replied Colman, "you do look
hetter fed than taught"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
4 Boys Idea.

1t is stated in the Boston Post that
the inventor of the whistling buoy, "that
godsend to the sailor" got his first idea
Of the device from seeing a small boy
pushing an ordinary tin horn nlouth
downward into Il hogshead of water.
The air thus compressed was forced rap
idly through the small end with II whist
ling noise, and that same principle is
now embodied in all the apparatus sup
piled by the government, the rising of
the tide Or action Of the waves driving
the air into the horn. = g. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Gelatine manufacturing.

Celia tine is now being made by some
mills that use the article for sizing Celia
tine is made from hide cutting. horn
piths, COW heels, etc. by boiling these
materials in water after preliminary
cleansing. The solution so obtained is
then allowed to gclatinize on cooling.
Another form Of :sclatinc is made from
bones by digesting them i'll weak hydro
chloric acid.
Gelatine as made from hide clippings
from either dry or wet pieces of hides.
skins. horn pths. and other material con-
tanning gelatiue. requires the use of ali
apparatus made OH the plan as shown, and
which is not patented, These clippings
arc stepped for some weeks in lime water
before put into the apparatus. to remove
all the hair, blood and other impurities.
They are then washed in cold water and
then placed to drain in layers upon
sloping pavement, being also turned over
once or twice u day.
The pieces are. with water next put in
to Il copper furnished with a perforated
false bottom to allow the liquid size to
pass through without being mixed with
slime or any such obnoxious matter
Next comes boiling treatment followed
by baking and cutting up for usc.-Bos-
ton Commercial Bulletin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Bridget Fixed Him.

A lady had been i'll and under medical
treatment for a long time. AS she grew
no better all the while, she became dis
trrstful of her physicians skill, and dill
not wish to see him, and vet was not
Eold enough to tell him so. She COM
inundated her state of mind to her maid,
lave, i'm to me-, num- Fave i'm to
mel said the girl. III. ia ii
I By and by the doctor came to the door,
and Bridget opened it about an inch. s.5s 5
Sorry, SIR said she, "but We can't
come iii the day, docthor."
2 Cant come in? How g ~that?" Il
I 'The mistress dc be too i'll for to see We
the day, sirr'-,Tit-Bits .~e,:. II
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Should be Part of Every Girls Traini ns
on uiu.r a Sida tho nuaStio,, e ..e,lf ..,...


Leaving aside the question of self-sup-
port, the ability to clothc ones self taste
fully and economically is something in
which nowadays every girl has right to
expect a thorough training. Tell her the
cost Of fabrics, the trimmings. the lin
ings; and above all, if you would teach
her economy, be not hasty in relieving her
materials. Give her an allowance. no
matter how small, to be expended on her
dress and for her daily expenses, what
ever they may be. Show her from the be-
ginning how to spend it. The necessary
outlay must be made in any event, and if
she is given to understand from the first
that she is a silent partner. as it were,
the experience necessary to enable her to
manage alone will soon come. and the
day that brings her htr own money to
portion out will not find her at i, loss to
know how to make both ends meet.
The time has come when the fresh hat
and gown must be gotten. She has care
fully laid by a little money for her clothes
and like a sensible girl, she is going to a
good store. to buy good materials. That
is economy. You have taught her not to
stop to look at the light blues and rose
tints, or the fabric that is the rage Just
now and will be out of fashion within
two months, but instead to select good,
scrylceablc. standard cloth, and stylish
withal as to color and design. You will
show her how to have it tastefully made
and in manner suitable for the times
when it will be worn; and you will do
this not because YOU could not do without
her help in the choosing or the making
but because you want her to learn the
value of money and the art of dressing
herself bccomingly and inexpensively
The girl who buys her own dresses, and
pays for the making of such portions rs
she cannot as vet make by herself, soon
learns what they are really worth and
just how much was expended in unncc-
essary waste.
The girl who knows nothing of the
value of money is not fit to be the mis-
tress of household, to control money. or
to he the wife of either rich or a poor
man.. When her prince comes he may
ask her to control a tiny cottage. ii,
which love and happiness may he found.
But how can she, when her clothes and
her follies of a season require more mon
ey than he would make in a year,
Jeanne Faurel i'll Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
Not Much Feeling.

"A friend Of David Garrick's once said to
Tom King: "Garrick reused the feel
ord. and, most probably. suffered as
much from this exertion.'' =, .,ssT
pooh, replied King, "Davy suffer
from his feelings! Why, sir, was play
ing with him one night in Lear when
in the middle of most passionate and
affecting part. and the whole house was
drowned ,,, in tears, he e. turned his head
his cheek, whispered, D-n me, Tom,
it'll do y" So much for stage feeling.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26

Paul Lawrence Dunbar. the young
negro writer of verse. who lives in Day
ton, O., is to give parlor readings in Eng
land during the coming summer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26

OIs Inc story. Our fairy lore Is older
than civilization. The game stories. witt,
variations, have in all ages and climes
been taught and told TO children, and
they have their origin in the needs and
the heart Of the race. Children thrive on
fairy stories, and are the better able to
grasp other literature if early fed Oh
these.-philadelehia Times.
What Women Can Learn from Mrs.
Cleveland
The WOMEN Of America can learn many
things from Mrs. Cleveland. First Of
all. and best Of all. they can learn alb
solute simplicity. ! spent 4 morning
with Mrs. Cleveland the other day.
form and my. poke bonnet. and the ne
gro boys on the street had all they could
do from forming in line" to tease my
husband and me as we passed along.
Mrs. Cleveland received me as if /
wore the jewels Of Il queen. ] don't
know whether she knew that red is the
army color, but she took me into the
red room, and asked me to sit down and
nave talk. She asked me a good many
neutrality-suspicious. that showed a kind
~ and an unusually intelligent interest
in orr work.
She wanted to know all about our chill
drens bones. Mrs. Cleveland loves chill
speaks Of them. She takes great deal
Of care Of her own children. am
told by those who know her we'll that
Mrs. Cleveland never lets anything or
anybody interfere with her "chldren's
hour. That's the hour W hen the ba bies
20 to bed ut night, and the hour when
they take their aths in the morning.
Mrs Cleveland is never too tired or too
busy to listen 10 the babies troubles.
She" wanted to know all about our slum
babies and our day homes. / told her
about the new homes we're going to
havc-a home for babies whose mothers
forget to care for them. It's going
and it's going to be called Cherry Tree.
Mrs. Cleveland Iangbed Are YOU
going TO have a Ratchet over the door?''
she asked.
When she had heard all about the
home, told her about our temperance
work. She was much Interested in that.
Mrs Cleveland never drinks wine. even
know just how we worked. and what
our success bad been. She asked many
questions about our various branches Of
rescue work. She did not listen will,
perfunctorv polteness. She listened
with real sympathy and human interest.
have heard people wonder what it is
that makes Mrs. CLEVELAND so much be-
loved. There's no mystery about it.
Mrs: Cleveland is a womail-, syn,,t-
thrtc. genuine. unaffected woman. and
you can't he in the room with her fy.
minutes without feeling. somehow.
cbeercd and encouraged. as the presence.
Of heaithful-mnded. gentle-heart.,I
woman always encourages and cheers.
What can the women Of America learn
from Mrs. Cleveland: Much that is
worth arning-Simplicity kindliness
love of little children, human sympathy
and an utter lack Of self-consciousness
Not Il bad eAanlpl" to follow, is it,
Mrs. Booth-Tucker in American Wou,-
ans Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-26
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

49, a Roundel Of Rest. r
II rest ~ sweet at shut OF day
For tired hand and tired feet,
How sweet mt last to rest Tor aye.
s II rest Ii sweet!
We work Or work not through the heat:
Death bids Us soon our iabors lay
In lands where night and twilight meet.
When the last dawng are fallen OIL gray. .e
And all LIES tolls and ease complete
They know who work, nor they who DIay
II rest Is sweet.
Arthur Syinons