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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
as POSTMASTER during the dinner. Each

as POSTMASTER during the dinner. Each
article is tied with a dainty bit of rib
bon to which is attached a card bearing
the name of the one for whom it is in
tended. When the pan. has been filed
to the top with the gifts the cover, or
top crust is then cut round and tied
down securely over all. and the rim dec
GRATED with holly, leaves and berries.
Thereafter the perforations are painted
on the cover with water colors in: brown,
to give a natural baked effect.
The one who serves should be quick
witted and jovial, SO as to make as much
Of the Office of serving as possible. The
task might appropriately fall to the hon
ored guest Of the :occasienyna ssisteds by
the hostess. Two children, dressed as
pages, should stand near the one serving
and receive the gifts on silver trays,
bearing them thus ito the. guests as the
name of each is called. !, -%
Before serving, cut the pie through the
paper crust in the: usual way with d
scissors. Lay; the sections back from
the center. and take out the articles one
by one, from the opening made. The
decorations of the pie are thus preserved
throughout the ceremony of serving.
The humorous possibilities of the pie
are almost limitless, if fun-loving people
select the ingredients with this idea in
view. It is well, however, to let the
pie contain some really useful and ap-
propriate articles, especially for the "oid
folks. "-American Illustrated Methodist
Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
The Christmas Pie.

To the Yule log, with the legends that
cluster about it; the Saturnalian revels;
the Christmas tree, and the Twelfth
night cake, which have for centuries lent
their merriment to the Christmas festi-
val, may be added the "strictly up-to-
date" Christmas pie. This dainty des-
sert is inexpensive, and may be served
iii the parlor or in the dining room. A
suitable time is the afternoon of Christ
mas day, when friends are gathered to-
gether in social way; Or Immediately
after the usual Christmas dinner, where
it. will prove an aid to digestion, particu-
;larly if plum pudding, garnished with
tsblue- blazes," has finished the course.
E Line large dishpan with soft shaded
brown paper such as is used in making
lamp shades. Within this: ''crust" put
any number Of small gifts that may cost
from to Is cents each. Automatic toys
such as mice, flies, toads or turtles, may
be used for the filing of the pie. Some
thing that is entirely appropriate, pc
culiarly significant, or very absurd,
should be chosen for each guest For
instance, pair Of miniature dancing
shoes for the minister, Z butcher knife
for the young surgeon: q. toy swords for
the soldier boy; 4 $ Mother Goose for
the author; Washboard for the seasons
:fair debutante, and q candy walking cane
OF. I fancy tooth pick for the popular
young bachelor, who perhaps has acted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
Discovered at Last.

These two Irishmen had just ''come
over,'' as SO many of their countrymen
had done before them. They had seen
and heard many strange things, but now,
in the tree near which they stood and
right above them, apparently, something
was going on that. their wit could not.
fathom. There was a great oommotion,
a loud noise, as of some animal giving
expression to it's views Of: matters and
things in general; but although they had
wandered around the tree scores Of
times and peeped along every branch and
under every leaf they could discover
n0thipg.., At.lasts lat concluded to elimbb!.
He thought he had sutt1ciently located
the sound to find the cause Of it. $
He. climbed, crawled out on certain
limb, placed his, ear to :a#certain.s spOs,
>and listened with the greatest intentness,
while he looked around increasingly.
+ At last he modified HIS head Significantly
to Mike, and down the tree 4he HURRIED
"W-o-b hev We found .Schpalpeen,
:Pat?" asked anxious Mike: (
"Yis, be jabbers, Owe found lin, an
I know jest whit he is an whur e u.s."
answered Pat.
AN phwat is e., ,an'. whur it, 'e?"'
J. "He's nothin' in the wurruld but a
noise. an he's roight up thor. in thot
crotch, jest above yer shtupid head,
They learned later that the noise was
Il treetoad.-New York Sun. !:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
Canned Shad from Oregon.

It is not improbable. that shad can
merry on a moderate scale may be in
operation on the Columbia river next
season, and it is not impossible that shad
canning may vie with salmon canning on
the Columbia some day. It is not many
years since shad were planted in the Co.
lumbia, and they have so increased and
multiplied that the annual catch is very
large. At first they were .despised on ac-
count at their numerous small bones, and
many were used for fertilizer or thrown
into the river. However, they rapidly
grew in favor, being a really excellent
and fne-favored fish. The shad of the
Columbia excel those Of the East in size
and quality, and now the sale in the mar
ket is very large, and the demand for
shad roe can hardly be supplied .Experi-
ments made in canning shad here show
that the process, does not injure their.
fine flavor. and that the small bones, 50,
and Disappear from the great heat used
in cooking. The experiment Of canning
shad il worth trying ION a. commercial
scale.-Portland Oregonian. %. 49, -:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The fire loss during November was the
largest since May, but it was smaller
than in the corresponding month Of 1901
and 1900, amounting to only $1O,546,6 $50.
The mildness of the weather possibly
had something to do with this satisfac-
tory result. The use of soft coal has
led to innumerable calls upon the fire de-
partments of the cities to extinguish blaz-
ing chimneys, but does not seem to have
caused any serious CONGREGATIONS. For
the first eleven months Of 1902, the fire
aggregated $134,G44, $50, which is four
teen millions less than. for the CORE
spending period Of last year and twenty
millions less than for the first eleven
months Of 1900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
Bow Wow!

talking of dogs" said the colonel, "a
friend Of mine has Gordon setter. She's
the most sympathetic dog ever heard
of. She has the maternal instinct so
strong that she has brought up litter
not her own" &. E.,
Eve known Of such cases." said a
hearer. >1.&. - -s .5 80 49, $sS
There was a hen had chicken. The
hen died and the chicken was in sore dis
tress. This dog took pity On it and
brought up the chicken. ss &:
.ss ssYes," said another listener, that's
curious, but it is not uncommon. =
ana now eonunqed, me c9 M!a S;.s sol
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
HORSES IN BLIZZARD LANDS.
Small Beasts that Can Live on Flour and
Moss the Best.


Ed Floyd, until three years ago engi-
neer on the Northern Pacific railroad,
has returned from three years spent in
Nome. Mr.. Floyd engaged in business
Immediately on landing in that Northern
country, and sold out his horses and hotel
for $4,000 a month ago to make this
visit to his old home. His principal bust
ness was freighting and the operating of
stages. His long experience on an Ore
gon horse ranch stood him in good stead,
and in shipping horses to the North he
has experienced the best luck. Out of
the 800 he had taken in at different
times he lost but 10 all told. Regarding
the character of horses required in the
North, he says:
my experience is that it is a great
mistake taking in fine big horses. An
east-of- the-mountain Oregon horse, or
Canadian pony off the ranges in the
Northwest Territory, is the animal to put
your money on. There are times when
all you can get for your stock for days
at time is -four. 1t will kill one of
these heavy horses if he does not have
good warm stable, plenty of hay, and
regular rations of oats. and a variety of
horses can face storm that would freeze
a Clydesdale to death, and they will
browse under the snow for days, eating
nothing but moss, if there is nothing else
for them to get.
II had an experience last winter
which taught me the value Of pony used
to blizzard. We undertook to freight
some winter supplies to the Kougarock,
and there were four teams in the party.
I had four horses from the Northwest.
The other teams were picked up in Seat
tie and Tacoma. The first day out
blizzard struck us and lasted four days.
We camped and could not take our horses
in the tent with us, and so turned them
loose to go back home as they could.
Ny four reached home next morning.
The others never got hundred yards
from our tent" = u.
Mr.. Floyd purposes returning to Nome
on the first boat in the spring, and will
take in with him herd Of Oregon
horses.-Tacoma (Wash.) Ledger. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
BRITTLE SPRING CHICKENS.
After Two Summers in Cold Storage They
Break. as Easily as Chinaware.


Spring chickens that have been in cold
storage for two years are not by any
means strangers to Buffalo tables; no
more are fresh eggs" that have been in
cold storage for year more or less.
And it takes a mighty good judge to
tell them from chickens or eggs that have
just come in from the farmers barn
yard" said a well-known cold storage
man with whom a reporter talked yester-
day. ="
I'm storage" said he, 1--WE keep the
rooms at .temperature OF from three to
four degrees below zero all the year
round. Whatever is put into storage is
simply frozen stiff and in this state it. is
impossible for it to change condition; it
is just as good the day it is taken out of
cold storage as It was the day it was put
in, no matter what length of time is per-
or two,' or even longer"
s. 1t is: no uncommon thing in this city
for produce merchants to buy thousands
of dozensa of eggs in the summer time,
when eggs are selling for n6xt-to-nothing
prices, put them in their private COM
partments liz cold: storage houses and
hold them for "a rise: ih&the egg market.
Bought at 10 cents; or Less a dozen, they
are held until the price has scared to- 80
or s. cents when 2the' supply from the
memories is exceedingly: small, and then.
they are put on the market at good big
gain ~: =" -: ~
Another cold storage operator with
whom reporter talked yesterday told Of
an accident which recently occurred in
one of the cold storage warehouses Of
which he is very familiar. "
"a crate Of chickens was being moved;
the other day." said he, "aDd by accident
the crate, which contained several dozens
Of choice dressed fowl, fell a distance O.!
about twenty feet. It had been in stor-
age about two years and had become a
.veritable cake Of ice. :. In. the fall the
crate broke in half, and, would you be-
lieve it, the chickens lying in the crate
where the break occurred, also broke as
clean as though an iceman had cracked a
cake Of ice in half and it separated.
;, II had one Of those chickens on my
dinner table next day." said the cold
storage man, : 'and ]. never ate fowl
that tasted better, and, mind you, it had
been in cold storage for about two years.
Courier. <: 49,. - s s.sS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
WITH "A CHRISTMAS GIFT.

At Christmas-tlme long years ago ..#IYs !, ::
Good will to men" the angels sang, II
.'And peace on earth their message rang
Acrass the sky's celestial. glow, 4 s. >.
At Christmas-tlme t : '.": -
Long years ago. T., Il. >',. - -
At Christmas-time that comes today
This message of good will send.
The loving wishes of a friend
That happiness may hold full sway .-. -
At Christmas time
That comes today. T..
AT Christmas-time in future years.
And all the other days beside
May. life for YOU always provide
Its laughter all unmixed with tears
At Christmas-tim
In future years.
w, r. Murphy in Christmas St. Nicholas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
CHRISTMAS NIGHT GAMES.
How to Make the Evening Pass Merrily
Hiding the Mistletoe a
Pretty Game.

Years do not count on Christmas day,
and everybody is young, or at leas-
ought to- be. So, the merrier the games
chosen for the entertainment of the fam
6 fly patty {hf haRpehr the festiTa will be
evening will require little preparation
and will create any amount of fun: The
first thing to be done is to fasten a sheet
between two rooms, drawing it tight in
order. to provide q smooth surface for
the shadows to fall upon. Have lamp
ready in the room where the acting is to
The object of this is to get as black a
shadow as possible for the benefit of the
audience. Provide every member of the
party with pencil and a tally card, ON
which is list Of figures corresponding
to the number Of shadows to be shown.
A number of book titles which can be
easily acted out may be selected, says an
exchange. For instance, boy may
stand in the room, with the lamp i'll such
a position that his shadow will occupy
the middle Of the screen and be plainly
visible. to all who are seated in the ad-
Joining room. Then let the girl push him
aside and take the position which he has
er, indeed. Who fails to think of "Put
Yourself in His Place" Some one with
a hoe held SO that it's shadow will be
plainly distinguishable ought to suggest
"1vanhoe" Gve-an-noe). Ways of H.
Illustrating, such titles as Not Like Other
Girls,'' ''The Man Who Laughs"
''Christmas Carol" Little Women"
"Dream Life" "Reveries of a Bachelor
and countless others will suggest them
serves. AS fast as the titles are guessed
they should be written on the tally cards,
and at the end of the game the one who
has the longest correct list should re-
ceive prize.
Adverbs will create good deal of
amusement. Let one person leave the
room, while those remaining choose an
adyerb. Then the exile is recalled, and
when he enters asks a question in turn
of each person. The manner in which
the answer is given rather than the re-
ply itself must lead to his solution of
the problem. For example, the word
''merrily' is selected, and with every an
swer the person giving it laughs heartily.
Hiding the mistletoe is especially ap-
propriate to Christmas. Let the COM
pany form i'll procession, and to music
march about the rocms,: the leader car
rying in his hand when he. starts a
stop suddenly; and the company give
itself to looking for the branch, which
the leader has hidden on his way. He
will, Of course, have made manly false
attempts and. darts out Of the beaten
track. so that. no one can be.:sure when
he really rid himself of it. The one. who
finds it must return to a given place, the
piano, usually, without being touched by
the leader, If he succeeds, it will be
his turn to hide it the next time.-Phila-
delphia Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
Large Shipment Of Live Stock.

, A total Of 200 cars of Wisconsin live
stock, within seven cars Of the record.
breaking shipment Of. last Monday. ar
rived this afternoon from points on the
Prairie sdu Chen and Mineral Point5divi-
sions Of the Milwaukee road. The cattle
will be. distributed between Milwaukee
and Chicago. -, ~ = r. .. g. =. e =:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The singular feature about the Jessie
Bartlett Davis lost jewels story is that
the lost jewels were actually found 10y
an honest driver and returned. If this
part of the story is true, there must have
been jewels, and they must have been
lost; so the whole narrative is in this
case vera ciOuS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The discovery that twenty-five women
are holding positions as rural mail dis.
tributors is joke on Postmaster General
Payne, in the light of his recent order
concerning married women in the postal
service; that is, if the women who carry
letters to the farmers have husbands who
. are engaged in business also.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

If DR.. Gunsaulus is chosen to fill the
pulpit left vacant by the death Of DR.:
Parker, the Londoners who attend the
City Temple will have an opportunity to
improve their pronunciation of the Eng
lish language
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The City Council of Cleveland has
passed an ordinance authorizing the po-
lice to issue permits for public dances on
Sundays. This recalls-by contrast-the
fact that dancing was once a ceremonial
of religion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The fatal explosion Of a: petroleum
tank on a steamer that was being fitted
with oil-burning apparatus at San Fran
cisco, illustrates one of the dangers in
cident to the use Of liquid fuel, and re-
calls the fears expressed by a naval
board that leakage of vapor from the
tanks might cause the destruction of war
ships using oil, during battle, or during
target practice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

Americas challenge to Great Britain
for an international automobile match
will not develop a shred of enthusiasm
as compared with that which is engen-
dered by international yachting contests.
The automobile has it's place as thing
of utility, but for racing it is thing of
danger, chiefly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The American peneh aat: for taking a
flyer" may have prompted Hiram Maxim
to decide to come to this side Of: the At
lantic for. season Of air-ship expert
mentS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

Wilhelmina and her 'consort will have
to travel by stealth as well as incog,
if they would entirely escape tributes OF
curiosity and courtesy while in: the Unit:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The cruiser Philadelphia's retirement
from service to become a training ship
is an act Of safety and economy. She IS
of an obsolete type, and to make her fit
to go into fight on even terms with an
up-to-date cruiser would cost more money
than an entirely new ship.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

Secretary Wilson's declaration that
agriculture is now science is indis-
putably true, but it is hoped that it will
not stimulate legislatures to enact. that.
no man shall be hereafter allowed to
plant potatoes unless he holds diploma
granted by a state board of examiners.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The mayor and aldermen Of Denver
who have been sentenced to prison for
contempt Of court, are afflicted with the
disease known as "officialism," which in
many instances is worse than the "big
head" Nobody can be the whole thing
in this country. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

A medical authority says there is moth
ing like having both feet on the ground
for people who desire to keep in perfect
health. This may be respectfully re-
ferred tc the young women Of the corps
du ballet
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The juniors in the Northwestern Uni
versity at Evanston are looking for q
play without kissing in it. 1t is not
wonderful that co-eds object to such a
fragrant unreality as the stage kiss.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

If the French bill to abolish titles Of
nobility is made a law, long list Of
debt -harrassed scions of noble houses"
will be taken from the roster of eligible
husbands for American heiresses.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

Japanese competition with Russia has
gone far indeed in going so far as to
involve plot for blowing up train
conveying the Mikado. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
The firm Of Yohe & Strong is gettin
a great deal of advertising gratis.
The University of Wisconsin needs
medical department about as much as
hen needs u tooth brush.

The war game in the West Indies is
doubtless useful for the discipline of the
navy, but it is less exciting and less
deadly than football.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

When Emma Goldman is: shooting of.
her anarchistic eloqu9nce to unapprecia-
tive listeners, it will be ignoring het Mil
waukee experience to:admonish: her to
Hire a hallv' !,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

The bill to abolish titles of nobility in
France which has been introduced in the
Chamber Of Deputies ought to become a
law. Such titles are contrary to the
spirit of a republic.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-11-29

Members IF tho Board ii Directors.
sea- q Chicago and Northwestern
Railway company.
Marvin Hughitt, e. + Osborn
President Secretary
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-11-29

The stencil emanatins from the
Henderson-A mes clothing deal with the
Ulcers Of the war department Of this
tate is still Oe.A- waited into the
ostrils Of the people OF the state. The
atest development is the inquiry into
ns alleged attempt at bribery Of the
,arors IN Sutton trail Judge Weist
at as a special inquisitor 70 pass upon
ne evidence which Prosecutor Tuttle
ad gathered from his Investigations.
The first important step toward APP
rehending the persons alleged to have
al part in the attempt 20 Influence
le jury was taken Monday when
herif Hammond telegraphed the
heriff Of Jasper county. Missouri. to
rrest and hold for him ex-State SEN
Tor John Holbrook, formerly Of Laus
~ city VINO is charged by Horace
lodge with having attempted to cor
apt the jury Hodge Is one Of the
Ulcers VINO had charg Of the jury
dining h tntire trial 1t is OF mn ier-
ood, however. that any Of the jurors
no actually sat in the case We're
approached 50 far as the complaint in
his case goes
There is little doubt that other are
rests will be nqds within a very short
me
Holbrook IL very well buown through
cut the state. AT the time % the trial
3 was deputy labor commissioner
under Commissioner Cox and had pre-
i ously been connected With the SCI
'retary Of state Office a. shipping
Jerk