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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Population Of Australia,

An advance estimate of the popula
ton of the commonwealth OF Australia
places the total number of people In
the six states as 4,474,000, reports
Consul General John P. Bray, Sidney
Allowing for what may be styled
normal Increase during the months
which must elapse before April 1,
1911, when the ten-year census will be
taken, there should be at that date 8
total of 100000. That would repre-
sent an increase during the decade OF
about 725,O00,000, or 10 per cent. Ia
king the nine and three-fourths years
to December 81, next, the federal stat
istician estimates that New South
Wales will show an increase of $685..
900, Victoria an increase of 127 1000.
West Australia of $4,000, Queensland
of $4,000, South Australia of $1,000
and Tasmania of only 1880. The es'
Inmates follow: New South Wales,
1861, 900; Victoria, 1,32S,000; Queens
land, $4,000; South Australia, 423,'
900; West Australia, 2S0,000; Tas,
mania, $4,000. 1t is calculated that
West Australia has relatively gained
141 per cent and Queensland 0.o3 per
cent, but that Victoria had relatively
lost 2.14 per cent, Tasmania 0.36 per
cent, and South Australia Ola per
cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Rye and Indian Bread.

One quart Of rye meal or rye -four,
2 quarts Of Indian meal scalded (by
placing in pan and pouring just
enough bailing water over it, stirring
constantly, with spoon, to merely
wet it, but not enough to make it into
a batter), half a teacup molasses, two
teaspoons salt, one of soda, one tea,
cup of yeast or half yeast cake; make
as stiff as can be stirred with spoon,
mixing with warm water, and let rise
all night, then put in large pan,
smooth the top with the hand dipped
in cold water; let 1t stand a short
time and bake 5 or 6 hours. If put In
the open late in the day, let it re.
main all night. Graham may be used
instead Of rye and baked as above In
the olden time it was placed In kettle,
allowed to rise, then placed on the
hearth before the fire with Goals on
top of lid and baked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
ClTRON AND GINGER

In a once famous cook book, long
since out of print, is given the fol-
lowing recipe for preserving citron:
Peel and cut up the citron and for
the pulp of each fruit weighing one
and one-half pounds use one and a
half ounce of sugar, one lemon and
one and half ounces of green ginger
root. Put the citron in enough water
to cover it and let it boil until clear.
1t will take about half an hour. Then
drain and put it into fresh, cold wa
ter to stand over night. In the morn
ing boil the ginger root, which should
be sliced thin, in one and half cup
fuls of water. When the water seems
to be highly favored, but has not yet
begun to boil down, stir the sugar
into it. When the sugar has melted
add the citron and let the whole cook
until the fruit has a crystalline ap-
,pearance and the strip around it is
almost jellylike. Then remove the
fruit and put 1t in hot sterilized jars.
Add the lemon, sliced very thin, to
the strip, let it cook a few minutes
longer and pour it hot over the fruit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
new KIND OF APPLE PIE.
Use Of Molasses az sweetening Makes
Delicious Desert-Nice Hot
or Cold.

Apple pie sweetened with molasses
made as follows is delicious: Take a
baking tin (ten by six) and about an
inch and half deep. Line with pastry
In which little soda and cream of
tartar have been used. Leave enough
around the edge to turn up over the
top crust to keep the juice in. Fill
with quartered baldwin or greening
apples, pinch of allspice and large
pinch of nutmeg. Use the molasses
according to the size of the tin. Enough
to- sweeten. Shave salt pork just as
thin as possible and lay over the ap-
pies, nearly covering them. Make
few Sits in the top crust, brush over
with cold milk and bake very slowly
three hours. Afternoon is the best
time to bake, as the temperature is
more even. When removed from the
oven cover with a cloth to stew a
little while. The juice will be thick
like strip If just sprinkling Of -four
Is used. Nice hot or cold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Squash Pie Without Eqqs.

Use dry squash 1.-THE hubbard or
others of same quality. Cut in suit.
able pieces and cook in a steamer
only just long enough to soften so it
can be pressed through a sieve. Too
long cooking will make it watery and
spoil it for pie. Now heat milk to
the boiling point only and turn i'm
mediately on the strained squash
using just enough to make thick
mixture-much thicker than when
eggs are used. Add salt and sugar to
taste; flavor with ginger, or pure ex-
tract of lemon is good for a change.
In deep plates this pie will take an
hour for baking. Remove from oven
when it ceases to bubble in center.
Oven should be quite hot. I prefer
this way of making squash pie to any
other.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
ENGINE WITHOUT FIRE
FIRELESS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
BUILT IN GERMANY.
Arc Very Useful Where Ordinary To-
comotives or Electric Motors
Would 30 Dangerous-Steam
Not Generated, but Stored.

The steam locomotive in which the
steam ia not generated, but merely
stored, is not new idea. When the
London Metropolitan underground
line was opened, it was proposed to
use such motors on It, In order to
avoid the Inconvenience of smoke.
The development Of electric traction
has made the use Of fireless steam
locomotives unnecessary on under.
ground roads, but there are still con-
ditions where they are desirable, and
they are now built in considerable
numbers at Tegel, near Berlin. The
Railway Magazine says:
This type of locomotive is espe-
cially suited for use on railways
where the question Of fire precaution
is almost first consideration, as, for
example, powder mills, cotton plants,
wharves and other places where the
presence of an ordinary type Of loco
motive, or even electric power, preju-
dices the insurance.
THE simplicity Of the f1reless loco
motives can be understood when it is
stated that in the cab the mechanism
consists merely of regulator, re-
versing-gear, and brake. Only one
man is required to work the engine,
thus saving the expense of a fireman.
F1reless locomotives are growing in
favor, and lately the Prussian state
railway has taken up the type for
special service, such as shunting In
covered stations, HSc.
THE locomotive is f1reless; it has
no f1re-box. In general appearance
tho engine resembles the ordinary
type of locomotive minus the fire-box,
funnel and sundry other attachments.
1t must be understood that this type
Of locomotive is unsuitable for unin-
terrupted railway service, but Is e.
sentially yard shunt1ng-machine; in
other words, it must keep near its
base Of supply, and this base of sup
ply is the boiler of some local power
station, where the tank of the loco
motive is filed with steam, and on
this steam supply the machine will
run from four to five hours doing
ordinary shunting work"
Contrary to ones natural impress
sion, we are told, steam Is not taken
Into the engines tank at high pres
sure, but at pressure about the same
as that in the boiler Of the power
station. In order to effect this, the
boiler is filled with water to about
three-fourths it's capacity. Steam is
admitted by means of steam coup
ling from the power-plant, and is
mixed thoroughly with the water in
the boiler-tank, the effect being to
superheat the water and thus raise
the pressure in the locomotive boiler
practically to that in the boiler Of the
Dower-station. Digest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
A Stew for Cold Meats

Cut one onion into slices, and fry
it in butter until it is a light brown
color, then put in one tablespoonful
of sifted flour, mixing carefully. Add
to this one cupful Of stock Cor the
same quantity Of hot water), stir all
together for few minutes, then put
In half teaspoonful of salt, a season
Ing Of black pepper and tomato catsup.
When the gravy is we'll mixed and
we'll colored add the cold meat, and
put 1t over the fire to stew. Cover
lightly, and let it cook for one hour.
When ready to serve, put around
the dish, outside the hash, little
squares of toast. It is an improvement
to add one teaspoonful of chopped
parsley to the above.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Monster Suction Hose.

What is said to be the largest rub
Der suction hose ever made was re-
Gently made for Philadelphia dredg-
ing firm to be used in deep water
operation about to be undertaken.
The outside diameter OF this hose is
80 inches, while inside it measures
20. The 1,290pound spiral spring
which comprises the foundation Of the
hose was rolled cold from rod one
inch in diameter. The rubber and
fabric entering into its construction
weighed 3,215 pounds The rubber and
duck were applied In alternative lay.
ers with coating of gum. after which
the entire piece was placed In a con.
tainer and vulcanized with live steam
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
A Splendid Chance.

Turkey raising Is an arduous bns,.
ness" said Thomas Q. Rogers a
wholesale poultry dealer of Baltimore
Day and night you must look after
your birds. the same as you look after
horses.
"California turkeys are very fine
They are very well taken care of. Il
is no snap to work on a California
turkey farm, I tell you.
Il was visiting California turkey
farm last month. when a boy applied
for q job.
"'Your references are good. I'll try
you,' said the farmer.
"Win I have chance to rise. sir p
the boy asked.
eyes. said the farmer. "A grand
chance. I'll want you to have the feed
mixed by 4 o'clock every morning.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Country Of Small Fortunes.

Equal distribution, liberty of work,
the responsibility which springs from
it, the taste for thrift, which it en-
genders, the consciousness that each
individual is the architect of his own
fortune, have made France the coun-
try of small but numerous fortunes,
says a writer in Moodys Magazine.
At the beginning of the last century
the dividing up Of landed property
was the chief manifestation of this
division of wealth. The number Of
SUGGESTIONS declarations has contin-
ued to grow. In 1906 there we're de-
clared 70 SUGGESTIONS per 100 deaths
of persons over twenty years of age;
Is per 100 deceased persons over
thirty years Of age; "a per 100 deaths
of persons over forty years. In 1S45
there we're 1.346,000 licensed traders
and 1,S42,500 in 1908 The latter fig
ure includes the liberal professions.
The number of licensed traders for
commerce and industry amounted in
1908 to 100000; that is to say, ons
license for every % Inhabitants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Individuality.

Every lie is profession Of faith
aad exercises an inevitable and silent
propaganda. AS far as lies in it's
power, II tends 70 transform the uni
verse and humanity into it's own i'm
age Thus we have all a cure of
souls. Every man is the center Of per-
petual radiation like luminous body;
be is, as it we're, a beacon which en-
tees ship upon the rocks, If it does
Lot guide it into port. Every man is
priest, even involuntarily; his con-
duct is an unspoken sermon, which is
forever preaching to others; but there
are priests of Baal. Of Moloch, and Of
all the false gods. Such is the high
Importance of example.-Amiels Jour.
pal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Brass Beds on the Train.

Sleeping cars which have brass
beds and every toilet convenience ex-
cept bathtub are the newest luxury
in travel offered by leading eastern
railroad
Each sleeping car containing the
beds is divided into seven apartments,
and each apartment is as large and
luxuriously furnished as private
room in private car. A new ven
tilatine device gives a supply of fresh
air. Some Of the apartments are con-
nected so that they may be occupied
as suites, just as in hotel or club.
Each apartment contains two chairs
and a drop table.
Opening off each apartment is a
toilet annex with washstand, mirror
and dresser Shelf There is also a
complete dresser In the apartment
Each room is lighted by electricity
and gas and has an electric fan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
JUST BEcAusEsMAN PROPOSES
Il Remains Only for Woman to Prove
Herself Adaptable to Cir
cumstanceS.

II woman cc:uld have the same lib.
erty of choice in the acquiring Of &
husband as man has in the selec-
ton Of wife, consider the change it
would make in the marriage problem
and in the divorce court. It by no
means follows that because man
loves a woman she loves him. But
he may be the only man who loves
her, or he may he the only man Who
want her to marry, or any one Of 100
cnlies yol can easily think of tor your.
self.
And what then? There may be some
unattainable man the woman really
does love. but what can she dc? Al!
most nothing! She is bound to choose
from the men who come t. her. True;
she can stay single, and many women
do so, and on this very account-that
they never have happened to love
the men who loved them. But to stay
single is not solution of the question.
and it does not appeal to the major
ity Of women
A\1Ac times OUT Oh tCu IA0 "OAHaA
locks up In her heart the ideal OF Z
husband she has formed, or the pref
erences she has inherited or &C.
quired, or the thought of the other
man, and takes the man who wants
to marry her, whether or not he is
the man she wants to marry. II she
Is woman of character she persuades
herself and others that he is the man
she wants to marry. She lends her
self to whatever form his wooing may
take.
II he is blond and bearded, though
she prefer dark eyes and shaven face,
yet you would never guess it from
word Of hers. She may have assured
herself every day that she will marry
only man Of dignity. but she will re-
cant when her sutton proves a clown
She may adore spontaneous merri.
ment and not only marry a straight.
laced prude but swear that it Is the
only kind of a man she can endure
Margaretta M. Tuttle in Golfers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

The school bell in the little west
ern town of Burton announced the
hour Of noon.
Philip Malvern untangled his long
logs from the hammock where he
had been lying. stretched his arms
above his head and yawned YEARLY.
"Confound this hole!" he muttered,
Il wish I'd stayed in college and let
my whole bally system go to smash
II it wanted to. Silly lot Of parrots
doctors are! Go West-go West
go West That's all they can think
OF when fellow gets a bit of his
feed"
He slammed his book under a
bush, aimed a kick at a mongrelly
looking cur that showed a tendency
to Investigate and sauntered lazily
down the sun-baked street to the
postoft1ce. There was only one let
ter. short, characteristic note from
his uncle, telling him that daugh-
ter of his old friend, Col. barton.
was staying near Burton with her
uncle, Max Whittier, for few weeks.
and advising him to call. She had
been making a tour of the world, he
said, and was now on her way east.
Philip whistled obviously. Yes, he
knew old Max Whittier-crusty old
chap! Had a place a mile or two
out. He tossed a penny in the air.
Heads l go-tails l don't. Bosh!
Probably some prim, prudish old
blue-stocking. Tails, by Jove!"
The moment fate had decided
against it contrary impulse swayed
him. He'd go! Anything was better
than this everlasting deadly monot-
ony. He'd get some fun out Of her,
somehow.
Accordingly at o'clock he climbed
into his big touring car and chugged
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Chestnut Cream,

One-half pound of chestnuts, one
and one-half cupfuls of milk, one-haf
cupful Of sugar, three egg yolks, one
tablespoonful of cold water, one table.
spoonful of sherry wine or any good
homemade wine. Shell the chestnuts,
boil and mash. Scald milk, add sugar
and eggs, and cook until of a creamy
consistency. Dissolve gelatin in cold
water. Add to the custard mixture.
When we'll blended add chestnuts and
favoring. Pour into mold, chill and
serve garnished with beaten cream.
Both of these recipes will: be found
novel and delicious
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Curry of Chicken.

Cut up raw chicken, put it in q
stew pan with two ounces butter, half
an onion sliced thin, few sprigs of
parsley and thyme and two ounces
lean ham; let the whole stew gently
a few minutes. Add large spoon OF
curry powder and small one Of -four
Shake the whole five minutes over
the fire. then put to it a pint of gravy
or water; let the whole simmer TIL
the chicken is done, then take it out
and rub the sauce through sieve, boil
dt up, skim and season we'll
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
RAILS AWFUL TOLL OF DEATH
Gruesome Total Of 1904 Lives Lost,
Arrangement Of Careless Trans
portation Methods.

The annual compilation Of railroad
fatalities in this country shows a
gruesome total of 1904 lives lost, and
arouses once more the recurrent COM
ment upon the recklessness Of our
transportation methods. Unless the
railroads are to be done away with al
together, however, 1t is difficult to see
now the accidents are going to be
avoided.
The number Of such casualties varies
directly with the amount of traffic, as
has been proved conclusively by the
statistics. This year It is higher than
last year by 1913 deaths. Business Is
better than In the preceding period.
hoWever-the calculations are made
from July to July. it should be remem-
oered-and the cost Is duly reckoned
on fate's books and paid by the nation.
In the year before the last the deaths
totaled 2.827. In the year next pre-
ced1ng they amounted to 4,769, and in
1905 they were an even 5000. So that,
while more were killed In 1909 than in
1908. the number was almost 1000
lower than In 1907 and only a little
more than one-half the total Of 1906.
1t seems fair to say that the Ameri-
can railroads are making decided ad-
vances in carefulness. The volume of
traffic Is probably smaller to some ex-
tent than in 1907 and 1906, but it has
certainly not fallen of in anything like
the proportion OF the reduction in ia
talities. There is a net gain, If great
loss. The totals are still large, but
this Is large country and ships q
large amount of freight over its rails.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

of down the dusty road. Arrived at
his destination, he walked quickly
up the gravel path and pushed the
electric bell with will.
The door was opened by pretty.
demure-looking girl in bingham
dress and big, blue, enveloping apron.
He looked at her uncertainty.
lis Miss barton at homer" he in
Quired.
She glanced at the huge car by the
gate and then at him in evident as
constituent.
I'm sorry-Miss barton has gone
down to the village" she told him.
Eye gods! She must be that frum-
py individual l met footing it along
the side path" he commented in.
wardly with sigh of thankfulness
for his escape. He took GU: his card
II am sorry, too. Will you give
her this. please?"
The girl glanced at tie card as she
took It. "Oh, but" ske hesitated
miss barton will be disappointed
She has spoken of you--won't you
waltz"
They moved over and took p,sses.
sion OF the chairs. The girl sat I'm.
comfortably. rolling AMI unrulung
the corner of her apron with nervous
fingers; very pretty fingers tt.ey
were, TOO. thought Philip Malvern
surveying with approval the sost
rounded arms, bare to the elbow FIe
grasped the situation at once and Is.
gan to talk, tluently, amusingl3, IN.
consequently. Her eyes met his IN
shy but interested amusement. "},ui.y
eyes. too" he thought. They'd turn
the heads OF some feuows''
what great, big automooile!'
she commented presently, lookup out
az his car where it stood by tho gate
i've always wanted to ride in one
Is it's it fun?"
"Oh, great" he exclaimed eagerly
Come on out with ne now and wei;
take little spin"
"Oh, couldn't" she gasped
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
CHOOSING Ones Fiction.

Fine fiction, like fine friendship, Is
a personal affair. Your friend is not
to be of another's choosing. He is
yours to elect; yours to have and to
hold, or to love and lose, as the inner
laws decree. Whether he be of your
social or intellectual caste is a Sec
ondary matter; he must be of your
souls kin-or you must believe that
he is till you learn better-and his
quality to you is as individual as your
taste in fruit or wines, in sunsets or
marine painting.-Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps in Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Thanksqivinu Spirit,

There is always something to be
thankful for" said Clifford B. Harmon,
the well-known aviator, apropos of
Thanksgiving day. you know what
Tomlinson said.
""There's always something to be
thankful for said Tomlinson, as he
turned up the Gnome motor of his
monoplane. There's Smith, for in
stance, just fallen of his biplane and
fractured his left arm
"'Gracious!' said bystander.
Surely you're not thankful that Smith
has fractured his arm
EYES, said Tomlinson. I'm thank
full it's he instead of me-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Want Advertisements, London, 1862

Want Advertisements, London, 1893.
I want a young man that can read
and write, NOW and roll a garden, use
a gun at a deer and understand coun-
try sports, and to wait at table and
such like.
want a complete young man, that
will wear livery, to wait on a very val
liable gentleman, but he must know
how to play on violin or flute.
want a genteel fcotman that can
play on the violin, to wait on per-
son of honor.
If can meet with sober man that
has counter tenor voice, I can help
him to a place worth thirty pounds
the year or more.-Sanpson's History
Of Advertising.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Reasonable Request.

A gentleman riding in crowded
car of Boston street tunnel train the
other day won the admiration of his
fellow passengers by stoical endur-
ance Of pain. A young woman,
adorned with a sample of the last
word in millinery, entered at the Win
ter street station. She slowly revolv-
ed to face out the side door. and the
edge Of her hat brim rubbed into the
mans face. He bent backward, but
the lady continued to revolve. Re-
treat was impossible because of the
crowd. Tears of anguish streamed
out of his other eye, yet he did not
falter In quiet, musical voice he
said: Pardon me, madam. Would
you mind removing your hat-brim
from my eye for moment? desire
to wink"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

at one side to catch parings Of vege
tables and fruit will be found val.
liable addition. If this table is sta,
t1onary, a small zinc tank may be set
at one end connected with pipe lead.
ing down through the floor and out
doors, through which water can drain.
The hole in the sink should be GOV.
cred with piece of perforated zinc
in order to prevent the coarse pieces
Of vegetables and other things from
clOgging the draln-pipe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
A SENSIBLE KITCHEN TABLE
Matter Of Extreme Convenience to tho
Hard-Worked Housewife
When Cooking.

This table should be placed on good
casters, 80 it can be rolled easily to
any part Of the kitchen, and put out
of the way when not needed.
It can be wheeled to the dining
room door, loaded with dishes, and
then pushed to the sink, saving many
steps in this way. The top may be
covered with either zinc or heavy
white enamelcloth. The cloth, as it
is more easily kept clean, is prefer
able. A vessel hanging from a hook