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The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01
Lost In tho City,

People brought up in the city have
no sense of direction" said a lawyer
who was raised In the country. IN
the camping and hunting seasons you
will notice it is always they who are
getting lost In the woods. In a recent
case had occasion to examine four
teen or fifteen witnesses as to the ex-
act situation Of an encounter between
two men. They all lived within a few
blocks of the place, crossing of two
streets, and knew the surroundings
well enough to describe the buildings
on all four corners, but whether the
bank was on the northwest or south.
west corner, or whether the trolley
car from which they had all seen one
of the men alight was going west or
north they didn't have the slightest
idea. And yet they were all 1ntelli-
gent enough to point out on the city
map what corners they had in mind.
In the country, ON the other hand.
1t becomes sort of second nature to
know where the sun rises and sets.
where 1t Is at noon and where the
coolest winds come from.'
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Cleveland Canine Gets as Much Fun
0uk Of It as Do the Regular
Participants.

There's a wise little dog living out
in the vicinity of Hough avenue and
East Fifty-ninth street. He's a base
ball crank, this dog is, and the boys
out that way who play informally in
a vacant lot back of some houses on
Curtis avenue regard him as one Of
their crowd-even though he's Just a
rakish-looking dog and nobody knows
where he belongs.
The bali players can't any more
than reach the vacant lot before this
dog acquaintance is on hand ready to
1oiu In the game. He'd rather play
baseball than hunt for a buried bone.
His forte is retrieving balls that have
got by the outfielders. Moreover, he
understands the game well enough to
know that there's no time for prank
ing and running away with the ball
when it's been knocked out into the
6eld, He brings it back to the pitcher
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Adventures Of Pearl Necklace,


In remarkable circumstances q
pearl necklace worth $4,000. which
was stolen few days ago from the
Marqu1se de L., has been recovered.
The marQuise, who was staying at q
Paris hotel. had ordered some shoes.
These were brought by a messenger
boy, who took the opportunity Of
pocketing the necklace.
On arriving home the lads mother
found the jewels in his pocket. He
told her he had bought the necklace
and was soundly scolded for spending
the money on such rubbish. She took
the row Of pearls, and gave it to her
little daughter, who went to school
with 1t round her neck. II thought
the whole thing was not worth ten
cents" said the little girls mother to
the magistrate when the lad had been
arrested. AS the necklace was too
large for the girl, her mother took
some Of the pearls out, which she put
In her work-basket amongst buttons.
needles and threads.
All the pearls were found and
handed to the marquise, who was 80
much amused at the adventures OF the
recovered necklace that she withdrew
the complaint, with the result that
the boy was set at liberty.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01
The Summer Diet.

A simple diet, and light one, COM
posed largely Of vegetables and fruits,
Is extremely beneficial in the summer,
especially for one whose color is in
clined to be florid. Red meats are too
heating. Spinach, carrots, watercress,
and salads of all kinds with pure
French dressing are splendid for the
complexion, as we'll as for the entire
system. Apples are fine, when they
come. Pears sometimes make the
face break out, If too many are eaten,
but most Of the fruits, subject. to the
peculfarities Of individuals, are beau
tffy1ng and health giving. Starchy
foods and sweets should be eaten with
discretion in hot weather.-Harper's
Bazar.
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Rlced Oyster Soup.

Wash one cupful Of Carolina head
rice and put over the fire in plenty
OF water to keep it "tumbling" until
tender but whole. Drain the water.
Crh1s water can be used as nutritious
drink for children or invalids in place
OF milk.) Cover the rice with milk
and. place In covered pan Of water to
steam or in steamer half hour. Take
one quart good sized oysters and fork
singly into a shallow dish with cover.
Salt, pepper (red. preferably. and dot
generously with butter. Pour the
oyster liquor into a double boiler and
add three pints of milk. When this is
quite warm. not hot, place the cov-
cred oysters over slow nre and shake
gently two or three minutes, or until
pumped. Turn into the hot milk and
add the steamed rice. The oyster Ma
vor will be different from the usual
soup.
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Fruit Rolls,

Three cupfuls Of flour, six table
spoonfuls Of baking powder, one-half
teaspoonful Of salt, one-third cupful of
butter. one cup milk, two tablespoon.
fuls sugar. and one-half teaspoonful
OF cinnamon. Mix and sift the dry
ingredients, rub in the butter with the
tips Of the fingers, add the milk grad
ually, cutting with knife to a soft
dough. Turn the dough on a Toured
board. and roll into a rectangular
sheet about one-third inch in thick
ness. Brush over the sheet of dough
with melted butter, then sprinkle with
the cinnamon and chopped raisins
Roll up the dough compactly and cut
the roll in pieces an inch in thick
ness. These are delicious.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01
Sun Influence on Rain.

Increased activity of tie sun-as
shown by the spots on the surface-is
found by Sir Oliver Lodge te have a
probable limited influence on rainfall.
He points out, however, that the total
rainfall all over the earth during a
long period cannot exceed what the
sun can evaporate in about the same
period. and therefore depends morg on
the suns total activity than on any
momentary outburst of energy. Where
rain shall fall depends chiefly on local
conditions. A month of more than
usual rain may result from brief spe-
ctal activity, but the increase will be
In the customary localities. without
change in distribution. #
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THE; ! ! I
ELECTRICAL
WORLD,
ELECTRICAL NOTES.

Peat will be the only fuel used In
great German electric power genera
ting station.
A great electric power generating
station In Germany will make use Of
peat fuel entirely.
It Is claimed for q new electrical
melting pot for glue that it keeps its
contents at perfectly even tempera-
ture.
A flexible rubber mouthpiece for
telephones is a novelty, the idea being
to prevent breakage should a desk in
strument be upset.
The handle of a new electric torch
Is magnetized so that it will adhere
to metal surfaces. leaving its users
hands free for work.
The oil companies that are in con-
troll Of the great Baku district of
southern Russia are substituting elec-
tric power for steam.
Plans are under way for placing all
the trunk telephone lines between Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia and
Washington underground.
Originally made merely for orna-
mentation, electric light shades now
are designed along purely scientific
lines to diffuse or reflect the light with
the greatest economy.
An Austrian fire department is try
In out a fire engine that, though
drawn by horses, is operated by cleo
tric1ty taken from any convenient
source through a cable carried by the
engine.
Two Tennessee craftsmen have pa
tented a magnetic T-square, which is
held against the iron-bound edge of
drawing board by an electric magnet
IN It's head. A switch cuts OF the cur
rent and allows it to be moved.
10 permit a motorist to explore
dark corners of his car with a light
and yet leave his hands free there has
been invented an incandescent lamp
and reflector to fasten to the forehead
and take current from The cars bat
teries through a cord.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01
Strawberries In Pickle.

Place In jar alternate layers OF
stalked strawberries and crushed
cloves and cinnamon till the jar is
full; pour on to them a syrup made
with three pounds of sugar boiled in
half a pint Of cider or white vinegar
for five minutes, and let this all stand
for "a hours.
Now pour of the liquid from the
fruit, bring it to the boil, pour it back
over them again, and again let it
stand for "a hours. after which boil
the berries and the syrup together for
20 minutes slowly. then pot and cover
them down. The above is sufficient
for six quarts of Strawberries.
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IRON PARTICLES FROM GRAIN
Extracted by Ingenious Electrical
contrlvance, Thereby Removing
Danger Of Explosion.

One of the serious dangers which
flour mills and breweries have to
guard against is the explosion of dust
particles in the grinding rolls by rea.
son of friction from particles Of iron
picked up by the grain from freight
cars, etc., in transit. Magnetism has
long been employed for the removal
of these particle, but an Indiana con-
cern has developed a method which
has operated with signal success. The
grain is made to flow across a line of
each separator being
about six feet wide. and passes from
800 to 1000 bushels an hour. After
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Strawberry PuddIno.

Beat the yolks Of four eggs very
light with cupful Of powdered sugar,
add quart Of sweet milk and a table
spoonful Of melted butter. Beat in
thoroughly a cupful of fine dried bread
crumbs, and pour all into a buttered
pudding-dish. Set In the oven and
bake until set. Remove to the door
OF the oven and spread over the top
OF the pudding layer of ripe, sugared
strawberries, and cover these with
a meringue made of the whites Of the
four eggs beaten with half-cupful Of
sugar. Return to the oven to color
light brown. Eat with powdered sugar
and cream.-Harper's Bazar.
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Cream Pie.

Take one cup of pastry -four. add a
pinch OF salt and mix to the right con-
s1stency with sweet cream. Chill
thoroughly. Line deep plate with
the crust, prick with a fork and bake.
Mix four tablespoonfuls of sugar and
three OF flour and stir this into a CUP.
full and a half Of cream; cook over
hot water until thickened, stirring
constantly, then take from the fire
and flavor with vanilla and an eighth
OF teaspoonful of nutmeg Pour this
cream filling into the baked pastry
Shell; bake in a moderate oven until
q delicate brown.
This pie is delicious, and it will not
narm the most delicate stomach.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01
PIowed Up a Roman con,n

A discovery Of great archeoloa1cal
interest was made in a plowed field
near Westbury. Wiltshire, ENGLAND
Abo"t a foot from the surface a plow-
man on Lord Ludlow's estate camo
across the remains of an ancient
coffin.
Investigation proved it to be a lead
shell. the outer wooden covering per
ished. Bones and teeth in a good
state OF preservation were found In
side, these being subsequently rein
tered. The lead shell was taken by
Mr.. Cunnington, secretary Of the w.t.
shire Archaeological society, to De-
vizes museum. He considers that a
Roman settlement had formerly. been
made in the neighborhood, the inter.
ment being Of that period
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Stableman's Unluckv Find.


An unfortunate experience has lust
befallen a French stableman named
Brodequtn. Seven years ago when
cleaning carriage he found brooch
with white stone inset, which he
took to be an imitation diamond. He
married, and year later became the
father Of a girl. The brooch was used
to hold up the baby's bib and on her
sixth birthday BrodeQuin took the
child to a jewelers. to buy some ear
rings. The child was wearing the
brooch. and the jeweler recognizing
the white stone as diamond, offered
e40 for 1t.
Brodequin refused the offer and
took the brooch to another jeweler.
who handed him over to the police.
Experts find the brooch to be worth
s150 and Brodequin is to be prose-
cuted for theft because he did not
take his find to police station seven
years ago.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01

Pa111eia's Decision
By BERNICE C.. BkCKNELL.
Copyright. 1910. By Associated Literary Pres.

Pamela Hitchcock rearranged the
pillow on her mothers chair and seat
ing herself by the window looked out
upon the fast fading day, which was
changing into twilight. Presently she
saw the tall, ungainly figure Of Abner
Brown coming down the lane. This
was no unusual sight, for Abner came
every Saturday evening and had been
coming for a number of years: but
this was Thursday. The unexpected
ness of this visit and the fact that
in every movement Of Abner's awk-
ward figure there was an undennable
something, an animation to his gait
that she had not noticed before, con-
vinced her that something awful had
happened.
She arose and ran to throw open
the door.
"Abner." she gasped, whats the
matter? Is somebody hurt?"
NO." he replied, and Pamela noted
that an angry flush rushed to his face
and his breath came in short, hard
pants.
Il just heard about that fellow that
has been coming to see you. I told
the boys It wasn't 80. Is it,"
Pamela stood in doubt a moment.
Then with slow dignity she drew her.
self to her full height and answered
stimy:
"Abner Brown, I am surprised. It
Is none of your business who comes
to see me. We are not engaged"
None of my business" he blurted.
I'll make 1t my business. l think q
man that has been coming steady to
see you for years has some right to
your confidence"
II have no confidence to give" she
persisted.
"Pamela!" he gasped in wide-eyed
surprise.
"Bring Abner in," called a voice
from the sittsng-room.
"Since Mrs. Hitchcock wants me to
stay, believe I WILL"
Il want you to stay, too. Abner."
"You do, eh?" he asked sarcastic
ally and stalked into the house.
Pamela noticed her mothers face
brighten when Abner entered.
Good evening. Abner. my boy. Let
me see, this is Thursday Rather early
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01
STORAGE BATTERY CHARGES
AecumuIators Depend Upon Secondary
Action for Their Operation
Material for Plates.

Electric vehicles Of all kinds are
driven by electricity which has been
captured and imprisoned. Batteries
which produce electricity by primary
chemical action cannot be made large
enough, with the small amount of
space available, to drive electric ve-
hicles, so the truck, runabout or cab
is run into the garage where enough
electricity to propel the motor for so
to 100 miles is taken of the wire and
imprisoned in a little box until It ia
wanted to do the work.
A storage battery does not store
electricity, as many believe, but it
does store energy by converting the
energy of the electric current into
chemical potential energy, which may
be reconverted into kinetic or moving
energy.
Storage batteries, or accumulators.
depend upon secondary chemical &C.
ton for their operation. They con-
sist Of certain materials so arranged
that when current of electricity is
passed through them they undergo Ger.
tain chemical changes due to the cur.
rent; and, If afterward connected to a
closed circuit, will discharge a current
nearly equal to the original charge.
The material from which storage
battery plates are made depends large
ly upon the use to which they are to
be adapted. Batteries are now being
manufactured with plates made of
iron and nickel, lead and zinc. and
lead and lead. For engineering pur-
poses, however, the lead and lead cell
is used almost exclusively.
The electrolyte, or chemical, almost
universally adopted for storage bat
teries, is dilute sulphuric acid, made
from pure sulphur. When fully
charged the plates are pure lead for
the negative and peroxide of lead for
the positive. These have formed upon
their surfaces during their normal dis
charge a slight coating of lead sui
phate. Upon recharging the sulphate
upon the plates combines with the
acid and dissociated gases. with the
result that the positive plate again be-
comes peroxide Of lead, and the mega
tive plate pure sponge lead.
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Ticket PRINTING Machine.

One of the great English railways 10
installing a compact railway ticket
printing machine. When ticket for
a certain station is required, the clerk
touches an indicator which carries the
name of the station, slips blank into
a slot, turns a handle, and the COM
pleted ticket drops out. At the same
time a record of the sale is printed on
a continuous strip Of paper, together
with the fare and all information re.
uuired for bookkeeping.
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Help the Farmers WIFE,

Therefore, give the women Of the
family plenty of help and all neces.
sary conveniences for expediting
household labor and let the housewife
urge system in every department and
promptness in the performance of
every duty; for with proper resources
at command and competent help and
system the domestic machinery will
run smoothly and time for rest and
recreation be provided and the tired
housekeepers take new lease on
life.
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Cream Of Tomato Soup,

Take q can of tomatoes or fresh
ones. Rub through sieve. Heat to
the boiling point: thicken with corn
starch. Make a cream sauce by rub
bing a large spoonful of flour in a
spoonful of butter, cooking over the
fire till it is smooth and bubbles up.
Add milk to make it thick. Mix the
two together. season with salt, butter
and a little bit Of sugar Cream toma-
ito soup made this way will never
curdle.
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several thousand bushels have passed
through the shelf is swung back over
a refuse pit, the current is cut of and
brush passes over the electromag-
nets to remove such particles as still
adhere by residual magnetism. Usual
ly about handful of material is col
lected from carload Of grain and is
composed of nails, shipping tags. iron
rust, etc. Since this process has been
employed, not single dust explosion
has been reported as occurring with
grain subjected to it.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01
AUTOMOBILE HORN IS NOVEL
English instrument Arranged SO That
It Can Be Operated by Means
Of keyboard.

The latest novelty in automobile
horns in England is a four-note type
that Is operated by depressing keys,
these being fitted on small board at
any convenient position on the car
and connecting with the tubes of the
horn by battery-charged wires. One
key can be pressed down to obtain q
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For the Housewife.

A simple decoration for hand towels
Is to embroider each end with Joined
links Make the links as large as
dollar, 1nterlacing them the same az
In chain. Work the outline with white
hoss in the briar.stitch. Make one
initial 1t the center and pad it with
chain-stitch, then overcast with plain
white floss.
Flatirons which have become rusty
should be washed in soda water and
then rubbed well on board sprinkled
with polishing sand.
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Green Peppers.

The flavor of green peppers gives
an acceptable variety. Tho seed should
always be removed. The peppers
should be chopped and added to
chopped meat or other meat dishes.
Meat mixed with bread crumbs may
be baked In tho pepper shells and the
stuffed peppers served as separate
dish.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-07-01
TELLS OF FLIGHT BY NIGHT
PauIhan's Account Of Trip From Lon
don to Manchester 10 Interest
Ing Reading.

Paulhan, the French aviator, tells OF
certain incidents in his recent record
breaking flight from London to Man
chester: when I went to London I
hal no real idea that l should be able
to start that day, and had only five
hours sleep the night beH~re. I found
the atmosphere rather disturbed when
l rose; there were small, gusty puffs
and tricky currents, and it was some
what difficult to find just the altitude
at which they would bother me least.
heard the cheering Of the people al
c1rcled over Hendon. I followed the
line OF the Midland railway to Hamp-
stead. BY this time knew that I had
fulfilled the conditions necessary for
q start, SO dew directly for the
Northwestern railroad. A pelting
r1instorm lashed me for 20 minutes
while was In the neighborhood Of
Rugby. Fortunately, am not unused
to flying in rain: therefore, although
1t was uncomfortable, it had no effect
upon my flight l flew until it was
quite dark. All l could make out be-
meath me was the smoke of q train
once In while and the occasional
flicker Of lights from a village. came
down rapidly from 300 meters to 100.
so that could be more certain of my
direction.
Then came the most exciting mo-
ment Of my fight. Darkness had fallen
before me. saw the lights Of Lch-
field. I decided to alight In some
convenient meadow before reaching
the town, and to do this l sunk down
to $50 feet. was Immediately above
what looked like large factory with
chimney. l am now told it was a
brewery, and so. to alight safely in
the field with no damage done, I made
a 1sh-hook turn and my machine was
now pointing toward London.
Suddenly my motor stopped, every
drop Of petrol exhausted. and the ma
chine swooped downward almost like
q stone dropping. What should l do?
Beneath me was the brewery and q
certain smash Behind me was a mar
row field which was almost like a spi-
der's web with a mesh of telegraph
wires. I had an imperceptiblc fraction
OF second in which to make up my
mind, and decided to risk the tele-
graph wires. AS sunk made a sharp
twist right back on the line of my
course and was lucky enough to lift
myself over the wires"
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6akad BlueHeh,

Mix half pint of dry bread crumbs
with two tablespoonfuls of melted
butter. a teaspoonful Of lemon Juice.
and a seasoning of salt and pepper.
Pack this into the fish. Scatter bread
crumbs thickly over the fish, baste
with melted butter and pour around it
In the pan half cupful Of boiling wa
ter In which a teaspoonful Of butter
has been melted. Bake about an
hour. basting every ten minutes.
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LE:lNIn AS A FOOD.
HAS BEEN TOO LONG NEGLECTED.
IN AMERICA.
lts Valuable Qualities Better Apprecl
ated In Europe-RequIres Care In
,ts Proper Preparation for
the Table.

The lenttl is legume Of the great.
est antiquity and one of the Oldest OF
foods. yet 1t is new or entirely un.
known in most American households.
We probably owe it to the German.
Americans that this little, unfamiliar
relative Of the bean and pea is now
one of the dried vegetables which are
our staple resource. In Germany the
lentil soup 10 a great favorite. Tons
Of lentils are also imported In Eng.
land each year and recipes for cook.
ing them are to be found In most
English cook books. az they are not
In American.
The native country of the lentil ia
not known, but it has been raised in
Egypt for thousands Of years and the
Egyptian, or red. variety is that best
known to commerce. It was parched
in Egypt and Syria in the days of the
patriarchs and thus prepared was the
most convenient food for long jour.
neys. It is the food of the poor In
all countries where it is grown.
Strange beliefs and superstitions
have often been connected with diff.
ferent members of the pulse family,
as with many other sorts of food, and
both the lentil and the bean have been
used or rejected because of these.
For long time the English believed
the lentil to be difficult of digestion,
to cause serious bowel disorders and
to injure the eyes. but such ideas
have now been pretty generally dis
carded.
The lentil is richer In nutritious
matter than almost any other kind of
pulse. Because of It's nitrogenous
character it is more nearly an equiv.
alent Of lean meat than almost any
other kind Of food.
The lentil should be picked over,
thoroughly soaked for seven or eight
hours or over night, and cooked SLOW
ly in boiling water. The picking over
Is important, for it is possible for a
few seeds Of noxious weeds to vitiate
any such food, just as they do coffee
when they get mixed with the bean.
The lenttl lends itself to experiment.
The following recipe for lentil ris.
soles suggests of what sort these are:
Take equal parts of strained, we'll
cooked lentils and cold mashed pota-
toes Mix, add one-third OF the amount
Of fine bread crumbs, one teaspoon
each Of powdered sage and minced
onion, and little salt. Dissolve a
teaspoon of nut butter In two table,
spoons Of hot water and add to mix
ture. Mix all well together, press into
oiled tin, cut into squares with knife
and place in moderate oven for ten
or fifteen minutes. Serve hot"
Lentil soups are made with stock
and with ham and sometimes frank
furts are boiled in them, but cooked
without any Of these things, except
perhaps slice of bacon. mashed and
strained and then softened in flavor
with milk. they make a most delight
full soup.