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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Mistaken Modestv

The lesson and significance of an ex-
perlence incorporated by Mr.. Maurice
Barring In his recent book, Russian
Essays and Stories," are undoubtedly
the mistake Of undertaking ones
wares. One is likely to be taken at
ones word. Once when Mr.. Barring
was competing in civil service ex.
animation, and appeared as a candi-
date in the German viva voce, the
German examiner asked him If he
could speak German.
Yes, little," he answered. modest
b.
"Oh," said the examiner, II will
then wish you good morning. I will
no doubt have the pleasure Of seeing
you again the next time there ia an
examination"
The next time there was an exam.
ination Mr. Barring presented himself
again. The German examiner, who
happened to be different man. asked
Mr.. Barring II he could speak German
He replied:
Eyes. speak it as well as Bismarck
spoke 1t, and my written style COM
bines the solidity of Lessings, the
limpidity of Goethe's and the lightness
OF touch Of Heine's. as you have no
doubt observed from my written pa
pers."
Then I need not trouble you any
further said the examiner.
That time Mr.. Barring got full marks
Youths Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
TO VARY THE MENU.
some SIMPLE DAINTlES THAT
ARE EASILY PREPARED.
oes Cream That Takes But Little
Time to Get Ready for the
Table-Rice Water jelly
For Lincoln Pie.

Fine Ice Cream.-One pint milk,
one cup sugar, two tablespoons flour,
one saltspoon salt, one egg, one pint
to one quart cream Tor milk, one,
nal1 to one cup sugar, one tablespoon
flavor; boil the milk, mix the sugar,
Hour, salt and egg and cook 20 min.
utes after egg, sugar, flour and salt
are added to the boiling milk. This
is cheap and fine.
Fowl In Batter.-Take the remains
OF a cold fowl, divide into neat Joints,
remove all skin, dip each piece into
seasoned flour, rub over with little
salad oil and set aside. Prepare q
good frying batter, dip each piece Of
fowl into it and fry in deep fat. Serve
round pile of peas or French beans.
Rice Water JeIIy.-Wash two and a
half tablespoonful Of rice in several
waters and cook in a quart Of water
1or one hour, or until the rice is en-
t1rely dissolved. Add a pinch of salt.
t'weeten to taste. Stir in the juice Of
one or two lemons. Strain into a mold
and when cold serve with sugar and,
cream. This is an excellent dish for!
children and invalids.s
Lincoln Pie.-One pint stewed sour,
apples, sifted; butter size of an egg,'
TWO tablespoons -four, grated rind
and juice Of lemon, yolks of three
eggs, beaten. Sweeten to taste. Bake
with lower crust. and when done
spread a meringue of the whites of
three eggs, beaten with three table
spoons sugar over the top, and brown
in oven.
Ounce Honey.-Pare and gratis
three large ounces. Make syrup of
three p1nts Of sugar and IL pints of
water. Boil together about twenty
minutes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Swiss pumplinua.

One pound sausage bought at i Ger.
man delicatessen store, as the others
Will not do. Remove from skins and
to 1t add one egg, salt and pepper,
tablespoon of -four and one-quarter
loaf OF bread which has been soaked
In milk and then pressed thoroughly
I'LL quite dry. Mix well together and
form In balls about the size Of large
marbles. Drop In boiling water. salt
cd. and cook until they float. Now re-
move to dish and make a butter
sauce. Melt piece of butter size Of
an egg and add a tablespoon of flour.
When we'll blended, add slowly, STIR
ring all the time, clear beef stock or
the liquid the dumplings were boiled
In, enough to just cover them. When
the consistency Of cream, put in
aumplings and reheat. A little boiled
caulifower added is very nice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Abstracttng tho Abstract.

He was huge man of the navy
species, and as he stood in the wit
ness-box, counsel eyed him obviously.
He knew he would be a hard nut to
crack-a very hard nut indeed.
What we want to get at" he began.
rs, who was the aggressor?"
"Eh?" said the witness, puzzled.
Let me illustrate my meaning"
said counsel. "supposing that 1 should
meet you in the street, and strike you
In the face, should be the aggres-
sor."
You'd be a fool!" said the witness,
with growing emphasis.
"No-no!" said counsel with height
ened color. You don't understand. I
was speaking only in the abstract.
Suppose we met, and, without provo
cation, struck you. should be CON-
hitting an act of aggression"
The navy hunched his huge shout
ders.
You'd be committing suicide, mis-.
teri" he remarked grimly.
you may sit down." snapped
counsel. -. l.-.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19

room, where typewriter and great
oak desk hobnobbed with a pot Of
pansies on the SILL
Moved by a sudden impulse, he
raised his window and motioned, and
the girl came blushing to hers.
Il couldn't help it, she confessed,
across the space; "she is such poor
little creature"
why didn't some of us men think
lof it," the judge demanded I'VE are
selfish"
"Oh, but men are so busy" was her
defense.
1--WE aren't much busier than you"
mo, but woman-oh. it's a wom-
ans privilege to do such things, isn't
it,"
The Judge liked that. So many
women of his own world seemed to
have forgotten the claims of COM
passion, and at times the Judge, re-
'membering his own mother and her
gracious personality, had yearned for
some evidence of brooding tender.
ness.
He had certainly not expected to
find it In his office girl. Yet here
WAS Miss Staley looking after dis
tressed animal as his own lady,
mother would have done.
He thought about it so much after
he left the Office that the next day
Miss Staley was surprised by large
parcel, upon the delivery of which the
judge came over to make explana-
,tions.
: Its a basket for the cat. That
old box doesn't look in keeping with
the rest of the furniture"
He had chosen it of sober brown
wicker, and there were two linen
covers for the cushion. to be washed
weekly.
"Oh, Pussykin, Pussykin,'* Miss
staley rejoiced. you won't cutie
know what to do with such mangrifi-
cence."
But her eyes were shining as ehe
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Historic LlnlithQow.

It is proposed, as a memorial in
Scotland to the late king, to restore
Linlithgow palace. Holyrood is in a
fair state of preservation, whereas
Linlithgow palace, on the shore Of
the beautiful sheet of water of that
name, is in ruins, and this being the
case, perhaps the better plan would
be the restoration of Linlithgow. The
palace, which is somewhat square and
heavy looking, was the birthplace OF
Mary Queen Of Scots; in Linlithgow
church James w. Of Scotland was
forewarned by an apparition of the
coming disaster at F1odden Field; in
its streets the regent Murray was
shot; close by the town Edward l.
had two ribs broken by his horse the
night before Falkirk, and on it's loch
chancellor of the exchequer, bent on
economy, issued instructions that the
royal swans should be kept down to
a dozen!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Chill Pepper Sauce.

Twenty ripe tomatoes, six green
peppers, four white onions, chop all
fine. Add two cups of best cider
vinegar, one cup Of sugar, two table,
spoonfuls Of salt, two even teaspoon
fuls of ground mace, two each Of nut
meg and cloves and one Of celery
seed. Boil an hour and bottle while
hot This is delicious with baked
beans. A half teaspoonful or less of
cayenne gives it the hot snap.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Strenuous Maid.

The fresh drummer approached the
old farmer who was sitting on an up
turned tub summing himself
"Deuced pretty daughter you have"
said the drummer. boldly. "Where
has she been during the past year?'
up In a town college learning this
here physical culture" responded tho
old man.
And has it been of any service to
herr"
II should say so, stranger. She has
done up six chicken thieves. tossed
four tramps out of the yard and made
two sassy hired men run for their
lives. She also makes a specially Of
doing up fresh drummers, so I would
advise you to move on"
And the fresh drummer moved.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Red Pepper Sweet Pickle


Soak the peppers in boiling water
about twenty minutes, then lay in
cold brine over night to draw out the
crude juices of the vegetable. Cut in
thin slices, discarding all the seeds
and stringy pulp, and make Into
sweet pickle, precisely as pears, ap-
pies or peaches are picked. A stand
ard formula for this is three pounds
of sugar. a pint of cider vinegar, two
tablespoons each of whole cloves, all
spice and cinnamon. Scald all to-
gether and cook until the pepper is
tender. Remove the peppers and cook
the syrup long enough to thicken
slightly. then pour over the sliced
pepper. This Is an excellent relish
with roasted meat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
GOOD Jokes
WAR A IA MODE,

The intrepid general was rallyins
her wavering female troops.
I women" she cried, will you give
way to mannish fears?"
A muffled murmur of indecision ran
through the ranks.
Shall 1t be said that we are clothed
IN mall armour?" shrieked the gen.
eral.
The murmur became humble.
will you," f1ercely demanded the
general. "show the white feather in a
season when feathers are not being
worm"
The effect was electrical.
Never!" roared the soldiery. And.
forming themselves fast into battle
array, they once more hurled them
selves upon the enemy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
lurton and Movino Pictune.

Justice Lurton of the United States
supreme court, comes from Nashville.
Tenn. One day just before the ad.
1ournment OF congress he met on Penn.
sylvahaa avenue in Washington Rob-
ert H. Watkins. correspondent for
southern newspapers.
Bob, said the eminent jurist, IT
have made practice for several years
to take my little granddaughter to all
the moving-picture shows in Nashville.
The other day we started out to see
all OF them In this town, but there
were too many. Let's 60 and finish up
the lost right now."-Popular Maga-
EinA d..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
INDIAN SUMMER.

In the mellow Indian summer
Lie the meadows calm and still
Smiling as the peaceful plumber
When you settle up his bill.
Just about the middle distance
There's mule devouring hay:
Doesn't seem to want assistance,
So you'd better keep away.
Far above with wing that quickens
Floats hawk Of piercing eye
While he scans the ground for chicken
That the farmer wants to fry.
In the thicket hides the rabbit,
Shy as any startled fawn:
II you have the hunting habit
You can gamble he Is on.
In the woods are reds and yellows
Blazing every way you turn,
Soon, think, these farmer fellows
VIII have autumn leaves to burn.
Rare and radiant Indian summer
On the blue hills far away.
Here or there, you are a hummer,
So we wish that you would stay.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
CauilhoWer PUDDING.

Break a cauliflower into sprigs and
soak in cold sailed water for half an
hour, then drain. Cover with sweet
milk and boil until tender. Drain, add
one cupful of bread crumbs, one-half
cupful OF the milk, the same of thick
sweet cream, the we'll beaten yolks Of
four eggs, one-half teaspoonful of salt,
a pinch of ground mace and dash Of
cayenne, two tablespoonful Of soft
butter and the juice Of half lemon
Mix well, pour into a buttered pud-
ding dish and bake in slow oven un-
til firm.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
MAKING "A RIFLE. FIT BETTER
have the Tanas on the Frame Bent
Down Until You Have tho Drop "
You Want, Says Expert.

Compare the rifle and the shotgun
and you will almost invariably find
the rifle has much less drop Of stock
than has the gun. This is, OF course.
due to the rifle makers not wanting
to carry q large assortment of rifles
fitted with stocks of different shapes,
perhaps following the idea that most
people have that a shotgun must fit,
but any old rifle is good enough. And
that Is what most of them get. Also.
II you'll watch the owner handle the
gun and the rifle you'll find there is
Dig difference. With the gun built
Tor him he keeps his head up and
his eye on the target. With the rifle
he puts his head down and hunts for
the sights-and even then complains
OF oVer-shooting. It doesn't occur to
him that this is due to the too high
modern front sight and the too
straight stock.
There Is only one way to remedy
this latter difficulty without giving up
your last cent to have special stock
built for you. Simply have the tangs
on the rifle frame bent down until
you have the drop you want-that
Is, the one that brings the sights in
line so that you wouldn't be both
cred where you couldn't see the sights
but could see the outlines of the
game. I have had this done on sew
eral Of my rifles. It costs something
less than 81. And last fall every
guide and native from New Brunswick
to the Smokes that saw and handled
my 1856 H. v. wanted it. They all
spoke OF the way the sights aligned
but they didn't know why they did.
have only had the change made on
several '94 and 80 model Winchesters.
I'm not at all sure that it can be done
on the '96 model or any other make
OF rifle. believe, however, it will
pay the hunter who is troubled with
oVer-shooting to look into the matter
and see If he can have his rifle al
tered in this way.-W. M. Newson In
Recreation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
NO LAZY" CHILDREN
THEY ARE EITHER ILL OR POOR
~ NOURlSHED.
New Scientific Pedagoglcs Declares
the Normal Child Is Interested,
Alert, Bright Minded and
Full Of Physical vivacity.

In many ways the world Is growing
less cruel. For this we must largely
thank the scientific spirit which is
daily recognizing more and more of
the affairs of life which belong to its
department. It is coming into fashion
not to kick the man who is down, but
to call a committee to inquire into
why he is down and that leads natu-
rally to helping him up. The new
method Is to be welcomed most of all
as it bears upon the destinies of little
children.
The new scientific pedagogics no
longer divides children summarily into
good and bad, stupid and clever. On
the contrary, it takes close cognizance
Of the wonderful relation between
mind and body, stomach and brain
and learns thereby that persons, and
above all children, are much more nat
urally divided into the sick or the
well. the hungry or the fed. the weak
or the strong.
Both in this country and in Europe
Investigations of this matter have
been made, with significant results.
One fact proved by them is that there
Is no such thing as lazy" child. The
normal child is interested, alert, bright
minded, full of waking curiosities
about the world into which he has
come and endowed with an almost I'm.
quenchable physical vivacity. What,
then is the matter with the little, in
ert. stupid, dull-eyed creatures for
ever at the bottom of the class, who
never put a question or seem to pass
a given point?
The matter is that they are i'll.
Some of them are hungry, and it is as
hopeless to expect a child to study
we'll when he needs food as it would
be to expect fire that needs fuel to
burn we'll. The hunger may be due
to an actual lack of food or it may
be that the teeth are in such poor con-
dition that the child cannot chew and
therefore does not digest. Or it may
be that the food offered to it at home
is entirely unsuited to It's needs.
Some Of the children cannot hear
VIVA "AAO 0oAAC CduuOL S00. 1u0y 90
not complain because they do not
know what Is the matter. They &C.
cept constant rebuke and defeat with
the dumb mystification of ignorance.
Many OF them have never drawn one
natural breath since their birth, ow-
Ing to the presence Of enlarged ton
sfls and adenoids.
These children can never compete
With their fellows until all these him
ORANGES have been removed. Some
recent Investigations made by a
French physician show that among
well nourished children only 10 per
cent. have physical defects, while
among the poorly nourished over 60
per cent. suffer from these defects
This question of feeding is being
met In many cities both here and
abroad by the supplying of a substan-
t1al luncheon either free or at a nom.
inal cost.-Youth's Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Children's Answers.

Childrens answers to historical qres-
lions are sometimes Illuminating. The
12-year-old boy who wrote The con-
quest of Ireland began in ITO and Is
still going on" was evidently a preco-
cious political genius. And the girl
who, when asked for a character of
Queen Mary, replied: she was will
full as a girl and crued as a woman;
but what can you expect from a per-
son who had five stepmothers?" show
ed a logical mind. Sometimes they
allow their patriotic feelings unduly
to bias them. This was the case with
an American boy who, called upon to
name the first man, answered: Wash
ington." When reminded of Adam, he
protested: "Oh, We don't count for.
ers."-London Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
1akinQ the hopeful View.

''8 S''S s'VPVsOS VSV"s
The prisoners lawyer was address,
ing the Jury.
Gentlemen" he said, "the attorney
for the prosecution refers to my client
as a double dyed villain That's
what he is, gentlemen, and that's all
he is! He is only villain by reason
Of the dye-the double dye, If you
please-with which the UNANIMOUSLY
false testimony in this case has col,
ored him! And those dyes are not
fast colors, they will come out In the
wash. confidently look " your YER
dict, gentlemen of the jury, to remove
those spurious stains from the char
acter of cruelty and unjustly per-
secuted man and reveal him as he
really is, an upright, honest citizen,
white as the driven snow!"
Thereupon the twelve jurors, good
men and true, without leaving their
seats, unanimously found the defend,
ant guilty Of stealing the ham.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Cheap Power for Farmers.

Electric central power stations for
farming communities have been grow,
ing in favor in Prussia within the last
few years, especially in Pomerania.
The aim has been to provide cheap
power and light to farmers and to ar.
tisans living in the country, and the
current from each station is distrib-
uted to neighboring towns, villages,
estates and farms The largest of the
stations-that Of Beswitz-ccnt.ols a
network OF lines 1T miles in le2gth.
Another controls 80 miles, and there
are numerous other stations already
established or being built. Whole vii
lagos and small towns have been con.
nacted. Associations of landed pro-
prietors are the chief owners, but aid
has been given by the provincial repre-.
sentative chamber.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Noodle PUDDING.

Boil half pound broad noodles in
sailed water Place a rich pie crust
paste in the bottom of pudding pan
and upon 1t arrange half the noodles
in a layer. Add brown sugar, CHINA
mon, raisins and apples cut in small
pieces, then the balance of the moo
dies, and over all a blanket of the
pie crust. Bake and serve with any
sauce preferred.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Yellow on the Walls.

In the course of an entertaining ar
ticle on Color Harmony in Subur-
ban Life, Lois L. Howe says: "A diugy
city house in a dark street with little
sun was renovated by using yellow
throughout. There is no color which
admits of so many shades being used
together tremendously as yellow. In
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
An OptImist.

Young Son Ito mother, who has Just
been invited to join the Optimistic
Club OF America)-Mamma, dear. what
Is an optimist?
Fond Mother-An optimist, my son,
Is a poor woman who lives in a mil
non'dollar mansion, keeps one hundred
servants or more, has two or three
agents who do nothing but hunt up
some new way for her to spend her
income, and can, in spite of all this.
look into the future with a sweet smile
and brave heart.-Clarke's Book
Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19

Tho Judge had always looked upon
Miss Staley as machine. Every
morning she took his dictation for
an hour and later she brought the
letters to be signed. That was the
beginning and the end of their inter-
course. The judge was very busy
man, and 1t was only when some one
interrupted his routine that he gave
exasperated attention. Experiences
was the price of Indifference. Hence
the first time he saw the human side
of Miss Staley it came as something
of shock.
She was feeding the office cat.
That forlorn feline, as far back as
the judge could remember, had been
munity. There was a tradition that
she lived by catching rats. But such
living was evidently precarious, for
she had always gone about lean and
lank, and somewhat plaintive. On
warm days she took her airings In q
restricted back court, but in cold
weather she curled herself, apologet-
ically, near radiator in a corner Of
the hall, subject always to the moods
of the janitor.
Today, however. things were
changed. There was a bottle of milk
on Miss Staley's desk and her sponge
cup had been converted into a feed
ing dish, from which the cat ate raw
enously while the little lady watched
her with tender smile on her lips
and a tired relaxing of her slender
figure which made her seem, for the
first time. to the judges eyes ex-
Quisitely feminine.
The judges post Of observation
was his window, which looked across
IN airshaft into Miss Staley's small
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19

this instance, the hall wallpaper had
white ground with green leaves and
yellow flowers, land the rooms varied
from plain yellow and mode
color through figured papers of all
sorts, according to their uses, but
yellow was always the dominant tone"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
One use for Than

0o0
Postmistress-Then you like those
tangled souvenir postal cards made
out of leather?
Uncle Weatherby@By heck, yes; I
amt so i: -uch on sentimental guards,
but when they are made out Of leather
they come in handy to mend boots
with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
Across the Hall.

ACT085 tne Hall.
Say, Snibbs, let me use your
phone, will your"
"Sure. What's the matter with
yours?"
Its all right. want to telephone
to my wife that I'm going to bring a
man from out CT :o7n to dinner"
"Well?"
Hes sitting in my room now and
hate to have him watch my face
when my wife tells me what she
thinks Of the proposition"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
8athino R~hnins.

Constant bathing is all the time a
big part Of the religion Of the Brah-
min. One bath day, at least, is alb
solutely indispensable and compul-
sorry, and those who want to prove
how bully good they are do it two On
three times a day. Remember, we
white folk got our way Of daily bath
ing from India. It was brought back
to England by the old nabobs who
had contracted the strange, uncom.
foRable bath from years in India This
WIS about 1880.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-19
A Color Scheme.

What is there in common Uense
which gives color to these old impress
sive laws?"
Nobody knows. As a matter Of
fact, blue laws which do not treat
people white ought to 60 where they
never will be read"