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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
AS FISH A. la CREME
Attractive and Convenient Method OF
. Serving Almost Any Kind Of tho
Finny Tribe.

-Four to six pounds of fish, one to
one and half pints of white sauce.
and one cup cracker crumbs mois-
tened in one-third cup of melted but
ter. This is one of the most attract
I've and convenient methods of serv-
ing any kind of dry white fish, had
dock, cod or cusk. Clean the fish, cook
In boiling sailed water, with one table
spoon vinegar, till the flesh separates
easily. Drain and when cool remove
the skin and bones, and pick apart in
flakes. Make a rich white sauce. Put
layer of fish on a platter suitable
for serving. Cover with the white
sauce, letting the fish soak up all it
will; then arrange another layer of
fish and sauce. Moisten cracker
crumbs in melted butter and spread
over the top with fork. Set the plat
ter In an oven over a pan of hot water,
to keep platter from cracking and
bake till crumbs are brown. Two or
three tablespoons of grated cheese
may be mixed with crumbs if you like
flavor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Pride Of Race.

Many stories are told of the pride OF
these long descended English country
squires. They have held their own
even with peers Of ancient creation.
A great friend Of the duke of Norfolk
who died in 1S15-"Jockey of Norfolk
was an old squire who always main
tanned that his name, Huddleston, was
a corruption Of the Sr.xon Athelstan,
and consequently much more ancient
than that Of Howard. Lake the duke.
he was great topper, and at dinner
one day rolled of his chair to- the
floor. The dixie ordered a member OF
bis family to raise hira tip. Never"
hiccoughed TIE old MN, never shall
it. be said that the hes1 of the house
of Huddleston was lrAed up by
junior member of the oeuse of How
ard" Then, old frichd," answered
the genial dixie, "as Howard is toe
drunk to lift him up 1e will lie down
beside him." and he I'D.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
GROWING Umbrella Handles.

At Maule, small village near
Paris, is carried on singular indus.
try which is little known. 1t is
nursery for the cultivation OF trees
suitable for use as umbrella handles.
walking sticks and alpenstocks.
Nearly 500 acres of ground are given
over to ash, oak. chestnut and maple
saplings. One year after planting
these are cut of near the root so az
to make them grow several branches.
which are then kept free from sec
ondary stems.
The most curious part of the indus
try comes the following year. In
cisions are made in the bark, thus en-
craving upon it various designs. When
the bark is stripped these designs are
found traced on the wood. At the end
of the third year tile branches are
cut, stripped of their bark, bent into
various shapes and sent to the manu-
facturers Certain forms of handles
are shaped while the branches are
still growing.-Popular Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
SPLENDID IDEA FOR DESSERT
"AngeIs' Delight" Liked by All Who
Have Tried 1t.

This Is an imitation Of brick ice
cream, and for the hostess who de-
sires something delicate and inexpen-
sive in the way Of desserts this recipe
is highly recommended: Moisten four
tablespoonful of gelatin with a little
water. When dissolved add two cup
fuls of boiling water and six table,
spoonfuls of sugar. Let the mixture
come to boil, then beat in the whites
Of six eggs, beaten to a froth Beat
until partially cool and stiff; divide
into three sections. Flavor section one
with vanilla and spread in a layer
mold. sprinksng the top with chopped
nuts. Color the second portion with
fruit or vegetable coloring, flavor with
strawberry or lemon, and spread over
section one, sprinkling with nuts.
Flavor section three with vanilla and
spread over section two. Set on Ice
till firm and serve with whipped
cream. This recipe will serve eight
people.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Man Lacking to Confederacy

siderable period upon the historic spot
where the Monitor and Merrimac met,
said:
II have sometimes thought that the
issue of the war might have been
somewhat different If the south had
possessed one -eminently great f.
nancier. The north produced at crit
ical junctures throughout that strug-
gle very able f1nanciers, and yet the
north did not possess resource such
as we had in our pocket 1 have won
dered whether, had there been a man
of the south capable Of handling the
cotton harvests as any one of several
great f1nanciers of the north could
have done, We might not have car
ried the issue, at least to the point of
compromise. And as l think on this
matter l can never understand how
it happened that Immediately after the
war was over-immediately after the
decision had been against the south
men came out Of the south who pos
sessed very great financial capacity
to make large fortunes. There was r.
T. Wilson, for instance; there was
Patrick T. Calhoun, and there were
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Judge Reagan's Theory That tho
South Might Have Won Had
It Possessed One Pre-emi.
nent In Finance.

Between the years 1875 and 1890,
when the south was represented in
congress by as able statesmen as ever
came from that section. nearly all Of
whom had served in either military
or civil capacity under the Confed-
eracy, there were three who were es-
pecially identified as men of great
breadth of mind, and as having been
among the earliest to accept the issue
of the sword that was decided at
Appomattox. These were Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar of Missis-
sippi, Gen. John B. Gordon of Georgia
and John H. Reagan Of Texas.
Mr.. Lamar, who afterwards was
placed on the Supreme court bench
by President Cleveland, gained great
popularity and widespread national
approval because Of his eulogy upon
Charles Sumner, which he delivered
in 1875 while member of the house
Of representatives. General Gordon
aroused the kindliest sentiment
throughout the north by reason of the
good faith in which he accepted the
results of the war. John H. Reagan,
who had been postmaster general In
the Confederate cabinet and was act
Ing secretary of the treasury at the
time OF the collapse of the Confeder-
ICY, was especially distinguished be-
cause soon after the close of the war
he urged the people of Texas to grant
civil rights to the negroes and even
to 60 so far as to permit negroes who
could read and write to exercise the
suffrage.
It was my good fortune to meet
Judge Reagan in the early spring of
1884 at time when he was taking a
brief vacation at Hampton Roads, Va.
1t is my recollection that other mem
bers of congress were with Judge
Reagan's party, and among them the
son of the very brilliant candidate for
president in 1860, John C. Brecken-
ridge. This son, Clifton r. Brecken-
ridge, was at that time a member of
congress from an Arkansas district.
Naturally, in view Of the associa-
tons which clustered around that as
semblage, the conversation turned fire.
Quently upon incidents of the struggle
Of the Civil war. so much of which
was concentrated along the valley OF
the James and the Appottomax rivers.
One afternoon Judge Reagan, whose
attention had been fixed for con-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
One Is That No Employer May EN-
pIoy Man Who Drinks Alco-
holic Liquors to Excess.

Belgium has just drawn up a spe.
cial code of laws governing painters
and the exercise of their craft, which
are singularly strict and exhaustive.
according to the Omaha Bee.
From the new laws which hedge
them in one would think painting the
most dangerous trade in the whole
catalogue. In the first place no en-
ployer of painters may employ man
who drinks alcoholic beverages to the
temporary extinction of his logical
power, and no intoxicating liquors are
to be brought into the vicinity Of the
workers. Employers are responsible
for the care which their men take Of
their persons
They must see that every painter
washes his hands before eating, sus-
pend the men whose health is not
satisfactory, and discharge anyone
suffering from lead poisoning. A
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Usual Fate Of inventors.

Elias Bowe, a Frankfort tailor, has
recently died. Some sixteen years ago
Bowe blazed the comet of a season.
He had invented bullet proof cut
rass, and for time he was one Of the
best-known men in Europe. He had
faith in his invention. which was COM
posed of steel casing with a packing
inside Bowe, protected with his
c'lirass. we are told by a Paris con-
eemporary-but tails, we think, is a
little gination-submitteu himself
as a target for the fire OF squadron
Of soldiers and came out Of the trial
unscathed, although various deadly
rifles were used. For some reason his
invention was not received with favor
by the German war department., and
then Bowe went to Italy, where he
achieved, as we read, lie meme sue
ces ct aussi lie meme insucces." Bowe
has died in poverty.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Corrected,

A sandwich man who paraded Wall
street bore aloft the legend: Eat your
lunch at Stuffem's and Surprise Your
Pallet"
There's something wrong with that
sign," said broker to a banker. what
is it,"
He's got the last word spelt wrong."
replied the other. PITY sign painters
can't aearn how to spell or consult a
dictionary. Hey, there, you with the
Surprise! Your palate's spelt wrong
have it fixed up"
The next day the same sandwich
man shufled along and, sure enough,
he had reported the error. The last
word Ut the sign had been carefully
scraped out and in it's place the word
stood proudly forth with an extra a."
thus: Eat Your Lunch at Stufrem's
and Surprise Your Pallet"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Millionaire Took Pennies

cents; we don't want to bother about
making change for so small an amount
But when the secretary came to Mr..
Vanderbilt, he saw that Mr.. Vanderbilt
was feeling in his pocket. Then Mr.
Vanderbilt drew forth a coin purse,
and, after taking some change from It,,
told the secretary that he could give
him the change for dollar. although
he could not take care of the half cent;
he would accept IL cents. Thereupon
the secretary handed Mr.. Vanderbilt a
dollar in addition to the rest of his
money, and received in return SO
cents. Mr.. Vanderbilt carefully count
ed the change. and then put 1t into his
coin purse.
Those were very queer looks that
came to the faces of all the directors
who observed Mr.. Vanderbilt's &C.
ton. knew what they were think.
ing about; they were saying to them.
selves: Here is a man worth q hum
dred million dollars, at the least, who
insists upon taking II cents that is
NoAhAA5 " AAAAA, A1u SAoASAA6 q OOAAe1A
bill in order to get the IL cents
Il don't think Mr.. Vanderbilt him.
self observed these queer looks If he
had, he could not have understood the
meaning of them. l knew him we'll
enough to know that it was not the IL
cent sthe hewanted; it was simple
the workings of his disposition to be
absolutely accurate in all business
transactions Nor was spirit OF
avarice or miserliness displayed in this
little act Mr.. Vanderbilt was abso
lutely free from such faint. Interest.
ed as some of the directors were at
the sight Of Mr.. Vanderbilt's making
change for IL cents, have often won.
dered what was their frame of mind
and their thoughts when, day of two
later, it was announced that Cornelius
Vanderbilt had given $250,000 to estab'
lish a great mission work in New York
with a pledge of like amount. Even
at the time he had insisted on max
ing change for and taking the u cents
due him, he had ir mind and was plan
ming that gift ot half a million"
Copyright 1911. by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
SUCH A LAUNDERING BUNCH!
They Buried Bill When It Was Other
Twin Who Drowned, Said
Mark Twain.

Once upon time Mark Twain was
interviewed. After various questions
the interviewer came to the question
of relatives, and from then on, accord
Ing to Twain's own version Of things.
the conversation ran thus;
Who is this picture on the wall?
Isn't that brother of yours?"
-"Oh, yes, yes! Now that you remind
me of it, that was brother of mine.
That's William, Bill we called him.
Poor old Bill"
"Why, Is he dead, them"
"Ah, well, I suppose So We never
could tell. There was a great mystery
about it."
THAT was very, very sad. He disap-
peared, them"
well, yes, in general sort Of way.
We buried. him."
Buried him! Buried him without
knowing whether he was dead or
not?"
"Oh, no! Not that. lie was dead
enough"
"Well, confess that l can't under
stand this. If you buried him and you
knew he was dead
mo, no! We only thought he was"
"Oh, see, he came to life again"
Il bet he didn't"
well, I never heard anything like
this. Somebody was dead Somebody
was buried. Now, where was the mys-
tery?"
That's just it. That's it exactly!
You see, we were twins-defunct and
l; and we got mixed in the bathtub
when we were only two weeks old.
and one of us was drowned; but we
didn't know which. Some think it
was Bill; some think it was me-"
"Well, that was remarkable. What
do you think?"
Goodness knows! I would give
whole worlds to know This solemn,
this awful mystery has cast gloom
over my whole life. But will tell you
a secret now, which l have never re-
vealed to any creature before One of
US had a peculiar mark. a large mole.
on the back of his left hand; that was
me. That child was the one that was
drowned. So, you see, they made an
awful blunder was drowned, but
they went and buried the wrong child.
Sh-h-h-h-h, don't say a thing about it
where the family can hear it. It's a
very sore spot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Newton Booth, After Entering United
States Senate, Lapsed Into User
Obscurity Because He Knew
He Was Mortally IT,.

Hiram Johnson, who was elected
governor of California last November
has gained national prominence as
man who successfully fought the so
called railroad monopoly Of the state.
The first governor of the state to win
like minority was Newton Booth, who
led the people in their fight against the
railroads in the early seventies. Serv-
ing two years, from 1872, as governor,
he resigned and was sent to the United
States senate by the legislature, and
there rs great things were expected
of him as had been done by him as
candidate for governor and as govern
or. But from the day he entered the
senate in 1875 until the day he left 1t
in March, 1881, he did not do thing
worthy of note, to the mingled won
der and disappointment Of his friends
and his state
What was the reason of this CON-
plete reversal of form in the public
service? l knew Newton Booth, was
among those who wondered at the in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
SALAD WITH CHEESE
MANY WAYS IT MAY BE SERVED
TO SUIT THE TASTE.
Every Variety Has It's Especial Form
'-G'ass Topped Dishes With Sill
va Bases the Delight of
Up-to-Date Hostess.

AS well imagine Punch without
Judy as salad without cheese. Its alb.
sence makes the best 1nayonnaise or
French dressing wanting in flavor.
The hostess without imagination
accepts the salad and cheese dictum,
but does not glorify it. There are
housekeepers who buy cakes of cream
cheese-pineapple, Edam, Roquefort,
Gorgonzola, Brie, even the common
American product-and then serve
the choice of the family year in and
out.
1t is cut in the square chunks,
passed on the same plate with the
same water thin, butter thin or sailed
wafer in dreary monotony.
Variety is the spice of salad as
we'll as of life, and great is the variety
In which cheese can masquerade.
II taste is conservative and the fam
lily will not eat but one kind of
cheese, then vary the service. Fas-
cinating are the new servers. There
are silver incrusted glass jars with
heavily monogramed lids of silver to
beautify the porcelain jars that hold
certain cheese. They come in all
sizes, and there are cheese scoops in
proportion.
For large cheese that last for days
there axe special glass-topped dishes
with silver base to prevent drying out.
Some tops are Of rock crystal, others
entirely of chased silver; again, glass
with silver overlay.
The Edam cheese is much more ap-
petizinE in its silver holder of mar
row p1Ongs and broad base, with
deep silver scoop to match, than If
served with it's hard red rind on an
ordinar? plate. Just here the thought:
full homtess has portions of the cheese
loosen9d in the shell, as manipulating
the scoop at crowded table is not
easy.
Cheese balls, cheese squares, the
cheeses passed whole and cut with a
specia! cheese-knife, like Brie and
Gorgonzola, have special fiat dishes
dedicated to their service. Sometimes
tney ere OF rock crystal, more often
of crystals with silver rim or deep
silver border. or their special plat
tiers in plain silver with open work
border. Always there is the long
handled cheese fork to facilitate
service.
Crackers are passed separately, but
some POSSESSES prefer the comrart-
ment DISH made to accompany the
salad course. This comes in rich
China, especially in Dresden; also in
chased silver. Some have a handle,
like a basket, others are on pedestals
like a divided compete.
In these compartments go cheese.
with its fork lying across it, bar-le-
due, a small spoon and crackers
Often two kinds of cheese are served.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Mullins.

This is a very nice recipe for maf-
fins which I always have good luck
with. The rule makes one dozen. Mix
together and sift one pint of flour, two
teaspoons baking powder, one-half tea
spoon salt, two teaspoons sugar. Melt
three tablespoons butter. Beat two
eggs light and add generous half
pint of milk. Add this mixture to the
dry INGREDIENTS and stir in the melt.
ed butter. Beat the batter vigorous
~ for a few seconds and then put in
buttered muffin pans and bake about
twenty minutes In quick oven.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Those Old Houses.

They were looking at some photo
graphs of an old southern mansion
which a we'll known writer recently
had bought for his home. The senti-
mental girl sighed. Il should love to
have one of those old homes" she
said; they are so romantic and pic
turesQue."
Yes, they are" responded the prac-
teal man. IF had one should wish
to rip out the inside and make it all
over, and then rip of the outside and
put on new one, and in that way l
could perhaps make a fairly good
place Of it," Whereupon the girl told
him he was "just horrid."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Fowl-Southern Style.

Cut a five-pound fowl in pieces for
serving and start broiling in just
enough water to cover. Boil five min.
utes, then simmer gently. When
partially cooked add one quart OF
milk and teaspoon of salt. and
finish cooking. Remove the fowl from
the stock and arrange on slices OF
toasted bread. and pour over
gravy, prepared by melting two table
spoons of butter, adding four table,
spoons flour, aud gradually one pint
of the stock, then seasoning with salt
and pepper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Seemingly Avariclous Action Of Cor
neIus Vanderbilt That Was Duo
Wholly to His Careful Observ.
ance Of Details.

II think that Cornelius Vanderbilt,
who was named for his grandfather.
the Commodore, is the most punctil'
iously careful in his observance OF
details of any man l ever knew,
said the late Commodore Alfred Van
Sanntvoord, a close friend of the Van
derbilt family, at the time of Mr.. Van
derbilt's retirement, in 1879. from the
active management of the Vanderbilt
properties. "Mr. Vanderbilt is exact
ing in his personal business relations,
but he exacts no more of others than
he does of himself
"A striking display of this trait was
made at meeting Of board of d.
rectors of the Delaware & Hudson
Railroad company a few years ago.
Mr.. Vanderbilt and I were both men,
bers Of this board. We received at
each directors meeting a fee Of ten
dollars. In case, however, full board
was not present then those who were
present divided the aggregate amount
Of the fee. That is to say, If the ag.
gregate fee was 500, then if nine men,
bers of the board were present, each
one received ten dollars; but If only
six were present. then each one re-
ceived SIS.
1T happened one day that three or
four of the directors-I have forgot
ten how many-were absent. Mr.. Van.
derbilt and l were present. and re-
member that sat next to him at the
table
After the business was ended, the
secretary prepared to distribute the
fees. But it was impossible to divide
tue total amount by the number Of di.
rectors present, so as to leave an even
number of dollars. For each Of us
there was so many dollars-I think il
WIS 12-and 1914 cents. One after
another Of the directors said, as the
secretary came to hand out the fee,
that it didn't matter about the odd ~ Y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
River Flows lnIaf3 From Sea.

A currant of waite, will flow back
and forth III a tide,:1ater river. but
on the Island of Gt,phalonia, near
Greece, says Popular Mechaniea. il
the curious phenomena of a liver
steadily flowing inwaM from tho sea
and disappearing. All :fvers naturally
flow toward the lowee levels to the
sea, and this curious Instance on the
island in the Mediterranean is not du-
plicated anywhere et:e in the world
80 far as is known. 49,,
The sea, which is almost tide1ess.
enters the land at fhur points where
the coast is practically on level with
the surface Of the eea. These four
streams unite to form the little river
that flows inland until it finally dis.
appears in the nmestone rocks and
sinks into the earth. The volume Of
the river IL too great to be removed
by evaporation and the question. II,
Where does It 90? 60
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-01
Rules of Belgium Painters

painter may not wear the same
clothes on the street or in his home
which he uses in his"trade. He is i;n-
peratively required to arm himself
with special suit of clothes and
screened hat.
Contractors and master painters
are restricted in the use Of white
lead to the ground lead mixed with
oil, and it is stipulated that this mix
ture must be so handled that it does
not splash or come in contact with
the painters hands. The law strictly
forbids scraping Of dry painted sur.
faces in which white lead has been
used