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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Die Schoenste LenQevitch.


Mrs. Schmidt vowed she could not
do her trading at the hardware store of
Collins brothers until she was pro-
vided with a German clerk, to whom
she gave her order:
Hen ihr harness schnappe fur inch
schtrap? All rite, peg mihr ali pair.
AS nickels vert ten penneys. All hat
Chef vas geverranted list. All chyndt
schtove pipe und ali elbow. All butcher
knife nit ah sharp etche. Kvarters
verdi schpikes und ali nicgels verdi
fence schteeples."
"Sons nichts?" politely inquired the
German clerk.
Oats all. How much? All rite.
Yacht aus Katie, des ice on d'side-
vawks ISIS so schlipperich, Herr Colt!
Doe hahvich much des post card vo
ich mailah volt in de post Office
Ahloh Katie, dummel dich. Lahff he
NIT des pennie I'm do on shtamp
droof geputte. Kvick."-New York
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Pensions for Aoreas

The highly original will of an ec-
centric bachelor, Emil Won Bizonv is
reported from Vienna. The deceased
the brother Of well-known Hunear-
ian deputy, was 65 years old. detested
women and lived on a war footing
with all his relations.
In his will he bequeathed all hta
real and personal estate, worth about
100000, to his twelve draft horses
AS executors Of the will he named the
Society for the Protection of Animals
at Budapest, STIMULATING that the in
terest on his property should be de-
voted to the care of these twelve ami
mails. and that upon the death of one
OF them another aged horse was to he
taken In and cared for, so that tho
number Of twelve might always be
maintained.
Herr Won Bizony's relations were
naturally amazed at the contents NJ
the will, and the deputy, Herr Alustus
B1zony, will dispute it. Negotiations
nave been commenced with the above.
mentioned society, and $4,000 was off,
fered it, but refused.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
PROTECTION FOR THE CARS
to Prevent Accident While Cross
ina Over VIaduct.

A singular device for the protection
Of railroad train trains crossing via
duct exposed to heavy winds has been
employed in England. It consists Of a
wind gauge fixed at the west end Of
the Levens viaduct.
When the wind pressure reaches 80
pounds to the square foot an electrical
contact is made automatically, and
bells ring in the signal cabins on each
side Of the viaduct Upon this all
trains are detained until the force of
the wind abates. The interruption is
telegraphed along the line. In the
month of February one year veloc-
ity Of IS miles an hour was recorded.
The danger of very high winds to
trains on an exposed bridge or via
duct has been more than once trag-
ically demonstrated both in England
and in this country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
CUPID BUSY AT BRYN NlAWR
Girls Deny New York CIergyman's A.
sertion They Are "Puffed Up''-
Forty Per Cent. Marry.

Philadelphia New York clergy
man who recently declared that only
an inflnitesimal percentage of the
graduates of the big Wcmen's colleges
we're able to find husbands is refuted
by the statistics issued by Bryn Mawr
college, it is asserted here
Figures in the annual register of
rlumnae and former students show
that 2S.4 per cent of the entire grad
uate body numbering 2,724, have mar
ried, while Of three classes graduating
since 1889 more than so per cent are
married, and Of seven other classes,
also since 1889, nearly 40 per cent.
have been welded, a general average
Of about 40 per cent.
The New York clergyman declared
that graduates of women's colleges
were incompetent in the domestic
arts, pulled up with a little super
fetal knowledge and entirely too ex-
pensive luxury for the average man
to undertake to support" This asser.
ton the Bryn Mawr girls Indignantly
deny and point to the statistics to
bear them out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

1t consists of a self-propelled car,
from one end of which extends a 81
foot trussed boom carrying the track
lifting device and carriage on which
are the shovel arms. The track lift
ing device consists of two travelling
graphing arms which engage the
rails at the joints and midpoints, and
lift them until there is sufficient clear
space beneath the ties for the shovels
to operate. A battery of shovel arms
is provided on each side. The bat
terry on one side, or even the individ-
ual shovels in each battery, may be
operated independently. The shovel
arms have both lateral and vertical
motion, and joint at the point where
the shovels are connected with the
arms makes it possible to move them
at any desired angle with the arms.
This is to provide a horizontal in
stead of radial motion of the shovels
while under the ties.
In operating the car Is run out to
a point where the boom overhangs
depressed portion of the track. The
gripping devices are then attached to
the track and raise a section of 1t.
The shovels are pushed out, the sashes
lowered until the shovels engage with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Thousands Of WeII-Dressed and Evil
IDENTIFY Well-Fed Pedestrians Pass
by Soulful-Eyed Canine.

Chicago-Like lyon Cassius" he
had lean and hungry look, and until
playful wind blew him off his pins"
West Madison street pedestrians jocu-
larly referred to him as Romeo with
the soulful eyes,"
When he lay in the street, with his
paws Imply hanging over the curbing
and his bony ribs advantageously dis
played through his muddy white skin,
a crowd gathered round him and "Ro-
meo with the soulful eyes, was given
food in the form of ham and beef
sandwiches bought at a nearby res
taurant
Whatever Romeo's thoughts were,
he was too weak to utter them, even
IN everyday dog language, and the
stumpy tail moved Intellectually back
and forth and the cadaverous Jaws
dripped. while the ham and beet sand
wiches remained untouched. Romeo
was too far gone to eat. Romeo wa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Stuffed Baked Rotatooa.

From the blossom end Of a dozen to-
matoes-smooth. ripe and solid-cut a
thin slice and with a large spoon
scoop out the pulp without breaking
the rind surrounding it; chop small
cabbage and a good sized onion fine
and mix with them fine breadcrumbs
and the pulp: season with pepper, salt
and sugar and add cup of sweet
cream; when all is we'll mixed fill the
tomato shells, replace the slices and
put the tomatoes in buttered baking
dish, cut ends up, and put in the pan
just enough water to keep from burn
ing; drop q small lump Of butter on
each tomato and bake half an hour or
so until well done; place another bit
of butter on each and serve in same
dish.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Choloclate Cake Pie.

Make cup cake with the following
ingredients: One cup of butter, two
cups Of sugar, three of flour, one Of
milk. four eggs beaten separately, one
teaspoon of soda, two of cream Of tar.
tar; when it is baked after putting it
in round tins put layer of chocolate
mixture between and on top and sides
of the cake.
Chocolate Mixture. - Five table.
spoons Of grated chocolate with
enough cream or milk to wet it; one
cup Of sugar and one egg we'll beaten:
stir the ingredients over the fire until
thoroughly mixed, then flavor with
vanilla.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Little German Cakas.

Beat one dozen fresh eggs and three
pounds Of pulverized sugar for S. min
utes, then add as much soda as will
lay on the end Of knife and beat five
minutes longer. Be sure and don't
stop beating. Add -four enough to
knead. Set it aside in a cool place,
just so it doesn't freeze, until eve
ming. Then roll little thicker than
pie crust. The Germans have little
fancy molds for these, but any small
cookie cutter or baking powder can
lid can be used to cut them with.
After they are all cut spread out on a
table and cover with a thick cloth and
let lay over night. In the morning
sprinkle baking pans with caraway
seeds and place cakes in pans on
seeds and bake in slow oven for three
quarters of an hour. These are favor
tie little cakes among the Germans
and are excellent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Walnut Catsup.

There are various recipes for ma
king this relish. The following will
be found good one: Select fine firm
nuts; they are best when fresh and
soft. Pound them we'll, reducing them
to pulp, then put to soak in vinegar
enough to we'll cover. Add to this
after two hours two tablespoonfuls
Of salt, one teaspoonful of horserad-
ish. one teacupful of mustard seed and
garlic. two ounces of allspice, two
ounces of cloves, two ounces of nut
meg, one ounce of black pepper and
two ounces Of celery seed Boil all for
an hour. Then strain through a hair
sieve and bottle, sealing the covers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
KANSAS FARM LANDS

The total value of farm lands and
buildings was given in 1910 as $780,
$4,000, as against $643, $50, 900 in 1900,
an increase Of $1,000, 100000, or 169
per cent
The total value Of all farm land
alone was reported in 1910 at 1884,
$4,000, as compared with $685., 188, 900
in 1900, gain Of 81 ,0o2, 364,000 or 1873
per cent.
The total value Of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 at $199, 101,-
900, as against Sill, 465,000 in 1900,
an increase of $87.636,0O, or 70 per
cent.
In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted SO per cent of the
total value of land and buildings, as
compared with 83 per cent. in 1900.
The reported value of farm imple-
ments and machinery was $48,244, 900
in 1910, as against $29, 491 900 in 1900,
a gain Of $18,753,00O or 81 per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 43,261, 900 acres, as compared
with 41,663,O0 in 1900, an increase of
1.598,000 acres, or per cent.
The improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to S9,S58, 900
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
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II pan is burned or blackened,
rub the inside Of it with a hard crust
Of bread dipped In salt and afterward
wash it with hot soda and water.
Add a little soda to the water in
which you wash your plates and
dishes. The soda loosens the grease
on them and gives the china a good.
shiny surface.
Be very careful to keep the lids of
saucepans clean, for the flavor of ono
dish may cling to lid which has not
been washed and spoil second dish
which is prepared in the same pan.
Wash a saucepan in plenty of hot
water; but never wash cake tins or
frying pans. Wipe them well with =
piece of paper, which is afterward
burned, and polish them with a dry
cloth. *
Here are a few rules It would be
well to cut out and paste in your
kitchen. They are hints about wash,
ing, and will give much success in the
affairs of that very important region
of the home.
Pudding cloths, jelly bags and 30
on should be well washed, scalded
and hung up to dry. It is not neces-
sary to iron them, but they should be
smoothed and folded before they are
replaced in the drawer.
Stand saucepans, hsh kettles, ETC..
In front Of the. fire for few minutes
after washing them. 20 that they may
b thoroughly dried inside. This
makes thsm last longer ana heirs @
keeD thomm nod 0onAitioa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
TRAMP RESCUES HUNGRY DOG

too dirty and bedraggled to entitle him
to the respect of any Godfearing or
otherwise deserving pedestrian. Ro-
meo was too weak to make use Of his
skinny legs. Romeo's eyes blinked
as he looked up at the muddy sky and
down at the muddy street. and there
didn't appear to be much encourage
ment in either, for he closed his eyes.
No one ventured to soothe his poor
feelings, and Romeo might have died a
suffering martyr or hero or something,
if a man whose appearance was not
greatly different from the starving
hound, had not come along and picked
him up. AS it was, Romeo let his
head rest against the tattered coat of
his unshaven benefactor, and in some
manner gave vent to vibratory glad
ness by means of his tail. The man
and the dog went away, while the
crowd stood looking after them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
SaQo and Currant PUDDING.

A quarter of a pound of sago. a
quarter Of a pound of cleaned cur
rants, six good cooking apples, one
heaping tablespoonful of butter, two
tablespoonful Of sugar. half Of a
lemon. Put the sage into a saucepan
with four cupfuls Of cold water, and
boil until the sage becomes trans
parent, stirring all the time; next add
the thin rind Of the half lemon, the
currants, and the sugar. Butter
pudding dish, put in the apples (pre-
viously peeled, cored and sliced), and
pour over these the sage preparation.
Put the butter in small pieces on the
top, and bake until the apples are ten
der. Serve with good custayd sauce.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Values Greatly Increased in Last
Ten Years.
State Makes Very Favorable Showing
In Agricultural Statistics Just
lssued-SmaIIer Farms Have
Diminished.

Topeka, Kan.-The United States
census bureau has just issued the agrl-
cultural statistics for the state of Kan
sas, as collected at the thirteenth
decennlal census Of last April. The
figures are given out year after the
date when they were collected, but
the time of the census bureau has
been devoted principally to population
statistics since the work of taking the
census was completed.
Kansas makes very favorable
showing In the agricultural statistics
as just issued. The total value Of
farm lands increased three-fold in the
decennlum from 1900 to 1910, or over
$1,000,000,000. Owing to the increase
In population and the advances in ir-
rigation, the farmed area increased
during the period by four per cent.
There are 1000 more farmers in the
state than ten years ago, more farms,
moro tenant farmers and more farm
owners. The number Of farm mort
cages is about the same, which does
not mean that the farmers are no
richer than ten years ago, but, on the
contrary, that they have been in
creasing their holdings and placing
improvements on their farms. Per-
haps a few farm mortgages may be
due to autos, but the number is prob
ably not large.
During the ten years the number of
smaller farms, with the exception Of
truck patches, has diminished. Over
one-third of the farms of the state
are ITS acres and over. The number
Of negro and Indian farmers Is de-
creasing. The farmers Of the state
spent less for farm fertilizers in 1910
than in 1900, but this is probably
due to better conservation of the fer
tiiity of their farms and the use Of
barnyard fertilizers.
Statements relative to the acreage
of crops and the yields will be made
later by Census Director Durand as
the tabulation of this data has not
been completed.
The principal rates of increases in
Kansas in 1910 as compared to 1900
are: In the total value Of all farm
land alone. 1873 per cent; in the av-
erage value per acre Of farm land
alone, 178 per cent; in the total value
of farm land and buildings, 169 per
cent; in the average value per acre of
farm land and buildings, 159 per
cent; in the total expenditures for Ia
Dor. 80 per cent; in the total value of
farm buildings alone, 70 per cent; in
the total value Of all farm implements
and machinery, 81 per cent; in the
total improved farm acreage, 10 per
cent; In the total farm acreage, per
cent; in the whole number Of farms,
2 per cent, and in the average acres
per farm, per cent.
The only decrease during the decade
occurred in the total expenditures for
fertilizers, 70 per cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number Of farms reported in 1910
was 1T ,299, as compared with 173,O9S
in 1900, an increase Of 4,201, or per
cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
MAKES FOR ECONOMY
LATEST IMPROVEMENT ON THE
FIRELEss STOVE.
Electric Device lnsures Both Con.
venience and cieanIiness-Use Of
Alarm Clock 10 Also 4 Most
Useful Innovation.

Those familiar with the economies
Of the fireless cooker will appreciate
the combination of this device with
the convenience and cleanliness Of
the electric stove.
The outside Of the stove il made
of finished hardwood. The containing
compartment is lined with non
unstable metal between which and
the woodwork is a flreproof non-heat-
conducting packing, through which
wires pass to the electric stove To-
Gated In the bottom of the receptacle.
If the length of time required to
bring certain meat or vegetable to
a boil is known, the dish containing
it is placed in the receptacle. and the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
A Weak Exclamation,

II thought you wrote me that you
had a beard while you were in
France?"
II did, and it was beauty. Dut
the customs officials claimed that It
was foreign product, and I had to
shave before they'd let me come
ashore. They're getting awfully par
-ticular these days."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
TRAGEDY Narrowly Averted.

What might have been a serious
railroad accident was narrowly avert.
ed at Junee, Australia, recently. A
goods train from Junee was stationary
at Bethungra railway station, and
slightly in advance of her usual rest
ing place, when the. Sydney express
to Melbourne. which does not stop at
Bethunga, dashed past, striking the
stationary engine of the goods train,
cutting the buffer of and portion Of
the front Of the engine woodwork was
splintered to matchwood. The pass
engers naturally were greatly alarm
ed, and there was much rejoicing at
the narrow escape from a dreadful
death.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Hermits.

Stir to cream two cups of sugar
and one cup Of lard. Add one cup of
molasses, two well-beaten eggs, two
level teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in
one cup Of warm water two teaspoon
fuls of cinnamon and one each of
cloves and salt. Add six cups of sifted
Hour and one cup of fruit English
currants, seeded raisins or chopped
prunes), mix soft and cut in any shape
preferred. Fine gingerbread men and
horses can be made with this batter
where the cook possesses the requisite
artistic temperament and small chill
dren are to be catered to.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Rolled Oats Bread,

At noon put two cups of rolled oats
In enough lukewarm water to cover it.
Put where It will retain a little heat.
and when making your bread use
about four quarts of white -four, mix
Ing well with rolled oats, then add
your yeast and one cup of molasses.
You will use less water than usual, as
the rolled oats will moisten it. Knead
In the morning and let rise again be-
fore putting into pans. This may be
too large batch for you, but you can
halve It II you think so. "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

He has rera;nted his wager. put on
false wigs an: whiskers and Escorted
to other expeN}ents in his efk<rts to
fool the unlicensed dogs, but Without
avail. Now he says he will Try the
aeroplane, soar few feet above tie
ground, load his machine with fresl
beef bones, and then, after all the dogs
assemble beneath his machine, drol'
the net over them and alight and sep.
arate the licensed from the unlicensed
dogs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Strawberry Pie.

Make nice rich pie crust, put the
bottom Of the pan turned upside down
on table; put three or four fork holes
in the crust to keep from raising up
from the pan. Bake by itself. When
baked light brown take the crust,
turn on a plate, then the crust is
ready to fill. Have ready one quart
fresh picked Strawberries, sweetened
to taste, fill the crust with the straw
berries, cover the top of the berries
with the whites of two well-beaten
eggs, sweeten with sugar. Put in the
oven just long enough to light brown
the whites Of the eggs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
New Rival to the Track Cana.

the earth, and then are raised again,
the shovels pushing the earth beneath
the ties. thus completing the first
stages of the operation. The empty
shovels may then be operated back
and forth to lamp the earth This
operation is repeated> continually, the
grader moving forward on the battery
length of track it has just finished.
The machine builds entertainments
without the use of trestle, and with
but five men composing it's crew. is
said to be capable of doing the work of
hundred men with shovels.-Popu-
lar Mechanics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Telephone on Trains,

1t is reported that the Pennsylvania
railroad Is experimenting with the
use Of the telephone for communica-
ton between the locomotive cab and
the caboose of long freight trains.
This will do away with the necessity
of signaling by means of lamps, hand
signals and whistles. In foggy wealth
er and at night such a means Of COM
munication would expedite the han
ding of freight.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Naval Dream,

Mr.. Recentmarrie- Mary, I do hone
you will never have navy beans for
supper again; those We had last night
gave me a horrible dream.
Mrs. Recentmarrie- John, am
so sorry! What was the dream?
Mr.. Recentmarrie- dreamed 7 was
captured by Captain Kidd and made
to walk the plank.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Kittens Adventurous Ride

N0vSUS0' O08 HI0e.
Crawling unnoticed onto the pilot of
the Pennsylvania flier a black and
white kitten chung to its perilous nosj.
tlon all the way from Indianapolis to
columbus, O., the other afternoon
ana mas been christened mascot at the
columbus Union station. When the
train pulled into Columbus after tta
run from Indianapolis the kitten hmm.
ed from the pilot and ran to shelter
IN an empty box car near the station
yard. 1t had been exposed to the rain
ana WIND and was soaked and bedrag.
gled after the ride of 1873 miles WITH
out a stop.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
"Sheep-Nose" Caro-

AN interesting type of car is in use
on the electric railroad running from
indianapolis to Toledo. This car ia
provided with parabolic front end
commonly called a ''sheepnose. The
object Of this arrangement is IN 80,
ouce wind resistance when the cars
are running at high speed, also to
make it easier for the car to force T..
way through snow drifts. The frame
OF the car is very strongly built. and
Is arranged to carry a steel sheatbod
pilot which serves as snow nlow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
DOG CATCHER USES AIRSHIP
Hopes With Aeropiane to Trap Stray
CANNES That Have Become Wary
Has Amassed Fortune.

Montclair, N. J.-David Steinfeld.
who is official dog-catcher in ten towns
in Essex, Union and Morris counties
and who has amassed a small fortune
from his work, announces that he has
awarded a contract for a small aero.
plane and large net for use in his
work. He adds that he will try it on
the stray and unlicensed dogs in Mont
clair first.
Steinfeld has been hunting dogs so
long in the three counties that the ami
mails recognize him half a mile away
and rush for shelter long before he
gets within striking distance.