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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Elkins Helped Reveal Fraud

receive an answer within an hour. He
added that the telegram referred to
something that concerned me.
when We returned to the postofh CO
after luncheon, we found a telegram
there awaiting Mr.. Elkins' return.
Hastily reading the message, he said
that he had telegraphed Mr.. Blaine,
who was to be secretary of state in
the new administration, to know If
there were any change in General
Garfield's cabinet plans, and Mr..
Blaine had replied that there had been
none. Then Elkins said to me: You
are to have great opportunity, and a
very difficult and perhaps dangerous
task before you, as soon as you enter
the postof1ce department.
"'You doubtless have seen in the
newspapers lately good many vague
limitations that the government is be-
ing wronged by the star route con-
tractors. l tell you, Mr.. James, that
these reports are true. I know from
personal observation in New Mexico
that the government is being robbed
by star route contractors, and gov
these contractors. can furnish you
some details. The first thing you do
after you have got fairly we'll &C
quainted with the postofice depart
ment should be to make an investiga-
ton of the contract department. Tear
1t up. The contract department is ex-
plotting star route service to the
amount of millions q year, when no
service is given, and then the contrac'
tors are whacking up with some of
the postofflce authorities. You will
run counter to some very influential
politicians. am here to tell you,
however, that you will have absolute
support from the president, from Mr..
Blaine as secretary Of state, and from
Mr.. Wayne MacVeagh, who is to be
attorney general
mr.. Elkins thereupon gave me
some Information regarding the
frauds. Upon that Information was
able to base the investigation of the
contract department Of the postofhce
department. We speedily uncovered
huge swindles. have estimated that
the government was robbed of some
where between six million and eight
million dollars by these frauds.
I'VE prosecuted criminally the lead.
ing conspirators, but we found it i'm
possible to obtain a jury at Washing
ton which would convict. But we
broke up for good and all the sta,
route swindle-a service that was due
in the first instance to the information
given to ua by Stephen B. Elkins. II
was one of the greatest services rem
dered to the government of which
have any personal recollection. But
until now, President Garfield and his
cabinet were the only ones, excepting
Mr.. Elkins himself, who knew thai
it was through the initiative of Mr.
Elkins that this work of reformation
was begun
Copyright, 1911. by E. j. Edwards. Al
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
WAYS TO COOK EGGS
SOME NEW AND A FEW THAT
ARE WELL KNOWN.
Spanish Style Popular With Those
Who Like a Highly Seasoned
0ish-DeIicious When Served
With Melted Cheese.

Spanish Eogs.-Cook two cups OF
raw tomatoes with a chopped-up sweet
pepper, frying the two in a table
spoonful of butter. Add paprika, salt
and a teaspoonful Of finely minced
chives, and reduce to half the quaint
ty, which will take about 10 or Is
minutes. Toast slices of white bread
put poached eggs on top, and pour
over the tomato and pepper sauce
Serve at once.
PoorWoman Eggs.-Heat little
butter in an earthenware dish and then
break six or more-or fewer-eggs
Into 1t, and sprinkle over fresh bread
crumbs. Set the dish in the oven and
let it cook for two minutes or until
the eggs turn. Add salt, white pep
per and a tablespoonful of olive oil
favored with a little garlic and made
hot, and serve right away.
Eggs and Mushrooms.-Peel, wash
and drain a quarter Of a pound OF
fresh mushrooms. Place them in a
saucepan with a tablespoonful Of good
butter, and season with salt, white
pepper and two drops of lemon Juice
Cover the saucepan and cook for Is
minutes on a moderate fire. Add two
tablespoonfuls of good madeira wine
letting this simmer to one-half, which
will take a very few minutes. Pre-
pare six poached eggs, put them on a
hot dish over the sauce, With the
mushrooms piled In the center. and
serve piping hot.
Eggs and Melted cheese.-Grate
two ounces Of Parmesan cheese In a
baking dish; set it on the fire, adding
half a glassful of white wine, pinch
of minced parsley, little chopped
chives, one ounce of good butter, and
salt and pepper to taste. Stir thor
oughly while cooking and when the
cheese is melted break six eggs In a
bowl, pour them into the sauce and
stir all together until the eggs are
turned, but not too we'll done. Serve
on hot fried toast.
Omelet With Herbs.-Break six eggs
in bowl, adding pinch of finely
chopped parsley, half pinch OF chives
and half a cupful of sweet cream.
Beat the whole without stopping for
four minutes; then melt little butter
in a pan and when it begins to crackle
pour in the eggs, letting them cook
on one side for about three minutes;
fold over carefully with pancake
turner, letting the inside get more
solid, then slide the omelet onto hot
dish, haste with melted butter, add a
fine sprinkle of raw parsley and serve
at once. The salt and pepper are
beaten up with the eggs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
LIFE WAS. STRENUOUS
THINGS NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT
IN THE STONE AGE.
Glance Backward at Domestic Tribula-
tions OF the Cave DweIler Should
Make Us Thankful Times
Have Changed.

away DacK In the Gays OF the cave
dWcllers life must indeed have been
q strenuous proposition.
After you'd chased an antelope 80
miles through the woods and killed 1t
with stone Ratchet with an edge like
a grindstone you had to carry it home
80 miles and dissect it with a piece of
mint that was as sharp as a Rugby
football.
II company came to dinner you
couldn't boil a can Of soup in a kettle
and serve the delighted guests with
something that made their mouths wa.
ter. Not much you couldn't.
Instead you'd follow your cave-dwell-
ing wife into the back part of the
cave, and she'd say just like your
wife does today:
Fool! Idiot! Wretch! The very
idea of your bringing people home
when you knew there wasn't anything
In the house to eat!"
Then you'd 60 out where the COM
pany was twiddling it's bare legs and
say:
I'm awfully sorry, OIL man, but
there amt anything to eat In the
house. Just make yourself at home.
and I'll run over on Stone river and
see If can't kill something" You
couldn't even give him that old song
and dance about the grocer not COM
ing.
You'd have to wander about In the
jungle. and finally, If luck was with
you, you'd kill something-it didn't
matter what You'd hurry home, and
your wife and the guest would be on
the friendly footing of the walrus and
an a]gebraic proposition, and the way
she looked at you would make cold
chills run up and down your spine.
It's different these days, and much
MS we lambast the Gamers of lima
beans and tomatoes and ham and
things, we have to admit that it beats
the stone age all hollow.
If you bring a friend home unex.
pectedly, of course, your wife will look
at you as though you'd contemplated
SHINING the baby or robbing Sun
day school of its collection, but she'll
be able to dish up something!
If everything else fails she can call
up the drug store and get some ice
cream, and lie to the guest, saying:
1T has been so hot we don't eat sup.
per now We usually have cream"
For times have changed since the
stone age, and many of us, forgetful
of our blessings at other times, must
recognize that we are fortunate peo'
pies, when the times comes for a com.
parison of conveniences.-Dall News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
How Dutch Grasp Africa

England; only three or four Of them
will be married, and those will among
them have only five or six children.
The ten Beers think of Africa az their
home; each is married, and almost
every one has good-sized, probably
a large, family; and, unless condi-
tons change, the future is theirs. 80
far as the white race in that part
of Africa is concerned.-Theodor
Roosevelt, in the Outlook.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Merchant Almost President

protection SO strongly advocated and
supported by Henry Clay, and so,
finally. we decided upon Abbott Law
renee of Massachusetts as Just the
man we were after.
MT. Lawrence was q manufacturer
of cotton goods. He had utilized the
water power Of the Merrimac river.
built great mills upon the banks of
the river and thus founded the city
which bears his surname. He was a
splendid mana public-spirited citi-
zen, man of much cultivation, and
one of the leaders Of the development
In manufacturing interests In the
United States. We were sure that the
presidential ticket Of Taylor and Law
renee would appeal to a majority of
the voters of the United States, and
when, prior to the assembling of our
convention, the split came In the Dem
ocratic party which resulted in Martin
Van Buren, being nominated for presi-
dent upon Free Soil platform we
were more than ever sure that our
ticket, as agreed upon in conference,
would be elected.
But we had overlooked one little
thing. Shortly before the convention
met Louisiana Wing wrote to US
saying that 1t would never do to have
Abbott Lawrence on the ticket, and
for one reason. General Taylor, he
said, was cotton planter; Abbott
Lawrence was a manufacturer of cot.
ton goods-it would never do to have
, cotton at both ends Of the ticket.
1T had never occurred to US, but
We saw instantly the force Of the ar
gument. Therefore we reluctantly
abandoned Mr.. Lawrence and at the
last minute Willard Fillmore of New
York was selected as the Whig can.
| didate for vice-president. And that
is why he and not manufacturer and
merchant, through the constitutional
succession, became president of the
United States in July Of 1850"
| copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. AL
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Thrice Proved.

"The late Frank Work." said New
York horseman, had a direct and SIM
pie humor, good deal like Mark
:Twain's.
talking to him once about q Jock
ey, said Indignantly:
II don't know how anyone can call
him straight
"'Well,' said Mr.. Work, all I can
say is, he's been up before the COM
mittee three times, accused Of selling
races. and he got of every time. T
don't know a jockey in America that
has had his straightness tested any
oftener.'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Salad Dressing Made Without OIL

Salad Dressing Made Without OH.
Tablespoon flour, tablespoon sugar,
tablespoon mustard (scant), one-half
teaspoon salt, pinch Of cayenne pep
per. Mix all together dry. Beat two
eggs and stir in the dry mixture. Add
one cup Of vinegar and one of milk.
Cook in double boiler till thick. Re-
move from fire, add butter size of an
egg and beat until smooth. This is
fine and will keep If bottled and set
near the ice. never use oil in any
way, but l guess you could add the
oil instead of butter If you liked it
better.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
curried Rice.

Wash two cupfuls of rice in several
waters and boil in salt and water until
nicely swollen and cooked through;
then add two onions which have been
sliced and fried to a golden brown ~
butter a dessertspoonful of chutne5
and two teaspoonfuls Of curry paste.
Serve piled around mound OF green
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Superstition Just Plain Fear

But superstition is plain fear with
out any cause, and is utterly demoraliz
ing. II man is afraid to overeat II
makes him healthy; II he is afraid OF
ghosts It makes him a fool. II he is
afraid to lie or do mean act it pro
duces growth and makes him more
manly; If he is afraid to be happy
or to leave the house in the mornins
starting OF with his left foot instead
of his right 1t stunts his manhood an(
6makes him childish.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Vassar FudQe,

To make the plain Vassar fudge,
take two cups of white granulated or
soft brown sugar and one cup thick
cream. Put this over the fire, and
when it gets hot add quarter cake
of chocolate, grated or broken in fine
pieces. Stir constantly and vigorously:
when it reaches the boiling point add
tablespoon butter and keep stirring
Until a little poured on a saucer creams
with beating Take from fire, beat un-
til cool and pour in buttered tins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Not a ffohter.

my father" the host says. carried
that sword"
The guest examines the blade with
interest, and discoveries stamped
statement thereon, to the effect that
the sword was made in 1899.
What war was your father fn9~
he asks. ~.
WAR; Oh, father wasn't in anv
war! He was a travelling salesman
for regalia house. ~ Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Mutton Kldneva.

Cut some mutton kidneys, open
down the center. Do not separate
them; peel and pass a skewer across
them to keep them open, season and
dip them in melted butter, broil over
a clear fire, doing the cut side first;
remove the skewers, have ready a
little butter mixed with some chopped
parsley, salt, pepper and little
lemon juice and a dash Of nutmeg,
put small piece of this butter in the
center of each kidney and serve hot.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Cheese ScaIIops.

Soak one cup. of dry bread crumbs
in fresh milk. Beat into this three
eggs. add one tablespoon of butter
and one-half pound of grated cheese.
Cover the top with grated crumbs
and bake until well Drowned. Serve
with cold tongue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Delicious Corn Cake,

Seven tablespoons granulated corn
meal, six tablespoons flour, 81 table
spoons sugar, one teaspoon cream of
tartar and one-half cup of saleratus
Tor two scant teaspoons baking pow
der), pinch of salt and sweet milk to
make a thin batter. Bake in hot
oven.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Proof Positive.

Said He-Why do you think Miss
Hits has unusually strong will
power?
Said She-She Travelled all over
Europe last summer and never mailed
single souvenir postcard to any Of
her friends at home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Italian Rice,

Wash well and boil until tender six
ounces of rice; fry a chopped onion in
butter until brown, add three sliced to-
matoes and cook until soft. Stir this
into the rice with the yolks of two
eggs, half a teaspoonful of salt and
one and half ounces of grated Par
mesan cheese. Mix we'll over the fire
until the cheese has entirely dissolved.
Serve with tomato sauce
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
She Laughed II OF,

What is wrong between them?"
He suggested jokingly that her
hair was false, and she started to
laugh it off,"
And did she succeed?"
Eyes, when she threw back her head
to laugh 1t of it caught in the back
of the chair and came of.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Vanity Cake.

Six eggs, the whites, one and a half
cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter,
one-half cup Of cornstarch, one and a
half cups of flour, one teaspoon Of ha-
king powder Flavor to suit taste.
Follow the usual directions for mixing
and haka oaTefu1ly. Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Broke EN- Both.

The society page tells US that the
latest big wedding ''beggared descrip-
ton" We have private advices that
It did the same thing to the brides
father. Plain Dealer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Onion and Il

Onion and Lettuce Salad.
Cut two Bermuda onions In very
small bits. shred one-half head lettuce
and mix with the onions, season with
at and pour over French dressing
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15

Beauty Fats Killed Young Woman.
Chicago.-Miss Dorothy Martyr died
Of malnutrition recently as the result
Of using beauty fats" which she. In
common with number of other young
women. took up as a fad year ago.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
HOW DEATH COAXED
LITTLE COO|NG TOT
ParaIytic Mother Sees Skeleton
Fingers Beckon PrattIing Child
Within Their Reach.
SIMPLE HOME TRAGEDY
Unable to Move, Woman Is Forced to
sit In Helpless Agony and See
Her Little One eIeefuIIy Eat
Deadly strychnine pills.

Philadelphia.-In the old days when
mems hearts were hard there was a
hellish rivalry In the invention OF tor
ture. Because the emperor must
amuse the british populace, because
the conqueror must gloat over the
agonies Of the subjugated. because
men differed in politics or religion
because OF these things men were fed
to wild beasts in the circus, men were
burned at the stake, and the rack, the
thumbscrew, the boot and the iron
maiden were invented. But with all
their righteousness these inventors
OF the means of infiicting torture fell
short. far short. OF what accident, or
fate-call It what you will--achieved
In simple little home in this city
recently. or physical pain there was
none. but measureless was that re-
finement of poignant agony which
comes with the breaking of a mothers
heart as. helpless, she was forced to
sit and see the skeleton fingers OF
grinning death beckon her prattling
babe within their reach.
Mrs. Charles Griffiths lives at No.
1926 South Spangler street. Paralysis
of the limbs chains her to her chair.
Her heart Is weak and for its
strengthening the physician prescribed
strychnine pills. At an appointed
time one of Mrs. Grifiths' older chill
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
Sets Bed on Fire.

In the cellar. He pulled on this and
out came Harry. crying for fear his
mother would scold him for burning
her bed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15

Finally help came. but too late. The
baby is dead and the doctors are try
ing to save the sanity of the paralyzed
mother
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
$4,000 NILES BY STAGE
kentuckisn Hes Driven 20 Miles
Every Day for the Past
Ten Years.

New Albany. Ind.-Without going
further north than Paoli. Ind. or fur
ther south than New Albany, Oscar
Bowman OF Paoli has travelled a dis
tance equal to ten times around the
world Bowman. Kentuckian, is the
driver of the New Albany and Paoli
stage He has held the position for
ten years and has seldom missed a
day during which he covered the dis
tance OF 40 miles over the pike be-
tween Albany and Paoli
Bowman has Just completed his
three thousand two hundred and
seventy-sixth round trip. in which he
drove total OF 36S.O0O miles. He has
driven over the pike on the coolest
and the hottest days recorded by the
weather bureau IN a decade. and has
never stopped for rain. snow or sleet
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
SETS MOTHERS BED AFIRE
Philadelphia Boy Playing With
Matches Endangers Home and
His Own Life.

Philadelphia.-Harry Nutall. Jr..
was playing with matches at his home
and set fire to his mothers bed.
When the firemen arrived. put out the
fire and saved the house from de-
structiol, there was no trace of
Harry. Mrs. Nuttall feared he had
been burned.
Finally Joseph Nagle. acting fore
man of engine company IS. saw lit
tie foot protruding from a coal bin
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
schOOIma'm Whips Husky Boys.

painted false face mask in his desk.
which he would put on for the amuse-
ment of the pupils when her back
was turned. Tops and slungshots also
were among his schoolroom effects.
and the new teacher decided that he
must leave these things at home
The rupture came one afternoon at
a spelling bee When the bully re-
fused to give up the false face the
plucky teacher used the rattan on
him. Other big fellows laughed.
Their turn came next Three min
utes Of hot fighting left the plucky
school teacher master of the situa-
tion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
PRETTY SCHOOLMA'M
WHIPS 9 HUSKY BOYS
Comes Out Victor in Pitched
Battle and Puts Quietus on
the School Bully.

Pittsburg, Pa-Just because she
walloped nine husky pupils in one
day Miss Roberta Atkinson. the pret-
ty and athletic new teacher at the
Sandy Creek school is to be put on
trial by the Penn township school
board. The bully of the school start
ed the rumpus. He wore cowhide
boots. homespun jacket and breeches.
is big enough to get a job moving
pianos, and insisted ON keeping
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
Your Stationery

is your silent representative. II
you sell fine goods that are up
to-date in style and of superior
quality 1t ought to be reflected
In your printing. We produce the
kind that you need and win not
feel ashamed to have represent
you. That is the only kind 1t
pays to send out. Send your or
ders to this Office.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
Eats Deadly pills.

dren gave her one of the pills. set the
box on a table a few feet away and
went out to resume her play
The paralyzed mother sat in her
helplessness and smiled and cooed to
her prattling babe OF fifteen months
as the little one crept about the floor
The baby's head touched the hanging
table cloth and with gleefuI gurgle
the child grasped the cloth and be-
gan to draw itself to it's uncertain
feet Then the bright eyes espied the
box and dimpled hand reached for
It,
Baby! baby! Oh. my God. baby.
don't touch ST."
But the pills ratified in the box ana
with an exultant COO the little one
settled back TO the floor. baby like.
carrying its new toy to its moist
mouth
The frantic woman coaxed and
pleaded and scolded: She used all the
gentle persuasion OF a mothers baby
talk TO coax the child nearer She
commanded. She did everything an
anxiety-torn woman could do to In
duce the baby to drop the box But
to the little one IT was all part OF
game
Then the box came open and the
deadly pills fell into the child's lap
and upon the carpet pink little
thumb and finger reached for one OF
the deadly sugar-coated pelletsl
Chained to her chair. the mother
sent forth Shrek after shrek for hui
man help and appeal after appeal to
her God, while only three feet away
death coaxed her darling nearer and
nearer to its embrace
The sugar tasted good and the baby
smiled and cooed Then II reached
for another pill-and another.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15
LARGEST FamIIv,In AmerIea.

Decorah, Ia.-In the family Of Mrs.
H. J. Hovden no trace Of race suicide
can be found She is the mother Of
i3 children. all Of whom are living and
today II is known there are 1000 de-
scendants OF the original Hovden fam
Ily who came to America from Nor.
way