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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

sRallroad Employee Put the Service
First, 20 Authentic Records S. I
55.@2 Abundantiy Can Prove. &. s.5ss

# With railroad men the pride In their
work is 40 religion. No matter u
1t IL cleaning an engine 1T: will 30
q pleasant memory to look back to
know that you made something bet
ter" Only do as you're
told and do 1t the best you know
how. and no kicking" "A travelling
auditor once said to me. \ never
heard you complain: why is It? 1
promptly told him was getting all
I earned and had no complaints to
make. l gave my best in service and
am now reaping the reward Phil
osophy walks in the language OF .
train dispatcher: :"What improves
the character of work, as well as of
the man who performs it. is pride In
the same"
This one is more explicit His
spirit Is the same. 1T perhaps does
not appear to the layman, or he who
is unfamiliar with the internal econ0-
ny Of the motive power department
OF a great railroad, what 1t means to
keep the wheels going round: what
skill and care, Drawn and brains are
needed to produce and keep on sche-
dule time any one OF the magnificent
solid vestibule passenger trains" And
again. There may be as much III
any, glory that anyone could notice,
at least, In man being able to keep
engines in: good working order with
the help of a bunch of green though
ever so willing hands; but any rail-.
road man knows that it means some
thing more than courage, which most
every red-blooded man has anyway.
No. 1t requires just plain, common
downright grit" Dennis Hennessy
had felt the same pride when my
self and Steven Regan pumped water
In the water house. piled wood in tho
wood house and unloaded lumber out
OF the cars" When the time came
Hennessy worked the Sterling bridge
OF which he says: Those piers will
never give out. We had made noble
job OF those PIERS" His farewell is:
Il never drank a quart OF whisky In
my lifetime. so am living yet in
good health, thank God" 1t was the
study of this man that his boss never
had chance to boss him. 4 would
never wait until the foreman would
call me to go and fix this. but with
one jump would be at it. and l could
hear the general superintendent como
up and say to some of the other Of
f1cers who were with him. oh. it is al
right. George Is there Well. that
would make me feel good. That
sounded just as II l was working for
father who had confidence In my
work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
UlS|ELf|ul' FOR l'lIITc CHEN
= i; ,get:.s z 3FT ~ b \
z'Nc-roPPED TABLE is "A GREAT
CONVENIENCE. 7
ingenious eside contrlves Home.
Made Affair That 10 Constant De-
lluht-ta. Wonderful Saver Of
Time, and Labor.

"A homemade zinc-topped table 10
4 convenience that 1s a constant de-
light in the home of an ingenious
bride. She carried out the Idea very
inexpensively, after admiring a cost
ly metal-topped table with raised
border Of the metal all around the
edge to keep small objects from roll
ing of when the surface was wet
and slippery. She had noticed in her
girlhood home that the kitchen table
In constant use caused considerable
annoyance In keeping it clean and
slightly after hard service. In spite
of constant care, grease spots fire.
quently penetrated the wooden sur
face and refused to be removed. DISH
washing stains from pots and pans re-
suited from mishaps when the dish
washer was too busy to take the usual
precautions. Stains and marks from
canning and preserving. kn1fe-marks
from careless bread cutting, meat
stains and evidences of various forms
of cookery left their mark, until It
seemed almost impossible to keep
the table presentable while in con-
stant use.
The metal-topped tables Especially
the desirable ztnc-topped tables)
proved out Of the reach OF the mod
erato pocketbook OF the bride in
search of novelties and convenient
devices In kitchen furnishings. She
determined, however, to improve on
the old methods In furnishing her
new kitchen, and to consider first OF
all every possible method OF labor
saving. She avoided the usual stumb-
ling block OF considering anything
good enough for the kitchen-the cast
offs from other parts of the house
usually relegated to kitchen limbo
and studied the developments OF the
newer science In housekeeping dis
played in the attention paid to the
construction of kitchen furniture and
furnishings.
In her crowning achievement-o1
developing a homemade zinc-topped
table-she chose the smallest of her
kitchen tables, without drop leaves;
and purchased a piece Of zinc to ex-
actly cover it. giving the dimensions
of the table top. without allowing an
edge for turning under. Then to give
a smooth finish and prevent the slip
perry edge that turned-under zinc
would give, and also to avoid the
rough sharp edge, she nailed secure
ly all around the edge OF the zinc
flush with the extreme edge of tho
rounded and smoothed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
ALL ARE FROM PARIS
JUVENILE STYLES COPIES OF
THE LEADERS OF FASHION.
Clothes Of the Small Maiden Are Cut
According to the Garments Of
Her EIders-Designs for
School Frocks.
A mother wrote me:

A mother wrote me:
DO give me some ideas for dresses
FOR little girls, but send only Ameri-
can notions, for it seems to me the
French styles are too precocious."
American notions for little girls
styles? Dear mother, and all other
mothers, there are few, unless they
are In the way Of details. The clothes
of our small maidens are cut to q
great extent after the garments of
their elders, and these in their best
phases come straight from Paris.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
New Nets for tho "wanted /"

NC" VETS Tor inc "dnteo.
Through a Paris contemporary We
learn Of a novel method adopted by
the Prague police authorities to de-
tect the perpetrators Il high crimes
and misdemeanors. But whether tho
project will prove ! success remains
to be seen.
When person Of distinction in the
annals Of crime is being sought and
the police experience difficulty In lay.
ing hands on the suspect, in future
they will send to every c1nematograph
exhibition in Bohemia photograph
of the person vented" During the
entertainment the picture will be
shown with some little explanatory
note, and at the conclusion each Nom,
Der of the audience will be free to
act as an amateur detective. 1t seems
?ery likely that this method will be
fruitful in actions for damages.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Velvet Hats.

Velvet has the field almost to itself
in the late winter millinery modes
and more and more models are made
to match the fur sets by having a
row Of fur about the edge. Marabout
Is also liked in this style, and one
store makes specially of such sets.
selling black velvet hat, mum and
small neckp1ece, each edged with
white or natural marabout.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Recovered His Lost Stick.

NeCOVSTeU tJU COBt 0IJGks
The painstaking efficiency and the
honesty of railway officials and en-
ployea in England Is illustrated by a
letter received by Willard P. Hovey.
Mr.. Hovey was In England last sum-
mer. At the Euston station in London
he had to run to catch a train to Liv-
erp0ol. In his haste he left a walking
stick in the luggage room. He told
the guard on the train about it. The
guard asked for his card and said the
stick would be returned If 1t could be
found. Mr.. Hovey has received a let
ter from the railroad company saying
that his stick had been sent to him
on the Campania.-Kansas City Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

mistress Of the home may wear an
apron, too, If she pleases, but her
apron by Its daintlness and tndlvtdu.
ality should show its difference from
the maids. The correct type OF apron
for a parlor maid or waitress is a
neat affair of dotted swiss with shoul.
der straps Of embroidery. With it
over a dark mohair or wool frock the
maid wears snowy cuffs and collar
band. The pretty lace and lawn
aprons with ribbon trimmings for
the housewife are quite different lr
type.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
FLED FROM CHIN REVOLT
Two Mlsslonarie Arrive In California
but Have Little to Tell About =
- the Fighting. $jssS*s > $55:' ,:@ ~

The first missionaries to come out
from war-stricken China arrived in
San Francisco the other day on the
steamship Siberia from Hankow. They
are Rev. James Webster, an English
minister, who for seven years has
been conducting a mission at Human,
in the vice-royalty OF WI Chang.
WHARF the Chinese rebellion had its
inception, and Rev. A. w. Martin.
WHO for three years has had a mis-
SION at Marking.
Their reports of the rebellion are
rather meager, as both were gath
cred with all other foreigners into the
consulates as soon as the war broke
and were kept under excellent poo
lection until the time OF their dspar-
ture.
Mr.. Webster, who went to Hankow
Immediately following news of the
uprising, with all other foreigners,
left that city two days before it was
captured, burned and sacked by the
imperial forces. During his stay there
the city was under the control of the
insurgents, and he says those who
had lived In Hankow for years de-
clared that the municipality was goy-
erned better by the rebels than it
had ever been before.
Mr.. Webster sent his family back
to his old home at Nottingham. Eng.
land, last February, and now 10 on
furlough and on his way to join them
during the holidays.
Mr.. Martin is returning to his home
in Iowa with his wife and children.
All four of the children were born in
China and now are receiving their
first view of America.
He and his family, with all other
foreigners, were hurried into the
American consulate on November =
as result of the fighting near Nan
king, and on November 9 all the
women and children were rushed out
OF that city by rail to Shanghai. The
city's gates were closed, and at the
request of the American consul
Gracey, detail of 104 marines was
sent ashore from the gunboat New
Orleans to insure protection to the
Americans.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
: Hungary's First Fast Train.

Hun0dry'S First Fast Train.
The spirit Of American hustle has
suddenly invaded Hungary, it seems.
for, according to the Freisinnige Zei-
tung, real fast train will soon start
running between Budapest and Pres
burg. The locomotive will have a nor
NAL power Of 1000 horsepower and
will haul the new train of 300 tons at
a speed Of s4h miles an hour, doing
the journey In 1 hour and IS minutes,
including stop Of five minutes at
Neuhausel. The fastest train now run
ming takes three hours and two min
utes. 49, Z. =. .-~sa,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
A Plain Pot-Pie.

Use veal, chicken or beef, cut into
pieces and cook them till tender in
boiling water with strips Of pork and
a seasoning of salt, pepper and butter.
Have enough liquid to make a gener-
Gus quantity of gravy.
Make dunplings of biscuit dough
and In serving place them on q plat
ter surrounding the meat and gravy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Opera Creams.

Melt together, slowly, three-quar-
tiers cup milk. two cups sugar, two
squares chocolate, then boil three or
four minutes. Flavor and put In a
cold place. The pan should not be
touched for at least an hour or until
1t is absolutely cold. Then beat until
it becomes resistant and creamy. Drop
in round balls on paper-oiled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
How to Cook CABBAGE.

Take one-half small cabbage, soak
1t one hour in salt and water, wash
it we'll, and cut in small pieces, put
on to boil in plenty Of boiling water.
Let 1t boil on the front Of stove with
cover on for five minutes. then remove
lid or cover from the pan you are
cooking the cabbage in. and put it
back where 1t will just simmer for rs
minutes longer You will find the cab
bage cooks tender and there will be no
odor while it is cooking. Be sure
and remove the cover.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

and We give sketch of an article Of
this description of a novel design, rep
resenting an ivy-leaf.
1t is quite simple in shape, and can,
without difficulty, be cut out from our
illustration. For the back and front
two pieces Of dark green velvet are
used, and the veins of the leaves are
worked in a paler green embroidery
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

the standing committee on stokers
that has been appointed by the Amert-
can Railway Master Mechanics asso-
citation has predicted the advent Of
the automatic. or mechanical, stoker:
and according to popular belief. three
times is the charm"
Not every one knows what firing
locomotive means. To the country
boy who sees the fireman lolling on
his cushioned seat box while his train
stands on the siding waiting for the
limited. it means a life Of indolent
ease at good pay with abundant OPP
portunities for long range flirtations
with the girls along stretch Of q hun
dred and fifty miles of steel highway.
Consequently ne loses no time in ap
plying at the nearest division head
quarters for job. He is received
with dissembled, but none the less sin
cere, JOY: for the demand for f1remen
Is great and the best ones are farm
bred.
But the "cornfield sailor" who has
the strength of mind, character and
muscle to struggle through all the pre-
liminaries required to reach the left
side of the cab imediately discovers
that in addition to anticipating the
coming Of the pay car and throwing
kisses to the prettiest girls along the
road he is also expected to shovel
from fourteen to twenty tons, or even
more, of coal day; and that this coal
shoveling occupies his attention 80
fully that by the time he gets to the
end Of his run he doesn't care hang
if he never sees a paymaster or a
rural coquette for the rest of his
natural life.
To husky young man, shoveling
twenty tons of coal a day may not
sound like a terrific undertaking.: but
that Is because he fails to appreciate
the difference between shoveling that
quantity In the course of a ten-hour
day, standing on steady footing and
pausing for moment whenever he
feels like 1t to gaze at the scenery
or light a cigarette. and trying to
keep his balance on jolting. Jerking.
plunging steel deck which tries cease
lessly to pitch him head first into the
side Of the cab, while with legs spread
wide apart he humps over a scoop
shovel working with frantic energy
to get coal into the firebox fast enough
to keep steam up. While the engine
is running the fireman must be strad-
died out on the deck working continu-
ally to the limit of his strength, for
ordinarily he will have to get from
two and half to three tons Of coal
into the firebox every hour Three
and half tons is generally regarded
az the limit Of a fireman's capacity,
but this has been greatly exceeded on
the fastest trains from New York to
Chicago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
LIGHTNING Cake.

One cup OF sugar, one cup -four, one
teaspoon OF baking powder, half tea,
spoon salt. Put all together in -four
sitter. Piece OF butter size OF an
egg, put into a measuring cup and let
Dielt. Drop in two eggs and I'LL cup
up with milk. Add one teaspoon Of
flavoring and beat we'll into the dry
Ingredients
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Not Heaven-Made.

A spirit message from the late Prof
William James says, among other
striking things:
Il want you to never mind the s2s-
terial that surrounds :A= goiden
thread"
From which 1t xppears that they
split infinitives in heaven, and that
the stern law against the pleasant
practice is men-made and not divine
as so many sanity purists insist. Boy,
the Ratchet!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Rocks,

One and one-half cups brown sugar,
three eggs beaten separately. one cup
butter. one and one-half pounds wal
nuts chopped, two and one-half CUBS
-four. one pound raisins, one teaspoon
cinnamon, three level teaspoons bak-
ing powder. pinch salt. Make in balls
and bake q dark brown.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Cabbage OmeIet.

Boil small cabbage until tender.
drain, let stand several hours, then
chop finely Season with pepper and
salt. add one tablespoon Of melted but,
ter, three well beaten eggs and one.
half cup of thin cream. Melt one large
tablespoon of butter in IN omelet pan.
turn In q hot dish and garnish With
parsley. !. 4. +, MI .5s.5s So sz.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Odd Mun.

An odd muf is held cornerwise.
with point up and point down. Il
is made of white broadcloth edged
with dark fur, and it Is elaborately
braided in black. From the left hand
corner hangs a long silk tassel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Not All the Fault Of the soao.

Here's soap, Madam, that will
not injure the finest fabrics" parrot
ed the house-to-house canvasser.
Fine" exclaimed the genial WON
an. Nov, If you'll throw in the same
variety Of laundress with each pack
age I'll be a steady customer" ..--C 1esv
land Plain Dealer. s-.-.5~. =z !. 1. II
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
LESSEN LOSSES BY FRICTION
Two Methods, One American and Ono
English, That Are Expected to
Accomplish Much.

Two methods recently developed to
overcome the retarding effect OF Jour-
nal friction are shown in these illus
trations. one being an English method,
and the other American. In the lat
ter. series Of short rollers of rela-
lively large diameter take the place
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

silk. Between these two pieces Of vel
vet. and sewn in with a buttonhole
stitching of the same silk, are two
thick pieces Of cloth. which for this
purpose may be of any color, as they
will not be visible, and merely servo
to thicken the holder. In place of a
stalk to the leaf loop of green rib
bon Is attached, by which the holder
may be hung upon a nail in the wall
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Dainty Petticoafe

0''Sy VCI1tCVAI8s
Some of the dainty full dress petit,
coats are trimmed with lace, adorned
with appliQues OF covered flora.
wreaths, In natural tone, made OF rib
bon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

There Is one difference, however, the
French do not use rs much material
as we do in child's garment Moth
Ing is made for future growth, little
coats and gowns fitting to T when
first turned out. The skirts Of the
French child's frocks are also shorter
than the petticoats OF little maid of
the same age in this country. But.
all things said and done, our best
Juvenile fashions are replicas Of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Pendants Are LARGE.

Pendants continue to be large and
fiat, and the inner design Of the disks
ly resembling filet lace are traced up
on them in the tiniest of diamonds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
IVY LEAF TEAPOT HOLDER
Made from Remnants and Good for
Sale at 6azaars or for Use
at Home.

Either for sale in bazaars or for use
at home, teapot handle holders are
among those things which can be very
easily made in spare moments from al
most any odd remnants Of material,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Neither Very Good.
Il thought you said his word was
az good a. his bond?" + s:.Ss : 1t.
so I did" ! H.. -Ss= Il. .. s. Il.
l. But hs broke his word. = #
.A11 - would Jump his bond. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Styles Of Aprons.
The maids apron must be correct!
according to certain conventional
forms. It is in fact a uniform. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
New Crepe.

NC" crepe.
There is new sheer cotton pebble
crepe. In small cross checks with
boucle threads that give a snowflake
appearance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26


will be the gen.
eral introduction
of auto m q tic
stokers to re-
lieve locomotive
dremen of a task
that has grown
beyond the pow
ers of human
muscles. For three
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
F')llLlN h FIRiIlEB0
NOT A. SNAP FOR 8TuRplEsT OF.
HARD-MUscLED YOUTHS,
increasingly Hard to Find Men Able
and Willing to Take the Position
and Automatic stoker 10
. Contemplated.

II prophecies. are fulfilled the next
great evolution in railroad operation
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
English Car Equipped With Anti.Frio.
ton Wheels.

with this device. In actual service
the wheels are covered with thin met
al shields to, keep out the dust
Popular Mechanics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
American Railroad Truck Running on
Roller Bearings.

EEkSEE9S53E{%
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-03-27
W. S. LLOYD SUCCESSFUL.
Induced DR.. Howard Company to
Make Special Prices.

After great deal of effort and
correspondence w. s. Lloyd, the
popular druggist, has succeeded
in getting the DR.. Howard Co. to
make special half-price introduc-
tory offer on the regular fifty cent
size of their celebrated specific for
The cure of constipation and dys-
pepsia.
DIR. Towards specific has been
so remarkably successful in curing
constipation, dyspepsia and all
liver troubles, that w. S. Lloyd is
willing to return the price paid in
every case where it does not give
relief.
Headaches, coated tongue, dir
illness, gas on stomach, specks be-
fore the eyes, constipation, and all
forms of liver and stomach trouble
are soon cured by this scientific
medicine.
So great is the demand for this
specific that w. S. Lloyd has been
able to secure only a limited sup
ply, and every one who is troubled
with dyspepsia, constipation or
liver trouble should call upon him
at once, or send rs cents and get
sixty doses of the best medicine
ever made. ON this special half
price offer with his personal guar
antee to refund the money if it
does not cure.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-03-27

-Pearl-Light 2:1S4 by Search
light.
Br C by Bingen 2:O64-Dainty
Daffo 2:134 by Wilton 2:194.
Br by Bingen 2;064-Mary
Tell 2:144 by Axtell (3) 2:12.
B f by Bingen 2:O64-Oratrix
2:213 by Orator.
Br by Kentucky Todd-dam
by Virgins.
Blk f by Cecillian Todd-Em-
eretta 2:21t SISTER to Emma Of
futt 2:11t. winner of the M. and
n.y. by Gambetta Wilkes.
B C by Orlton-Prelacy (dam of
Prelatress, dam of Parlsette trial
| (3) 2:O84, Miss Previous trial a
bali in 1:104 as yearling, and
sold for $40, 1907 by Lord Russell.
STOCKINGS.
Br by j. Malcolm Forbes
Fanforan 2:11t by Tommy Britton.
B by j. Malcolm Forbes
Oratrix 2:21t by Orator.
Tredel, b G by Trengantle 2:094
-Delcahalance by Delmarch, trial
2:104.
Three unborn foals by j. NAL
colin Forbes, out of Dainty Daffo
2:13f, mare by Wilton and a
mare by Moko.
Tredel and the yearlings were
shipped to Lexington with the
aged horses.