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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
Centuries of inefficient Bureaucratic
Administration Have Made Him
Resigned to Anything.

Russia is distinctly the land Of
"Nichevo," the country where nothing
really matters-a fact which is
promptly impressed upon even the
casual traveller as soon as he crosses
the frontier. The man who must needs
carry with him on a journey his own
country and all his fixed habits had
better remain at home.
An English writer is authority for
the statement that on nearly every
railway in Russia, including the Trans
Siberian at Moscow and at Kharbfn.
after being informed at the ticket Of
fee that no sleeping-car accommoda-
ton was available, a coupe has been
forthcoming on the train as the result
of largesse to the conductor. On one
occasion. boarding the Revel-Peters-
burg express 1t Weimarn Station q
4 q. m, no was Informed By the con-
ductor that thero ~ no roon -
- II Us
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01

.way 81 rswai u for# comm. E. tho way
to Harlemf They had not noted that
the stove was Sail In commission
possibly through seeing neither pot
nor pan on top Of It. ~. "
But when they were graciously per-
mitted to helo take away the fish
course and see. the taking up OF a
steak. alo in%a bag. they evidently
felt better. Especially VII the po-
tato bag yielded sweets, which had
been cooked along with the white
ones, and KEEP. warm underneath, and
still another bag furnished tomatoes
stuffed with scraped corn. The toma-
toes had cooked a little too long. and
came out pretty, much huddled. but
good for all that. They were eaten
to the last. street.-The steak also
looked prett; ghostly at the finish.
Since this was bag dinner salad
was conspicuously absent. Room must
be left for the apple dumplings. When
they came on. my dinner guests plain
ly suspected me OF the black art. The
dumplings, made ready in advance,
had been bagged as the tell was ring
ing, popped in the oven after had
welcomed my company, and had
cooked there while we ate the other
things. The sauce for them, also pre-
viously prepared. had kept warm over
hot water, in something covered. II
anybody ever made better dumplings,
1t was never my luck to eat thereof.
Black coffee, fruit and cigars for
the gentlemen, wound up the perform
ance. In three hours, working single
handed, I set my table, cooked my
dinner, having all material, in hand,
read an evening paper, and even loaf
ed a minute or two now and then
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
EXCELLENT FOR ALL FISH.

Cook fish by M. Soyer's paper bag
method for several reasons. The first
but not the best of them is to save
smells. Experience has shown that
the smell, though not absolutely pre-
vented Is so minimized as to be in
offensive.
The second reason is, the saving of
time and trouble. There is absolute
ly no danger of scorching-all the
watching necessary is look in to see
when the bag is brown enough to
have the heat lessene1 It takes from
three to ten minutes-depending
something on the weather, s~mething
on the fuel-especially j. it is gas
and something on the CRATES or jets
In which the burning goes forward.
When the baS-corners turn a dead
leaf brown and the upper surface is
family yellow, slack the heat-either
by turning out flame, pushing in dam
pers, or setting the oven door ajar.
1t is this lowered heat that prevents
the possibility of scorching-a pre-
ventfon which anybody who has ever
cooked will appreciate.
Copyright. 1911. by the Associated
Literary Press.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01

Scared Severa. Business Men.
Il heard coed one on the news
papers today" said Alderman Will
liam Coleman to crowd OF alder
men and newspaper men in the city
hall.
The editor of small paper in
this state was scandalized at the be-
havior of business man in his town
who posed as a moral and upright
citizen and pillar of the church. So
the editor. to put stop to it inserted
an advertisement in his paper that
read like this:
"If that business man who hugs
and kisses his typewriter every day
doesn't stop 1t right away we will
print his name in our paper"
THE very next day dozen of the
most substantial business men in the
place called on the editor and told
him that he shouldn't listen to every
thing people talk about AS each de-
parted he left behind good volumn
advertisement" -Milwaukee Wiscon-
sin
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
PAPER BAS LUNCHEON.

Grille a la indIenne.-Use cold NUT
ton, beef or veal. Slice and cut into
rounds or squares. Melt piece of
butter, about the size of a large wal
nut, on a plate in the oven. Add q
teaspoonful of Harvey's sauce. and
salt to taste. Mix thoroughly, lay the
meat slices in the mixture and let
stand an hour. Make ready as many
fried croutons as there are meat
slices, place the latter on these, and
put them in well-greased paper bag.
Put on broiler, and cook for eight
minutes. Serve with mashed pota,
toes and Portuguese sauce. or with
beef, horse radish sauce To make
Portuguese sauce rub a pound of ripe
tomatoes through a hair sieve, put
the pulp thus obtained in a clean en-.
ameled saucepan. Add pepper and
salt to taste, a teaspoonful Of pow
dered sugar, dessert spoonful of
vinegar, a teaspoonful Of onion Juice,
or as much chopped garlic as will go
on the point Of very small knife.
Boil down q little, then use.
Baked Bananas.-Use ripe but arm
fruit. Peel, dip in melted butter, roll
in sugar, put in a creased bag with
tho juic.+ of a lemon to six bananas.
Seal. and bake twenty ptn-tes in a
hot oven.
Copyright, 1911, by sturgis & Walton
Company
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
THE DOCTOR HABIT
And How She Overcame Il.

When well selected food has helped
the honest physician place his patient
In sturdy health and free from the
doctor habit" it Is source of salts
faction to all parties. A Chicago won.
an says:
I'VE have not had a doctor in the
house during all the years that We
have been using Grape-Nuts food. Be
fore we began, however, We had the
doctor habit and scarcely week went
by without call on our physician.
when our youngest boy arrived, S
years ago, was very much run down
and nervous. suffering from indiges
ton and almost continuous headaches
was not able to attend to my ordinary
domestic duties and was SO nervous
that could scarcely control myself
Under advice took to Grape-Nuts.
Il am now, and have been ever since
we began to use Grape-Nuts food, able
to do all my own work. The dyspep
sia, headaches, nervousness and rheu
matism which used to drive me fairly
wild, have entirely disappeared.
My husband finds that in the night
work In which he is engaged, Grape
Nuts food supplies him The most whole
some, Strengthening and satisfying
lunch he ever took with him." Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek
Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road tc
Wellville," in pkgs. There's q reason"
Ever read the above letter3 A new
IRE genuine. true, and fall ct AanaaS
Interest, TF'@3E
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COFA-CHI-OUI

On the bank Of the Savannah river
near what is now Silver Bluff, s. G..
sat a bearded Spaniard in full armor.
He was enthroned upon a gaudy chair
OF state, and about him were grouped
his band Of hardy. travel-worn adven-
turers. The man was Fernando de
Soto, dtscoverer of the Mississippi
river. His eyes and those of his fol-
lowers were just now fixed upon a
strange f1otilla that was crossing the
river toward him. The foremost craft
was OF gorgeous color and was pad
died by eight white-clad girls. On a
pile of cushions in the stern, under a
gay awning, reclined young and
beautiful woman. She. like all her
companions, was of lighter color than
most Indians that De Soto had met.
She was attired in regal splendor.
The Pearl Necklace.
AS the canoe reached the further
bank the princess stepped ashore and
walked fearlessly forward to greet De
Soto. Bowling low before him, she gra-
ciously made the Spanish adventurer
welcome to her realm. She then un-
coiled the huge pearl necklace from
about her throat and threw it in
shiny circle over De Soto's head. In
return the Spaniard drew from his fin.
ger ruby ring and presented it to
her, saying through an Interpreter,
that he should cherish the necklace
less for its own value than because
her hands had bestowed it upon him.
De Soto had come to North America
on journey Of exploration, hoping
also to find some such marvellous
wealth as the new world had lavished
upon Cortez and Pizarro. During his
wanderings northward he often heard
from Indians along the route of
great princess, Cofachiqui by name,
who ruled the Cofachi tribe and was
incredibly rich in gold, silver and
precious stones. Like most Spaniards
of that day, De Soto and his men were
wildly excited over the tidings of Co.
fachiqui. They forced captured In
dian to guide him to her chief village
Arriving at the rivers bank opposite
this village on April %, 1910, De Soto
sent word through an Interpreter that
his party had come upon a peaceful
mission and asked leave to pay his re-
spects to the princess.
She obeyed the summons and made
the wanderers welcome to her land.
De Soto asked for food to provision
his expedition. She promptly granted
the request, and even invited him and
his men to cross the river and be the
guests Of her village while the sacks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01

Stuffed Fresh Haddock.-Cop a
cooked onion with three tablespoon,
tuls OF breadcrumbs. Add an ounce
OF butter, salt and pepper to taste, a
little chopped parsley and a beaten
egg. Mix thoroughly, stuff the fish
with the mixture, tie up. roll in -four.
place In bag well creased, dot the
nsh over with butter, seal the bag,
and cook for twenty minutec in a hot
oven.
Fish croquettes.-Mix one pound
OF cold fish, free Of the skin and bone,
with two tablespoonfuls Of white
sauce and season we'll with salt, pep
per, cayenne, and q little chopped
parsley. Form into croquettes, roll
them in eggs and breadcrumbs, place
In a well-greased bag, seal and cook
for twenty minutes In a very hot
oven.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
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COOKING
MISUNDERSTANDING
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HOW I COOKED. A COMPANY
DINNER.

BY Martha McCuIIoeh williams.
Being reasonably vain of my cook
Ing when go and learn new ways
the next thing is to show them of.
Hence, my course-dtnner-paper bag
ged OF course. Likewise. q company
dinner. 1t would be deadly insult
to good food even to think of serving
1t IN courses to one lone feeder.
My guests came a trifle late-by
the time they had off hats and wraps
l was ready to take them in tho
Kitchen. This because Of a shrewd
suspicion that they thought had
been telling fairy tales-they could
not conceive of real food, coming real
~ cooked out Of paper bag.
MY people shifted gratefully as they
entered the kitchen. Truly things
were not half bad, by the smell. It
was very mild-hardly more than an
agreeable faint. A hot dish sat ready
upon the paper covered table. lifted
out the broiler, set it beside the dish.
slipped the edge of the dish we'll
under the bag resting upo-: the
broiler, showed it well t. the middle
and opened it. Then came forth in
full strength the smell OF fish not
rankly offensive, but inviting. Inside
the bag there was halibut, a. la min
ute-1t had been cooking fifteen
minutes, was done to a turn, flaky.
f1aVorous, and literally swimming in
a sauce of its own juices, mingled
with those Of the tomatoes covering
1t, the lemon that had been squeezed
on 1t, and the butter with which it
had been literally dotted.
To go with it there were baked DO
tatoes-baked in a bag. and mealy.
without trace of scorch. The diners
vowed they had new, a singularly
line flavor, somewhat approaching
that OF a roasted chestnut. They
praised the ashland ate In a way
to show it deserved the praise. Still.
I think they wondered a bit-was this
one bagful all they were to get by
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
Some of My Favorite Fish Recipes

Cod Bourgeoise.-Take two slices
OF cod, season with salt and pepper,
and lay them in a well-buttered bag.
Place two mushrooms and two sliced
tomatoes on top of the fish, add a
chopped shallot, dot over with butter,
squeeze over with lemon juice, seal
up and cook for fifteen minutes.
Cod la vaIewska.-Take a outlet,
spread each side well with butter, dip
into seasoned nour, then sprinkle
very thickly with grated cheese. A
mixture Of Parmesan and Gruyers is
best, but any KIND, even Dutch, will
do. Grease bag we'll with butter.
Put in the fish and add to it eithe- a
gill Of good fish stock or favored milk
Ii. e., milk in which a slice each Of
onion, turnip and carrot. and a bit of
celery, have simmered for fifteen
minutes). Seal bag and cook twenty
to thirty minutes, according to the
thickness of the outlet, in moderate
ly hot oven. Turn out gently on y q
hot dish. Pour the sauce over. sprin-
kle faxed shrimps on top, and serve.
The shrimps should be made hot, not
cooked, in a little roll of well-greased
paper bag, separately.
Haiibut Ia Minute.-Season a slice
Of halibut about an inch thick with
salt and pepper and roll in flour. Slice
two tomatoes, lay them over the fish,
squeeze lemon Juice upon them, dot
with bits Of butter rather thickly, put
into a thickly buttered bag, and cook
fifteen minutes In a very hot oven. II
the oven heat has to be Stacked, cook
for ten minutes longer-tish requires
always to be we'll done.
cod.-Slice three pounds of fish,
season we'll with salt and pepper, add
a small onion choppe1, ard a few
sweet herbs. Mix to smooth paste
an ounce of butter or beef dripping, q
large tablespoonful of -four, and three
parts of a glass of milk. Any sauce
can be used to flavor the paste, though
none is necessary. Put the paste and
the fish together into well buttered
paper bag, seal tight. and cook in 4
hot oven twenty minutes.
Smoked Haddock.-Clean a smoked
paddock weighing about two pounds,
season it we'll with cayenne pepper
but no salt Pour upon it two large
tablespoonfuls of milk and a little
white sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan
cheese and a few bread crumbs. Add
enough melted butter to moisten the
crumbs, put the fish in a well-but
tered bag, seal, and cook for twenty
minutes in a very hot oven.
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OF grain, etc., were collected. On RATS
De Soto, his fellow adventures and
their horses were ferried across to the
village. There the Spaniard's mask
of courtesy seems to have been cast
aside. The sight Of Cofachiqui's pearl
necklace had awakened in the adven-
turers the typical Spanish craving for
plumber. De Soto ordered the princess
to produce all the precious metals the
village could boast.
She meekly consented, and soon a
long line of Indians was bringing to
De Soto's feet vast quantity Of shin
ing yellow and white metal. The Span
iards crowded frantically around the
hoard; then with curses they spurned
it from them. For the yellow metal
was nothing but copper, and the shin
ing white substance was a sort of tin.
But the pearl necklace was proof
positive that there were precious
stones in the neighborhood. De Soto
ordered the princess to tell where
these gems could be found. BY this
time Cofachiqui had learned that her
peaceful subjects were no match for
the grim, we'll armed Spaniards. So,
without resistance, she led the way to
a temple where the royal dead were
inferred. With each body was buried
a quantity of pearls. The adventures
fell to eagerly and looted the sacred
place Of it's treasure.
Unable to get rid of her brutal
guests by force, Cofachiqui hit on a
clever trick for freeing her village Of
their presence. She told them that far
to the north lay a city so full of
wealth that her riches were worthless
in comparison. De Soto and his men
readily snapped at the bait. Leaving
the larger part of their huge pearl
treasure behind, to be taken on the
return trip, they set of in haste for
the mythical treasure city.
De Soto at the last moment Seems
to have suspected that the princess
story might not be true, for he sudden
ly ordered her to accompany the expe-
dition as a guide. The fair young
ruler protested in vain. But she would
not permit her Indians to fly to arms
in her behalf. Instead, she finally con-
scented to go, leading the line Of Span
iards with such seeming willingness
that De Soto after day or two re-
Taxed his vigilant guard over her.
Then, one morning, as they were pass
ing through dense jungle, Cofachiqut
slipped quickly into the underground
and vanished.
(Copyright)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
GALL

ingly joined the Indian confederation
of tribes that sought to check the
white mans advance. Yet he secretly
warned white men of his acquaintance
to move to place of safety.
He, with Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse,
Rain in the Face and other noted war
riors, commanded several thousand
savages who were encamped near the
Little Big Horn in the early summer
of 1876. When Custer advanced upon
the Indian village Gall was chosen as
actual leader in the defense.
Custer divided his forces for the a3
tack At the head of one body Of cav
airy he rode toward the village from
certain point, ordering Major Reno,
with another detachment. to charge
down upon the Indians from a differ
ent quarter, hoping thus to catch the
redskins between two flres.." Gall
promptly sent one band of Indians to
meet Reno and hold him in check,
forcing him to take the defensive and
rendering him helpless to join Custer.
Gall himself led the rest Of the cav.
ages in an attack on Clusters de.
tachment.
Calls Indians surrounded Clusters
cavalrymen, galloping about the little
army that was vainly waiting for
Keno's reinforcement. BY Calls or
ders they killed or captured the troop
ers' horses, thus making either a
charge or safe flight impossible. Ac-
cording to Calls own story, this ruse
was so successful that in barely an
hour Clusters whole force was ami
hilated.
From Savage to Judge.
Small wonder that the man whose
cleverness had devised such a plan
of battle should have been furious at
hearing Sitting Bull claim all credit
for the victory!
Gall. like most Of the other chiefs
who had fought at Little Big Horn,
fed for refuge to Canada when the
United States troops swarmed over
the country in mad, futile attempt
to avenge Clusters death. There he
remained until January 1, 1881, when
with his own followers he surrendered
to the government
(Copyright.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
Plans for Tuberculosis Day.

Plans for Tuberculosis Day.
Sermons on the prevention of con.
sumption will be preached In thou
sands of churches on April %, which
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis has
setasidea as Tuberculosis day. Last year
out of 100000 churches in the United
States. over $4,000 observed Tubercu
losis day, and millions of churchgoers
wero told about this disease from the
pulpit. This year will be the third
observation of tuberculosis day. Plans
are being made to have the gospel of
health preached more widely than
ever before. The movement will be
pushed through the 900 anti-ehbercu-
losis associations allied with the ma.
tional association and through the
boards Of health. women's clubs and
other organizations in hundreds Of
cities and towns throughout the coun
try. Through these various bodies
the churches will be reached and in
terested in the tuberculosis campaign.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
Loyal DOG.

Loyal Dog.
The loyalest of dogs was probably
the little Scotch terrier to which Edin.
burgh some years ago erected a statue.
For over eight years Greyfriars Bobby,
as he came to be called, slept nightly
on his masters grave in Greyfriars.
He spent an hour or two a day in the
curator's house, but night always
found him again on the grave, how.
ever cold or stormy the weather.
Locked doors failed to keep him in.
There was always the window. And
it was not till eight years had passed
that Edinburgh learned of him, and
then it was over the prosaic question
of finding the man who ought to pay
the dogs license. That tiny statue
on the street corner outside the grave
yard is worth looking at even to the
man who does not know the story.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01

1t was the night after the Battle of
the Little Big Horn, June 26. 1876. A
group OF Sioux and Cheyenne chiefs
sat about roaring campfire discuss
ing the days battle, which had ended
in the death Of Custer and his men.
From a place of honor beside the
fire rose the great medicine man, Sit
ting Bull. Loudly he chanted his
own glory, boasting that his warlike
skill and his medicine magic" had
brought about the Indian victory. In
the midst of the vainglorious Grafton
another chief-stately, digni1ed, strik-
ingly handsome-sprangu up from the
fireside group. In fierce invective he
cursed Sitting Bull for liar. fraud
and a coward. declaring that the med
icine man kept out Of bullet range,
mumbling "charms," while better men
had borne the peril and labor of the
fight
The savage who thus dared to de-
nounce the mighty Sitting Bull was
Gall, chief of the Uncpapa Sioux, and
real hero of the Little Big Horn battle.
He was one of those odd combina-
tons: an Indian and rare tactician.
He was, moreover, man of strong In
tellect and-still more uncommon
among the Sioux-had kindly heart.
A Poor Boy Who Became Great.
Gall was born near the Moreau
river, South Dakota, In 1910. He be-
gan life handicapped by poverty and
by the early loss of his father. His
widowed mother was poor-even for
an Indian. Gall literally rose from
the ranks" In early manhood his
brain and rare courage had forced
him into local fame. Not only did he
win repute as a fighter. but as skill
full military strategist. He awakened
wonder among his tribe folk by his
ability to handle small body Of war
riors in such manner as to enable
them to defeat far large. force. Rap
idly he rose in power until he was
war chief OF the Uncpapas.
The onrush of emigrants and gold
seekers was fast driving the Sioux
from their best grounds. Gall, seeing
his people slowly crushed out of exist
ence by this march Of progress, will
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-01
Celtic Arithmetic

Celtic Arithmetic.
Into the general store of a town up
In New York state there recently came
big, good-natured Irish woman, who
wanted to be weighed. She stepped
on the scales almost as soon as she
had stepped on.
"Shure, these scales is no good!"
was her Disguised comment. They
only weigh up to wan hundred, an
weigh something loike wan hundred
and nolnety pounds"
Tis easily discouraged ye are, Mrs.
Casey" said friend. Just step onto
them twict, me dear, and let Mickey
here do the sum for ye."
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adlosli & 81 pl orl,,at.

y Miss Lillian Russell, more beautiful
than ever. was serving tea ct The Pro
sfessional Woman's league bazaar at
the Waldorf-Astoria. A member Of
the Spanish legation passed with two
charming girls, and Miss Russell said:
mo wonder that young man is 70
popular with the ladies'. He 10 . L.
dies diplomat"
How a ladies' diplomatw 4 COM
poser asked.
"Well." explained Miss Russell, he
is the sort Of chap who always remem-
bers' woman's birthday and forgets
her ago." r.,