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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
An Unsung Hero.

They have told you for years Of the
'brave engineers."
Who pilot the trains to the station;
And they've caroled to you OF the 'over-
all blue"
The badge Of q worthy vocation.
Row I'm full Of praise for tho engineers
ways,
And to elorify them none is quicker.
Yet let mo be heard as I venture a word
For the man at the telegraph ticker:
Clickety- click! Clickety-click!
Hear how the instruments chatter and
decker
Daytime and night. swifter than light.
Orders for trains from the man at the
The engineers brain is concerned with
one train,
Dispatches must think about many,
And to handle the lot with the Morse
dash and-dot
Needs head that is equal to any.
So the engineer smiles as he reels OIL
the miles
With his train orders fresh as he takes
'em;
But the hero to me is tho man at the key.
The nervy dispatcher who makes EN-
Clickety- click! CNckety-click!
There goes the Limited-fash and Z
flicker
One little hitch-train in the ditch!
Nice ucklish task to be man at the ticker.
When the foods running high and the
train cards awry.
And the schedules busted to flinders.
He must get the line clear for the
trains far and near.
No matter what obstacle hfnders!
Till the tans,e Is straight he Is Boss"
he is Fate,
There Is no one to question or bicker,
Whether four tracks or one. all the traf-
f1c is run
BY the man at the telegraph ticker.
Clickety- click! Clickety-click!
Send on the wrecker at once II not
quicker.
Trains jumped the rails!' somebody
Actions the word for che man at the
It's big game of chess with no
''chances'' or guess"
And the board is a busy division.
For a move that is wrong might be death
to a throng
In smash or head-on collision.
Your life's in his hand when you travel
on land,
And as heroes are measured. his stature
Will loom up right near to the brave
engineer"
drink to the merry dispatcher!
Clickety- click! Clickety-click!
Wife may be sick and the baby be sicker:
Still he must stick right at his trick.
Here's to the man at the telegraph ticker!
-Berton Braley in the Twice-a-month
Popular Magazine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
New News of Yesterday

tor Jones was. OF course. taken to the
latter His face lighted up for mo
men,. Then a brooding look came
over him. Firm in his fetlocks." he
muttered. in his fetlocks." And
often after that. as he sat at his desk.
he was heard to mutter to himself,
Firm in his fetlocks-frm in his fet-
locks"
Later, came Conkling's historic quar-
rel with President Garfield and the
senator's resignation from the senate.
and then the senate not infre1uently
beheld Senator Jones lingering regret
fully and reminisc.ntly near the desk
that Conkling had occupied. Firm in
his fetlocks-frm II his fetlocks," he
| would MUTE to himself 1t was clear
to his colleagues that Senator Jones
was suffering from some serious men
IT, impairment. A length there came
total collapse; and some Of those who
best knew Senator Jones were always
of the belief that the curious compli-
ment which Conkling paid Senator
Jones, coupled with the latter's sense
Of loss when Conkling left the senate.
| had served in some mysterious way
! to bring to a head the malady which
| ended the F1oridan's life.
copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Hurt by the HobbIe Skirt.

A bitter cry against the modern
fashion Of narrow skirts comes from
Roubiax, in the north of France, q
town noted for its manufactures OF
dress goods. The reduction of the
material necessary for dress from
eight yards to three or four has
thrown families into misery and is
helping to starve the children and
babies, 1t is declared
The assistant mayor of Roubafx says
that the falling of in the output there
has robbed 10000 men and women OF
their employment and meant loss of
from 100000 to 100000 in wages
this year. From twenty to twenty-five
per cent of the weaving trade is idle. A
worker explains the situation In these
words:
1--WE work generally only two days
a week, and when there's family we
earn about enough to starve on. It is
quite time the ladies gave up their
hobble skirts"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
MAKEsHIFTs FOR THE COOK
Tasty and Appealing Dishes Easily
Made From Various Kinds
OF Leftovers.

Canned tomato soup can masquer-
ade as. delicious PURGE If it is mixed
with half its bulk of cream or milk.
Season highly and add the cream be-
fore the soup is seated, as 1t is less
likely to curdle. For variety, barley
or cut-up sphagetti can be added.
The mixture that is left in the bot3
tom of the casserole after the meat
has been removed can be utilized for
another meal. And about half the
quantity Of water, cut up dice Of POI
tatoes and make dough balls, stew
ing the mixture until the potatoes ara
tender.
When making apple float try roast
Ing the apples instead Of stewing
them. The pulp is removed from the
skins and mixed with the whites of
eggs.
Leftover spaghetti or macaroni il
nice cooked in a baking dish with a
cream sauce and shredded green and
red peppers cut over the top. Some.
times cheese is added to the mixtures.
again bread crumbs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Life Not Al Joy for tho Theatrical
Men Who Play the One
Night Stands.

Dick Mitchell went out ahead OF a
show some weeks ago-and that show
seems to have been routed by some
one whose passion was for discovery,
rather than for gate receipts, says a
Cincinnati paper. According to Mr..
Mitchells friends the music IN most
of the theaters was furnished by a
man with a harmonica Once Mr..
Mitchell told the local manager that
he wanted an augmented orchestra
that night. Il got yuh, b." said that
official. The stage hand is a swell
player on the jews harp" But the
worst Of 1t, from Mr. Mitchells point
of view, has been the food that he
has encountered in the one-horse no.
tells. On one occasion he ordered
scrambled eggs. When the waiter
brought them he slammed the plate
down proudly in front of the sufferer.
There you are mister" said he. Tell
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Trains Charged by BuffaIoes.

trains NUdT9eO W 0uUaIoS0.
In pioneer days the railroads cross.
ing the plains were often delayed for
many hours by buffalos. Sometimes
they caused more serious trouble. In
1871 and 1872 trains on the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
were charged by tie enraged beasts.
cars were derailed and overturned
and the lives Of train crews and pass
sngers endangered.
Many tales of hairbreadth escapes
were related by small Parties OF sol.
diers. frontiersmen and emigrants,
and it is altogether possible that
many an emigrant wagon with its oe-
cupants that left the Missouri river
and was never seen again was over
whelmed by the buffaloes rather than
wiped out of existence by the In
dfans, to whom all unexplained dis
appearances were attributed.
Large buffalo bulls weighed 1000
pounds or more and cows weighed in
the neighborhood Of 1000 pounds.
Herds numbering many thousands
we're really irresistible, and In a
stampede carried all before then.-
Outing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
General Grant Found Great Delight In
Watching the New York Elevated
Road Locomotives and the
Expert Engineers.

One mid-forenoon in October. 1888.
a friend and | entered the forward
car of a Sixth avenue elevated train
at Forty~second street in New York
city. AS we took seats we observed
man of stout build sitting in the
first forward seat on the rght-hand
side Of the car. apparently intently &C.
cupied In watching the engineer of the
little locomotive that was noisily haul
ing the train to its destination. mot
until the present century was born
were the New York elevated lines
electrified.) This passenger did not
move except to bend his head for
ward. seemingly that he might the
more readily watch the motions of
the engineer Indeed. so glued were
his eyes on the man in the diminutive
cab that he attracted the attention OF
practically every other passenger In
the car. and l caught several cmiling
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Shocked the Superintendent.

S'O~NSO SpV oOpSs UNSVuCUSs
He entered the superintendent Of.
fee in a kind Of bashful, well-I-got-no-
business-here sort Of manner and
quietly asked the busy man IL the 81.
perintendent was in.
Il am he," replied that official with.
out raising his eyes from the desk
what do you want?"
"One Of your trains killed my dog
few days ago and thought would
stop in and"
well, he had no business on or
tracks; you should have kept him
tied"
Eyes. know" meeE1y responded
the caller. but I didn't. and hn got ON
the track and was killed. and l
thought you ought IT,"
But We wont! We don't pay for
killing dogs on this road"
who said anything about pay?" re-.
piled the ex-dog owner. I'D been
trying for a month to get some one
to drown that measly cur. and AZ the
railroad has killed him for me,
thought you ought to be paid for the
Job Here's two dollars-"-Railroad
Employe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Woman Created New Industry

after he had delivered the pies or.
dered by the regular customers, he
set out with a large basket full. and
offered the ware for sale from door
to door. At some houses he made
sales, at others he did not, but he
did not return until he had disposed
of the stock. Another day he can
vassed another neighborhood. until he
had covered a considerable territory
Then he began to 60 over the ground
a second time. In few weeks, in
this way. he built up a steady trade
that was all his wife could take care
Of
The next step was to hira help for
his wife in the baking. Trade pres
emily became so brisk that Mrs Odds
had half dozen girls making and
baking pies all day tong under her
supervision. The delivery became
more than Mr.. Odds could manage on
foot and he bought a horse and de-
livery wagon.
The pies became famous and the
business expanded by leaps and
bounds. A good sized building had
to be rented for the bakery. Mrs
Odds did no more baking. but mere
ly saw to 1t that the staff Of cooks
and helpers kept the pies up to her
standard. Mr.. Odds had found the
job he had been looking for in the
management of this new business
which he and his wife owned
AS time went on Odds pie bakery
became one Of the big business insti
tutions of New Haven. It had a big
plant and gave employment to many
hundreds Of persons Mr. Odds ex-
tended its trade to other cities, and
made it famous throughout New Eng.
land. And it was the first pie baking
corporation in the world.
copyright. 1911. By E. J. Edwards. All
Rights ReservedD
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Tragedy of Queer Friendship

until he faced the speaker, and give
him close attention until he had re-
sumed mis- seat. Sometimes. too. the
senator from New York was seen to
nod his head approvingly at some re-
mark of the speaker; and it often
seemed as though Senator Jones,
while nominally addressing the SEN
ate. was nevertheless speaking direct.
ly at or to Roscoe Conkling, of whose
friendship he was frankly proud.
At Last one of Conkling's Repub.
lican colleagues ventured to say to
him:
Senator, l observe that you al.
ways encourage Senator Jones by at.
tentive listening VIXEN he speaks.
should be glad if you would tell me
why you do that. The rest of the
senate do not find anything of special
value in the remarks of Senator
Jones'"
"Sir." replied Roscoe Conkling in
his most dignified manner, Il like
the man: he stands firm in his fet.
locks"
Conkling's characterization Of Sena
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
IMPORTANCE Of THE TOUCH
Writer Makes Out Case Showing Il ia
Be One Of the Greatest
Things on Earth.

Touch Is the greatest Of the five
senses, writes Terrell Love Holiday
In the Smart Set Magazine. It is the
mainstay Of emergency, the unfailing
resource Of the perpetually impecnni.
Gus. Many man would be unable to
hve-as easily as he has been &C
customed to-if he could not make a
touch"
A touchdown wins the football
game. and touched-up complexion
Is often the first step In winning
man.
The touching novel becomes one OF
the six best sellers, and the retouched
negative produces beautiful picture
from homely woman's photograph.
"One touch of Nature makes the
whole world kin"-which explains the
hitherto unsolved problem-why we
have so many undesirable relatives.
His hand touching heretofore
marriage-causes an electric thrill
10 pass through the twain; and his
land touching the bottom of his purse
latter marriage-causes short cir
cult and burned-out fuse.
Every portion of the body and mind
IS susceptible to touch.
When touched in the heart, we rush
Into matrimony; If touched in the
head" We are rushed to a lunatic
asylum. Touched on the pocket nerve.
we either give up or close up, accord
ingly as we are "easy marks" or tight
wads." When our feelings are touch
ed We weep; when our corns are
touched We swear.
A touch on the arm, by the police,
means that we are under duress; a
touch on the cheek, by Felice-our
better half-means that we are under
caress- In both cases we submit and
pay our fines.
Touched on the lips, we look re-
signed-if it is our wife; and happy
if it is some other fellows wife.
The appeal of the foaming schooner
touches the beggar's thirst; and the
touching appeal of the beggar enables
the schooner and the thirst to get in
touch with each other
Curiously do the comic and pathetic
touches intermingle. There is the light
touch of comedy in woman's efforts to
keep up with the styles; and dark
touch Of pathos in mans struggle to
keep up with the bills of woman. en-
gagged as aforesaid.
With most of us life is touch and
go, and we have to go pretty fast to
escape touch of sorrow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
GOOD HAMBURG STEAK
HoM9lY DISH MAY APPEAR ~
MANY oUlSEe.
Some Recipes That Are q Great I'm
provement on Usual Way ~
Serving it-How Butchers
Cheat the Housewife.

That plain but nourishing dish
known as Hamburg steak may APPEAR
in various guises that are a great i'm
provement on the usual way of serv-
Ing it. A very nice dish with cakes
and coffee for an autumn breakfast
is prepared with about two-thirds of
Hamburg steak and one-third Of sau-
sage. The sausage should be rich
with sage and other seasonings. The
dish tastes much like sausage, but
without the greasy quality. Therefore
persons with delicate digestions can
partake of it when they might be
forced to refrain from eating unadul-
terated sausage.
Another nice way of serving Ham.
burg steak is the following: Moisten
a cupful of powdered cracker crumbs
with a little milk-enough to make
a mixture of pudding-like consistency.
Stir this through a pound Of Ham,
burg steak and season the whole with
pepper, salt and powdered sage. Two
teaspoonfuls of the powdered sage
will be about right. Some palates may
like a little more and some less. Az
ter seasoning knead the mixture with
the hands until all the ingredients
have become properly amalgamated.
Form it into a roll and slice the roll
into cakes. Fry the cakes in very hot
suet or butter II the Hamburg steak
seems to be lacking in fat it is we'll
to add little chopped suet when mix
Ing the softened crumbs into it.
Probably more housewives are
cheated through the medium of Ham
burg steak than in any other way
along the meat line. The best way to
manage is to buy piece of first class
round steak and have it ground be!
fore ones own eyes: then one knows
exactly what one Is getting. I,
One of the interesting specimens at
a recent food show was the Hamburg
steak shown in the exhibit conducted
by Uncle Sans meat inspectors. The
Hamburg" looked fresh and healthy
but their appearance was most de.
ceiving. They were in reality old
minced scraps of meat freshened and
colored with a preserving liquid that
comes especially for the purpose "a
veritable invention of Satan. Az
butchers seem to have the power to
elrde the inspectors at times and as
meat treated with this preparation is
likely to deceive any one, it is best
to avoid all Hamburg steak that has
been previously chopped. unless the
buthers's sense of honor Is above sus4
picion, and even then 1t is Just an
we'll not trust to ones own opinfon4
It may be we'll to warn young house,
keepers in particular against tempt
ing specials" in this line.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Snuffbox RecaIla a Romance.

SnuHbox Recalls Romance.
The shades of an old romance 70
with a snuffbox that was bought re-
Gently by Mr.. S. Wyler at the time the
effects of Clyde Fitch were sold. The
snunbox was found in the collection
of the dramatist.
The snuffbox once belonged to the
Baroness de Stael, who was born in
Paris in 1865 and died in 1917. She
was the daughter Of Nexar, minister
Of finance under Louis XVI, and mar.
ried Baron de Stael-Holstein, tho
Swedish minister to France. She was
married a second time to a young Of
f1cer Of the Swiss Guards named Roc.
ca, to whom she gave the snunbox.
It is Of gold, oblong, with an oval
miniature in ivory of Baroness de
Stael. It is studded in the four COZ.
ners with diamonds.-New York Her.
aid.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Intimacy Between conkllne and Jones
OF Florida and the Latter's Mental
Collapse After the Resignation
OF the New Yorker

In 1876 there entered the United
States senate from the state of Flor
IDA man Of the name of Charles w.
Jones Born in Ireland, he came to
this country as lad He learned the
carpenters trade; then he became am
oltlous to be lawyer and with a law
DOCK set up before him upon his car
penters bench. he read law. Finally,
ne was admitted to the bar and open
ed a law office at Pensacola Then be
became actively interested in Florida
politics, aspired 20 the senate, and
was twice elected thereto, his second
term expiring in 1887
Almost as soon as be had been
sworn In as a member of the senate
for the first time. the newcomer from
Florida asked to b introduced to Sen
ator Roscoe Conkling of New York.
Inc two men were brought together.
Senator Conkling," said Senator
Jones. after the Introduction. some
years ago there came into my hands
a copy of the speech which you de.
hvered when a member Of the lower
house OF congress in 1862, in which
you asserted that it would te possible
to meet all the expenses of the war
without resorting to an issue of ire
deemable paper money l have al.
ways wanted to say to you. Senator
Conkllng. that that speech was my
nrst lesson in governmental finance,
and that l am certain that had the
line OF argument you advanced in that
speech been adopted by congress and
oy the administration it would have
been possible to have carried on the
war on the specie basis"
That was the beginning of the
friendship that soon sprang up be-
tween the men, to the Wonderment OF
the old-timers in the senate, who
knew full we'll that Ccnkling was spar
Ing In his friendships, that many of
them had tried to establish friendly
relations with him without success.
TO most Of the senators Conkling
would not give ear when they spoke !:
but 1t soon began to be observed
that whenever the new senator from
Florida rose to speak Senator Conk
ling would pause in his writing or con
versation, wheel around In his chair
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Remember the Accent.

Remember tho Accent.
Queen Mary" said the teacher to
the class in the history lesson. loved
France so much that she declared
the word Calais would be found writ
ten on her heart after she was dead"
Pausing a moment the teacher
looked at a boy steadily.
Jimmy Smith," she said. you were
not listening"
"Oh. yes. l was" Jimmy replied
We'll. what did Queen Mary say
would be found written across her
hearth"
Kelly" was Jimmy's triumphant
ly."-Tit-B Bits
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Rather CONVINCING Replv

Some years ago." said Mr.. William
P: Farrell Of San Francisco. at the
Belvedere, Il was making a pilgrim.
age to the land of my ancestors. and
many times, even in the most out-of.
the-way corners Of Erin, l was given
proof of the quick wit of the Colt.
On one occasion a fellow, whom l had
employed in a small town In Galway
on some slight personal service, per.
sisted in addressing me as MY Lord.
I didn't like the title little bit, and
finally called him down rather
warmly.
Don't you call me My Lord anoth,
er time I said. I am simply an or.
binary Irishman like yourself
"'Ah, your HONOR said the rascal,
with an irresistible grin, that can't
- true-there never was an ordinary
IEishman.'.', >z..szss ss { *
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
How Mrs. H. n. OIds Of New Haven
Baked Home Made Pies to Help
Her Husband Who Had
Failed.

The late H. II. Odds, Of New Ha.
ven. Conn, who died one Of the most
prominent and successful of business
men in New England. went home one
day some fifty years ago to tell his
wife that he was ruined.
THE business has all gone to
smash" he said. i've lost every
dollar | had"
Odds had been making a pretty good
living as a small merchant. After
his business affairs had been wound
up, he looked around for something
to do. but he had neither money nor
credit to set up anew for himself. and
no one seemed anxious to give him q
steady Job He cut down the family
living expenses to an irreducible mini
mum. but the few dollars he picked
up by an odd job here or there were
not enough to make the account bal
ance
II wish l could do something to
help out until you get on your feet
again." Mrs Odds said after he had
had number of discouraging expert
ences. II don't know what l could
do that would bring in any money.
except bake pies. can make good
pies-all my friends know that |
can get orders for some. l know. I'll
do It. too"
So Mrs Odds got busy She wrote
to some Of the people she knew. and
got some orders. While her husband
was out looking for something tc do
she was baking pies. Mr. Odds de-
livered them TO the customers. Peo
pie liked the pies and told thefr
friends about :hsm. and Mrs. O'd<
got more orders She began to make
money
Mr. Odds began to see possibilities
in the little trade his wife had built
up. 1t occurred to him that much
more custom could be got by going
out after It. So he said to Mrs. Olds:
"A great many more people would
buy your pies II they knew about
them. Suppose you bake an extra
batch Of them and will try TO- sell
them without any orders"
Accordingly. a day or two later.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Uncle Sam Owns Railroad.

Tho United States is ehout to be.
como railroad operator. Within the
next few deys trains will be. running
over a federal road twenty-one miles
in length and extending Irom Boise
to Arrow Rock, Idaho.
The road was built to carry labor.
ers and supplies for work during the
next four or I've years on what il Ia
be the highest dam in the world. thu
Arrow Rock dam, which will tower
351 feet into the air. The food and
excess waters of the Boise river.
which the dam will hold back, will be
used In irrigating 250,900 acres Of land
IN the government irrigation project
near Boise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
Scotch Alarm Clock.

A tourist in rural Scotland took ref
uge for the night in the cottage Of an
old lady. He asked her to wake him
up early in the morning, warning her
that he was quite deaf. Upon awak-
ening much later than the appointed
hour he found that the old lady, with
strict regard for the proprieties. had
slipped under the door a slip Of paper
upon which was written: "Sir. it's
half past eight"