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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-22

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1t was the day Of the bail game, snd
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Or. "Ie you have anything to say, cay
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ask you IL I could take" said W1lie.-
AarpeE's Weekly.
."This village enjoys the reputation Of
being. the birthplace Of two members
II the legislature ana one congress
min. dses 1t not?" politely inquired
:. : sNope!" replied the landlord Of the
.Pettyville tavern, who WAS . pessimts-
tie I'D crouch anyhow. 1T just has Il.
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uptowa Matron Ito agitatsd foot
snau3-James, what means this in
tru6son? Who are these vulgar peo-
Dlek:s.
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rulofea right ~ me at the door, mem,
r and hup the stairs. They said they
were settlement workers. mem, and
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groom's?
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guilty.-Puck. :
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partisan publication% II
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-22
DRY WOOD FOR SALE

The Virginia Park Commission
offer for sale 800 cords of dry.
sixteen inch, soft wood, now piled
near Olcott Park, at $3.50 per
cord. Wood may be purchased
in quantities of two cords or more
at any time, and orders for same
may be secured from the under
signed, Secretary, or from the
Superintendent at Park.
By order of Virginia Park Com
mission,
O. A. Poirier, Secretary.
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thusiastic 0rnjthologist. II N artjcio
n British Birds she gives some -,
DaIkabIs instances q longevity.
anlosg BIRDS n her own collection. i
BaFbary dove which has been II the
duchess possession for fifteen years
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COUNCIL CHAMBER.

Resolution No. 49,
City Of Virginia, MIMI, March 18th. 1872
Resolution authorizing payment OF
John r. krogdahl for work of re-valu-
alton of city property.
By Alderman Heritage:
Resolved: BY the City Council Of the
City of. Virginia, that whereas, on the
3rd day of July, 1911, there was entered
into by and between John r. Krogdahl
and the city of Virginia, contract to
the effect that the said John r. Krog-
dahl contracted with the City Of Vir-
ignia for the sum Of One Thousand
($l.OoO.0O Dollars, to make and to deliver
to the City of. Virginia, a complete rec
ord of the valuation of each and every
lot. and parcel of property within the
City of Virginia. upon the records and
blanks to be furnished by the City OF
Virginia and that all work was to he
done in accordance and with instruc.
tons and directions of the committee on
| ways and means of the City Council into
whose charge the matter of retaliation
was placed.
AND WHEREAS. Mr.. John r. Krog,
| commence the work Of re-valuation i'm.
mediately upon the signing of the con-
| tract and to have the same completed or
or before January 1st. 1912, and in thu
| performance of such contract he was t.
appoint such assistance as may be nee
| essary. at his own cost and expense. and
the appointment of sucn assistance to b<
confirmed and approved by the City
| Council of the City of Virginia in thu
compilation of such re-valuation.
AND WHEREAS. the committee OF
| ways and means of the City Council
under whose directions and INSTRUCTION,
THREE y y y - .).. y - - ~
| said work Of re-valuatiOn was placed a
the date of signing the contract, have
on the 18th day of March, 1872, examined
viewed and considered the work as per
formed by the said John r: Krogdah
and who have filed with the City Coun
cil in writing it, acceptance q tAs sat
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1T is given out from Cass Lake
that DR.. d. +. Dumas, recently de-
fcated candidate for reelection as
mayor, is dissatisfied with the re-
suit Of the election and will enter
contest. There are few men
who, under similar circumstances,
would feel highly elated over the
verdict of their: towns people.
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UNITED NORWEGIAN LUTH.
ERAN CHURCH

Services Sunday at 10 80 a. m
Sunday school at noon. En4lish
services conducted in the evening
at I As o'clock by Rev. P. Gram
mes.
All are welcome.
j. /. Fadum, Pastor.
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and that the payment of $500 be made
by the city at the time other bills are
allowed by the council.
Carried.
Burns 4 Mcdonnell. appraisers of the
light and water plant for the city, in a
communication desired to know what was
being done in the matter of appraising
the real estate Of the Virginia Electric
Power & Water Company and the clerk
was instructed to write the appraisers
that complete report would be in their
hands shortly.
The police and fire commission in a
communication brought to the attention
Of the council two recommendations, one
being for increase of water service by
placing cisterns at two different locations
in the city, enlarging the service pipes
and placing them in the lakes mdepend-
ent of the city water supply, and the
other being request from the chief OF
police that copies of all the city ordi-
nances be made and submitted to the
members of the police department in book
form.
Moved and supported that the lirst sug.
gestion as to water supply be placed in
the hands of the light and water commit
tee.
Carried
Moved and supported that the matter OF
having ordinances in book form for the
police department be referred to The
printing committee.
Carried
Erick Silvi petitioned the council for re-
lief in the matter Of frozen water mair
at No. SOC Mesaba avenue, south. and thu
same was referred to the committee or
streets, alleys and sewers with power t.
act. = l. ?
The mayor suhnittsd to the eouact
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
NO sLEEPINe-BAe FOR THEM
LapIanders Preferred the Snow ana
the Open Air. and So Had
Comfortable Night

Sir Henry Lucy tells in the Corn
hill Magazine good story that no
had from Nansen, the explorer. IL
amusingly illustrates the hardy health
of the Laplanders.
Part Of Nansen's equipment for his
trip across Greenland consisted OF two
sleeping bags made of undresseo
skins. On the first night OF the jour-
ney Nansen and his two Norwegian
companions got into one Of the bags.
pulled the mouth tight across their
necks, and so slept in the snow with
only their heads out.
Before retiring to rest. Nansen saw
the three Laplanders he had engaged
for the expedition cozily tucked into
the other sleeping-b bag. When he
awoke In the morning. almost numb
with cold. he observed that the bag
In which he had tied up the Lapland-
ers was empty. and that they were no
where in sight. He was afraid they
had deserted him. and scrambllng
out of the bag he went In search OF
them. He found the three men fast
asleep behind a hillock Of snow thas
they had scraped together as pro-
lection against the wind.
"Ah, master" they said. when ask
ed to explain this extraordinary con-
duct, "we couldn't sleep in that thing.
1t was too hot. so we got out and
have had a comfortable night here.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
Her Babies Entreaties Causes Woman to Steal

KANSAS CITY. Mo.-"Bring us
N some red coral beads, some red
ribbon. some red sweaters. and a new
dress. mamma" begged two little
girls of Parsons, Kan. when their
mother kissed them good-by the other
morning to come to Kansas City on. a
shopping tour. To make sure that the
mother would not forget they handed
her slip of paper on which they
had written their wants. All the time
she was shopping she carried that pa
per In her hand. looking at 1t every
little while, until its entreaty had
burned itself into her thoughts.
The words of her little daughters
cut deeper and deeper. for she had
come to the city with only enough
money TO supply long needed wants
money that her husband had given
her to buy a dress. AS she walked
through some of the large department
stores temptation came.
This is the story the mother told
Capt Charles Edwards of the Walnut
street station. The watchful eye of a
store detective had caught her and a
companion who had come with her
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
Johnny Ever., New Manager of Cubs.

does what he is up against. but he Is
game and may make a success Of it.
He doesn't go into the job with any
illusions. He has been playing for
the Cubs for ten years. and he knows
Murphy. Johnny isn't harboring the
delusion that he Is lying down to
pleasant dreams in bed of roses.
"lf the fans will stick by him until
he gets a fair try-out, that's all he
asks. And he believes they will. 1t
looks like second division team for
the West Side for couple Of years.
but after the new machine gets to
working properly Johnny thinks he
can bring 1t up to the top again"
I'm glad it's all over" said Chance.
"The strain of the last few develop
ments in my case has been tough
one for a man just out of hospital.
I'm looking forward to good rest on
my ranch, where there will be moth
ing to worry me.
There are no hard feelings be-
tween Evers and myself. l want you
to emphasize that point. 1t is pro-
motion for Johnny, and he deserves
1t. He will make good. The boys will
play ball for him after the bitterness
wears away. and Johnny is popular
with the fans. No city can show a
more loyal bunch of fans than Chi
cago has They have been my friends
in the past, and believe they are my
friends now. All can say is that in
return for their loyalty l have always
given the best that was in me-"
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
THE cHILnREN's LUNCH BOX.

The packing of lunch box five
days in the week for thirty or forty
weeks in a year may sound easy to
speak about. but is powerful constant
and monotonous. Children must be
school. and It is best when possible
to give them a warm dinner at night
For the working man and office wom-
an the lunch must vary in quantity.
but there are some directions which
will apply to all lunch boxes.
There is no one, even an uneducated
ditch digger, who is SO blind to the
niceties Of life that he does not ap-
preciate we'll prepared lunch. though
1t be nothing but sandwich. Throw
Ing together a mass of food, mixing
f1avors and making messy. unsightly
appearance. would disturb the satisfac-
ton of an ostrich.
OF course. the sandwich is inevita-
BILE. and should be 80 varied from day
to day that the diet may not be mo-
notonous.
Another limitation to be taken into
account when making up a lunch box.
is personal tastes. The one who likes
hot drink can now carry 1t in a
thermos bottle. as they are being
made cheap enough now for any one.
For those who are fond of tomatoes
a most appetizing sandwich is made
by placing slice OF tomato and a
thin slice of cheese with bit of salad
dressing between slices Of bread. Two
of these. with two of meat sandwiches.
cup cake and an apple. banana or
pear will make good lunch.
Two sandwiches OF bread and but
ter with two of chopped ham and a
small jar Of apple salad. piece of
ginger bread and a bottle of hot milk
or coffee is another days luncheon.
Four sandwiches, two of brown
bread spread with cottage cheese af-
ter they are buttered. three olives. a
pickle. two sandwiches of white bread
spread with Jelly. piece of cake or
three cookies, is another worthy of a
trial.
A handful of nuts, few dates or
figs, a piece of candy or two will al
ways delight the young or old chill
dren. Small glasses Of Jelly or Jam
are always acceptable; cup custards
and fruits of all kinds make a plain
lunch seem very tempting. Wrapping
and arranging the different articles
makes such difference in the appear
ance Of lunch box.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
"Backnumber Joe' Quits Business With Fortune

he always managed to get the desired
publication in the course of few
days. How he did 1t was a trade Sc
cret for which he made his customers
pay well.
His system of payment was the
strangest feature of his novel busi-
ness. He fixed the price he demand
ed by the age c: the paper desired.
"One penny day from the date of
publication, for any paper in the
world. in addition to the original
cost of the paper was his rule. 1t
was lucrative trade. A paper year
old, by this rule. was worth 1896
above the original price; paper two
years old was worth $3.50, and a pa,
ted ten years old brought $3.50. And
when 1t Is borne in mind that very
often he supplied newspapers 80. so,
or even 100 years old, the profits Of
the business are apparent
I'm a jeweler by trade" he would
say, with a twinkle in his eye. re-
ferring to the value of his wares.
A: the fame of Joe grew among
lawyers and antiquarians. he ac-
quired more and more stock and need.
ed larger quarters for 1t than he orig
inally occupied in his little shop in
Fulton street. For many years he
stored his papers in warehouse OF
hi own somewhere on the West side
of the city.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
Genus Hobo Approves Of Kiosk Tent as "Fop"

CLEVELAND, o-The populace
~ stormed and fumed about the kiosk
In the Square the other day. wonder
ing how the thermometer and the rest
of the public-spirited instruments To-
Gated there were conducting them
selves in the geld air.
Everybody who came to see and
could not was frankly angry. Even
the Socialists excogitating aloud on
the Square were aroused.
The kiosk is surrounded by a little
tent without roof. formed of paint
er's files. A week or 80 ago an energet-
ic painter and decorator painted the
kiosk nice. peaceful battleship gray
color. Then, to keep the folks from
coming up and demonstrating the ef
ficiency of the Bertillon system in
their excitement over learning that
the mercury had gone down a point or
30. he put up the tent. Quite acci-
dentally he left large sign bearing
his name and business In bold letters
on each side of the tent.
The paint had been dry for three
or four days. but the tent remained.
No doubt the man has forgotten all
about It Detective Julius Specs of
Central station walked by there the
other night. and. shivering bit In
the chill air. bethought himself of
finding out what was what. He no.
ticed movement of the canvas that
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15

NEW YoRK.-Lawyers of this city
~ who handle will cases requiring a
search of early records lament the re-
tirement of "Backnumber Joe," for
he was their first-aid and searcher-in-
chief in digging up facts from the
archives.
'Backnumber Joe," despite his
name, never lost touch with the events
of the day. His specially, though. was
the accumulation of back numbers of
newspapers, back numbers OF maga-
zines. back numbers of religious
tracts, back numbers of comic sup
plements, and back numbers of almost
anything that ever was printed. He
included in his stock of back num-
ber newspapers publications from
nearly every city in the country. and
from every foreign city.
Even If "Backnumber Joe" did not
have the particular copy OF an old
newspaper needed by a lawyer who
was Strengthening out tangled suit.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
GOSSIP Y
Y1nONG
| SPORTS

Kitty Bransfield has signed to man
age the Montreal team next season.
Shortstop O'Dowd of the New York
Highlanders has been sold to Brock
ton.
Joe Mandot has cleaned up over
$4,000 in nine months with his box
ing gloves.
The Cardinals have signed Gu
ban catcher named Cueto. He is
said to be star.
Fame is great thing. Iris Speaker
was selected to start an automobile
race at Salem. N. H.
Bob Harmon of the st. Louis Car
dinals has been elected vice-president
of wallpaper company
Reports say that all the New York
American league games will be play
ed at the Polo grounds next year.
They are now pulling this: Snod-
grass is the best furrier in the world
because he made a $4,000 mufr
Captain Wendell of the Harvard
football team says his squad ought to
make general clearing this year.
Hinchman, captain of the Fordham
football team, is one of the latest to
be declared ineligible because of
scholarship conditions.
St. Louis seems to get along well
without boxing. and New York is go
ing along all right under the Frawley
law. so, you see, it can be done.
They say that Forest Cady, catcher
of the Red Sox and one of the world 8
series heroes, has "A whip something
similar to that of Jimmy Archer's.
The Pacific Coast league magnates
are up in arms against the minor
leaguers who want salary limit OF
1000 per season for any one player
1t is said there Is little likelihood
that Borlbadier Wells will return tc
this country, rs he asks more money
than the promoters think he is worth
James p. Sullivan, the veteran dis
tance runner of New York, has quit
the amateur ranks to become n train
er.
Patsy Sweeney, the old-time Man
chester IN H) lightweight, is go
ing to promote boxing shown in thai
| city.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
cHEsrNuTs ARE HERE.

There are SO many delicious combl-
nations in which the chestnut plays
an Important part The nut may be
used for every course in the menu. be-
ginning with the cocktail and ending
with the confection.
French Chestnut soup.-Peel and
boil quart of large chestnuts for
twenty minutes in salted water. Re
move the brown skins and chop the
nuts. Add a teaspoonful Of salt and
one of sugar. the rind of lemon and
a quart of water. Cook half an hour
then rub the nuts through a sieve. add
two quarts of chicken stock. or veal
will do; teaspoonful Of minced pars-
ley. a tablespoonful each of flour and
butter cooked together; season with
pepper and salt. simmer twenty min
utes, add beaten egg and strain
again. Serve hot.
Chestnut Stunning for Fowi.-For
small turkey allow quart OF cnest'
nuts. Boil, mush and add seasoning
and butter. For a large turkey allow
a half of a loaf of bread additional.
Onion, thyme or sage may be used for
seasoning.
Marrons 0Iaees.-This is a favorite
French CONNECTION. Blanch and boil
the chestnuts until tender. then drain
and spread on shallow buttered plat
ter, ready to have the candied sirup
poured over them. Boil pound OF
sugar with half cup of water until
it threads we'll from the spoon. Do
not stir. Let 1t cool until only warm,
then pour over the nuts and let them
stand in a warm plxce thirty-six hours
then remove the nuts. Have ready
another sirup like the first. but add
a fourth of teaspoonful of cream OF
tartar; boil hard for seven minutes.
then drop the nuts into 1t. When
boiling. stir and skin out the nuts and
drain them. When dry they are I'm
ished
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15

HHICAGO.-"one KEGS! Just one
- leetle KEGS! implore you.
madame!"
Joseph Luco. recently from Italy
and with high notions of romance.
stole unobserved into a fiat at 42S
West Huron street the other day and
assumed his most Irresistible posture
as he surprised Mrs. Mary Belinsky
at work making batch of bread.
Two hours later Luco sat In a cell
at the Chicago avenue police station
nursing a big bump on his head and
trying to think how he happened to
get from the second story window to
the ground SO quickly. 1t happened
something like this. according to Mrs.
Belinsky, who also charged Luco with
the theft of $40:
One what" Mrs. Belinsky had ask
ed in momentary alarm.
"One leetle KEGS. no MORE" said
Luco.
Well. here's a regular smack" ex-
claimed Mrs. Belinsky. The doughy
rolling pin waved through a cloud Of
flour. there was sharp crack. and a
dull thud. Luco took the count. Mrs.
Belinsky was frightened and tried to
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
DISHES FOR COMPANY.

The following dishes may be sug'
gestive when something extra Is
wanted for an occasion:
Egg Plants With Poaehed Esss.-
Cut three small egg plants into halves
remove the pips and cook until ten
der in boiling salted water. then drain.
Mix half cup Of strained tomato
pulp with q quarter Of a cup OF
chopped ham and tablespoonful OF
melted butter. Season with pepper
and salt and fill the egg plant with
this mixture. Sprinkle with chopped
parsley Bake for Ave minutes. Put
a poached egg on each half and serve.
Mushrooms saked.-For twelve
large mushrooms take a teaspoonful
of parsley. an egg. salt, pepper and
red pepper, two tablespoonfuls each of
veal and breadcrumbs. one tablespoon
full Of suet and half q. cup Of stock.
Chop all the ingredients and mix with
the egg. Wash and remove the stems
from the mushrooms. Season with
salt and pepper. place small piece
of butter an each cup and a teaspoon
full of the forcemeat in each. Cover
with breadcrumbs. put into buttered
baking dish. pour the stock around
them and bake fifteen minutes in a
moderate oven. Serve in the baking
dish.
When making white sauce to
serve with creamed potatoes. a deli
cious accompaniment is cup Of
stewed celery
Fried ceIery.-Cook small heads of
celery until tender, then cut into
halves; dip in beaten egg. roll in fine
bread crumbs and fry in smoking hot
fat. When light brown in color. re-
move and sprinkle with pepper. salt
and parsley. Serve piled log cabir
style.
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The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
MORE ABOUT cAEsrnurs.

In roasting chestnuts before the fire,
that they do not burst open too vio-
lently. A corn pepper is a convenient
method. Shake them over the Goals
until they pop open.
Chestnuts and Ham.-Alternate lay
ers of thinly sliced cooked ham and
mashed chestnuts in baking dish.
season with sage OF marjoram and bits
of butter. Finish with the chestnuts
on top. Bake until brown.
Mashed chestnuts as vegetable
may be served with sausage. making
a most delightful combination.
Chestnuts with apples and celery.
the Waldorf variety. makes nice
combination for salad. The nuts
must be either cooked or blanched and
sliced.
Chestnut Pancakes.-Beat sepa-
rately the yolks and whites Of three
eggs. add three-fourths of a cup of
cream. tablespoonful each OF sugar
and butter. with sufficient flour to
make a batter. Drop on a hot griddle
and when baked we'll on both sides
spread with chopped and seasoned
chestnuts. Sprinkle with sugar and
roll up.
Chestnut PuddIns.-Blanch pint of
chestnuts. halve and cook them an
hour in cup of milk. letting them
simmer until soft. Press through a
sieve. Add half cup Of sugar, lit
tie salt. vanilla and pinch OF nutmeg.
Beat three eggs. separating the yolks
from the whites; add the yolks to
the chestnut pulp. stir well. then fold
In the beaten whites. Pour into but