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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
POTATOES IN VARIOUS WAYS.

Nice mealy potatoes are never bet,
ter served than when mashed, but
there are mashed potatoes and
mashed potatoes. They should be
mashed until free from Jumps, then
after adding hot milk, butter and salt,
beat we'll until light and white and
fluffy. So-called mashed potatoes that
are served half mashed are not near
ly so appetizing as the plain boiled pc.
tatoes, mealy and hot.
There is less time and thought Civ.
en- to the preparation of vegetables
in most homes than is given to any
other food. We treat the good old
vegetable as if there were but ten or
a dozen ways of preparing it
Lyonnaise Potatoes.-Melt two ia.
blespoonfuls of butter, add table
spoonful of chopped onion, and when
the onion is yellow add two cups OF
potato cubes, season with salt and
pepper and cook until the potatoes
are we'll heated through. Sprinkle
with chopped parsley and serve
Freshly cooked potatoes are better
for this dish, although cold cooked
potatoes will do very we'll
Simple escalloped potatoes, which
are very appetizing and a change
from the ordinary way, is to mix we'll
cooked cubes of potato with a rich
white sauce, cover with buttered
crumbs and bake in a hot oven. A
little onion juice added to the sauce
will improve the flavor
When there is sufficient mashed po
tato left, place 1t in we'll buttered
baking dish, brush with we'll beaten
egg and bake until brown. Serve from
the baking dish in which it was baked
A mold Of chopped beef, we'll sea
soned, may be covered with the
mashed potatoes. brushed with egg
and baked, making a good dish fol-
supper or luncheon.
Potato Puff.-Prepare two cups OF
hot mashed potato. Add a half cup OF
milk, two we'll beaten yolks of eggs
two tablespoonfuls of butter, salt ano
pepper to tuste; beat we'll and add the
we'll beaten whites of the eggs. Pile
lightly in a buttered baking dish ano
bake until pulled and brown
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Cheese Salad,

Rub the yolk of hard-boiled egg
smooth with tablespoonful Of olive
oil, then add a teaspoonful of salt, one
Of cayenne, one of sugar and one Of
made mustard, rubbing each in sepa-
rately before another is added. Then
stir in half pound of well grated
cheese The cheese here used should
be old as possible without being
high After all these ingredients
are we'll worked together add a table
spoonful of onion vinegar and serve
with shredded lettuce or other green
salad.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Puff Ball pouQhnuts.

Three eggs, one cup sugar, one pin!
sweet milk, one nutmeg, grated
enough flour to permit the spoon, tc
stand upright in the mixture. Add
two heaping teaspoons baking powder
to the -four; beat all until light. Drol
by the dessert spoonful into boilina
lard. These will not absorb fat. To
be eaten warm.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Mioht Do His Best

An old reprobate of seventy protest.
ed, with outstretched hands, to Justice
Hawkins against a sentence of 20
years penal servitude, or slavery"
as his severe, but upright, lordship
loved to call it. "Oh, my lord, my lord.
I can never do it." Never mind"
came the answer. Never mind, do
as much as you can
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Beef a La Waldorf.

One and one-half pounds of beef cut
small, three onions cut, half cup tapi-
oca soaked awhile in cold water. one
can of peas, half cup bread crumbs,
pinch of cloves. Cover with little
water. Cover and bake four hours,
then slice raw potatoes over the con-
tents. Cover and bake one hour long
err Salt and pepper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Broiled Neck Of Mutton.

Half cook the neck, which is cut In
half, of course, in hot oven, we'll
wrapped in creased paper; then re-
move quickly from the paper; score
down to the bones; fill the cuts with
seasoning of salt, pepper and little
minced onion and broil until done to
your taste. Serve with mint sauce and
green peas and dish of curried rice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
The Eternal Why.

Papa" said an inQuisitive boy,
don't fishes have legs?" They do
not" answered papa Why don't
they, papa?" Because fishes swim
and don't require legs" Then he
asked, Papa, ducks have legs, don't
they?" Why, yes, ducks have legs
We'll, ducks swim, don't they?" Yes -
Then why don't fishes have legs, If
ducks do? Or why don't ducks not
have any legs If fishes don't?" Papa
gave up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
To Clean Feathers.

Into 4 strong paper bag put about
one cupful of plain household -four and
half the quantity of powdered borax
Shake we'll to thoroughly mix. Thes
put the feathers in the bag and shake
gently till clean. II very dirty, repeat
this process. This is much more salts
factory than using soap and water. a.
it saves recurring.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Art and the Average Man.

royal r.ln in Bermuda, talked about
art.
THE average mans idea Of art. Of
beauty" he said, lis as erroneous as
Blanks
BLANK, real estate agent, paused
in Madison Square to watch an artist
sketching a skyscraper.
"'Sketchin' that? he said. Why
don't you sketch the one on the other
side of the street,
But this one said the artist, is
so much more picturesque
Picturesque be hanged said
Blank The offices are so dark they
won't rent for love or money"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Sectional Value Of Potatoes.

In some, experiments made at Cor
nell university, to test the COMPARE
tive yield from the stem and seed end
of potatoes, 1t was found that, as an
average of twenty-one varieties for
two years, the seed end gave yield
Of $50 bushels per acre, while the
corresponding yield from the stem
end was about ISL bushels per acre.
1t would seem from this that it would
be good farming to feed the stem
ends to the hogs. and plaCt only the
&c ed ends, Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
The Aappiest Man.

Take the happiest man, the one
most envied by the world, and In nine
cases out of ten his Utmost conscious
ness is one of failure. Either his
ideals in the line of his achievements
are pitched far higher than the
achievements themselves, or else he
has secret ideals of which the world
knows nothing, and in regard to
which he inwardly knows himself
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
All Aboard !!

$50 you are living in the suburbs
now" said Jasper. II should think
"Walking!" replied Mr. Nutley, who
said anything about walking? Nobody
walks in the suburbs. We commuters
always have to run
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
WILLING to Become an Enemy

Willing to Become an Enemy.
THE quickest way to make an
enemy of man is to lend him five dol
lars" said a philosopher. sententious-
ly; and then, with a half-concealed
show of eagerness, he inquired: isn't
there somebody around here who
would like to make an enemy of me?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
NJ &gg*&%}eAZ1

HE oak trees boughs once
IL touched the grass,
But every year they grew
A little farther from the ground,
And nearer to the blue.
What is SO rare as a day in June?
Then IL ever come perfect days
And heaven tries earth If it be in tune
And DER her softly her warm ear lays,
And whether be look or whether we lis
ten,
We hear life murmur and Sea 1t glisten
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Quick Bleaching.

Handkerchiefs and white clothes
that have become yellow from use OF
too much soap. or any osher cause,
may be whitened in the following man.
ner: After washing let them soak over
night in a tub of clear water. to which
is added teaspoonful of cream Of tar.
tar. When ironed they win be pure
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Truth BY Accident.

The best definition of a demagogue
will always remain with the little girl
of seven who said, "A demagogue is a
vessel containing beer and other
liquids"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
New Kind Of Apple Pie.

Stew apple, add brown sugar, butter
cider jell, cinnamon, Glove, nutmes
and little lemon, just the same season
ing one uses in mine (meat) pie, and
bake with two crusts. made this by
accident one day, intending to add
some meat, but the result was 80 good
I concluded to originate a new pie in
stead :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Finish Tick" Rusinees

Finish "Tick" Business.
AS soon as the wool is clipped
from the sheep, the ticks go for tho
lambs. II the sheep are dipped, each
should be brushed, as some of the
young ticks adhere to the old sheep;
then, in about two weeks, dip both
sheep and lambs. That will finish the
tick" business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Easy Marks.

Some men haven't any more eau
ton when they happen to get little
money, than to show 1t to the family.
New York PresA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
acknowledgements
|GMl8Q[NQI7 Cts 7

low it to simmer until thick. Sift two
cups of flour, add two cups of rolled
oats, cup of butter, cup of sugar,
two-thirds of a cup of sour milk in
which has been dissolved half tea
spoonful of soda. Roll out, cut and
put the filling between each pair Of
cookies. Bake in a moderate oven
until brown
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

HATS the best thing in the
world?
June rose by May dew impaired:
Sweet south wind that means no rain.
Truth, not cruel to friend;
What's the best thing in the world?
Something out Of it, think.
e. B Browning
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
IRRIGATION in Australia.

Irrigation In Australia.
Australia is irrgating more thai
two million acres of grazing lands with
artes1an wells.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

EW flowery scents strewed ev.
erywhere,
New sunshine poured in largess fair,
We shall be happy now, we say;
A voice just trembles through the air
And whispers, May"
Susan COolige
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Garden Plan,

In laying out the garden plan to
have the rows AZ long az possible,
This will save tine III cultiultins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

UR grand business in life is
" not 10 see what lies dimly at a
but to do what lies clearly at
hand Carlyle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

q R ARRIAGE among Hawaiians
III especially those of high rank,
has always been attended
kv by more or less ceremony
writes a Honolulu cOrreSpOn-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
SHORT ON BRoTHERLY LOVE
Luckily William Had Grace Enough to
Remember That Henry
Was Sacred.

William was not kind to his small
brother Henry; In fact, he looked upon
him as a nuisance, a scourge sent from
heaven to try his spirit and spoil his
fun. Especially that day was Henry
a thorn in the older boys flesh. In
his efforts to rid himself of his burden,
William resorted to all the methods
the mind of youth suggested, but in
vain. Henry continued to stick as
close, If not closer, than a brother
William, finally said the boys
father, who had witnessed, unheard,
the final paroxysm of the unequal
struggle, you should be ashamed of
yourself to treat your little brother in
that way! He ought to be sacred to
you"
William made no reply; but short
ly afterward, believing himself to be
free Of surveillance, he was heard to
address Henry thus: Always taggin'
after mel II you weren't sacred I'd
break your blamed face for you'll
The Sunday Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
FACE DISFIGURED WITH,
SKIN TROUBLE

3107 Foster Ave, Baltimore, Md
About five months ago little blisters
appeared on my face. They looked
like blisters from fire burns. They
itched and burned something terrible,
which caused me to rub them and they
burst, then sores appeared which dis
figured my face. Ny face was all full
Of sores. The disease spread from my
face to my neck and back. When any,
thing touched them they would burn
and stick to my clothes, which kept
me from sleeping and made me suf-
fer terribly.
81 used home remedies and ] used
a salve but it did no good. suffered
about three months then l sew the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Sdver-
dsed and thought l would SEM and
get sample and try them. / used the
sample Of Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and they helped me a great deal,
so / bought some and used them about
two months and they completely cured
me-" (Signed) Edward V. Thomas,
Mar. 26, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston"
Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
Easier and PIeasanter.

Talking of ladies' shortcomings re-
calls a story recently heard of large
and notwithstanding woman who
wore a very large hat one evening at
the theater.
Madame" said the attendant polite
ly, 81 must request you to remove
your hat 1t is annoying this gentle
man behind YOU"
The massive lady turned and
haughtily surveyed the complainant
do you mean that little, weedy, un.
dersized creature?" she asked.
This gentleman behind you" the
attendant corrected her.
The lady settled herself in her
place.
You will find it easier and pleas
anter." she said decisively. ito re
move himl"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
Not Ready 70 Decorate.

J. D. Bowersock of Lawrence was
explaining to the Kansas editors last
week how he feels toward certain edi-
tors. Il am like the Dutchman," said
he. "The Dutchman came to town
on Decoration day. He saw the flags
flying and the people going to the
cemetery with large punches of flow
ers. He asked what it meant. Why,
this is Decoration day. said one.
Don't you know what that isT The
Dutchman confessed that he didn't.
The man then explained 1t. Isn't
there some one at rest in the GENE
terry whose grave you would like to
decorate v,:h flowers? asked the
man. The butchman shook his head
and repiie-s: Dose PEBBLES vat graves
/ like to DECORATE are not dead yet E"
Kansas City Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
UTILIZE COTTON SEED
ManuriaI Value of Product Is
Often Overlooked.
Plant Food In Average Ton Estimated
to Be Worth $2s.7o-Goes Hand
In Hand With Legumlnous
Crops Furnishing Nltroaens.

By DIR. GEORGE S. TRAPS, Texas Ex-
pertinent Station.)
In discussing the ways in which the
value Of cotton products may be util-
lied to the utmost, the value of the
manure from animals fed on cotton
seed meal must not be neglected,
though 1t is too often disregarded.
In most northern states, cotton seed
meal is purchased for feeding with the
full knowledge that 1t has a high ma
nurial value. Hence the manure from
1t is saved very carefully, and the
feeder obtains double use; first as a
feeding stuff, then as a manure He
can therefore afford to pay a higher
price than many Of his southern broth
ers, who realize only on the feeding
value of this product. The purchase
Of concentrated feeding stuffs, with
careful saving of manure, is as recog-
nized means of adding fertility to the
soil as the purchase of fertilizers.
Hand in hand with II goes the growth
of leguminous crops, cowpeas, clover,
alfalfa, vetches, etc, which take up
nitrogen from the air, are fed to the
animal, and, in the form of manure 60
to the soil to increase its content Of
nitrogen.
The plant food in an average ton Of
cotton seed meal is estimated to be
worth $23.70. Only a comparatively
small part of this is retained in the
animal, with a liberal allowance, the
value of the excreta, solid and liquid,
would be $40 for each ton of cotton
seed meal fed. The weight would of
course be considerably more than a
ton, since a large amount of water is
present, besides the residues of the
bulls or other roughage fed along with
the meal
There are certain unavoidable losses
connected with the collection and
preservation of manure, but the ma
nure from a ton Of cotton seed meal
should be worth at least $40 to SIS,
properly cared for. In a great many
cases, however, only a small part of
the manurial value of the meal is re-
allied. The liquid manure is lost, the
solid manure is exposed to the rains
until the most valuable portions are
wasted out of It; in such cases only a
small part Of the manurial value of
the meal is realized.
1t is we'll to understand that when
cotton seed meal is fed its value does
not end; that the manure from It too
often despised. neglected. or improp-
erly cared for, makes up a consid-
able part of its value; and that those
who take advantage of both its feed
ing value and its manurial value, so
far as is possible, can afford to pay a
better price for 1t than those who
utilize only its feeding value.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
Feeder Steers Making Use Of Roushaoe.

Touching on the subject of cattle
feeding for profit and to increase the
fertility of the soil a bulletin issued
by the Mississippi Agricultural Col
lege and experiment station says:
More farmers in Mississippi should
begin the work of feeding cattle on
their lands to increase the fertility Of
their soil and for the money there Is
In the work
Should the farmer be able to utilize
his farm hands all of the year around
and have a work for himself that will
produce an income farming would GER
tainly become more profitable. All Of
the year-round-farming and keeping
things going during winter and sum-
mer and there would be a different
showing on the profit side of the farm
ledger.
Here is a partial summary of a
work done by Prof. Archibald Smith
while at South Carolina experiment
station.
This kind Of work carried on by the
farmer on his own farm would give an
Impetus to the cattle business and
double the price of cattle as now sold
In many communities. The fattened
article is a good seller at a good price
and a good profit but the low grade
stun is hard to sell and gives little
profit.
Here is what Prof Smith has to
say Of the work of feeding three lots
Of steers:
Our experiments with three car
loads of cattle indicate clearly that
corn silage and slower are equally as
valuable as hulls for feeding beef cat
tie and much more profitable to feed.
The profit made in feeding the three
lots of cattle is of minor Importance,
as the results would vary with a
change in the purchase or selling
price Of cattle, or the price of feed
What Is Of permanent Importance is
the cost per pound of gain from the
different rations, and the price per
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
|Backache Makes Anyone Feel Old

Nothing ages anyone more quickly than
weak kidneys.
II is not alone the aching back, the stiff,
painful joints, but the evil effect of bad,
poisoned blood on the nerves, the vital
organs and the digestion.
The condition of the kidneys makes good
health or ill-health.
The kidneys are the filters of the blood.
Active kidneys filter from the blood ev-
cry day over one ounce Of poisonous waste
and pass it of dissolved in the urine.
Ii the kidneys are weak or diseased, only
part of this filtering is done and the blood
is heavy with uric acid and other poison
Gus or waste matter.
Instead of being nourished by the
blood, the nerves and vital organs are ir-
ritated, and the circulation, digestion, etc.,
are disturbed.
If your back aches constantly, If your
joints are stiff, lame and painful, suspect
the kidneys.
Kidney sufferers are likely to feel dull,
heavy, restless at night, rheumatic, dizzy
at times, subject to headaches and an
noyed with sharp, piercing pains that
make work an agony and rest impossible
Doan's Kidney Pills are the best-recom-
mended and most widely used remedy for
weak or diseased kidneys. They act quick
ly; contain no poisonous nor habit-form-
ing drugs and leave no bad after-affects
OF any kind-iust make you feel better all
over.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
LOOKING After His Bait.

Daniel and Harvey, two old, expert
fishermen, were still" fishing for
trout in deep water, sitting with their
backs together, when Daniel acct
dentally fell out of the boat and went
down. Harvey looked back and miss.
ed his companion. who at that mo-
ment appeared on the surface. pipe
still in his mouth, shaking his whis-
ker5 profusely.
Harvey-Gosh, Dan! jest missed
YET Where ye been?
Dan-Oh, les went down for ter
see If me bait wus all Fight.-Judge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24

ton the cattle were able to pay for
roughage.
With cotton seed meal at $24 per
ton and freight charges Of 500 on so
cattle, Lot No. 1 paid 1885 per ton for
silage, Lot No. 2 paid $7.91 per ton for
| stover. and Lot No. paid $500 per
ton for hulls.
The prices obtained for the silage
and slower is fully double the cost OF
production, thus leaving the farm a
good profit for growing them.
The cattle fed silage made greater
and cheaper gains than the other two
lots, and took on a better finish.
The cattle fed slower made slightly
better gains than the lot fed on hulls,
and at less cost
The cotton seed meal required per
pound Of gain in the silage fed steers
is 1922 pounds as compared with 4.57
pounds in the slower fed lot, and 4.69
pounds in the lot fed bulls. The cost
Of gain was 6.4c per pound with the
silage fed cattle, 9.S2c per pound with
the lot fed slower. and 11.9c per pound
with the lot fed on bulls.
In the 344,oS pounds, or 172 tons,
Of fertilizer obtained from the so cat
tie, there is a difference of only $45.S4
In three-fourths Of the manurial value
Of the feed and the actual value as
shown by weight and analysis. The
shed In which the cattle were fed was
not floored, was kept fairly well
bedded. The high value of $3.42 per
ton for the manure will illustrate the
necessity and advantages of feeding
the cattle under conditions that will
prevent unnecessary loss when the
cattle are not fed in the fields where
the manure is required
When cattle are fed on a cement
floor, and sufficient bedding used, our
experiments would indicate that three
fourths Of the manurial value of the
feed will be available for use in the
fields, which may be counted as added
profits, less the cost of labor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-24
Time Required for Matching.

The period of incubation for fowls
is 81 days, for ducks, turkeys and
guineas % days, and geese from 80 to
35 days. Small active varieties Of
fowls, such as Leghorns, often hatch
in less than 81 days. Hatches may be
delayed day or two by the action of
the hen. She may not sit on the eggs
closely the first day, or she may for
sake the nest too long during the
hatch The latter may also cause
weakness in the chicks. During cold
weather the eggs may be chilled in
fifteen minutes, while in warm wealth
er the hen may forsake her nest for
hours without materially affecting the
hatch.