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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

49,. Al with the nour. Beat one
egg and add enough -four to roll after
adding a cupful of chopped raisss -.
6uttercups.---Cream together half
O cupful of butter and half cupfril
of powdered sugar; add two eggs
beaten. separating the yolks and
whites: sift two teaspoonfuls Of hak-
ing powder In two cupfuls of -four.
mix well, add half q teaspoonful each
Of vanilla and lemon extract. Roll out
thin as possible and cut with star
or any fancy cooky cutter; sprinkle
with caraway seed. sugar plums, press
ing them into the dough.
5rownies.-Sift together two cup
fuls of -four, half teaspoonful of salt,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and a teaspoonful of cinnamon.
Cream together q eupful Of shorten
ing with cupful of graduated sugar
and stir into the dry ingredients. Beat
two eggs well and add to the rest.
then add two cupfuls OF rolled oats.
cupful of seeded raisins and q half
cupful of well-washed cnrrants. Mix
well, then drop by teaspoonfuls on a.
creased baking dish.
Crackers are good little cakes il COW
cred with boiled frosting and chopped
raisins and Drowned in the oven.
Marshmallows placed on round thin
crackers and baked in the oven until
they puff and are brown are another
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

upholstered seats and rubber tires
may fascinate q small boy for a few
hours, but you'd better place your
faith In good, old-pattern rocking
horse, with saddle and stirrups. and a
name and tail OF real hair, The rock
ing horse Is not going out of fashion
by long ways, and | predict that In
the horseless age, IL that time ever
comes, our children's children will be
jerking the name OF a wooden 'horsey'
and whipping him on his painted
TANKS. and trying to feed him crack
ers. Also, they'll be falling off his
back and humping their little fore.
heads in the old-fashioned way, and
'horsey' will have to be thrashed and
locked up In the clothes closet for his
bad behavior.
And as for dolls, you've got to give
them real baby dolls and not grand
ladies In the latest tango gowns and
hats. For the last 80 years or so
doting parents who are well to do have
been trying the experiment OF present.
ing their little girls with waxen fash.
ion models-only to find the precious
one crying for the rag baby of the
laundress' daughter. Children show
the real mother instinct when they
spurn the play.chiid' which is too
dressy and up to date.
Il have one friend, the father of a
large and lively family. make him
happy every Christmas time by pre-.
senting his kids with bunch of cheap
mechanical toys After about half an
hour OF winding them up. the little
ones tire of the clicking wonders and
return TO their woolly dogs. rubber
dolls and other simple favorites. Thai
Is when fathers fun begins. He in
sists on winding up the toys and run
ming them all Christmas day. osten
sibiy for the pleasure of his young
sters He does not cease winding until
the toys begin to get out of order. and
then be has the additional pleasure oI
trying to repair them,
Sometimes | think that O manufac
turer could make fortune selling
toys just for grown-ups. Seeing 4
bunch of adults busy working me
chanical toys reminds me of the time
when the whole family insists on TAX
ing little Johnny to the circus.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
HELP FEED THE WINTER
BIRDS"

Winter Ia here with It's cold and
stroma. Many of our winter birds suf-
fer from lack of food during the severe
cold and it Is everyone's duty to furn-
ish them with food and shelter when
ever possible to do so.
In Minnesota the following common
beneficial birds stay with us all winter;
The Chickaaee, Nuthatch, Buejay,
Hairy and Downy Woodpeeker, Junco,
Tree Sparrow, snowbunting and Bob
white or Quail.
A single Chiekadee has been known
to destroy over 5000 eggs Of the can
kerworm moth in one day, The Bob
white is known to feed on 100 different
kinds of weed-seed and on 125 species
Of insects. As many a. 100 potato bee
ties have been taken from the stomach
of single bird. The Tree sparrows in
state the size of Iowa will in one win
ter consume $50 tons of weed seed.
What food to provide: Suet and pork
rinds tied to the branches Of trees liz
good for some birds, while grain, nuts,
seeds, sweepings from barns and cribs.
scraps of meat, bread crumbs, etc. are
good for all the birds. A little grain
distributed in sheltered places will Of
ton save large numbers Of Quail from
death by starvation.
Our winter birds must have plenty
of food In order to withstand the cold.
Twin you help?"
]. w. Franxen, Sec y.
Public Library
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
The Askov American Has the
Best of Everything.

We call the attention of our
rerders this week to three arti-
cles appearing in this issue of
The American any one of which
is worth the price of a years sub
serlption. alone.
The Spirit Of the Danish
Christmas. This article takes LIS
back to our native land -> Dem
mark in the time of our grand
fathers and grandmothers.
Another, . well written article
by Ludwig Mosbak. "How to
Raise Onions. "
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
THE SPIRIT OF THE
- CARL a.rsar. DANISH CHRISTMAS
Written Literary the r. W. Tacoma Wahl

the Z. w. G. A., Tacoma, Washl.
ing clothes, and laid him in a traanger;
because there was no room for them In
the inn."
Tears are glistening in the eyes, hands
are pressed, silent prayers are offered;
and when the sermon IL ended, the last
hymn sung, you feel the presence of
Gods angels under the vaults.
Relatives and friends are gathering
outside making appointments for visits
during the holidays, and, when parting,
again wishing each other Merry
Christmas.
The "seeond day Christmas" is a
legal holiday with service in the church.
and, in fact, the whole week. and two
days New Year, are all, in way, holi-
days, given to joy and merry-making,
In Denmark appeared the first
Christmas stamp" placed on the back
Of the letters and sold for the benefit
of consnmptives. The well known
Danish author, lecturer and philanthro-
pist, Jacob Ries, wrote an article
abouth their stamp in the Outlook"
the idea was quickly adopted in this
country, and now we all know the red
cross mark" sold everywhere at Christ
mas time. And ID all this 1.-The spirit
OF the Danish Christmas?" Maybe
not. 1t might be impossible to write
about the Christmas spirit, just be-
cause 1t is~~in the air like the vibration
| of the bell.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

Some fellows lay up a percet-
age of their earnings for a rainy
day, and others act as if they
We're going to live to be 600 years
old and it was going to rain every
day for 800 years.
Ii a man gets up on a cold
morning and his thermometer
registers 5 degrees lower than the
thermometer owned by his neigh
Dor, the man acts as if this was
"a proof that he is 5 degrees
smarter than his neighbor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

voring and stir into the cake mixture.
Bake in gem pans. Ice or not, as de-
sired.
Raisin cakes.-While nuts are not
good for very little people. raisins
which have been seeded and chopped
are excellent Cream half q eupful
OF shortening, add eupfai Of sugar.
add q half eapful rich milk or thin
cream, Dissolve half q teaspoonful
OF soda i'm little hot water, or ass
two teaspoonfuis Of baking powder,
and ain u t@
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
TO KNOW FUTURE HUSBAND
Many Old English Customs and Sd
perstltions Center Around
Christmas.

All down the ages girls have been
eager to find out their future destiny
whether they will be "old maids"
or, as they are now called, bachelor
girls" or wives and mothers, Christ
mas. as well as all the other festivals,
has been allotted it's customs and su-
perstitions through which the secret
OF the future may be learned
To find the answer to the impor
tant question, wife or old maid. a girl
had TO go alone on Christmas ege
and knock on the henhouse door. II
q cock answered her knock by crow
ing. she would be married, but If no
cock crowed In answer. then she
would be an old maid. This under
taking would require good deal of
courage I'm the old days OF supersti.
ton. as on Christmas eve evil spirits
were supposed to have Increased pow.
err and ghosts were supposed to prowl
around
II a girl wished TO know the name
Of her future husband she took four
onions and named each one after a
boy friend She then placed one In
each corner Of o room and the one
that sprouted before January 6 bore
the name OF the man she would
uaarTy.
IN some districts this was carried
out rather differently Several onions
were selected and named and placed
close together, and the one that
sproated first gave the name that was
to be hers, We can imagine how
carefully the warmest place would b
chosen for soma special onion
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

Turn on to a Toured board and knead
thoroughly. working in as much dry,
aour as possible so that a very stiff
Tough Is formed. Let this stand for.
half an hour. then crate on a coarse
crater and let the crumbs dry, after
spreading them out on the board Al,
low two tables oonfuls of these egg
crumbs to be cooked in the soup. The
remainder of the crumbs, after drying.
may be put into a jar and kept for fu-
ture use They will keep for some
time
Potato pumpiinss.--Grate four cold
boiled potatoes and add to them one
cupful of stale bread crumbs. soaked
In little milk, just enough to moist
IN; add two eggs, two tablesponfuls of
four and salt and pepper Form into
balls and steam or boil 90 minutes
Turn into a serving dish and sprinkle
with two cupfuls OF bread crumbs fried
n butter.
German Potato Salad.-Boil four
arge potatoes in their jackets Peel
Aad slice them very thin Add one
small onion chopped very fine. Cut
three slices of bacon into dice and fry
until brown, pour this hot fat over the
potato and onion, season well with salt
and pepper. Heat four tablespoonfuls
of vinegar to the boiling point and
pour over the potato. Mix we'll and
allow the salad to cool before serving.
Stuffed onions.-Parhoil six even
sized onions, Remove the centers and
drain as much as possible of the mois-
ture from the onions Chop the cen
ters, mix with bread crumbs, sage and
other seasoning desired Fill the cavi-
ties with this mixture. put a piece of
butter On top of each, Bake in a dish,
hasting with stock or butter and wa.
ter. Allow 45 minutes for baking.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

charms of them are the
soup garnishes.
Egg Crumhs.--Sift a,
cupful of -four, with salt
and pepper. Beat an egg
enough to blend the yoIk'
and white. then add two
tablespoonfuls OF water
and mix with the -four.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

light, add q cupful Of
graduated sugar and q
cupful of powdered sug-
ar, Sift together two
cupfals of -four with two
teaspoonfuis OF baking
powder and beat until
light and full of bubbles.
Into threesquarters of u
cupful of boiling water
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

john" said the Loving Wife. Il In.
tended to get yon q nice new necktis
for Christmas, but l am ashamed &c
acknowledge that In the rush of the
shopping l completely forgot it,"
Thank YOU. nevertheless, said the
Happy Husband
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
t4uae Callas ID Velvet.

A striking bunch of corsage flowers
Is made up of three huge callas, In
cerise and white velvet, with big yell
low Centers and frosted stems. with
brilliant green velvet foliage The
eallas hang on long stems half q yard
long--fEom the corsage.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

when children have Shelr Christmas toys
The house will ring with laughter gay:
And thus. in truth. by girls and boya
~ Christmas made e +sholfsr'' dan.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
Ls<k<.-- A~,zs.sN-.

I'm general, mankind, since the i'm,
proyement Of cookery. eat twice a.
much a. nature requires, -~Eraaklau.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
GfEKcHEN
G6ABLNEG

Thou shalt know by experience how
salt the SAVIOR liz OF others bread. and
how sad a path II iE to climb and de-
scend anothers stairs, Dante.
O remedy
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24

Labor is mans great function. He is
nothing, he can be nothing. he cal
achieve nothing. fulfill nothing, with
out working. Dewey.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
AXES FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.

Sponge cakes are especially good for
small people Beat four eggs until
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
MORE GERMAN GOOD THINGS.

The Germans are famous for their
,oups of various kinds and one of the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-24
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|ZheKFEGfIEN
I.2cg6ABTNET

A handful Of good life is worth a
bushel of learning.
Morris tribune., 1914-01-23
Profesaor RIaekie,a opinion.

A serious minded lady once tried to
lure Professor BIackie into giving his
opinion OF Sankey's hymns at a time
when they had an enormous vogue.
The lady was giving the professor
lunch, and he tried to fob her OF by
praising Stilton cheese on the table.
Some time after the lady sent him a
copy of Sankey and piece of the
cheese, hoping thus to draw him. She
succeeded to the extent Of these four
lines Of verse:
Thrice blessed is she that hath done what
she could J.
To make lean man fat and bad man
good
For the body. cheese: for the soul. San
key;
For both, thankee.
Morris tribune., 1914-01-23
Of INTEREST TO
SCANDINAv VANS.
Recent Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
REVEALED POLITICAL SECRETS

Real Reason Why Prince William of
Sweden is Seeking Divorce From
Princess Marie - Luther College
Band Of DEBORAH, la, to Attend the
Norwegian Centennial Exposition.
General Arbitration Treaty Between
the United States and Denmark.
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Recent dispatches from Stockholm
state that the real reason for divorce
between Prince William of Sweden
and Princess Marie Pavlovna is at
last coming to light. 1t appears that
the princess has been telling Russian
politicians certain Swedish military
secrets. Princess Marie has always
been at loggerheads with every mem
Der of the Swedish royal family,
whose tastes and ideas are opposed
to her own. The Bernadottes are by
no means wealthy; they are fond of
the simple life and their ways are
democratic, well suited to a demo
cratic country like Sweden. The
princess, on the other hand, has the
imperious temperament of the Ro-
manOffs. combined with eXtraVagant
Morris tribune., 1914-01-23
AL.oaox Of tn. Distant Past.

~ GSSGCy 81 TIE OlSGduG TdS6s
did you ever notice" asked the ex-
perienced restaurateur, that when one
man is giving dinner to another the
waiter upon opening a bottle of wine
generally pOurs a little into the glass
of the host and then proceeds to ill
the other mans glass to the top? If
you asked the waiter why he did that
he probably would be unable to tell
you, but as matter Of fact it IS a sur
Vival Of feudal days, when life was
held somewhat more lightly than to-
day. 1t is intended to give the host
an opportunity of taking the first taste
OF the wine in order to assure his
guest that it is not poisoned. New
York Tribune.
Morris tribune., 1914-01-23
First MethodistEp Church

Sunday. Jan. 25th, 1914.
Morning subject: "The Spirit of
Power"
Evening subject: 'The Two
Sauls. -
Sunday school-12 noon. il
Elworth Leagues: 80 p. m.
Prayer Service-7 80 .. m.
Mr.. Nobbs' evening subject will
have special appeal for the young
people of Morris.
Henry Nobbs, Pastor.
Morris tribune., 1914-01-23
Attention Comrades

Overton Post, No. SO. G. A. R.,
will hold campfire at the armory
on Thursday evening. Feb. IL, 1914,
Lincoln's birthday. A suitable pro-
gram will be arranged for the occa-
sion. All old soldiers, their families
and friends are invited.
A. R. Pushor, Commander.
w. l.. Colyer, Adjutent.
Morris tribune., 1914-01-23
Their First Meet;no.

Il am very glad to meet you again,
Miss Dowsley," he said when they
had been introduced to each other. I.
"Again?" she replied. why, have
we met before? p
"Well, perhaps we haven't exactly
met before. but you tickled my chin
with your feather for about an hour
one evening in an elevated car."-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
Morris tribune., 1914-01-23
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There is room in this country for
brass bands, a form of music which
reaches the masses as does nothing
else in the world" says Emile Fran
ces Bauer in the Musical Leader, Chi
cago. 1T would SEEM" she continues,
''as though there were warm well
comes waiting for bands outside Of
the United States Marine band and
the SOusa organization, and that
splendid band, the Luther College
Concert band. This, by the way, is
the only Norwegian organization of
its kind in the country, and while it
is the idol of the Scandinavian popu-
lation of the country it has admirers
in countless numbers among the music
lovers of all nationalities The state
ment that the Luther College band is
the only Norwegian organization Of
its kind in the country is of course
due to- the fact that the writer of the
are several bands in this country
made up wholly of Norwegians; but
that the Luther College Concert band
is the idol of the Scandinavian popu-
lation of this country is not at all an
exaggeration. This band has been in
Vited to visit Norway during the cen
tennial exposition. The invitation has
been accepted and all arrangements
for the tour made. As there are sixty
five members, sixty-one of whom are
undergraduates between the ages Of
fifteen and twenty-five years, some of
whom pay their own expenses at
school, the arrangements which have
been perfected necessarily included
the raising of funds for the expenses
connected with the trip, which are con-
seTvatively estimated at $4,000. 1t
is through the liberality of the ad-
mirers Of the band that the funds
have been guaranteed in sufficient
sums to make the trip. possible. The
band will leave DEBORAH on April 20.
1t will give a few concerts in Amer
lea at points between DEBORAH and
New York and will embark at New
York on one of the boats of the new
Norwegian-American line on May s.
reaching Bergen, Norway, on May 16
and going by rail to Christiania to
be there at the festivities on May II.
After short stay at the capital a
tour will be made through Norway.
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The Norwegians claim the most
northern and most southern church
The former is the Maaso or Gamvik
church in the icy regions of Norway
Next summer q church is to be built
by the Norwegians at the whaling sta
ton on South Georgia island, which
is to be the southernmost church OF
earth, In this connection it may also
be mentioned that there is some talk
of building a church at Advent Bay
Spitzbergen. At this place from 2OC
to SEQ men are found every summer
and the number is Increasing. Every
summer ships visit the bay, carrying
tourist and business men. The Nor
wegian seems to take his church with
him wherever he goes.
A wealthy Norwegian company i
ahout IN osfa hl;ah commercial rela
Morris tribune., 1914-01-23

tastes and a love of amusement. The
somewhat middle class tastes of the
Swedish court are mainly due to the
kings late mother, Queen Sofia, who
always hated court functions. Her
four sons inherited her dislikes. The
eldest, King GustaVus, is mainly Oc-
cupied with science and sport. The
second son, Oscar, abandoned his
royal rank to marry Ebba Munich, a
lady in waiting to his queen mother,
with whom he lives contentedly in
Stockholm. Prince Eugen, the third
son, has remained a bachelor, and
devotes himself almost entirely to
painting; while the youngest, Prince
Carl, married Princess Ingeborg of
Denmark, lady whose tastes are as
simple as his own.
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The arrest Of former constable in
the Swedish navy named Torngren
and a youth, Holsteinson, on the
charge of selling Swedish military Sc
crets to Russia, has enabled the au-
thorities to unearth scheme of or
ganized and wholesale espionage, the
headquarters of which were in Copen-
hagen. A number of Russian officers.
including former military attaches
and other Russian subjects, are in
volved and many of them have al
ready left the country either at the
suggestion of the authorities or for
fear of being arrested. The two
Swedes mentioned and Danish off,
Ger, Friedriksen, who was arrested at
Boden, aFSwedish fertilization on the
Russian frontier, were not so fortu-
nate. Through them, however, the
authorities hope to find exactly how
much has been disclosed to the Rus
sian officers, for whom they are be-
neYed to have acted.
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The British sla1ghtering house in
Malmo and the largest slaughtering
establishment in Skane have been
compelled to close owing to the
strong competition offered by the so
called communal slaughter house. A
stock company is now planning the
erection of large slaughter house
in Horny. Farmers In the neighbor-
hood have already contracted to de-
liver about 10000 hogs per year to
the new concern. All the products
will be shipped to England.
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Potatoes from Sweden are being
shipped to America. Two weeks ago
4 large Norwegian steamer arrived at
Halsingborg with the object Of TAX
ing aboard about 10000 sacks OF po-
tatoes from Skane for export to
America. This is the greatest con.
signment Of potatoes that has hither
to been exported from Skane.