Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-10-29

q y MauAA ~ river RfnguIarly
aymboiical or, and welded To,
the three groups OF peoples
through whom the three great
phases Of It's life as q river
run. Ite part In war also has CORE
sr0nded 10 all three. and since Il first
enterBd recorded history, 1000 years
agp. tili today. when Il 10 80 apparent.
" the obstacle suFmounted by the
Herman Invasion or France, ii has
checked or aided SO generations Of
soldiers. All It's first course goes
through that essentially Gallo conn-
Wv Of Lorraine, 81 the Three Bishop.
RIGS and ef the conntrysides that
hoHfd the Barrels On fts very up.
per waters. where II IL no moro than
4 clear meadow stream, you win and
D0mremy and the house where Joan
d arc was born.
IN the aidst OF that same stretch.
where already the Mouse ii i river
stands the great Gallo fortress of
Vafduns the tewn upon whoae fortunes
80 many invaaions have depended.
Further upon ite course see this
eomDer mars es saaan; and ia all this
Tong French ftaiae and Rowing of the
river there II upon either side that
ntAes of rich meadowland and vine
yard, low. rounded hill and strictly
ordered woods, which make up d
French landscape. u ID this stretch,
too That runs-eall the earlier and
hiTher part m it-asong and behind
theae Cotes de Mouse which are
the stretched line 81 defense between
Toui aud verdun; which make wail
OF forts from Cnmmercy At the gatas
OF Ioul to the verdun ring.
Merass Into Dutch.
Similarly. all the lower reaches.
from the Roman orosslRg at Maaatricht
to the vagne marshes. Nat mud Il.
lands. dykes and confused shaiinws
whereby u naingles with the soheIdt
end with the Rhine and PASSES 70
the Yea. ara quite Dutch, not only ia
the language spoken upon either side
Of the river, but IN the broadeaina
Oats and sluggish waters and IN the
very sky. For the skies 81 the Neither
land plain are different from anything
aiaa III the rect Of Europe They
,eecn to be- ne from beneath and their
clouds supply the accident and COM
3rast which the earthly horizon lacks.
All this lover ssFpam Ia full on such
Wass az the seventeenth century
fought To Withstand Louis XIV, The
duke of Marlborough owed hts title
70 the cleArsng ef the Lower Mouse
rolling up the Preach garrisons as far
as Liaee In i7oa,
Between these two peopied. wealthy
sections. the upper and the lower. the
bread seaward reaches and the Ia.
land inehdow streams. the Mense By
d curious accident experiences fate
not promised BY tn origin and hardly
remembered at Nv end n runs
Through eorges more bold. and In
parts more deserted. than those OF
eny western river The trench which
It thus occupies Ii the more memor-
able 10 those who have followed IL,
from tho breadth. the depth and the
silence of the stream that flows
through II between the vtry steep
walls Of wood and rock MIton either
sida. These are 500, e09. 100 feet
above the stream, and In places 1000
feet, but they give m Suppression of
far greater height from the uniformity
of their coloring and aoeded cloak.
from their SHARPNESS oi fall. and from
the way IN which they rsin parallel.
supporting each the effects or the
ether upon either Ride az the dead,
lat floor of water hetween. This &C.
cisIent which the Meuse suffers. this
exceptional landscape coming after
tha easy pastureg of Lorraine. coming
before fhe great saa.tlats of the Meth,
nrlanda. mnkas the course pf ths
Meuso comparable TO the life Of some
man whose ycsth and manhood were
merely prosperous. whose old age was
spacious and at ease. but who fell by
snrne fate IN d few yards OF middle
lifo upon surprEsinF adventures. And
mir gorge. though less mixed with the
History 0fIwar than what lies above
and heiowits has fortress at iss gates
ana In Nh midst corresponds % his
tory of var.
All these three sections, then. cor
rcspond ID something ri the histor,
of wara The wars to protect ths
Nefhesiands against the ambition q
fI.e hxoneh concerned the Dutci
Nrnss h possess Maastricht. uiti
nsatfJy ID possess Tdege, was tho oh
3ecf lcf TIA defenders and of the ~
tselerz Tho upper reaches thrcugi