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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01

He realized he should be mixing
dough, for the men In the trenches
would be hungry. They must be fed
30 they could fight again.
But even AZ he turned back to take
up his work there came shout. Men
were running about among the
wagons, horses were being harnessed:
already some OF the vehicles were
moving away.
For q moment Stephen stared be-
wildered: then. after = glance toward
the west, he, too. broke into a run.
Stephens driver was backing the
traces when he arrived, and started
the team with a shout and swing OF
his whip as his comrade leaped to the
seat Of the big oven. The crest OF a
hill to the west was swarming with
gray-clad figures. The English were
fleeing before them. The line had
been broken by force which had
charged up the steep banks along the
Marine.
Whether the Germans could hold
the position under the fire OF the Eng
lish batteries and could cut of the
force entrenched on the little plateau
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
MAKES ATTACK ON DESSERT
Ohio Newspaper Glasses II Among the
Undesirable superfiuIties Of
Human Life,

A man has come to this country
from abroad to advocate vegetarian.
ism. He Is hale and hearty fellow
who has never practiced anything
but vegetarianism. 1t Is a good thing
and we are In favor of everybody not
eating any meat who doesn't want 1t.
But there are other reforms lust as
good. We might discard the dessert
and fare better. The reason for re-
sorting to dessert is to enable one b
eat more than he ought to eat. For
instance, after eating roast beef. DO
tatoes and bread, can a man resist
piece OF pie? Morally he ought to.
but physically he couldn't.
Eating too much is materia!ism /.
Its worst form. and 1t does more to
blunt the senses and to squeIoh noble
aspiration than any of the other
habits, and the dessert Is its guardian
anger. So dessert is a superflnity. II
one has had enough of the piece ds
resistance ct cetera, and the suser.
nuities are the danger points of life.
More than enough is a moral. social.
physical Ill Socrates WAS against the
dessert when he prayed: 20 God.
grant me what need and no more
Ohio State Journal,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01

m opportunity to take a hand when
the BIG battle started. He knew how
slender his chances were OF ever
reaching the fring line, but a thor.
ough appreciation OF the situation
didn't make IL easier To bear--didnt
soothe his resentment against the fate
that kept him mixing dough while
others old the real work OF war.
III I only had a chance," he
thought. Il wouldn't mind walloping
Kettles tho rest OF my life. II I could
take Just one crack It them. Tonor-
row or next day the boys will be hav-
inx Il out with Kaiser Bili--and Ill
30 wrestling with camp oven"
For q moment he was silent as he
watched the infantry deploying along
the river; then he nodded his head
aYes," he said. they're going to stop
and fight and right here"
His belief was soon justified by the
activities of sappers and engineers.
Tho infantry was put to work dig,
ging themselves In along the south
hank Of tha river. Battery after bat.
tery wheeled into position on the hills
the signal corps was running wire
along the lines for Geld telephones
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01

tell at first Whistler II was the Test q
men or horses that he heerA He
stood up, lettering = little. but sim
cautching in his hands his blusss.
Then he saw, rushing Town upon
him, horses. more horses than in all
his life he had ever seen and. mounted
on them, men, different from any men
that he had ever beheld. Did he look
for the tricolor? Did he know that
only under the tricolor might friends
be found? High above his yellow head
he held the bluets.
Perhaps it was only fate. perhaps i
was the God to whom the grandmere's
prayers were rising. but the man who
saw the baby hands and the blue corn
flowers was the man OF war. A sud
den word and there was sudden halt
of all the pounding hoofs. Bending
down from his horse, the man of war
took the blossoms. and ON his lips was
a word the childish ears had never
heard spoken in tongue he could not
understand: "Kaiserblumen!"
"Honneur, Patrie, Gloire." The va
liant words rested curiously upon the
baby lips, but in an instant the intel
lect before which the entire world was
trembling understood. Honor-Glory--
Fatherland-the same In every heart
for which every man must lay down
his life, whatever helpless atom he
might leave behind him.
There were orders quick and clear
and then the pounding hoofs passed
on. but around the fields Of Mere
Craquette was double Gordon com.
posed of the flower of the army, she
emperor's personal staff. II was theirs
to obey. whether it might be a phalanx
of fellow creatures that was to be
moved down. whether 1t might be a
confiagration lighted by their own
torches that was to be stayed.
The August moon was well past the
full, only little crescent Of gold that
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01

being scared, to analyze his emotions.
The men Up on the plateau must have
cartridges or they must surrender
and the loss OF that hIll spelled dis
aster!
The pace OF the heavy draft horses
was sloW--cruelly slow-and the need
OF haste was vital They had not gone
hundred yards before bullets from
the German infantry were whining
past, and Stephen stood up TO lash
the numbering animals.
Now they we're only q quarter OF a
mile from the English trenches, but
the bullets were flying thick, and
shrapnel was dotting the slope with
feecy. white balls!
Now they were at the builet-swept
summit, with only hundred yards to
go!
Could they pass through the storm
OF lead unscathedg
Stephen yelled encouragement to
the laboring horses, swung his whip
In an effort to urge them to greater
speed The man beside him suddenly
slumped In his seat, and quietly slid
of to the ground.
Stephen felt a shock and his left
shoulder went numb; his cap was
dashed from his head; something
warm was running down his wrists
and making the reins slippery.
One of the horses lurched In its
stride. but he dashed 1t on to culver.
Ing. last effort. Only hundred feet
to go-now, then!
One horse went down; the other
was thrown to enc side. The twist
overturned the wagon, splitting cases
81 cartridges on the ground.
There was a sensation OF flying
through space, and hlackness swal
lowed Stephen!
He awoke to find himself lying on
the trampled grass near the trenches,
swathed in bandages. very stiff and
helpless and weak. The sound of the
guns had receded. English guns were
slamming shells into the rear ranks
OF Won K1uck's army, which was al
ready beginning Its retreat to the
north.
Some one leaned over him-a gray
haired man who wore the straps OF q
colonel.
$50 this Is the chap who drove half
a mile through hell to bring the car.
tridges.' voice said. "Well. IL he
hadn't It's hard telling what would
have happened today. Holding this
hill Is all that saved as
Several days later In a field hos
pital Stephen, with the petulence Of a
sorely wounded man. interviewed the
brisk. capable young physician who
was dressing his wounds.
You think they'll take me In one
Of the active regiments when get out
OF here" he asked. They put me
in the commissary where a chap has
no chance to get into the fighting. It's
tough"
The surgeon nodded approval and
understanding. He knew what 1t was
to remain behind the guns dressing
wounds. when he would have pre-
ferred to be making them.
Yes" he said. 1T Is tough to be
tied down where you can't grab q gun
and wade In. Az for your being able
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01

to get transferred to the infantry. I'm
rather sure they'd be glad to get q
hundred thousand like you"
"You think SOP Stephen spoke
eagerly, I'm going to make applica.
tics as soon as I can. l sure would
like to &c. into. just one battle"
A slow grin ,verspread the doctors
face. and he ran his eyes over Stephen
as though taking an inventory.
That's too bad. he said dryly:
"and you're not likely to be able to
have chance soon. You've hole
through your right thigh, bullet in
your left shoulder. superficial fur.
row OF the scalp. the calf OF your right
leg was drilled twice. and you have
three minor flesh wounds.
You've been mentioned In dis
patches for that ammunition stunt OF
yours, and the chance are you'll land
a nice decoration that many a stafl
officer would give his left leg for
Yes. It's tough You never had q
chance to get into q battle"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
Squirrel Wisdom,

me squirrel knows better than to
aHpend on luck from day to day to
BRING him his food m the season when
mat food Is to be found only in stor-
age says the Cleveland Piain Dealer.
The squirrel has lesson to teach his
proud but shortersighted brother or
the human race. All the fall the bushy-
from GLIDING the guns OF hunters
licensed by law. gathered nuts from
tree and ground and put them away
safely for the winter use. He knew,
somehow, that long season WAS at
hand when nuts could not be found.
when 1t would be impossible to roam
ct large In search OF provender.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01

English Batteries Went Into Action.
was yet to be decided: but. meantime,
the vicinity was no place for q COM
missary train. .......
At the foot OF the ridge road ran
east and west, and the wagons took
| 1t at the top speed OF their numbering
horses. camp kettles sloshing and
| splashing, iron ovens changing as they
jumped over the stones.
A cloud OF dust appeared In front,
and the wagons turned aside into q
shallow ditch while battery whirled
by. gun after gun: the rafting calls
sons, and after them cavalry. all In q
desperate hurry to save the infantry
from rout.
At the same time the air seemed
suddenly full of shrieking things that
burst with thunder-claps and scattered
death! The Germans had brought
guns across the Marine, and they had
the range.
When the battery and cavalry had
| passed, the commissary wagons
turned back into the road and raced
on In an effort to get beyond the gone
Of FIRE: but disaster quickly overlook
them. A shell struck a heavy van,
the vehicle following 1t toppled over
into ditch In an effort to drive past
the wreck, and the road was blocked.
| while German field-pieces continued to
| rake tho train from end to end.
Every shell added :, the confusion.
The road quickly became litter OF
Smashed wagons and dead horses.
Drivers were cutting loose the ami.
mails and riding away. 1t was obvious
~ impossible to extricate the train,
and Stephen was about to follow the
example Of his fleeing comrades when
around turn came a black ammuni-
ton wagon, it's driver lashing his
| horses.
Plump into the piled-up mass OF
wreckage II drove!
| Stephen reached the scene az the
driver. who had been hurled from his
seat, staggered to his feet. and from
his blasphemous comments he learned
the reasons for the others haste. The
infantry on the plateau was running
short of ammunition.
| There had been hungle some
where, and the word had been wig
| wagged that unless ammunition ar.
| rived soon the troops would be help
less.
II was then that Stephen qualified
as a man in an emergency. The am
| munftion wagon was overturned, one
OF its horses was down with broken
leg, but nearby stood a big wheeled
trough, In which dough for the camp
bakery was mixed, It's horses hal
not been touched az yet by the rain
OF shells
| Promptly Stephen took command OF
the situation.
/ No officer was near. and the men
followed him AZ promptly as they al
ways will natural leader whether he
wears shoulder-straps or not. Willing
hands ripped passage through a
hedge which surrounded an adjoining
| field. while others hastily transferred
boxes OF cartridges from the ammuni
ton wagon to the camp bakery
| trough.
When the gap was open Stephen
took the reins. the driver OF the am.
munition wagon swung up beside
him. and they drove through the
hedge. Shells were bursting around
them. Any moment one might hit the
| wagon!
There was more than half a mile ot
open country. swept by bullets, to be
crossed. II was his first experience
under fire: but he did not hesitate.
There was no time even TO think Of
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
ALEX SHELL BRIscOE


Stephen Barrow paused In his work
of mixing dough TO listen TO the dis.
tant pulsing OF the battle. The rasp.
Ing rife volleys sounded from q point
nearer at hand and he knew that
there had been changes In the posi-.
tons OF the batteries, too.
Yes. THO troops were retreating
again. From the hill he could see cav.
airy already crossing the Marine.
Well, that had been the regular
thing since the English expeditionary
force had bumped into the German 10.
sion at Mons, far to the north In Bel
GUM. Stephen could hardly recall
how many days had passed since this
steady retirement had begun, II
seemed To him that II had been going
on for months--years.
He had been disappointed In the
campaign from the very outset -from
tho day he had accepted the kings
shilling 70 fight for the union jack.
Neither events nor his part In them
had come up 10 his expectations. In
the first place he had been transferred
to the commissary department to mix
Tough and bake bread instead OF fight
inE, and then ha had seen the army
hurled back toward Paris In the initial
battlo--And since then the English had
been retrsating 10 new positions az q
matter Of daily routine.
But bitter a. the constant retire
inent was to tho men In the battle
lined, u was doubiy 10 to Stephen
Occasionally they had an opportunity
Of turning on their pursuers. but he
vas everlastingly mixing dough with.
but . chance Of feeling the kick OF
= rife against his shoulder.
Now they were retreating again.
Infantry In small attachments was
crossing the bridge over the Marine.
and the tops Of the hills beyond were
dotted with white pulls OF smoke
which marked bursting shrapnel. A
regiment moved past toward a posi-
tion on the river bank, and Stephen
studied Il casually.
Somehow the bearing OF the men
cheated him. They were grimmer.
leaner, dirtier than when they landed
In France, but they we're still full OF
light and confidence.
Every man seemed waiting impa.
tiontly for the day when he should
turn his face north and help even the
score with the Germans.
And the time for the stand was near
u hand. they believed, and Stephen
lid too. The imperiled left wing rest
"a against the forts Of Paris: the river
provided Z strong line OF defense. and
10 retreat ferther meant severinE COM
munioations with the capital. Yes.
without doubt. the allies were about
10 stop and hght.
But the thought dcepened stephens
gloom.
He was : tall man Of twenty eight.
with . Jaw that 1utted forward at a
pugnAoious angle. and no yearnsd for
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
Watched the oneomins Devastation.

preceded by a few hours the rising OF
the sun. 1t looked down upon a
scorched and smoldering territory. To
the north. to the south. to the east
and west 1t stretched, but In the cen
ter stood Bibi's home, the small
matched cottage. surrounded by lta
field OF grain, tramplsd. perhaps, Ill
tie under the feet Of rs jealous de-
fenders-fallen here and there-but
sheltering everywhere clusters OF bios
SONS blue as heaven itself, Bibfs bla.
cts, the "kaiserblumen" beloved by
the man of war.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
Saving Belgian 6eets.

Many OF the Belgian beet sugar fac
tories are operating, Notwithstanding
the war, The manufacturers. it is an.
nounced, state that they have no ex.
pectation OF making any profits, but
they are doing great work in that
they are saving $6.e0o,o0o worth o.
beets and are providing employment
and livelihood for their hands.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-31
A STATES FIRST CITIZEN.

IL is something new in the annals of lame when an entomoogist is singled as the most distinguished citizen a great commonwealth Such fate has sud denly befaen Prof Lawrence Bruner of the University of Nebraska
 This unassumng scientist chosen by special committee appointed by the governor The committee was composed of typical Nebraskans are hardhead- ed. practical people and who know that in that state agriculture is important than anything else, and that the who does the most for the crops is the states greatest benefactor So the Dug hunter" won against the writers orators and office holders "Polit- ical fame" said member of the committee "is a bubble We want a of true and lasting distinction based on creative achievement"
 It would be impossible to estimate the millions of dol lars that Prof has saved Nebraska and other other countries When the voracious chincb bug destroying the crops like Egyptian plague the professor searched through the insect creation until he found parasite that preyed upon the chinch by introducing the fields he saved the crops that year and taught everybody how to save them thereafter.
 When the wheat crop of Argentina being eaten up by locusts in 1SSS the government and he went there and the crop fought the locusts effectively they have bothered the country since These merely examples of what Prof Bruner has been doing many years He is cred tied with no less valuable work of training whole generation Nebraska youth in the gospel of modern scientific farming and raising up hundreds of car Try his work.
 Public opinion nearly everywhere is likely to support such choice just public opinion almost unanimous in pronouncng Thomas A. Edison the first citizen of the United States is the creative productive work that counts mostthe work that adds to the of wealth that makes the necessities and comforts of life more easily obtanabe that essens the amount of effort -e qured to obtain results and leaves people with more leisure and for the real enjoyments of life, With efficient prosperous people everything in the way of higher development" follows a matter of course.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-31
STUDENTS WHO EARN THEIR WAY

University of Chicago students earned last year through jobs supplied by the university employment bu reau, the respectable sum of Sl4S51O And that's only part of the story There may have been just as much earned by students who obtained work through their own efforts.
 The wageearnns activities of the students embraced nearly trade and profession Some of them earned their college expenses as musicians or entertainers at receptions, dances and theaters Others did homework and cooking-aboht s15OOo worth Men with political in cinations worked at the polls election day. Among the various men and girls paying their own way were bookkeepers chaufeurs clerks cashiers elevator con ductors ianitors, messengers actors truckmen sales men, models advertising solicitors teachers stenograpb CTS and typsts telephone operators carpenters plumb CTS, hangers babers transaters tutors ushors walters and others less easily classified Altogether the employment bureau found remunerave work for 1,7Oo students.
 It is an impressive fact that SO many students were able to money 10 pay for their education That is one of the advantages of attending college in big city. It is sti more impressive that they were not ashamed of doing honest work with either their heads or their hands in the pursuit Of learning That is the most dis tinctive thing about American colleges
 In an English university student however poor, doesn't dare to soil his hands in "menal work or even to work for money in any way to pay his college ex- penses He must be "gentleman" which is to say he must be nonproducer he the serving classes" do whatever work has to be done Merely by canvass ing for books" in vacation he would lose caste In his college town, if he goes to store and buys pair of socks he doesn't carry the parcel home himself It isn done"
 There is such snobbery in any American college The most hopeful thing about American higher education is it's genuine spirit of democracy which permits the stu dent who waits table fellow students to mingle with them socially terms of complete equality
 Such system is guarantee that the nations demo cratic ideals will be safely carried by the men and women destined furnish of our Future leaders of public opinion It is guarantee too that the students will not wander in of impractical theory and dreams Working for his living in the active world dur ing his college keeps students feet planted firm ly on the ground and helps strengthen and equip him for real life
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-31
AsrRoLoeY PRepIcrs PEAcE.

The New York astrologer who hangs out a board walk Coney Island has been applying his mystic art figuring out the duration of the Inasmuch the calculation made purely for his private satisfaction and has nothing do with his remunerative activity it probably entitled to such respect astrological sci once merits at ts best-whatever they may be- Anyhow, here is the way the Coney wizard dopes 1t out as given conndentaly friend of the editor the other day:
 Peace will come during the present year, the last week in August or the first week in September"
 There-the great secret is out Use you like It ought to be worth millions in speculation. it is true, it probably rising market in nearly everything except war directly dependent on them.
 If it is true, h means, too that troubles with Ger many win soon be If peace going to come in month and half of the Kaiser going to stop blowing up our ships citizens and consent to the storation of law at sea
 The astrologer figured it out by complex system, taking each beligeren nation turn and putting that nations particular problem up the planets for solution "The method he says lis inconrovertible The only possible question tbe which the oaloula lions are based If my data correct peace will come as say. But the war won't end all at Some parts of it may drag on there will be long negotiations
 "Raphael" noted astrooger of London, says the coney professor predicted the war with absolute acy and made prediction similar to nj. own. waiser Wilhelm was reported the other day as expecting peace in October Maybe the Kaiser is a1 astrologer too