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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26
NO MEDDLER.

F ull low he lies,
 His troubles OCT. Who kept bis eyes
 Fixed straight before. Nor poked his nose
 In mems affairs That they suppose
 Are strictly theirs. That's why, despite Some wicked ways. l think it right
 To give him praise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26
A TRIFLE CLOSE.

Your friend Grabbins Is always saving. Take it from me. That seems to be a favorite expression of his.'
 Yes, but it means nothing whatever in Grabbins' case. All he has that's worth taking is money and I've never yet seen anybody who was able to separate him from his bank roll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
\ SOCIAL FAvoR1TE.

A s0CIAL FAV0R1TE. He szwarmly welcomed everywhere A lucky dog, young Botts, Who is his fathers only heir And dances all the trots.
 Birmingham Age-Herald If Bottsy sticks to turkey trots Hell~sidestep many ills, It's risking lots of tricky spots To dance the pace that kills.
 Youngstown Telegram.
 TIPS. There is something in the atmosphere of fashionable hotel that makes a man spend money" Tt isn't so much the money I spend in a fashionable hotel that bothers me. but the money I'm compelled to give away there.'
 THE MANUFACTURER.
 The hue of health''
 That's on her cheek
 Has brought great wealth
 To some fat geek.
 HELPLESS. Does this town take kindly to reform 9, asked the stranger. Well, can't say that we are actually pining for reform answered the old res ident, s''but when it come along riding be- hind a steam roller there aint nothing left for fellow to do but to move away or be run over"
 SUCH IS LIFE. man will struggle out of debt. With all his might and main And in week or two will get Deep in the hole again.
 WILLING TO DIVIDE. Its an old maxim that people don't al- ways vote the way they cheer.'' That's quite true" said the politician. But let me get their votes and I care not who gets their cheers"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

BEGINNING THE DAN-o God, may this be Thy day all it's hours . through. May I spend 1t in com munion with Thee and about Thy business. Give me warm love for ] thy people and desire to go ID to Thy house. May I mingle todny in spirit with all the redeemed or God. both here and gone. In Chrisfs name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

Baseball as played in the courts is a tiresome performance. The sooner man. agers realize that, the better it will ba for their gate receipts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

The man who never does lick of work sometimes snores as loudly as the toiler who is too tired to keep his mouth closed when he goes to bed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

A New York church is planning to build 30-story skyscraper with the church on top. Still, the members won't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

New terminals for distributing food may reduce the high cost of living in New York, but no feasible scheme has yet been hit upon to reduce the high cost of loving there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

It's time for Germany to realize that she can't raid England's coast every few days and escape retaliation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

While Americans have let Europeans get ahead of them in aviation. there arc entirely too many people in this coun- try who are past masters at kiting checks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26
ENGLISH JOKE FRoM wALEs

From the South Wales Journal. Battalion in Cardiff"
 NO! What for?''
 "They won't lay in the trenches.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

Billy Sunday speaks most unkindly of Milwaukee. although to hosts of peo- pie the name of that town Is synonymous with cheer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

Ex-Presldents of Mexico are already numerous enough to form an association, If they could only be gotten together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

The "jitney. bus' poses as the friend of the common people and will even go out of its way sometimes to cultivate their good will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

When women get the ballot if is to he hoped that the campaign bonbon will be an improvement over the campaign cigar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

A doctor says 1t is possible to hold the breath for two minutes. A great many people can't even hold their tongues that long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

The British ship Lion, in the recent naval engagement with German vessels, seems to have roared to some purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

Apparently there is still enough loot left in Mexico to make battles worth while
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26
QUITE A BOTHER.

QUITE A BOTHER. Colonel soaksby, when prohibition goes into effect and you will not be al- lowed to have more than a quart of liquor in your house at time, what will you do?'
 That law will cause a great deal of trouble. sir, but not so much for me as for other people. The congressman will have to call at my house every day and leave a package"
 GAN "TRoT," TOO.
 Miss Susie Kerr
 Is quite a tripper.
 Her dad calls her
 His little dipper.''
 NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT. 'Is Mrs. Crabson enjoying good health now?"
 Her health is good, but she doesn't enjoy it. That woman is lost without a symptom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26
The Democratic Party and Business


 My republican friends are looking hopefully to 1916, but think it a safe bet that MT. Wilson will succeed himself as President" said Maurice Heckel of Rochester, N. Y.
 "The republicans are trying to lay some of the blame for bad business last fall on the democratic party, but that is not fair, and it will not work. This country was headed for prosperity when the European war broke out and gave the entire busi- ness world an awful shock. There was sharp recession in American business, but we are gradually recovering from it, and by the spring prosperity will be felt in all parts of the country, as it is now in the west.
 I've will have great deal of prosperity between now and 1916, and the republican calamity howler will then be making him. self ridiculous if he tries to howl for party purposes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

Carranza is said to be planning a tou, of this country. With yodelers?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26
Prosperity Outside Our Door

For some months past l have been hearing and reading about prosperity being at our door, said a business man, 'and l have been wondering why he won't come in. Being at our door and still remaining outside would indicate that there must be some good reason for refusing to enter.
 Now, it seems to me that prosperity is a nervous visitor and before seeking admission into a house or city he puts his ear to the keyhole and listens, If he hears pleasant and cheerful talk among the occupants, hears laughing and singing, he concludes there's peace and happiness in that house and he goes in But if he hears wrangling and grunl- bling and fautfinding, this same pros . perity either waits little while on the outside in the hope of harmony being restored among the inmates, or else he leaves altogether and may not return for many years.
 eff we want this visitor at our door to come inside our city we must first give up grumbling and wrangling aboat our affairs. So long as we are fussing about taxes and appraisments and all these questions that keep us in state of turmoil this timid visitor will prefer T to remain on the outside. But if we cut out all ill humor and instead of accusa- tions and charges against each other We get together and act cheerfully and socially, laugh and sing and wear a smile, we will have prosperity among us as a steady boarder for many years. to come.
 T must say l am somewhat of the same nature as prosperity, and I cer- tafnly will not enter a house where there's strife and contention among the inmates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

A. J. Eaton. Jr.. and o. E. Young are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in it's cir culatfon department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1sI9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26
THE MANUFACTURER.

The hue of health''
 That's on her cheek Has brought great wealth To some fat geek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-26

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS

On Friday, Sept. Oath, Carl C..
Swain, rural school commission
er of St. Paul, will be in Askov
to talk on the advantages of con-
solidated schools. The meeting
will be held at the assembly hall
at s o'clock in the evening.
Everybody, and especially all the
taxpayers of school district No.
II, are urged to be there.
By order of the school board.
1-tf. l.. P. Jacobsen. clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16

Miss Alma Petersen left Satur-
day for Chicago to go to work.
Are you going to the County
Fair today, tomorrow or Satur-
day?
"Dansk Folkesamfund' meets
Thursday evening, Sept. %, at the
Lars Christensen home.
| MIR. and Mrs. Peter Jacobsen
of Coulter, Iowa, came Saturday
for visit at the Chr. Jensen
home south of town.
Fred Hansen. east of town,
went down to Minneapolis the
first of the week and accompanied
his wife and children home after
a couple of weeks visit there.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jorgensen and
son, of Hampton, Iowa, visited
friends here last week. Monday
they went on up to Bruno to visit
at the home of Mrs. Jorgensen's
brother, ]. P. Miller.
Jens Nielsen of Cedar Falls,
Iowa, visited last week at the
home of Mrs. A. M. Sorensen.
Mr.. Nielsen of late has been
travelling over the Northwest in
the interest of the Viking Rotary
Pump which he has invented and
patented.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. p. Jensen of
Belgrade, Mimi, visited here
Saturday and Sunday with the
Ravnholt and Mosbak families.
The Jensens were here nine years
ago. when this colony was start
ed, and looked over the land with
the intention of becoming settlers,
but after hearing so much talk
about the terrible Hinckly Fire
that once swept this territory
they were scared out and went
to Belgrade where they bought a
farm and have lived since. How
ever they have not been able to
get Askov off their minds and as
they took in the State Fair last
week they decided to take a little
trip up here and again look it
over. They were very much
surprised to see the progress
made here in every line and We're
more then pleased to learn about
the development of church and
school. They returned to Bel
grade Sunday night with the in
tention of selling out there and
moving to Askov. The thing
which makes them anxious to
move here is the fact that we
have the church and school and
they would like to have their
children learn their mother
tongue as we'll as the language
of their adopted land.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

tied at the head of the Great
Lakes Friday.
| Miss Stella Nielsen, who was
operated on at Minneapolis, re-
turned home last Thursday.
| Miss Sena Johnson of Tyler.
has been a guest at the home of
her sister, Mrs. l.. A. Paulsen.
j. F. Anderson, Bradshaw,
Nebr., visited here a few days
last week at the Victor Carlson
home north of town.
Linn Torkelsen returned to
Lake View, Iowa, Monday, after
having spent his vacation here
at the Lars Jensen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andersen and
children of Dodge Center, visited
here the first of the week at the
home of the formers brother.
Emil Andersen.
The 1928 north bound pas
senger train killed a calf and
injured a cow a short ways north
of Sandstone yesterday. Well,
they had no business there any,
way.
Auctioneer Hall and Mr.. Fey
ma, proprietor of the So and 10e
store at Sandstone, were in town
Tuesday, Mr.. Hall coming up to
cry the Pickett sale north of
town.
An interesting article is printed
in the American this week on the
latest insect enemy of shade trees
the leopard moth. The value
of poultry manure as fertilizer
is also discussed by an expert.
E. Picket, north of town, sold
out at auction Tuesday and to-
gether with his family will leave
for Montana where they will
take out homestead. We under
stand they will travel out there
in a prairie schooner.
Geo. Cleeg and Mr.. Smith OF
Des Moines, Iowa, are here
spending their vacation, and look,
ing over the land which Mr..
Cleeg bought last spring from
Erik Frederiksen northwest OF
town. Last Saturday, they, to.
gether with several of the people
out in that neighborhood, among
them H. c. and Anton |. Hansen
Mss and Erik Frederiksen and
T. N. Thomson drove up to Stur-
geon Lake for a few days camp.
ing. The weather was stormy
so fishing was poor.
Holger and Karen Pederser
left Monday night for the Pacific
coast. They were accompanied
by their mother as far as Mime
apolis. They will visit friends
and relatives at different point;
on the coast and also take in the
Panama Exposition. Holger ex
poets to be back within two
months, while Karen will remain
out there and attend school al
Solvang, Calf, which commences
about the first of November
When Holger returns he will
clerk in their store here. Hi:
uncle, Hans Olsen, has taken hiE
place as manager of their Ded
ham store.
!, On account of the damp ant
raw weather Sunday there wa.
no picnic at the park but the pro
gram was carried out just tn,
same at the assembly hall
; Rev. Bodholdt of Racine, who il
) sent out by "Dansk Folkesam
fund" gave a very good lecture
Mr.. Bodholdt is man up in year
who has seen, heard and expert
enced much and this coupled will
being a fluent speaker make;
J him interesting to listen to
Among other things in his closing
remarks he congratulated tn,
people of Askov and vicinity up
on their fine church building ant
said that it was a good thing w,
NJ
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16

| viii ship q car Of cattle and
hogs next week if enough con-
signments are received. Let me
know what you have to sell or
ship. -Olav Jensen. 1-1t.*
Lost-Open face silver watch.
probably on road to High Land
ing, Was a keepsake from my
father. Reward for return and
no questions asked. Chr. Ham
sen. lit.
Found Near Askov, a rear
lamp for an automobile kero-
sine. Owner can have same at
the American Office by proving
property and paying for this
notice. lit.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16

If you want to sell your farm or
other lands located in this vicinity,
see us.
If you want to buy a farm Or
invest in some land hereabout, see
US.
If you want to look over the
country having an investment in
view, see us.
We are in the Real Estate Bust
ness and will be glad to serve you
at any time to the best Of our
ability.
We have the right prices on the
right land and are able to give you
the right terms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-23
Household Hints
Suggestions for the Holidays.

A Little Roast Pig for Holiday Din
ner-A pig for this purpose should not
be over a month old, as the skin of a
larger pig will not develop the savory
"crackle' which Charles Lamb has so
graphically described. To be at its
best it should not have been kept more
than a day or two after thef killing.
While the pig comes from the mar
ket all dressed, it requires a thorough
washing in cold water, taking care
that the eye sockets, throat and other
portions are thoroughly cleansed. Then
rinse in plenty of cold water and wipe
dry. Season the inside with salt, pep
per and a suspicion of powdered sage
and press full of any stuffing desired.
Faster the dressing in by taking few
stitches with long needle and coarse
thread, drawing the skin together.
Roll the ears and fore legs in but
tered paper to protect them. Bend
the fore feet under the body and press
the hind feet out backward AMI
skewer IL place. Some cooks prefer
TO bring both forward. Fasten the
mouth open with a bit of hardwo ID
or corncob, that it may afterward ad-
NIT the traditional apple.
Rub the skin of the pig with butter,
sprinkle with salt, dredge with flour,
and place the roasting pan in a hot
oven Cook in moderate heat three
hours or more, basting often.
Unless there are dirppings in the pan
brush frequently with butter or olive
oil, using a flat brush or piece of soft
cloth tied on a stick. A quarter of an
hour before removing the pig from
the oven take the covers from ears
and legs, that they may brown.
When the pig is roasted, lift onto
a large platter on which has been ar
ranged a bed of watercress and eel
cry tops. Remove the skewerS, take
the wood from the mouth and put in
a rosy-cheeked apple. Garland his
neck with a necklace of cranberries or
parsley, and serve.
AS to the stuffing: Each to his
taste. Often a rich stuffing favored
with parmesan cheese is used, though
the majority of cooks prefer a bread /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-23
EU ening Chat
How She Hurt Hcr Mother.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

L saw Gretchen at her table at the
bazaar the other day. said one of my
neighbors to another, speaking of the
1atter's married daughter.
saw Gretchen's mother look I'D
quickly and then compose herself
with an evident effort.
Did your" she said quietly
enough, but there was a pink flush
Yes" said the first woman. you
know she made fudge at the candy
table She had on that rose-color
dress ana the cutest apron. She told
already and hoped to make fifty. Do
you know if they did?''
Why, no, 1 don't think she told me
just what they finally made" said
fully but quickly changed the subject.
A casual observer might have
thought she was strangely uninter-
ested in her daughters activities He
would have been wrong.
The pathos of the thing is that she
is SO deeply interested. The start,
the flush and the quick change of
subject meant just one thing--that
her neighbor was giving her news of
her daughters doings that the daugh-
ter had failed to give, and that she
could not bear that her neighbor
should know that or guess how hurt
she was.
No, there is nothing in her bazaar
nor are mother and daughter at odds.
Gretchen is just one of the big army
of sons and daughters who do rot
realize how much their doings inter-
est their mothers and fathers, cspe-
cia1Iy the former.
Gretchen has a telephone and so
has her mother Yet sometimes two
or three days will pass without
Gretchen's calling her mother up and
when the latter takes the initiative
Gretchen is sometimes too busy to
talk
"If they'd only tell me where
they're going" heard another
mother say of her grown sons and
daughters. Its not that I'm curious,
me alone in the evening. it would be
so much more interesting if 1 knew
what they were all doing =
A modest request. surely.
The Call of the World.
Still another woman who is a wild
ow and who has given her whole life
to bringing up and educating her son
and daughter is alone They have
both answered the call of the world
and left her for bigger opportunities
than the home city offered
To be sure young people must be
quick to seize opportunities, but 1
sometimes wonder when I see this
woman living from letter 10 letter, if
the opportunity is always worth what
it costs.
OF course there are old people who
are selfish in their demands on the
young, but I think there are many
more young folks who are thoughtless
in their way of planning their lives
without reference to the old--(Pro-
tected by The Adams Newspaper
Serytce)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-23
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

If you have opinions you also have
pre1udtces.
Business has no harsher critic than
person who never earned a dollar.
Too much devilment is excused on
the ground that tine devil involved
was tight.
One trouble with side line is the
tendency to let it interfere with ones
regular work.
Tact is what enables a woman to
select a suitable audience before
knocking the neighbors-
The average man regards as good
advice the kind he wants to accept or
give, as the case may be.
On the other hand, some men are
a good deal more generous at home
than they are down town.
Some regard wrestling as sport, but
the catch-as-catch-can styles of dane
ing have a larger following.
A girl doesn't mind freezing to
death so much, if the garb penetrated
by the wintry blasts is fashionable.
If you are referred to as game
man that probably means that every
once in a while you get terribly whip
ped.
Sometimes the man who is saving
his salary for the family is regarded
as a Cheap Skate at home and abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-23
GREECE.

Territorially speaking, Greece,
whose uncertain attitude in respect 10
the war has caused so much excite
ment and concern in the capitals of
the European belligerents, is pretty
much of a pigmy of a nation. In
square miles, the Greece of today is
only a little more than half as large
as Kansas. Prior to the outbreak of
the two recent Balkan wars that
Greece participated in. the second of
which ended in August, 1918, the area
of the Hellenic kingdom was some
%. 01O square miles, with an estimat-
ed population of 2.67O.o0o. The ter
ritory acquired as the result of those
wars added 1880 square miles to its
area, and 2,13O,0OO to its population.
The area of the kingdom at present
is therefore about 44.700 square
mfles-or slightly larger than the
state of Virginia and as stated little
more than half as big as Kansas
100000. In the new parts of Greece
there are nine towns with a popu1a-
ton of more than 10000 each, Sa-
loniki, which is figuring SO extensively
these days in the Balkan end of the
war news, leading with 175,000 in
habitants. And in old Greece there
are Is towns with more than 10000
inhabitants each, Athens and its sis
ter city and port, Piraeus, forming the
metropolis of the nation with a popu-
lation of about 275,OOO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-23

gentleman" and still more an English
lady could not do without losing So
cial caste was so prodigious as to form
almost a schedule of forbidden indus
tries. There were some trades and
professions and occupations that were
respectable and others which were not.
Only an Englishman knew which was
which; and he knew it by an instinct
which was born in him, which he new
er examined and so could not define
These fictitious and conventional gra-
dations exist, of course, to some ex-
tent everywhere, but nowhere were
they so stereotyped, nowhere did they
strike so deeply, as in ante-bellum
England. There was not a single
Englishman who had not the social
privilege of despising some other Eng
lishman, and the lower one penetrat-
ed in the social scale the more COM
pick and mysterious and the more
rigidly drawn did these lines of de-
marcation become.