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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11
ST. PATRlCk'S RETURN
Every Trus irlshman Believes she
Coed saint win Co Hask 70 shs
Emerald lsls.

ANTOINE on the west coast or IRE
n land viii tell ron chat some day
st Patrick II coming hack 10 Ireland
the land be loved No one ears when
That 0ay viii he. although there Is rea
con 60 believe thar 10 win ha on the
day u the flnal judgment ns the world
Whether or NOT his return ii deAlr
able depends altogether upon the
point Of view of the teller cf the
prophecy II he Dc j gloomy pea
sipiat ne IL likely to remark that ST.
Patrick can't come soon enough, God
knows II he be cheerful opslrnisa
ne win add, ~and may that day be Ear
although twill be good day when.
ever II comes"
ireland has q personal regard for
81 Patrick probably eonAlesi W no
other country in the world In its rela.
ton % q patron saint and 80 ii IA
that the prophesied return of ths mis-
sionaTy to the isle has haa a hta.
toric bearing upon certain 0f its char
acteriAties and events. 10 that even
the passing OF the home rule BIN has
met IN certain remote districts al ire.
land With the turn of phrase. aIf ST.
Patrica came back now. Tia the
pleased man he'd be.
And, indeed. II ST. Patrick were 10
return 10 the island TO which he came
so many centuries ago he would ind
some marvellous changes wrought by
the early years OF the twentieth cen.
fury. For Ireland has been passing
through peaceful revolution and It's
results would be even more apparent
To watchful patron than they would
be 70 the average observer.
The revival or the Irish Language
has history Of tremendous interest
to the student or statesnanshGp. The
system of summer schools FOR stu.
dents In the districts where The Irlsh
language was still living language
has been strikingly successful and han
done much to break down the section.
aiism of Ireland.
Although the passage of the home
rule bin through the commons ii MONT.
| nally the most important event IN the
history Of Ireland IN the last two dec.
aides, nevertheless the student 81
Irish history recognizes thst the
measure 10 merely the elimination ol
Ireianu's struggle TO maintain her na,
tionslity. And should st. Patrick
come back to his island he would md
that ireland had. by remembering
The days Of old
| Ere her faithless sons betrayed her
| When Malachi wore the collar Of gold.
won back from her past the circiet oil
ner glory and is on the high road tc
the throne OF the national indepen,
dence and integrity that her children
no matter where scattered, have held
as the ideal Of their eountry's state.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11

sazr osruxs guans sat sasa laaa
I'm net iectartng. bur II seems &c ua
that you're getting pretty liberal with
yeur brandisa wonldnt afterwards
dor"
"Nonsense.- hs answered. ANY man
who sits Through aB opera In emitted
to stimulant. both afterwards and
before"
you don't mean that Bob. You
Ike opera an nach as !, but yoa won's
admit L." ..
do IT. no said. well, mayba.
do. Sometimes I have q hard time tell
ing Just what DO like these days-"
He poured out his liquor and stood
up, holding the glass aloft.
Jane" he said fmruisiveay. 'TTl
give You toast Here's 70 nlcki-
She started &C the name and her
look conveyed all the surprise she did
not express.
Yes, Dick" he repeated. Don't
ycn ever think Of hint"
why. yss--I don't know. Bob. wha,
made ron think OF himf We haven't
seen him for q year"
4 know II, Jane. Not since tha,
night on the island. That's one 90 the
things we didn't keep--Diek's friend
ship. I haven't seen him In person,
but I've seen him In my dreams; day
dreams and night"
Well I'm sure he could find ua Il
he wanted to. He cant blame US Il
he's brpaen OF the friendship"
mo, he cant blame US" Reynolds
answered. land ! dent believe We can
blame him.'
He sat down and poured another
brandy. Just bafore he had taken II
they heard Erand's car approaching
Jane pulled at his sleeve. ~
Now, you ses." ahe said. they're
here and you're not dressed. Hurry
won't you, dearT" n
Jane hurried 10 the door herself
Formalities were not necessary with
the Brands. In fact the millionaire
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11
To BE CONTINUED
Net on She Menu.

Prospects of q good meal were no
bright, but the ffy-5lown eating-hon
was the only thing Of its kind I'm tina
neighborhoea, so Johnson had sa
choice but to enter and try his luck
Entering the dingy lining room, hs
seated himself at table covered b.
o stained cloth. A depressed WaiteI
sauntered In eventually, and nearly
tainted on beholding a customer
Have you any coid pier querisd
Johnson. Emo, sir" Amy chick
enr' 'Er-no. sir!" Well. I suppose
I tan have some beef, can't r.
Emo, sir!" what on earth hare
you got in the house, thsnf" "Er--ths
sheriff. sirl"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11

for his part, seemed rather inclined TO
discourage them.
Hello" he said cordially, as he fol-
lowed his wife into the big reception
hall. where's Bob?"
"Hs's here" Jane answered. "I
couldn't get him started dressing. but
he'll be right down"
Brand looked toward the table and
the bottle In its silver casing
"oh, see," he said. "A little bracer
before the show. eh7 Bob's going too
strong to that stun. Jane. You'd bet
ter check him a bit"
Il think go, too" she agreed. but
don't want to dictate. He seems 30
nervous OF late and sometimes almost
queer"
Il know. but that isn't any good for
the nerves. or the nerve, either Check
him up a bit. tell you he's hurting
himself and iniuring his chances. I
hear he lost quite a lot In the street
today. Oh. nothing serious" he added
quickly. as Jane looked up In alarm.
But / don't like 60 see q man carry
Ing q handicap. The race la hard
enough az 1t Ia. like q drop Of wine
with my dinner or after the show, but
I let 1t go at that Bob's q hard work.
or and a hard player and If he's going
to drfnk he'll be a hard drinksr. He
can't DO anything by halves"
why don't you speak to him about
it," Jane asked.
Il did, but he cut mo on as knew
he would. Bob wants my tips on the
market, bat that's about all the adyics
he requires from me nowadays"
Mrs. Brand stood patiently by won.
dsring II anyone was going TO take any
notice OF her. She wished Sob would
hurry for she had never found that his
propensity for brandy affected his gal
Iantry. To her way Of thinking young
Reynolds was an ideal husband. Not
quite 90 imposing or important az her
own, perhaps, but 50 attentive and
thoughtful. Bob Usually made himself
very agreeable to Mira. Brand. Some
times he seemed extremely so. But,
OF course, that was emily 60 1t should
be. 1t was his way with women and
IL be seemed especially gracious to
the wife Of tie man who had done 90
much for him, 1t was only natural
Mrs. Brand, surveying James nsg
opera gown. spoke In tonGs Of aDesr-
&at sineaTi1x.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11

st- Patrick's day, 10 those that know
history, is a day important to men Of
every nationality and of every religious
faith. AZ well a. TO the Irish and to
those that believe In the Catholic re-
iigion. - ."
Sc Patrick proved that courage IL
the great asset Of the human being
and that what man ID determined Co
get he can get, II ne viii fight per
sisfently and without fear.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11
81. Patrick and the snakss.

The versions OF the method EN-.
pIoyed by Saint Patrick In Kidding Ire.
land Of snakes varies, In the north
countries, where there seems TO be
more OF poetry. one In told that IL was
through the charm OF the shamrock
Saint Patrick's symboithe reason for
It's adoption being its trefoil leaves,
used an q convincing illustration OF
the doctrine OF the Trinfty
The plant that blooms forever
With the rose combined
And the thistle twfned s9
Dafy the strength Of foes 10 sever.
Firm be the triple league they form.
Despite all change or weather.
In sunshine. darkness. calm or storm,
Stiii may they fondiy grow together.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11

A tiny girl had always taken hes
milk from a silver mug, Being al
lowed to drink from tumbler one daJ
she thereafter demanded the priyiiegs
Of drinking everything from hand
glass" The same little thinker. en-
raptursd with the candles On Chris
mas tree. explained to coznrads
You light them with q match, sns
ron light them ort this way" szz1
ping her thumb and forefnss& -
asthsR to impaEsonaf@ q sanxse
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11
Superstition Linuers.

In some parts Of Ireland there Il o
superstition that the ''pcochaun
fairy blows poisonous breath on
the sioe On halloween, and 10 eat the
berry after November / would result
in serious Illness, il NOT death. fux,
this reason the youth ot the country.
although fond of the sioe. will shrn u
after the visit of the 'pocchaun.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11
CHAPTER XVII.
Piayinu the Game.


Young Mrs. Reynolds lounges before
log fire TN the Reynolds new home.
A CHEEKY Are that casts bright rays
about a scene OF comfort and case.
Something OF the Joy of living seems
to have come into the life OF the Rey.
nolds. Why not? For Bob has taken
hand and is playing in the game.
Their house IL In the fashionable north
shore suburb, not far from the
Brands. Less pretentious than their
bensfactor's, for Rob 10 q pupil and
Brand q past master of the SYSTEM
ways. Hut a year has passed and,
judging from appearances. young Rey.
nolds Ia doing very well. BY the light
from O handsome electrclier he IL
perusing the market page OF an eve.
ming paper.
Bob. dear" his wife reminded hirn,
you must dress. The Brands will be
here any minute In their car"
He had laid down the paper and
locked at her.
Always their car" he answered,
petulantly. What's the matter with
ours7'
Nothing. dear, but you know the
limousine In better. The nights are
getting cold. Besides, II we sit In
their box. why shouldn't we 90 over
with ti7emf"
Sure, why not? Brands boz,
Brands car. Brands money. Why
not?"
Mrs. Reynolds lifted some folds of
silk and lace and got up. She put a
bare soft arm around her husband
neck and caressed his cheek.
why. honey, you're almost cross to-
night. What's the matter. did you
have d bad day?"
"oh. not particularly, but why can't
we leave the Brands out Of 1t once In
a while? It's Brand this and Brand
that till It gets on my nerves"
Well. dear" she replied, we'll have
little party all our own tomorrow
night. but when we go to the opera
We can't ignore their box. You
wouldn't have me sit anywhere else
with this On. would your"
She ceurtesied and paraded before
him TO show the bird In all it's glory.
mo-" he agreed. you are well
worth looking at and I'm sure / don't
want to hide you. But wish had a
box OF my own What are they sing
Ing tonight?"
'Manon Lescaut,''
Another Of those gruesoms trag-
ediss. Don't they ever have anything
pleasant In opera? Somebody's a.
ways dying or stealing another mans
wife. or trying TO and II gets tiresome:
makes me feel like q drink to get
cheered up on, and think III have
one now"
He pressed a button.
'Frieda," he ordered, bring some
brandy and Ice"
II was the came but q u Ansformed
Frseda~ Flaxen braids are curied and
cr4mped and the bingham apron is no
mere. Dress, black and fight fitting
with O low cut ~" Short enough to
show silk stockings and a pair Of
pretty pumps. And no more the SLOW
emily shufie, or the ''yesSlm" ana
"yessir" She moves softly like q h.
man automaton and brings Boba
liquor without word.
= A@<'t Ike - sAA Voa DRINK Mia
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11

! have left you behind
In the path Of the past.
With the white breath Of flowers,
With the best og God'c hours.
! have left you at last.
Dora SIuePecD.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11

The Quick Smile q The Celtic Raac
Here he loosed from hle hold
A brown turnuit 81 ~lnga,
TIN the wind en- elss Sea
Bore sise atranus melody
o. an lsland that sings.
He nnads you al fair,
You In purple and geld.
You IN silver and green.
TIL no eye that hiss seen
Without love can hehold.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
ONLY ONE THING LACKING
City Man Was Right Enough ~ to
Season for Tapping Trees, but He
, 81, Got No Sugar. a'"T.

He had toiled and scraped and
saved for years, and the other day he
bought that little farm" In the coun.
try. relates, the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
He was not quite settled yet when he
called on his neighbor to say: s~
"Of course, I never farmed much"
"Of course" replied Uncle RUDE.
with smile. s,....2 -
$50 shall have to ask for advice"
"You shall have it." - Tl.sSss
"You see, have got five acres OF
woodland" '8@%
II do" -,..~t
II shouldn't have bought the farm
but for that woodland" t@ 49,
Nor -. ~. fs-f, ~ 81
1T has been one Of our dreams for
years past to make our own maple
sugar" - 81 's. |
"Yes." ".,l7a-t -@%'"4"
"And now that we are here At last
I want to ask you II this is the, season
for tapping the trees?" So ....-1.
"Why, yes. this is the season. all
right, but" -... o.. ..@.' -
but what?" +,- H., y:
"But you haven't got q burned
maple on the farm, and there amt
one within five miles of us!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
PRESIDENT Ill; TO TAKE REST
Wilson Delays New Session of Con.
gress en- the Shipping Bill
I '. Seek. Views OIL. Public. {

Washington, Feb. 19.--There will be
no immediate extra session Of the Six.
ty-fourth congress. The president has
settled all doubts. The president is far
from well. His nervous system is for
a time at least impaired. Occasional
headaches have drifted into periodical
neuralgia and this now shows symg
toms of becoming chronic. Mr.: Will
son will welcome the rest and change
which he will find in the trip to Cali
fornia and the exposition. The presi.
dent will tap the wires of public opin'
ion at every stop between Washington
and San Francisco on the shipping
bill in an endeavor to get his cue for
future action. And when Mr.. Wilson
returns to Washington he will have
made up his mind between two courses,
whether to call his extra session of the
Sixty-fourth congress on May or on
September Is. This is the presidents
schedule to date. 1t is authentic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
Teaching Under Difficulties.


!. Whatever teaching was done during
the Civil war was carried on under
difficulties, in SO far as ordinary
school supplies were concerned; at
least we judge SO from the following
extract from an article on War
Time Expedients" in a North Carolina
paper: vss III, Ny nv
y For pens we used goose-quills, I'M
less one was fortunate enough to pos
sess a gold one. Ink was homemade.
also; generally the juice OF some as
tringent berry, like poke or elder:
berry, with the addition Of copperas.
For pencils we sometimes used the
sharpened end of a burr OF lead.
Schoolboys made slate pencils by cut
ting a broken slate into narrow strips
and whiting them round with5a peck
ct knife. A small bone Of a chicken
was burned in the fire until almost
calcined, and so used as slate pen
ell, but was rather too soft. To break
. good school slate by accident was
quite a misfortune In those days. The
school books were those used by the
former generation Of children, and
sometimes there would be hardly two
alike in a class" - =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
BLOCKADE NOW ON.
GERMANS " OPEN THREATENED
SEA CAMPAIGN AGAINST
-; .-$3s GREAT BRITAIN. &.
SINK TWO VESSELS AT START
British Guard Coasts to Prevent Land.
Ing OF Teuton Troops-shipst Are
,z73 Held In Ports to Prevent Unneces-
- sary Loss OF Life. -. tsas3f:>j1-j

London Feb. .17.-The German
proclamation of maritime war zone
about the British isles is in effect,
and the full force of that country's
submarine destructiveness is supposed
to have been loosed in an effort to iso-
late Great britain and ruin its ship
ping commerce. g5$;, ! s:s,saas,zl.3!s TX,
- AS result military law has super
seded civil in practically all the coast
cities and districts to prevent any pos
sible attempt on the part of the Ger
mans to land troops. IN. 'S5 a. 4 4 @rS. s.l
The Germans in their. blockade eff
fort did not wait for the stroke Of
midnight to begin their campaign,
They started, or rather they continued
their previous! efforts on Tuesday eve.
ming at six O'Clock, when they. torpe-,
decd and sent to the bottom the Brit.
ish steam collier Dulwich, whose crew
of 81, with the possible exception OF:
two. escaped solely by their own eff
forts. The attack was delivered at a
point 20 miles northeast Of Cape
Heve, in the English channel.
Shortly after the destruction Of the
Dulwich a German submarine blew up
and destroyed the French steamer
Vile de Lille, of Barfleur, the crew
saving themselves in the ten minutes
allotted them by the German com
mander. - S INF
A statement by the French ministry
of marine announcing this face con-
tains the information that the sub
marine, which is believed to have been
the U-16 and certainly one of the U
class, subsequently pursued Norwe-
gian steamer, which was saved by the
arrival Of French destroyers. 4
This is the hrst instance in the war
OF an attack upon vessel Of a neu...
trail power Norway is expected now
to supplement its previous protest to
Germany by areference to this def
mite case. N: q 5ffs Y. Il
& In order to prevent any unneces-
sary loss Of life all ship service; be-
tween England, Holland and France.
except to one point in the latter conn-
try, has been stopped. s,.l5 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
Mining Tin One Woman's Work.

Mining Tin One Woman's Work.
Mining tin to produce her operas
and producing operas to make enough
money to hold on to her Alaskan tin
mines is the double profession of Miss
Emma R. Steiner. who, broken down
by. her musical efforts in New York,
went to. Alaska to recuperate. Here
she was struck. with the gold fever.
but while her find" turned out to be
tin and not gold, 1T promises to bring
her in it's weight in gold, especially
in view Of the precarious state of the
smelters in Belgium. which has al.
ready led to the establishment of the
first American smelters in Bolivia,
much nearer to and therefore less ex-
pensive in the way of transporting
raw material. &.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
SAYS III. wife Gould Tell.

Most men are queer, but some are
queerer, especially in New York. A
prize winner in the second class drew
the eyes of the entire company upon
him in amazement as they sat around
a table i'm a downtown restaurant at
luncheon. They had been discussing
apartment house life. when one Of the
party turned to the man next to him
and asked: "By the way, Jim. how
many rooms have you in your flat?"s
New York fats are SO small you would
imagine that any man who had to
pay rent. for one could answer right
of. But Jim said: Blessed II know.
my wife can tell you'll can't. Never
counted EN- WELL whispered a
man opposite, isn't he a bird. Won
der If he knows how many fingers and
toes he has?" EN5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
AIRsHlPs ON CANADA BORDER
Residents In Northern Montana Tell
of Seeing Mysterious AeropIane Fly. ="
Ing Over the PraIries. ~ =;

Missoula. Mont, Feb. 1s. = Dis
patches from Ottawa, telling Of aero
planes reported flying oyer the Cana
dian border in the East, aroused COM
ment here with reference to myster-
Gus air craft whose movements have
been reported, by various towns on
the Flathead island reservation. Aero
planes have been seen, it is said, at
points about one hundred miles from
the Canadian border. Residents of
Poison and Big Fork and farmers on
the prairie are among those who told
of having observed aeroplanes in their
neighborhood.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR

Washington, Feb. .1S.--The govern
ment ship purchase bill, as an amend
ment; to the. Weeks naval auxiliary
bill, was passed by the house at 1920
O'Clock Wednesday morning by
vote OF 215 to 121. The passage OF
the bill followed 14-hour parliament
taryi struggle. a.''sGr
# London, Feb. 1s.-The prophecy that
Italy would mobilize her army within
fortnight was made here by Riccotti
.Garibaldi, the Italian patriot. He said
that unless the Italian government
decided to participate in the war,
there would be revolution. r - =.
Berlin, Feb. 49, Among the state
ments given out for pub ltcation by the
Overseas News Agency on Friday was
the following item: Contrary to Brit
ish reports that since the beginning OF
the war only one per cent of the Brit
ish merchant ships have been sunk,
Hamburg ship owners state that lib
ships of s3OS, 900 tons, or about four
per cent of the British commercial
navy, have been destroyed n =. Il
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
lTI ~ H ~. - +...5
Accidents to War Aviators.

An interesting statement is that
made by French publication that the
number of deaths of aviators in the
war service by accident was very
small as compared with the records
in time of peace, and the explanation
is made that in this service only the
most skilled men are engaged. and
moreover they do not indulge in the
sensational exhibition stunts that
have brought disaster to many. 1t
may be noted that it is this same sem
sational exhibition business that has
given the general public many erro-
neous and misleading ideas about fly
ing machines that will sooner or later
prove an injury to aviation.-Scientifc
American
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
flee when THEY like !:
ENJOYS MAY USE DlscRETlohsIN
QUITTING MEXICO. III =.
Powers instruct Diplomats In Capital
New Decree Adds to the
S*Tanale. ~, jjs's ~. w.

Washington, Feb. Is Practically
all the foreign diplomatic representa-.
tives in Mexico City have been in
structed by their governments to use
their own discretion about leaving the
capital, according to an announcement
by Secretary Bryan. - 4 70, .s3t.s' tE.af
Some of the embassies here under
stand that the diplomats in Mexico
City have an agreement that If they
leave Mexico City. they will leave the
country entirely. ~ . 5zs
The situation has been further COM
plicated by the decree of General Car
rama that none of his subordinate
military chiefs shall discuss .diplo-
matte questions. =; E!stiislss.
This deprives the diplomatic corps
at Mexico City of the privilege Of deal.
ing with General Obregon or the de
facto authorities in Mexico City.
San Antonio, Tex, Feb. ia mes
sage from Saltillo, i seemingly con-
frmed by another message to the Car
rama agency here, says Satillo has
been taken by General Eulalio Cutter
req from, the Villa forces.