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HOW TO FREEZE DESSERTS
With Proper supply 81 Ice and coarse
Rock Salt the Process % Corn
parativeiy Simple.

With ice-cream freezer. burlap bar.
wooden maIlet or ax, small saucepan,
mfiicient Ice and coarse rock salt. tho
process neither takes much time nor
patience. Crush the Ice finely by place
Ing In bag and giving few blows
with mallet or broadside OF az. If
there ara coarse pieces. remove them.
Place can containing mixture to DO
frozen In wooden tub. cover and adj
just top. Turn crank to make sure can
fits In socket. Allow three level meas
ures of Ice to one OF salt, aud re-
peat until Ice and salt come to top OF
can. packing solidly, using handle Of
mallet to force II down. II only small
quantity IL frozen the Ice and salt
need come only q little higher In the
tub than mixture to be frozen. These
are found the best proportions of Ice
and salt to insure ine-grained cream,
sherbet. or water Ice. while equal parts
OF salt and Ice are used Tor freezing
frappe.
The mixture increases In bulk dur
Ing freezing. so the can should never
be more than threc-fourths fllled; By
overcrowding the can cream will he
made coarse grained. Turn the crank
slowly and steadily to expose M large
surface OF mixture MS possible 10 loo
and salt. After frozen to q mnsh, the
crank may be turned more rapidly,
adding more leo and salt if needed.
Never draw or salt water until mix
ture Ii frozen. Unless there 10 posi-
bility OF Its getting into the can, fW
salt water IL what effects thu freezing !:
until Ice melts. no change will take
place. After freezing liz accomplished.
draw on water. remove dasher, and
with spoon pack solldly. Put cork In
opening Of cover. then put on cove:.
Repack freezer. using four measures
Of Ice to one OF salt. Place over top
| newspapers or piece or carpet; when
serving time comes remove can, wipe
carefully and place In vessel Of cool
water; let stand one minute, remove
! cover. and run a knife around edge
of cream, invert can on serving dish.
and frozen mixture win slip out.
Should there be any tlifficulty, cloth
wrung out In hot water, passed over
can, will aid In removing mixture. 3
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-13
Rhubarb puns.

One cupful finely chopped rhubarD,
one cupful sugar, two tablespoonfuls
butter, one teaspoonful baking pow
der, one-fourth cupful milk, two eggs,
flour. Cream the butter and sugar, add
the well-beaten eggs, milk. rhubarb,
sufficient -four to make thick batte-.
and baking powder. Half fiji buttered
cups and steam 30 minutes. Mothers
Magazine.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-13

The tough ends Of steaks are prob
lem with housekeepers. Here Ii one
way of saving them: Chop rather
coarsely, cook I'm little butter. dredge
with -four. add seasonings and cream.
When hot serve with baked potatoes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-13

Place the roast In very hot oven
and let 1t gradually become moderate
Add q tablespoonful OF vinegar to the
water with which you haste II. and
when done you win find It juicy and
tender.
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Dreamed Cheese and Eoos on Toast

-Four hard-boiled eggs, one and one
half tablespoonfuls -four, one and one
half cupfnls milk, one-half teaspoonfal
salt, few grains pepper and cayenne,
one-half cupful grated cheese, six
slices toast. Add sufficient milk TO the
-four to make a smooth paste. Add ne
naming milk and seasonings and cook
until slightly thickened. Add whites
chopped finely and cheese. Cook until
cheese Is melted. Pour over toast and
sprinkle with yoIks which have seen
forced through a sieve.
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Here Alan has an opportunity
to spoil all of Gerry and Alix'
future life by telling just a little
about Margarita and the boy
back In South America. Men
and women frequently do such
things in mere human perversity.
Should he answer AIix truthful
ly or should he lie like gentle
man and save the day for Ger
ry?
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Abeue Eaas.

II eggs are placed In hot water .
few minutes before breaking the
whites viii separate from the yoaks
very easily. They must be cooled -.
fore whipping up the whites.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-10

HM ERHAPS no man in ouA public
life was a better Judge of hui
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-10

had few equals, as his speech at
Cooper Institute, his dedication of the
National Cemetery at Gettysburg and
his historic political combat with
Stephen A. Douglas show. Yet with
all these talents he was a man of the
plainest type. always ready to do an
act of kindness. In the role of a po-
litician he had no peer, and when
his time came to play the role Of dip
lomat it was soon discovered that he
was n past master in the art of state
craft. He always avoided collisions,
If possible. not because he lacked
courage, but because. like the story
he used to tell of the farmer who was
unable to remove a big log from his
field and "ploughed around it," he
"ploughed around" many delicate sit
uations OF state which required the
finest art of diplomacy
Critical Period.
Lincoln came to the Presidential
chair at perhaps the most critical
period of our country's existence, and
diplomacy in its rarest form was
necessary to save the Ship of State
from destruction. President buchanan
had practically conceded the claim OF
the Confederacy to be recognized as
n nation by the powers of Europe
thereby admitting that "the Federal
Government had no authority to keer
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better than horses. The cavalry, too,
has come up to a high standard al
though proper mounts are still lack
ing. The manoeuvcring grounds for
all the arms of the service are tho
broad. fiat plains generally over re-
claimed land near the seashore.
Queen Opposed To War.
The Queen has always been OPP
posed to war, and while she believes
in preparedness only the direct ne
cessity would cause her to give her
consent to plunging her people into
war. She has taken the deepest IN
terest in the refugees. and her sweet,
womanly influence has been felt In
the relief work \ woman oc rare
good sense and tact, her people fairly
worship her, and what tho Queen
thinks and what tho Queen wants
done goes far toward shaping Hol-
lands policies. That she wants no
entanglements with other countries IS
shown in her forbidding tho Prince
Consort TO cross tho torde- to visit
his friends among the German otn-
GERS. Owing TO tho fact that the
Prince Consort is OF Touton ancestry
he was not admitted TO tho Cabinet
meetings during the early days OF the
war, and 1t IS said that the Queen die
not resent this fact.
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n State in the Union II 1t desired to
to Congress throwing the burden of
the affair upon their shoulders. Eng
land and France heard nothing from
the United States on the subject until
late in February, when Secretary of
state Black issued q circular to the
United States Representatives telling
them that our Government had not
released it's constitutional jurisdiction
anywhere within it's territory and did
not intend to do so: also stating that
the recognition of the Confederacy by
the foreign powers must not be al
lowed" Mr.. Lincoln was inaugurated
few days after this message was
sent. The new Secretary of State,
Mr.. Seward, hastily confirmed Mr..
Blacks instructions. The replies from
both England and France were wordy
and unsatisfactory and before Mr..
Charles Francis Adams, the newly APP
pointed Minister to England, could
reach that country an unfriendly
British ministry had issued n proc
lamation recognizing the seeding
States as n separate Government.
|
the relations between tho United
States and these two countries be-
came strained. Lincoln knew that
both countries had IAN AK to grind
and he set about to balk their pur-
pose. England was anxious that her
manufacturers should obtain free
trade and cheap cotton. while France
was actuated by n belief that the di-
vision of the American States would
aid them in plan to erect long
dreamed of empire in Mexico.
Secretary Seward, whose temper
was not of the mildest type. Their
wrote n dispatch which in the opin,
ion of many would have undoubtedly
caused war with England and very
likely resulted in the success Of the
Confederacy. Happily for our coun
try Lincoln had given orders that NJ
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dispatches be sent without his hrst
As ~.

dispatches be sent without his hrst
reading them, and when this one came
to his hand he revised II. changing
here and there word or the phras-
Ing. yet without the message losing
any Of It's dignity or firmness. until
in the end the burden of proof was
thrown upon the British Government.
copy OF the document. which is re-
garded as the very perfection Of
statesmanship, is preserved in the
State Department at Washington.
Mason and sliddeu Incident.
A short time after this our Govern
ment was again involved in a COM
plication with Great Britain. This
was brought about by the Jealous Of
fees of Captain Charles Wilkes, of
the gunboat San Jacinto." who over
hauled the British mail steamer
Trent" and took from the passenger
cabin ex-senator j. NJ. Mason and
John Slidell. who had been accredited
by the Confederate Government as
ENJOYS to the European courts. These
men had eluded the blockade and
sailed from Havana. This act was re-
garded by the British Government as
an insult to their flag and a violation
OF international law. and the British
Minister was instructed to close the
legation and return to England I'M
less the prisoners were released and
a satisfactory apology offered inside
a week. The delicacy Of the situation
was added to by the fact that the Sec
rotary Of the Navy had approved of
the action of Captain Wilkes and
Congress had passed resolution COM
mending him for his patriotic con-
duct. Again the President took the
matter in his own hands and a long
and courteous dispatch was prepared
suggesting that the matter be sub
mitted to arbitration, but before 1t
could be sent Lincoln saw that the
position of our Government was I'M
tenable, and with his keen perception
he thought of way in which the
United States could honorably with
draw and at the same time use the
incident to our advantage and in the
end get the better of the controversy
Eight thousand English troops were
preparing to start for Canada, the
British feet had been ordered to
American waters and the export OF
ammunition from England had beer
forbidden when Lincoln sent the fol-
lowing message:
I'VE must stick 70 Ameri-
can principles concerning the
rights OF neutrals. We fought
Great Britain for insisting by
theory and practice on the
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while tho citadel OF the whole. at
Amsterdam. Is we'll fortified. Work
is now progressing on the, land side
defenses and little is known to out
siders of their character.
Tho Army.
According to the Act of 1912, serv-
leo in the army is partly voluntary
and partly compulsory. Every Dutch
citizen Is liable to personal service In
the army or navy from the age OF
nineteen. Actual service in the ranks
is determined by lot but substitution
is not permitted. The engagement OF
voluntarily enlisted men Is for ten
years, of which only two or three
years according TO the arm of the
service) are with the colors but many
re-engage to become non-commis-
stoned officers. Tho conscripted mill
t.amen belong to the active army fol
six years for the unmounted corps
and eight years for the mounted corps
Tho sea enlistment is for five years
After having fulfilled their active
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loaded with certain new high eXplo-
sive. The arsenal at Amsterdam
where much OF the ammunition Is
stored is closely guarded and pryine
strangers are not allowed anywhere
near inc place. No photographinS Is
ailoWed about the ammunition rae
tories ana the greatest secrecy Is
maintained as to the character OF the
explosives and the kind of shell when
Is pelng turned out. A sort of wave
OF preparedness seems TO have swept
over the country ever since the inVa-
SION or Belgium by the Germans
Inc scheme of defense adopted IN
1874 contemplated the concentration
OF defensive forces in n restricted
district known as HOLLAND Fortress. ,
rms comprises tho provinces OF North
ana South Holland with parts OF Zee
iahd and Utrecht. Two-thirds or the
area Is surrounded by tho sea. The
lahd sido can be rendered difficult OF
attack by foundations. Tho entrances
TO the Rotterdam and Amsterdam shir
lcanais are defended by powerful torts
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service tho militiamen pass to the
'landweer" for seven years; they can
be called out twice in their seven
years, but for six days only on each
occasion. Men OF the mounted corps
and OF the navy are excused from
landweer service. AS In the majority
Of tho European countries. the Mann
licher rife is used.
Just before war was declared in
1914, reorganization OF the army was
pending, and 1t Is now going on along
certain lines. A great deal of target
practice Is in progress where solid
shot and shrapnel Is being used-thc
former at condemned armor plate and
the latter at dummies in the trenches
The gunners are said to be excellent
and reveal a wonderful! alertness and
execution In handling their pieces
An Interesting addition to tho Dutch
field army are the companies OF ma
chine guns and light howitzers drawn
by mastiffs. The dogs display cxtraor-
binary intelligence in their work
and understand and obey orders even
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18th it had increased at least a mil
lion, the majority Of whom were refu-
gees without money. it can be readily
understood that the war burdens Of
this little country taxed her people
TO the utmost. The Hollandcr Is slow
mentally, but when once aroused he
acts, and acts quickly. So, when the
refugees came pouring over the Dor
der by the thousands, first by way OF
Maestricht and later by the way of
Weert. Tilburg and Antwerp, the ma
tives Of Holland arose as one man to
give aid to these unfortunate people,
and today there is scarcely a family
in that country which is not caring
for some Belgian refugee either di-
rectly or indirectly. During the early
days of the war almost every family
In Southern Holland was providing for
from three to six children.
Aside from the refugees, they also
have a number OF soldiers informed,
and In order to care for these men
and to guard the border as well It has
been necessary for Holland to keep
an army OF at least two hundred and
fifty thousand mobilized
Refugee Camps.
After time refugee camps were
set up in Holland and several hun
dred thousand persons were quar-
tered there. AS things in Belgium
quoted down many of the refugees
returned to their homes, but three
months ago there were still one hun
dred thousand persons in the camps
When winter came on there was much
suffering and the Dutch committees
were unable to meet the demand
After the Belgian Relief Fund came
from America the condition of the
refugees was ameliorated somewhat
as to outside clothing. but they still
lacked the warm undergarments sc
necessary in tho cold, wet winters OF
Holland.
There was nothing to do. and as
IAN idle brain Is the DEVILS work
shop" some OF them became quarrel,
some and the Hollanders had no lit,
tie difficulty in keeping order in the
camp. Finally there came the inspec.
ton by the Rockefeller Foundation
War Relief Commission. and they de
cided that the refugees must be giver
some work as the long idleness wa'
undermining their energy. 1t was ther
decided to establish working CAM
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How Lincoln Won His Way As Lawyer and How
His Remarkable Diplomacy Saved Our Country
From Foreign Entanglements During the
Dark DAYS of the Civil War.
Copyright 1910, by The International Syndicate.

ployment as a clerk in grocery store,
but as he had already decided to be-
como a lawyer he spent more of his
time in reading and in debates with
the other young men of the village
than he did in the store. Springfield
was not far away and he attended
many Of the trials there These legal
battles only served to whet his appe-
lite for law and he pored over his
books far into the night
When the Black Hawk war came
on Lincoln was one of the first to
volunteer. He was always popular
with his neighbors and was at once
elected captain Of his company. The
war did not last long and he had nc
chance to distinguish himself as a
soldier. but 1t was during this wal
that Major John T. Stuart. of the
Springfield Volunteers became inter
ested in the young captain and gave
him the use of his law library and
encouraged him to continue his lega
studies.
We next find him running a grocery
store with a man named Berry--a dis
solute fellow who drank up the prof
studied law.
Naturally. the store was n failure
although Lincoln still retained hi
interest In the business after n
accepted the office of Postmaster o
New Salem, but as the salary attached
to 1t was small he also became thu
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at Rotterdam where the women might
make clothing. Accordingly. sewing
machines, cloth, muslin, etc, were
provided and the women OF the camp
set to work with will making under
wear. Those who could not use the
machines were given yarn and they
have knitted hundreds OF warm gar
ments.
Holland Prepared.
That Holland Is uncertein as to the
attitude OF Germany toward her IL
shown in her preparedness. Although
a small country her resources are
surprising and everywhere one finds
storchouscs being filled for use in case
of emergency. Indeed. all Western
Holland is n vast storehouse loaded
with everything necessary TO support
the Dutch people and with a surplus
sufficient to meet the needs OF an
army during a years campaign. All
Eastern and Southern Holland Is an
ARMED camp where soldiers drill and
have target practice all day long. A
number Of regiments are stationed
near the German frontier and the
whole border between Belgium and
Holland is well guarded.
The Groote Market in Rotterdam Is
filled with food products. Holland
has imported thousands of pounds of
raw material over her regulation i'm
ports and has carefully stored them
away. Copper. wheat, cotton and
medical supplies are safely placed
away. Cheese, cereals, canned meats
and great quantities of dried fish FIJI
her warehouses at Harrington. Stavo-
rem and Campen--in fact, all along
tho Zuider Zee foodstuffs are being
accumulated by the ton. Nickel, cop
per and gasoline imported from
America and Canada. socks. shoes and
wooden shirts by the thousands have
come to the Dutch from the United
States, while Liverpool has been send
ing them wooden cloth.
Trench Notifications and earth
works have been constructed at vital
points and there is plenty OF ammu-
milton in the country to defend these
trenches should such a thing become
necessary. While n great part of this
was purchased from Norway, Sweden
America and even from England, the
Dutch are busy making ammunition
for themselves, as none is exported
AT present they are at work on shells
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right TO do precisely what
captain wilkes had done. II
Great Britain shall now pro-
test against tho net and de-
mand their release, we must
give them UP and apologize
for tho act as violation OF
our own doctrines, and thus
forever bind her over TO keen
the peace in relation TO neu-
trails. and so acknowledge
that she has been wrong for
sixty years"
And 30 II came 70 pass that ran-
coins sound Judgment not only avert
ed serious foreign ENHANCEMENT but
forced Great Britain to accept the
American doctrine OF the rights q
lneutrals.
Defends Monroe Doctrine.
Several times during his admins
ltration. President Lincoln was CALLED
upon to enforce tho Monroe Doctrine.
and there again he handled tho Incl
dent with diplomatic penetration
and skill which surprised the older
statesmen. Once moro he "plougheI
around" the situation and accom-
plished his purpose without a col
lision. When the Emperor of Franco
was about to set up an empire in
Mexico Lincoln expressed his disap-
proval of this to the powers of Europe
as we'll as to the Emperor of France
himself, and to strengthen his posi-
ton on the subject he suggested to
the Chairman of the Convention OF
] 1854 that he give strong endorse
ment to the Monroe Doctrine In his
opening speech and then. have the
Convention adopt a resolution such as
would leave no doubt as to opposition
OF the United States to the attempt
to establish a monarchy in the land
to the South of us. This ended the
matter.
Hundreds OF incidents might be re-
lated Of Lincoln's diplomacy during
the Civil War, how he averted serioM
quarrels in his Cabinet and how he
met and satisfied hot headed politi.
clans and sent them away from thf
White House satisfied even though
they had not gained their points
Sometimes he turned the subject wit
a witty story. and at others his sount
common sense so shamed the mer
that they went away agreeing with
the President.
Lincoln's fidelity 70 his trust. his
original way Of doing things, his un-
erring perception of right and wrong.
and, above all, his honesty toward his
fellow man, have won for him the
everlasting gratitude Of the American
people.
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TNERHAPs no man in ouA public
n man nature than Abraham
n Lincoln. To his clear insight
into motives ectuating human action
was due his success both as lawyer
and diplomat. In the days when he
was at the bar and on the frontier
law books were few and the lawyers
were thrown upon their own reason
ing powers for the underlying prin-
ciples of Justice and for the rules
which should guide men in their re-
lations toward each other. 1t was the
hard school of necessity but it Gre
ated men of thought, of deep feeling
and lf-reliance.
Early Struggles.
Lincoln's early life had been one
long struggle. With practically no
education except what he obtained by
his fondness for reading-an unusual
trait among the pioneers of the Mid
die West, he fought his way up the
ladder to the highest Office in our
land. Up to the time his father moved
ito Illinois Lincoln had made little
progress toward his goal in life-that
his parent to clear the land the ambi-
tious young frontiersman decided thai
he would start out for himself. One OF
his first Jobs was the splitting of sew
eral thousand rails--a labor which
has become famous in American his
tory. After while he secured en-
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How the Gigantic Task Of
Caring for the Belgian
Refugees Was Carried
Out BY the Dutch De-
spite Their Loss Of CON-
merce 6 Their Present
Activity In Prepared
ness.

IOpyTlSHt, lblo, ny no
Syndicate.
~HE neutral countries of Europe
are few and small and with the
exception of Switzerland and
~ Holland, all of the others have
been solicited to join one side or the
other. Holland Is close to the early
scenes Of action and not far from
her border the fighting has been fierce
since the beginning of the war. This
has made her position both delicate
and dangerous. To preserve her neu-
trality might not have been so difficult
II she had been farther removed from
the battle lines. but with Belgium to
her immediate south stricken with the
terrific blow of German military su-
periority and with refugees fleeing In
all directions the cries of humanity
madee an appeal to her which 1t was
impossible to ignore.
Population Increased BY Refugees.
When it is learned that her popu-
lation was about six million on Au-
gust first. 1914, and that by october