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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
BRICKS AND CEMENT SWELL
Absorb Moisture and "GroM" 20 q Con-
siderable Extent According to
English Publication.

How much has your house or the
wall at the bottom Of your garden
grown?
Houses and walls, indeed all things
made OF bricks, do grow, and this fact
Is known to architects, who sometimes
nave to allow for 1t when making
plans for building, says London An
Swers.
In the old days, when the clay Of
which bricks were made was mixed
with water before being baked. the
amount of growth was not noticeable;
now that no water, or very little. il
mixed with the clay, which is there
fore said to be dry baked. the bricks
absorb moisture and swell sometimes
to considerable extent.
Some years ago in q garden at Ely
pier was built of dry baked bricks
and the garden, hose was turned onto
this pier for considerable period
every day for some weeks. At the end
OF this time the pier was measured
when it was found to have grown
some inches.
Cement Is another substance which
grows. That is why you may often see
on station platforms and on wall cop
ings built of cement one of the joints
missed out here and there.
The greatest growth naturally takes
place where cements and bricks are
used together, as happened in a house
Of which the parapet was built OF
bricks placed endways and cement sup
ported on iron. The growth In this
instance was so great that quite large
spaces were visible between the iron
supports and the parapet.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
He ROSE TO THE OCCASION
Write Poetry, and Result Was
Remarkable Etfusion.

The sophomore class ut NJ high
school had a genius for q teacher.
She could write poetry and every FRI
day required her pupils to do the,
same. Norman could play baseball.
but poetry was outside his ken. sun
the teacher insisted that he do q,
and finally issued as her ultimatum
that he either write Il or she would
mark him failure on his monthly re-
port. A failure mark meant that the
team would lose one Of Its best play.
ers, 80 Norman tried to write q poem.
His attempt was SO wretched that his
teacher tried sarcasm.
"You are q genius" she told him.
"Now see n you can't write poem
about yourself and your wonderful
abilities"
Later she found Norman's effort IN
his memorandum book, but she has
kept the finding a secret. For hs had
written:
Lives Of school tsschsrs MI remand ~
That they'd better gst man.
And departing leave behind than
Fewer nuisAnces II they can.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
USE FOR LUMINOUS PAINT
Material Found Almost invaluable In
War Might Also Be Well En-
poyed In Peace.

Here Is wartime application Of
luminous paint that should be useful
In summer camps, on the hikes of boy
scouts, in peacetime maneuvers of
citizen soldiers, In marking the land
ing places Of aircraft, etc.
The British army had disks or but
tons two or three inches in diameter
coated with luminous paint and having
q sharp spike on the under side. These
were stuck upon the sides Of trenches,
buildings, fences, ETC., or were swung
by hand to give signals In the we'll
known code where bright lights were
dangerous or where silence was
golden.
The luminous disks were visible
from 80 to 90 feet. so they formed val
liable landmarks. Luminous ribbon
also was used for marking trails
through the woods, and luminous
patches were attached to the backs Of
stretcher bearers to prevent them from
being fired upon by their own troops.
The Scientific American suggests
that the names and numbers Of city
streets might well be marked with this
luminous paint.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
GAR TO sELF-covERNmENT
IN india idol Worship o. erahmanical
Hierarchy Would Revive, Writer
Asserts.

The danger. when Il comes to self.
government for India, and every Anglo.
Indian recognizes II. Is that We may
put back into power the Brahmanical
hierarchy which. by all the wiles Of
priestcraft. by organizing aboriginal
worship and blood sacrifices, BY as
trology and miracles" has held tho
lowller races of India enslaved, body
and soul. these three thousand years.
Even the English-speaking masters
OF art In Calcutta university. after
their graduation. go back to temples
reeking with the blood Of bulls and
goats, and chant vedic mantras be-
fore hideous Idols. Exactly so far does
their study OF Mill and Huxley emanci-
pate them. And this. In nat defiance
OF the fact that NIL the best of their
sacred books sternly condemn this evil
ambition and Its Instruments. black
superstition and idolatry. the things
against which the Buddha made his
heroic protest. But long centuries ago.
the dark Brahmanical reaction drove
the Buddha's followers out Of India.
Nevertheless the British trustees for
the welfare Of India continue to do all
things In their power to advance the
natives of that many colored congeries
Of peoples along the path Of real lib
erty.--Charles Johnston. In the North
American Review.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
EAGER TO SEE ELEPHANT
First One That Was Brought to the
United States Aroused the ".
most Curiosity.

Nowadays. when summer In the
United States would hardly seem Itself
without the coming Of a circus, It is
difficult to realize the excitement
aroused by the first exhibition Of an
elephant. A nOw-forgotten Snowman.
Hackaliah Bailey. Is said to have I'm.
ported the first elephant nearly a hun.
dred years ago. and the animal was
a whole show In himself. The circus
tent had not yet come into being, and
the elephant was shown IN barns In
the Eastern states that then held the
bulk OF the population. To prevent the
public from seeing the show without
charge. the elephant travelled from
place to place In the night; but even
so. the public refused to be wholly cir.
cumvented. and small companies gath
cred with bontires ready to light when
the strange creature came numbering
past on his way to the next town.
Sometimes. however, the management
defeated this intention by sending
along the road horse built M to look
like an elephant In the dark, and when
the bonfire had been lighted and had
burned out, the real elephant followed.
---Christian Monitor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
WHEN AVIATION WAS NEW
Benjamin Franklin Evidently Had
Expectations Of its Value, Though
Venturino No Predictions.

Somebody has been quite naturally
reminded. by events In the air, Of
what Benjamin Franklin said to Con-
dorcet about aeronautics 1876 years
ago, in Paris. The French capital
was just then much interested In the
balloon ascensions Of the Montgolfier
brothers, perhaps even more excited.
on the smaller scale OF the times,
than modern cities over the actual
crossing of the Atlantic, and wher.
ever men came together the future
possibilities of ballOoning made an
immediate topic of conversation. Con-
dorcet, meeting Franklin. asked him
If he thought an aeronaut would ever
be able to steer his balloon. 1.-THE
thing Is In Its infancy" said Frank
lin. 1T is necessary to wait" But
what is the good Of it?" demanded a
doubling Thomas. "What useful pur-
pose will it server" Gentlemen" re-
piled Franklin. ''it Is child just
born; let us wait to Judge 1t until its
education is completed" And even
now the education is far from fin-
ished.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
The Way 70 the Pole.

Service with the American air
forces In France adds weight to the
opinion OF Donald y. Macmillan. Arc
tic explorer and leader Of tho Croker
land expedition. that the aifplane II
not adapted for dash to the pole.
and that the cost Of such trip by
dirigible would be prot.ibitive. In his
own future explorations. Mr.. MacAiIl.
Inn says, he expects to depend on the
"ever-faithful dogs" for conveyance.
The airplane Ia, IN his Judgment, i'm.
practicable for several reasons, one Of
which Is, he says. sufficient to dis
count the idea ut successful Arctic
exploration by hardy airinen. The
frozen north offers no smooth fields
Of He on which the explorer could
make q landing. A tlirigible might
start from properly equipped hangar
In Labrador and dope to return, Int
the total cost Of the expedition would
probably be about $1,0O0.OU0.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07

Potatoes Feed the World From Prince
70 Paupsr.
showing types Of potatoes. may be
mounted for class use.
importance OF Potato.
In referring to the Importance OF the
potato. the bulletin says It In one Of
the most widely cultivated Of the AZ.
ricultural plants, and next to Indian
corn IL the most important contribu-
tlon Of America to the food supply Of
the world. Probably no crop except
rice Is eaten by larger number OF
people. In the more thickly populated
regions Of northern Europe the pota-
to Is now the most important OF hu.
man foods. furnishing about % per
cent Of the food Of the continental and
English peoples. Only the oriental
Peoples exist without 1t. Not only are
the tubers used for food. but they have
important Industrial uses. Al Ameri-
ran population increases, the potato
will become more and more important
in this country, there being no other
crop which will give such large yield
Of food suitable for man under such
varying conditions.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
EARNINGS OF CLUB MEMBERS
Indiana Boys and Girls Spend Bigger
Part Of Savings for Liberty Bonds
and Stamps.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
What do club boys and girls do with
the money they earn in their work?
It Is a question frequently asked by
persons who have read Of their prof.
its. The question was asked approx
mately $50 boys and girls at the first
annual club roundup Of Indiana boy
and girl club members, held recently
at Purdue university In cooperation
with the United States department Of
agriculture. It was found that 50 OF
those present owned Liberty bonds.
which they had purchased with their
own earnings: 100 had War Savings
stamps; and practically every one had
bought Thrift stamps. Thirty-One had
started bank accounts with the money
they had made In raising corn. pigs,
calves or poultry. selling canned prod
ucts, or from some other branch OF
club work. Eighty-five owned pigs, 40
owned calves, % owned sheep, and 2
owned poultry. Definite plans to at
tend college BY use of money from club
work had been made by lit. 1t was
found that Of the $50 attending the
meeting. 176 had been engaged in club
work two years: 20. three years; 8.
four years, and four. i've years.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
The Fanciuila d'Anxic.

One Of the gifts that President VII.
son received In Italy was a silver
model Of the statue known as the Fan.
ciuila d'Anzio. presented to him by the
Roman municipality. The original Is
a Greek statue, discovered not long
ago at the villa of Nero, In the seaport
town of Anzio. near Rome. and pur-
chased by the Italian government for
100000 lire. Admirers Of art and stu
dents of archaeology had Travelled from
all over Europe to see 1t, and the
youthful draped figure, carrying plat
ter from which the object 1t long ago
held had been broken, was named the
Maid Of AnziO. Then somebody noticed
that the long robe was lifted little,
as II to avoid tripping over It, that
the biceps muscle Of the bare arm was
more boyish than girlish. and so on,
until modern judgment has decided
that the title Fanciulla d'Anzio 10
misn0mer, and that the unknown
sculptor was really modelling the figure
of q handsome youth performing some
service In an ancient temple.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
Was Bio Railroad Project.

The summer brings the semicente-
nary of the opening of the Mt. Wash
ington railway, which, 80 years ago,
distinguished the White mountain re-
gion of New England by making 1t the
location for the first important noun
tain railroad In the country. Remark
able railroading to high attitudes has
since been accomplished, but the climb
Of some GOO feet to the summit Of the
highest Of the White mountains was
then regarded almost as an achieve
mept Of the impossible. And 1t did,
for that matter, Immediately make Mt.
Washington possible to many tour
list who would have spent his life at
the bottom rather than try then to
climb to the top on foot.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
ANOTHER OF WARS RESULTS
Direct Connection Traced Between
Great Conflict and the Annoying
Scarcity Of laundressea

This Is from Alexandria, our neigh.
boring city down the Potomac.
Housekeepers there are having quite
q time getting "help." especially some
one to do the family wash. The ne
cessity for clean clothes Is one which
devolves upon civilized beings. Wars
may come and wars may 60. but the
washtub and washboard go on forever.
But 1t has been hard to get a laun-
dress In Alexandria. Wartime condi-
tons have enabled many who earned
their living at the tub to turn to less
arduous pursuits, with the result that
there Is scarcity Of "wash ladies'"
The condition Is one paralleled In
many other cities.
Aunt Lucy" said one Alexandrian
woman. addressing a colored woman
whom she had known for many years.
don't You know some one who can
do my washingY"
mo. ma'am don't know no one"
she said.
The woman made a last attempt.
Wont you do It for me. Aunt
LucyT she asked, with winning
smile.
Deed. chile" said Aunt Lucy, ~
don't have to do no. washing no more"
"Why" asked the woman.
well. honey, hit Is jes like this"
explained Aunt Lucy with = nice dis
tinction: "De Civil war made us free.
And dis here worl' war has made us
independent" -Washington Star.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
Devoted Nurss's Death.

Tho story Of nurses devotion ID
France was told BY Maj. Gen. Cuth.
bert Wallace at Q meeting convened
by the London national council of
women to consider shorter hours Tor
hospital STATS.
''rhere was" said the general. y
certain hospital In France whore the
German bombers were coming over
night after night. Some people ct
restless when they know that bombs
may BE- dropped on them. The wound
ed man--aithough he was practically
Indifferent to shell iire--ln 4 hospital
very often gets seized with this hor-
rible fenr, this inability 10 keep still.
There was certain nurse who was
looking after q ward In which there
was Z man who was bedriddsn and
could not get out OF the way. She
had gone on duty one evening when
these bomberS came over. She knew
OF this man and went back 70 her
ward. She was not on duty, but aha
snt at this mans bed and sang q
him. A bomb fell. That woman was
killed. but the man was lett Tho
name Of this heroic nurse was not -
vealed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
Tribute to Porridse.

A wonderful old man Is Mr.. James
Nicol, who has just celebrated his
one hundredth birthday in the Kent
ish village where he lives, and Is still
going strong. Mr.. Nicol. who Is a
Scot, was born In TuIlibody, Clack-
mannanshire. and joined the Seventy
fourth Highlanders during the reign
of william w, later taking part In
suppressing the Indian mutiny. He
can do the Highland fling even yet,
he says, and claims that the recipe
for long life is p0rridge when one is
young. He did not know the taste OF
meat or tea till he. was over seven
teen. Mr.. Nicol married his second
wife when he was ninety-three.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
CARE IN HARVESTING OATS
Crop In Southern states Should -
AlIo~sd 70 Stand Until Fully Ripe
Shock Carefully.

Prepared BY the United States Depart
ment Of AgTiculture.)
Because Of the relatively small aero.
ages per farm. oats In the South
should be allowed to stand until fully
ripe; that Is, until just after the grain
passes ont Of the hard dough stage.
However. II the area In small and the
cradle II used. the grain may be cut
when passing out Of the milk stage.
40 II usually Is allowed to cure for
q short time In the swath before be-
Ing bound and placed in shocks.
Shocking should be done carefully.
Too frequently little or no attention
Is given to the method of shocking,
and In the event Of storms and rainy
weather much Of the grain II damaged,
whereas II the shocks had been well
built and properly capped little dam
age would have occurred. When FREE
queht rains interfere with the curing
Of the oats In the shock, Il u advised
that shock covers b ussd II posslbiA
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
NEVADA AS GOLDEN STATE"
From Reports, Il 10 Not at Al I'm.
probable She May Become
Thus Known.

When they began to dig out silver
by the ton from the Comstock group
OF mines. Nevada lost its original
name of 1.-THE Sagebrush State" and
became known to the whole world as
the silver State"
But recent developments In the Dt
vide district seem to indicate another
change of name, for they do say thar
the gold is SO thick just little under
the surface that the owners Of the
mines refuse to dig lest they be ruined
by the excess profits tax. They just
take out shovelful from time to
time to pay living expenses, and sit
tight over the hole where they took
II out till they need q little more.
Possibly. also. these mine owners are
influenced by patriotism, as not wish
Ing to disturb values by flooding the
world with gold and thus adding to
the economic confusion. California
has hitherto taken pride In calling it.
self the Golden state, but even In Ne
vada they are getting ready to de-
mand the belt and title and say they
are going to get it.
And with all due allowance for new
born enthusiasm and for the pic
turesQue way in which prosperous
miners are won't to express them
selves, If a tenth Of what is claimed
Is true--and ii may be-we may eX
pect the people oi Nevada to change
from the most loyal of silverites tc
the most determined and irreconcil-
able gold bugs. Circumstances do al
ter cases. That they have found lot
Of gold is certain.-Sioux Falls Press.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07

seed can be profitably grown that as
many acres of clover be left for seed
as can be used without seriously in
terfering with crop rotation. If the
second crop is to be left for seed, the
possibility Of good crop will be
greatly increased If the first crop is
cut early. This is especially true If
there Is any danger from the clover
flower nudge. Early cutting of the
first crop may result in smaller ton
mage, of hay and hay not quite as
nutritious, but it will destroy the
nudge. If the field is badly affected
with nudge and the larvae have had
time to mature, good seed crop Is
out of the question. For further de-
tailed instruction see Farmers Bulle-
tin OIL.
In sections where mammoth clover
Is grown fields intended for seed
should be rolled. This will cause the
stems to lie close to the ground. The
flower heads will then bend up and
can be harvested, leaving a large part
of the clover upon the ground to be
turned under for fertilizer. This will
also reduce the amount of straw nee
essary to handle in hulling.
Write your extension director for
Farmers Bulletin 455, Red Clover ;
838, Harvesting Hay with the Sweep
Rake; 943, Haymaking; and 977, Hay
Caps. They give methods of making
clover hay. Others may be pub
lished by your state agricultural col
lege.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07

Roger w. Babson OF the department
OF labor said at a dinner in Washing
tom:
Speaking Of labor. It has been I
tough job to eat some OF the health
foods that were turned out during the
war.
"A young lady said to young man
at Washington dance:
"'Are you the same young man who
ate so many OF my bran mullins at the
Red Cross last fallr'
NO. he answered. and what's
more. the doctor says ! never will
be-"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
Not Her Honey.

was expecting call on the tele-
phone from my wife ut eleven o'clock
one morning. Exactly at trat hour
my bell jingled, and. taking down the
receiver. / said: "HeI!o"
The response came: us that You.
Winter
"This is your honey. sweetheart"
was my reply.
In icy tones came: "You've got
your nerve Wait fill ace your
wife"
Bang went. the receiver.
recognized the voice as that OF
my wife's chum.-Chicago Tribune.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07

Two local are Iaddies recently went
on q hunting trip,
Hearing shot, one yelled TO the
other:
Get sornethlngf"
You betcha," the other replied.
.What i. itf'
"Pheasant."
The other. approaching. laughed DE-
riaively.
{ Huh r he said. "that isn't pheas-
ant; It's q screech-owl."
"Oh, WELL" said the hrst hunter.
whats the differencei When ! eat =
bird / eat IT. meat, amt particular
what kind Of voice It's got. london
Tit-Bits.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
May o Ola Gold Field.

That free gold Of untold quantities
would be found In the gravel Of the
channel where oiscs flowed the Rogue
river has been the belief 1t Oregon
miners for more than half Z century.
And % Il happened that the ownee
II the old waldo mins near GRANTS
Pass the other day made the greatest
strike ever made IN. this section when
be turned gravel for the 0rst time.
His holdings consist Of 400 acfes
and Il u believed that almost every
foot of them lie over IL Old river
bsd and that nearly III o3 4 z rich
n pay dirt.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
Repiantinu Forests.

In England and In Scotland. bef0ru
the war. were many hunting ranges
and sporting grounds. During the war
however. these were cut down to snip
ply munition factories 1T home and
armies abroad. Never before. Il b
said, have these countries been - bare
Of timber as they are at present. But
now they are preparing to replani
their forests. The old ones were drst
OF ali ornamental but incidentally they
proved useful. These which they are
planting now are 70 be nrst Of oil use'
ful and also. Of course, ornamental.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
r. Apple eiossem Time.

A wedding attended was held In an
orchard In apple blossom time. One Of
the women wore q red shirtwaist. In
the midst Of the service a bull In =
pasture 10 the next field rushed In At
the red shirtwaisted woman. who
climbed q tree before the bull arrived.
The rest OF the party and myself did
likewise. The brides veil fell OF.
which embarrassed her exceedingly.
The shirtwaist was thrown over the
fence and the bull subdued, and the
wedding continued In peace. Tbs
woman fastened home after Z new
shirtwaist. wearing her husbands
frOck coat.--Exchange.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
THE Sion en the Church.

Many T. pedestrian and motOrist
looked. observed and smiled Wednes.
day night as be passed Z church on
Clinton hill. Obvious and elaborate
preparations for wedding were I'M
der way. Coaches and florist wagons
were busting. The unmlstakable can
opy was being erected from sidewalk
to door. And In big letters on the
front OF the church was blazOned the
minister's subject for an approaching
service: "This Ia the Lfe."-Newark
News.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-08-07
PREPARE CULLs FOR MARKET
Select Fowls Which Are Dull or Weak.
Old or Young, Except Those
With Laying Points.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Gull ont and prepare for market all
fowls, old or young. which appear
weak. slow, or dull: fowls with droop-
ing tails, rough plumage. or crow
shaped heads: all scrubs except those
which have laying points; all hens
which mott early: and all males *
cent those strong. vigorous, and Of .
Dure upe desired tor breeding.