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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
Truck Farmer Living in Straw Thatched Cottage Made Study
of Abraham Lincoln Center of His Reading and Interests

listening to the steady flow of
his very instructive talk. and |
gathered the impression that in
him l had found the incarnation
of the higher forms of human
happiness.
The well-rounded life is the
only life worth living" Mr.. Han
sen said to me when | was to
depart: 1T must be the ideal TO
have as few desires as possible.
and to make those desires spirit
ual and intellectual. God pro-
vides flowers and food and sun
shine. and when man realizes that
he must work in order to get the
full benefit of these blessings. and
that he must fill every fleeing
second with something useful,
something that builds up his soul
and his mind. he has no reason
to whimper."
Mr.. Hansen has never travelled
abroad. In his own country he
has not journeyed much. an oc-
casional trip to Copenhagen for
the purpose of representing the
limit of his migratory efforts.
Why should | suffer in a rail
road car or on an oily-smellinp
steamer when my thoughts car
traverse all the lands of the
EARTH" Mr.. Hansen said,
Turning at the gate to lool
back once more | saw the tall
erect figure of the hermit
framed by the red and gold o
thousands of roses that chung I,
the casing Of the door just a
the sun set beyond the ancien
twin spires of the Roskilde ca
thedral.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
eritain's Proposal to Erase Obi
cations Rejected, Says Chan
cellor Chamberlain.
WILL NOT ASK AGAIN
Recall Proposition to Clean Slate
-Eneiand's Indebtedness.
About $4,000. ooo.o

Birmingham. England-The British
government formally proposed cancel.
lation of all inter-Allied debts. but the
proposal was unacceptable to the
American government. said j. Austin
Chamberlain. chancellor OF the exche-
Quer. in q speech to his constituents
here
ITO make them again." Mr. Cham
berlain continued. would be. think.
beneath our dignity and would make
us liable TO misconception vi our
motive"
In making them" he added. I'VE
sought no national advantage for our
selves, We proposed a solution in
which we should have foregone claims
larger than RENTED TO US and we
proposed il because We believed IL
would be in the interests OF good re.a-
tons among peoples. the rehabilita-
tion OF national credit and the restora-
ton Of international trade
Our great International debt Is due
to the obligations We undertook on
behalf of our Allies II We had mad
, only ourselves to consider We should
have been virtually free of external
debt at the present time"
Mr. Chamberlain prefaced his re
marks by saying he would have pre-
ferred at the close OF the war tina,
| the whole inter-aliied debt had beer
cancelled. so rs to start with q clear
slate. There was no proposal for .
settlement OF the International deb
among the Allied and Associated
powers, whether for total or partia
remission. which the British govern
ment would not have been prepared
to be a party to. he declared.
No Official proposal Recalled.
washington-Treasu officials re
fused to comment on the Statement
OF the British chancellor of the exche
quer. J. Austen Chamberlain. In an I'D
dress at Birmingham. England. tina
the United States government refuse,
to accept British government propose
that the interAllied debts arising from
the World war be cancelled
No officials here are aware, IL ar
pears, that the British government ha,
ever. through any official channel. Pre-
posed a remission or cancellation o
the British war debt to the Unitet
States. Great Britain's indebtedness
OF about $4,000. oOo. 900 Is far large
than that of any other Of the Allie
countries. but this il explained by tn
fact that Great Britain herself was
creditor country, and had disburse
American funds to her other allies
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
Mothers Opinion.

A rather prominent old bachelor Of
Indianapolis the other evening went
home with one Of his friends Tor
supper Now, the friend has SIX
year-old son. who Ia lively indeed
and the bachelor was much interested
In him. At the supper table he asked
the youngster. "NOw. Bobby. when you
grow up are you going To get married
like your father did or are you going
to he an old bachelor like ] am
Back came the little fellows I'm
mediate answer: "Oh. I'm not going
q he an old bachelor. Mother wants
me 10 amount to something"
Since then the bachelor has an
nounced himself ~ willing candi-
date for a leap year girl.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Roltare Eggleston re-
Gently moved into q new home In
Fall Creek boulevard In indianapolis.
Friends bestowed useful gifts on the
new home and the Egglestons faced
vacation at Atlantic City with happy
hearts
"Our friends have been quite
thoughtful IN their gifts. ROltare."
Mrs. Egg'eston said to her husband
just before they left. I'VE do not
have a flock Of goldfish or a canary to
farm out TO the neighbOrs during our
absence"
Just then the doorbeIl rang. Some
body had sent then q fern.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
NEW STATE HOLIDAY ADDED
November ~ hereafter 20 Rank With
July 4 IN Minnesota.

St Minnesota has added an.
other holiday to its list Governor
Preus signed an act amending the gen.
erai statutes which classify state holt
days so that hereafter Armistice Day
will be celebrated November IL.
The anniversary OF the date on
which the Germans gave up the strug
gle has been generally observed on
two occasions, but the legislators now
have given II a place with the Fourth
OF July. Washington's birthday and
other historical dates.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
PRUSsMNs BAN CARNIvALs
Minister Bars Merrymakine. Owing 70
Gravity Of Situation.

Berlin-Herr Severing, Prussian
minister Of the interior. who recently
out the ban on the wearing Of monocles
by members OF the security police,
has notified President Ebert that In
view OF the great gravity Of Ger.
many's situation" the coming carnival
season in which the Germans have
been accustomed to make merry for
. month. 10 to be abolished.
Baden and Bavaria also have ban
ned masked balls and other public
carnivals.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10

I was icvifed to dinner by some
friends Who were light housekeeping.
Just as dinner was served was re-
lating some past experiences Of camp
ing. and remarked: I'VE had to use
tin knives and forks. and that always
spoils my appetite" Happening To
Tiarce at the table. I noticed (too
late) that tin knives and forks were
the best my hostess had for this oc-
casion. II was great relief to me
when conversation Was once more re
gumed.-Exchange.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10

London-The Pail Mall Gazette an
nounced II has amalgamated with the
Globe and that both will be published
as one newspaper from Monday next
under the title OF the Pail Mall Ga
xette and Globe
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10

London-Carl Hauptmann. German
author. is dead. according to a dis
patch from Berlin. Hauptman shared
in the prize offered by the German
Schiller society for the best play writ,
ten in 1904
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
AMERICAN SLAIN IN MEXICO
Robbsr Kills Youth Employed BY Oh
Company.

Los Angeles. Calif.-An American.
Virgil Shelton Purdy. - years old.
vas slain In Mexico and his body taken
10 Amarillo. Texas. according to tele-
gram received by his sister. Mrs. H. p.
ireland Robbery was the motive. &C
cording to the telegram. Purdy
worked for the Standard Oil com
pany.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10

If you have something which
you want to dispose OF you car
very soon find out if there is sale
for it by using American want
Ads.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
tBy G.. S. Strandvold).


matched cottage of Jens Hansen,
situated not far from the ancient
city of Roskilde, Denmark. one
day in early June of 1920,
and my eyes were once more OPP
ened to the truth that wisdom
is oft concealed in mean attire"
There was nothing remarkable
in the exterior of the house; it
was like so many others of that
particular type built centuries
ago-with whitewashed walls
featured by a design of beams,
horizontal, vertical and slanting;
the panes in the old windows
were greenish with age, and on
the roof a stork's nest was seen.
Along the walls. from the ground
to the roof, were thousands of ro-
ses. red and yellow. in full bloom.
and even the creaky old gate was
almost covered with vine. A
steady. blue column of thin
smoke scared upward from the
lonely chimney-and a short dis
lance away could be seen the
majestic twin spires of the Ros-
kilde cathedral. built in the 18th
century. and, looking to the east.
a mass of light-green beechwoods
where the sunrays were holding
a summer carnival of their own.
The Man in the House.
On the threshold | was well
coined by Mr.. Hansen. venera-
BILE looking man who had spent
all his nearly 20 years in the
house where his father. his
grandfather and his great
grandfather had been born. By
way of becoming acquainted he
told me he had lived the life
of a hermit and that whatever he
needed was provided for him
from the narrow strip of we'll.
cultivated soil back Of his house
He raised vegetables and applied
to that work so much energy and
skill that his products on many
occasions had brought home i'm
portant prizes from the farm ex
hibits arranged from time te
time in the neighborhood.
But aside from attending t.
his daily labor in the garden, Mr.
Hansen had found time to cult
vate his mind in most astonlsh
ing manner.
When | was led into what HI
called his retreat" a rathe1
large room on the east side o.
the house, at once perceived
the range of his knowledge ant
the diversity of his interests
The walls were covered witt
beautifully framed autographs
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES must hav'
been more than hundred
famous paintings and etchlngs re
presenting many periods. an
nlaced on mahogany pedestals il
The corners were statuettes an
bnsts of considerable artist
value.
lens Hansen's Library.
Rut the most conspicuous fes
ture in the room were the book
shelves which contained man
hundreds of volumes-the selec
literature of several countr1e'
Mr.. Hansen told me that he ma
"picked up" a reading knowledg
of English. German. French an
Swedish, and although ne was w
able to converse fluently IN an
language but Danish. ne read IN
foreign tongues without tn
slightest difficulty.
Upon the top of a corner bool
shelf noticed a bust of Abr
ham Lincoln, and when | peere
behind the green curtains tn;
protected the books on the she
from the rays of the sun. sa
one of the most remarkable
,rar;es of Lincolniana had ev'
seen. :.
This circumstance. NATURAL
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
Askov American

Has the most complete and up-to-date job
printing department between the Twin
Cities and Twin Ports. Prints anything
from . small visiting card to large catalog.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10

Apostle Of Simple Life Enjoys
Hard Labor i'm His Garden and
Wanderings Far Afield in Ii
terature and Philosophy of
Several Languages-Has Re-
msrkable Collection Of Lincoln
lana.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Pine County, Minnesota
For the Fiscal Year, Ending Dec. 81, 1920.

Mnns~ss.
To of tpsa
ssente
Respect
GunnfS .utuf
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-02-10

about fifty years ago he had I'M
expectedly come into possession
Of a biography of Lincoln, writ
ten by the Danish farmer Niels
Jokum Termansen. This slender
work more than seventy pa
ges or so-had fred his magma
ton, and he decided to make the
study of Lincoln one of his sever
al hobbies" Not only that. but
this desire TO become acquainted
with the American war presi-
dent had become the impulse
that made him study English.
Many Works on Lincoln.
With a gesture almost of rev.
erence Mr.. Hansen took out from
his shelf book after book on Lin
coin nearly all of them in Eng
lish. and every one of them bear
ling penciled traces of having been
read and reread many times.
First of all there was the small
two-volume edition of Lincoln S
Collected Works." and then the
far statelier edition of many
volumes issued in New York at
the beginning of the present
century.
Then there were the biogra
plies written by Nicolay and
Hay. Schurz Ward H. Lamon
Arnold. Gideon Weller. Richard
Watson elders appreciation ano
many others. Facsimiles of Lin
coin letters were inserted at ap
propriate places in the books
and in an album were contained
more than one hundred portrait:
and prints of "Old Abe"
Supplementing the special Lin
coin collection were numerous
works dealing with various pha
ses of the Civil war and the slav
cry issue. and a number of Civil
war genealogies were included il
this particular section of the Ii
brary.
| When | asked Mr.. Hansen whe
Their he studied Lincoln for tn
purpose of writing anything
about him. he said:
J, mo. people write too muc
nowadays. anyhow. l read TO
my own information. and whe
| realized in my early youth tina
l had no opportunity of climbin
to the top rung of any social Lar
der-in fact, l didn't have tn
ambition-I made up my min
that | was going to have NOR
, genuine pleasure out of life tina
most of those who seek it in tn
, more evanescent manifestation
of modern existence. So | too
: up reading. and in Lincoln
: found a man of heart and a ma
of genius. l admired him. an
: ! never get tired of studying h
r life and that sublime charactt
( of his"
Labor and Luxury.
Mr.. Hansen, having meanwhi
}. ignited the tobacco in his loni
4 stemned porcelain pipe. told n
. that the vegetables he raised ar
e sold brought him so much none
! that he was able to indulge
: the luxury Of reading. No OF
q was dependent upon him. +
n could abide by his own whin
q and desires, and he thought tn
c his life was. in a measure. 4
ideal since it provided for. hi
both physical labor and the mo-
l. exciting stimulus of intellectu
+ research.
VI With equal facility. Mr. Hanst
t discussed the Provence troub
$. dours and the German MINI
d singers; he was thoroughly fam
e lar with the writings of mediev
d England and Scandinavia. and b
l. only regret was that he was u
v able to study Greek and Latin
Ie terature in the original Ian
le uages.
In philosophy he appeared
The Carlisle independent., 1921-02-17
SAVE THE QUAIL

Farmers are realizing more and and are anxious to cooperate with the protective associations in. the hopes of increasing their population in our country.
 Any movement for the protection of Bob White should have the sincere support of all law making and law abiding citizens.
 In some states the quail has been removed from the list of game birds and the farmers are reaping increas- ing benefit from their ''legislated song bird". The quail is a bird of extreme economic value to the farmer largely because of the character of it's food It has been found that about 93 per oentAof it's total flood is vegetable matter, of which IT per cent is grain, 53 per cent is weed seed, per cent is fruit and 4 per cent is general ma terial Of the IT per cent remaining of animal matter, per cent consists of beetles, 1 per cent grasshoppers, 2 per cent bugs and 3 per cent caterpillars, spiders and other insects, and many injurious insects are eaten most important of which are potato beetle, May beetle, spotted and striped cucumber beetle and chinch bug. Quail feed almost entirely in cultivated areas, and it is here that the insects do their greatest damage For this reason it seems to be only a square deal for both the farmer and the quail to create a sentiment for the protection of the bird. Then the farmer should make special eff fort to feed the quail that may be on his farm, during heavy snowfall and hard winter weather, to save them from tarvation.-Thrift Magazine.
The Carlisle independent., 1921-02-17
THE PUBLISHERS RESPONSE
 BILITY

Much demoralizing reading is printed on the plea that s'the public wants it. A mother might as ex- cusably give her child the glistening arsenic for which it cries. The pub fisher bears responsibility to so- ciety like that of the preacher or the teacher. This, at any rate, is the view of the Publishers of the Youth Companion. From it's first issue to the present it has been a constant force for character building. And with all that it has been so wisely edited that no publication exists of more varied charm, more inexhaust- ible and refreshing sources of inter- est.
 The 52 issues of the coming year will be crowded with serial stories, short stories, editorials, poetry, facts and fun. Only $2.50 for an amount of reading equal to thirty-fve volumes of fiction, humor, etc.
 THE YOUTHS COMPANION Commonwealth Ave. & St. Paul St.,
 Boston, Mass.
 New Subscriptions Received at this
 Office
The Carlisle independent., 1921-02-17
STATE CAPITAL NEWS

Little Rock, Feb. 14.-With less than four weeks remaining of the 43rd General Assembly, there still remains enough work on the calendar of the House and Senate to engage the attention of the lawmakers for twice the time. There is large number of measures pending in each House, as usual majority of them being local bills, and it is probable that many of them will get no farth- CT than second reading. It has been true of all sessions and will be true of this that hundreds of measures Are permitted to die on the calendar. Many bills are introduced, read twice and never referred to again. Whether this is due to opposition from the people at home, to indifference on the part of the authors, or to the idea that the representatives obliga- gation has been fulfilled by the in- troduction of the bill, is not known. Many of the measures that die of iniation are reported adversely by some committees and are never call ed up again as it is realized that it would be useless to waste further time upon them.
 There are many evidences of nasty legislation due to the sixty days ses- sion. Hundreds of bills, focal bills affecting only Lonoke county, are read by title and passed with seldom dissenting vote upon the statement of the representatives affected that ''the bill is all right and my people want 1t" Such bills seldom go be- fore 9 committee and the author as- sumes full responsibility for them Bills are frequently rushed through both Houses with little deliberation and there have been some amusing incidents growing out of this cus- tom. In the Senate the other day one of the Senators insisted upon calling up one of his own bills for amend Esent, when he was informed that it had already been passed and approved by the governor. In still another case an appropriation bill went through
The Carlisle independent., 1921-02-17

both Houses and was signed by the governor. It was drawn as similar bills have been drawn since 1875, but the eagle eye of "Uncle Joe' Fergu- son, the state treasurer, discovered that there was defect in the bill and he refused to honor warrants drawn upon it, so it became necessary to in- troduce an amendatory bill providing that the claims should be paid out of the General Revenue fund, instead of "out of any fund not otherwise ap- propriated." The Treasurer held that under the terms of the bill he could as we'll pay the warrants out of the tick eradication fund or the regis tered nurses fund as anything else. Attorney General Utley agreed with him and said that the bill had been drawn in accordance with custom and not with the law.
 The greater part of the next three weeks must be devoted to the passage which will begin to make their ap- pearance this week. The legislature has almost gotten rid of all the emergency appropriation bills which were made necessary by the recent decision of the Supreme Court.
 The special act of 1919 and of 1920 creating Road Improvement Districts is the various counties are being re- pealed as rapidly as the lawmakers can advance their hills on the ealen- dar and secure a roll call on their passage. The score being made by the abolitionists is mounting to heights approxirhating the number of acts that were passed in previous sessions creating districts. So far only two new districts have been or ganized by special act, one in Hot Spring county, (and the act creating it has already been once amended) and another in Sa. Francis county. As matter of fact road building by special act is not popular in this ses- sion. In this respect as in many oth- CTS the legislature is adhering strongly to the policies emunciated by Governor McRae.
 In fact, the opposition to Governor McRae, which was never very strong
The Carlisle independent., 1921-02-17

opments and complications likely to arise on account of the abolition of the Corporation Commission. During the last few months nearly all of the utilities and public service corpora tions have surrendered their franchise and taken out indeterminate permits. The abolition of the Commission leaves these corporations absolutely without any contracts with the cities. There are rumors in persistent circu- lation which cannot be verified at this time, that many of the corporations will go into federal court and through that tribunal seek to secure an ad- justment of their rates which they will insist upon as adequate and nec- essary. The next year or so is likely to see some interesting developments in ArkaE Esas m the manae cement of public service corporations that serve the people.
The Carlisle independent., 1921-02-17
EAT RICE" WEEK REOPENS
 BUYING

Joe Lyons Publicity Chairman, Says St. Louis Markets Starts Purchasing
 Rice growers of Stuttgart at a re- cent meeting extended a vote of thanks to the people of Little Rock for their support of the Rice Week" which has been conducted by local dealers and others interested in the increase of the rice industry in Ar kansas.
 Another interesting development was the request received during the past week by Joe Lyon, chairman of publicity, from a Mir. French of Fl Dorado, who asked for recipe books and full information about Arkansas rice, for use in his newly opened Golden Tea Room and Rice Kitchen in the oil city. MT. French intends to serve rice at all hours and in all forms, he says.
 Negotiatins for 25, 50 and 100 cars of rice from St Louis brokers have oeeh iecelNeu as result or the re- cent rice publicity, Ms. Lyon said These calls have been of vital inter- est as there has hitherto been no market for rice in St. Louis. The price at the mills has advanced, giv- ing the farmers better price on their product, and providing the ma terial success of the Rice Week campaign, Mir. Lyon said.
 The movement will be extended through the month and the public is asked to continue it's support of the movement, with the slogan, "Eat rice, talk rice, serve rice, order rice.' Arkansas Gazette
The Carlisle independent., 1921-02-17
CARLISLE

Methodist Episcopal Church South
 Sunday Services Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Preaching, by the pastor 11:O0 a. m. Devotional Junior League 2:30 D. m. Devotional Senior League 6:30 D. m. Preaching, by the pastor 7:3O p. m.
 Mid Week Meetings Prayer meeting every Wednes- day evening 6:30 p. m. Choir Practice each Thursday day evening 7:30 D. m. Woman's Missionary Society, Business Session, First Thursday in each month 2:30 D. m. Woman Missionary Society, Social and Missionary Study Third Thursday in each month at 2:30 D. m, All are cordially invited to attend any and all of these services and bring their friends.
 A. B. Barry, pastor