Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-28

AdtAou OF INC WOrQ Is mOOr-man-mak-
ing, and the art itself is purely politi-
cal. Only real estate owners have a
right to take part in the election of
members of the storthing. "Real es-
tate" of certain kind is cheap in that
country, and the two political parties
have taken advantage of this fact by
securing few square yards of myr, or
myrmark (moor land, or slough land)
for their landless adherents at nom
lnal price, and the men who thus OBJ
tain the right to vote are stigmatized
as myrmand. It is highly amusing to
see the two parties score each other
for indulging in this practice, though
it is hard to tell which one of the two
has the greatest number of myrman
voters in its ranks.
The authorities of Arendal sent a
deputation to the kings jubilee.
Sixty-six Kristiania citizens were
made voters in one day, by swearing
to support the constitution.
The last storthing appropriated a
small subsidy to three fishermen at
Aalesund to enable them to make at
tempts to catch herring far out in the
ocean by means of drift nets. At first
the experiences of the courageous fish
ermen were discouraging. But tow
ards the close of August they made a
good haul, the catch for three nights
being 43 barrels of very large. fat her
ring, besides three barrels of mackerel.
The grounds are located from 20 to IS
English miles from shore, some dis
lance north of the promontory of Stat
The steamer Polarstjernen, bound
from Copenhagen to Greenland with a
cargo of provisions, caught FIRE and
was abandoned by its crew off Ler-
wlch, in the Shetland islands.
A correspondent of the London Times
does not seem disposed to advertise
Norway among his countrymen. The
following was culled from his lamenta-
tions: Except in the large towns or
at few places of special resort, baths
do not exist. The inhabitants may not
want to wash themselves; but they
might learn that personal cleanliness
is the first desire and aim of every
Briton. AS rule, plenty of good and
wholesome food is available for travel
ers, but it lacks variety. There seems
to be only one Norwegian animal;
some people call it COW, some bear,
others reindeer. 1t is served in broiled
or fried tillets, mostly tough" And so
on to the end of the doleful epistle,
save few charitable remarks to show
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
unhappy writer.
The students from the year 1s47 cele-
brated their semi-centennial as stud
ents at III istiania Sept. 4. Professor
Monrad was the central figure in the
group, and his former scholars tend
cred him cordial ovation.
The heirs of the late Prof. G. John
son. D. D., originally intended to do
nate his private library, consisting of
5000 volumes, to the university of Nor
way. But later they were pursuaded
to let the cathedral school of Kristian-
sand have 5000 volumes which the
university does not need. The latter
collection has just been made accessi-
BILE to the public.
1t is definitely settled that C. E..
Borchgrevink will leave for an expedi-
ton to the South Pole in July, 1898.
An Englishman last summer found
it cheap fun to catch trout in the ponds
supplying the water mains of Kristian-
sund. though he did not pay the regu-
lar fines.
Johan Selmer has composed ''Nor-
Wegian Students March, The words
are by o. R. Erich, a young student.
The salmon catch at Hellefossen,
near Hougsund, was very rich last
summer, as many as 100 fish having
been caught at the falls in a single
night.
DENMARK.
The Paris Gaulois says: During the