Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-26
be explained to children at the early
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be explained to children at the early
age of three or four years.
The storthing discussed the philo.
sophical lectures at the university
quite exhaustively; and as no particu-
lar lecturer could be agreed upon, the
government was authorized to spend
81, $50 for lectures on philosophy.
1t is stated on good authority that
certain kind of fungus Injuries dried
Goldfish to the extentof at least $3.50, 900
year.
A prominent daily makes some caus-
tic remarks about the inclination
among large portion, of the Norwe-
gian people to give their names for
eign turn. 1--WE still observe" says
the paper. IAN inclination among less
educated people to introduce un-Nor-
wegian, mostly German, letters into
their names. It often looks as though
Norwegians in whose veins cannot be
found a drop of foreign bleod, are
afraid that some one may believe that
they are descendants of the heroes
who followed Olaf Trygvesson at Svol-
der, or OF those men whose sons and
brothers planted at the mouth of the
Seine the germs of civilization which
has developed into freedom and self
government in two continents and
which is spanning the whole earth
with its enterprise. It may still be
seen in various ways that we are yet
living only in the beginning of an era
of national self-consciousness'
Chr. Schon and Einar Eye berg, the
former owners of Schou's brewery in
kristiania, upon retiring from the &C.
tive management of the brewery, dis
tributed Sl3. 500 to the employees in the
form of bank deposits. The Oldest
employees received S160 each, and the
clerks all received one years salary as
gifts.
Bishop Bang has dedicated the new
church building in East Barum.
Jacob Dybwad. book dealer and
publisher in Kristiania, withdrew
from business exactly fifty years after
his book store was opened. Since 1877
his house published the almanac, on
account of which the firm has paid the
university about S15O.OOO. Among
other publications may be mentioned
100000 hymn books and an equal
number of "Sverdrup's Explanation of
Luther's Catechism." The names of
the publications of the firm fills
large volume.
There is much Goldfish along the
coast. At several places the shoals
have come close up to the shore. But
the weather has been very unfavorable
and the whole catch up to April 1 was
only 1000, 900 fish.
Kristiania has had two cases of gen.
uine smallpox.
Nobody in the kingdom of Denmark,
not even its so-year-old king, was too
great to do homage to Henrik Ibsen.
In fact, the celebration of his birth
day seems to have been as general and
enthusiastic in Copenhagen as in Kris
tiania.
A book written by an English char
latan named Dim bleby predicted dire
disasters about the LIST of April. The
book was translated into Norwegian
and thousands of copies of it were
sold. In many localities it caused
great excitement, but now the evil is
dying out since the universe did not
collapse April l.
The regular appropriation for the
restoration of the Trondhjem cathedral
is $11, 200 year to the year 1914, the
one hundredth anniversary of the in
dependence of Norway. But this sum
is too small to complete the vast and
vast and exceedingly beautiful struc-
ture. and an extra appropriation of
Sc, 600 a year has been made for five
years past 1t is becoming evident,
however, that the combined appropria-
ton will not suffice, and the commit
tee of ways and means has proposed
an extra appropriation of S13, 500 on
condition that the city of Trondh lem
contribute $4,000.
The Danish Tourist society has 1,47o
members. A trip will be made to Ice
land if sufficient number of tourists
are in favor of it.
Politiken halls the great liberal vic
tory in the city elections in Copen-
hagen by an editorial, the closing
words of which are: ut is not merely
another party that has taken posses
sion of the capital city, it is another
civilization; we dare to hope the future
will say: A higher and better civiliza-
tion.'
Prof. Matzen, president of the lands
thing, has serious attack of diph-
liberia.
The Danes feel sure that when the
great Russian daily, Nova Vremia. de-
clares that Prince George of Greece is
to be appointed governor of the island
of Crete, then it must be so.
The hog cholera is prevailing in Mar
ibo amt.
The revised program for the wedding