The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-16

Mountain climbers and tourists had done
with The Alps, railroads climbed the foot
hills ana restaurants and hotels occupied
the best mountain points. Norway pos
sessed, on the other hand. such a wealth
OF interesting nature that 1t would pre-
serve the charm of solitude and natural
grandeur for decades. The discovery of
coal and god mines would not destroy
the picturesque character OF the Nor
wegian landscape. The only danger lay
In utilizing the cataracts to generate
electrical motive power. The tourist traf-
fic had not effected the freshness and
attractive qualities in the national char
acter The SchweItzers were waterfalls
tic and prosaical. while the Scandinavia
ans possessed true poetical feelings and
a responsive generosity. It had aston
ished the speaker that a people with such
national characteristics not only had
produced a poet, who was the first
dramatist OF the age. but also had
furnised him with material for
such types OF his countrymen as he
has drawn III his weird plays. Did these
characters, with their habits and pas
sions, exist IN reality, or had Ibsen Gre
ated them, as other modern authors had
created the new woman" whom the
speaker had never seen or met? fbsen's
heroes and 1eroines seemed 10 bear the
same relation TO the real Norwegian men
y
The British nation. Norway 1ad produced
two of the grebtest literary names in
modem rope-Biornson ani .bsen. I.
was worthy OF mention that the country
which at the time when Eng nd stood
on The threshold OF its civilization pro-
dueed Its saga writer's ard conqaerors.
still! stimulated mental Europe through
two such genuses.
AT the table circulated two large COB
lets bearing the inscriptions '112s" and
ne" The goblets belong 10 the Cooper
Union of Bergen.
Mr.. kjellmanu has purchased from the
Lapps IN Northern Norway 1o00 reindeer
and has engaged los Lapps 10 dfive the
reindeer from Dyea ~ Dawson. one Of
the steamers OF the Thlngvaua line has
been chartered to transport me animals
and LapIanders to New York A can
adam. representing & private syndicate.
has also bought go reindeer north ~
Throndhjem. These have already been
SHIPPED 10 quebec. al Quebec .uey viii
BE put on board Of Canadian Pacific Raj.
way Company cars and sent through to
Van, ouFer. and thefCe Via skasuay into
Alaska and the Northwest territory.
Prof. Marcus Jacob Monrad died on the
last day OF the past year 1t l'}r!sfltti.
Prof. Mourad was born on the 18th dav nj
January 1916 he graduated from tire
Royal University In iSg4 and c1rnBis-ed
his post graduate course In 1870. rerety-
Ing The degree Of D. T.. After spending a
few years n Germany, waere he studied
the philosophy az Sehe.ilag arH fJa~si
whose philosophic system he transnlante4
On Morse sci}. MgrFad returned % ais ma
tive land. In tsi5 he was at3poiu.efl
Iecioy ard IN 1871 professor OF PHILOSOPHY
al the CHTisriania Royal J7nfyers}ts, T.,
aGGtftGE hts Ior+ss~aS 30
ricAeJ Norwegian literature f.y sevsrai
Faluaoje scientific works. notable arnoot,
which n his PM osophy OF IseIlst - ara
Esthet.rE.' which appeared in i%s su5
has bten Translated iato seYerat tar..,,sc
languages. old Morra3" as he W.
military known among the 4tu1ans4
who i3o.Ized h.n, vas a. Ideal tvt,A ~ ,
student and remained young in e,,frf,~
until his death. The ald anIte-h.lr.-l
nan w}th The hg1tson4e S0crat ev fscf- "a.
ftir years been ore of the most charsrt,v-
istc Hsgres n ne student world fr -.
So.se eaFitai. When Henrik Iisen w.
his nrst tragedy, "Cata.ine" Prof NJ
rsa was tfe only enc 81 me critics NJ,
csuId detect n ne tun5Ijrg Efforts =, -,
ysurg playwright the Iateu, snsrk -
gen rs Of ne c@m.ns area. est dge.rnstF..r
OF the nineteenth century. Waits rtt.-
critics scored TIE author uaut.reiful1,.
Tfot. Monrad Ia careful seyf.w az 49,
play poiatea out It's literary and a~s{sfIr
qualities.
Walter we1lman. the American ,,,,.
EaIsst. has chartered NJ K. Ita.tya.s.
sealing steamer Laura for hfs r.,fs- -
pedltion 10 Franz Joseph Land Tire -
petition VIII leave TFonsoe On r. 1-th
day OF next June
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