Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19

master obtained new driver, and he
was Dane" Then the paper faces
about and reads the riot act to the
Norwegian girls: 1.-THE craze among
the farmers daughters is to become
teachers. though teachers wages are
very low in farming communities. On
the other hand, plain homework COM
mands very high wages. But it seems
as though servant girls are worth their
weight in gold. 1t is no longer rare
that well-to-do families hire servant
girls in Sweden or Denmark, or even
in Germany, pay them high wages and
travelling expenses, and are glad at
that, for else they would have to give
up housekeeping entirely. The watch
word here is an easy job but in other
countries the main thing is "a good
job This is an exceedingly unsound
state of things, and it may lead to very
serious consequences. It may come to
this, that the foreigners conquer US
with the spade and the hoe, but in that
case we deserve no better treatment"
Incomplete reports from Lofeten say
that IS fishermen lost their lives in a
recent storm. and that the cod fishing
of the season is failure.
The jubilee gift to the king now ex-
ceeds $4,000. The whole amount will
be devoted to the esta blishment of a
retreat for deformed and crippled Nor
wegians.
The present session of the storthing
will close in the latter part of May.
New wooden mills will be built near
Bodo and at Harstad
The banquet given to Ibsen was the
largest and most brilliant in the his
tory of Norway. No wonder the 10
year-old poet made little speech. The
most interesting point in his speech
was that he intends to write a sort of
autobiography, and that he looks upon
the time to be consumed in writing
that work as vacation.
The habit of securing formal title to
a worthless patch of ground in order
to be entitled to vote at national cleo
tions is Internationally characterized
as 'deceit" and ''treachery" by Nor
genbladet
The labor union of Kristiania is in a
very prosperous condition. The re-
ceipts for the past year were 81. 500,
and the expenses about $500 less; the
assets amount to $32, 900, and the total
mem bership is 2,46O. The library of
the union contains over 5000 Volumes
The Norwegian press declares that
the Spaniards would have no show IN
tussle with Uncle Sam.
The government has ordered five
rapid firing guns for Fort Oscarsborg
from the Armstrong company.
Prof. Axel Johannessen has been ap-
pointed honorary member of the Pedi-
atric society of Moscow.
Vigorous efforts are being made to
have the different political parties
unite in joint 18th of May celebra-
ton in Kristiania.
About one thousand fishermen caused
serious disturbance at Stamsune,
shooting gallery and store being the
chief objects of their hatred. The re-
port says that the rioters were sober,
which indicates that the row was
really an anti whisky rebellion.
1t will cost a little over 800, 600 to
run the city government of the city of
Skien during the current year.
The Methodist Sisters Home in Kris
tiania expects to receive ah appropri-
alton from the storthing on condition
that the city may use the hospital in
case of epidemics or war.
The traffic on the state railways was
from Is to 80 per cent heavier for the
first quarter of the present year than
for the corresponding period of last
year.
DENMARK.
On Ocforro1o ~