Willmar tribune., 1899-12-06
The liberal p1atform forssyears has con-
tained b plank against the eapr6ctice @of


comforting orders ofrdecoration. Now this
plank has BEEN left out because it. was
feared that if# #Norwegiana orders were.
far more common in Norway than it's
e. m,I present ezsFsrrsa and ofvo evils tie snaler
The city of Kristiania receives three
fourths ofsxits,, fish supply from Sweden
and Denmark. In the month of October,
for instance, the consumption of Goldfish
was $4,000 fish caught in Norway and $1,000
imported from abroad. Many thrifty pa
trtots are asking themselves, Why cannot
Norway supply this market?
The storthtng is round1y criticised be-
cause most Of the paid positions in it's
gift are filled with members or ex-mem-
bers Of the storthing.
The salaries of the public school teach
ers in Tonsberg are interesting from
more than one point of view. LadyTteach-
ers, lower grade, receive from $243 TO 1851
a year, and gentlemen teachers from $37S
to $64S. 81.
The fall storms have done great dam
age in the forests of eastern Norway. In
some places almost every large spruce
and pine tree was blown down for acres
in one stretch, and the young trees were
destroyed by the big ones falling on top
of them.
A Swedish pamphlet advises the king
to turn the crown of Norway over to
one of his sons. The pamphlet is dedicat-
ed to Premier Bostrom.
The Swedes are in favor of, or even
anxious to, have a Norwegian appointed
to the consulship in Paris. But the Nor
wegians declare that this position is COM
paratively unimportant since the defeat
Of the French In the war Of 1870.
Rev. Wexelsen, the minister for eccle-
siastical affairs, is recovering from his
illness.
The committee on agriculture asks for
an extra appropriation of Sc, 500 for buying
land and planting trees in Jaderen. :.
Rev. 4. W. Erichsen was installed as
bishop of Bergen Nov 12 by the Right
Rev. Bishop Bang, of Kristiania.
The ecclesia astical department will soon
issue new rules for spelling. The general
aim of the proposed changes is to make
the spelling conform more closely to the
pronunciation. The rules were drawn up
by two college presidents and univer-
sity professor : -. :, !
/ The Lillegaarden estate in Eidanger has
been bought as a site for home for the
children of vagrants. The place is large
enough for the accommodation Of 40 chill
dren. The necessary funds for the equip
ment Of the institution will be raised by a
public lottery.
The gold reserve in the, Bank of Nor
way is down to $11,0O0,OOO.
DENMARK:
in the world than those of Denmark. This
is admitted to be largely due to the re-
markable impetus given to popular edu-
cation by the peoples high schools" At
first sight these schools look far from
practical. But they give young people a
peculiarly bright view of the world as it
is, and this optimism now proves to be of
far greater "practicar' value to the rural
population of Denmark than even the
advocates of the peoples high schools
anticipated. But the Danish farmers do
not propose to go to sleep on their laurels.
In devising means of keeping at the front
of the agricultural world they have in
vented another new kind Of school. It is
to be called 1.-The home-owner's school,"
and is modification Of the common ag-
ricultural college. The first school of
this kind is to be built near Fredriksborg
at a cost of about $4,000, but others will
be established in Fyen, Jylland and Lol-
land. Each school is to accommodate
about so students, and the course is to
last from Nov. l to Aug. l each year.
The expenses of the students are to be
betrayed by the farmers unions. During
the months of September and October
the seh6el will offer short courses to the
farmers of the neighborhood, or their
wives and children. A farm will be oper-
ated in connection with the school, af-
fording the students an opportunity to be-
come familiar with the best methods of
farming, gardening and stock raising.
Special attention will be paid to cattle,
hogs, chickens and bees. In winter the
students will devote three or four hours
a day to physical labor, and six hours to
class work; in summer, five or six hours
a day to farm work and four hours to
class work. Each school is to have four
regular teachers, and the main theoretical
branches will be botany, geology, the
nature of fertilizers, hygiene, chemistry,
physics, bookkeeping, surveying, leveling
and several common, school studies. This
institution still exists only as plan, but
the farmers of Denmark are giving it
thelr entnus'ast1c approval, and the move
is discussed in the foreign press.
The people Of the Fl hroe islands enjoyed
a golden age;t this Ammer. An abund-
ance of hay, barley, patatoes and turnips
and those engaged in Fishing have often
made from $3.50 to s5.od a day.
Johanne Kragballe trf ed her fortune as
an opera singer in Dehpark. and swe-
den. but failed TO make har mark. A few
days ago a neW "Swedish nightingale, "
Ingeborg Bollstrem,. made p great hit at
the Berlin wintergarten. A}scandinavian.
while on visit t9 the German metropo-
lis, was anxious to find ohut something
more about the n ew 'star'1 He was re-
warded for his Curiosity. lie faced an
old acquaintance.
A movement is on foot to extend the ac-
commodations of =; business Acollege in
Copenhagen that from 1000 to 1900
students may be taken care tof.A q