Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

DIR. Appelof has written an article
on sea serpents in fresh water and the
burden of his argument is that there
are no serpents in the lakes of Scan
dinavia, not even Big Lake, Sweden.
The supposed serpents, he claims, are
| trunks of trees or masses of weeds
and other vegetable matter. These
objects have been lying on the bottom
when suddenly accumulated gases be-
meath them are released, and as the
gases rush up the everything objects
are also carried to the surface of the
water. DR.. Appellof refers to the ex-
perienc of the Roalkvam bathers. who
completely disproved the existence of
They saw horrid looking mass rising
to the surface of the lake. Instead of
waiting for it's disappearance they
jumped into a boat and rowed out to
| it. 1t actually looked like huge SER
pent, but it proved to be a mass of
bark, sawdust and other rubbish
firmly held together by weeds.
Miss Ellen Key, Swedish author
and lecturer, has just issued a pamph-
let in which she scores those Swedes
who are in favor of perpetuating the
union by force of arms. Such a
course, she maintains, would be no
more justifiable than the course of
Russia in Finland and that of Germany
in South Upland.
The work of P. A. Munich, the great
historian, will receive attention in two
new books. One of them is to be a
comprehensive biography by one of
| his daughters, and the other will be a
collection of letters edited by Prof.
Gustav Storm.
The leading tobacco manufacturer
in Kristiana pays $3.50, 900 a year in
internal revenue.
Several vessels in Stavanger were de-
tanned several days because sufficient
| number of sailors could not be OBJ
! tanned.
The Norwegians are bound to disa-
gree. Many liberals are already get
ting tired of their chief, Premier
Steen. and some of the most outspoken
liberal papers even suggest that more
vigorous" man should be put at the
head of the government. But Just in
the nick of time many of the moderates
and conservatives are facing about and
supporting the Steen cabinet. So the
sweet harmony of disc6rd remains I'M
disturbed.
DENMARK.
The Anglo-American magazine for
May contains an article on "Prussia's
War Against Danish Servant Girls"
The legs of d table are not often
used as slips to start trees from. But
a family living in damp cellar in Co.
penhagen have been led to make that
attempt. In short, they obtained a
table, the legs of which were made of
willow branches, and to their constern-
alton fresh sprouts appeared near the
top of the table. They encouraged
the phenomenon by placing the legs in
water, and the sprouts grew so fast
that the top of the table had to be re-
moved. But this was not all. Roots
grew out of the lower ends of the legs,
| and they were covered with earth, so
that the whilom piece of furniture is
in very fair way to become live
tree. Our authority winds up the &C.
count by stating that the most remark
able feature of the story is that it is
absolutely true.
The crown prince and his family
have taken up headquarters for the
summer season at borg cas-
! tie.
On the Monday after Whitsunday
about 10000 people in Copenhagen
travelled by rail to the parks and re-
sorts in the neighborhood of the city.
The Klampenborg railway alone car
ried $1,000 passengers. On the same
day the geological gardens were visited
by $4,000 people. !
Christoffer Bech, student, has writ
| ten a sensational book about the life
of the students. The account is so d.
! rect and pointed that it has led to the
expulsion of four students from Wal
kendorfs Collegium. The author has
received the express approval of his
move by the professors.
| The stockholders of the United
Brewing company of Copenhagen, by a
large majority. have refused to en-
dorse the management of the affairs
of the company, and the executive
committee at once announced it's in
tention to resign.
Eight persons were killed by an ex-
! plosion at the arsenal on the Refshale
Way in Copenhagen. The victims were
engaged in filling cartridges, and it is
supposed that one of them did not han.
die the dangerous explosives with tho
proper care. The whole building was
leveled to the ground, and the bodies
of the dead were shockingly mutt
lated. The exact origin of the explo-
sion will never be known.
Copenhagen has about 5000 cyclists.
A report to the effect that the health
of the king is poor has no foundation
in fact. His majesty is in excellen;
| health.