Willmar tribune., 1900-09-19

a composition written By Bjornson
while attending school at the age Of
ninetween has just been made public.
The heading is rather long, but it
amounts to this: The Aim of Life.
The writer takes an idealistic view OF
life, often referring to the body as
something far inferior to the mind.
The Bible is also alluded to in support
of this idealism. The language is
trivial and knotty, and nothing indi-
Gates the power and the dazzling
splendor of the style of the Bjornson
of immortal fame.
The records Of the public labor bu-
reau of Kristiania show that the num-
Der of those wanting employment is
far in excess of the demand for labor.
The king and queen are expected to
make a visit to Norway in the early
part of October, and later on they will
be followed by the crown prince,
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prince Carl and
Princess Ingeborg, and possibly the
crown princess. During their stay in
Kristiania Prince Gustaf Adolf will
swear fealty to the constitution of
Norway in the presence of the stor-
thing.
II. j. Horst, Leftist, has been re-
elected as member of the storthing
from Tromso and Bodo.
Prof. Fridtjof Nansen has returned
from three weeks scientific expedi-
tion to the northern Atlantic ocean.
He made many valuable discoveries.
Akers Mekaniske Verksted, Kristi.
ania, has completed passenger steam
er of new type for the Bergen Steam
ship company. It is made so strong
that it may be converted into cruiser
on short notice in case of war. Its
name is Astraa, its speed between IS
and 16 knots. In times of peace the
steamer will run regularly between
Bergen and Hammerfest.
The following is ''news" in more
than one sense. The Russian consul
at Hammerfest has complained to the
Russian legation at Stockholm that
the Norwegians are catching fish too
close to the Russian coast, and that
they sell their products in Russian
markets. He also claims that Norwe-
gian Films, who are Norwegian SUBJ
jects, pose as Finlanders, thereby de-
irving benefits which they could not
enjoy as acknowledged Norwegian
subjects.
Election returns from Bodo: Leftists,
231 votes; Rightists, IS. Three years
ago the numbers were 161 and 62 re-
spectively.
The fall in the rivers of Norway is
so great that by building dams wher7
ever there is chance and utilizing
the cataracts, Norway could furnish
motive power for one-half of the man
ufacturing establishments of Europe.
And no smoke, either.
The Rightists carried Maaso by a
vote of 2S4 against IA.
Henrik Ibsen has been indisposed
for some time, but he is recovering
and is taking regular walks in the
open air.
Part of the drilling of the cavalry
consists in crossing fjords or rivers
where the horse cannot reach the bot
tom for some distance. This expert
ment is very trying for both man and
horse the first time, but afterwards it
is only exciting sport.
The telephone line between Kris
tiania and Trondhjem will be COM
pleted in November.
The visit of the German cadet ship,
at Kristiania gave. rise to
comical mistakes on the part of those
high in authority. The Germans did
not begin to fire salutes until they
had anchored, which is said to be con-
trary to good manners in military cir
cles. And when they did fire they
gave salute of only thirteen guns,
while Fort Akershus is entitled to
twenty-one. This puzzled the Nor
wegians at the fort. But they thought
they found way out of the difficulty
and gave salute of thirteen on the
common-sense principle.
Shortly afterwards it was discovered
that the Germans had saluted the col
ors of the vice admiral of the Danish
man-of-war, Helgoland, which was
in the harbor. The Nor
wegians, therefore, had made a
blunder. But they were not the only
ones that blundered in this saluting
business. Upon entering the Kris
tiania ford the Germans saluted
Fort Oscarsborg with twenty-one
guns, but taking this and Fort
Akersburg to belong to the same sys-
TEN, they did not propose to salute
the latter at all. When they found out
that the two forts were wholly inde-
pendent they fired twenty-one cannon
in honor of Akershus. This embar-
rassed the Norwegian warriors at
Akershus a second time. They re-
resorted to a new makeshift. Instead
of firing twenty-one guns they fired
only eight, which added to the other
thirteen, made twenty-one in all!
Verify. military etiquette does some
times puzzle even the knowing ones.
F1TZ KNOCKED THEM OUT.
HAvera ,o,rohor of ro,,rd- 70 - l-~1.,.