Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-11
.SCANDIN Wan news
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS II THE FATHERLaND.
Principal tssThatH Have Occurred
IN the Old Countries About the #
North Sea Within = Week
3s o. So Just Past. III,
NlI,O!R I!;,lia q

SAAS la ~ SGO1 SAAuSs4s ~ IL OS composed
chief y Of IAN lndistinct mass Of medi-.
ocrities." The general trouble seems
to be that there are too many plain La
borers to suit the progressive element.
Even at this early date there are
thousands Of workingmen in the cities
who look forward to the coming win-
ter with grave apprehension because
their prospects for remuneratlve en-
ployment are poor. H vi
An illness which is not considered
dangerous has compelled Bjornson to
remain in bed for 3 few days.
A number Of young authors and ar
lists have commenced to raise funds
for the erection Of monument on the.
grave Of Sigbjorn Obstfelder, the poet,
the poet who died few weeks ago at
the early age Of "a years,
The retail price OF tomatoes il the
Kristiania market is 10 cents a pound.
They were raised in Norway.
a shipyard at Arendal has just
turned out new steel steamer of IL
$40 tons. It is to be employed in, the
Spanish trade and is made for carry
Ting both passengers and freight.
Kristiania seemstto be unable to con.
sumo all the vegetables raised for that
market last summer, and the bottom
has dropped out Of the prices. .8
The Kristiania board OF health has:
collected a mass Of statistics from the
life of the inhabitants Of the metrop-
oils. No figures are more interesting
than those showing the proportionate
number of births and deaths Mn the
different portions Of the city. In the
parish of Trogner, for instance, there
are only IS persons to the acre and 1874
to every 100 rooms while Grunerlok-S
ken has 178 persons to the acre and 246
to every 100 rooms. But the forces of
life seem to be more impetuous in the
most densely populated portions OF the
city. The statistics bearing on this:
particular subject are indeed curious.
The board Of health went to work and
counted all the women between the
ages Of 20 and SO years and compared
their number with the number Of
births during the year. In the parish
of Trogner there were only "a births
for every 1000 women of said ages,
while in Grunerlokken the number,
was 300. In other words, the natural
increaso by births was more than 100
per cent greater in typical ''slum"
district than in a typical fashions BILE
quarter. But the Grim Reaper almost
equalizes the difference. TheNnumber
of deaths per 1000 inhabitants being
II in Grunerlokken and in Trogner.
1t will be seen that there is still mar
gin of about 5 per cent in favor Of the
''slums," as compared with the upper
"400." The above parishes were se-
lected because they ware the extremes.
But the rule holds good throughout
the entire city. ii.
! About 60 Holland gold coins from
the 18th century were found in an ex-
cavation on the site OF an old monas-
terry in Bergen. Parts Of the ruins Of
the monastery extend under the fort.
The officers OF. a Danish squadron
which visited Kristiania met with an
extremely cordial reception. After re-
turning to Denmark they expressed
their appreciation and gratitude IT. a
letter to the Swedish minister Of for
eign affairs. This did not please the
Norwegians, who claim that Sweden
had nothing to do with the affair.
King Oscar decorated the Duke Of
Abruzzi with the Swedish order Of the
Seraphim. He did this in Norway,
and many Norwegians feel sore be-
cause the duke did not receive the
Norwegian order Of st. Olaf. 81
Many fields of grain even in the
southern part Of the country were un-
cut up to the 18th Of September.
What had been cut was quite satisfac-
tory in all respects. The potato crop
is expected to be rather light, because
the growth Of the vines was badly.
checked by early frost. Isl
"A cablegram from London gives out.
the improbable story that Fridt jof
Nansen and the Duke of Abruzzi have
agreed to undertake q joint expedition
into the North Pole regions.
b The mackerel catch in the North
sea has been fairly good. In many
cases the fishermen have made 1925 q
week, or even more. 5&i
NIX - NC hT1SIlduAd 8sSWOmduS suffrage
union has provided for instruction ia
dressmaking, and class Of eleven
has just finished a course. # 81 m & 81
The total imports during the months
of January to July were about 81, OOO.--
600 above those Of the corresponding
period in 1899; but the increase of the
exports was almost 81, DOC, 600, making
the balance Of trade more favorable to
Norway s#S u A
sfs iss SWEDEN. 4. 3 III
The railway DEPARTMENT has granted
licenses to ~ certain parties to sell
liquor in dining cars on the line run-
ming between Stock holm and Maine
An interesting work Of sculp ture has.
been found in q house at 81 Regerings-
gatan, Stock olm. IL represents the:
genius Of death leading young
woman into the abode Of the dead. 81 II
IS made Of pure white marble, and the
figures are 81 life-size. Strange as it
may seem, no one knows where Or by
~ HON il was made. But the paper IN
which the find was wrapped is said to
be similar that used il Italy about 100