Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-04-04

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French aeronaut, has a novel theory
about the failure Of Andree's North
Pole expedition. He thinks the drag
ropes in passing along the rough ice
we're thrown from side to side, as we'll
as up and down, with such violence as
to give an irregular motion to the bal
loon and even injure it, and in effect
Ing landing the men might suddenly
be dashed to death against the ice.
The reader should bear in mind that
Andree's regular drag ropes were fas-
tened to the balloon in such manner
that they were detached and left Oh
the ground when the balloon had as
cended a few rods. But he had re-
serve ropes in the car of the balloon,
and he may have met his death BY
using these in attempting to effect
landing. 49,
Twenty-Five members of the second
chamber of the .riksdag called upon
the king and implored him to see that
something be done to prevent the pass
ing away of the class of independent
farmers in the northern part of the
country. The trouble is due to the
purchase of vast tracts of land by rich
lum bering companies
A prize offered by the department OF
agriculture for the best text book on
physics to be used at the lower grades
of agricultural colleges has been
awarded to Profs. Westerberg, Hen
ming and Timberg. at the Ultima
agricultural institute,
A prominent politician a few days
ago called upon the crown prince by
request, and the latter expressed him.
self in favor of extending the right OF
voting along the general lines agreed
upon by the united liberal party.
A farmers daughter from the north
ern part of the province of Kalmar is
sane On most subjects. She thinks,
however, that she is destined to marry
a clergyman. But as the young clergy
of Sweden do not look at the matter
in the same light, she is travelling
through the country, proposing to one
young clergyman after another.
The railway department has in
structed civil engineer to calculate
the available power of waterfall on
government poor farm at Laholm,
with the view of eventually using it
for electric traction on the West Coast
railway.
The riksdag has voted down a bill
by which it was proposed to have the
members of the second chamber elect
ed directly by the voters instead of by
electors as at present.
The riksdag has voted 81, 4s5, 900 for
rolling stock for the government rail-
roads, and So, 500, 600 for the continual
ton of work on the new Gellivare rail-
road.
/ Mrs. S"ndbers, the wife of the late
archbishop. has permitted the direct
| ors of the students library at Upsala
| to take from his private library what
ever works may be needed to complete
partial sets of literary works already
belonging to the former library.
A hand reaper and mower has been
invented by a blacksmith in Norrbot-
ten. The machine, which can easily
be opera ted by one man, performs as
much labor as four or five men with
scythes. 1t is especially adapted for
use on wet or rough ground. The
price of the machine will be less than
$25. A syndicate has been organized
in Stockholm for the purpose of manu-
featuring the machine on large
scale
The Heimdal Students society OF
Upsala has called convention for the
discussion Of popular education. It
will be held at Upsala about the mid
die of May