Willmar tribune., 1902-09-17
nte1est1ng Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
s<ancApaA Events That Have Occnrr.d
the Old Countries About tho
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past.
FINLAND.

superior officer wished to see them
1he manuscript was handed to the
"pPi'eaht OF course, and the author
never saw it again! But subseouent
~ ~ appeared in print as the produc-
tioh OF Russian officer. This officer
was promoted by virtue of the publi
catlon OF the valuable document, and
the real author, in fit of desDond
ency, handed in his resignation. This
was accepted without the grant of 2
pension. The man who was thus rob-
oeo OF the fruits Of his labors is now
working in factory.
Inc cats are so numerous in the
public parks of Abo that the citv
council has resolved to set traps for
them. Their greatest mischief is the
killing of birds.
DENMARK.
k'ng George of Greece passed
through Denmark on his way to st.
Petersburg.
Mr.. Gron. Copenhagen merchant,
donated 2,7OO to the Red Cross society
on the occasion of his golden we'd
ding.
Ihe rats have been a perfect pest
at the house of j. Sorensen of Karlbv.
One morning when his wife woke she
found that the rats had completely
eaten away the face of her three
months-old baby. The poor creature
was still alive, but it expired before
the physician arrived.
An international students conven-
tlon at Soro was attended by repre-
sentatives from 27 different nations.
n summer school for Englishmen is
being conducted in Denmark during
the closing days of August. In the
prospectus it is called "A Summer
Holiday in Denmark" The aim of
this new experiment is to attract
scholarly tourists and to spread the
knowledge of Danish art, culture,
language and history in England.
Prof. Pontoppidan has written
book on THE Typical Criminal" The
author holds that certain families are
criminally inclined, and that no
amount of education will wholly re-
move this inclination.
ter to the Danish peace society. prom
ises to avail himself of every oppor-
tunity to have Denmark adopt def
mite policy of permanent neutrality,
either alone or in conjunction with
Sweden and Norway.
The state of Denmark has placed a
new ferry on the line between Hell
s;ngfor and Helsingborg. 1t il 1T
feet long and SO feet wide.
SWEDEN.
Prof. Juhlin-Dannfelt, the secre-
tary of the agricultural academy, who
has Travelled extensively in Sweden
this summer, is somewhat afraid that
night frosts may injure the small
grain before it gets ripe. His appre-
hension is due chiefly to the fact that
the ground has never been thoroughly
heated during the summer.
Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg,
as we'll as Princess Thyra, recently
paid visit to Premier Bostrom of
Ostana. After dinner, to which some
OF the most prominent men of Sweden
had been invited, the party took
drive to the Nira factories.
Stockholmsbladet thinks it wou1o
be Humiliation to Sweden to es-
tablish separate consular service for
Norway, aod some of the other Swe-
dish papers are lukewarm in their
support of the great change proposed
by the consular service committee.
The farmers around Ortofta. Skane,
without making any noise about it.
have been using peat as fuel for some
time past because it is cheaper than
any other kind of fuel. Peat is also
used at some creameries and starch
factories.
The name Of the balloon with which
Captain Unge crossed, the Baltic sea
is Svenske (Swede). It is stated that
another trip will be attempted in the
near future. Captain Unge or Engi-
neer Franckel will be at the head of
the next expedition.
The farmers of southern Sweden
are paying lower wages this summer
than they have done for years past,
an able-bodied man receiving from
40 to so cents a day during the busi-
est season. In some instances labor
ers have offered to work for the
board till harvest time in order to be
sure of work during that season for
reasonable pay. This condition is due
chiefly to the general decentralization
of the building trades in the cities.
When laborers can obtain no work in
the city they must go either into the
country or to America.
Kristian Nilsson, school teacher
at East Sallerup, is supposed to be
the only Swede who is still studying
Volapuk in dead earnest and who be-
lieves that it has great future. For
twelve years Mr.. Nilsson has busted
himself with this language, and after
passing numerous examinations he
has at last been formally made PRO
fessor of Volapulz." He is also
member of the academy of Volapuk.
Prof. Rudin, a member of the Swed-
.ish academy, has expressed as his
conviction, that it is not proper for a
clergyman to attend the Stockholm
theatres. .
The account which DR.. Sven Hedin
has written of his latest trip through
central Asia will be published in half
a dozen languages at the same time.
He will receive a royalty of $4,000 for
the Swedish edition.
The electric railway system of
Gothenburg is almost completed, and
trial runs have proved it to work in
a satisfactory manner 1t will be