Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-12
GOSSIP FROM:
SCANDINAVIA:
DENMARK.
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The United Danish Steamship Com
pany has sold it's three new steamers
which have been plying between the
Baltic countries, and France, the pur-
chaser being a new French company
called "France-Baltique," which has
a capital stock of 100000. The
Danish company received $4,000 for
each of the three steamers.
The vicinity of Herring, Upland,
was visited by night frost about the
middle of July. The root crops were
damaged, and the tops of the potato
vines were killed on low ground.
There was a northeast breeze at the
aame
Magnificent crops are expected in
Denmark. The hay crop is secured,
and it is considerably above the
average. The weather is favorable to
a rich aftermath. Fine harvest
weather is all that is needed for the
grain crops. The farmers agree that
they never had such fine crops since
the seventies. The root crops could
not look more promising.
An old farmer and his wife took
q walk the other evening to Prince
Christians summer mansion at
Marselisborg, Upland. The prince
happened to ride past the place at the
same time. His dog, upon seeing the
old folks bowling and waving their
hats and handkerchiefs to the prince,
rushed upon them, tearing the farm
er's pants and running his teeth into
the calf of his leg. The prince i'm
mediately jumped down from his
horse and approached the peasant,
who became so excited that he scarce
ly knew what had happened. The
prince legged the farmer to excuse
the dogs assault upon him and invit-
ed the old couple TO breakfast at the
mansion. AS soon as they arrived at
the mansion a bandage was placed
on the wounded limb, and the pants
down at the breakfast and chatted
while with the old couple, deploring
the incidenv with the dog and giving
the injured man $1.35 on account of
his suffering. The old couple was
finally directed to go to the secretary
of the prince to receive pay for the
damage done by the dog. "How much
is it?" said the secretary. -Four dol
lars" the farmer replied. "You ought
to ask FIVE" his wife whispered in
his ear. He amended his first esti-
mate, and in few minutes the old
farmer and his wife walked away
with SIS from the princes Golfers,
telling their acquaintance of the
splendid deal which they had made.
The Seventh Scandinavian Christian
Students convention was held at
Soro, Denmark About 600 students
had applied for admission, but only
$50 could be cared for at Soro,
tants. About 100 of the delegates
were ladies. There was striking
contrast between this and other great
conventions; there were no violent
demonstrations, but everything and
everybody seemed to be carried on
a deep under-current of perennial joy.
1t was a Christian convention in deed
as well as IN name.
SWEDEN.
Good news for people interested IN
affairs aeronautical. The loss of
"Svenske," the balloon that had the
impudence to blow away at an un-
guarded moment last winter, cast
gloom over the friends of aeronau-
ii cal sports, and an attempt to pro-
cure new balloon failed for lack of
funLs. But there will be a new bal
loon after all. Seven persons have
banded themselves together for the
purpose of procuring one independ-
emily of the aeronautical society. It
will be made by the Hamburg firm
that manufactured the first one, and
it is expected to be ready in the
course of August. The size of it will
be 1000 cubic meters, or two-thirds
of that or the old one. It has al
ready been decided to call the new
ballon "Svenske H." Captain Unge,
who made an international reputation
by his experiments with me lost bal
loon, is interested in the new one,
and it goes almost without saying
that he will be in charge of it. There
will be no friction between the con-
cern that has ordered the new bal
loon and the aeronautical society.
The Swedish Blue Ribboners have
just neld their eighteenth annual
meeting at Jonkoping. About rs
delegates were in attendance.
.. Persian or Armenian beggar was
apfrehended as vagrant near Ore
bro. He must have been doing a
thriving business, for he had 500 in
pocket money and 5000 closed up in
the soles of his shoes.
The government has given a favor
able reply to a request from citi-
zens of Kristianstad to have surveys
made for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether it would be practicable
to construct a canal between Kristian-
Stad and Illus.
Bishop Billing has announced that