Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19
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= 49,. - DENMARK.
Holger Drachmann, the poet, is suf-
fering from nervous debility, and he
has resolved to stay some time at
Middelfart, where he will be treat
ed by DR.. LANCE. He needs rest more
than anything else.
> The labor unions of Aarhus have
resolved to instruct the Socialists not
to take part in the elections of
church councils.
A wooden stable in Vendsyssel blew
down on top of 1913 COWS, but not one
of the animals was seriously injured.
The Danish fishermen began to use
oil motors on their fishing smacks
a few years ago, and the change
proved to be so satisfactory that sail
boats are already looked upon by the
fishermen as back numbers. The oil
motor enables the fisherman to 20
anywhere even in the deadest calm,
and when he sees the approaching
storm he can make a dash for the
shore and save his life, which only
too often was impossible when sails
were depended upon. The rate at
which oil motors are introduced in
this branch may be- inferred from
the one fact that single factory
furnished 10s motors for fishing
smacks during the past eight months.
Swedish and Norwegian fishermen
have just commenced to follow the
example set by their Danish cousins.
NORWAY.
To Swedish reporter who inter-
viewed Bjornson at Aulestad, the
poet said: II am Socialist, and I
think al right-minded people ought
to be so; for no one can claim, it
seems to me, that the present social
order is as it ought to be. But it may
be assumed that the ideals fitting
before the minds of the Social Demo-
Gratis. of our day are not the final
ones. OF that we know nothing. I
would use Gambetta's words: We
may keep on discussing as to what
Socialism is; but one thing is certain,
namely, that when the reforms that
we need at the present time shall
have been achieved, one after anoth.
er, the socialistic state will be here.
I would say that the Norwegian labor
movement demands too much at once.
What have particularly in mind at
this moment is the proposition to in
sure the whole people. The realizar
ton of this plan at the present time
would overtax the financial resources
of the country, and surely cause q
reaction which would be a serious
handicap to the development of lib
eral institutions. Nothing is more
dangerous than reaction, for ii
weighs like an incubus on all positive
work for a great length of time. Re-
action in politics may be compared
with reaction in business life. It
gives rise to a general discourage
ment, everybody is afraid to risk
anything, and those who have re-
sources at their disposal will timidly
withdraw so as not to expose them
selves to adventurous schemes. The
friends of the labor movement, there.
fore, can never serve their cause more
poorly than when they make unrea-
sonable demands"
A waiter in Kristiania restaurant
borrowed a continuance for register.
ing the number of steps he walked
in day. He put the register into his
pocket and started to work at g
o'clock in the morning, and when he
stopped his days work 80 minutes
after midnight, he was astonished to
find that he had taken 99,199 steps.
BY averaging the length of the steps
he found that he had walked 40
(English) miles. The man works only
4 days week in the restaurant; but
still the distance which he covers in
one year is practically equal to the
axis of the earth. The restaurant in
which he works is not big one.
One. of the most striking features
of the elections was the development
of Socialism in the north. Tromso
and Narvik have socialistic and Fin
marken shows Radical majority. In
Nordland there are many socialistic
electors, and also in the great peas
ant districts in the heart of the coun.
try. In the Western districts most
of the towns are Conservative. Ber-
gen, which was Radical twenty years
ago, has become Conservative; SO
have Trondhjem, Stavanger and Kris
iania. It is considered on the whole
that the elections show that the Nor
wegians believe policy of modera-
ton best calculated to promote the
special interests of Norway and tho
general welfare of Scandinavia.
Miss LIE Claire, an American lady,
who is stopping in Norway, has given
her views on the dramas of Ibsen in
the following terms: 'Ibsen is mag
nificent. place him above Shakes
peare. Ibsen takes up greater prob
lens, looks more at the general hui
man woes, the working humanity,
He is the greatest dramatist that ev.
er ived."~ Miss lie Claire had noticed
that in America Ibsen is better I'M,
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