Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-27
King Oscar has selected Prof. F. A.

hlnS oscar mas selected fIOI. r. a.
Johansson of the University of Lund
to write new catechism, or perhaps
we should say new book to take
the place of the catechism used in the
common school of Sweden. The pub
lie. is not in the dark as to what may
be expected of Pro. Johansson, for at
the last ecclesiastical convention he
made clear statement of his obiec-
tions to the old book, and also gave
hints as to the character of a. book
that he had in mind. Of the old book
he said: 1T is too prolix, the subject
matter is often too abstract, and is
given in forms which are not simple
and ineligible enough. The old d.
vision into five main parts is mechan-
ical and illogical, and makes it more
difficult to grasp the contents, be-
c.ouding the organic connection be-
tween the contents of the different
portions" AS to the proposed new
book he said on the same occasion:
1T must be brief, without questions
and answers, and should be arranged
for different courses. 1t ought to
be arranged in some systematic order
which permits the pupil to see the
different parts of the subject.matter
in their internal connection. More
over, it should reproduce the concrete
thoughts of the Bible to degree, ad
herring closely to Bible history. It
must also remain true to our pro-
fession of faith, and for that reason
it must include Luther's smaller cate
chism. Finally, it must be modern in
the sense of embodying the religious
and ethical elements of christianity,
as they are indeed experienced and
understood at our times" This is
surely clear enough. Prof. Johansson
is said to be we'll equipped for the
highly delicate task assigned to him
by the highest authority of the land.
The Templars, a national temper
ance organization, held it's annual
meeting in Malmo. The organization
has 50,777 members. No less than
142 local societies have meeting
houses of their own. There was
balance of $4,000 in the treasury.
A lot of property was found at the
picious circumstances, but it was no
easy matter to prove him guilty of
stealing, because no one claimed the
property. A detective put on a coat
of striking appearance which was
among the goods, and thus rugged
out he began to move about in the
thoroughfares of the city. He had
plenty of time, and he tried to keep
himself where he could be seen by
many people. All of a sudden a man
bounced upon him and said: 'This is
my coat!" and ordered the nearest
policeman to arrest the supposed
thief. The surprise of the owner of
the coat was great when the police
man congratulated the supposed
thief upon mis- success. But it did not
take long to explain the matter, and
the thief will no doubt be made to re-
turn his ill-gotten goods.
All but two of the provincial au-
tnorities of Sweden are in favor of
doubling the amount to be exempted
in the form of personal property
| when a person is sued for debt. The
proposition is to raise the amount
from $20.25 to $4,000.
Two private companies are offering
ground for sale to the government
for building an electric power plant
at the Trollhattan waterfalls.
There is considerable friction with
in the ranks of the Social Democrats
of Stockholm on account of the arbi-
trary methods OF some of the lead
erS.
NORWAY.
A small church building at Plad-
| sen, on the Frysil river, not far from
the Swedish boundary line, was
struck by lightning at nine o'clock in
the evening. Many who were work
ing on the road happened to be stop
ping close by, and they worked a
big pump and had plenty of water,
but they did not succeed in putting
out the fire. Most of the fixtures
were saved. The building was an
octangular log house, and there was
an insurance of $4,000 on it. The
following Sunday the services were
held in the churchyard.
The department. of war suggested
to the commanding general that he
consider the advisab ility of instruct
ing the officers Of the army to join
the volunteer rifle clubs and encour-
age sharpshooting in general. In
pursuance to this suggestion the com.
handing general has issued a circu-
lar in which he discusses the impor-
lance of training in the use of fire.
arms, and urges the officers of the
army to encourage tho work of the
rifle clubs and to induce as many sol.
diers as possible, especially the com.
ing recruits, to join the clubs. In
order to insure cooperation between
the rifle clubs and the army, the of.
ficers themselves are advised to join
all clubs where there are such OF
organize new ones. The officers are
finally instructed to let the clubs
have the benefit of being trained, OF
at least guided in their work, by the
officers.
At a safer (mountain pasture) be-
tween Solli and Lilleelvedal two lit.
tie girls carried some old straw from
a bed out on a marsh and set fire
to it. The fire soon passed beyond
the control OF the girls, and It could
not be stopped until it mad swept a
considerable portion of mountainous
country.
Amtman Ullman has sold his farm
Utgard at Seljord to Jacob Naadland
principal of the Peoples High school,
for $3.50.
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