Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-24

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the rich agent. and he had just yield
! ed to their entreaties when Riborg
! learned to know Andersen. Now
came the turn for Rborg and An
dersen to WELD. for her father could
! brook no such thing as broken pledg-
es. She lived a happy life as the wife
of Borving. but she carefully pre-
! of Andersen. and he never forgot her,
! never became attached to any other
woman.
SWEDEN.
Several kinds of plants were sprout-
| ing, and one Was even bloSsoning in
the early part of February, in the
new cemetery at Malmo.
Fritz Fal>. an instructor at the ag-
ricultural school at Nassbo, who has
! just returned from a tour of the best
! farming communities of sout hern
| Sweden. of Denmark and of Germany,
| found that the farms of Skane are
better managed than any farms in
! Germany. excepting the country
around Madgeburg and Strassfurt;
| and that Skane is absolutely superior
to Germany, and on an equal footing
with Denmark in point of dairying
and stock raising. The question now
remains: How can the farmers of the
rest of Sweden be taught to do as
well as the farmers of SHANE?
The Swedish aeronautical society
has ordered cylindrical balloon from
firm in Augsburg, Germany. The
new balloon can be finished in about
| six weeks, and is to cost only $3.50.
! The exports of Sweden are increas.
ing at a rapid rate. as may be seen
! from the following table. in which the
exports jor 1902 and 1903 are COM
! posed: Planned lumber. cubic meters,
1902. $4,000; 1908, 100000. Finished
| building materials for 1902. $1.4S., roo;
1909. S2,204,000. Lucifer matches for
1902. $4,G75.590; 1908, 5000 900. Paper
of all kinds for 1902, S1S,77S,5 800; 1903
$22,195,620. Dry wood pulp, tons, 1902
It's, 900; 1908. 224.573. Iron ore, tons
1902, 1.719,293: 1908, 1897 Ssh. Pork
pounds, 1902, 1895, 900; 1908, 1861 900
| ,
1908, 100000. Herring, pounds
1902, 100000; 1903, 32,0Oo,OOO The
report of alcoholic liquors was only
about one-sixth as large as in previous
years and the butter export was
about $5,4OO,OO0 for each of the two
years.
Fridtjuv Berg, a prominent educat.
or, advocates thorough revision OF
the school system of Sweden At
present. the bright children OF poor
parents are doomed to leave school
at the age of thirteen and begin tc
make living by physical work. On
the other hand, dull children having
rich parents are dragged, in spite OF
themselves, through one institution
of learning after another in order
that they may be kept in the same
social class as their parents. This
is preposterous, says Mr.. Berg. The
aim of the school ought to be to as
sist each individual in finding and
occupying that position in society fol-
which he or she is naturally most
fitted.
Fierce snow storms have been rag.
ing at Riksgransen. where the Cell.
ware and Often railway crosses the
kjolen mountain ridge. At Nuolja q
house containing two men was car.
ried away by snoV slide. One OF
them was found with both legs brok-
en-, but the other had not been found
when the accident was reported.
A two weeks course of lectures on
practical farming has just been given
free of charge, to small farmers, at
the Hvilan peoples high school, at
Hvilan, Skane. Farmers using more
than so acres of land had to nay a
nominal admission fee.
About $500 has been raised for the
Aalesund fire sufferers among the
school teachers and school children
of Malmo.
The nautical society of Malmo need,
ed school ship, and bought a small
cruiser sold at public auction by the
Danish government, the price paid
being 1920.
On account of the prevalence OF
| wet weather last summer, peat litter
! (torfstro) is almost 81 luxury in south
ern Sweden this winter. Some far,
mers in Skane have imported peat
litter from 0stergotland, though the
freight charges are about SIS a car.
load.
The Swedish dentists union has
caused an examination, to be made OF
the teeth of 1898 children in differ
ent parts of the country. The average
age of the children was ia years
The whole number of permanent
teeth examined was a27. sO1, of which
6...267 vera mot sound" ~ =-. -. -.