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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04

OF northern vitality seem never to feel
blase. are able to keep up the merrtment
for what to US more nervous folk seems
IN interminable length of time. All
through the holidays the greeting is gaily,
called out: ''Glaedelig Jul o. godt N.Y.
taar" MERRY Christmas and Happy New
Year,. After the thirteenth day Of re-
joicing there comes lull Of a week, and
then a grand finale:
'Tyvende dag Kunt
Danser julie I'd"
(The twentieth day Canuts
Dances Yule out.)
Each land in which Christmas is cele-
brated possesses its own legends ana
mythical patron or ogre Of the season
In Denmark there is a wondrous crea-
ton known as the Lubbock" or "Klap-
per-Bock," which is built up of long
pole at one end Of which is attached Z
beasts head covered with a goat skin.
1t is the duty of the dreadful lubbock
to butt children that have been naughty
or ill-behaved
In Norway it used to be the custom
(and may be now in some portions OF the
country to set out a cake in the snow
as Christmas Offering to some power or
other. In Denmark and Sweden the
"Ju1-klapp" christmas box) has long
been quite an institution, it being the
custom to encase ones presents in Q
comical fashion-a tiny gift in q huge
bale, etc.-and have it hurled into tho
room by mysterious messenger Some
times the messengers were masked.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
FINLAND

The majority of the SPECIAL commit
tee of the Finnish landtdag, appointed
to report on the petition that steps be
taken to re-establish the Finnish con-
stitution, has reported in its favor, the
landtdag leaving it to Emperor Nicho-
las to initiate the measures necessary
to the re-establishment of the consti-
tutional administration and legal or
der of things in Finland" The mi
nority recommends that the emperor
submit to the landtdag as soon as pos
sible new form of government, based
on lines that have hitherto proved sat
isfactory, and that the decree of April
2, 1908, be Immediately repealed, as
well as the coercive measures taken
against communes and individuals.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04

romances are being related by the heal
OF the family round the bronze hibachl.
the servants may sit and listen at a dis
Greet distance, laughing and comment
ing on the story as freely as their s,,-
periors.
IN the morning, when the master of the
house goes of to business, it is etiquette
Tor the servants as well as his wife to
hurry to the door to speed his departure.
In the morning the servants greet their
master or mistress with the expression.
"O-Hayo!" cit is honorable early.") In
the afternoon. with "Konnichiwa!"
cTo-day!"), and in the evening with
"komban wal" ("This evening!")
Foreigners who reside in japan usu-
ally pay their servants board wages. and
allow them to feed themselves, but this
IS not the custom in native house of a
well-to-do class, where house steward
Is always kept to do the shopping. look
after the servants, guard his mistress
interests and his own, and generally run
the establishment. He is q person If
great Importance, and, of course. Of a.
much higher class than the kuramava ar
the betto (horse groom). if one is kept.
for these two. like their western brothers
OF the stables, generally drink and GAM
BILE away the greater part of their wages.
Personal cleanliness is virtue all jan
anese servants possess. It is no unusua,
thing for a servant to apologize for not
having had time to take q bath more than
three times that day.
NO Japanese servant is so wanting IN
good breeding as to give direct notice +,
ner mistress. Nothing is direct in Jan.
an. for their language does not contain
the word mo" Nor does mistress On
hiring new servant, tell her to her face
that she will not suit her. A polite ex.
cuse has to be sent to her through third
party. When q servant wishes to leave
she asks to visit q sick relative. when
the date for her returning arrives mae-
nincently worded apology is sent. saving
that the relative is dead and she cannnt
De spared to leave her home. When 4
servant IL rebuked or scolded he must
smile like Cheshire cat. This etiouetta
IN smiles is very misleading at first. I
often used to think that Taxi. nv rik.ha
boy. meant to be impertinent when ha
insisted on smiling while / was anrrv
with him, but when he told mo Of tha
death OF h1s little child with q burst Of
laughter l knew that this was only ona
of the curious details Of etiquette in this
topsy-truvJ land.
DOUGLAS 81 ADHM
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
TOURIST In Japan naturally

~ COnSAueTaDIy nlGner than
that of a small tradesman. A
Japanese housemaid, for instance, would
not consider that she was lettering her
SELF by marrying the son of a tradesman,
or going into business" as she would in
America. for domestic service in japan
has always been roanked higher than
trade, which until lately was considered
by all Japanese means of living with
which no self-respecting man should soil
his hands. The tourist in Japan. unless
he has introductions to American resi-
dents in the country, can therefore only
judge Japanese servants by the rather
rough and ready class of men who have
learned sufficient pidgin English to un-
derstand the wishes and orders Of their
ofttimes changed masters. The travel
er soon picks up enough pidgin japanese
to make himself understood by his bed
room boy. whose pidgin English is only
skin deep. Pidgin. Prof Chamberlain
says. Is merely corruption form of the
word business. Hotel servants and
boarding house servants, be they Asiat-
les or Europeans. are pretty much the
same all the world over. They are what
their tips" make them: whereas private
servants in Japan are what their hearts
and breeding make them. For even
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
raised aloft a Christmas dinner for the
little birds that live in the cold snow
FEEDING THE BIRDS.

raised a1oft Christmas dinner for the
little. birds that live in the cold snow
without"
Which illustrates the kindness OF
heart and love Of animals Unborn in the
Swedish nature. And that they are a
jovial, social folk as well as tender
hearted, is evidenced by the overflow
ing hospitality reigning during the days
Of Jul" Feasting and drinking, gift
making, games. music, the daysare filled
with merriment, and the nights. It is
q season when the farmer can lay toll
aside for a while the crops are in, the
long, monotonous winter stretches be-
fore him. It Is the time to gather kin
dsed and friends about the board, time
to sing and time to dance. For weeks
before the ushering in of the gala days
all hands about a farm have been busy
in making ready; particular attention
has been paid to the brewing of the
"jule Oh" christmas ale), an ale that
is always given a little extra strength,
an concerning which quantity must be
allowed for as we'll as Quality-fo1
every one that enters is expected to take
draught. The drinking vessels are OF
q size, come tankards and wooden cups
holding quite a gallon.
AS every visitor is expected to eat, too
the preparations in the way of cooking
are carried on on large scale. Du
Chaillu, in his Land of the Midnight
Sum-" tells Of the good things offered
In his ume-the larder is well stocked:
fish, birds and venison are kept in re-
serve; the best "spige KIDD" (dry NUT
ton, or either beef or mutton sausage) Is
now brought forward: calf or sheep Is
slaughtered, and as the day draws near
waters and cakes are made" A very
popular Christmas feast throughout
Sweden to-day Is that consisting Of lut-
fish with sauce and potatoes, rice por-
ridge with cinnamon and cream. and
roast goose.
Even the poorest home makes some
show Of Christmas preparation; even
the poorest person spends trife to
buy bunch OF oats for the gift to the
birds. It is beautiful sight to see the
bird beneflciaries circling down to get
their Christmas offering, and in the be-
slowing of the sweet charity both young
and old unite. The farm creatures get
double portions now. Christmas ia en-
joyed by both man and beast.
During the Yule tide servile labor IS
dispensed with as much as possible; the
whole land rests from toll. And tho
rest is well earned, for the work Of get
ting ready has required ceaseless INDUS
try. Throughout the long evenings the
industrious maldens have labored over
their complex needlework and their
crochet; sewing, painting and carving
have been going on. And then at the
last there has been a grand scrubbing
and polishing for the women; hauling
and fetching and carrying by the men.
No wonder the whole land takes rest.
Gay Christmas costumes are the order
OF the day; everybody is clean and be-
decked,s Christmas eve, church sery-
Ices are keld, and after they are over
the night through is given over to mirth
and froltc. All join in the Jul pleasur-
Int, the dances, blind mans buff, what
ever the sport selected, Thess people
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
High Priced Beet.

When Clear Lake Jute I'd, Minneso-
ta's wonderful steer, was proclaimed
by experts at the International Live
Stock Exposition at Chicago, to he the
grand champion steer of the world, the
animal which has been the pet and
glory OF the agricultural experiment
station brought much fame to the
state, but. news of additional fame
came in a telegram from New York an
nouncing that the carcass of the per-
feet steer had been sold for so cents a
pound, the highest price ever paid for
dressed beef.
1t was said, too, that the beef would
be divided among all of the prominent
hotels in the metropolis and that each
would call attention on their monu
cards to the presence in their kitchens
Of portions Of the most famous steer In
the world, a product of the state of
Minnesota
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
NORWAY

Five Norwegian experts on skis have
been engaged by Circus Schumann to
represent the ski sport in Berlin, Ham,
burg, London and Paris.
The committee on ecclesiastical at.
fairs thinks the time has come for
making q reduction of the number of
public normal schools.
An s00-year-old sword was found
near Vardekollen, Nltedalen, and was
sold to the University of Norway for
81. Some human bones were also
found at the same place, which Prof.
Gustafson thinks is the site of burial
mound.
The conservatives carried the city
elections of Hamar by large majority.
The new city council of Fredrikstad
is composed of Fl conservatives, II pro-
hibitionists, 10 leftists and 4 socialists.
A Stavanger steamer which was ply
ing drifting nets far out in the North
sea, struck a shoal of herring which
was SO dense and heavy that the nets
were carried away.
The socialists are no longer supreme
at Narvik. Last year they had a ma
jority of 100 in the city. But at the
recent city elections they polled only
800 votes, while their opponents re-
ceived 440 votes. The socialists were
we'll organized.
Many prohibitionists were elected at
the city elections, and they will vote
with the conservatives on most uues-
tons.
Miss Aasta> Hansteen, the leading
champion of woman's rights in Nor
way, was 80 years old Dec. 10.
Karl Johannessen, who was born
in Norway and acquired a name as q
violinist in England, died at Ledbury,
England. He was known chiefly as
the leader of a string quartet named
after him.
Shortly after the resignation Of
Baron Lagerheim as minister of for
eign affairs of Sweden was accepted
by the Swedish cabinet, those men,
bers of the Norwegian cabinet who
reside in Stockholm called upon him,
and Minister of State Siguard Ibsen
pronounced an address of thanks to
him for his impartiality and useful
activity during his term of office.
Knut Hamsun, q noted author, in.
sfnuates that Bjornson topped over
from the Leftists to the Rightists
over q year ago, in order that ho
might receive the Nobel prize. This
insinuation is strongly resented by all
normal Norwegians. H." -
The gain of the Socialists at the
city elections in Kristiania is extern
slvely discussed in the press. In
1901 the Socialists polled Ass votes,
and the number was 0,517 at the re-
cent elections. The Leftists, who
only a few years ago had everything
their II. own way, polledl only 4,47o
lyotes. =.. i h. s#s 3s $,|
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04

dressed in all sorts of curious masque-
rade. and their entrance into the room
where the Christmas festivities are in
progress adds no little to the hilarity Of
the occasion. No wonder that from the
word Yule We get the words Jolly and
jollity.
A traveller in Sweden gives as her i'm
preston OF a Swedish Christmas that II
Is blaze OF light And no marvel thar
the residents of the land of long dark
ness seek contrast to the shadowH
night without. For the services in the
church candles CLEAN wherever it is DOS
sible for candle to be placed; the num-
berless Christmas trees bear q taper ON
each branch.
The Swedish Christmas tree is hung
with bright glass globes, ribbons and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
TYPES OF JAPANESE HOUSE SERVANTS

house servants in this land of great peace
have to 60 through severe course of
training in etiquette in their youth, &
training quite apart from that of their
profession. There is no great gulf fixed
between the duties of mistress and maid
IN native household, or in the occupa-
lions OF their daily life. But their ex-
1uisite taste, a sixth sense, prevents their
.sver presuming to overstep- the limits
Of familiarity prescribed. remember
once being very much at sea when was
taken to make call on Japanese lady
OF the well-to-do class. Not being able
to speak word OF the language, was
unable to follow the conversation which
took place between the charming little
woman who greeted us at the inner shut
tiers and my friend. She was dressed in
the sole gray kimono and obi of a mid
dle-aged woman, and her exquisite man
ner and gentleness made me feel as
heavy as my leather boots sounded on
the delicate floor mating compared to
her soft white foot gloves. My friend ad-
dressed her as San, and seemed to speak
to her just as guest would to the host
ess. We had tea on the floor. and nv
friend chatted pleasantly for some time
with the gray little figure, when suddenly
the sound OF ricksha wheels on the gravel
path outside caught my ears, and the
next instant there was the scuffline of
many tabi'd feet along the polished
wooden passage which led to the front
door, and the eager cry of 20 Kaeri! O
Kaeri!" (Honorable Return). Our
hostess pro tenn. rose from her knees
smiled, and begged us to excuse her hon.
Orable rudeness. When she had hurried
of to Join In the welcome cry. my friend
said: "Oh, l am so glad she has comet"
"Who has Gomez" asked. 1.-THE lady
We came to see," she said. '"Then who
was the charming little lady who poured
out tea for u.s." l asked. My friend
smiled. "Oh. that was only the house.
maid" This and many other details
Of domestic life were explained to me
later, when read Miss Bacon's admira-
BILE book, Japanese Girls. and Women y
There I found that it is etiquette in
Japan for the upper servants to entertain
any visitor In their mistress absence,
6uu dlLnVU5u uC1 AAA6LICSS duu master
will address her by her Christian name.
and speak to her in the correct infection
of voice for addressing an inferior, eti-
quette demands that visitors should call
her San. and speak to her in tones Of
equality. The custom which compels 4
good Japanese wife Of even the upper
class to perform certain mental duties
towards her husband and children her
self, and always to act as personal maid
and valet to her honorable parents-in-
law, naturally has the effect Of raising
the position Of domestic service and OF
making servants feel as though they were
members of one family with their en-
ployers. Indeed, It always seemed to me
in Japan that servants had q very much
better time than their mistresses. They
have plenty Of freedom: they can never
be hard-worked, for there 10 never any
hard work to do in paper house which
I. has ID furniture, no coal cellars and no
!. ata1rs. Besides. to the western mind. q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
DENMARK.

Inc work on tho alcohol factory at
Aalborg is progressing In q satisfactory
manner. The people Of the place are
glad to earn some money at the plant,
but they doubt the possibility of turn
Ing peat into alcohol in paying quanti-
ties. The work is conducted by q
French engineer, who is backed by
German capitalists. He claims that
he will soon be able to turn out $50
gallons of alcohol day at cost Of
about 10 cents gallon. He thinks
his patent is worth s., 500, 900.
Twenty-six architects have prepared
plans and specifications for rebuilding
Aristiansborg palace, which was to-
tally destroyed by Are a few years ago.
Large prizes are offered for the best
plans 1t will take two months to
prepare report on the plans, and it
! may be found necessary to continue
the competition until more satisfac-
tory plans are presented to the judges
of awards. The plans are on exhibi-
ton in Copenhagen bank.
Copenhagen.-The maritime and
commercial court rendered Judgment
in the case of the Danish steamer
Norge, which fouudered June % with
the loss of GAG lives The directors of
the company were acquitted, and Cap
tain Gundel was acquitted of the
charge that neglect of duty caused the
loss of the vessel or contributed to the
magnitude of the disaster.
The medical staff of the Finsen in
stitute in Copenhagen has informed the
American press that the "Chicago Fin
sen Light Institute of America" has no
connection with the work of DR.. Fin
sen, the originator of the colored light
treatment for lupus, and that the Chi
cago concern has published q letter
which is falsely claimed to have been
written by DR.. Finsen.
In response to the demands of the
temperance people, kind of beer con-
tanning only about per cent of alcohol
was introduced some ten years ago.
The demand for the new beverage has
increased from year to year, and the
consumption was 10000 barrels last
year. The increase was 10000 barrels
during the years 1904. During the
same four years the consumption of
the strongest kinds of beer decreased
10000.
A Danish physician named Engel-
brecht, who is young and wholly I'M
known to fame, has written an elab-
crate newspaper article to show that
lupus is derived from animal tuber-
culosis. His hypothesis is based on
the fact that lupus in the mouth and
throat of man is not similar to the
tuberculous disease which otherwise
is apt to appear in those parts of the
body and which originate from hu-
man tuberculosis "a contagion fro1f,
the affected lungs), and that lupus is
generally found among farmers and
people who handle animals. DR.. En-
gelbrecht finally points out that the
other kind of human tuberculosis
cannot be cured by means of the
Finsen method, while lupus disap-
pears even when it occurs in the
above mentioned organs. If DR.. En-
gelbrecht's hypothesis proves correct
it will tend to support DR.. Koch, who
claims that human tuberculosis and
animal tuberculosis are due to two
different bacilli.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04

:, may spend Christmas at
home, once again have part in "Tretten
julie doge." the thirteen days of Yule.
Yes, Christmas may come but once
year in Sweden and Norway, but when
1t comes it >tarries-at least among the
peasants and farmers of many districts.
In the cities. too. Christmas y,lingers,
the urban. folks observing Christmas
eve. Christmas day, Second Day Christ
mas, and Third Day Christmas.
Yule Is festivity Of antiquity In the
northland. going back to the days Of
the followers Of Thor and Odin. Many
pretty customs. and merry ones, have
been handed down there. but none pref
tier, more charming, than that of ire
membering the BIRDS" Mr.. Thomas,
once our minister to Sweden, thus de-
scribes the Christmas gift to the birds:
ION my way home noticed at every
farmers house we passed there was
erected in the middle of the dooryard a
pole on the top Of which was bound a
large sheaf Of grain. why is this?"
asked Of my comrade. o, that is for
the birds. the little wild birds! They
must have Christmas, too. you know!
There is not a peasant in all Sweden who
will sit down with his children to a
Christmas dinner until he has first
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
Compromising.

Charles-she is suing her late en-
ployer's estate for $4,000.
Henry-On what ground?
Charleston the ground that on four
different occasions he said to her:
I'VE are having fine weather." with The
accent ON the we.-Brooklyn Eaela
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
G0 ) > . From :,
$CaI101 iI1aviia.
Principal Events That Have oc-
CURED In the Old Countries
=: Within q Week or SO. 80,

The visit of Premier Bostrom Of
Sweden to the Norwegian capital, and
the subsequent visit of Premier Hag-
erup OF Norway to the Swedish capi-
tai, gave the impression that some
thing very important was at stake.
The Stockholm Dagens Nyheter con-
tains the following commcnt on the
visits: ut is not we'll known what
Premier Bostrom carried in his port
folio when he made his recent trip to
Kristiania~ According to the Norwe-
gian press the Norwegian government
could not give an immediate answer to
the proposition made by him. The
government reserved to itself the right
OF taking time for preparing definite
answer. Hagerup's visit to Stockholm
is polite endorsement of the example
given by Bostrom, and another propo-
sition is in order! 1t is evident that
settlement is approaching. Now the
premiers themselves have stepped into
the foreground. The fact that they
make such trips to criticise, in person.
the different standpoints of the gov
ernments indicates that the situation
is critical" The question at issue is
the establishment Of separate con-
sular service for Norway.
A treaty OF arbitration between
Sweden-Norway and Russia, which
was based on the Hague convention of
1899, was signed few days ago at St.
Petersburg by the Russian minister of
foreign affairs and the ambassador of
Norway-Sweden.
King Oscar is going to spend q part
of the coming spring at Biaritz, south
ern France, where he is in the habit of
stopping for some time every year. He
is expected to stay a while in Kristi-
ania before leaving Scandinavia for
the South.
A new periodical will be started in
Kristiania next fall for the benefit of
the Norwegians, Icelanders and Farce
Islanders, and each of the three groups
will be represented on the editorial
staff
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
In the Capitol.

Gov. s. r. Van SAINT has the honor
OF being the first governor to occupy
the governors Office in the new capti-
toll. In one of the private rooms some
OF the governors admirers placed q
bouquet of American Beauty roses. The
governor received many callers during
the forenoon. The large reception
room of the suite will not be ready for
some time.
In spite of the storm, State Treasurer
Block and state Auditor Iverson re-
moved nearly all of their property to
the new capitol The only officers that
will be left in the old capitol are the
clerk of the supreme court, the public
examiner, the superintendent of public
instruction and the supreme court
justices.
Gov. Van SAINTS first act on assuming
his desk at the new capitol was to
write letter to his aged mother at
LIE Claire, Iowa.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
PROPERLY Put.

Al hear you are going to marry .
widow with $4,000. *..,.ssz
B.-You have got things:mixed. am
going to marry $4,000. with ! widow,
@ s$... 4 :sz*.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
Gave It On,

O0Vo AC Op.
Mrs. Urban-So you feared to remain
In the country any longer? Were you
afraid of tramps? r.
Mrs. Lawnville-No; was afraid OF
the terrible dogs We had to have to scare
tramps.-N. Y. Weekly. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
Her Reason.

why did Gladys have ~ quiel 4
wedding?' s ~. & ss:.s.t - ~ E. :. J.
We'll, she knew It would maks lou
Of talk. Judge. =.:..=3- !. ... ..:'