Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

upon by the insured for advice anC
legal aid, is very strict in it's rulings,
and those employers who are insuring
their men are getting discouraged, so
that the government has to extend it's
insurance business from time to time.
This means that the business is shifted
from the employers to the government.
John Forsell, the noted opera singer,
has been suffering from appendicitis.
but so far no operation has been per-
formed.
The Gown Homes society Of Motala,
! under the leadership Of a member OF
the, riksdag, has bought the Backa
estate, at Asarum, near Karlshamn, for
$4,000. No less than II tenant farm
ers are living on the land, besides the
| proprietor, who occupies the main part.
The society is going to divide up the
land into great number Of small
farms.
Seven Swedish cities are running
| employment bureaus as public institu
lions.
A tenant house and a park belong
ing to the Vik estate, Gardsby parish,
near Vexio, has been bought by
Countess de Casa Miranda, formerly
l.
is not known. The new owner is to
take possession Of the property at
once. The property is located near the
birthplace of Kristina Nilsson.
Count K. A. Posse has resigned as
member of the first chamber of the
| riksdag from Kronoberg Ian, having
served in that body for fifteen terms.
Much grain was shelled out in the
| fields during harvest, especially in the
southern part of the country. So many
farmers have bought geese to eat the
grain left in the fields that the price
has risen until a fine goose commands
amounts ranging from s1.00 to $1.25.
Two patriotic Swedes were married
at sea within sight Of the German
coast. Bride and bridegroom are both
| residents of Stettin, but wanted to be
married in Sweden instead of in
foreign country. Their wedding had
been postponed until they could afford
to return home for a short holiday.
The other day the Swedish steamer
Trio arrived at Stettin, and the cap
tain was entertained at the home of
some friends, where he met the bride
| and groom. He heard their story and
then told them that they need not de-
lay their marriage. With a clergyman
| on board and the bridal party the cap
tain took his steamer on a special trip
to Swinemunde and then cut to sea
just beyond the three-mile limit. He
was then on the high seas and Swedish
ship was technically Swedish soil. So
the couple were properly married. But
! for the happy thought of the captain
| the couple would probably not have
| been married for at least two years.
| 1t has been known for ages that
medicinal herbs grown in Sweden are
superior to those grown farther south
But this general fact did not satisfy
J. Henriksson, the principal of a
school at Bovas, and he made actual
tests Of fine samples of green mint
partly raised by himself ana partly i'm
ported from Leipzig, Germany. He
found that the imported article con-
tanned only O.S2 per cent of essential
oils, while the sample raised by himself
went as high as 1877 per cent. The
quality Of this herb depends upon it's
percentage of essential oils.
Mr.. Lovenmark, a theological can
didate at Upsala, is translating the
New Testament into Esperanto.
NORWAY.
Terje Vigen, the hero of 1bsens
greatest poem, has been discussed
until the common people have become
thoroughly aroused on the subject The
question has been as clear-cut as it
could be. Did such a man exist. or is
| he a pure fiction? Both sides have
brought out apparently strong argu-
ments, and the impartial reader could
not we'll come to any definite con-
clusion. But the realists seem to be
carrying the day at last. The old men
of Grimstad have come to the rescue
of their toWnsman. The Grimstad
j Adressetidende recently contained con-
tributions from several octogenarians
who declare upon their honor and con-
science that they have heard their
parents or others tell the story of
Terje Vigen mainly as given in Ibsen's
poem, that Terje actually lived at
Hesnes, and that they themselves have
seen the block board with white letters
at Flare cemetery All the statements
agree to a dot with regard to the loca-
ton of the grave The reliability and
truthfulness of the\ contributors can
| not be doubted. It is said that addi-
tional testimonials are in sight. This
| is good news to those who are inclined
| to hero worship
! In the midst Of feverish political
| campaign the newspapers are discuss
! ing the most suitable place for the
remains Of Henrik Ibsen. One suggests
| that inasmuch as the poet was in the
! habit of keeping away from the hum
and hustle Of the world a mausoleum
| ought to be built for him on some I'M
inhabited island in the Kristiania
! ford. No, says another, this will not
do. Build his mausoleum On the sum-
NIT of Galdhopiggen, Norway's highest
mountain, that he may rest among the
stars, in his grand silence" to use
the poets own words.
Bjornson has written a fine song to
the woman's suffrage society of Den
mark, averring that justice will not
! prevail until woman takes cart in the
work of legislation
The commune of Trysil expects the
tract of timber land recently bought
will be paid for in fifteen or twenty
years.
Drift-net fishing in the North sea
is very profitable this season. The re-
ports from the Norwegian fishermen
in Iceland are also favorable.
Jens Skougaard. an engineer resid-
ing in New York, has donated A largo
painting to the municipality of LANCE
sund. It represents the board of cleo
ton in session at the historic election
of Aug. 10, 1905. The painting was