Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-31

conscious before he died and passed
away peacefully. None Of his friends
were allowed to see him during his
long illness. the only persons admitted
to his room being the physician and
the dramatist's wife and son. Ibsen
was born at the little town OF Skien,
Norway. May 20, 1923. He was part
iy. but not purely Of Scandinavian
origin. his family being Of mixed
Morse. German. Danish and Scotch
stock. His ancestors We're mariners.
but his father was a merchant. The
boy attended school at Skien until his
fifteenth year and his one great desire
was to be an artist This was impOs-
sible. however. owing to the family's
circumstances, and he was sent TO
Grimstad. small seaport town, and
apprenticed to an apOthecary. Ii was
while learning to he chemist that
Ibsen began to write. The revolution
airy movement Of 1S4S awakened his
genius. His first poetic drama. Gaia
line" he published at his own eX
pense and when he started for Christi
ania in 1850 to become medical stu
dent he took with him several poems
and drama In manuscript. Through
Ole Bull he became theatrical
poet" in Bergen In 1851. In 1857 he
was made director Of the Norwegian
theater In Christiania and the same
year he married Susannah Thoresen.
daughter Of n minister in Bergen. who
survives him. Until 1864 Ibsen re-
manned at Christiania, but the war
which had begun between him and the
conventional inhabitants OF Grims'ad
over the publication Of "Cataline" was
continued through all these seven
years, and at last the narrowness and
despotism of the Norwegian bourgeosie
drove him to a revolt He left In 1854
for Italy and for thirty-fve years he
was almost completely separated from
bis people. Until his exile Ibsen had
founded dramas on ancient Scandi-
navian legends. using the ballod
form, interspersed with lyrics. He
impregnated these compositions with
modern thought. hut as time went on
and as his conflict with life became
more intense he left those poetic
regions and developed the mo1eru
drama that has made him known the
world over Except for one or two
open letters and few poetic epistles,
lbsen confined himself mainly in the. e
lon gyears to his social dramas, which
he published at the rate of scarcely
more than one yer. or the lyrical
works Loves Comedy" Brand" AMI
Peer Gynt" for brilliance of execu-
ton and vigor and affiuence OF ideas
stand as the greatest satric poems II
modern years. But since 1867. when
"Peer Gynt' appeared. have come
"The Pillars OF Society" 1877: a
Dolls House." 1879; Ghosts" 1881;
can Enemy OF the People," In 1882;
''The Wild Duck" 1884; THE Lady
From the Sea-" 1898: "Hedda Gabler."
$780, "Masterbuilde~ Solness,r 1892;
"ittle Eyof," 1894: "Johan Gabriel
Barkman." 1896; when We Dead
Awake" In 1890. Ibsen always was
quiet and retiring and lovable. He
never made the mistake OF mixing up
In national politics. At public meet
Ahbs Va at DunpuSt Al Cdilel kOT Il
speech. he would rise and say simply:
II thank you very much" His per-
sonal life was simple. He had few
Intimate frfends-Georg Brandes being
perhaps the best known-and he never
sought popularity.
Says NJ. Alger. the Minneapolis
Journals Christlania correspondent:
The season for the catch Of cod is
now over. except In F1nmarken. and
the results are not what were once ex-
pected. The stormy weather raging
during the first half Of this month CON-
pletely spoiled the favorable position
Of the fisheries at the end Of March,
and set the returns back by several
millions. In fact the first hak Of
April may be considered as practically
lost The total catch for the country
up to April Is was 80. 100. 900 cod. Last
year II Wa o4,00O, 900 and in 1904 S6,-
100000 70 the corresponding dates.
rhe amount q medical cod liver al y