The Princeton union., 1907-10-24

the National theater in Christiania and
IN that capacity he was the man who
bad the main say when the five actors
were granted permission to take the
trip. Now there is the interesting
spectacle of seeing the celebrated old
autnor involved in a newspaper scrap
with his own son. This is not the
only iron the old man has in the fire
at present. Through leading journals
he has taken up the cause of some Of
the oppressed people of the Balkan
states. In this connection he has
round 1t necessary to do some plain
taxing about some peace delegates
whom he thinks have forgotten that
clarity begins at home.
The annual fall agricultural exhibi
ton was held at Christiania last
month and was attended by visitors
from all parts of the country. The ex-
posltlon contained not only products
CT the orchard and the kitchen garden
eut also exhibits Of toresty prod
ucts' dairy products, papermaking,
manufacture of peat, etc. A very in.
terestlng feature of the exposition was
the number of tables illustrating the
progress of Norwegian farming. Thus
it was shown that the export Of con.
densed milk, which in 1885 hardly
amounted to 100000 Kilograms. in
1910 reached about 100000 kilo-
grams, and that Norway in 1855 had
to import nearly 100000 kilograms
Of butter. while in 1905 instead Of i'm
porting she was able to send abroaL
1,5Wo'0OO Kilograms of butter. In
cheesemaking Norway is still in the
rear. and the country imports large
quantities. Despite this, Norway ex.
ports several thousand dollars worth
OF goat cheese to America every year
Ihls may, however, be due to the fact
that many Norwegians there still have
a craving for the "gjedost'' of theil
native land.
Oh Aug. J. new tramp law went
into force, and the results are already
obvious. At present there are less
professional loafers in Christiania
than ever before at this time of the
year. The law is severe. It aims not
only at the regular tramp who has
never done a days honest work, but
at every one who, through laziness
or vicious habits. neglects to perform
bis duties as respectable citizen and
thereby becomes more or less Of a pub
lie charge. Likewise the law is meant
to reach prostitutes. While it is vet
too early to say just to what extent
the new law will be beneficial to the
community in general, the start seems
to Indicate that it will be able to
reach certain classes of undesirable
citizens who formerly We're out of the
reach Of justice
Says a Christiania correspondent:
1.-The works Of the best known Nor
wegian authors, such as Ibsen, Bjorn-
son and Kielland, have never before
been obtained at such low prices as
now. Immediately after the death of
1bsen, work was begun on a new edi-
ton of his complete works. The
edition. which is known as the memori-
al edition. is out now and it's price is
only few dollars. The works of
Kielltnd will be obtained when the
last edition is ready for less than
So. A new edition Of Bjornson's peas
ant novels is under preparation 1t
was started on the occasion of his fifty
anniversary as an author, and it's cost
is less than a dollar"
Last month Porsgrund celebrated
It's Tooth anniversary as an incor-
porateQ city. This has given occasion
for the people of that town and their
nearby neighbors to feast, and to have
an exhibition showing what progress
they have made during century.
King Haakon in person officially
opened the jubilee. Porsgrund is now
a town of about 5000. One Of the
best known porcelain works in Nor
way. and in all Scandinavia for that
matter. is located there. It's wares
are highly artistic in design and of al
excellent quality, and have a market
rot only in Norway, but also in many
other countries.
The company which is working the
mining fields in Pasvik in southern
F"l"HSel. LAS leceHtly taken loan
Of 100000 crowns in the Nord.
Deutche bank in Hamburg and the
Discount bank in Berlin. The COM
pany's capital stock is to be increased
from 100000 to 100000 crowns.
The mines are being worked with full
force and the annual production dur
ing the next two or three years will
be more than 100000 tons.