The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-04-25
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
PROF. BUGGEs RECENT ARTICLE
sells How the Norsemen Fought and
Traded All Around Northern
Europe Centuries Ago.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm,

'@- Stockholm.
Says a writer in the April issue Of
The American Monthly Review Of Re-
views: 'The growing extent to which
all things Russian are absorbing the
attention of the western world gives
more than academic interest to Alex
ander Bugge's article in Nordis!z
Tidskrift (Stockholm), on 'Novgorod
as Varangian City, Nijni-Novgorod,
moreover, with it's traditions dating
back thousand years; with it's world
famed fair that draws 25O,OOO strangers
each summer from every part of the
eastern hemisphere, and with its
picturesque location on the shores Of
Lake linen, has always been one of
those cities Of romance the mere men
ton OF which stirs the wanderlust in
the heart of man. Professor Bugge
uses the opportunity to point out that
the Norsemen not only fought but also
traded all around northern Europe
from the eighth to the thirteenth cen
fury of the present era, and that dur
ing those years they stamped them
visited countries that bordered on the
high seas. At every point along the
coasts Of England, Ireland, northern
France, and Germany where the
worlds traffic finds passage, or where
it did so once, the names Of towns and
harbors and islands and landmarks Of
various kinds show traces of Morse
origin. A trail of such names, some
disguised almost beyond recognition
and others remaining nearly in their
original form, leads the historian
from Schleswig, along the German
coast Of the Baltic, past the island Of
Gotland, up the Gulf Of Finland, up
the imperial Neva, across the immense
sheet Of Lake Ladoga, up another
river to Lake linen and to the ancient
city where the Swedish sea king Rurik
and his brothers founded the Russian
empire about the yea> 1862. There the
free institutions and the spirit of self
government characteristic Of the Scam
dinavian race were established, and
there they prevailed in more or less
modified form until the Monaghan
wave changed the racial character of
the empire. About 1000 A. D. Nov
gorod had constitution known as the
Pravdo Russkaja, and it shows that
the Norsemen, or eVarangians, were
still the ruling class Of the district
Special privileges were granted them,
and particularly the privilege of af-
fir1ning their side of a legal suit by
oath alone when the Slavic and Finnish
natives had to bring witnesses. Their
cases were heard before twelve sworn
witnesses six of whom We're selected
by either side to the suit That in
stitution, known as the Tylftareidr, is
shown by Professor Bugge to be dis
tinct from the English jury system,
ard yet It is difficult to believe that
form Of trial known to have been
characteristic Of the Scandinayians
everywhere should not have cooper
atcd in producing the later English
form. When, about the same time, the
Grand Duke Igod sent a delegation
to Constantinople for the purpose of
negotiating commercial treaty with
the Byzantian emperor, he chose as
delegates twenty-five Morse mer-
chants. And as long as the Varangian
elements dominated the city of Nov
gorod that city sent it's ships and it's
merchants all over the known world
There are at present two bachelor
hotels in Stockholm and third is I'M
der course of construction. These no.
tells are amply furnished, and are pro-
vlded with laundry, baths and dis
infection rooms, etc. They are great
comfort to bachelors and the only
drawback about them seems to be that
they will probably to some degree pro
long the state of bachelorhood among
Stockholmians who are reluctantly in
different to married life.
Over 100000 crowns are the net
gains recorded by the Separator com
pany of Stockholm during the past
year. This is the largest and most
successful corporation enterprise in
Sweden. The DeLaval cream separa-
tors are in use in nearly every civilized
country in the world and are in COM
mon use in all the leading agricultural
sections of the United States.
Princess Victoria is now q con.
valescent and has made her departure
for Italy, where she will spend the
summer. The rigorous climate of the
north is too much for her and she will
not likely return to Sweden until her
health has been completely restored,
The Strix Publishing company.
which is publishing the popular humor.
GUS weekly known as Strix, paid !:
dividend of so per cent. to it's stock
holders last season.