Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-27
was a.oe4, having a tonnage of 1884,.

was 3,064, having tonnage OF 1884,
647.
The following item illustrates how
1 the tipping system flouifshes in Nor
! way and from this can be formed an
/ idea OF what tips amount to in sum
mer. when the tourist season Is at its
| height: The winters holiday season
| telkeepers and their employees Of
Christianla. tits related that one ho-
| tel boy got $50 crowns in one week in
! bps and as compensation for carrying
| luggage. Most of this money came
from Norwegian who ar
rived in the fatherland to visit re.a-
tiyes and were in very generous
frame of mind.
Norwegans are firm believers in
education and now the country IS go
ing step farther still. The country
is soon going TO have a normal school
for the education of instructors In
housekeeping, and one of six months
for training cooks and teachers Of
cooking. Only persons having good
common school education will be adj
mitted. Chemistry and physics will
be the most prominent studies at the
school. All Of the leading food stunfs
will be subjected to chemical
analysis.
The matter Of choosing a new man
ager for the National theatey must be
settled within short time now OF
the directors. 1t is claimed. will las
themselves open to good deal Of
censure. One of the candidates con
sidered is Holfdan Christensen and
many people would like to see him
get the position. At any rate the mat
ter must soon be settled or 1t is ap.
parent that there will be more
trouble
Both on the southeast coast of Nor
way and i'm the Haugesund district
enormous masses of herring have been
caught this season. As a consequence
the prices in European markets are so
low that it does not pay to ship and
large lots of good herring are fed to
hogs or used as fertilizing material
These abnormal conditions have
caused the failure of the Johnson com
any, the largest herring exporters in
Christiania
The publishers of Ibsen's epic
Brand have met some terrific criti-
cism from the pen of the publisher of
Nart Land In Copenhagen. The Ibsen
publishers have also been likewise
criticised by "Dannebrog," Professor
Rorchsemus, the literary critic, Brix.
and other Danish publishers.
A permanent opera company may be
organized in Christiania in the near
future. Nine Cally Monrad wants il
started in the Eldorado and her sup
porters are Concertmeister Deming
and Hjalmar Christensen.
During the recent wrestling match
between Bech-Olsen, the Dane. and
Norbeck, the Norwegian. the latter
was badly defeated and advised by his
physicians to abandon the wrestling
arena altogether.
Alexander Kielland's around Ma
poleon" has been translated into Eng
Hsh, but Norwegian critics maintain
that the hook will not gain favor
among English readers.
The Drammen bourse committee has
started to solicit funds for an histori-
cal museum, which it is planned to
erect In that city in the near future.
Norway's exports to the United
States last year were about $1,000. 900.
or this amount $933,0O0 worth of ex-
ports was exported from Bergen.
Captain Jean Kielland win leave for
Congo, s. A., in the near future, where
he has accepted commission in the
British army.
Royal Librarian Huntfeldt's library
has been sold to the congressional H.
brary in Washington, ID. G.