Morris tribune., 1911-04-21


other day he tore his muzzle and went
for the nearest dog in sight. The vic
tim happened to belong to Brynjulf
Wangen, lawyer, who Joined the
fight in behalf of his dog. The bulldog
refused to let go of his hold, and Mr..
Wangen tried to give him the finishing
blow. Finally the bulldog realized the
seriousness of the situation, dropped
the lawyers dog and ran to Mr.. Peirce,
half dead. Mr.. Peirce was shocked at
the sight, and announced through the
newspapers that he would pay hand.
some reward to any one that would
furnish the name of the party that
had abused his pet dog. The lawyer
rung up the minister and told him the
whole story, and now Mr.. Peirce ex.
poets the Norwegian authorities to en-
able him to get even with the lawyer.
Says Christiania correspondent:
The aim of the language reform move.
ment is to replace the Norwegian.
Danish book language by a consolida-
tion OF the main dialects used by the
common people. In other words,
pure" Norwegian means the tongue
used every day by the peasantry Of
the country. It has been customary
to look upon the dialects as something
inferior to the finished and polished
Norwegian-Danish. 1t was reserved
for Rev. Alfred Erikson, D. D., mem
ber of the Storthing, to turn the whole
theory upside down by demonstrating
that it is the real aristocracy of Nor
way that is talking the language re-
form movement. How does he prove
his point? The "aristocracy," the
''best" people of Norway, are really
the farmers. They are the backbone
of the nation, and they want to push
their language, "Maalet," to the front.
Being literally correct, this argument
is powerful blow to the anti-Maal
party.
An interesting and important me-
mortal service was held recently in
Christiania in honor of Missionary
Skrefsrud, one of the founders of the
Santal mission in India, who died on
the foreign field last December. Pro-
vost Gustaf Jensen gave an instruc-
tive address.
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Professor Alois Musil, the famous
lecturer in Semitic languages at the
University of Vienna, is on visit in
Copenhagen. Professor Musil has for
sixteen years lived among the Bedon-
ins practically as native, and he is
considered one of the greatest authori-
ties upon the Arabian question. His
views upon the situation and the re-
volt in Yemen are, therefore, interest
ing. He lectured to a large audience
at the university the other evening
and said among other things: If you
ask me how much the Bedoun cares
for Turkish M. P, my answer must
be that good camel is con"iidered Of
more value, The desert governs the
Bedouin-not the Turkish nj. P.'s or
Turkish officials. Therefore, the cam
paign in the desert will be the ruin Of
the Turk. This is sure to come true
in Yemen, in spite of the fact that the
Turkish government has 10000 men
there How many of these troops can
be trusted? They desert the army by
the score and return to their tribes"
The lack of proper respect for their
parents and the disobedience of Amer
ican children in general, says Count
Carl Moltke, Danish minister to the
United States, who visited st. Paul
while on his way from the Pacific
coast to Washington, D. c., is the first
thing noticed by a foreigner visiting
these shores. The count illustrated
his words by several anecdotes dating
from his childhood and compared the +.
children of thirty years ago with those
Of today. He told, among others, a
story, in which father was asked by
his child if he liked the breast of a
chicken, whereupon the father an
swered: 81 don't know how it tastes.
When l was child my parents ate it.
Since l am father, my children eat it."
MARION S. NORELIUS-