Morris tribune., 1912-04-19

tablished about fifty years ago, has
prepared 238 ministers for the church
of Sweden.
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The blind people of Norway seem
to be well provided for. There are
1915 who are taken care of either in
public or private schools and other in
stitutions. Besides these many others
are in a condition to take care of them
selves and are doing all kinds Of work.
There are, for example, 80 who are
engaged in horticulture, IS in mechan-
ic arts, IL are merchants, II domes-
tics, 25 day laborers, 106 are mothers
of families There are in the city Of
Christiania, all told, 213 blind persons,
los male and 108 female. In Bergen
there are Is male and 33 female blind.
Through the country the female blind
exceed the male.
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1t may be interesting to know what
the people of Christiania do for liv-
ing According to the recently pub
lished Year Book Of that city 1885
persons are engaged in agriculture,
201 in the fish industry, SO in min
ing, 1885 in manufacturing, 53,542 in
the mechanical arts, 1859 in varied
smaller industries; merchants, banks
and hotels give employment to 1921;
seafarers at home and abroad 4,797;
common laborers, 24,069; domestics,
1872; unclassifed, 9,233, and 4,279 are
said to be unemployed.
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Roald Amundsen is reported to have
been offered 10000 crowns for cabling
| the story of his discovery of the South
| pole from the London Chronicle. He
also was offered handsome sum of
money from the Christiania papers.
If the storthing will pay his expenses
and award him upwards of 100000
crowns, Captain Amundsen may learn
that polar explorations, though fraught
with much danger and physical ex-
posture, is most compromising piece
of endeavor.
The Bergen colony in Christiania
held their annual "fest" at the Grand
hotel in the latter city on the evening
of March 49, The "fest" was attend
ed by 500 persons and was one of the
most elegant and animated social af-
fairs of the season. The function was
typically "Bergensk" throughout, even
to the food and music.
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The hotels on the Bergen railroad
route have not been empty during the
winter months. Not for many years
have there been so many tourists who
patronized this route and some of the
hotels have had practically as many
people as they can take care of.
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About $4,000 crowns have been col
lected for the continued restoration of
the Trondhjem cathedral. Much more
money, however, will be needed for
the completion of this great work, one
of the greatest restoration undertake
ings of the modern world.
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A German firm, "Telefunden," has
offered Roald Amundsen a wireless
telegraph apparatus to be placed in
use on the Fran in the event that the
explorer will determine to go in search
of the North pole.
Owing to the recent coal strike in
England prices of Norwegian herring
have been considerably decreased,
much to the embarrassment of Nor
wegian fishermen and exporters.
General Booth Of the Salvation
Army is scheduled to deliver lecture
at the University of Christiania in the
near future.
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j DENMARK. J.
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During the negotiations between
France and Germany over Morocco, it
was by no means mere accident that
the Politiken and other leading papers
frankly discussed Denmark's feeling
toward "Germanism" and assumed
either an enthusiastic tone or, at least,
mild and friendly one. That portion
: Of the Danish nation that controls it's
foreign policies was intensely inter
ested in the German negotiations not
as guarantees, or as to the amount of
compensation" but as to the general
question of war and peace. For, con-
fessed or not, says an eminent writer,
the Danes know that their existence
as a people may be involved in the
| foreign policies of Germany. While
} popular sentiment was undoubtedly
at heart pro-French, there was also a
| strong feeling in favor of Germany.
t This apparent contradiction, as we'll
{ as full discussion Of other serious
: problems that confront Denmark, is
: treated from the German viewpoint in
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