Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-07-03
NORWAY.

A royal scion named Christian Berg
now rests in tn Sanga churchyard In
West Norrland, Sweden. For about
twenty years he lived in a miserable
tent made of sticks, bark and sod, and
his connections with the outer world
were next to nil. He was born in
Kristiania in 1889 and belonged to a
noted family which descended from
King Fredrik III of Denmark. He re-
ceived a good education. In 1874 he
left his home, and nothing was heard
from him for great many years. In
the eighties he settled at Tannsjo, on
land belonging to the Bjorka company.
He lived in that neighborhood until he
was found dead, seated in a chair in
his tent. Many years ago he donated
his valuable property to home for
blind people.
The first Carnegie medal for hero
ism has been awarded in Norway, and
it was sent way out into the parish
of Kistrand, on the coast of the Arc
tic ocean, % a lad of years who
saved two Of his sisters from death
in fire. The little hero is Johan Amt
Mikkelsen Stennas. His parents are
fishers and the. modest home is TWEEN
ty-fve miles from other people. Once
when the parents of little John were
fishing, fire broke out in the roof of
their little house. A girl of Is years,
who had the care of little Johan and
his two sisters of and years, was
so hat Oh
little Johan rushed out of the house,
placed ladder to the roof and tried
in vain to extinguish the fire. Then
he jumped down and ran through
the house, which was filled with fire
and smoke. He succeeded in finding
his little sisters and carried them out
When the children had been rescued
the roof fell and the house was a
burning ruin.
Minister of Church Bryggesaa is the
first farmer to occupy his present posi-
ton. Many wise people expected him
to prove himself too small for such
an exalted place. But besides the
proverbial shrewdness of the Norwe-
gian farmer he proves himself to be
wonderfully well informed on public
matters, so much so, in fact, that peo-
pie who were supposed to be his SUI
periors in knowledge are realizing
that they were mistaken. Take Just
one incident. Rev. Pahle, the pastor
of the parish of Hvaler, is a very
pious man, a Puritan, some people
would say. The people of the parish
are very fond of bathing. But it so
happens that the best, practically the
only really fine bathing-place in the
parish, is on the very grounds of the
parsonage. The common people COM
ing to battle were by no means scrupu-
lous as to DOMINIC bathing suits. The
good pastor was shocked. So he put
up large placards forbidding people
to battle on the grounds of the par
sonage. The whole neighborhood
Joined in a general howl because they
were deprived of their ancient rights.
They appealed to the peasant posing
as minister of church, Mr.. Bryggesaa.
He made no fuss. He only told the
pastor to take away those placards,
for they were null and void, anyway.
Within twenty-four hours the whole
country was enjoying the joke.
The committee of the Norwegian
storting unanimously recommended
approval of the contract arranged be-
tween the Marconi company and the
late Norwegian government, providing
for wireless service between Nor
way and America II certain modifica-
tions can be obtaiAed. Under the con-
tract the Norwegian government is to
spend $560,000 in the erection of a
station at Stavapger which will be
connected with a station at Boston.
The Swedish fish dealers union has
asked the managers of the street rail-
ways of Sweden to furnish refriger-
ator cars at once.
An electrician named Ingver, in
Helsingborg, has been engaged in con-
structing hearing typewriter"
The inventor still keeps the secret to
himself. But one American and one
Norwegian firm are said to have Of
fered him handsome royalty for his
rights-one of them 100000, the
other 100000.
The new "home Of rest" for preach
ers at Ekondal has been dedicated.
AS Miss Ester Holmen was walk
ing along the sidewalk in Gothenburg
she was struck by plank falling
from the fourth story of scaffolding.
She died on the way to the hospital.