Morris tribune., 1914-12-04

many useful canals.
The fiction of the war will be found
quite interesting. even after it is dis
entangled from the facts
Hereafter Waterloo will be pointed
out as the place where brisk skirmish
occurred during the Napoleonic riots
Cosmetics have gone up in price
Those foreigners find it impossible to
make face and gun powder at the same
time,
Truth.
Truth does not change. What changes
is merely our understanding of the
eternal fact.-Youth's Companion
Natural Ending.
How did the big baby show come
OFF," ''Howling success. "-Baltimore
American.
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According to Peer Stromme, well
known Norwegian-American CORE
spondent who is at present in Chris
tiania, the Norwegian newspapers are,
like the people, altogether too serious
They are, says Stromme, not able, as
American newspapers, to find relief in
jokes In Norway the newspaper
comment is free from any trace of
humor. There are no pungent para
graphs to the effect that Austria S
war expense may be called running
account, that the heather Chinee re-
fuses to join the march of Christian
civilization, and the like, so prominent
and refreshing in the American press.
But the Norwegian papers take a
cheerful view Especially the demo
cratic and socialistic journals, which
great gain for the cause of democ-
racy throughout the world. AS is well
known Norway is one Of the most
democratic countries. 1t has king,
to be sure, but he has no real power.
He has no influence whatever in Shap-
ing legislation, but is merely the in
carnation of national ideas. The
masses of the people are highly en-
lightened; and all, the king himself
included, recognize the essential quail
ity of king and peasant. The govern
ment is truly of and by the people, &C
cording to Stromme. There probably
is no other country in which the will
of the majority so certainly and so
quickly becomes the law of the land.
Such thing as government by in.
junction is unknown. The courts do
not declare void any act of the legis-
lature Women as we'll as men have
the ballot; and the chosen representa-
tives of all the people in the storthing
are in fact not only the lawmakers,
but the supreme court. There is in
Norway party calling itself con-
sentative and charged by the radicals
with being reactionary. But even
these conservatives would in the
United States be regarded as extreme.
ly radical If Roosevelt, Bryan and
La Toilette should settle in Norway
it would be necessary for them to
form a new political party and call
themselves ultra-cOnservatives."
The Aura Stock company was or
ganized recently and a city was laid
out and christened Aura The place
had about 500 population, which mum
Der was in few weeks increased tc
5000. Streets were laid out, with
sewer pipes and water mains, and the
building of many houses was begun
One firm of building contractors took
contracts to put up 140 cottages fol
the company, Brickyards were start
ed and other building materia
brought to the place. The old land
owners had dreams of growing rich
But it was to large degree. British
capital which had been enlisted in the
enterprise. The war came and the
hope of securing this capital went
glimmering, and the Aura compan!
went to pieces. At the time Wher
work on the new city stopped the
company had 1900 laborers in it's EN-
p1oy, besides score OF engineers ant
a good sized clerical force. Building
contractors had brought to the place
400 maSons and carpenters. Now al
is at standstill. the 4 houses have
foundations but no walls the sewe
bitches are filling with water and ar,
caving in, and the people are idle anO
looking forward to a hard winter
The government is being criticised bit
terly for having granted a franchise t,
the Aura company without proper as
surance that the company would b
able to keep its head above water.
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The Rev. DR.. G. BruRn, pastor Q
the largest congregation of the stat
church in Christiania, retired from tn
active ministry a short time ago a
the age of seventy-fve years. In hi
earlier years he was impressed wit
the so called "GrundVigism" as tn
ideal system of Christianity AID Gu