Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-18
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINos IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the seandlnavIans
In America.
NORWAY.

writes as follows for daily newspa-
per: IF anyone should be particularly
interested In knowing whether ! be-
lieve In miracles In general, may as
well state that I do So By miracle
understand an action or an event
which cannot be brought about except
by forces within US and outside of US
which are unknown to Us and which.
therefore, can be called supernatural,
which Is the same as to say that they
are not natural 1t seems to me that
he must be blind who denies the pres
ence Of these forces or who does not
want to acknowledge them because
they escape our present methods OF
investigation. How they are put into
action. that Is something Of which we
know little or nothing Perhaps we
may say this much, however, that they
are released only by some psychical
manifestation, foremost Of which Is
the one which we call faith; and when
they appear so rarely the reason Is,
that the key which unlocks them,
namely, faith, as 1t generally appears
in the world. SO rarely corresponds to
Its real nature"
Brynhild Kvarnerud Of Opdal has
just celebrated her ninety-sixth birth
day. For her age she Is strong both
mentally and physically. She never
used glasses, and her hearing is also
good. She is in the habit Of patching
clothes in the day. Her feet are In
such good condition that she can move
about quite easily. Brynhild is a per
son Of whom everybody Is fond. be-
cause she is so very kindhearted. She
is well cared for in her old age by a
niece. Her husband. Gregger Olsen
Kyarnerud. died 81 years ago. They
had no children.
Individual cups were recently used
at the communion service In the I'm
manuel church, Porsgrund. The cups
are made Of nickel-plated brass and
are gilt on the inside. The pastor car.
ried about a dozen cups at time to
the communicates on tray, and after
they were emptied they were put
on frame placed for that purpose in
front of the kneeling communicates.
The arrangement was neat and pleas
ing to the eye. This is said to have
been the first communion service at
which individual cups have been used
in the church Of Norway.
The Young Peoples Christian asso-
citation of Norway has about 500 To-
cal unions and total membership Of
10000 Many of the local unions have
buildings of their own, In which are
assembly rooms, Libraries. reading
rooms, etc. The association is doing
missionary work in Christiania and
keeps soldiers homes at the different
drill grounds in the country. These
homes are very popular, and many of
them are often overcrowded.
The building of Norway was dedi-
Gated February 26 at the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition. Norway's building Is
In the style of a sixteenth century
country home Of the medieval Morse.
Norwegian hymns and picturesque
dances by girls in native costume of
Norway lent color to the occasion.
There were addresses by Herman f.
Gade Of Christiania, Norway's COM
missioner general to the exposition.
Governor Johnson. and others.
Just one single person Is all that
now remains Of the titled nobility Of
Norway. This is Baroness Wedel-
Jarlsberg. and she is ninety years old.
The titled nobility Of the country was
abolished In 1891. From her age It
win be seen that she was not born
before that year herself But her hus-
band was born before that year, and
they had right to the titles Of baron
and baroness until their deaths.
The Matre river at Skaanevik and
the adjoining farms have been sold to
stock company organized in Chris
tiania with a capital Of 100000 II
II known that large factories will be
built at the place. but It Is not known
what particular kind Of industry will
be chosen.
About 200 men are at work on the
new power station at Aura. Roms-
DIAL. This will be one of the largest
manufacturing plants In the country.
The progress Of the work has been
greatly hampered by the war. but the
proprietors have not given up their
original plans.
Norway had LAT electric power
plants last June. Their aggregate ca
pacity was 560.4o6 kilowatts. There
were 1.674.7s6 incandescent and 1906
arc lights in use. To supply these
lights 61.096 kilowatts we're used and
23S,910 kilowatts we're used In cleo
.rochemical industries
The Skrankefos Pulp Manufacturing
company has bought the Solli estate,
South Land. About 1000 acres of
heavy timber is included In the deal.
The amount paid Is said to be about
100000
The government has been urged to
establish one or two factories for pro-
ducine nofato fiour II Ia argued that