The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-01-01

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Norway seems to be face to face
with an impending ministerial famine.
All over the country the need Of more
preachers 10 felt and the need grows
greater with each succeeding year.
The bishops Of Norway discussed the
situation ct recent meeting, but. 90
far a. ID known. evolved no plan for
remedying Il. Last spring there were
II vacancies in one bishopric alone.
that Of Tromso. In northern Norway.
Only seven of them could be filled by
students Of the department Of theology
Of the university. the other ten still
continuing.
Between twenty-five and thirty min
listers die every year or are incapaci-
tated by age. but last fall only II young
men entered the theological depart
ment Of the university. and doubtless
some of them will drop out before the
completion Of their course. Every year
sees q reduction In the number of the0-
logical students at the university.
Professor Brandt has published m
article in which he stctes that deaths
due to cancer have doubled In number
during the past nifty years. Six persons
die daily from the dread disease. The
women Of Norway are being af1icted
with the malady in larger numbers
than the men. Professor Brandt holds
that too much carelessness In the
treatment of cancer prevails In the
country. saying that 80 per cent Of
the women who get cancer of the
breast could be cured II treated In
time. and he believes that perhaps
half of the cases Of cancer In other
parts Of the body are durable II &C.
ton is promptly taken.
A correspondent writes that theater-
goers of Christiania appear to favor
Norwegian plays most, judging BY the
ticket-office receipts at the National
theater. Nevertheless. foreign plays
appear often on the program. Among
the plays which have been presented
or will be offered at the National the
ater this season are the following:
Bergen" by Oscar Braaten: Faust"
by Goethe; Professor Bernhard" by
Arthur Schnitzler: "Det We, Engang."
by Drachmann; "Broder Nikolaus." BY
Owe Asteinson; "Sigurd Braa," by 10
han Bojer; John Gabriel Borkman."
by Ibsen; "Jakob Won Thybe." by
Holberg. and "Borga Gard" BY Tor
Heiberg.
Norway ranks second only to Ger
many in point of low percentage of
illiteracy among its people. In Ger.
many the illiteracy is only .Os per
cent; in Norway and Sweden. 10 per-
cent. In Russia. exclusive OF Finland.
the illiteracy IL 81 per cent. nearly Q
hundred times greater than In Nor
way and Sweden.
A Christiania dispatch says that
General OLSON. one of the ablest mill
tary men Norway has had in recent
times, died November 4 at the age Of
seventy-one years. General OLSON was
twice minister of defense. first from
1898 to 1898 and the second time from
1905 to 1907. His second appointment
to the ONCE came when the dissolution
OF the. union with Sweden threatened
to result in military hostilities with
that country.
A dispatch from Paris tells about
the distinguished honors shown one
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ital. M. Johan Bojer. who has always
been an ardent admirer Of the French
people. recently went TO France to get
first-hand knowledge OF conditions.
and upon his arrival In Paris was ten
dered reception. by the Societe des
Gems des Lettres. In welcoming their
guest, M. Georges Lecomte, the presi
dent of the society. after speaking Of
his literary reputation. thanked him
for the regard in which he held
France, a regard which had prompted
his visit to the country in difficuIt cir.
cumstances in order that he might be
In q position the more ably to defend
the cause of France IN Scandinavia.
M. Bojer said that after his visit to
the front and his stay in France he
would return to Norway with = great
story to tell of the courage Of the
French troops and Of the calm conf
dence Of the nation in flnal victory.
II doesn't cost much TO hold cleo
tsxnvs IN Norwav.. n a aaffrnafed that