Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 29, 1901, Page 7

FACTS ABOUT FINNS. 5 Wenry Norman, M. P., Writes of Them in Scribners. Henry Norman, M. P., the noted trav- eler and writer, has an article on “Fin- land” in the June number of Scribner's magazine. It, gives one an accurate idea of that unfortunate country. The writer states that Finland, with a pep- 4, * * ulation of ) inhabitants, has a 4 pwmaller percentage of illiteracy than @ny country in the whole world, and if that the percentage of those who have { acquired scientific training is the high- , est in the world. Spirituous liquors 2 not used ‘except on unusual occasions, though the government permits a land- lord to “treat” his gue Mr. Norman declares that there is ab- solutely no doubt but that the czar has broken his oath to defend the Finnish ‘ constitution, and that the Russian gov- ernment is proceeding, by illegal means, to change the constitution, and he has no’hope that Russia will alter her plans to ccmplete the Russification of Fin- land. » The government debt ts 112,000,000 marks, every cent of which was spent which i tm the construction of railwa ‘are prospering. “On Finland's histo- ry,” vs Mr. Norman, “there is no ‘stain. The government is absolutely ‘modern, yet in its largest cities there are no poor or criminal quarters. 44 Attention has repeatedly been called ‘to the conduct of the Russian officials tplaced over unhappy Finland. So pe sistent and heart! are the methods adopted that one is led to believe that ' the government is € ged in a sys- ‘ve tematic attempt to anger the peaceful Finns to an open revoit, so that the bloodthirsty Cossacks may be turned loose upon the country. ‘The London | ' Daily News recites ar it bit of tyr- rany such as is of almost daily occur- $ rence in Finland: Countess Charles Mannerheim, the wife of a member of one of the oldest titled families in Finland, and a lady well known in London society, is an ad- mirable singer, and has been in the habit, for some years past, of giving } concerts for charitable purposes. Re- cently she obtained permission from the authorities of Helsingfors to announce one of these concerts in aid of an edu- “} | cational fund. The only Finnish news- paper which has survived the invasion of the new Russian regime’ published an advertisement accordingly. For this offense the number of the paper con- ' taining’ the announcement was at once | suppressed by the authorities. r The arrangements for the concert, however, proceeded up to the time ad- vertised for the performance, when a detachment of the police closed the doors, and the audience, not being able to obtain admission, adjourned to the Societets Hus, or club. Among them 4 were the notabilities of the capital. The concert was then begun at the club. The Countess Mannerheim sang, and just as she was in the middle of her 7 gong, the governor, attended by his \. staff and the prefect of police, strode in,, and, without a single word by way of preface, ordered the assembly to leave. No one stirred, the building be- ing a private one. Thereupon the gov- ernor issued orders to the police outside to enter and clear the place. AS, how- \ ever, the gathering was principally composed of well known residents of Helsingfors, including a considerable : proportion of ladies, the police refused -to do their duty. The governor then commanded the sub-prefect of police, who was a Finn, under pain of instant dismissal, to turn every one out of the building, and, further, he threatened, if this was not done, he would let loose his Cossacks on the ladies. The audi ence at length withdrew. It is difficult to imagine a more serious outrage on a private gathering by a high officer, more especially as permission had been asked and obtained beforehand for it to be held. [74 CHURCH AND TE. Are'United in Norway, Though Re- ligious Liberty Prevails. Since 1537 the Evangelical Lutheran faith has been the public religion of the state, and it is generally designated in » legislation and otherwise as the Norwe- gian established church. Religious in- struction is given in-the government \ and-municipal schools, and the church 5) holy days are protected by legislation. The king must always belong to the established church, and so must the members of his council, and university professors who are members of the the- ological faculty, all superintendents or Mnspectors of the primary schools and yprincipais of the schools’ for the higher public education. All parents belong- “ng to ‘the established church are obliged-to' bring up their children in it. Jesuits are excluded from the king- dom. ‘Freedom from. the public prac- tice of ‘religion is granted to-all who profess ‘Christianity, including monks | and nuns, Unitarians and Jews, if not transgressing the limits of the law and decency. “There are not more than 30,- 000 -persons in the country outside of the established church. There are only 1,000 Roman Catholics, 4,000 ‘Baptists, 8,000 ‘Methodists, 8,000 Evangelical Lu- theran Free Church members, and a few ‘humiired Quakers, Jews ang Mor- i mons. Sloyd in Boston. The Sieyd Bulletin of Boston reports ' that twenty-eight teachers are imstruct- ing 6,360 children in sloyd in Boston, and that imstnuction is also given in private schools annd other institutions. A 6loyd training school for teachers has een founded, with Gustaf Larson, a graduate of Naas, Sweden, as the head 1 saaster, s Queen Has Perennial Youth. (Benjamin Constant has been giving ‘ jhis impressions of Queen Alexandra as @ sitter. “Your queen,” he told an in- terviewer, “can never grow old; she has perennial youth and perpetual beauty. Ah, what a sovereign!” Then, with a quiet laugh, he added: ‘Some- times when I visited Buckingham Pal- ace, she kept me waiting for a quarter of an hour, and I was giad of it, for her apology was 60 charming and her man- ner so dolightful that IJ could never ‘pave had even the heart to look crose,” LIKES AMERICAN Y, M. C. Av Rev. Eckhoff of Norway Will Carry Some Ideas Home. Rev. Kristian M. Eckhoff, chaplain in the district prison in Christiania, was a delegate to the Y. M. C. A. jubilee con- vention at Coston. He was also a del- egate from Norway to the World’s Christian Students’ federation, which is to meet soon at Northfield, Mass, Rev. Mr. Eckhoff is traveling over the country in the interests of the Norwe~ gian Bible society. The federation he represents was founded in 1895 at Vad- stena, Sweden, where the United States, England, Germany and the Scandina- vian countries were represented. There are now eleven countries or groups of countries, including South Africa, Chi-~ na, Japan and India, in the federation. The traveler is milciy surprised over the great work done by the Y. M. C. A. of this country for physical culture, and es to introduce that feature in Scandinavia with all his energy and in- fluence, A Brave Sailor Gone, Capt. Christian B. Knudsen of the steamship Norje, died suddenly on his vessel, June 9. He was master of the ili-fated Thingvalla when she was wrecked in 1889, and his heroic conduct on that occasion brough him the decor- ations of Knight of Danne brog, the Russian Oréer of St. Amma, ‘a ‘Greek or- der, and the. Lloyds’ medal, ‘honorary memberships in the English and Danish life-saving societies, a ‘fine silver ser- vice from Copenhagen-and compliment- ary dinners in New York and other places. He was known to thousands of people in the Northwest, who sailed with him when ‘he was in‘the service of the Thingvalla and 1 jecessor, Bobrikoff in Disgrace. Bobrikoff, governor-geenral of Fin- land, appears to have fallen from grace, and has been relieved of his position for the time be! for which the Finns give hearty thanks. It appedas-hat he denied the application of Former Gov. Minckwitz, of Nyland Province, for a civil pension, but failed to report his action to St. Petersburg. The govern- ment was informed, however, and Bob- rikoff was called to account. Notes of Scandinavians. In the past two years, according to theater statistics, there have been 387 performances of Ibsen’s plays in Ger- many and fifty-nine of Bjornson’s. J. A. Juel, one of.the most influential men in Drammeen, Norway, is dead, aged eighty-two. years. He was one ot the promoters of the Randsfjord rail- way and Drammen’s private bank. The Norwegian storthing adjourned June 3 until Oct. 5. Before adjourn- ment the sum of) 4,000,000 kroner was appropriated for twenty-one batteries of rapid-fire guns, and 1,420,000 kroner for strengthening the defenses at Chris- tiaussand. Bjornson and Crown Prince Gustaf met recently at a social gathering at Christiania. Did a chill fall over the party? Not at.all. They shook hands cordially, had a long and jolly talk, and afterward each declared that the other was a fine fellow. Countess Casa Miranda (Christina Nilsson) will visit her old home near Vixio, Sweden, next month. If her health will permit she will make a tour of Sweden and Norway. The suggestion of Bjornstjerne Bjorn- son that a fund for prizes in music be raised to the. memory of the composer, Rikard Nordraak,, has been adoptea. Crown Prince Gustaf is at the head of the committee. A monument will be erected later on. Dr. Rydberg, superintendent of the botanical garden in New York, has been sent to Europe to study the botanical gardens of.the continent. He will de~ vote some time in Copenhagen and Skansen, the famous outdoor museums in Stockholm. Reinald Werrenrath, a son of the Danish tenor, George Werrenrath of New York, has inherited his father’s talent as a singer, and a splendid future is predicted for him. Elith Reumert, of the Royal theater, Copenhagen. ‘has gone to Salt Lake City on invitation of the Danish Broth erhood of that place. Dr. Christian Fenger, the eminent surgeon of Chicago, has received word of the death of his father, F. H. Fen- ger of Copenhagen. The deceased was a member of the king’s council. The Norwegian Turners cf Chicago have entered:the prize contests in con- nection with the German turnfest at Kensington, Ill, and expect to win some of the honors. John A. Bachman & Co., well known bell founders of Stockholm, have re- cently shipped a large bell to Asmara, Africa. The order was secured through Swedish mission societies. The Stcckhoim high school ‘has re- ceived another handsome gift, a be- quest from the late A. I. Seelig, of 50,- 000 kroner. There are vo conditions as to.its disposal. Mr. Kaelin’s Snake Mine. A-strip of abandoned land east of the city of Jeffersonville is alive with snakes, some of ‘the reptiles: measuring five feet in length. The field belongs to Frank Kaelin. W. W. Lyon, a civil en- gineer, was running the boundaries » few days ago, that the land might be fenced, and he encountered ‘the snakes and abandoned-the work. Kaelin went to the field to build:the fence. The sun was warm, and the ground seemed tu be covered with the crawling reptiles. Men who were with Kaelin charged on the snakes with clubs and killed seven- ty-five, while-many escaped. The fence was finally built, but the workmen fre- quently stopped ‘to wage a war of ex- termination on the snakes. Then Mr. ‘Kaelints son started to plow the field, and the first furrow turned up snakes of all sizes. A large one ‘took refuge under one of the horses, coiling round the «nimal’s leg. Ihe boy killed six- teen #nakes.—Indiamapolis News. A Grief. She meant it kindly, but she played the piano too willingty. “All theee pieces,” she gently fsab- bled, ‘are oid favorites.” The young man with e diamond horseshoe in his scarf looked at her re~ proachfully and said: “JY guess I'll be going. You'll excuse me for seeming hasty, but you've touched a tender point. Whenever any- body talks of playing favorites I can't help thinking of the trouble I had the last day of the races.” nan oe ee ert at EXPERIMENTS WITH FOXES. Maine Man Rears Animals in Order to Study Varieties, After eight years of experimenting and study in rearing young foxes, Dr. Samuel Watson of Lincoln, Me., is of the opinion that the silver gray vari- ety is the fox of the future, and that the common red breed is running out, to be replaced by the worthless cross foxes and the almost priceless gray ones. It has been his custom to catch female foxes in traps in March and to keep them in easy confinement until they give birth to pups. As a rule a mother fox will produce seven young at a litter, of which two or three will be silver grays. Until the eyes of the pups are opened and they are able to run about the pen the mother treats al! of her offspring alike,giving them food and protecting them from danger with a strict impartiality. After that the motherly instinct centers on the red pups and the grays have a hard strug- gle to live. The mother will not only deny food them, but also take pains to bite them without any apparent provocation. In course of a few weeks the grays become emaciated and weak from lack of nourishment and care and lie down to die from starvation. In some cases the mother gets so dis- gusted with the young grays that she falls upon them and bites them to death by nipping them in the neck back of the ears. In the time he has been studying the habits of these ani- mals Dr. Watson has kept more than 800 young foxes in custody, and though nearly 70 gray pups were born into the world in good health he has suc- ceeded in raising only six to maturity. While the experiments of Dr. Watson have not been conducted over a period | long enough to arrive at accurate con- clusions, it is his belief that the pro- | portion of gray pups in an average lit- ter is slowly growing. In every in- stance under his supervision the gray pups are larger and more vigorous than the reds at the time of birth, and continue to hold the lead until their parents begin their peculiar method of weeding out undesirable progeny.— Chicago Journal. WAS CUT OUT FOR A CRITIC, Handy Man to Have About a Newspaper Office in an Emergency. The musical critic was unable to at- send the pianoforte recital, but the handy man on the paper allowed that be could do the thing easy enough, says the Boston Transcript. And this is how he did it: ‘Herr Diapson’s recital last evening at Acoustic hall was the most recherche event of the musical season. Herr Diapson is a master in cantilever, and both in his automobilia and in his tour de force he wrought wonders of tonic stimulation. He was especially potent in his dolce far niente passages, and in his diminuendo cres- cendo appoggiatura he displayed a technological skill that was simply wonderful. There was also a marvel- ous musicianly abandon in the mute bars, the instrument in these parts of the score being forcefully impressive in silent fortissimo. But it was per- haps in andante capriscioso that he excelled himself. Here he discovered a coloratura, a bravura and an ensemble that fairly electrified his audience. Herr Diapson, it is true, occasionally erred in an overponderosity of utabaga and again in a too lambent lustspiel; jut these lapses were hardly notice- uble in his rendering of cantabilious intermezzo. The recital, upon the whole, was a marvelous exhibition of poca hontas instrumentation and in- candescent cavatina.” Slug four, who takes lessons, said there was some- thing wrong about it, although he couldn’t say exactly what, and the managing editor, upon looking the critique over, was free.to admit that it was all Greek to him; still he said that it seemed to read all right, so far as he could discover to the contrary, and it was quite in the line of the regular eritic’s composition—more luminous, indeed, and he didn’t see why it shouldn’t be printed. It was lucky, he said, that they had so able an all- around writer on the staff. ‘This Princess Binds Books. Princess Victoria of England, the un- married daughter of Edward VII., has the most curious hobby of any in a family that has several unusual fads. She is deeply interested in book bind- ing. A few months ago several book covers sent to an exhibition in the name of “Miss Matthews” were favor- ably noticed Ly the judges and received several prizes. Nobody knew who the exhibitor was until the prizes were awarded. Then it was discovered that it was the Princess Victoria. The vrincess takes her hobbies very seri- pusly. Following the lea? of her moth- ur, Queen Alexandra, who is deeply in- terested in medicine and hospital work, Princess Victoria began to study nursing some years ago. She took an examination in theoretical work and when she passed announced her in- | tention of becoming a hospital nurse. It was current gossip in London at the time that the Prince and Princess of Wales had great difficulty in convine- ing her that it wouldn’t be wise for her to do so, and that Victoria sub- mitted only after many tears. The Wor d's Longest Mile. The Swedish mile is the longest mile in the world. A traveler in Swe- dem when told that he is only about a mile from a desired point would better hire a horse, for the distance he will bave to walk if he chose in his ignor- ,ance to adopt that mode of travel is exactly 11,700 yards. Thieves Ftole the Watch Dog. A florist of Newark, N. J., kept what te believed to be a valuable watch- dog chained in his greenhouse in Bliz- abeth avenue as a protection against thieves. One morning thieves not only carried off valuable plants, but also stole the watchdog, chain, collar and ait, i The Summer Man in All His Glory. Take him as a whole, and the sum- mer man promises to be a garish and gorgeous spectacle this summer. His shirts and neckwear are to be resplend- ent with the most striking of reds and blues, lavenders and greens, and a general jumble of all of them, With these are worn with the white ducks and flannels that fashion says will be the eminently proper things for outing suits, the effect will be picturesque, to say the least, especially as the straw hats are to be of a sort that will top all this showiness very properly. White canvas and tans are to be the colors for footwear, and, as the knickerbockers and plaid golf stockings will also be proper when one is not dressed for compapy, the male animal promises to be, in his own estimation at least, @ thing of beauty and a fitting mate for the summer girl. The Main Thing. m “I knows,” says Miss Mandy Dark- leigh, “I knows dat my beau ain't so smaht as some o’ de fellers whut comes to see yo all, an’ dat he can’t read readin’ ner write write writin’, but I'll say dis fer im—he c’n talk talkin’ all right, an’ dat’s one necessary featu’e ob a co’tship.”—Baltimore American, ‘Mrs. Winsiow’s soothing Syrup. For children teething, sotvens the gums, reduces tr Sammation, allays puin.cures wind colic. 25c a bottle Feminine, Miss Douglaston—Then you do not think a woman can be feminine who shoots and plays golf? Hempstead (hedging)—Oh, no; I feel that she can be feminine if she shoots and plays golf, providing she does not shoot and play golf too well.—Brooklyn Eagle. pA NS Si ath Aa Long Live the King! The King is Wizard Oil; pain his enemies, whom he conquers, Family Bereavement. “Am I part orphan now?” asked the chick of the hen. “What do you mean?” inquired the hhen. “The incubator was burned last night,” answered the chick.—New York Herald. ‘What Do the Children Drink? Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O1 It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the lace of coffee. The more Grain-O you give e children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of ure grains, and when properly prepared ites like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about 3¢ as much. All grocers eoll it, 1c and 2c. Later. Again the two illustrious men met. “McSweeny,” said the governor of North Carolina to the governor of South Carolina, with deep solemnity, “have you joined the Buffaloes?”—Chi- cago Tribune. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds —N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J.,'Feb. 17, 1900. His Ancestors, Father Mulcaughey (calling)—Oi sup- pose these pictures in yez parlor are av yer ancestors? Pat O'Callahan (acquiescing)—Yis; some av thim are moi aunt's sisters, but mohst av thim are moi wife’s rela- tions.—Brooklyn Eagle. After-effect—the kind word makes the dog’s tail wag. that ‘ Hu ) Mite A Vain Hope. ' Flushing—Didn’t you join another Don't Worry club last week, Harriet? Mrs. Flushing—Yes. I hope you don’t object to my belonging to two Don't Worry clubs, Henry. Flushing (abjectly)—Oh, no, Harriet; but I had hoped that they would keep you from worrying me somewhat!— Brooklyn Eagle. Nature’s Priceless Remedy Rheumatism, ; DR. 0. PHELPS BROWN’S sak Back: Sprains ia, Weak Back, Spr jurns, Sores and all Pain, Speclal<7-Setst fxr on druggist, 25, 50e. I'he dogs not sell st, send us his name, and for your OINTMENT | 5.05 inp It Cures Through the Peres | Send You a Tris dddseseDr-.P Brown, 06 Bway. Mowburgh, N.Y. 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