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SUM WARY OF IMPORTANT HAP
PENINGS IN FAR OFF
NORTHLAND.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume of, the Most Important Events
in Sweden, Norway and Denmark—
Of Interest to the Scandinavians
in America.
FINLAND.
The social democrats in the Finnish
landtdag and senate are working on
reforms intended to ameliorate the con­
dition of the Jews in Finland. Their
condition has been deplorable ever
since the good old days, when Finland
belonged to Sweden. The Swedish laws
were good because the Swedes were
silways
kind to the Jews, but after the
llusslan domination of Finland the
Jews lost their citizenship and until
the present revolution were able to live
only
six months consecutively in one
Finnish town. Then they had to move
on and were obliged to ask the govern­
or where they should go. If the gov­
ernor refused to grant them permission
the Jews were obliged to leave the
country. The Finnish reforms in hand
include measures to make the senate
responsible to the landtdag, where for­
merly the senate was responsible only
to the Russian emperor. It also is
proposed to separate the supreme Ju­
dicial power from the senate and es­
tablish an absolutely independent su­
preme court, thus removing the uncer­
tainty long felt in Finland as to the
purity of justice. Whenever a senate
member is accused of malfeasance he
is to be brought before a tribunal com­
prising 12 members of the landtdag.
The new measures also propose the
granting to the landtdag of the right
•of real interpellations, which the gov­
ernment must answer. Since 1907 the
government has never answered one
of the many interpellations that have
been made. The hastening of the com­
plete prohibition of the liquor traffic is
in. prospect. Despite these salutary
measures the Helsingfors Huradstads
bladet bitterly arraigns the social dem­
ocrats, saying the discontent with them
is rising because they are enlisting
rowdies as police and calling the Rus­
sian soldiers to act against the Finnish
citizens. It says the social democrats
have no respect for private rights and
says they are as bad as any time, con­
cluding ominously: "Those things
will be put in the storehouse of the
members."
In addition to its tragedy, the situa­
tion In the Finnish town of Abo, popu­
lation 50,000, wh«re the strikers have
seized control, Is developing comic
opera features. The town council had
a meeting to consider the situation, but
there was no quorum, whereupon the
strikers elected 50 new councilors
from their own ranks, whom the old
councilors refused to recognize. The
strikers then locked the old councilors
in the city hall under the guard of 50
cossacks, saying, "Now stay there un­
til you can think out a plan for co-op­
erating with us." The electric light
service has been restored with the con­
sent of the strikers because the sol­
diers wanted to give a ball. Butter,
milk and eggs are unobtainable. Ten
Swedish ships which sought to unload
their cargoes at Abo were sent north
by soldiers to Raumo, where there is
less disturbance. Abo normally is the
most used Finnish harbor.
SWEDEN.
Hjalmar Branting, the socialist
loader, asked in the riksdag June 5
whether the government was prepared
to proceed with revision of the consti­
tution, abolishing the graded franchise
in municipalities and giving women the
riksdag franchise. M. Wennerstroem,
Socialist, inquired whether the govern­
ment would enforce payment of higher
•wages for laborers, a shorter work day
and "a political reorganization, includ­
ing thorough constitutional reforms by
which the people's demand for demo­
cratic reforms shall be granted as soon
as possible." The answer of Premier
Swartz to all the questions was a qual
ixied negative. The present political
situation, he said, demanded that the
ministry give its chief attention to for­
eign relations so that importations of
foodstuffs and raw material should be
fissured. The cabinet hoped internal
questions could await solution after
the crisis. The question of abolishing
property qualifications and other re­
strictions of the municipal franchise,
the premier continued, deeply affected
Communal rights and taxation, and had
*)een rejected by the present session.
The premier further pointed out that
a new election of members of the sec­
ond (jhamber would be held shortly,
giving the people an opportunity to
register its will. For days the left so
sialists had been urging the workers
to quit and demonstrate before
the riksdag building when the above
was taking place inside.
A new forestry school has been
dedicated in Stockholm. The king,
the crown prince and many other
prominent men attended the ceremo­
nies. The school is located on the
shore of North Brunnviken, where
there were number of monumental
buildings before.
Engineer H. Rustige has invented a
method of treating spirit of sulphite
In such a manner that it may be used
instead of benzine for running automo­
biles. It (s not necessary to change
the motor.
Many factories stopped worir at
p. m. and tho employees marcher? to
the riksdag. They found the ap­
proaches to the building and the royal
palace guarded by police and soldiers.
The crowd was noisy and threatening
and tried to overturn a street ear. The
mounted police charged and drove the
crowd back, while M. Bran ting emerged
from the riksdag and vainly attempted
to persuade the demonstrators to
leave. There was much bottle and
stoae throwing, but the mob finally
melted away. The police said most of
the rioters were yoinhs. United States
Minister Ira N. Sjorris was obliged
to flee to avoid beLig involved in the
melee. The socialists of the left wing
decided after the riot was quelled to
demand a general strike throughout
Sweden, but the wen who went oul
Tuesday from the large factories ar?
reported to have resumed work.
Sweden's merchant fleet lost, either
through war or by accident, in the
first three months of this year, 13
steamers with a total tonnage of 22,
932 two motor-driven vessels with a
total of 2,623 tons, and six sailing ves­
sels aggregating 1,153 tons. Including
three steamers lost by decision of
prize courts, and other vessels with­
drawn from service, the whole fleet
has been reduced by 42 units. The ex­
cess of tonnage lost over newly built
or purchased tonnage amounts to 15,
429 tons. Many sailors, seeing no out­
look for work under present condi­
tions, have temporarily given up the
sea and taken positions inland, many
of 'them going to farms.
NORWAY.
The burning of the nickel factory at
Kristiansand took place under circum­
stances which were interesting, to say
the latest. The Christiania, Tidens Tegn
had one of its contributors ask the di­
rector of the factory if there was noway
of "getting the country out of the
tragical position of having Norwegian
seamen killed by means of Norwegian
nickel." The Tidens Tegn next ex­
plained that the nickel factory had
made a contract to sell the entire pro­
duction to Germany for a number of
years, but that the government could
of course prohibit the exportation of
nickel to Germany, where the nickel
was used in the manufacture of torpe­
does. The paper added that it did not
make much difference either way as to
the manufacture of torpedoes, but even
the smallest contribution by Norway
was humiliating to the Norwegian peo­
ple and an outrage to their best feel­
ings. The next day the wires told that
the factory had been burnt down.
Polite burglars. A log cabin in the
woods near Mosjo, Ringerike. had
plainly been visited by burglars. The
door lock had been broken, and on the
table was a paper with the following
information: "We came here on a
dark evening and were unable to pro­
ceed, so we had to break in. Hope
that the accompanying $1.35 will reach
the proper parties as thahks for the
use. Beg your pardon. Three gentle­
men." The owners of the hut an­
nounced that they too wished to thank
the burglars for their fine conduct. If
all burglars acted this way the repu­
tation of their trade would no doubt
pass through a wonderful metamor­
phosis.
Hundreds of thousands of Norwe­
gians throughout the nation took part
in peaceful demonstrations June 6 de­
manding governmental restriction on
food prices and continuance of Nor­
way's neutrality. There were 50,000
paraders in Christiania alone. A dep­
utation of the demonstrators was re­
ceived by the president of the stor­
thing.
The 7,500-ton steel ship, Storvikeu,
built by the Seattle Construction and
Dry Dock company for the Haakon
Wallen company of Bergen, Norway,
was launched at Seattle recently. The
Storviken's keel was laid last Febru­
ary.
DENMARK.
Denmark is in a difficult position a?
regards fuel, said Minister of Interior
Rode, in a speech on the fuel situation,
in which he pointed to the necessity
of economy in consumption, and said
that steps in that direction had been
taken. Hope for relief from Americans
sources was expressed by the minister.
Only a few years ago the people of,
Grindsted would have laughed if any-i
body had talked about the value of
real estate by the square foot. Now
the railroad has changed all that, and
in the center of the -village ground has
actually been sold at the rate of 61
cents a square foot.
A practical joke was played on a
German sea captain at Aarhus. He
was permitted by the customhouse of­
ficials to take 200 pounds of potatoes
with him. But when he left the place
he tried to carry away 150 pounds ex­
tra. The officials were on the lookout,
however, and the potatoes were
stopped as they reached the ship. Tht
captain not only lost the potatoes but
also had to pay a fine of $50.
The discoverr of lignite coal at
Herning resulted in a great boom for
the place. Everybody talks lignite.
Everybody wants to buy lignite land.
A widow holding a parcel of ground
for which she had paid $5,000 was
offered $30,000, but she resolutely
asked $80,000. The quality of the coal
is good, there is no doubt on that score,
But as to the amount of it? Well*
as a matter of fact it is dug out of the
ground so fast that the transportation
facilities from the place are practically
swamped.
COOK CQUN^ NEWS-HERALD, GRAND MARIAS, MINN.
Youthof 17 with the Spirit of'
Proper Celebration
of Anniversary of
the Nation's Birth
When, in the course of human events, it
becomes necessary for one people to dis­
solve the political bands which have con­
nected them with another and to assume
among the Powers of the earth the sep­
arate and equal station to which the laws
of nature and of nature's God entitle
them, a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare
the causes which impel them to the sepa­
ration.
THUS
wrote Thomas Jefferson for
the Continental congress in the
famous Declaration of Independ­
ence. It was signed at Independence
hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. With
the pealing of old Liberty bell that
summer day the birth of a new nation
was announced. Like her sturdy sons,
that nation was conceived in hardship.
Her heritage of devotion to principle
was the noblest gfft brought by the
Mayflower. Innate courage grew fear­
less in the face of constant danger,
and her sons grew skillful by constant
toil. They craved not courtier favors
but demanded the right to develop
along the lines of a new democracy the
nation then born. Contact with the
wilderness had taught them that—
*Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle
slaves
Of legendary virtue carved upon our fath­
ers' graves.
For them to be convinced was as
though the thing had been decreed of
God. They were convinced and they
proclaimed their birthright by declar­
ing their independence and then fight­
ing for it against one of the proudest,
strongest nations of the earth.
Nation Wholly Worthy.
It ^as inevitable that such a begin­
ning should produce a nation of stal­
warts. What they lacked in knightli
ness they made up in manliness. De­
votion to principle left no room for
compromise with policy. The result was
a people chosen by fitness for great
place in the economy of the world's
progress.
At this seasdh we celebrate the an­
niversary of the nation's birth. The
140 anniversaries since then have not
all been to our credit. We have turned
from the serious to the frivolous, the
national birthday has become a carni­
val. In the name of patriotism all
kinds of follies have been permitted.
Instead of real honor to the nation the
day has been made an occasion for
gain. People have made for themselves
hardship in a vain attempt to have
more noise than their neighbors make.
Fitting Celebrations.
But we rejoice in. the change to be
noticed in the way of observing the
nation's birthday. People are begin­
ning to see that noise is not patriotic
and that the youth of the present need
a better ideal of Independence day.
In most of the large cities men of
prominence and foresight are arrang­
ing for public games. What could be
more fitting for the nation's birthday?
We should be a nation of athletes
there is no day better than July 4 for
arousing the latent strength of man­
hood or exhibiting what is already de­
veloped. Surely the parks should ring
with the best music our bands can
produce. Men gifted with power to
sway the multitudes should this day
tell what the nation stands for and
pay tribute to those who are—
Slow to smite and swift to spare,
Gentle and merciful and just!
Who, in the fear of God, do bear
The sword of power, a nation's trust.
Today we are in need of a patri­
otism as great as that of '76. The oc­
casion is different and the problem re­
quires greater wisdom in its solution.
It is a satisfaction to remember that
the national sword has never been
lifted in conquest. The glory of the
starry flag is that she is an emblem of
freedom of conscience, religion and
civil liberty. Except in the cause of
humanity she has never been in battle.
Not all that has been done under her
is worthy of praise, but it is safe to
say that few nations have a more un«
selfish record.
Fourth of July Flag.
The
union of lakes, the union
of lands, the union of
states none can sever
the union of hearts, the
union of hands and the
Flag of our1 Union
r!
Fourth of July Spiel.
Jinks—I admire your loyalty to
friend.
Blinks—I beg your pardon?
Jinks—Why, when Jackson criticised
so harshly the speech that Maxson
made you knocked him down.
Blinks—Yes I wrote that speech
myself.
Swiss Producing Alcohol.
The great demand ifor calcium car­
bide and the low cost of water power
In Switzerland have caused a big in­
crease of the application of the elec­
tric furnace for the production of this
commodity. The leading Swiss hydro­
electric concerns, as well as a concern
with its own big power stations at
Gampel, Yiege, Thusis and Cheyres,
have now finished their researches for
the production of pure alcohol for In­
dustrial purposes out of calcium car­
bide through treatment with hydro­
gen and by the electrolytic decompo­
sition of water.
As the industrial production and
sale of alcohol is under government
control in Switzerland, the introduc­
tion of this new industry will be a
Joint work of the confederation and
the Lonza concern.
Water-Wagon Revolutionists.
In the course of a conversation with
one who was in Petrograd at the time,
staying at the hotel which served as
headquarters for the revolutionary
party, I heard two or three significant
facts, says a writer in the Westmin­
ster Gazette. One throws light on the
morale of the troops who carried flut
the coup d'etat. The Hotel Astoria,
three doors off, had served as a nest
for the reactionaries, and was sacked
by otder, but when the troops came to
Its extensive wine cellars, they carried
every drop of its contents to the street
and poured them into the gutter.
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get'Rid of These
Ugly Spota.
There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the
Srescrlption othine double strength 1b
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of -othine—-double
strength—from your druggist, and apply a
little of it night and morning and you
Bhould soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to com­
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine, as this is sold under guarantee of
money back if it falls to remove freckles.—
Adv.
Described.
"Pa, what is a patriot?'
"A patriot, my boy, is one who
thinks a little more of his country than
he does of his personal comfort."
Practice makes perfect—and it also
makes the neighbors feel like smashing
the piano.
Geometry.
'Mr. Lotnlern," said the mathematics
professor, "what is the shortest dis­
tance between two lines?"
"Well, if one of them keeps retreat­
ing like the Hindenburg one did, it
would be pretty hard to determine,
professor."
No Kid-Glove War.
"I see under normal conditions,
France makes 26,000,000 pairs of
gloves a year."
"They don't need so many now, be­
cause they're handling a lot of people
without gloves over there just now."
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Canadian Farmers
Profit From Wheat
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain
Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of a corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers if you
will apply on the corn a few drops of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one can get a small bot­
tle of freezone at any drug store, which
will positively rid one's feet of every
corn or callus without pain or sore­
ness or. the danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound,
and dries the moment it is applied and
does not inflame or even irritate the
surrounding skin. Just think! You
can lift off your corns and calluses
now without a bit of pain or soreness.
If your druggist hasn't freezone he can
easily get a small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug house.—adv.
Appropriate Action.
"Here's an article how to make
good paper out of hops."
"Oh, skip that."
It is as difficult to start the average
man talking ^bout himself as it is to
stop him after he gets started.
Most of us could be worried all the
rime if we'd let our troubles rule us.
OH HER HANDS
Too ID to Walk Upright Operate
Advised. Saved by Lydia
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.
This woman now raises chickens and
does manual labor. Read her story:
Richmond, Ind.—"For two years I
was. so sick and weak with troubles
from my age that
when going up
stairs I had to go
very slowly with
my hands on the
steps, then sit down
at the top to rest.
311 Jackson Street, St. Pan!, Minn.
Canadian Government Agent
The doctor said ha
thought I should
have an operation,
and my friends
thought I would not
live to move into
our new house. My
daughter asked me
to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken it with good
remits. I did so, my weakness dis­
appeared, I gained in strength^ moved
into our new home, did all kinds of
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build­
ing and cement work, and raised hun­
dreds of chickens and ducks. I can­
not say enough in praise of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
if these facts are useful you may pub­
lish them for the benefit of other
women."—Mrs. M. O. JOHNSTON,Route
D, Box 190, Richmond, Ind.
ECZEMA!
Money back without question
if
HUNT'S CUBE fails in the
treatment of ITCH, ECZEMA,
RINGWORM,TETTER or other
itching skin diseases. Price
50c at druggists, or direct from
A.
I.
Richards Medicine
Co.
.Shermaa.Tex.
DAISY FLY KILLER iSStSSSSt
helping her raise Immense wheat crops.
Yon can get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE
and other lands at remarkably low prices. During many
yean Canadian wheat fields nave averaged 20 bushels to
the acre many yields as high as 45 bushels to the acre.
Wonderful crops also of Oats, Bailey and Flax.
Mixed farming as profitable an industry as grain rais­
ing The excellent grasses full of nutrition are the only
food requited for beef or dairy purposes. Good schools,
churches, markets convenient, climate excellent.
There Is an extra demand for farm labor to replace the
many young men who have volunteered for the war. The
Government is urging farmers to put extra acreage into
grain. Write for literature and particulars as to reduced
railway rates to! Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or
R. A. GARRETT
all files. Nest,
CIMH,
ornamental, coimnlent,
cheap. Luta all mmob.
Hade of metal, can't ipfll
or tip oyer will not toll
or injure anything. Guar­
anteed effective. Sold by
dealer*, or 6 tent by ex-,
press prepaid tor $1.00.
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HAROLD SOMERS, ISO DE KALB AVE., BROOKLYN, N. V.
PATENTS
Watson E, Coleman,Wash­
ington,D.C. Books free. High­
est references. Best results.
W. N. U., Minneapolis, No. 25--1917.
The war's devastation of
European crops has caused
an unusual demand for grain
from the American Conti­
nent. The people of the world must
be fed and wheat near $2 a bushel
offers great profits to the farmer.
Canada's invitation Is therefore
especially attractive. She wants
settlers to make money and happy,
prosperous homesfor themselves by
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Odd Bits From Novels.
"He fixed the jury with his eye,"
says a novelist. A poor thing to fix
a jury with truly.
"He stood as if carved from stone,"
says another writer. No wonder! He
had just been chiseled out of his
rocks.
Twenty-Five Years'
Experience With This
Kidney Medicine
It is a quarter of a century since I inn
troduced Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root tC
my trade and they all speak very favor­
ably regarding it, and some friends said
it is the best medicine they have ever
used. The sale we have enjoyed on the
preparation and the splendid reputation
that it feels is a positive proof that it is
one of the most meritorious remedies on
the market. Very trjily yours,
F. E. BRITTON, Druggist.
Nov. 28th, 1910. Jonesboro, Tenn.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghaxnton, N. Y., for a sample size bot­
tle. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor­
mation, telling about the kidneys and blad­
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paier. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all jlrug
stores.—-Adv.
Present Allurements.
"Have you decided where you will
go this summer?"
"No," replied Mr. Cumrox. "I'm kind
o' hopeful that mother and the girls
will improve on this 'see America first'
idea and take a fancy to getting ac­
quainted with the old home in summer
time."
The Wrong Man.
Shopper—Do you keep stationery?
Floorwalker—No, madam if I did
I'd lose my job.—Puck.
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