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Show A FAITIIKI'I. Pl'm.lC ShKVANT. Tlie well known l:lcrul upiesentative in the Danish diet. Mi AUuitti, is dead. He was elected upwards of 40 limes to tepresent the people in the district la-was la-was best known, and was a,'ain elected in January ol the present year, but declined declin-ed the position on account ol deafness and other infirmities. Tins made his constituents get up an nuru- r.msly signed sign-ed addiess expressing the li ;!i res'i.ds in which t.e was held by the.r. and thanking thank-ing him for his faithfulness in serving their interests these many years. DENMARK. Rats are a plague. On a small island in the bay of llorsens called Voisee, innumerable in-numerable rats am causing thi fanners a great deal of trouble. All the arable land only amounts to about 100 acres, and that of course is surroin led with water, yet every means that so far has been tried to get lid r( the tats has proven prov-en a failute; a they multiply much faster than theycan be destroyed As the rats breed evety month, and eatli time have a brood up to a d ozeu, there is but a i poor show for theunloruiuate owners of the land on the little island. Our Scandinavian Columns. C. C. A. Christf.nskx, Translator. A New Ereech-leading Gun- ! A Terrible iirc. Strikes in j Fire, Etc. j Transited lorthe RtcasrvK, The beetles (Oldenhorrer) are doing much damage on the island of Fulster, and a w ar ot extermination is going on there something after the manner ul our Grasshopper War. A fortunate father lives in a village called Maartrp, in Yensyssel, Jutland. wiio I has been presented with six children' during a ,3 j years happy marriage, his wife having hruuglit-'lum three pair of: twins. A NKW ItKKI-.CIlI.OADl R. ! An important invention. A Norwegian futn.Kiag Jorgensotr lias invented a new breacbloading gun, that is said to be far superior to the celebrated Lebel-gun ol the French. It is easy to handle and the mechanism is simple and of solid construction con-struction and therefore not easily got out ot order. The gun is effective at a very long range and almost incessantly, as live shots can be fired in a few seconds. Another abvantage is that Ibis kind i f chamber, can be attached to any kind i f a bteechloadiug gun, thereby saving a great deal for the governments that may adopt its use lor their armies, by only making the changes. The banish government has already adopted it for their soldieis. STRIKKS. The effects of the great socialist demonstration demon-stration last May, crops out occasionally in European ciamtiies, in the fotin ol strikes, sometimes of a lather curious ratine. I litis the laborers at the coal-depot coal-depot in Clii i-sliansaiid on the 9th of May' relused t ) coal the unfortunate steamer. I 1 hingvali.i,) unless their wages weie ta'sed and the ship' crew had to do the work that time, as there was no time to light it out or come to an agreement, tho' t lie deniand by the laboreis was very modest. From Stavenger comes the news, that about 40 gills, woiking at tailoring, had concluded to strike for higher wages and a shorter day. That their demands do not come up to fever-heaiaccording fever-heaiaccording to the American standard, will be concteded, when we learn, that the highest wages asked by the smartest gitls is only about two dollars a week, while others are willing to work for one dollar and a half" fiom 8 a. m to 7 p. 111. with an hour and half fm dinner. In fieigen a temporary strike took place 011 the .Stir ol May. A steamer bringing 25'.oo battels ot rye from Ooessa, Russia, had unloaded j ;ooo in Christiansand, hum ,.i1u 4h iiitl,..rwl bf i- ioi' taoot in J3ren,- wfum itl Jaboj ej. v,Uj out any warning demanded a raise In their wages, winch of necessity had to tie complied Willi, but no sooner was this done, beiore the ieamsters that was to haul the grain to ihe mills, also struck for higher wages and gained their point too. NKW MOTIVE row liR. A small but very interesting motive power has beeir invented by a Mr.Ucker-tiran Mr.Ucker-tiran in Christiansand. It is a machine, constituted on the same principle a, a patent lever watch, and is said to worksplended as far as its capacity has been demonstrated. Thus it has propel ed a small boat with great speed, and as their is no heat andsiin.ke connected with it, it is very pleasant thus to move on the water ' without the iieiveshnUing sensation a' fire and steam in immediate proximity to one's piecious life and properly, and the stench of oily machinery machin-ery and sight of dusky firemen liud engineeis, The invention may yet be turned into channels, that wild increase its importance, as did Erikson's screw propeller years ago, A very curious case lias lately gone through the courts, originated in Lisler and Alaudel's County in Southern Norway. Nor-way. A wealthy fatmer, Peter Kgeland and his wile were arrested and prosecuted prose-cuted for' living disagaeeable as husband and w ife and giving olietice to the neighbors, neigh-bors, by their quarrtlsome conduct." They had been married 32 years and had had 12 children during that time but had kept np a continuous domestic war, notwithstanding, and the court, found that a seperation lor six months 111 prison, and payment of costs of proceedings, pro-ceedings, would be the best, that public justice could do for them. On apteal to the higher courts this however, h as reduced re-duced to imprisonment for 10 days"each ,a K.i a l,t,.u(l ntwl walfr. The rivers and lakes in Norway have been very high this spring, and have caused caus-ed considerable damage to ihelow lands along the shores. In Horner the water has even gone up in the streets andlilled thecellars, inundated the gardens and done ather4damage. A priest, claiming "to walk in the ways of the Lord", is before the court in a divorce suit planted against him by his wife. In her complaint, she makes the following sialement of her grievances "When at meals, he has tried to make the children or mysalf eat the potato peelings and other leavings, and when we have refused to do so, he has done il himself. He would not allow me to wash the dishes, but would lick them clean himself, neither would he allow us to light up Ihe rooms or use any fuel although we had plenty ol it. It is stated by witnesses, that the parson par-son has been seen walking barefooted on the highroads, with his shots under his arm; no light, excapt the sun and moonlight was being used in this parsonage and in his anger, he has even brutally abused and illtreated his wile yet he makes claims to being religious, and is known have plenty money out on interest. A powder mill explosion took' place, at Kaipaias station, near Helsingfors by which s persous lost their lives ai.d the surronnding forist was set 011 lire thereby there-by endangering a powder magazine, that is, located there. A TE8IUM.E FIRE. The fine estate "lkegnegaard" near Charlttersluml, close to Copenhagen was destr .yed by fire lately. The owner Mr. Kasniussen, with his family were just having their dinner when they were sird-j sird-j denly aroused by the ry of lire, and I hurrying to the window, saw that thev would barely have time to escape with ! their lives, and succeeded in getting our in time. No human lives were lost, but six horses, two hogs and two dogs per-shed per-shed in the burnm; mass. |