It is reported that the separation
Norway and Sweden will make a ne
line of political cleavage among t
American citizens of the northwe
The sons and grandsons of the Set
elinavlans, who make up the bulk
the population of the states west
the great lakes and at the headwate
of the Mississippi, want to Imp
their quarrel from the old world a
be no longer Republicans and Den
crats, but Norwegians and Swedes.
Fiction lind Public Moral..
Vienna is seeking to improve its m
als by offering money prizes
"healthy novels" which will be s
on easy terms to the poorer classes a
thus meet the "shocker" on Hs o
footing. But who shall decide what
and what is not a healthy novel? Ml
of the authors in this country have
oue time or another fallen under
ban of the self appointed censor.?I
Mall Gazette.
Rev. Mr. Scudder _ Scheme.
Rev. John I.. Scudder, pastor of
First Congregational church In Jei
City, N. J., now has tho People's pa
in working order, though the plac
not yet completed. It is an adjunc
his church and contains a gymnast
dancing academy, bowling alleys,
the whole to cost about $.00,001).
shall teach the boys to box," says
Scudder, "and I shall also teach
boys and girls to dance. I'm a gr;
father, but I have not forgotten ho1
use the gloves. I am an ardent bell
In every form of physical culture."
A Warning to Mothers.
