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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1903)
12 TIIE ILLUSTRATED BEE. October 4, 150ft. Many Americans Are Invading Norway Copyright, 1903, by Frank O. Carpenter) TIIKIAKIA. Nurwnv. Rent. 21 K (Hpeolal Correspondence of The I Hee. IKor Kf viirnl irf-neruHona the Norwegians have been Invad ing the United 8Ut s. Thry have trohhlfd the bent farms of our northwest and haw become the leaders there In every brunch of business Hnd political life. Now the Rimon-pure Americans are Invading Norway In turn. I tlnd them here In Kiistl nnla, the capital, und I n their Roods for mile in every block. Our consul general tells me that every kind of American ware, with the exception of textile, is sold here, und I can see that be tells the truth when I walk the business streets. In the Ik art of the city Is the Storthing, or I'arllament building. Just opposite Is an American shoe store, where the Norwegian lawmakers get their understandings, on the Torvet, or chief market plate, Is th-s 'ofllee of an American cash register com pany, and in the street leading to it are Bhops tilled with American hardware. Pass ing them the oth- r d ly I notlred I'hll.-idl-phla lawn mowers, Huston clothes Arlng trs, Indianapolis pitchforks and jiuinps from four differ nt localities. There were Klso steel bells to call the Norwegian f irm er to dinner, axes for use In their logging camps and hatchets and saws for every one. In another putt of the town 1 found the Mct'oruiiek, the Peering und the Wood harvester agencies, as well as many kinds of our farm tools, and near by was an es tablishment where a score of falr-halred, blue-eyed Swedish girls were sewing away on well-known American sewing machines. I stop at the Victoria hotel and am awakened each morning by a rosy-cheeked chambermaid, who rolls a Grand Rapids carpet sweeper through the halls, and who, when she brings In my hot water for shav ing, lets up my curtain on Its American spring roller. These spring rollers are the first I have seen In Kurope, and they ate a refreshing change to the European blinds which you roll up by hand and tie with a string. Oar Typewriters and Cameras. The American typewriter Is here and al.-o the American camera. I bought snap sho'.s of a bride and groom photographed by ono of our Instruments, and you may get the quaint costumes of all the out-of-the-way regions as taken with our photographic ma chines. Norway has recently purchased a lot of our shoe making machinery, and a' factory has been established here In Kils tianla which Is making so-called Amtric n shoes. They are even Importing our leather and are making their shoes on American models. As to meats, all the various brands of Chicago and Kansas City are us well known here as at home, and the fat of our Ameri can hogs pads tens of thousands of Nor wegian ribs. Tills country Is one of the lumber yards of Kurope, but we ship cer tain kinds of logs und boards to Krlstiania. We sell furniture here and I see Porto Rico coffee and all sorts of Californ'a canned stuff In the chief grocery stores of the city. This Is one of the greatest fish countries of the world, but the Norwegians buy Columbia river salmon and like It. I like Krlstiania. It Is mora like at American city than any other in Kurope, Its streets are wide and well paved, I s buildings are constructed on the American plan and the residences on the outskirts remind on of the better class homes of St. I'aul and Minneapolis. Indeed, the best residence section here Is not at all unlike the best residence section of St. Paul. The stores of the Norwegian capital ore similar to ours. They are smaller and have more In the windows, but the goods are well displayed and the merchants are busi nesslike. It is the same with the people. If you . could take I.angley's new flying , machine and come In a few nights from Minneapolis to Krlstiania and be suddenly dropped, you would hardly know where you were. You might suppose yourself In an American town. The faces on the street would be much the same and the dress r.ot very different. This may come from the large number of. Norwegians in America. Krlstiania Is an up-to-date city. It has electric Tights and electric cars. The cic system was put In by the Vnlon Klectrlcnl company of Herlln, which Is an asso tat? of our General Klectrle comp.iny of New York. The cars are as good us our and Ihelr rates are Just half as h'gh. You crtn fide all over the town for 2' cents and cm catch a car any minute, i Our Norwegian (iatenay. j Krlstiania la our gate to Norway. The hiust of the American goods ure brought here und shipped to different part of the Country. The city is situated at the head f a wide and deep fiord which winds It way in and out from hen to the North sea. At the bead of the tlord are many little bays forming excellent harbors. These lays are filled with shipping and you may ce goods loading and unloading for and from different parts of the world. The Norwegians are among the greatest ship pers of Europe. They are natural sailors f. and their boats go to all parts of the world. They have an enormous carrying trade. They own more than 1.0J0 steamships and about 6.0o sailing vessels. They do a general freighting business and In freight receipts alone they take in sometl.lng like $31,ltM,rK u year. We ure much Interested In the commerc of Norway. It has Imports and exports of considerably more than $lKi,OJO.O0 a car and among Its Imports are many thin which we furnish. The country i-t b'g.- It Is three ti.r.es as large as the state of (h';i an ! It h is a :i ul;i tlun of tn rre tl a 1 2.(K'i,o:. Nevertheless, it his v.ry lilt e good farming lind. Feventy-flve p r ten' of it Is rnt roductlve. ."!.' 1 er ( en' is take 1 u 1 with fove t:i and only 3 per cent W 1:11 !cr cultivation. This n-.ems thit onl t re Hcr-H In every hundred can be cultiutel and on those three th crop! are sm ill Only the hinliest of grains can be r.i'sed. the chief products ro s' :rg of wh?it, barley, 01U, rye arid I ems. Some horses, c.ittle, shop, gnats and swine ure reared and also about liHUOK reln.'e r. A Spoon-fed Country. A country Ike this cannot ralr:e I s own food. Its stomach has to be ti l-d hy the spoons of other nutlni.s. and today we are not ladling in o ir full fhir'. N.rauy annually Impt rtt ubout 2 iriO.OH) w rin 0; fod products. Half of ih.s is grain, the Imports aterng ng t-cven or tight bu hels to till- inhabitant. About hid'' the grain ennv s from Uust.'u, oi.e-lourth from Germany and the remult der fiorn the L'.ilted S .titer, Denmark and Kouiihii.I 1. A great part of the imports tire rye, o ae f.uith is barley, about one-twelfth wheat Tour and less t mn 3 per cent wheat. Our grain exports to Norway ure Increas ing. They would be much greater If we were to establish elevators here and keep a stock on hand for B(eedy delivery. At present there is not a single gra n elevator In Krlstinia, and none, 1 venture, In the whole country. We also send Norway I ird, side mailt and bacon, American meats be ing exceedingly popular. Speaking of Notwog a i food, these proplo live as well and as cheaply as uny per pie In the world. The hotel rates are high, but the meals are excellent, and I am us w 1 accomrnt dated here us I w.ia In Berll . There are many cheap restaurants, and there .'s one which fe:ds 2,000 pe. pie u day where you can get a dinner for 7 cents. The average cost of mt-als ranges from 7 to 13 cents, and you can buy us much or us little us you please and tarry It home or eat it In the restaurants. This Is Krli tlanla's famous steum kltch.-n, which ha been in unci eti- f ul oprTution for forty-four years, und which is s ild to make m.mey. I found It In an ugly brown buildinj not fur from the bus nesa center of the city. It wus not.n when I entered, and there were then 01 men, wjmci and children eating at Its marble tables. The men hud their huts on, although trany of the wom?n were bareheaded. They were ull well dressed for laboring people and all w! behaved. K tch perst n waited upon him self, taking his plate to the counter to hue it tllltd with soup or meat. At the same time boys and girls were coming In and going out cirrylng buckets of sjup and meat home to dinner. Slot H inaia, KrlBtianla has a great many automatic or slot restaurants, such as I have de scribed In my letters from Paris and else where. In such places you can put in a coin ettuul to a nickel or a diniji and take out sandwiches, roast beef, hot coffee, a plate of strawberries or a glass of cham pagne. There are also excellent eating places In the business sections. I have been taking some of my meals at the Masonic Hall restaurant, opposite the Parliament house. 1 get as good a dinner there for 50 cents as is served in New York for SI. I have one of Its bills of fare before me. It starts out with crab soup, after which come a grilled salmon steak und potattes, one-half of a wild duck and salad, und ends with a cup of lee cream. I washed that meal down with .1 hulf liter of Imported Munich beer fresh from the cask, and the who'e, In cluding my fee to the waiter, was 75 cents. Indeed, these Norwegians live well. They have good homes, good stores, good food and plenty of amusements. They are fond of music, and they have frequent concerts. Their National theater is finer than any In Washington city. Hetween the acts thero are long pauses, when the people go out and walk up and down the beautiful halls outside the audience room. Connected with these halls are restaurant tables, where one can get anything from a sandwich and beer to a plate of ice cream. I have no ticed that beer Is the favorite beverage, and that women drink It at such times as much as the men. The theatrical audiences are about as well dressed as those of the 1'nlted States, and they look much the same. The last play I attended was "Peer Oynt," by Ibsen, the great Norwegian poet and play writer. I had to leave my hat and coat In the dressing room, for nothing rSSSSSSSf SSSSCSS MIMMHIIIIMtlimmtM Satisfaction There is satisfaction in knowing yon are eating the best that can be produced. Our meat market and grocery have been recognized as superior to all others, and now we have added a ItAKEKY to make our business complete. We bake our own bread, cakes and pies and they are always fresh. A trial will convince you. If you thoroughly enjoy a dainty chop, a deliclously tender and Juicy steak or r..ut this is the meat market to come to for them We make a specialty of fancy meats and send them out in neat shape, ull reudy for the ruaster or broiler. 1311 ises MEATS Mil GROCERIES- 2f and Farnam st. s 1 1513 DoJje St. Mlddte of the Block. i The Problem of Where to Buy. Visitors to Omaha, during tho Ak-Sar-Ben festivities are l.nlted to Inspect this odd store odd because It is unlile any other store In the west. Odd in the variety of totals carrit d, and in the extremely lov.' price at which everything i, marked. If you are selecting something for mother, father, wife or sister and want to contribute a large amount of pleasure at a small expense; If you want something for the children, no other store offers the abundance for selection. Wo ve been preparing for the great business of the next tn days-been getting In our new goods and selections may be made now for Christmas, if desired. Don't fall to visit us when in the city. Remember our new location. 151 J Dodge St Middle of the Block. THE 99 CENT STC THE LOWEST DRUG PRICES IN NEBRASKA The prices quoted below are the lowest to be obtained in the west. We publish a catalogue containing 10,000 articles in the drug line at CUT IMS ICES. Write for it or call for it. 25c Mennen's Talcum Powder for 11c 50c Colgate's Pansy Blossom, oi....5c 50c Paint Brushes for 20c SI. 25 Paint Brushes for 50o S1.00 Usterlne for 74c $1.60 Wine Cardul for 74c 25c Mistletoe Cream for 10c S1.00 Kilmer's Swamp-Root for 79c S cakes fine Violet Soap for 25c Big bottle Household Ammonia for. 6c S1.00 Kirk's Dandruff Cure for 75e (Warranted to cure dandruff In 10 days) SI. 00 Newbro's Herplclde for 79c 11.00 Squlbb's Sarsupurilla for 73c 25c Brown's Bronchial Troches for.. 19c 25c Oargllng Oil for I9e 35c Castorla, genuine 25c 11.00 Peruna, genuine 68c $1.00 Pierce's Prescription exc ise Allcock's Plasters. 2 for 25c 75c Moeller s Cod Liver Oil .65c 25c Pierce's Pills )!c 5Cc Doan's Kidney Pills ice 50c Culicura Salve .3$c 25c .Ixtxative Bromo-Quinlne ir)C 50c Horllck s Malted Mtlk 40c Sl.OO Horllck's Malted Milk .'.!75c S3. 75 Horllck's Malted Milk . S3 15 S1.75 8. S. S .i4 2jc Cut leu ra Soup 2tc Sl.OO Her s Malt Whiskey ,'.64c 25c Cuscuretts soc fioe Ca sea re lies 40c 25o Carter's IJttle Uver Pills 15c 'Jt'C Kromo-Seltzer 2oc 50e Hromo-Seltzer 400 S10 Baker s Barley-Malt Whis key for 75,. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE Skfi( H,MM Article it Cl Price! Sherman & McConnell Drug Company, Corner 16th and Dodg Streets, OJ1 A HA. V Diamonds Watches C ui filoec Silverware Never before have we shown bo superb un assortment of Diamonds, Watches, Cut Class and Sterling Sil ver us now. Whether you desire to purchase or not drop In and see the array of teautiful things within our sto.e. Whenever there's anything new In Jewelry you can always expect to find It at Brown & Borsheim, Jewelers. 222 So. 16th Street. LIFE SIZE 2i Feet High. OtrU, W to ft Gri Bl Dll l biff nottKh to vet youroaMrrown baby dreamt w htch you cn put on and off. button ajtd uubuttnn, to youp heart d Jrirtt. U to the moat pooulardoll made. Duille ha an tmttjaiructlbla head, gold an hair, rosy che, brown eye, kid culorvd body, rad tor kings, black ahora, and will stand alona. It la an ex art rrjndu-tion of a hand painted French Doll aisti will live in your memory lone after childhood days hava isawwd. We will (five this beautiful duUatMohiulyKraa a a premium forerlliiig only four boxe of ourtlrvat Cold and Headache Tahleta at tt fnt,abox. Write today and we will send Tabirta by mall Bitot paid. When aold antkd mm heiaoorvttl 00) and we will end you this Ufa Hlae Dall which 1s 8 S feet kick and caa wear uaoy a cioinea. EXTRA PREMIUM. If you lend u th monrf wlthla on after rwelvlntf Um TalklrtH, ww will mtind Willi tlic dull. ! Cl Ut BUk. wwa Plat, M an axtra premium for pmaipt work. We take bwcg ail guoda not old. Aiidiwja, NATION Al MEOICINE CO. OoNDwpt.teK Rew KavM,Cww HOST POPULAR DOLL UADE i i,i r H I ml TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Oaly Oae Uolla-r a Yests