The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-06

by four mortsrs captured BY him from his enc.
mics His reign was the last in the snort perloo
OF aosoiutism, and though bis vicIof,es 49, i
fruitless, his bravery and simplicity nave Gu
deared him and his memory 70 his Peopls. "a
the national museum the most striking PictuIs
Is by Cedarstrom, and represents In ;ss = Ed
erickshald. His body Is carried on inter, anu
his bearers his soldiers. The sorrow on tneir
dark, set faces. the steady hopelessness VI tnelI
steps. and the lowering GOODNESS OF tne WinIer
sky, form the strong and silent expression OF
nations grief. Another noble statue Is tnat OF
Gustavus I'LL, between the royal palace ana ine
harbor The chiyairous king leans on ruoder,
symboizng his naval victories On the square.
opposite the statue OF GustaVus Mag
nus, rises the great ,neater, puin Ds
sense proved his tomb. He was assassinated by
Captain Ankarstrom while at masked Dail In
this theater. Under his too short reign art ana
literature were encouraged, Linn8us lived and
fiourished and BeIlman, the singer of sweet
and simple BALLADS, won the prize OF the French
academy for his Freedom Epistle" A liberal
and enlightened reign, precursor OF still more
liberal reigns was that OF Charles XIV--John,
the famous Bernadotte, who became regent and
afterwards king and who reluctantly turned his
sword against his old captain, Napoleon the
Great. Il is doubtless a survival OF this. old
attachment that we see In the royal palace.
Here are life-like portraits of Napoleon and Jo-
sephine in coronation robes, Queen Hortense, OF
Holland, and brave Eugene Beauharnais. Ber-
uadotte's successors, Oscar l., Charles XIV. and
Oscar H., the present king, have followed his
wise and prudent pOllCy, ana the swedish nation
can well afford to rest on her laurels and dwell
IN peace and ever-incTeasing prosperity.
From Stockholm to Christiana striking
changes occur in the landscape Its only when
the ford of Christiana is reached that one APP
preeiates the peculiar charm OF Norway. The
fjords indenting the coast Tor hundreds of miles
are narrow and deep, and sharp as serpents
tongues. The steep hills at this season are vel
vety in their greenness, and the boundless mr.
covered islands lie scattered a. BY a lavish
creative hand. We drive on into the heart OF
nv In NJ
shall. For many miles the road follows q brown.
tnmbling trout brook. Where the forest breaks
its chain the wild flowers run riot-a tufted,
living carpet OF every color and shade. column
bine lupin, campanula, scabiosa, ranuncusus,
the tender pink erica, the trailing Iunied borfGs
and peculiar tufted, cottonlixe grass. we
pink, and some actually scarlet At
Holmesdat we have our first view OF
the Holsfiord, over which there seems 10 brood
perpetual rest The cool mountain air has
nothing of July's feIvor, and the Norway pine
needles deaden our football.
The Ygeijord is even grander and more I'M
way lies beside and across it, and away in the
mountains to the cataract of Honefos. Just
now, at the food tide, the falls at their bsst,
for there are two of them-at the confluence of
the Aadalselo and the Randselo The best point
OF view is from the lower bridge, but we are not
satisfied, and climb down the rocks below the
falls The torrent is more remarkable for
breadth than height. 1t roars with right good
Will and dashes its spray over W. We think it
like the stormy soul of an imprisoned viking.
until we see that il is but servant,
after all Nearly all these much admired water
falls are forced by the thrifty Scandinavians TO
turn millwheels and to feat lumber. The logs,
hurried down the sluic.s and suddenly shot
into the quiet water of the river, are used as
rats BY an enterprising colony of water wag
tails, who light on them with many courtesies,
float few yards, and then leave their i'm
provised raft for the next in line. The river
has the peculiar green color of snow-born
streams. as well as their swiftness and GOODNESS.
The falls OF Honefas are a fit preparation for
those OF Troll haitian, which we find not far
whriing rapids, with height of los feet, and
an extent of some 1900 yards. The volume of
water is unsurpassed in Europe. Several
islands In the center of the river. TO which we
gain access by complicated system of
bridges, platforms and galleries, give an ey-
cellent idea CD the extent and force of
the water. Above, below, on either hand, we
see only the raging whiteness and the glass
green wall as it slips over the intervening rock,
and we have some faint perception of the hor-
rors of chaos OF which this giant may be sur
vival. Troilhattan formed the chief obstacle TO
the building OF the Gotta canal. We can feel
more grateful than ever to the genius, so lately
among ,fs in the body, TO whom we owe our
journey to the land OF afternoon.
The handsome thriving city OF Gothenberg is
our last impression OF Scandinavia. We leave
Sweden as we entered il, by the gate of the sea,
taking with US happy memories of pleasant,
kindly people and of prosperous voyage.
DRUMCARRo.