Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-26

rstiug Information th0u. coinage
aud Banking In the Far North.
stouutosL OCT 4. 3D. Lsptclall
The number Of periodicals, news
Iapers and magazine published 10
Sweden in 1891 was 6I1 and during
the came year more than oo,U0u,u0O
rupcrs we're tran,mitted by post The
figure 30, however, ur from rcprtscut
iug the entire number iu circulation
since It IL only exceptionally that the
posioilice undertakes the distribution
Of papefs 10 the place whoFo Icy are
iau,d. The official gazeltc OF sweden
foe, Oh nrt,s HdaHg1r hss the
year tlSN3l hsd its 2iD,n aunivtua
.hu 10 consequently uLe " thu Oldest
ia the world. Several VI thU SAeIifs
da.iiea ns regards Fzo Rnd c0uiuuts,
may be cou.ilrrod us hisniy snt &C.
tory while both price anu cost vi aI-
Nrttlains are unusually low.
sweden, pr vIUus 90 any other
country, fixed thu puucIpl. OF tlt
iurry " the press, hy making 10 a.
| iart Of the constitution, Ia 1865. 10
/ ihlH Jay uu alteration whats ever uau
D." made iu the original law CJurnfu.
ius the liberty no the pfru tEucUt
win thoss iDrmuW dccfrcd for the
alteration NJ the Cuhautuuuu, %, iit
assent " two separate diets, "a general
/ election having tA'u lnc8 between
/ tho ufsl ami Second passing uf tnu acL
! The pruss Law n " iu force dates from
July lOlh, 1912.
The Swedish 2 u' 20 club, founded
| lu 1855, o. nc pf-sent working vyy
hard iof the development and hclliia,.
ing OF tourist travelling in sweden aud
| ilr the iiiluolon OF due knowledge 0f
] The country and itr people.
One OF thr hmt measures taken by
/ the CLUB hns been 10 call tho attention
/ OF tourists 10 the alpine phTtt % Sweden
hs yet nearly unknown even tu The
greater part 10 the swedish public.
situated chlrly IN the northern part
0i the Kingdom, tfuverod ~ maguih.
cent water courses, during summer
time bathvi in the light Of the mid.
night run, aud inhabited 10y the uUm ID
LhpIs that rove about with herds cod
reindeer, the Swedish alps furnish a
tourist district " turpAsslng interest
although formerly somewhat inaCcuss..
be ON account 0i insufficient means Of
communication. In many paris Of
thusc uistricis roads have now brau
constructed BY thu club, boats have
boon stationed by the ryefs, sheliufs
Iur tourists have been built, etc.
special Efforts have been maize 10y the
club Tor facilitating the hccuis
To the waterfalls situated in
this part " the country, viz
hufaprangut tliate's Lrsp) Aud 5iln
alOiailct (tho Great Lake Fail,) not
only the largest falls In Sweden, uut
also ranging amongst tho m0sI remark.
able IN the world. The club has made
timiiar arrangements Ia other para Of
the Kingdom by the erection VI pros
poet towers, the placing OF road sigus,
the procuring VI guide, etc.
For exciting the Interest OF foreign.
er- for tourist travelling OF Sweden,
printed matter regarding Sweden ~
distributed On tue continent 10y the
club, ali ums with Photographic views
rom sweden arc plAouu IN The toaIlug
rooms ni thu hnttls, differences aud
oxhiu u)n' ale arranged, etc.
the oluh has iuf tho special benefit
Of itH members iuau0 arrangements
for reduced prices with great many
hotels, steamers aud putvcyOn uf
tourist tquipmenL aud, Ia the most
important plaots Of the country, proper
ptfs' have been appointed ~ cots
OF the ulub Tor the purpose Of giving
advice and Information 10 IT, travelling
mrmburs. Tue CLUB also iufuishta IL
mumuer- with toUts, maps, utc., Ior
travelling In remote paris Of the lUun.
Try.
Sweden formerly uasei her system Of
coinage on silvur bui twenty yvara ago
| TIE gold standard was adopted. Tue
statute Of May 80, ls13, declares that
/ gOli alone shall br tue standard OF
/ value In Sweden, that tho mOus taty
uuit shall be called n kfonn (cfOWul,
| containing 100 ore, ana that lO.croWu
gold piece shall weigh l.isl3 grams
ami contain parts Of pure golu anu
ono OF copper alloy, consequently
! i.u322bS grama OF pure gold. For
small coins both silver ana bronze 10
used. Two anu l.ofown plereE, au we'll
~ smaller denominations, are coined
la silver. A Swedishk fOnA IL Uqulva.
lent T. 96.S oents.
In conformity 10 decision Of con.
venion neld ON Dee. IS, 1879, anu later
agreements, Sweden, Norway aud Den,
mark now have "A common System OF
gold coinage. Bank ugtrs, however,
are also USED, being issued IN Sweden
both by the hank OF tho Realm and 10y
20 private banks, Of which more anon.
Perfect trust II placed In sweden Ina
THESE bank notes, and they have nj,
mn 40 entirely uustvd gold from cifcu,