The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29

t9Ees3 and observed n o1Slr113IEE IT'S
prizes therein provided The awar1ing
e~sze COMMITTEES wlil - selected from tie
members q the ssorshIng attending dur.ag
the latter session q each term. The judges
vii act Tor six years.
The arenaai sealing aset has cnzs home
from the Arctic SEA wath an exceptionally
fair catch. The Samson brought down s.ass
seals ard Zas barrels OF oil. while The seal
erz -si0rd ard viking each arrived r port
with over go seals and go barrels OF Gil
The Sto~s1aien savings bank last month
celebrated us thlrtseth anniversary and es-
fahl5shsd a legacy % SEQ crowns 70 be
used for libraries IN FIVE adjoining par
.shes. Twenty Per cent. q the legacy VIII
- used fn establishing the libraries. while
the interest On the remainder viii be used
% maintain them.
A bronze knife which Is supposed 70 be
over zoe years Old has been found IN an
old stone mound IN Hole parish RingeFike.
Norway In the mound was also found the
skeleton 81 q man There are several SINH
lar mounds in the uaighbornood- These
VII now be excavated IN the hope Of find-
ing relies from antiquity. The knife was
sold to the state university.
The chorus at the recent music festival
Al Stockholm was made ~ ~ IS Swedish
singers I0i Danes. and Sc Norwegian
50 in all There was an orchestra Of 30.
Among the works OF the Swedish compos-
ers represented there were the symphony
in minor, r. Berwald: overture.
.'DFapa. BY a. RubeBson. rnissa SRI rT~is.
b. Soederman: orchestral suite. "Gustaye
Wasa," by j. NJ. HaIIen; cautsta, "Islos-
sning," by j. Josephson: oratorio. THE
Birth Of Jesus" by +. Morn y: concerto
for plano and orchestra by w. Stenham-
noer. and concerto for violin and orchestra
by Dente. The Norwegian composers
were thus represented; Symphony in ID.
b. ETendsen; symphonic poem. "Asgard-
sreien.' by Ole OleSOn; cantata. THE Cap
tive" by Johan Selmer, "BergiIot." by
Grieg. and an orchestral suite by liver
Hotter Among the Danish works were
Gade's cantata "Raldur's Dream and G.
minor symphony; cantata, "Volvens
Spaadom. for male voices and orchestra,
by J. r. r. Hartmann: overture. "Expe-
dition Of waIiors in the North" by Emil
Hartmann. End the cantata ''kalanus,"
by G. +. r. Hornemann.
Forty-seyen years ago Jacob HennIngsen
was born IN Nakskor Denmark where
his father was running a small hotel. To-
day he was visiting his native and child
hoods haunts as a Chinese mandarin.
Young Henningsen studied law in a bar
rister's office in Copenhagen and was ad-
mitted TO the bar. but a desire for adj
venture carried him finally TO China as a
telegraph operator. Henningsen was ener-
getic and studied Chinese customs and
language with a Will. established tele-
graph school for Cinnamon and a mail
route to the interior. Finally he became
manager Of the international telegraph
station at Shanghai. Henningsen has
mediated between China and European
countries in several international troubles
and has been decorated twelve times for
his services. The greatest distinction
however shown him by China. was his
appointment as a mandarin, an honor
scarcely ever accorded a foreigner.
DIR. NJ. Ekenberg the inventor OF a
new and improved method for preserving
canneries. which may be removed
from one fishing bank TO the other.
Fish which is exposed 10 the air, even
FOR only a few hours. viii become tainted
and the flavor will be spoiled. II the fish
is canned and preserved Immediately
after IL is caught the preserved goods
will keep the flavor OF the fresh fish
Fresh preserved fish viii command a
higher price than fish preserved in can
nerics miles away from the banks. DIR.
Ekenherg will equip a large fishing ves-
sci with all the necessary machinery for
preserving fish and make an expert
ment next season on the banks.
The Motala machine works were estah-
lished seyenty-flve years ago by Count
h. Won Platen. The 10Th anniversary VIII
be observed by the inhabitants Of Motala.