The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-04
Tr<ai2 university. Sire Is tire arst lady
professor Of lurisrruaence u sweden

r-r<aia university Sire Is tire arst lady
professor OF Jurisprudence u Sweden
The teachers ~ Stockholm advocate
celebrating the ssa day of November as
q national holiday. That day is the ami
verSary If the death If GastayalS Adolf
phnx the great warrior king. and Is an
appropriate day 70 bee set aside and OBJ
served as a national holiday. Sweden has
no national holiday. ard the teachers re-
aiize that the observance OF z national
holiday vii prove beneficial in awakening
and kear4ug alive TIE patriotism Of the
growing generation. Ard they need bat
cross the kjolsn mountain ridge into Ner
way 70 ind ocular pref of It's effect
Here the school children parade in every
city town and hamlet on the i1ih OF May,
Norway's day IF independence. and form
tins main feature II the patriotic exer-
cts@s. and more enthusiastic ios of pa
friote than these children, marching
through the streets 10 fne strains Of ma
tionaI airs cannot he foSind anywhere IN
tia wide world. The love ~ home. coun-
tTy and liberty Is lnstilled into them frora
childhood. and they are made 70 feel that
they, too. are part Of the nation.
Morse students from the University ~
Cnristlania who are IN Stockholm pa
;icipating In the Scandinavian singing fes-
tival at the exposition recently serensdsd
KING Oscar and the royal family fran
the courtyard - the palace. The kir <
thanked his Morse subjects fer their at
teption IN a neat speech. followed by vi
watts and songs.
Hr. Fi4Iastrup and Fru Riis. two Of the
leading theatrical artists of the gay Dan
ish capital. have arrived in New York IN
a dramatic toar through the United
States.
Denmark may unqgestionably be able
70 boast Of having produced the oldest
lady blcyclist In the world. The distin-
guiShed person is q years old. and she is
a peasant woman living on the island of
Fysn. During the forenoon she generally
attends 70 household duties. Not entirely
unlike the balance Of her sex. the old lady
delights in making calls for the purpose
of gossiping about her Rsighbors. and
when the time for making afternoon calls
arrives she mounts her bike and starts
out on her circuit 10 the neighbors. who
always welcome her. knowing that she is
an un-so-date circuiator of news.
Cartherg. the Copenhagen brewer. nm
ploys 30 skilled laborers. whose average
yearly earnings amount to nearly 800
does not include the earnings Of mech AMI
cal engineers, who are better paid. In
addition TO the above the single men are
furnished comfortable lodgings. and all
employees receive free medical attendance.
free medicine and hospital service W lille
the sick list the employees continue To
draw their wages in fun and In case OF
death the employer contributes 50 crowns
toward paying funeral expenses. Every
empioye receives after ten years service
a pension Of i2ii50 crowns. corresponding
10 100 crowns annually during said term,
with compound interest added.
Mr.. Richelieu. a Danish sea captain has
been appointed regent of Siam during the
absence of the king on his European tour,
Richelieu has for years been captain of
the kings pleasure yacht.
At the recent international shooting
tournament at Lyons. France. Mr.. Ost-
moe a Norwegian sharpshooter. carried
off the gold medal and was elected an
honorary member of the Lyons Gun cub.
The industrial exposition al Stockh plm
has been opened AMID great pomp The
exhibits in ali departments are complete
and the attendance, especially of foreign
ers. Unexpectedly large.