Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-11
STOCKHOLM.
The Capital Of Sweden and Its Pleasure
Loving Inhabitants.

6TOGkHCLM.
h Capital OF Sweden and Its Pleasure
Loving Inhabitants.
At the time of the exhibition OF
1866 there were scarcely 140, 900 in
habitants in Stockholm, while its
population now quickly approaches
800, 600. Several new districts have
been added, and large parts of old
ones have been rebuilt in a way suit
ing a modern capital with rows of
magnificent residences, broad ave-
MUGS and shady parks. The "old
city, only is still lying on its islet,
surrounded by water, with it's mar
row and dusky alleys and ancient
houses, bringing the thought back
to old Stockholm Of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries. The con-
veyances and public buildings of all
kinds in the town have at the same
time acquired an entirely modern
character. Tram cars, driven by
horses, steam and electricity, cross
it in different directions, and ele-
vators ascend to the south part of
the town, situated upon high cliffs,
and the intercourse between the
seven isles upon which Stockholm
is situated is carried on by steam
launches and ferryboats up to the
number of so.
AS to one kind of communications
the Swedish capital can decidedly
be placed in the first rank of all the
cities in the world. Stockholm is
first of all the city of telephones. The
city of Stockholm possesses no less
than IA, 900 telephones, all being of
double wire and of excellent quality
i. O., one telephone to every 20 in
habitanta For the sake of COMPARE
son it may be mentioned that the i'm
mense London at the beginning of
the year 1898 had but 5000 tele-
| phones, and New York at the same
time 40 more than about 10, 900 tele-
phones.
Stockholm is known throughout
the world for its beautiful situation,
and few indeed may be the towns
capable of attracting the tourists to
such an extent. Other countries,
such as, for example, Norway and
Switzerland, might be more visited
than Sweden, they being more prin-
cipally the resorts of tourists, since
the alternatingly smiling and mag
| nifcent nature of Sweden has but
lately been made more publicly
known to foreigners, but scarcely
one single place in these two coun-
tries can claim such a world fame as
Stockholm for what concerns beauty
and loneliness.
The capital of Sweden has acquir-
ed the reputation, because all that
the south and middle parts of Swe-
den contain of picturesque, lively
and rich beauty Of nature is concen-
trated in the exact spot where Stock
holm is situated. This charming
and lovely nature surrounding
| Stockholm on all sides is what gives
the town its open and lively aspect
and awakes the admiration of the
stranger.
Besides this it may be said that
the life in Stockholm is more stamp
ed with a continental character than
is the case with most of the towns of
its size. An elegant, lively and
pleasure seeking population is the
characteristic of Stockholm. There
may be few cities in which a per-
fectly isolated stranger without
friends and acquaintance can stay
with 80 much pleasure for a day,
month or year as in Stockholm. Not
only the town itself, but also the
life and customs of its population
are laid bare as an open book before
his eyes. He can 60 everywhere,
and everywhere he is treated with
kindness and civility. Stockholm
is too large for being a small town,
but it is large enough to let the
stranger disappear as in a beehive.
An active life reigns during the
delightful summer nights of the
north. Though street lamps and
other illumination are never lit at
this time Of the year, it is, however,
never so dark as not to enable a per-
son at midnight to read newspaper
when seated at a window. The