The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-19

| formed rich and fertile landscapes into
| desert wastes of sand. While excavating
one Of these sand dunes. DIT. Hedin found
| fragment OF a manuscript. or something
| which looked like paper. but was neither
papyrus nor paper. The characters re-
sembled Sanscrit. He also found frag
men,s Of the plaster walls of houses which
were covered with rich paintings.
Speaking OF his first entry into Chinese
territory DR.. Hedin said 70 Mr.. Sherard:
''The Chinese were very much afraid
Of me. They thought / was Russian
conqueror. and We're sure that all my
boxes were fun of soldiers. During my
first night on Chinese territory. Chinese
soldiers kept peeping into my tent 70 make
sure that l was not opening my boxes and
letting my soldiers out. The Chinese COM
mander at Buiun-kul was very unpleasant.
He was an emmy 70 Eurnpe. Many Chi
reese detest Europeans. He gave orders
that no one was TO trade with me or give
me fodder for my horses At last, how
ever, I persuaded him 10 give me permits
sion 10 proceed south to Mus.agata
mountain"
One of the leading ChristianIa dall,es.
sDeaking of the proposed succession of
Prince Karl 70 the throne Of Norway
after the death of King Oscar H. as an
amicahle settlement OF the union question.
says that such an arrangement would fnd
a precedent In the history Of the Scanii-
navian peninsula. In 1919 Haakon V the
last king of the house OF Harold the Fair
haired, died. leaving no sons. but two
daughters. The elder OF these rncabory
married Swedish duke. Erik Magnusson.
Thei- son, Magnus Eriksson. became king
OF Sweden In 1919. and at the death O. his
grandfather. Haakon V being the near
est male heir 20 the crown OF Norway he
also became king Of Norway. and the two
crowns were thus united FOR the first time
under one king. Norway was however
neglected and suffered much from Russian
invasions, and the Norwegians. az a re-
suit thereof. became diEgruntled ard de
satisfied with the union. In 1913 they COM
PEELED Maguus 20 renounce his claim IN tho
Norwegian throne in favor OF his second
son. Haakon while the crown nrfnre E.rik
should become king ~ Sweden. In ,asa
King Erik diea ard Haakon also became
king OF Sweden. This second union was
shorf-livaa. lasting only four years. as the
s"edes deposed the king in 1863.
In the little village Of Stranaiev. near
AsSeus. Denmark, there are forty-five per-
sons who are more than 20 years ola ard
OF these again eleven octogenarians
Among these an OLD woman. S. years Of
age who In spite 81 her age Ia busy every
week day peadling eggs and bread from,
house 20 house. thus making a very com
F0rtaDse livelihood.
TIE marine boundary Tine off the coast
OF Bohns county Is I'm dispute and com
mission has been appointed by the Swedish
Rigsdag and the Norwegian storthfng 70
decide whether the group Of islands known
as the G-isos islands. belongs 60 Norway
or 70 Sweden The islands have M zraa.
commercial value and afford little sirate-
gic advantage to either country.
Mr.. j. Q. Aberg undoubtedly holds the
worlds record as the most voiurnInous
writer tor this or any otner age His frs,
novel appeared on November - ISL In
the intervening thirty years Mr.. Aberg has
written no less than so books. an average
Of nearly seventeen books a year II
stands 70 reason that the novels cannot
he ranked as first class from al aesthettc
point Of yisw- Mr.. Aberg is IS years old
and is Still al his trade grinding out now
els for family journals and other chsan
publications IN Stockholm.
committee ~ ladies from the city 80
RanGsrs raised q large fand for = a eadsnz
present 20 Prince caristi4u and Princess
klsxz1adEinA asd decided altar careful d.