The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-04

III ~ ordinary prioress OF Ealle ciols-
" ter. Denmark. arrived recently
IN Chicago on board OF her mis-
sion yacht Duen- The countess
Is travelling missionary and ner NILSSON
is 70 .ork among sailors OF her own ma
fionaiity in foreign lands When the COUNT
ess. who had been the star attraction IN
court circles a few years ago. decided TO
give up the no,hingnexs Of court lie ana
devote the balance OF her life 10 missionary
WoFk. her wealthy relatives objected ana
caused her arrest She was placed IN
private hospital for insane persons. The
press or Copenhagen soon came TO ner res
cue and branded her relatives as eonspira-
tors who feared lest her large fortune
should De spent on charities and their pros
pectiye inhsritances diminished. The count
ess was released. Fru Amaiie Skram. the
authoress. was confined in the same nospt-
tai at the time with Countess Scnimmei-
mann, and in one OF her late books. PRO
lessor Hieron'mus." she has given SYM
pathetic and attractive description OF the
countess.
The Duen Oove) is fore and af. schoon
er-butt yacht, ninety feet long, and was
built as a pleasure yacht by Prince Waldo
mar Of Denmark who sold It to the count
ess in 1885. when she started out on her
cruise The countess Is accompanied by
her adopted son. Paul Frederick. During
the past fifteen months she has visited $50
ships, distributed auoo tracts and Bibles.
held $50 meetings. rebuilt the Sailors Home
on the Island of Ruegen in the Baltic sea,
ana established numerous coffee houses for
sailors in foreign harbors. The countess
VIII spend the winter in Chicago, where she
intends to start a Scandinavian sailors
nome. In an interview she stated that her
work was not confinend TO sailors, but that
she desired to commence with them My
aim is 10 reach those who are very poor,
to take an interest in them My mission Is
charity work. built on religion. / do NOT
believe N preaching 10 hungry men. In
other cities where have been i have
served warm lunch on board of my ship to
raen who came 10 me. and they came by
the thousands when they learned what was
IN store for them. / give them something
TO eat and cheer them up. When l have
served them coffee / get them to promise
me that they will not drink anything intox-
icating that day, and they generally keep
ployment for them. My intention Is TO start
charitable organizations after that method
all over the world. l work chiefly in the
service OF the International Sailors Mis-
sion, but my work knows no nationality
and Is not confined only to Scandinavians.
l have one English, one German and one
Danish stepson. and my missionary work
is. like my adopted family international.
although the Scandinavians naturally stand
closest to me-
Turing the past year sweden mas spent
more money in building new and extend
ing her old railways, in comparison to her
population than any other European coun-
try. Speaking OF this fact, a Swedish jour
nal describes the first railway ride in Swe-
den. The first engine pulled out from the
haif-completed railway station in Stock
holm October Is. 1860, when the Stockholm
Sodertelie line was inspected. Among the
guests were King Carl XIV. the Duke OF
Ostergotland Oscar I'D. members or the
riksdag and the cabinet and other proml-
nent officials. The train pulled out at IL
o'clock a. m. stopped at every station to
inspect the works. and arrived at Sober
telje at o'clock in the afternoon. Great
enthusiasm prevailed and at the lunch
telje the heaiths Of the king, the duke. the
riksdag and the civic corporations were
drunk in sparkling champagne. The whole
rolling stock of the only railway In the
land consisted OF three frst-ciass. eight
second-class and seven third-class passer-
ger coaches. four freight ears OF limited
capacity and two engines. The first regu-
lar trip was made December l. 1850 While
constructing the railroad several hundred
rusty horseshoes were found in a field II,
Brankyrka parish, remnants from battle
between Stem Sture and Gustav Nasa.
During the engagement a detachment OF
horsemen tried to cross the marsh, but the
horses stuck fast and the riders were killed.
Last spring Mr.. c. NJ. Anderson. re-
turned klondiker. was sent TO the Tana
Moihach a Christiania capitalist, with an
expedition of eight men to prospect for
gold Mr.. Anderson has returned 10 Chris
tiania with very encouraging reports. At
bedrock he has found nuggets as large as
sore piece. Colors and flour gold can be
found almost anywhere along the river
Rich quartz lodges have been discovered
and work will be pushed with vigor next
year. The Tana river has been known TO
be gold-bearing for the last fifty years, but
no systematic prospecting has bsen done
until the gold discoveries in the kiondike,
on the other hemisphere. stirred up tho
lethargic Norsemen to hunt for the yellow
metal al home. Mr.. Anderson states that
the placer digginss ne has found are rich
enough to pay operating expenses and a
nice profit next year.
The Tana river is located in the northern
part Of Norway and forms partly the
boundary line between Norway and Russia
Mr. Carl Molier, q prominent Norwegian
architect residing In Christiania, has in
vented a submarine torpedo boat Some
time ago Mr.. Moiier went 10 Berlin. and
the German government became ~ Inter-
estea in the invention that il decided 10 buy
ali rights To the invention, The price has
not been made public, but the inventor re-
velyes 500 marks a month for superintena-
ing the construction OF the new torpedo boat
at KEEL II the boat comes up II expccta-
tons the German government VIII pay the
figure stipulated in the agreement and the
invention will remain a German marine
secret.
Nils Person. familiar Stockholm niser.
died recently, leaving an estate valued at
Is 90 crowns. He lived IN his own house in
Eetsaryatan but every goom In the house
stood vacant except the one in which he
lived The furniture IN this room consisted
OF a bed, a table and enc chair Fire was
a luxury that he seldom INDUCED in bat
whenever he had made fire he allowed IL
20 burn out and then seated himself ON the
stove in order 20 enjoy the heat To the las;
He lived "a a hermit AMI never visited any
one lie was a bachelor and had 10 near
relatives.
Stockholm Aftonbladet has received the
following telegram from Mr.. Stadiing the
Swedish explorer via Trssssk. I'VE ar
Will return We ieave IN Slefges for Cha-
tauga on the Taiuyr peninsula. Thence we
proceed 10 the mouth Of the Jeuisejs river.
which we viii explore. Every body we'll
No rews from AuaFee."