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mali agent found that a chair insthe
ofBSesat Laxa was too high. and he sawed
oGis parts Of its legs without notifying ms
slperiors. But the matter was reported,
and an order has been issued from thS
office Of the postmaster general to the
effect that the post Office inspector 81 the
district In which Laxa Is located shall
reprimand the clerk and give him due
warning to refrain from tampering with
the furniture In the post onices OF b
Kingdom of Sweden.
The press has commenced to discuss the
Of having the state assume
terests in Norrland. But SO far the mat
ter has not even been mentioned in the
cabinet.
Percy Gironard. manager Of the South
African railways. went to Finland to en-
joy the sport OF angling salmon. In the
first place the gentleman's fishing trip was
= long one. = in the second place. he
came too late to catch any fish.
The Helsingborg Whisky Distillery
burned down in h night. About 5000
gallons of liquor was saved. The prop
erty destroyed was insured for $4,000 x
The catch of salmon in the Lagan river
mi near its mouth in the sea for the
past season was the largest since 1889.
AS many as 1900 fish a day were caught
during the best part Of the season. Tho
prize averaged 30 cents a pound for fresh
fish and so. cents for the moke article.
klemming. a Stockholm dealer In old
books. has shipped 5000 volumes Of Swed-
istr literature to Bethany College, Linds-
borg. Kansas. The books were a gift to
the college from p. t., Berg. an engineer
residing at Pittsburg. Pa.
The receipts of the Swedish Steamship
Insurance Association for the past year
were $776. 285. so. and the insurance In .forca
was 81. 222. 800.
A registered letter was lost between
Stockholm and Malmo. The mail: car. has
double walls. and the inner wall was torn
down during the search for the latter.
Not only this one. but several other let
tiers were found, and two OF them were
almost two years old. They had slipped
through the interstices between he boards.
1t is likely that all the mail cars will be
searched in the same manner as the one
In question.
NORWAY.
The total deposits in the Norwegian
Savings Bank Jan. ], 1901. were 1872. 5 5000,
which was an increase of almost $5,00O,0 600
for one year. The number of depositors
was 671,2 PA. or 30 per cent Of the popu-
lation. The average for each depositor
was $123. and II the deposits were dis
tributed equally. each a woman and
child In the country would have $40. The
assets of the savings banks themselves
were about $780, 00.O 900. i II
Sigurd Ibsen. Ph.D., has been instruct
ed by the Norwegian government to draw
up rules and regulations for the consular
service. Some time 6 he published an
elaborate account Of the relation between
the consular and the diplomatic service.
Using this as a basis. he is to frame
rules for the establishment of a separate;
distinct consular service for Norway. and
to make estimates for a budget of ex-
penses for such a service. Dagbladet, the
acknowledged mouth-piece of the steen
cabinet. makes the following comment on
the move: w believe that this neFs
will be received with satisfaction byS.tks
Leftists almost as a unit, and perhaps
by others. It shows. as we always have
eminent intends to TAX hold Of the con
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present storthing." ~ t B
So many parents who were able to sup.
port their children had their school chill.
dren dined at public expense tn thu
schools Of Kristiania last winter tina,
henceforth the parents will be subjected
to a careful examination before their chill
dren are admitted free Of charge to tn,
public dinner for poor pupils.
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with a banquet. the menu of which con
tanned beer. whisky and punch. verdenI
Gang. the most influential paper in Nor
way. fired a one-column editorial at tina
part OF the program, the closing word
being, Down with beer. whisky an,
punch at the chief festival Of the stu
dents union!'' One article was written b,
Georg Fasting.
The rock In the Gravehalsen railwa,
tunnel. on the Kristiania 8 Bergen Rail
way Is softer in the center OF the noun
tain. The west side tunnel Is bout 1000
and the east side one about 5000 feet long
The distance between the ends Of the tw
is over 5000 feet. n this great work wi
be finished early next NM
The fall maneuvres In the countr
around Levanger were q pronounced sue
cess. The two armies combined numbere
1890 men. and the crown prince was pres
ent. but took no active part. The weatht
was cold I'M rainy. The men seemed I
stand the hardships better than tt
horses. The people Of the %surroundin
country were keenly interested in Il
maneuvres Of the troops.
A cablegram from London states tn.
on the day of the funeral Of Preside,
, Mckinley the services at st. Edmund
Lchurch. Kristiania, were attended by II
officers and men Of the United Stat,
, training ship Buffalo, the cabinet mini
tiers, consuls and others. "A salute WI
fired by the Buffalo and forts.
Norway exported $4,000 tons Of: ice
August.
The temperance people of Kristian
/, have adopted a platform of their own, d
manding. in brief. a certain time for clio
ing all places where liquor is retailed.
t samlag m%onopolyaof the whisky. trade,
s better regulation of the restaurants, II
: building of workingmen's homes part
a ~ n,,hlfo ovnence free stationery for n