Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-10-12

wen, paints in water colors, reads and
writes eight languages and speaks five.
He is a fine horseman and the most
eloquent orator in Sweden, where ora
tory is held in high esteem"
All Sweden is mystif1ed by the GU
rious conduct Of the Swedish uniVer-
6ity professor who was arrested the
other day for the alleged Justification
Of railway tickets. The prisoner has
written numerous letters since his ar
rest relating his troubles. He asserts
that he had no connection with the
cigar box wherein the tickets were
found and which was in his posses
sion when he was arrested. He de-
clares that he had been travelling from
| town to town and hotel to hotel in a
vain attempt to discover the unknown
man who, he says, left the box in his
| possession. The unhappy teacher
prays the court to help him find the
| unknown man.
There are at present 5,277 relief es-
adjustments Of all kinds in Sweden
and the total contributions for the ben
eft Of the poor amount annually to
about 100000, or an average Of 5S
cents per capita of the entire popula-
ton, an average of A cents in the
country and S1.18 in the cities This
includes all poorhouses, asylums, hos
pitfalls and other institutions for adults
and children, who cannot take care
OF themselves. The free hospital for
infants in Stockholm is famous as one
Of the best-equipped and managed in
stitutions in the world.
According to statistics just pub
lished the Swedes are the tallest people
in the world. The NorWegians were
slightly taller until some ten years
ago, but the Swedes have outgroWn
them by a fraction of a centimeter. |
The average height Of Swedish COLI
scripts Of the age of Fl is 17O.1 cent?
meters, showing a steady increase
since 1841, when-the average stature |
was 1877 centimeters. This unparal. |
leled development is thought to be due
in no small measure to the diminution |
Of drunkenness in Sweden.
Bishop Fl. Gezelius Won Seheele and
wife Of Visby, Sweden, arrived in New
York Oct. 2. The bishop is sent by his
majesty, King Oscar, to make an off
cial visit to the Swedish Lutheran
church of America The bishop and I
his wife will visit several cities in the
east and will attend the anniversary
festival at Bethany college in, Linds-
borg, Kan. The bishop will also pay
visit to Washington, D. G., and will
on that occasion bring greetings to
President Roosevelt from King Oscar.
A theft in the postoffiee of Storvik
has attracted much attention in that
city. Money in small sums has been
disappearing from time to time and
q few days ago it was found that 1 900
crowns were missing The money had
been taken from registered letters by
one of the employees who, when arrest
ed, confessed that he had been steal
ing small sums for more than a year.
A library consisting of 5000 vol
umes of the Swedish classics was re-
Gently shipped to America by Elem
ing & Co., publishers. The collection
is a gift to Bethany college from a
wealthy mining engineer, PIT. Berg,
who lives in Pittsburg, Pa, and this
collection will soon be shipped to one
OF the swedish-American colleges in
the northwest.
Dr. g. o. Maine. the well-known
botanist, has started on botanizing
tour into the remotest parts of Bra
I'll, s. A. DR. Maine will spend two
years in this country and his effortsls
will no doubt bring important discoy
cries in the botanical world
The hngon (small red berry, export
to Germany this year is very large.
There are many complaints in Stock
holm against sending so many berries
to foreign markets, so that it is scarce
" possible to purchase any except at
o fancy price.
since Che rat war started in Stock
helm net less tban 114sDee -rNsss liass :