The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-27

ish steamship which In q fog ran at fui
speed into an upright cliff.
The shock was such that the bow turned
round into q spiral, but not a plato OF
the iron was X or cracked.
This Dannemora iron Il famous fo1
making fine razors-
President Mckinley shaved himself ev-
cry morning with Dannemora steel. and
am told hat President Roosevelt does the
same.
Our Minister here keeps the White
House supplied with such razors. He does
not send knives. for knives will cut
friendship: but these razors he hopes Will
cement the cordial relations between him
and the President.
At any rate, he recently sent ssven Of
the finest TO President Roosevelt. inc the
President uses a different one every day.
Each blade IS marked with the day Of
the week on one side OF the blade and
with Theodore R~oosevelts autograph on
the other.
These razors are made at E~skilstunas
the Shefiield Of Sweden
It is q little manufacturing town on
Lake Malar. not far from Stockholm.
It has q gun factory. foundry and en-
CINE works. n Is famous for It's fns
steel. tnleid with gold.
other Cay. The American Minister was
absent. and I ssked when he would be
back.
The reply wss He has gone on ptar-
migan shooting n win be gone for q
Month"
The American Minister Is the best shot
in Sweden.
He can hit the fieetest bird on b wing.
The once Of the legation has trophies
CT former hunts in the shape Of wild
duck. snips and the heads and hoofs Of
elks.
SHOOTING GROUNDS
RENTED BY THE WEEK
Speaking Of hunting, Norway and sws-
dent are rented out much like Scotland.
The best shooting grounds bring 30 much
O wreck. n ! heard the other day how
Burton Harrison paid Leo krorer. or Sen.
for two weeks sport
He came here TO shoot efk, huf found
that the best forests were ewnsd By prf-
vate parties. who did not care TO rent
them
He could not shoot In the crown vcefs
without the royal permission. and he
failed TO get that. He then advertised IN
thep papers. Offering to pay q big prise for
the right TO hunt during the season On
any good estate but received no satfsfao-
tory answer.
Finally an American hero asked enc Of
the wealthy forest wner to allow III.
Harrison h privilege Of shooting IA his
woods.
The man replied that he would grant n
for two weeks for Leo kronen.
Harrison accepted the offer. ana k{isd
SIN siks during that ttma
AZ this rate ID elks cost him about o
apiece.
There should b good hunting In Scands-
nayfa.
This country has some OF the best for
eSts Of the Continent 1t IL frequently
called the humber yard Of Europa
About - per cent Of the dry land b cav
cred with treea-
The best are IN the north, where there
sanAa % lunhermen 70 nj TO cut loGs
every wfnter.
Thsre ars many streams ana ths trees
are cut and hauled 10 the banks o. the
waterways and foated down vhsn b
snow melkn
AT the mouths Of the rivers are some q
the largest sawmf1ls Of the world.
Here the logs are sawed into boards ana
other lumber and shipped across the Bal
dc ana DOWN through the Atlantic
TIE export Of lumber rum high into the
millions Of dollars . rec
There are public forests which yfel1
s1Seoaoe worth. and there are also prf-
vste syndicates which DO Q large business
In an s.eden has q thousand saw and
planning mills: IL has an furniture factories
and II woodworking factories Of ether
kinds.
IL does q big wcod-pulp business and fts
exports of wood and timber alone amount
to SIS a year.
A big business IA being done here now IN
sc~hoolhouses. hunting lodges and small
frame dwellings.
There are enormous mills Just outside
Stockholm, which make nothing else.
They have designs after which houses
are made to order. They are shipped
away In pieces, knocked down, to Africa.
South America Australia and England.
This trade Is increasing, and I am told
the exporters expect to do q big business
In such houses n we begin work on the
Panama Canal. When that canal was
first started the laborers were furnished
houses from Msine.
The Swedes ctaim that they can put up
q better n cheaper house than the
Americans, and they expect TO be a COM
petftor for the business of Panama
SWEDISH RAILROADS
AND AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES
Sweden has been buying some American
locomotives within the past few years.
They are heavier than the Swedish en-
gines, and are. I am told. liked very well
have ridden over some of the trunk
lines Of this country tn the past few days.
The roads are well built and the scenery
along them reminds one of the lumber
regions of the United States.
Many OF the roads are through great