Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26

ing fine razors President Mckinley shaved
himself every morning with Dannemora
Steel and 1 am told that President Roose-
Welt 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 be-
tween him and the President. At any rate,
he recently sent seven of the finest to
President Roosevelt, ard 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 RooSe-
yelts autograph on the other side.
These raZors made at Eskllstuna the
Sheffield of Sweden 1t is a little manufac-
turing town on Lake Malar. not far from
Stockholm 1t has a gun factory. foundry
and engine works and is famous for its fine
steel inlaid with gold.
Elk Hunting at 500 Week.
dropped into our legation here the other
day. The American minister was absent
and I asked when he would be back The
reply was He has gone off ptarmigan
shooting and will be gone for a month"
The American minister is the best shot in
Sweden. He can hit the fieetest bird on the
wing. The office of the legation has tro-
plies of former hunts in the shape of wild
duck. snipe and the heads and hoofs of elks.
Speaking of hunting. Norway and Swe-
den are rented out much like Scotland
The best shooting grounds bring so much
week. and / heard the other day how
Burton Harrison paid eco krCnen. or $500,
for two weeks sport. He came here to
shoot elk, but found that the best forests
were owned by private parties, who did
not care TO rent them. He could not shoot
in the crown woods without the royal per-
mission. and he failed to get that. He
then advertised in the papers, Offering to
pay a big price for the right to hunt dur
ing the season on any good estate. but re-
-n1 };t-f, otny.. L;
American here asked one of the wealthy
forest owners to allow Mr. Harrison the
privileg of shooting in his woods. The man
replied that he would grant it for two
the offer. and killed six elks during that
time. At this rate the elks cost him about
$43 apiece.
The Lumber Yard of Europe.
There should be good hunting in Scandi-
navia. This country has some of the best
forests Of the continent. 1t is frequently
called the lumber yard of Europe. About
Al per cent of the dry land is covered with
trees. The best are In the north where
there are fine pine and spruce. and where
thousands Of lumbermen go out to cut
logs every winter. There are many streams.
and the trees are cut and hauled to the
banks Of the waterways and fioated down
when the snow melts.
At the mouths of the rivers are some of
the largest saw mills of the world. Here
the logs sawed into boards and other
lumber and shipped across the Baltic and
down through the Atlantic. The export of
lumber runs high into the millions of dol
lars year. There are public forests which
yield $4,000. 900 worth, and there are also
private syndicates which do a large bust
ness. In all. Sweden has thousand saw
and planning mills 1t mas 800 furniture fac
tories and 122 woodworking factories of
other kinds. 1t does big wood pulp bust
ness. and Its exports of wood and tim Der
alone amount to s250oO.0 600 a year.
big business is being done here now in
school houses. hunting lodges and small
frame dwellings. There 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 ex-
porters expect to do a big business in such
houses if we begin work on the Panama
canal. When that canal was first starred
the laborerS We're furnished houses from
Maine. The Swedes claim that they can
put up a better and cheaper house than the
Americans. and they expect to be a COM
petitOr for the business of Panama
Swedish Railroads.
Sweden has been buying some American
locomotives within the past few years.
They are heavier than the Swedish engines
and are, 1 am told, liked very we'll I have
ridden over some of the trunk lines of this
country in the past few days. The roads
are well built and the scenery along them