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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
Improvements at Postal Office.

The Postal Telegraph Company is
installing at its local office an inge-
NOUS electrical dynamo and switch
board which will take the place of
tho room full of old-time cell bat
ter.cs which now furnish the current
for the lines from the Raleigh office.
The power will be furnished by one
of the local electric companies. The
entire apparatus is very compact, TAX
ing up but a small space.
The Postal Company is also INSTALL
ing what is known as q Phantoplex.
this being an ingenious device by
which two messages may be sent over
the same wire at the same time and
regardless of intermediate stations
Under what is known as the Duplex
system this could he done between
points that had clear line but not
where there were intermediate sta
items.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
Mary Il. Mabry Dead.

Mary E. Mabry, daughter of Rev.
II. c. Mabry, colored, pastor of the
Davie Street Presbyterian church, died
yesterday at 1885 p. M, and will he
buried from the Davie Street Presby-
terrain church Sunday afternoon at ;
o'clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
Death OF Mr.. III. ID. Caudlc.

Mr. II. D. Caudle, for many years
foreman in the Courier job office
and a NOSE estimable young man,
died at his home here this afternoon
about o'clock, after an illness of
several weeks
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
WANTED-YoU TO KNOW THAT

free scholarships in Practical Gram
mar, Business Arithmetic, Spelling,
Business Correspondence and Pen
manship have always been given
to students of the Shorthand ana
Commercial Departments of King S
Business College. Address Raleigh
or Charlotte. 4t-a-W
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
DRUGGIST WANTS POSITION BA

December list; can give best of ref
erence; good reason for making
change; willing to work in any de-
partment of store; we'll qualified to
manage business; will take interest
in business. Address, Phenalgine,
care News and Observer.
10-26-6t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Rev. Samuel Hanff, of the Episco-
pal church left yesterday for Duke,
where he will hold services today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
TEAMS WANTED

Wanted ten or more mule or horse
teams on grading work in Glen
wood, adjoining Raleigh; wages
1926 per day. Apply on premises or
at office of undersigned. Albert l..
Murray, manager, Tucker Building.
10-17-t. {.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Mr.. w. A. Cooper is back from
Cary. where he attended the Centen-
NAL meeting of the Raleigh Baptist
Association.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Levin's orchestra left yesterday
morning for Fayetteville where it
played for a dance last night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Misses Reese & Co.-Millinery.
Royal & Bordcn-Royal Felt Mat
treSSeS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

State Treasurer Lacy will speak tC
the Wake Forest students Sunday
morning on 1.-The Young Men of tbs
Bible"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
FURNISHED ROOMS AND BOARD

in mansion in a particularly at
tractive part of Raleigh. Mrs. Jas
Sterling Price. corner South Nc
Dowell and West Hargett streets,
one block from Union Station. Rates
reasonable. 10-21-1W
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Rev. Geo. J. Dowell, of Carthage, is
in the city with his little son, Yates,
on whom Drs. Battle and Lewis per-
formed q successful operation yester-
day afternoon for astenoids. The lit
tie fellow is doing well.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
IMPROVE YOUR SOIL BY THE Usr

of Ground Phosphate Lime, 80 to
IS per cent. Carbinate of Lime with
considerable high grade PhosphOrio
Rock ground with it; good for all
crops. For prices, address B. +.
KEITH, Wilmington, n. G. 10-S-1m
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

a fine of $685. was yesterday made
by Justice Badger against Tom Hines,
a negro hack driver, for disorderly
conduct, this consisting of cursing at
the Union depot.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
PRINTER WANTED-WANTED A

straight compositor with some ex-
perience on job press. Write at
once, stating terms, to Paul Scar
borough, Franklin. Va.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
IN AND ABOUT The CITY.

The Masons will conduct the flu
neral of Mr.. Senter at Chalybeate
Springs on Sunday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

FOR SALI-FTNE FLOODED REG.
istered Black Essex pigs IS each
j. E. Ballentine, Cardenas. y. C.
10-2S-e-o-d-2w
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
& CO
Florist
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA.

We Give Southern Trading StampA
Carnations. Roses and Violets, our
specially. Bouquets and floral decor
atoms arranged in the best style at
short notice. PALMS, Ferns and win
ter blooming plants for the hous-
TuIips. ete Rose bushes. snrubbery.
eyergreens end shade trees. Voget-
able plants in season.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

WANTED TO RENT-HOUSE SUIT
able for first-class Guest House. Ad-
dress A. r., News and Observer.
10-25-4t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
RAIN COATS.

After long dry spell the rainy
season sets i'm, and the "Cravencttc''
becomes necessity. The garments
are so stlyislIly tailored that they are
wet weather garments. The colOrs
arc Oxfords, tans, olives, black, and
blue, and the prices are $500, $1,000,
$3.50, $4,000, $3.50, and $500.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
WANTED 1 FOREMAN.

chine hands in sash, door and blind
department in mill in eastern part
OF the State. Foreman must be cap
able of making special and odd
work. Also one wood turner; state
wages expected in reply. Address,
Mill, care of this paper. 10-26-12t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Henry Hunter. an old negro, died
Thursday at his home, and the funeral
viii be held today. Hunter was a
blacksmith, and was well known in
the city, where he has lived for a
number of years, having friends
among both white and cOlored.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Mr.. f. X Lesson, of this city, re-
comfy appointed assistant superin-
tendent of the Virginia Insurance
Company, has gone to Salisbury. He
is an earnest worker and his promo
ton was on merit.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
M

WANTED-JUNIOR DRUG CLERK.
Need not be registered University
Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, n. c.
10-22-e.a. dit
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Rev. w. H. Moore, of Pittsboro,
Presiding elder of the Raleigh Meth
odst District was here yesterday on
his way to KenlY to hold quarterly
conference.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Architects invited to he
designs Auditorium on
School, Raleigh N o addition
the usual be laid architect
design accepted right reject plans
Designs be o he Secretary Of
Trustees before December
On application the Secre all necessary particulars
will
X p BATTLE Secretary Mary's school,
Raleigh n. G..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
WANTED-TWO GOOD WATERS

CANCEL a permanent job at Hott
Louise, Washington, y. G.
10-26-'wk
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

smoothly over the hips and Ito not
bunch in the back. The qualities are
superior. The prices moderate, $1.0O
$1.25, and $50 up.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
500 Reward.

The dispensary commissioners OF
the town of Ayden offer the above
reward for evidence sufficient to con-
vict parties who broke into the dis
pensary Tuesday night, October nth,
and stole certain quantities of goods.
Done by order of board of COM
missioners.
L. G. SKINNER,
J. j. HINES,
w. B. QUINERLY.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
KNIT UNDERSKIRTS.

The popularity of these skirts is seen
i'll the way they are selling. Some
cotton. part wool, and all wool-plain
colorS with fancy borders. Reds,
modes, grcys, blues, and black. All
prices from G0c., 75c., $1.00, $f.25,
$3.50, to $500.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

DR.. George T. Winston went TO
Pinehurst yesterday and today will
address a meeting of Moore county
citizens on the subject of good roads.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

w CAbIII IoSNN LADY: Al
tractive, effectionate; worth over
$4,000 and $50 acre farm; desires
Immediately loving husband. Ad-
dress Mrs. W., 697 Fulton street.
Chicago. 9-2-sat t. f.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

DIR. j. D. Huffman who delivered
an address on Thursday night at
Cary at the Centennial Meeting of the
Raleigh Baptist Association was here
Yesterday returning to Henderson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
TEN CENTS PER LINE
(Slx words to the Line)
Cash with ORDER.

FOR SALE-HOTBED SASHES AND
New Frames just built. Bib Boston
Lettuce PlantS-Bulbs Of 4 various
sorts and Roses. Also large Steel
Kitchen Range in fine order and
some other articles l do not care to
move.
W. 7. MASSEY.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
SseosuppS08lW1Ga 6nsesvupSd65zawY6o
We Give S. & Co.'S Green Trade Discount Stamps Free.
Woman's Tailored Suits, Coats
and Costumes. A Rich
Array.


includc
inspection quality comparisons
andc officially
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Burnctt's Vanilla leaves good taste
in tie mouth. 1t is pure and whole
some. Don't be cheated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

Maximum temperature, 62; mini
mum temperature, 46; total precipita-
ton for "a hours ending at p. m.
yesterday. OF.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
WANTED-A POSITION AS STEM

WIN IED-A IUSI HUN lto . EN-
ographer by young lady who has
worked in a factory office; also eX-
perienced in law and real estate
work. Address Stenographer. Box
167 High Point, n. c.
10-25-4t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

AGENTS ARE MAKING 500 n DAY
with the Candy Floss Machine. Candy
Floss Co., 70 w. Sth ST., New York
10-24-6t.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
The eWather Yesterday.

Forecast for North Carolina: Fair
fresh northeast winds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
MOHlAIR SKIRTS.

with Silk Ruhlcs and Tafleta Silk
skirts, $3.50, $500. $500, and $1,000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

An act of vandalism in maliciously
tearing up flower garden is report
ed. this having been the treatment
given in the yard of Mr.. ]. j. Lewis,
corner of Morgan and Harrington
streets. After this had been done q
sardine can was thrown against the
front door.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

FOR RENT-FURNISHE ROOM,
electric lights and hot bath. ID. L..
Moore, 1922 New Bern avenue.
10-26-tf
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

$500 Tailored Suits for S 900
$3.50 Tailored Suits for $3.50
$1,000 Tailored Suits for $500
$3.50 Tailored Suits for $3.50
$500 Tailored Suits for $1,000
$3.50 Tailored Suits for S21.00
$3.50 Tailored Suits for $500
$500 Tailored Suits for $27.5O
$3.50 Tailored Suits for $4,000
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

The rumor of a case of smallpox at
the A. and NJ. College proves to be d
false one. Two young men have been
I'll. one from scarlet fever, the other
from diptheria, but both have nearly
recovered The cases are isolated and
every safeguard has been taken to
protect the students.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

There has been another find OF
empty pocketbooks as reminders that
pickpockets were here at the state
Fair Mr.. O. G.. Guliey, the contrac-
tor on the new agricultural building
at the A. and NJ. College. was looking
after some work near the spur of the
3 4. L. running to the Fair grounds.
and found eleven pocketbooks, one OF
which contained So cents, but the
others were empty.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
THE WEATHER TO-DAY.


tresseS.
THE WEATHER TODAY.
Forecast for North Carolina: Fair;
fresh northeast winds.
The eWather Yesterday.
Maximum temperature, o.; mini
mum temperature, 46; total precipita-
ton for "a hours ending at s p. m.
yesterday. OF.
IN AND ABOUT The CITY.
The Masons will conduct the flu
neral of Mr. Senter, at Chalybeate
Springs on Sunday.
Levin's orchestra left yesterday
morning for Fayetteville where it
played for a dance last night.
Rev. Samuel Hanff. of the Episco-
pal church left yesterday for Duke,
where he will hold services today
State Treasurer Lacy will speak to
the Wake Forest students Sunday
morning on 1.-The Young Men of the
Bible
Mr.. w. A. Cooper is back from
Cary. where he attended the Centen-
NAL meeting of the Raleigh Baptist
Association.
DR.. George T. Winston went TO
Pinenurst yesterday and today will
address a meeting of Moore county
citizens on the subject of good roads.
Rev. W.. H, Moore, of Pittsboro,
Presiding elder of the Raleigh Meth
odst District was here yesterday on
his way to Kenly to hold quarterly
conference.
A fine of 1885 was yesterday made
by Justice Badger against Tom Hines,
a negro hack driver, for disorderly
conduct, this consisting of cursing at
the Union depot.
DIR. ]. D. Huffman who delivered
an address on Thursday night at
Cary at the Centennial Meeting of the
Raleigh Baptist Association was here
yesterday returning to Henderson.
Mr.. f. K. Lesson, of this city, re-
comfy appointed assistant superin-
tendent of the Virginia Insurance
Company, has gone to Salisbury. He
ton was on merit.
Rev. Geo. ]. Dowell. of Carthage, is
in the city with his little son, Yates,
on whom Drs. Battle and Lewis per-
formed a successful operation yester-
day afternoon for astenoids. The lit
tie fellow is doing we'll.
Henry Hunter, an old negro, died
4 . H. IN
viii be held today. Hunter was a
blacksmith, and was well known in
the city, where he has lived for a
number of years, having friends
among both white and cOlored.
An act of vandalism in maliciously
tearing up a flower garden is report
ed this having been the treatment
given in the yard of Mr.. ]. j. Lewis.
corner of Morgan and Harrington
streets. After this had been done q
sardine can was thrown against the
front door.
The rumor of a case of smallpox at
the A. and NJ. College proves to be d
false one. Two young men have been
Ill. one from scarlet fever, the other
from diptheria, but both have nearly
recovered. The cases are isolated and
every safeguard has been taken to
protect the students.
There has been another find OF
empty pocketbooks as reminders thai
pickpockets were here at the state
Fair Mr.. o. @. Guliey, the contrac-
tor on the new agricultural building
at the A. and M. College. was looking
after some work near the spur of the
;. ~ l.. running to the Fair grounds
and found eleven pocketbooks. one OF
which contained So cents, but the
others were empty.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
A. B. STRONACH CO.

SHOWING COLORED SILK AND WOOL
ngiven TO orders
rite for SAM
FURS
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02

JCLY IN A NoKwEGIAN MOUNTAIN PASS.
valleys between: mighty glaciers, at
tractiye lakes and dense forests. SO
many Of the tablelands are barren that
but one-thirtleth OF Norway Il under
cultivation, and agriculture does not
furnish enough food for home con-
sumption. fact that may trouble Nor
way great deal. for Rabelais describ-
ed corn as the "sinews OF war" The
pictsre shows Norwegian farmers dig.
glng road through July snowdrift
in Dyreskard pass. which Is only 3,7l5
feet above the sea-
The army OF Sweden Is raised In
three ways-by voluntary enlistment
by a partial conscrIption and by the
levies OF large landed proprietors. who,
following an old feudal custom. furnish
and maintain soldiers In lieu OF paying
certain taxes. These methods are un-
satisfactory, and the system ls to be
replaced by universal compulsory serv-
Ice. the first stages OF which are to be
completed In 1907. The army as at
present constituted, consisting Of 2,700
officers and 1900 men, may easily be
largely Increased In numbers.
The finest chip In the Swedish navy
Is the coast defense battleship Oscar
H., which has a displacement about
one-fourth that OF the new monster bat
tleshlps Japan Is building In England.
A dozen coast defense bsttleships OF
the Aran, Dristigheten and Gotta types
are respectively OF 1850, 3.450 and
$500 tons displacement As John
Ericsson, inventor Of the monitor, was
a native OF Sweden, this type Of war
ship Is well represented. or the thlr-
teen iron monitors four are OF about
1900 tons displacement. seven are OF
400 tons and two are even smaller
Most OF them were constructed shortly
after the American civil war, when
the Monitor and Merrimac had revo-
lutionized naval warfare, and al have
been rebuilt. Each monitor has but
one turret, which In a number OF ships
has been changed to barbette. One
OF the most formidable vessels Is the
armored cruiser Fylgia, 4.0G0 tons,
which was recently completed.
Three cruisers, forty-two torpedo
boats and destroyers, a dozen gunboats
and one submarine complete the list
Of available ships
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02

ciared at Dartmouth. according as ne
opens his life to the opportunities Of
the world he lives in, both TO be and to
do" President Wheeler has so lived.
Eminent as an author, historian and
philosopher. his capacity for public
service Is so well recognized that on
the retirement OF Andrew d. White as
ambassador to Germany he was gen.
orally regarded as his probable success
sor. President Wheeler is a compara-
lively young man, born in 1854. He
was graduated from Brown university
in 1878 and later from Heidelberg,
having received since then degrees
from nearly all the large, American
universities, He was married In 1881
to Amey Webb Of Providence, R. |.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02
BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER.
College President Who Recently
Scored the Idle Rich.

College President Who Recently
Scored the Idle Rich.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler OF
the University of California, whose ar
raIgnment Of the idle rich In a COM
mencemGpt address at Dartmouth col-
lege has caused such widespread COM
ment, Is conspicuous exponent OF the
new system of American education.
Primarily an authority upon the Ian
guage and customs OF ancient Greece,
he Is the antithesis of the dry as dust
professor. Inspired by the spirit of
the Olympic heroes, he is sport in the
best sense Of that unhappy word, an
advocate of pure college athletics and
himself no mean performer with the
oar, the bat and the pigskin. As pro.
fessor of Greek at Cornell university.
which position he left in 1899 to take
the presidency of the California insti-
tuition, he was the head OF the faculty
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02


Feelin pretty blue. you sayf
Hal ha! hal
Things went wrong with you todayf
Ha! hal hal
One would think. to see you frown.
All the troubles In the town
Ciung to you and weighed you down.
Ha! hal hai
Come, now. mister. don't get mad.
Ha! ha! hal
] amt iaughin cause you're sad.
Ha! ha! hal
I've had troubles. too. today
Bad as yours. I'll bet-but. say.
I'm a-drivin' 'em away.
Ha! ha! hal
Grandest tonic on this earth
Ha! hal hal
Is a steady dose o mlrth.
Ha! hal hal
Just you get strangle hold
On your cares and knock 'em cola
With hearty, merry old
Hal hal hat
&. -Catholie Standard and Timaa.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02
Life.

Life ls a strange combination. Be
fore boy is old enough to go to school
he awakens before daylight and wants
to get the whole family up. Later 1t
requires the whole family to get the
boy up. Still later on he gets back to
the early rising period and disturbs the
peace Of the family.-Springfeld (0l
C,,n
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02
Out Fur SO. =.

Hlcks-Of course every married wo-
man believes that the proper age for
matrimony is the age at which she
married.
Wlcks-Unless she happens to be
widow, and then she hastens to declare
that she was entirely too young when
she married the first time.-CatholIc
Standard and Times.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02
A Little Tai. From Fa,rxl.nd.

"Just by way Of experiment" said
the first fairy. II appeared to ten men
at random and asked them to make a
wish, and seven Of them wanted to
know how to play the races"
"Ahr' said the other elf. "Only sew
en-? But presume the others thought
they knew."-Puck.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02

Cures dizzy spells, tired feeling, stom-
ach, kidney and liver troubles. Makes
you we'll and keeps you well. That's
what HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
will do. S5 cents, Tea or Tablets, at
Frank Hart's drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02

committee on athletics, and to him Cor.
nell owes much of her reputation in
the field Of physical prowess. He was
one Of the judges Of the Olympian
games at Athens in 1897. Often re-
ferred to as Gibson man." Presi-
dent Wheeler's motto is the Hellenic
one, "a sound mind In a sound body"
"a man lives abundantlv." be de-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-02
The Armies of
Sweden and NorWaD
gyeru Norwegian Between the Ages Of Eight
cen and Fifty Isl Soldier :. Sweden
Has Greater Population Naval
Strength OF the Two
Countries.

Il FTER nearly century OF union
~ Sweden and Norway have mob
= Ilized their respective armies,
dispatched large bodies VI troops T.
hc frontier, ordered the crews of theii
whrshIps TO be on the alert nnd made
every preparation for possible b0stlli'
Ties. Since the storthing Of Norway
ecently declared for Norwegian indie
pendence because Of King Oscars re-
f,isul 10 permit Norway to have sepa
rate consular officers abroad Swedei.
has given Indications Of possible In
tention 10 frustrate Norwegian indie.
pcndence, even II war be necessary.
In yirIllty, pluck and yalor the two
natlong are well matched, but Sweden
has the iarger navy and more than
twice as great a population as Nor
way. According TO the census Of 1904
Sweden has 5.22i. POI people. ns against
Norways 2.292.535. The Swedish army
consists Of about 1900 men, while
Norway Is credited with 1900. lnclud-
Ing the reservists Of the iandstorm.
who may be called upon for home de-
Tense until they are tifty years Of age.
In Norway every man between the
ages OF eighteen and fifty. II physically
able TO do so. must rally to the defense
OF the fatherland. The ablebodied re-
cruit begins soldering at twenty-five In
the line or active army and serves
six years. He Is next transferred TO
the landvarn for six years more, then
he enters the Iandstorm for four years,
after which he may be called out until
be Is a veteran OF Hfty. An infantry
recruit receives forty eight days OF
training when he enters the army. and
l02 days are devoted TO the making OF
a cavalryman, after which the drill is
periodical. There are 5.150 officers and
men IN the navy. which consists OF
eight ironclads and coast defense
ships. three cruisers eleY"n gunboats
md thrty.three torpedo vessels.
The scenery of Norway is pictur.
sQuc aud beautiful There nre lofty.
nov canpcd mountains. with narrow