Willmar tribune., 1905-12-27
SWEDEN

meeting may be held in Copenhagen
In the fai: OF 1906.
SWEDEN
Mrs. Eva Moller OF Russby is 81
years old. She was once the house.
keeper Of Bishop Esaias' Tegner, the
famous poet, and she enjoys the tell
ing OF incidents from his private life.
, Fat heifers and young steers COM
mand price OF $50 to $50 in south
ern Sweden, and a big OK may fetch
as much as 800. The prices of mich
COWS are also very high.
J. A. Blomkvist, a laborer employed
at the Ra3nhildsborg brickyards, So
dertelje, cleaned the machine with an
iron rod. When he had finished the
job he gave orders to have the ma
chine started again, But the rod,
which he still held in his hand, was
seized by the machine and hurled
against Mr.. Blomkvist with such force
that he was thrown to the floor and
so badly injured that he died in a
few minutes. Mr.. P. O. Nilsson, the
man who took Mr.. Blomkvists I'iace,
had all fingers of his right hand cut
off by the same machine the next
day.
Many farmers who have been raising
sugar beets in southern Sweden, have
maintained that the seeds distributed
to them by the sugar manufacturers
yield unreasonably small crops as COM
pared with some other varieties, the
manufacturers being anxious to obtain
the sweetest beets without regard TO
yield per acre; while, on the other
hand, the farmers, who sell their beeis
bv weight, want to raise as much per
acre as possible. In order to get at
the facts, different varieties We're
planted in small quantities in different
localities last spring. and the beets
have been tested. The results shown
that the beets required by the factories
contained an average of 1863 per cent
of sugar, while the extremes Of per-
centage We're Is and 17.7 for the other
varieties. On the other hand, the fac
tory beets gave 36,100 kilograms per
hectare, while the extremes were $4,000
and $4,000. This result does not sus-
tain the contention of the beet growers
that they are compelled to raise beet
that yields crop of minimum bulk.
AS far as known there are only two
springs in Sweden which show radio
activity and they are located at Porla
and Helsingborg. AS the name indi-
Gates, this activity Is due to radium,
the wonderful element which was dis
covered a few years ago. This peouli-
arity was noticed long ago in those
springs, and the people called it 1.-The
spirits in the water" It has a distinct
effect upon those who drink this water
directly from the springs. but it is lost
when the water is bottled.
The postmaster general has proposed
that the riksdag make provision for the
appointment of 800 additional men on
the postal service.
1t is estimated that the postoff1ce de-
partment will give a surplus of about
$250,000 for the year 1907.
The telegraph department has ad-
vised the riksdag to borrow $1O00,000
for the construction Of new telephone
lines in 1906.
w. Lonnbeck, editor of periodical,
has complained to the government
about the manner in which the reli-
gious instruction is conducted at new
high school in Stockholm. Mr.. Lonn-
beck is particularly hostile to a pamph-
let about the Bible because it contains
grave errors, he says, one of them be-
ing, that Moses did not write the
books of Moses.
FIR. Thorselius. a noted music teacher,
was appointed knight of the order of
Vasa by the king on the latter's birth
day. Mr.. Thorselius died and was
buried more than half a year before his
appointment. It is evident that some-
body had not been reading the news
papers very carefully.
DR.. Sven Hedin, who is on his way to
the very heart of Asia, has already
reached Teheran.
The Swedish ski club excluded Prof.
Fridtjof Nansen as an honorary men,
ber because he opposed the policy Of
the club last winter.
A deputation from the society for
the promotion of the liberty Of con-
science and for the reform of religious
instruction called on the Swedish min
lister Of ecclesiastical affairs to find
out what may be expected by way of
reforms of the methods of instruction
at the normal schools and the public
schools. The minister said that he was
in favor of certain reforms. Dogmatic
instruction ought to be curtailed and
should be \ limited to Luthers cate
chism. The practice of memorizing re-
ligious text books should also be cur
tailed or, what would be still better.
entirely discontinued. -
Potatoes are so plentiful and cheap
in southern Sweden that the whisky
distillers will import neither potatoes
nor corn this year. 3D..
DR.. c. A.. Haak of Karlstad has
willed all his belongings, which are
worth about $125,o0o, to a number Of
charitable institutions, the Free
masons' children's home in Stockholm
to receive about one-half OF the
amount. .-.5. s@5sE*.r. &
A house at saxberget, Grangarde
parish, not far from Falun, burned
down in the night. It was occupied
by. its owner, Erik Ericsson. and his
wife, and their remains were found in
the ashes In the morning Both Of
them were about so years old.
A rule has been introduced in the
Swedish army that the soldiers while
in service shall not visit private res
taurants without special permission.
The rule Is said to work admirably rs
q temperance measure.
Many business-like Swedish fisher
men are thinking Of starting 4 mutual
Insurance company for insuring their
fishing gear. *s.
The owners OF the Trelleborg linen
mills started to bore an artesian we'll.
But at depth Of only 36 feet . layer
OF coarse sand carrying s stream of
water was struck. and now the now
OF this little hole u 3,eoo barrels 8
day. which ts enough to supply the
whole city.