Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-11
Recent Occurrences of Interest
IN Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
swEDE TAKES PERILoUs TRIP
Padded His Own Canoe from Stock
holm to Paris-Medical Men
Interested.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


Herald, dated Dec. 80: Medical men
now are occupied with the case OF
Gustav Nordin, a hardy Swede, who
padded his own canoe from Stock
holm to Paris and reached there in
Obust health after the long voyage,
during which time he lived on apples.
milk, water and bread. The Swede
states that he undertook the danger
u and arduous voyage to show what
could be done by a man who has given
up meat. tea. coffee, wine, beer, spirits
eclipsing vegetarians and returning to
the system that is termed natural
Authorization. Nordin agreed TO allow
the doctors TO draw some blool from
his legs and arms for the purpose Of
analysis. He states that when in
America at the age of Is, he found he
suffering, so he began a diet Of fruit,
principally apples, on which he throve
and became the robust person he is
today.
The Nobel festivities which were
held at Grand hotel, Dec. 10, did not
pass without a rather unpleasant In
cident. Thus a number of the Ger
man guests caused. a painful demon
stration by remaining seated at the
banquet board while Henryk Sienkie-
wicz. the eminent Russian novelist, held
his speech. Then again the address Of
Professor Koch was not calculated to
please. Among other things the speak
er plumply stated that Mr.. Behring's
recognition should have been only sec
ond to his own. This latter remark
had a marked effect on the auditors
and speechmaking and a number of
toasts were suddenly omitted by the
POSTMASTER.
Nineteen new railways will be
opened in Sweden for traffic during
the current year. The largest one of
these is the Western Central railway,
which Is 1894 kilometer long. Next
in order follows the Uddevalla- Olskro-
ken railway. which is sS kilometers
lOiiEs III dEzItAdlt ltHEl vi GNt tlNh
railways to be built during the year
of 1906 will he more than COO kilo-
meters.
In a number Of congregations I'm
Stockholm the clergymen's salary has
been substantially raised. The salary
of a Stockholm pastor during the past
years has been nothing to envy, but
recently two or three Of the larger
congregations set a good example by
raising the salaries of their pastors
from 1.50O and 1000 crowns to $500
crowns annually.
There were a large number of
Swedish-Americans who spent the holt
days In the homeland this year. They
came from all parts of the United
States and needless to. say many a
humble home i'm the good old country
was the scene Of a happy reunion.
c. V. Vedberg, the wealthy drug
gist Of Engelholm, who died a few
weeks ago, has provided in his will
donations of 5000 crowns to the city
Of Engelholm, 10000 crowns to the
pauvre honteaux and 10000 crowns TO
the Engelholm Orphans Home.
The Swedish minister of foreign az
fairs has been requested by the Nor
wegian government to order the
Swedish consul generals at Riga. Liv-
erpool, Quebec and Barcelona to re-
main as charge d'affaires for Sweden
and Norway until further notice.
The boulevard Journal Is the name
of a new. richly illustrated humorous
weekly, which will be published In
Malimo In the near future. Some of
Skanes' cleverest writer's and caricatur-
lists will be contributors to the publica-
ton.
A. f. Johnson, Of New York, the
well known Swedish newspaper pub
Usher and steamship agent. has been
awarded the order Of Dannebrog. Mr..
Johnson is also a Knight Of yasa.
II. ~Sternhagen, a leading merchant
Of Gothenburg, has resigned from his
Gothenburg district in the first cham
Der of the riksdag.
J. J.. Widell has been appointed chief
Of the Swedish bureau Of statistics.
Mr. .Widell was born in Morlanda in
1870 and was graduated from Lund
university In 1885,,
DR.. G. ID. Wirsen has been chosen
as an honorary member of the Acad-
envy Of Sciences. Mr.. Wirsen is one
Of the most learned men Of Sweden.
The Beskow s~tipendiate OF the
Academy of Sciences has been awarded
to Nils Holmgren for his chronological
researches In Bolivar and Peru.