Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-08
SWEDEN.

Sweden and Norway are the only
countries of northern Europe whose
rulers are taller than their wives.
GUSTAV Slackig, of Filipstad, be-
queathed $4,000 to the sewing depart
ment of the public schools of this
city.
]. Bryntesson, of Gothenburg, has
donated $1,000 to the Swedish Mission
Covenant to be devoted to the China
and Alaska missions.
The Skane infantry regiment is to
be stationed at Lund, not at Karls-
krona, but the latter place will have
a battalion of Skane hussars.
Copenhagen, July 1s.-Fourteen per-
sons are reported to have been
drowned at Marstrand, Sweden, by the
capsizing of a sailboat. Only one of
the party escaped.
! The tourist trains running from
Stockholm to northern Sweden and
finally to Narvik, Norway, are crowd
ed this summer, and occasionally ex-
ira cars must be used.
Two Stockholm banks, Skandina-
viska Kreditaktiebolage and 1ndustri-
Observation-Disclosures have been consoli-
WOMAN
have eight offices in Stockholm.
The German agricultural society has
published an illustrated account Of the
Svalof nursery, and it will be printed
in the leading agricultural journals of
Germany This arrangement clearly
indicates the standing of the foremost
seed raising establishment of Scandi-
navia.
Two letters were sent from Skanor
to SVeaes in Mexico July q, 1875.
But on account of political troubles in
Mexico the letters never reached the
addresses and they were returned to
the writer's, who received them in the
early part of July, 1907-almost thir-
ty-one years afterwards.
Some young Socialists went to a
farm in Ostergotland to do little
work for their propaganda among the
farm laborers. They met bull In
the alley and upon seeing their big
red badges he became furious, so thai
they had to run for their lives. Afte1
the battle they concealed their badges
and the bull let them pass without
making any more fuss.
Something like revolution has TAX,
LII S1oAA WA 'AOO ~
den since the dissolution of the union
The main business Of the representa-
tives of Sweden in foreign countries a.
the present time is to look after thu
commercial interests of their country
and they are doing this In such
practical and efficient way that there
IS an unmistakable boom" in the ex'
port trade Of Sweden. Mutual jeal
ousy discouraged work of this kim
during the union period. Now tn
Swedes may push their trade for al
they are worth without fear of kick
ing" from their next-door neighbors
An interesting antiquarian find ha
been made which seems to prove tn
truth of a legend which has been KEEP
alive in Offerdal, Jemtland, for abou
800 years. About three feet under tn
surface, close to a lake shore, we'll
preserved canoe was found. Accord
ing to the legend a man living a
Skarlslogden had sunk copper ket
tie containing his valuables and ais
a canoe in the lake where the cano
was found Time and again peop}
have searched for the treasures, an
the story never passed out of tn
minds Of the people Of the locality
Now that the canoe mas peen 1ou1l
a fresh search will no doubt be start
ed for the recovery of the copper ket
tie and its precious contents.
Almost one-third of the factor
hands Of Sweden are women. They al
most numerous in the textile indus
tries, where there are two women fc
every man. Almost Is per cent
all the women employed in factorie
are less than Is years old.
The 2O0th anniversary Of the estat
lishment Of the Ramlosa waterin
place, near Helsingborg, was celebrate
July 20. Many prominent men, II
GLIDING the Duke Of Skane. were pre-:
ent.
The clover fields Of southern Swt
den gave rich crop, but other kint
,of grass are rather below the ave-
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