Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-02-06
SWEDEN.

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SWEDEN.
Court Chaplain Herman had an At.
tack of heart disease, and he will be
bedridden for some time.
Some Swedish newspapers have
contained a recipe for remedy for,
certain common diseases, and as no
particular firm was mentioned the
readers looked upon it as the work
of some pure, charitable soul At the
same time, however, London firm
offered to sell certain drugs mentioned
In the recipe to the drug stores ct the
neighborhood. But the druggists re-
vealed the whole scheme to the pub
lie. and the London firm viii have to
invent some new method OF coming
money on Swedish credibility.
Alfred Bersson, an employe at the
Hemsio electric power station, IN
Barbacka, near Kristianstad. came
too close to an electric wire, and a
spark passed from the wire to his
| head and from his feet to an iron
beam on which he was standing. The
spark was so large that the room was
| lighted by it for a brief moment, and
! the force of the current was est1-
mated at 900 volts. Persons head
| and feet were badly burned, but he
| did not lose his life, which is supposed
to have been due to the fact that
the connection was broken at once by
his fall. It usually takes only about
5000 volts to kill grown person.
Several Swedish cities of medium
size havezfmade some interesting e1
periments in disposing of their garb
! age. The main point of interest is the
utilization OF the kitchen DIAL A
soon as a load arrives at the garbage
station all parts containing foodstun'
of any kind are dumped on a table
and everything that may be used a.
hog feed is sorted out, particular pain
being taken to remove all bits o
glass and all remains of herring, tn
former being apt to cut the intestine
| of the hogs, and the latter giving
disazreeabIe flavor to the pork. Whe1
the feed has been sorted out 1t IS al
boiled in large tanks, with plenty Q
water added to it. The next step /
to add bran until the mixture attain
the desired consistency, after Whlc
it is fed to the hogs. The city 9
EskiIstuna, for instance, which ha
about $4,000 inhabitants, always keep
from ESQ to 500 hogs which are fe
largely on city garbage. Hogs tie
on Eskllstuua garbage have the rep1
tation of being strong and health!
and pigs sold when they are frol
one to two months old, constitute Ia
most profitable part OF the garoae
business. In 1906 the city cleare
81. GOO on hogs raised in this name
and half a dozen other cities which Al
utilizing their garbage IN the san
way are making it financial success
In Karlskrona it has been found tn
q hog can live on what is throw
away from the kitchens OF 60 person
and It is estimated that the garbai
wasted in Swedish cities and toW1
ui8ht be turned into more than
6 QOO, 600 pounds OF pork year.
Col Georg Michelet died at the Al
! Of Is years. He was an officer In u
, Norwegian army from 1s48 to 1884,
II L. O. Smith, Swedish wholesa
merchant whose name is known
Il beyond the confines OF Sweden, !
!. turned from abroad short while e
: and now he is a very sick MAJ
It is proposed to add the parish
9kon, Alnas and Timra to the city
Sundsvau, increasing the populaIn
vi to more than 10000.
The French government is going
put up building for the French leg
ton IN Stockholm.
\ A winter sanatorium at Worsebe
which costs So 900 has Just been De