Willmar tribune., 1909-12-08
SWEDEN.

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Modern refrigerators will be run on
the government railways next sum-
mer.
The output of the coal mines of
Skane in 1908 was 305, ,206 tons of coal,
which had a value of about $700,0Vv.
A Swedish and a Danish company
that have been trading in South A.
rica have made a combine as far as
that trade is concerned.
1t is estimated that the expenses of
the educational congress which is to
take place in Sweden next year win
cost Sweden about $4,000. The ma
tional government is expected to con-
tribute $4,000, the city of Stockholm
at least $1,000, and the balance will
be raised by admission fees, etc., at
the congress.
The white plague has wiped out
whole family in the course of few
years In a Skane village. There were
six children in all. Five of them have
died of consumption, and the last one
is apt to succumb to the same disease
any day. Their father is still alive,
and upon him the dread bacilli seem
to make no impression.
Rev. G. Selander, pastor of the
Sodra Wing parish, reported to the
bishop at Skara that the temperance
people of his neighborhood are in the
habit of dancing. When pressed for
an explanation he said that he had no
objection to the dances given by the
Blue Ribbon societies, because they
were carrying on their work according
to Christian principles.
A farmer in Sodra Dal could not do
his necessary fall work without using
a part Of the night. Much of the work
was of such a nature that he could
use artificial light. Flowing seemed
to be an exception. But he construct
ed a special lantern which he at
tached to the plow, and then his neigh
bors could enjoy the strange sight of
a man plowing by lantern light.
The prices of all kinds of bread are
so high in Stockholm that a commit
tee made thoro study of that sub
iect, and from its report it appears
that the prices of bread in different
cities and countries of northern Eur
ope are as follows: Wheat bread, in
Malmo, 5 cents pound; in Stock
holm, almost z cents; in Belgium, a
to-
cents; in France, about three and a
quarter cents; in Russia, about four
and a half cents; in Germany, a
trifle more than in Russia; and in
Austria, about the same as in France.
The prices of rye bread are as fol-
lows: in Malmo, about 3.5 cents a
pound: in Stockholm, about SIS cents;
in Copenhagen, 2 cents; in Kristiania,
half as much as in Stockholm; in
Russia, a little over one and a half
cents; in Germany, trifle less than
in Malmo; and in Austria. lust twice
as much as in Russia.
A man and his wife came to k;ll-
koping to take the Heby train into the
country. But the woman took sick,
and the couple failed to get a lodg-
ing for the night in the city, because
they did not think of speaking to the
police or some one else whose duty it
would have been to assist them.
They finally went into shed at the
outskirts of the city, and there the
woman gave birth to a child. At five
o'clock the next morning she picked
up her newborn babe and walked to
the railway station with it. Here she
had to sit down and wait outside until
the waiting room was opened. Her
husband came too late for the train,
and both of them had to remain in the
city. Now the woman and her child
were taken to the police station, where
a doctor tended to them. In spite of
the unfavorable conditions under
which the childbirth took place, and
the nardships which the mother had
to endure afterwards, both she and
the little one stood the strain so we'll
that they could take the train the
next day.
The Swedish royal automobile club
and the Swedish aeronautical society
have elected a Joint "aero-auto COM
mittee" for the advancement of aerial
navigation. The committee has H.
ready received twenty different mod
els for airships, and all of them We're
invented by Swedes. ....
The reports of the employment bu-
reaus of Gothenburg show that the
demand for farm laborers and uu-
mestics is greater than the supply, but
in the other branches the supply en-
ceeds the demand by hundreds, and
even thousands of applications.
The export Of butter and eggs to
England is increasing. A government
official whose duty it is to advance the
interests e the export trade states
that the export Of eggs would increase
still faster If the Swedish exporters
took greater pains to send only good
eggs.
Geese are cheaper in southern Swe.
den than they have been for years
past. The price Of dressed geese
raised in Sweden is about 20 cents q
pound, and geese imported from Pom.
mern may be had for about II cents a
1eund.