Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-18
SWEDEN.

Two Swedish Americans nave start
ed knitting factory at Torshalla. It
is predicted that this insignificant en-.
terprise will soon lead to revolution
izing of the industry in Sweden.
Numerous tests have demonstrated
that red clover raised in Sweden for
ages back without being mixed with
crops raised abroad, produces better
seed than clover raised in other coun-
tries.
In order to find out what extent cof-
fee is drunk by the public school
children~of Sweden, the temperance
people started comprehensive In
quiry in a majority of the city public
schools. The teachers put certain
questions to 22,885 children, and it was
found that more than So per cent Of
them drank coffee before going to
school, over AZ per cent of them had
coffee twice day, and almost II per
cent of them had coffee three or
more times day. A pamphlet will
soon be published as warning against
giving the children too much coffee.
The Ezra city hospital Of Stockholm
is in a peculiar financial situation. As
rule, the receipts exceed the expendi-
lures. The result is, that surplus
exceeding $4,000 has been accumulat-
ed in the course of time. The only
legal way of disposing Of this surplus
seems to be to forward it to the &C.
counts of the next year. To avoid
this the city physician and the board
Of health have proposed to reduce the
charges so as to wipe out the surplus.
Johansson stated in court that
there were four letters, and he also
mentioned four members of the royal
family Of that day as authors. He
could not give the contents of the let
tiers, but he claimed that they would
show that Helga de la Brache is en-
titled to so and so much money sent
to the royal family of Sweden from
Russia. The. attorney of the defen-
dant characterized the. assertions of
the plaintiff as the widest guesswork.
A foxy artisan who lives near Ros-
lagstorg, Stockholm, had been working
morning when he passed Kornham-
storg he bought meat, fish, or some
thing else for dinner for his family,
had it wrapped up in snug package.
and wrote his address on it. He next
stepped into streetcar stopping at
Slussen and left the package there
as though he forgot it. The conduct
or took it and sent it with the next
car to the head Office at Tegnergatan,
and from there it was taken to his
house so early that his wife could
cook it for dinner: After a while,
however, the conductor caught on to
the game, and suddenly put stop to
the traffic.
+. Two little boys at Enskede found q
dynamite percussion cap left on the
road by careless laborers, and they
began to play with the nice little
things. Soon there was an explosion,
and the hands Of one of the boys were
badly mangled. One finger was SO
far gone that the remains of it had to
be amputated. - -. 5.sz .z.
The increase of the malt tax re-
duced the number of breweries from
213 to, 201 in six months. The con-
sumption Of maltaswas also cut down
from $4,000 tons to 1884 tons But [
the tax rose from about $294,00o to
about $500, 600. -. e
A. e. OLSON of Eskilstuna,> an en-
graver, has engraved four stanzas OF
''Vart Land" the national hymn Of
Sweden. on a ten-ore coin, which II
about as big as AN American nickel.
Every letter is distinct and clear-cut.
and there is still some space left on
the coin. s==z =, zz5
The fact that sdenatured alcohol was
used to large extent also tended to
increase the number OF cases Of sde-
lirium tremens. Most of the doctors
came to the conclusion that there is
no danger in shutting on the supply
of alcohol even from the most invet-
crate drinker.