Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-05
SWEDEN.

Emil Lund, Swede residing in
Rhodesia. South Africa. has been very
tavorably mentioned by a London pa
Der on account of his record as pc
destrian. The man is only 36 years
old. but he has served in the Matabele
and Uganda campaigns, and has
found time to take walk from Cape
town to Cairo. a, distance OF 5000
miles. Part OF the way he was all
alone. He explains that he wished to
make that trip because no one else
had ever done it before. But he says.
But what ! take the greatest pride
In is that walked through the M.
bisn desert. which was the most diff
ficult of all" In order to be reason
ably sure of not starving to death on
the way he started with 20 pounds of
provisions on his back
The servant girl of Robert Anders-
son. farmer at Getholmen, near
Stockholm, was to cross lake on New
Years eve, but she came back to the
house and told that the ice was too
thin. Mr.. Anderson put on shoes hav-
ing long iron pegs In them andgwent
with the girl to test the ice. Both of
them broke through. Anderson sue
ceeded in getting the girl out of the
hole and she ran to get help. Mean
while he chung to the edge of the ice,
but the ice-cold water soon began to
tell on his strength. By the time the
girl came back he was exhausted. and
before she could do anything 10 save
him he waved his hand as if to say
good-by, and sank out of sight.
Skurup became town, at the be-
g:pnirg of/the new year. About 5000
people assembled to celebrate the
event New Years eve. At 1880 In
the evening a torchlight procession
marched through the streets to the
market, where a speakers stand had
been erected The chairman of the
town board, j. Nyberg, gave histori-
cal sketch of the place, closing with
cheers for the king and the father
land The audience sang "Du Gamla
Du Fria." Next a music band played
several numbers, and at midnight Rev
A. Fredlund mounted the stand and
made an address. The meeting closed
with "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
A Swedish-Norwegian company has
been organized fer the purpose OF
handling the export trade in mackerel. |
IL seems to be practical monopoly, |
all exporters in the two countries hav-
Ing pooled their issues. The head of
the concern is Joachim Hansen of
Bergen. Norway, and the Bergen Pri-
vatbank is to furnish s1,300,0O0 as
working capital The company ex-
poets to increase the price OF the
goods about 20 per cent by means of
better handling
The Swedish business men do not
seem to take much interest in the
Panama Pacific exposition in San
Francisco. In spite of the small mum
Der of exhibitors, however, the nation.
al government will make respectable
showing. Among the artists the situa
ton is different. They are busy ma
king preparations, and many of the
most prominent ones will be well rep
resented The exhibits of the govern.
ment will not compete for prizes.
or all the communities OF Sweden.
Kungelf has the lowest local tax rate,
namely, two per cent. Varnamo is at
the head OF the list with SIS per cent.
The rate in Stockholm is six per cent.
In order to have this understood 1t
should be added that the assessment 10
put as close to the real value as pos
sible
A pack OF wolves attacked flock
OF reindeer near Gellivare and about
thirty deer were badly 5itten.
Hesslehoim Is the youngest city Of
Sweden, dating from tho first of the
year The place was magnificently IL
Illuminated New Years eve. At 1880 a
torchlight procession headed by mu-
sic band marched through the streets
W Tic mann Ildihcl pidCt' AuOut obVVV
people were waiting for the program
Mr.. Hakansson, president Of the city
council. made short speech, closing
with cheers for the new city. Rev.
Sivardsson made a religious address.
and closed with prayer. The program
closed with the singing OF hymn.
The hate Queen Dowager Sofia was
1. very kind-hearted woman. This was
well known, and she often received
from 20 to 30 begging letters a day.
Occasionally people would suggest a
gift of several thousand dollars! But
she was also woman of sound judg-
ment. She never made gifts until
she had made investigations, generally
by means OF the pastor of the commu-
nifty In which the applicant lived She
always managed to have a little dog
for company She thought great deal
OF the work of the Salvation Army