The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-06-27

Important Events II Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM Old COUNTRY
tnterssting ltsTe From the Three
Crest Kingdoms Of the NORTH e.
lsetsd for ecandInavIsns and
Their Descendants.
sy MARTIN w oDLAND.
Sweden.

Sweden.
The following from a New York pa
per will be, read with interest by
Swedjsh-AmericaDs and Others: "Ope
Of the largest coins ever struck. being
23N by 13 inches and weighing, 81
pounds. has came into the possession
of the American Numismatic society.
Mt One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street
and Broadway. and Is now shown In
one of the glass cases in the main ex-
hibition room. The piece is OF cop
per and its coinage value in 1859 was
eight Swedish dalars-eQuivalent to
about $500 American money. Az =
curio and rarity its value has now
multiplied at least one. hundredfold.
In general appearance the coin Is q
rectangular ingot. with Ave large,
round stamps punched In 1t, one In
each corner and one In the center.
Stamps we're placed In the corners to
prevent clipping" Each corner stamp
carries the Swedish crown in the GEN.
ter and the date, 1859. Around the
edge is the inscription of Carolus Gus
tavws x, the reigning king. The CEN
ter stamp states the value at So In
silver. This coin was struck in Aves-
ia Sweden. While fresh from the
mint 1t fell overheard In the harbor
of Riga. Russia, from which'a dredge
fished 1t ten years ago. 1t came finally
into the ownership of Emerson McMil-
lin. who has presented 1t to the Nu-
mismatic society. Coins of this kind
were called plate money" Sweden
turned them out continuously for 110
years, beginning In 1649, In the reign
Of Christina, daughter of Gustavus
Adolphus, in denominations of eight.
four, one and, half daler pieces, with
pieces of FIVE and three dalers in one
year. The coinage had been in prog
ress ten years when the specimen now
here was struck. In 1715 the Swed-
ish government melted down 116
bronze cannon and made them into
S6,760 plate money dalers. Such large
pieces of pure copper were issued as
money in order to find an outlet for
The products of the Swedish copper
mines without depreciating the value
Of the metal. All plate money is be-
coming rare. Daler and half-daler
pieces are most often found; twos and
fours are scarce and the eight-daler
pieces are no longer to be seen In Eu-
rope except In the large museums.
For the first time since 1870 has
one of Sweden's pastors been con-
demned to execution. Rev. G. 0. Ny
strom has been sentenced to death
for the murder OF Rev. Aastrand. his
superior. The deed was inspired by
revenge against Aastrand for order
ing an investigation Of Nystrom's con-
duct as pastor. Nystrom shot
Aastrand with pistol at the latter's Of
dee and was arrested for the crime.
In 1720 Rev. Brenner, a Swede. was
executed on the grounds of hgh
treason against the Swedish king, and
in 1865 Rev. Anders 'Lindback, q
Swedish pastor. accused of putting
poison In the sacramental wine, COM
mitted suicide In his cell.
DR.. Peter G. Clemensen Of the Chi
cago board of education. has conn
pleted his study OF the Ling system of
gymnastics in Sweden and Denmark.
and will recommend it, Introduction
In the schools of his home city. "Our
present alleged physical culture" he
said, has the shortcoming Of demand
ing expensive apparatus, consequently
when q pupil leaves school he 10 un-
able to continue the exercises and
profit by his school training. The Ling
system utilizes every set Of muscles
without styaining the heart and with
out the use Of apparatus. The pupil
trained In this system has a gymnas-
ium in few square feet Of space" g
4 The Industrial situation in Sweden
IL not of the best, strikes being prob
able. Especially is this the case in
the tobacco industry, where negotia-
tions between the conflicting elements
have broken on. II IL possible, how
ever, that actual strike measures may
be aSerted until\the riksdag has acted
on the tobacco tax question.
The exposition at Malmo opened on
schedule time May 16. The king was
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