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viii also bring the Mjollner. an old
Icebreakt used In the Christiana-
ford. to Archansel for use In the White
sea.
The population Of Norway at the end
of September. 1914, was 2.47s.330. 90
cording to the report Of the statis-
tical central bureau Of Norway. The
net increase IN the population since
the preceding January was 1880. The
excess Of births over deaths during
the nine months was 21.128. but the
emigration during the same period
was 1914 and the immigration only
5000
The snowfall in Norway this winter
10 the heaviest in Is years, and as the
Temperature has been high. the snow
fakes have been moist and have chung
to trees. breaking OF their branches
and thus doing considerable damage
to standing timber. The skiing has
been excellent and recently the king.
queen and Prince Olaf went to their
cottage at Holmenkollen to enjoy the
splendid skiing there. Prince Olaf in
particular being an enthusiastic skier.
Sweden.
Berner Won Heidenstam, who has
been taking treatment for an ear dis
ease at the Uldicehamn sanitarium.
has published an article on the Swed-
ish people and the situation In Scan
dinavia which has attracted general
attention. He does not speak in nat
tering terms of the character Of the
Swedish people of the present day.
The old Swedish spirit which pre-
vailed in former centuries IL dying
out, says he. The remarkable pa
thence, endurance and strength, which
the Swedish people once possessed.
and which is now shown by the Ger
man people in their fight for self-pres-
ervation in the present crisis, has dis
appeared from Sweden. Heidenstam
does not, however. disapprove of the
popular feeling that now prevails In
Sweden. but severely condemns the
action Of the Nobel committee In with
holding the annual awards Of prizes.
That. he says, does not accord with
the dignity and worth of cultured
people. AS to the Scandinavian stu
alton, he expresses the belief that
Sweden and Norway must stand to
gether in the event that either Is in
volved in war. and judging by what
he himself has seen and heard In
Norway. the Norwegians are ready for
such an alliance. The events Of 1905
are no longer In the way of complete
understanding between the two sister
nations.
In many sections of Sweden rural
schoolhouses are located far from
other houses. and the teachers who
live in these solitary buildings, many
Of them young girls, are at the mercy
of criminals who frequently rob and
assault them. Last year the matter
was brought up In the riksdag and II
was proposed that the school districts
be compelled to build the schoolhouses
large enough to accommodate . fam
lily In addition to the teacher. II was
argued that II would be better for
the district to allow family free use
of rooms In the schoolhouse than to
have the teacher live there all alone.
unprotected. The strain upon the
teacher to live thus Is too great, and
interferes with her work in the school
room. The question will be taken
up in the riksdag again this winter.
and It Is probable that hereafter when
new schoolhouses are built provision
will be made for family to live there
In addition to the teacher.
No profane language must be used
by officers in addressing their subordi.
nates-that 10 an order recently pro-
mulgated by Colonel Tottie. chief Of
the Bohus regiment, and by Count
Hamilton. colonel Of the Gotta artil-
lery regiment. Colonel Tottie has
admonished both officers and men not
to swear while In the service, and II
he has found that ofncers have vio-
lated his order In addressing their sub
ordinates. he has had them arrested.
Count Hamilton has not been quite 20
severe, but he a. exerted himself to
the utmost in preventing profanity. A
number Of officers have been arrested
and disciplined for transgressing the
antiswearing regulations.
Tho Socialist Young Mems League
Of Sweden recently held . congress q
Stockholm and protested against the
course Of the Socialist members Of
the riksdag for not opposing more
earnestly the appropriations for . ma
tional defense. They held that Il b
futile for small nation Ike Sweden
to attempt to defend its neutrality By
force Of arms. pointing to Belsium's
fate ~ proof.
A floating mine was driven ashore
and exploded near Bergkvara in Kali
I mar bay. 1t made terrific noise.
heard for miles, and threw . column
. water high into the air.