| Show THE FAR NORTH SWEDEN prof A E the famous arctic explorer has been elected a member of the swedish academy the new profits of the southern sweden steamship company for 1892 were 45 the has raised the bounty for the killing of wolves from 25 to 50 crowns 1350 fifty five societies participated in the of may demonstrations at stockholm seventy swedes went in a body from gothenburg gothenberg Got henburg to hull to take the place of striking dockers the expenditures of the public schools of the city of stockholm for the year 1892 were the population of stockholm jan i 1892 was andean and jan i it was this is an increase increase of only 1195 persons during the year 1892 and is the poorest showing for any single year since 1867 some students of the university of lund are organizing a peculiar temperance society the nucleus is to consist of total abstainers abstain ers the next division or circle will only abstain from distilled liquors and the third circle pledge themselves not to get drunk the bill permitting any person over 18 years of age to withdraw from the state church without stating what church he or she intended to join would have received a safe majority in the lower house but the upper house rejected it as it did a bill of the same nature last year the lower house of the has passed a bill abolishing the translation irom from swedish into latin at the examinations preparatory to entering the universities S and a committee committe e of ot the upper house has sent the bill to the king requesting him to return a favorable report upon it A poor sewing woman of stockholm is compelled to spend three days in jail every year in order to save her dog the modus operandi operand is this she is unable to pay the tax and is fined she is incarcerated for a term ol of three days and her dog is saved for another twelve months the enthusiasm of the friends of defense borders on fanaticism at stockholm holm they are not only having their week of denial but on a fine sunday they put ten contribution boxes along the most popular thoroughfares of the 1 city it was a surprise to everyone that the majority of the contributors were ladies prof P T cleve has donated an unusually rich and splendid collection of specimens of fresh and salt water moll moil asks to the zoological department of upsala kupsala university the rhe most valuable part of the collection is is a number of fresh and salt water snails from madagascar australia india south america and other tropical countries no less than species are represented in the collection NORWAY A geo geographical graphical raph ical society of france has awarded dr nansen a gold medal for his celebrated trip across greenland forty thousand dollars have been raised at bergen for the erection of a permanent exposition building which will cost in the neighborhood of 6 oooo the export of timber for the months january march was cubic meters that of of ice tons as compared with cubic meters of timber and tons of ice for the corresponding period last year according to our latest information by mail the cabinet of emil stang was to consist of mr gram minister at stockholm prof bang minister of public worship and instruction prof hagerup minister of justice captain olson minister of war and P nilsen of hamar minister of public works it is not definitely stated who will be minister of the interior nor is it stated on what condition the new cabinet will enter upon its duties whether it is the understanding that the consular service question is simply to be postponed or that it is to be dropped four fishermen were drowned while fishing off the other day DENMARK the poor peoples restaurants of Coper copenhagen hagen served in all meals last winter as compared with in 1892 the buildings of the selso estate near roskilde rosmilde Ros kilde were destroyed by fire the other day four hundred head of cattle and a number of horses and hogs perished in the flames nearly one third of the poorer classes of tenants in copenhagen owe more or less of their house rent the delinquencies being four per cent larger this year than last the municipal government of copenhagen is agitating the question of disposing of the sewerage of the city by carrying it some feet into the sea by means of an immense pipe ipe and central pumping station the the plant would cost over the temperance home of ing mors secured an unexpected about of free advertis advertising 11 n by neglecting to show its colors on th the elings kings birthday although the home has both a flag and flagstaff of its own the leaders of the temperance society afterwards explained that the society is so strong that it can afford to dispense with demonstrations of that ilk mr johansen of copenhagen who is severity seventy years old celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as dancing master in spite of his age he can still trip a waltz with grace 1 |
