Show LETTER FROM i STOCKHOLM may 2 special the I 1 swedish has baa just granted I 1 heavy boavy appropriations for the navy within the course of two years yeara two ng big iron dads of the improved aves 8 vea pat patter terl D four torpedo cruisers and six eix torpedo boats of the first oides ceass are to be built two million crowns have hare also been granted for the purchase of sev eral guns euna tor for the fort oscar fred which defends stockholm 1 irom from the sea aides aide and four and a halt half I 1 alillion all lion crowns for the purchase of now new rifles lor for the army the radical party e within the strongly opposed i the granting of these appropriations bw but nevertheless the government valtion tion was waa carried through with a f considerable majority reports have been received here bat king oscar who has been travel lug on the continent has been compelled to change the plans plana of his bis journey on account of ill III health the king idue has baa just arrived at honnef ger 1 many where queen sophia is stay ilg she la in also tar from a healthy wo man his majority majesty will stand send about r fourteen days at honnef in order to regain his bf usual strong vigor 1 the swedish norwegian crown prince has baa for some time been confined f to his bis rooms in the royal castle of stockholm suffering from a sev severe ore at uck tack of influenza the crown to la still staying in italy being accord ing to rumor a victim of consumption the gondola to be attached to andrees polar baloon to Is at present being manufactured here in stockholm it I 1 will have an internal diameter of two 1 meters and add a height ot of 16 meter and will be provided with two high corner baskets which oan can be changed into t beds the gondola has baa besides nine different ditore for provisions your correspondent was shown the other day a cooking apparatus invented r by engineer ernst goranson and de to mr andree as a gift when to be used the apparatus la Is sunk down bout about 10 mettre meters under the gondola from which by the pulling puffing of a string the light lighting log as well as an the extinguishing takes place the copenhagen iken publishes a sensational rumor to the effect that eyvind astrup aastrup the young Nor norwegian weilan whose abuse recent death caubet such excite moot meat toil fell acim v to a so called trean li an duel due rhe name of the adversary la in given as lieutenant peary the arctic explorer and the lovely mrs peary who accompanied the thop la Is said to have beba bee a the caume ol of an agreement between the two gentle anen that only one of thom them abou should d be la in lite life atie wedding of prince carl of den mark to the princess maud of will take place some day between july f 20 and 25 prince carl cari ol of sweden anu norway leaves stockholm tor for copenhagen next sunday in order to attend as abo representative of king oscar the she wedding of princess louise or of don den mark to prince frederick of burg juippi prince eugene of sweden norway who has some time been staying slaying in london in order to interest english artists lor for exhibiting at the great industrial du ekpo expo exposition to be held bold at stock holm bolm in 1897 will pay a visit kieft to brussels ansi and paris for the same pur edse before he returns to the swedish capital america is the land of the invent inventions io no par preference but in prop artion to the population it goes without saying saving that sweden stands ahead of any european country to in regard to now new inventions invention one of the swedish inventions which ban bai attracted general attention I 1 lii t europe during the last two years is the new dairy machine the radiator which extracts the butter directly from the be pure milk as this comes from the cow in sweden one radiator dairy utter after another has been built but all other lutter cutter producing countries as Deu denmark maric holland france and england have also alao begun to use the invention on account of its fineness and firmness the radiator butter commands a much higher price in the market than other kind of butter at all exhibitions where the radiator has been on exhibition it has always received the highest awards and at great attention both from experts and the public in general the radiator for which a patent has been taken out la in the united states is manufactured by a wealthy stuck stock company the most important articles of import to sweden are materials for spinning spooning principally cotton and wool colonial produce minerals erale coal and east asit and diverse industrial products product the ex port again chiefly consists of timber products the total valus value of this item amounting to more than 40 per cent of lit me entire value of export further of butter cattle metals etc an international art exhibition will be hold held in copenhagen Coien hagen during the summer of next year prof E M winge the celebrated swedish painter died at stockholm olm colonel J F 0 von ack ban ba been appIn appointed ted danish minister of war vice lif lieutenant utenart general vun von abom sen resigned colonel H J bye who fought bravely lu in the danish german war of 1849 didd didat at at the age of 80 years EARNEST LINDBLOM |