| Show THE FAR NORTH SWEDEN mr sven mattson of Fjellbo hoew hoe celebrated his looth birthday A railroad is to be built between vara and skara the large ryd steam sawmill was ag yg burned down the other night large forest fires are re reported potted fr from in the A vicinity of the city of Ven ersbo rg the foggio church in the parish of torso was dedicated the other day the large warehouse of the mariestad markestad Mari estad box factory was burned down the other bihn day ay nearly have been sent from crom sweden to the sufferers in m norway the gross receipts of the students concerts for the season were crowns lightning struck the church in to ros baella the other day the whole cup CUD ola was burned down p the scandinavian countries were well 11 represented at the recent art exhibition of munich germany over a dozen dairies have been et esiah ab dished on t the he co operative cooperative plan in in the ug southern part ot of the count country ry this ses on the high tariff men are distria di strib campaign literature with a lavish h hans and gitig u in stockholm and vicinity A sturgeon weighing pounds and measuring over six feet in length was recently caught at Gedd viken the silver wedding was celebrated by fredrik magnusson a prominent I 1 real estate owner of holma and his wife the la late te mrs mathilda hellman of stockholm bequeathed to differ ent charitable institutions and the northern museum the statue of nils ericsson the pro eminent railroad builder and the brother bromer of john ericsson will be unveiled at central park stockholm september 8 the educational review england says the arrangements of the books etc of the royal library of stockholm is ot of the very beat in europe the king has ratified the agreement between the managers of the swedish and norwegian telephone systems establishing telephone connections between the two iwo countries ten boys were thrown into the river at rydaholm Ryda holm by the capsizing capsizing of a boat only one of them he being ten years ears 4 old could s swim w 1 in but by wonderful wonderful presence ot of m mind i nj and great skill he swam to the shore with one after another until they were all saved A manly woman is the mother as she is called of the kila parish land she is 75 years old and her hair is almost white but she still makes her living by chopping cord wood in her palmy days she was rightly looked upon as a phenomenon on account of her physical strength ier her husband was in the habit of spending rather too much time at a certain country saloon one day she went to the saloon herself and calmly picked up her husband fr from m the midst of the circle of his friends friend S and lugged him oft off on her masculine shoulders As soon as his chums recovered from their surprise they went after her and attempted to rescue their kidnapped friend but the force and rapidity with which she planted her fists and toes in the most tender portions of their bodies soon left her undisputed sovereign of her booty boo which she carried home but this was only the beginning after putting her husband to bed she returned to the saloon and picked up one after another of her husbands chums and cast them bodily out of the building leaving ever every y mothers son of them in the open air air when she went home NORWAY the eight hour day has been introduced in all the printing offices of Christians sand lars Ofte aahl the clergyman will soon begin be agin the publication of a new daily to be e called stavanger Sta vanger Af ir dr hansens Nan sens north pole expedition arrived at the other day the fram has given satisfaction in nearly every particular the grain and hay crop will be light in the southeastern part of the country but the robust dark green potato vines promise a bountiful yield the count and countess Counte gs walde waldersee arsee of berlin have made a pleasure trip along the coast of norway countess waldersee is an Ami american rican by birth in many localities around stavanger Sta vanger vanor the fields have been cut on account of the drouth it was thought better to save a little hay than lose it all herman W anker the fam famous ous painter has finished five large paintings representing the recent landslide at baer dalen from different points these works give a correct impression of the disaster the water at the head of the jem iem fjord has become so soiled by the clay washed out by the river from the landslide that the fish seem to desert that part of thel th efjord jord thus lea leaving V a number of fishermen in a precarious condition the constitutional committee has proposed an appropriation of for the diplomatic service no provision was made f for or the secret s service ervice because the norwegian government has not been im informed formed of the manner in in which the money is expended jerry builder a parody on the master builder was presented at independent theatre london the other day the performance was heartily applauded by a large audience the manager of the theatre explained that he brought the piece anthe on the stage not in order to ridicule the master builder but in honor of the great norwegian poet DENMARK A theological candidate states over his signature in a daily that several copenhagen pastors have declared themselves willing to support new ministers of the gospel if only the city would furnish the necessary church buildings at Bag mark the skeleton of a giant woman has been found the woman must have measured fully seven feet and the skeleton is about 2500 years old the find will be sent to the northern museum together with a bronze coronet and other objects found at the same place |
