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Show SClOliifJ II SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS HAP-PENINGS IN FAR OFF NORTHLAND. ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME Resume of th Most Important Events in Sweden, Norway and Denmark Of Interest to the Scandinavians In America. DENMARK. Ilt'v. Arhoe Rusmussen publicly stiifod that lie docs nut believe in the virgin Mrtli of Christ and certiiln other cardinal tenets of the Christian' church, and his ense was brought before be-fore the supreme court. The highest trihunnl of Hie 'country exonerated hl'ii, nnd tlie costs, which amounted to almost $1,500, were charged to the national government. This decision, however, does not settle the matter for good. Inasmuch as the secular government govern-ment cannot under existing laws compel com-pel the church authorities to install Keverend Kasiiiussen as regular pastor' of a state church. This case is much-discussed, much-discussed, especially in religious circles. Professor Ileiberg, president of the-University the-University of Denmark, recently made a sensational speech at a meeting of the Copenhagen Parents' association. He directed a fierce assault on the-higher the-higher education as It is carried on. at the present time. He said the students stu-dents are very poorly versed in languages, lan-guages, not knowing even their native-tongue. native-tongue. He characterized the present "overproduction" of students as a "national "na-tional calamity for Denmark." The insurance rates on ships passing through the North sea, the English channel or the Mediterranean sea have been raised. The rate for a trip to-Scotland to-Scotland and back again was formerly three-fourths per cent, now it is 1 per cent. A lime bed has been discovered on1 the Knrensminde farm at Middelfart. It Is mentioned as a curiosity thnt marl has been dug out of the ground' below this lime bed, the fanners being-unaware, being-unaware, of the superior quality of the-lime the-lime as a fertilizer. The marl contained con-tained only 20 per cent of lime, whereas where-as the stratum on top of it contains-' 05 per cent. SWEDEN. A young woman claiming to be a clairvoyant called at n house near Leksand. Taking a glass of whisky ns a means of looking Into the future, she told the housewife thnt she nnd two of her sisters, who live In the-same the-same neighborhood, should soon die of paralysis of the heart. But this terrible ter-rible calamity might be avoided by the payment of n round sum of money to the clairvoyant. The women who were thus threatened nctually believed: what was told them and gladly palo the ransom. The city council of Ulrleehamn has decided to put up n public sanatorium at n cost of $50,000. The institution is to furnish warm baths for the people of the city. Two of the buildings build-ings will be large enough to furnish rooms for 48 patients, who nre to be-under be-under the care of the pension department. depart-ment. Still another building will be used as a restaurant. The institution will be ready for use May 1, 1917. The Swedish Students Total Abstinence Absti-nence association has celebrated lis twentieth anniversary, having been organized or-ganized May 1. 181K1. The oldest local society belonging to the association was organized at "the university of Upsala In 1SS8. Tlohn Bergman started start-ed this movement. The Swedish government Is In the habit of aiding young musicians of un-nsual un-nsual ability. Those who receive aid bls year are Alfvpn, Sjogren and Ilal-len. Ilal-len. who get $S10 each, and the following, follow-ing, who get $270 each: Nat. Berg, Kurt Atterherg, T. Itangstrom, .1. Eriksson. Eriks-son. C. .Teisler and O. F. Undherg. The Russian government asked the Swedish railway department for permission per-mission to send food through Sweden to the Russian captives In Germany. It was mentioned that the goods would amount to about twenty carloads n df.y. The Swedish government hn given a favorable answer. In the parish of I'.ygdea three sheep-were sheep-were accidentally left In the wild' country last fall. They found their way to a haystack. When a man camo to take the hay one of them was dead. Of the other two one was In fine condition, con-dition, while one was barely alive. A new post nflice has been established estab-lished on the Kil and I-'r.vkdalen railway. rail-way. Badaliruk Is the name of It. Sundsvall was treated to a violent snowstorm May 1, and the next da.v the country wore a regular winter aspect. .Tir-t hefore the breaking up of the ice twelve I-'inlanders arrived at Kmni:-va!l Kmni:-va!l nfier having spent two months' hunting seal1; in the Baltic. They had ncv-r left the ice during that lime. They were equipped with one large boat on runners and four Iceboats. The calch was 250 seals, and the men seemed to be well pleased with the re-BU'l. |