Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHLAND ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most important event in sweden norway and denmark of interest Int erett to the scandinavian in america v SWEDEN S nordin n thirteen year old hoy boy who ho was herding stock nt at ijar pen lien Janit land missed the sheep tind and lie ho left ahe rest of the stock to look for them after a while lie he found the sheep but what did lie he see A wolf chasing them way but the boy avns equal to the tusk task before him instead of thinking of saving himself lie he began to throw stones nt at the beast now a second wolf appeared on oil tho scene kut but the boy kept up tile the tight light undismayed and lie tactually succeeded in keeping the sheep one olio sheep lind had been killed before the boy reached the battleground As soon ns as the tha wolves hohes were separated from the sheep the boy drove thu the latter awny the wolves proved that lint they were not afraid of staying nt the same place placa when the boy drove the sheep away anway nearly was raised on the so called barneis Bar neus dug dag childrens day in stockholm n city of less than inhabitants the institution Is an annual one started some years ngo ago to raise n fund to sell send poor children tp to the country for a vacation in the summertime cowboys find cowgirls in capes sombreros sombre ros nil and shirts rode about the streets bearing contribution boxes hoys boys and girls tit in fantastic costumes liny hayrack rack londs loads of merry young soung people in varied marled guise automobiles currying carrying popular and actresses nil all made it their business to see that nobody escaped without contributing ills his mite A big spectacular performance in the stadium wound up the lie proceedings and added greatly to the duys proceeds at oddo benr la Is n linden tree which Is reckoned to be one thousand years old it Is hollow lind and goven eon grown persons can stand in tho the cavity A few years ears ago a storm broke the trunk in tho the middle hut but fresh shoots have grown out of tho the stump generally speaking this treo tree Is nebout ns as old as christianity lo in sweden sw eden on account of tho the house famine tile tho old water tower and the old central jail in malmo have been altered so ho ns to accommodate people who could find no roots roofs to cover heads beads in ili the city the former building now harbors 20 the latter 15 families on tho the first of october there were CO 60 houseless families in the city 0 miss enrin Gren nilder a young swedish lady who lias has been serving as n nurse in tho the german army received the medal of the red lied cross tit at tho the hands of kaiser wilhelm Wll helm at a later late date she was honored in a similar annn manner by kaiser franz joseph of austria hungary sugar enrick cards have been in use in nil all parts ot of sweden since the first of november the allowance Is two pounds a month tor for each individual hut but on account of the christmas holl holidays daNs the amount may run up to four pounds for december an inventory of the estate of the lato 11 to r F the manager of tho the bukowska art store in stockholm who willed his property to tile the Seraf finer hospital shows that the hospital will get about from this source the stockholm sen mens home has celebrated its twenty fifth year jubilee admiral made it speech tho the employees of the institution received gifts amounting to a months wages all the present inmates also received gifts at parish skane li 14 a 11 small farm on which four generations are living at the same time and are retting getting along well tile the oldest couple are ninety one and ninety years par old and they have leavo been married sixty eight year henrs skansen the world famed open air museum in ili stockholm hns has celebrated celebi cited its twenty fifth benr er jubilee dr gustat gustaf ous dpn rk its ita present manager had prepared at memorial publication for the ocen occasion slon the museum has received a valuable gift from froin one of KB its patrons it it la nn an containing contain ins tho the of nil the rulers of swe den eillce tho the days of king erlic XIV A new railway milivay Is in process of con can between brans nod and bosholm boxholm Box holm sanne its entire length will be only four miles 0 sixty million tons ton of coal CO CA per cent of which la Is of gold quality ahna ins been struck at astorp skane 0 0 0 an adoli ted daughter sf f tegner ddn died tit lit vealo she ho was eighty eight henrs old the Is I 1 for far the ro re laced fr size f r of swedish lucifer put irlies |