Show SWEDEN the swedish people expect to join in the antarctic quest according to advices advises from stockholm the swed lih antarctic committee an assoria tion foamed last bear ear math ith admiral Pha phalander laDder at its head bead and do gar car ni NA and lonnberg among its mem hers bers has planned the expedition which will start in the autumn ol of 1915 it is intended the proposed tion lion shell establish a base in graham land somewhere on the shores ot of antarctic sound the scene ot of norden skjold s and Ander sens former ex and spend five bears ears in edlor ing the country the nill mill consist of ten scientific men well acquainted quain ted with the antarctic regions the antarctic committee estimates thit that the cost of the expedition w ft ill be the goern government ment he has in eluded a grant of 0 halt half that amount in the estl estimates mates presented to the alks dag the increase of the merchant fleet of sweden for the 3 ear 1913 m was as tons eighteen now new steamers had been built in sweden 17 tons and 60 50 steamers tons were procured abroad tho the number ot of steamers that dropped out was 33 tons no less than 12 of this number were wre ft reeked wrecked eked two were ft ere condemned and 19 were mere sold abroad the net increase of the tha number of steamers ste imera was 35 88 tons the number of motor bessels added to the tha fleet was as 15 of 0 which 11 w were ere built in sweden but as two were lost the tha net Inci easa was 13 5 tons the decrease case of the number of sill ships during the ear car was mas 15 seen I 1 four m were ere added to the fleet 14 tons but 89 tons dropped out 39 being wrecked 27 being con damned and 23 being sold abroad 0 0 A family at surahammar Sura hammar received a strange visitor one morning the peo ale in the house heard a not nolee in the chimney after they had gone to bed in the night but the did not pi pa an more attention to it 11 when the housewife A ife went nent to build a fire in the morn ing she pulle cullel i down domn the damper from tho the chimney opening as usual As AB she did so down cime came an ov oa bumb ling into the fireplace he did not tay stay there thera long ho homeier hoa eier and a wild chase around the house was nas started alfter some crockery had been broken and one of the hands of the house father had been bad scratched tile the latter finally succeeded in breaking the neck of the bird storm the Sol lefteL landstorm an union has reported to tho the king icing that the union hai raised 2 tor for the purchase of michlel guns tor for tho the arm at the same time the king was wag requested to see that the desired arnia are pro cured as soon as possible 0 0 prof 0 siren of the stockholm high school has come to america to lecture on the works of LLo allonardo nardo di da vinci at late ale un university hersity alla 1 1 he antu th Is heie bete lie Is also alio going to study d Y the art collict lons of some merlian merl fan millionaires lion aires alres |