SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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BEDTIME STORY
Swedish Cssties
VsdsUna Casti* on Lak* Vattern.
ersp«r*C by National <>*o*r*pble Roclair
Washington. t> C.— WNU Ssrvlos
WEDEN lt> *1111 u land of cns
tie*, although the owner* of
many large cat a ten have fell
th* effect of world depression and
have been forced to curtail sharply
thetr living expense*. Yet "modern
houslug" ha* made few Inroad*, ex
cept In the large cities; and the
country gentlefolk, a* a rule, ad
here closely to quaint tradltlo is of
homeliness Inherited from their an
ceators.
It la not so easy to know the
Swede* well, especially the dwell
ers In the country, who for the most
part stay at home on their prop
•rty. Eorelgners are often led to
think that they are stiff and re
served, sometimes a little sullen or
•ven haughty. But thia should he
Intel preted rather a* a sign of their
northern shyness.
«.
They are In reality full of fun
•nd of warm feeling; but when It
la a question of showing the Int
ter, their shrinking from Impulsive
jestures and emotional or grandilo
quent language Is both comic and
touching.
Certainly the fetters are loosened
somewhat when they are In n fes
llv* mood and have drunk a lit
tls wine.
But It la not then that
one gets closest to them. To know
snd value them fully, one must ob
serve them within their own four
walls. In their dally life and ac
tlvltles. Only In Intimacy, free from
than, disturbing elements, does
their charming Indtvldunlllty come
to full flowering.
Swedish home
life Is a cult snd a culture unlike
anything else, the product of con
turies of tender polishing and re
fining
And nowhere lias It at
tained such perfection us In the
»Id country house*.
There still were families which
ran maintain to some degree their
former luxurious standard of liv
ing. Some had the good fortune or
the prudence not to Invest their
fortunes in the securities which had
Inter been affected by the crisis
nud the Kreuger crash. Others had
all their land lensed on old and
profitable contracts, so long ns the
tenant* could keep up their pay
ments.
Big Landowner* Suffer.
If the situation I* serious for near
ly everyone nowadays. It Is often
catastrophic for the great land
owners and territorial magnates
Not a month passes but some of
them have to leave home and prop
erty.
For Swedish agriculture can no
longer pay It* way. There Is the
same conflict between agriculture
und Industry as In most other coun
tries; und It looks as If the former
were getting the worst of It.
A serie* of relief schemes has
been started to try to aid agricul
ture In Sweden, ns elsewhere. But
there Inin been no visible result so
far. An Intensive educational cam
pnlgn tins been act on foot: state
advisers and controllers hnve been
provided for every branch of for
estry nml agriculture.
An active agitation Is carried
on for "buying Swedish" and for
burning Swedish wood In the heat
ing apparatus of public Institutions
to reduce the Importation of coal.
Most of the medieval castles In
Sweden are situated on heights sur
rounded by water or otherwise In
accessible places. Such placement,
needless to any, wn* not due to
nny considerations for natural beau
ty, but because It nfforded the most
advantageous defense
For these strong stone houses
hns developed direct rotr the pre
historic fortifications whose founds
tlons are still found here and there
When Sweden. In the Sixteenth
century, censed to be disturbed by
True Ghost Stories
By Famoui People
Copyright Dy Public Lrdver (no
WNU Horvlro
GAME’S OVER
Teacher — After Samson uad
killed the lion with his bare hands,
had slain the Philistines with the
jawbone of an ass, and carried off
the gates of Gaza, he was over
come by Delilah. Can you tell me
how she did It?
Wise Kid—Yes’m She put out
his pipe.
By JANE COWL
Actress.
n Y I EAVEN knows we mortals
can't guess the elaborate
workings of the subconscious mind,
nor of mental telepathy nor of
psychic forces!” exclaimed June
Cowl, the hrllllnnt nctress. "Every
now and then we see an obvious ex
ample of their powers, but most of
the time we are In complete dark
ness about their Intrlcncles.
“When I was a child, 1 was early
Impressed with an exninple of psy
chic warning,” continued Miss Cowl,
ns she scanned the rows of books
of mystery In the book store which
she was visiting,
"One day, while my Grnndmoth
et Julln, m.v mother’s mother, was
111. I visited her. She Iny In her
great carved walnut bed, an lnva
lid, helpless, bedridden. For years
she had not been able to move from
civil wur, the gloomy and Inhos
pltable fortreaws were gradually
converted lnt< dwelling house*. Aw
time passed these grew more and
umr« comfortable and esthetic con
sideration* became more decisive
Many of the most beautiful castles
In Sweden date from thl* Interest
Ing transition period From the be
ginning of th»- Seventeenth century
Sweden was a great power and
remained one till Charles Nil’s un
lucky campaigns Impoverished the
country arid put an end to Its dornl
nation In the Baltic.
Among the medieval Swedish
castle* ouchlng the early Itenala
sunce style, Sknrhult. Vlttskovle.
and Torup nr the most character
Istlc and best preserved. They are
In Skane, und were rebuilt In the
Sixteenth century.
Vlttskovle and Torup are laid
out on a similar plan, with four
wing* round a courtyard, towers at
dlugonnlly opposite corner*, stepped
gables and tiring passages; und
both were surrounded for defense
purposes by moats, over which
drawbridges were lowered In olden
times.
At Torup these moats have been
filled since the Eighteenth cen
tury along two of the facades, and
replaced by gardens laid out In the
old style, with sculptures, rose per
golas, and box hedge*. But the
charmingly weathered brick wulls
are still reflected In quiet waters,
among w ater lilies und proud swans.
The courtyard at Torup. with Its
Gothic cloister and pointed arches.
Is one of the most remarkable In
the country from the standpoint of
urt and history.
A stone tablet
Is set Into the wall over Its gate
way. Its Latin Inscription I* dated
1032 and was composed by the
owner of the property ut that time,
Slgvard Grubbe, u scholar and u
friend of the king. He call* upon
his successors, whoever they may
be," to do all In their power, as
he did, to preserve and beautify
the ancient building they have In
herited.
Foundations and a few massive
stone houses still survive from this
long-vanished time, and In certain
cases the same family has lived on
the same property for three or four
centuries. There are estates, which,
for 500, or even 600 years, have
been handed down from one genera
tion to another without ever be
ing sold, though these, of course,
are rare exception*.
Many lie far from the towns, so
that none of the modern thirst for
superficial, exciting pleasures has
yet found Its way to them; that
I* why the old Swedish traditions
in all classes of society ure more
firmly rooted there than anywhere
else.
that bed.
Above her was a huge
painting In a weighty carved frame,
all parts of the mnsslve, ugly deco
ratlve scheme of the day.
"Suddenly Grandmother Julia as
tonlshed us by jumping from her
bed and running to the middle of
the room.
"We asked what was the trouble,
the cause for her unexpected act.
'My sister called to me. my sister
called me!' she exclaimed.
“Just then the weighty picture
fell from the wall upon her bed.
nnd Its glass shattered Into hun
dreds of pieces.
"If grandmother had been In her
bed the heavy thing would have
doubtless killed her.
"It would seem that the spirit of
her sister, who was In another city
at the time, warned her of her
danger, and sustained her with un
expected strength to Jump from her
bed.
Perhaps not, but It Is plaus
Ible the spirits of our friends and
relatives can visit us in other forms
than physical." concluded
Miss
cowl. as she discovered a book on
criminology which she wanted to
read, and to which she turned her
keen attention.
Ill
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Ey THORNTON W. BURGESS
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DANNY OVERHEARS SOME
TALK
Danny listened. He listened with
all ills might.
“I've been all over the Green
| ITTI.E by little the shake* left Meadow* and didn't see a sign of
1 -» i '.mnj Maadow M-
Danny Meadow Mou-e.” said Hooty.
that Danny was no longer afraid Danny would hnve laughed at that
No. Indeed! He was very much had It not been for the memory
afraid. He still couldn't see any of Billy Mink hiding somewhere
thing for him but to starve or else Just outside.
“What ure you watching for
furnish Billy Mink with a dinner,
nnd of course he didn’t want to do here?" continue I llooty. "No one
either of these things. Certainly Ilves around here."
"Sh!” warned Mrs. Hooty. “It
not. But having had time to think
a little he realized that for the may be true that no one lives
time being he was quite safe. Billy around here but unless my eyes are
i Mink couldn't get ut him because crossed and m.v ears are no longer
that knothole through which he bad to be trusted, I both caught a
squeezed Into that hollow log was glimpse of and heard some one over
too small for Billy to get even his near that old log Just as I ar
hand In. Had It been Shallow the rived a few minutes ago. When
Weasel instead of Billy Mink—well. eye* and ears tell me the same
It Isn't pleasant to think what might thing I take notice. Some one Is
hiding rlgh’ down there nnd I'm go
ing to stay right here, until I find
out who It Is."
© T. W Bur****.—WNU Servtc*.
Hosts Had Tray of Coins
for Departing Visitors
“What Ar* You Watching for Here?”
Continued Hooty.
have happened In that case. You
know. Shadow I* much smaller than
Billy Mink.
So after awhile Danny stopped
shaking. He began to wonder Just
where Billy Mink was. Billy hadn't
made a sound for some time. He
could *hut his eyes and picture
Billy hiding Just within good Jump
Ing distance of that knothole. That
ought to have been enough. But it
wasn't. He wanted to know where
Billy was. He stole a little nearer
the knothole so as to peek out. He
was very quiet about it. Yes. In
deed, he was very quiet about It
He didn't make the tiniest sound.
Just ns he got near enough to
see out In the moonlight a little he
heard a voice. It set that poor lit
tle heart of his to going pit-a-pat.
It was the voice of Hooty the Owl,
and you know there Is no one of
whom Danny has greater fear thnn
Hooty the Owl. From the sound
Danny knew that Hooty was In the
top of a tree very close by.
“Now, how did he know that 1 am
here?” thought Danny. "Seems as
ff everybody 1 fear knows I am
somewhere around and Is looking
for me."
Of course this wasn't so, but It
Is no wonder Danny felt so after
all he had been through. Hooty was
talking in a low tone.
He was
talking to Mrs. Hooty. It didn't
take Danny long to find that out
Because of the difficulty of travel
in South and Central America, be
fore the coming of the railroads
and the opening of highways, on
the country estates the owners al
ways looked after rhe passing trav
eler. as hote!* were unheard of;
and this had Its defects as well as
its advantages, for the traveler was
dependent upon the good will of his
host as well as on the size of bls
establishment. Most of the reports
which hnve come to us show, how
ever. no lack of good will.
It is said that more than one
wealthy man used to keep his gold
stored in the attic, uncounted, but
ready to loan to friends without
Interest or security. There are de
scriptions also of early travelers
In California being sent off on the
best horses belonging to the hacien
da where they had stopped for the
night; and apparently It was the
fashion for the hacliendnda to
leave a trav of silver coins, covered
with a cloth, on a table In his guest
room, from which one might draw,
but was not expected to take more
than enough for Immediate need.
Even before the L’nlted State*
took over the government In Cali
fornia, in 1848. this practice had
nearly disappeared, because of un
scrupulous travelers and promoters
from the states who had not hesl
tated to misuse Spanish hospitality
Such has been the sad fate of
many fine old customs.—Washing
ton Post
BARNYARD WORRIES
Saying About “Fooling People”
The oft-quoted saying "You can
fool some of the people some of the
time, but not all of the people all
of the time” Is sometimes attributed
to P. T. Barnum, the famous show
man and circus owner, but more
often to Abraham Lincoln who. it
Is said, used It In a speech deliv
ered at Clinton, 111., September 8.
1858. But there is no copy of the
alleged speech In existence. The
fact la. says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, no positive evidence has
been advanced to establish the au
thorship of the quotation, which
has long been a fertile subject of
controversy.
“What worries you?"
“1 was Just thinking about this
evolution business, and hoping our
rnce doesn't degenerate and lose
these tails"
Edi*on an Optimist
While the tire that destroyed his
manufacturing plant at ornnge. N
J., lu 1914 was at Its height, Thomas
Edison turned to his general man
tiger and said: "Well. Wilson, she»
a gunner, but we'll build her big
ger and bettet thau ever.”