A SwedishsAmerican paper relates an interesting episode coneern-Swedish matches, Recently one of America's best-known men died, and while going through his desk one of the executors of his will found a box of Swedish safety matches of the well-known Joon-keeping brand. The box was found to he 40 years old, dating from 1888. The two men present got out their pipes in order to enjoy the sensation of lighting up with matches of so venerable an age, although they were somewhat doubt ful of" the result. Every match, however, when struck, caught fire Just as readily as if it had come Fresh from the factory, much to the satisfaction of the narrator of the episode, who was a Swede by birth.—Reuter,
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