The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
SWEDEN.

1t is estimated that the proposed
new central Jail in Malmo will cost
almost $4,000
A Mormon conference at Gothen-
burg resolved to appeal to the United
States minister in Stockholm against
the prosecutions" of Mormon agita-
tors in Sweden.
Three young men at Hornefors went
put hunting one day. After a while
they started a rabbit, and all three
fired. The rabbit was not touched.
But the safety of the animal was sud-
denly threatened from another quar-
ter. A pigeon hawk resolutely ran
his claws into the rabbit. But the
hawk could neither lift the rabbit
nor get his claws loose. Now the dog
Of the hunters came just in time to
finish both the rabbit and the hawk.
Professor Hjalmar Sjogren has left
for. n Kirguese steppe in Russia and
the country east of the Caspian sea,
where he is to make a search for pe-
troleum, in company with the geolo-
gists of the Nobel "oil kings in Baku.
The headquarters of the expedition
will be Astrakan. where connections
will be made with steamers belong
ing to the Nobel company. Prof.
Sjogrem is expected to return to
Sweden in the latter part of Novem-
Der.
Herr .Blomqvist. a 2O-year-old volun-
teer in the Svea bodyguard, had part
OF his brain cut away by an acct
dental shot while at target practice
at Hagerstalund a few months ago.
The bullet entered the left temple,
tore the skull badly, knocked out
brain matter. of the size of a mans
fist, and passed out at the top of the
head. He was taken to Sabbatsberg
hospital, but the. doctors agreed that
the mans life could not be saved.
AS he did not die at once, however,
they made haste to perform an opera
ton. This was successful, and the
patient not only survived the shock,
but has been improving so that he is
now able to walk about every day,
The case is a very unusual one, and
the mans condition is infinitely de.
scribed in the press. When he came
to for the first time after the opera
ton he looked around his room with
out having any idea of what had hap
pened, and when those around him
explained his situation to him he only
thought they were making fun of him.
1t took several weeks before he was
able to realize the calamity that had
befallen him. But he felt stronger
from day to day, and after a few
weeks all traces of pain passed away.
But he is greatly worried because he
has lost his ability to read and write.
He knows the letters, but he cannot
combine them into words. His abil-
ity to speak is also somewhat i'm
paired, and his eye-sight is weak.
The physicians explain that he may
learn to read and write again. But
he must begin from the start and
take much time, for some other part
of the brain must be modified and
serve in place of the lost part. Mr..
Blomqvist's intelligence does not
e to have been affected in the
least, n tnlS Iact indicates that his
mental faculties have a chance to i'm
prove indefinitely.
The Swedish Academy Of Sciences,
History and Antiquities is making
excavations at the so.called "Odin's
Well" in Upsala. The we'll had been
filled up SO that no trace remained
of it. But it was found by means of
records from the year 1910. At a depth
of eight feet the walls Of the old we'll
were struck. They were made of cor
mel posts Of oak, and timbers placed
horizontally between them. The wood
was in a good state of preservation.
This may be the we'll which was de-
scribed by Bishop Adam of Bremen
and at which the Swedes had been
In the habit Of making sacrifices.