The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-03-07
SWEDEN.

A. R. Herlitz, member of the board
of auditors of the cu~stom-house de-
partment, has served in that depart
ment exactly fifty years, and in his
work is still satisfactory in every par
ticular.
At a mass meeting held in Folkets
Hus, Stockholm, for the purpose of
discussing the question of prohibiting
the liquor traffic, 1,246 persons went
on record against prohibition, and 1856
in favor of it.
The Bodaholm Building, Mellby par.
ish, not far from Eksjo, vas burned to
the ground, and four children and a
grown man persisted in the fire. V.
Karlsson, the father of the children,
happened to be absent.
G. v. Holmberg, an official in the
auditing department of the govern
ment, set aside $3.50 for clothing
poor school children in certain local.
ties, but he provided in his will that
no part of the money shall be spent
for the benefit of the children Of
Socialists.
An old man at Alstorp, West Karaby
parish, has always been rather cranky.
The most recent ~outcropping of his
crankiness was his determination to
stay in. his old one-room shack during
the cold season, though the snow
drifted in through the crevices in the
walls. The authorities finally took the
old fellow by main force and conveyed
him to the poorhouse. To the surprise
OF those who handled him 10 vermin
was found on his body-the parasites
had been literally frozen out"
The gray sparrows had a very hard
time in northern Sweden during the
cold mid-winter spells, and many Of
them froze to death. One of them
seemed to have been wiser than the
rest, for when the worst kind of wea-
Their swooped down upon the country
he flew into the house OF the sheriff
Of K~aresuando. On three different
occasions did the bird seek refuge in
the house, where he seemed to enjoy
himself. But just as soon as the
weather became a little milder his love
for freedom snatched him away.
The Gothenburg hospital received
a donation of $1,000 from a person who
| does not wish to have his name pub
lished.
C. E. Johnson & Co., furniture manu-
facturers in Stockholm, are filling an
order that deserves mention. 1t is a
parlor set for the sultan of Turkey,
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! The woodwork is made of gray maple
and richly carved, the motifs of the
design being flowers appearing in
slightly elevated relief. Half a dozen
men have spent six months on this
work, and it will still take much time
to finish the job. First a small clay
model was made, next a full-size
wooden model. and finally the furni.
ture itself. The silk plush for the set
is to be made in the sultan's own
carpet factory in Turkey. The Swed.
ish firm had to beat famous competi.
tors for the work in Paris and London
Among certain classes of the PEG
pie there is real enthusiasm for the
proposition Of raising money for a new
warship by mean Of private subscrip
ton. It is estimated that about $3.50,
900 has been raised and that three
times that amount has been sub
scribed. A SWede living as far away
as Moscow, Russia, subscribed $3.50
Sixteen shipowning concerns have
asked for loans from the loan fund
kept for the benefit Of the ocean ship
ring trade, and the commercial col
lege recommends loan aggregatine
| s475.0o0, which is about half as much
as the amount asked for.