The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-09
SWEDEN.

the flora of that country.
The marine officers union of Stock
holm and the officers of the Uppland
artillery : regiment petitioned the
government for permission to keep
liquor for sale at their halls, but the
answer, which came directly from the
king, was in the negative.
William Zadig, a young sculptor
from Malmo, has been appointed pro-
lessor at a new school Of arts and
technology in San Paolo, Brazil. He
has completed his first work of art in
his new position, namely, a portrait
bust of Baron do Rio Braneo, former
president of the Brazilian council.
The Socialists are working hard to
Undue the farmers to join the Social
Democratic party. In view of this fact
the following declaration was rather
unexpected: con the ruins of the
present farmer class a new social
class shall grow forth" The oppon-
ents of the Socialists are busy as bees
proclaiming this declaration among
the farmers of the country, and the
result does not exactly suit the Social
lists.
A train got stuck in a snowdrift on
the railway crossing in the northern
part of Scandinavian peninsula, near
the Norwegian boundary line. A num-
Der of men who were ordered to
shovel the snow away soon struck a
man buried in the snow. 1t proved
to be a laborer from Porjus, who had
Travelled on skis along the track until
he was completely exhausted. The
man was taken to the Gellivare hos
pital and is doing we'll.
The voluntary subscriptions to the
fund for the building of the gunboat
F now exceed $3,OOO,OOO. The next
question is, How is the money to be
disposed of? Will the present admins
tration accept the money and push
the building of the gunboat? Some
n has suggested that a gunboat be
built on private account and given to
the government when ready for use.
Two leading liberal newspapers assert
that even if the gift is turned wei to
the government in cold cash it will
not tend to accelerate the work planned
for the construction of the gunboat F..
A number of Stockholm boys have
gotten into the habit of staying out
side the theaters at the time of the
opening of the performances in order
to open the doors of the automobiles
as soon as they arrive. Their pro-
cedure is simple enough. They open
the doors and assume an %expectant
attitude until the passenger has paid
the chauffeur and leaves for the thea
ter. The boys expect tips for their
services, and they must be ccess
full, or else they would not stay around
the theaters night after night in all
kinds of weather. The police are hav-
ing an eye on the little fellows, how
ever, for they think this traffic is COM
ing dangerously close to begging.
Again and again rumors have come
from the far north about the fate of
Andree and Frankel, who left Spitz-
bergen in a balloon fifteen years ago.
The rumors were all fakes. But that
does not put them down for good.
The most recent report was brought
to the civilized world by Christian
Leden, who recently returned from
northeastern Canada. "The data sup
piled to me by my informant" said
MIR. Leden, "is trustworthy in every
way. There is absolutely no doubt
in my mind that the secret of Mr..
Andree's fate will be known within a
year or two. The Swedish consul in
Montreal has now interested his gov
eminent in the matter. The place
where Mr.. Andree descended is 5000
miles from Spitzbergen, his starting
point on his journey for the POLE"
Mr.. Leden has gone to Copenhagen,
it is said, to make arrangements for
an expedition to the place where the
rumor originated.
AS a customer paid for his drink in
the German beer hall in Stockholm,
he put his pocketbook down on the
counter for a moment, but when he
was ready to pick it up again it was
gone. Looking around he noticed that
a man who had been playing poker
was gone too. The next instant the
man who had lost his pocketbook
passed out through the door, and he
espied the man who had been playing
poker and accused him of having
stolen his p~ocketbook. The man at
once admitted that he had the book.
But he did not intend to steal it, he
said. Not at all. He saw the pocket
book on the floor, and, being an hon
est man and a mar of law and order,
he Immediately picked it up and start
ed for the police station with it, in
order that the proper authorities
might restore the lost property to its
rightful owner. The mar never had
any trouble with the police before, and
his story will no doubt help him out
of the pinch, though the owner of the
pocketbook made much fuss about it.
A policeman in Eskilstuna tells OF
an instance of the working of the law
which provides that whisky shall be
sold in no smaller quantities than
quart if it is to be taken away from
the place where it is purchased. A
fresh recruit who was on his way tc
the drill grounds took deep drafts
every now and then from a whiskey
bottle which he carried. Being
warned to he careful, and asked why
he drank SD much, he gave the fol