The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-02

recently caught in Lake Hjalmar.
The crown prince served as tenn
porary regent during the kings alb.
sence abroad.
A proposition to reduce the import
duty on pork has aroused strong up.
position among the farmers.
Hay was so scarce in Bergslagen
and East Nerike that the farmers
turned out their stock to help them
selves as soon as the ground was free
from snow.
The storting has permitted the rails
ing of 5000. 900 for the exposition in
1914 by lea of a lottery, and the
government is expected to grant a
direct subsidy of $135, 600.
The people in the old country ex-
pect that 10000 Swedish-Americans
will visit their old homes in Sweden
next summer, the extra attraction this
time being the Olympic games.
The warm weather in the latter
part of March was suddenly followed
by violent nov storms and very low
temperatures for the season. In
Dalarne, for instance, snow-plows had
to be used on the public highways.
IN earthquake was noticed in the
middle of the night at Vadstena. The
windows ratified and the clocks
jingled. The waters of Lake Vettern
were much agitated, which indicated
disturbances at the bottom Of the
lake.
The children of a family at Rults-
fold, kalmar Ian, contracted the
measles, which developed into pneu-
monia, and one child died each day
for three days in succession. One
of their brothers died in the spring
a yea ago.
German and Danish horse dealers
have been securing southern Sweden,
and it seemed as though they would
pay almost any price for animals
that were for sale. 1t is said that the
German government imported 1000
horses from Sweden in n week.
Queen Victoria of Sweden spent the
winter at Capri, Italy. An English
newspaper gives her credit for being
"a democratic lady in her manners"
When she is out walking she is in the
habit of talking to the children along
the road and giving them sweetmeats.
Once a little girl mustered courage
enough to ask her how it feels to be a
queen. The answer was, that it would
take a long time to get accustomed to
all the trouble.
The governor of a steam engine at
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just as the engineer went away for a
few moments, and the speed soon be-
came so great that a cast-iron pulley
exploded. One fragment of it broke a
beam, flew through the roof and
landed a considerable distance from
the mill. The belts snapped like cob
webs. The engineer soon succeeded
in stopping the engine, but by that
time much damage had been done.
There were Is persons in the mill, and
the fact that no one was hurt was
looked upon as a miracle.
A famous old house has just been
torn down at Rammared, Halland.
When the plaster was removed from
the mantel-piece the date 1915 was
found carved in the timber supporting
the chimney. The whole house vas
built OF sound oak. Some of the tim
bers were l2 inches thick and SO
inches wide. Many legends grew up
around this house in the neighbor-
hood. The house was generally sup
posed to be charmed so that neither
fire nor decay could destroy it. In
the latter part of the sixteenth and
early part of the seventeenth cen
fury the village Of Rammared was
burnt down four times, but the old
house always remained unscathed
though standing in the center of the
village.