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

A. R. Herlitz, member Of the board
of auditors Of the custom-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, 1916 persons went
on record against prohibition, and 1856
in favor of it.
The Bodaholm Building, Mellby par.
ish, not far from Eksjo, was burned to
tie 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 locall-
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 o%utcropping 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
oll fellow by main force and conveyed
him to the poorhouse. To the surprise
OF those who handled him no 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 Karesuando. On three different
| occasions did the bird seek refuge in
| the house, where he seemed to enjoy
himself. But just as Q as the
! weather became a little milder his love
for freedom snatched him away.
The Gothenburg hospital received
! a donation of $4,000 from a person who
does not wish to have his name pub
lished.
C. E. Jonsson & Co., furniture manu-.
facturers in Stockholm, are filling an
order that deserves mention. 1t is a
parlor set for the sultan of Turkey,
and is to be used in the Yildiz Kiosk.
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
model was made, next a full-size
wooden model. and finally the furni
ture itself. The silk plush for the sci
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 means 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 aggregatinl
! s475.0o0, which is about half rs mucl
as the amount asked for.