The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-10-03
SWEDEN.

school.
During the first week of the hunt
ing season 80 moose were killed in
Vastmanland.
In Vasterbotten Ian the government
has advertised 1,069,23O trees for sale
to the highest bidder.
The Stockholm skating club has Sc
cured the use of the Olympic stadium
for skating contests to be held in con-
nection with the Northern games next
winter.
OF the 1900 soldiers of the Hell
SINCE regiment, ITO asked for permits
sion to leave the army and go to the
harvest fields, and in every instance
the request was granted.
The apple, pear and plum crops are
very poor. The figures given are not
based on the percentage system, but
the average seems to be only about
one-half of an ordinary crop.
Algot Sandberg, the author, did not
spend much time in his hammock last
summer, and the result is six dra-
matte works, three of them transla-
SAOAo oAu CuC lCoC OIlSludl.
V. J. Ahlbin, the Swedish represen-
tative at the bathing congress recently
held at Scheveningen, reported that
Sweden ranks among the foremost ma
tions Of the world with regard to the
facilities for bathing. Only in certain
respects does the United States excel
Sweden in this respect, and all other
nations are considerably behind the
two mentioned.
A genuine African grasshopper was
caught at Cafe. This animal is very
rare, and only a few samples of them
were seen in Sweden last summer.
They are about three inches long and
are direct descendants of the grass
hoppers that ravaged Egypt thousands
OF years ago. 1t is considered very
strange that they should get as far
north as Sweden. The most reason
able explanation is that they were
carried by a swift storm from Hun
gary, where they did much damage
last summer.
Horse scared to death. AS the
chauffeur of al automobile passing
along the road near Odeshog was 60
ing to meet a farmer whose horse was
evidently afraid of the machine he
stopped In order to give the farmer a
chance to take the necessary precau-
lions. The farmer unhitched his horse
and took him away from the road.
But as the auto was passing the place
the horse again was so scared that he
sanEs down and actually died on the
spot. The horse was IS years old. and
his owner had paid s57 for him a few
days previously.
The church of the parish of LEX
vattret, Varmland, has attracted ma,
t1on-Wide attention. The local au-
thorities went to work to have the
interior of the church building paint
ed with as little fuss as possible. But
the matter was reported to the ma
tlonal government, and in the course
OF time an order came from the king
himself that the work had to be
stopped at once. White paint had
beer used. Now the work must be-
done over again, because the national
government has decided that the
walls shall be painted red.
Sweden nov keeps one missionary
III heather lands for every 13. 1000 of
the population of Sweden. If all the
native workers at the different for.
eign missions Of Sweden are counted
the number will be one for every g.
QUO persons living in Sweden. The
annual budget of the missions is s343..
OOO. During the year 1911 the Swed.
ish missions sold $1,000 copies of the
Bible and $4,000 tracts were given
away. Seven higher institutions Of
learning and 527 other schools were in
operation. the former having an at
tendance of 1875, the latter 14.678.
Ihere were also ten industrial schools
that had an attendance of about 40O
Over 1000 children were cared for in
IL orphans asylums, the lumber Of
patients treated at the II hospitals
was 5000, and $4,000 cases were treat.
ed at "a clinics.
"Julstamning,' a Christmas publica.
ton issued at Gothenburg, is a fine il.
~lustration of the ability Of Sweden to
turn out periodical literature of tho
highest grade. Outstanding is on1v
seven years old, but next Christmas Il
Will be issued in 300, 900 copies. The
artistic quality Of the Illustrations
may be inferred from the one fact
that Is different impressions will he
made. The publishers paper mill
Will be kept busy for three months to
produce the necessary paper, and the
entire edition will require SO ordinary
Swedish freight cars for tr%ansnorta.
ton. The popularity Of the publica.
ton is so great that in the past every
issue has been sold out before Christ.
mas. Anders Zorn, Sweden's fore.
most artist, has contributed no less
thar 80 pictures for the next iss,e
Sven Abrahamson of Litstarp. Haks,
vlk. completed his one hundredth year
the other day. Centenarians like sven
are scarce. His mental capacities arc
IN good condition. He can hear hi.
PASTORS sermon in church. He ia in
the habit of telling what his minis.
ter said to him when he was prenar
Ing himself for confirmation. in 1928
n his enlistment in the armv. IN
1885, he remembers as distinctly as
though 1t happened Yesterday