The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-09-11
Sweden.

"A master mechanic OF LJusdal mao
q dream one night recently which. II
IL believed, was instrumental In avert
ing railway accident. He was dele
gated to prepare for shipment o car
of material, which was to be hauled
away early the next morning. The
work was done to the satisfaction of
the railway oficials and the mechanic
retired for the night. But his rest
was broken by thrilling dream. He
thought he saw the train, with the
car he had loaded. derailed as It
reached bridge, because q wheel on
the car In question had come on.
,Awaking with start, he dressed and
hurried to the station, where, to his
establishment, he found that one OF
the wheels on the car was almost
ready to fall OF. The railroad men
screwed the wheel on and the train
reached its destination safely. but II
is believed that but for the mechanics
remarkable dream. disastrous derail.
ment would have occurred.
A new law pertaining to the mar
riage relation and to engagements
have been passed by the rigsdag. 1t
provides, among other things, that
women shall be compensated for
breach of promise and that an en-
lgagement or betrothal shall be bind.
ing, even though not publicly an
Inounced, provided It can be proved
that an engagement has been actually
entered into. The new law Is in the
interest of women and Is suggestive
of the trend of political thought in
Sweden at the present time. The
rights of women are receiving more
and more consideration at the hands
of sociologists and legislators in Swe-
den and Scandinavia as q whole, the
tendency today being in marked con.
ltrast to what 1t was half century
ago.
Considerable amusement was Gre
ated In Sweden by the publication
of the contents of letter received by
d young girl of Malmo from Ger
man censor. She Is engaged to Ger
man officer who Is with the German
army at the west front, who sends
her almost daily a lengthy epistle.
Some time ago she received letter
from the German censor at Sassnitz.
requesting her very politely to admon-
fish her correspondent to write more
plainly and somewhat more briefly.
as It took the censor too long to read
his letters. Imagine the discontinue
of the fair Swedish girl to be told
that all of her dearest's love letters
had been read by the naughty censori
The pilots of Stockholm and Ore
igrund are making money faster these
days than we're ever earned by pilots
before in Sweden. They are making
as high as 1000 crowns per month as
extras, in addition to their regular
wages. This Is due to the unusually
heavy trafic caused by the danger to
ships in the lower portion OF the
IAaland sea and Gulf OF Bothnia- "
The Swedish Socialist paper, The
;Orebro Courier. 10 authority for the
statement that King Gustaf of Sweden
has rendered his services as peace
mediator to the warning factions Of
Europe. The paper expresses the be-
lief that such move on the part OF
che Swedish king win be favorabiy
received all over the world.
,attas
I. The Nobel prizes. II IL announced.
VIM BE- reduced 10000 crowns each
year from this time on. on account
Of the new, defense tax which ID now
being levied in the kingdom. II 10
probable that the prizes for this year
win not BE- distributed til next year.
because Of the war.
Y A. win bs remembered. ssvsrs
snowstorm passed over Jonkoping
May ~ and Is this year, and the gov
ernment reports that the damage 10
crops and other property amounted -
fully one million crowns.