Askov American., 1915-09-02

A master mechanic OF Ljusdal had
q dream one night recently which. II
is believed, was instrumental In avert
Ing q railway accident He was dele
gated to prepare for shipment car
Of material. which was to be hauled
away early the next morning The
work was done to the satisfaction OF
the railway officials 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 II
reached bridge. because a wheel on
the car in question had come on
Awaking with start, he dressed and
hurried to the station, where. to his
astonishment. 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, a 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-
gagement or betrothal shall be bind.
ing, even though not publicly an.
nounced, provided II 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 a whole. the
tendency today being In marked con.
trast to what ii was a half century
ago.
Considerable amusement was ere
ated In Sweden by the publication
of the contents OF a letter received by
a young girl of Malmo from a 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 lengthy epistle.
Some time ago she received a letter
from the German censor at Sassnitz,
requesting her very politely to admon.
ish her correspondent to write more
plainly and somewhat more briefly,
as II 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 censor!
The pilots of Stockholm and Ore.
grund are making money faster these
days than were ever earned by pilots
before In Sweden. They are making
as high as 1000 crowns per month as
extras, I'm addition to their regular
wages. This is due to the unusually
heavy traffic caused by the danger to
ships In the lower portion of the
Aaland sea and Gulf OF Bothnia.
The Swedish Socialist paper, The
Orebro Courier, is authority for the
statement that King Gustaf OF Sweden
has rendered his services as a peace
mediator to the warning factions of
Europe. The paper expresses the be-
lief that such move on the part OF
the Swedish king viii be fayorabIy
received all over the world.
The Nobel prizes. II ig announced,
will be reduced 10000 crowns each
year from this time on. ON account
Of the new defense tax which fs now
being levied in the kingdom Ii is
probable that the prizes for this year
win not be distributed till next year.
because OF the war.
As will be remembered, severe
snowstorm passed over Jonkoping
May Ii and Is this year, and the gcv-
ernment reports that the damage to
crops and ether property amounted to
fully one million cTowEs.