Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-09-21

plendor OF the style OF the Bjornson
f immortal fame.
Every member of the cabinet except
slehr is running for member of the
,torthing on the Leftist ticket.
An automatic stamping machine has
,een put up at the Kristiania post
,fice, By placing the letter in the
proper position and dropping a coin
.nto the slot, the customer may have
ais letter stamped, such stamp being
Is good rs one posted on the letter.
SWEDEN.
Jemtland has had it's first horticul-
sural fair, which was held at Oster-
sund. 1t vas a decided success.
The hazelnut crop of southern Swe-
den is simply enormous" In many
places the bushes are bent to the
ground.
A thirty-three pound pickeral was
caught with a eel net in a Swaziland
lake. In Its spacious nav were found
eight crawtish, two big reaches,
a calls stomach and a job lot of other
delicacies.
n yOuuS l1du dU bOIdS UOOh Ills hO"
dak with him on a stroll through the
country. A certain locality struck
his fancy, and as he was ready to take
a shot at it an old woman came walk
ing along the road. II may as we'll
take her with the landscaps, ''he
thought, and turned his kodak against
her. But she suspected foul play of
the worst description, yelled to him,
don't aim! Put down your gun! don't
shoot, for Gods sakew and took to her
heals: The more she ran, however,
the more eager was the kodak friend
to get a shot at her; and when he did
pick her up he got a picture worth
seeing.
About $500 Gin gold" was to be dis
tributed as prizes at a rifle match in
Hernosand. The money was there,
but in paper. But the two banks of
the place did not have $500 in gold, and
private parties, had to exc out the
balance. It goes without saying this
practical joke ma de the worthy bank
ers Of H%enaosand look silly.
The committee appointed to make
inquiries regarding the necessity Of
aiding poor laborers in procuring
homes of their W has appealed to
the provincial governments for opin-
ions as to the limits of this class of la
borers. The main question asked by
the committee may be expressed thus:
What must a farm laborer
have in order to be classed among
those who may be supposed to be able
to procure homes without state aid?
The provincial governments differ
widely as to the maximum income and
property of a laborer entitled to state
aid. This important committee evil
IDENTIFY has a very difficult task to per-
form.
Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer,
travelled through the Lob Nor country,
Central Asia, last spring. Former ex-
plorers had mapped out Lob Nor lake,
a large sheet of water. Mr.. Hedin
found that the lake had completely
dried up, leaving nothing on it's bot
tom but snails and weeds.
King Oscar returned home, Aug. 80,
from his summer resort at Marstrand.
The normal school teachers of Swe-
den held their sixth national conven-
ton at Linkoping. The convention
lasted three days and the number of
delegates was about eighty. The ques-
ton of revising the catechism was
discussed, but the result is not known
at this writing.
A number of Swedes have given ex-
hibitions of fancy swimming at the
Paris exposition. The performances
took place in the Seine and were Wig
orously applauded by four thousand
spectators. No one received greater
attention than one, Johansson. He
jumped into the river while wearing a
complete suit Of clothes and disap-
peared. In a moment one part of his
garment came to the surface, now an
other and another, and finally the man
himself returned, stripped to his very
scanty bathing suit.
Six hundred men are at work on the
new railway from Tomelilla to Bro
sorp, and the line will soon be com.
pleted.
In the year 1869 the assistant pastor
of the Klara congregation, of Stock
holm, was thin and pale and sickly-
SO sickly, in fact, that people fell into
the habit of calling him 1.-THE sickly
minister" instead of using his name
and on one occasion he was referred
| to in public prayer offered in Mis-
church. This happened 81 years ago
The newspapers recently contained
the following item: "Prof. W. Rubin
J who is 60 year old, walked alone anc
: unaided to the summit of Mount Ares
kutan, a distance of four English
8 miles and an elevation of 1000 feet
: The feat was accomplished will
: ease" Prof. Rubin was once tina
! "sickly minister" in Stockholm.
The newspapers persist in stating
J. that a new daily will be started il
Stockholm by the temperance people
S and the prohibitionists. Johan Berg
man, of Norrkoping, and Ernst Beck
man are mentioned as editors-in-chief
A wild goose which was caugh
i three years ago at Skalstugan, Jemt
3 land, and had her wings clipped, ha'
g ever since followed the sheep just a