Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-10-05

Diphtheria is spreading at an alarm
ing rate in Norrland, hundredsof cases
having been reported from different
parts Of the Ian.
Misss.Amanda Johansson, of Oscars
hamnsAmade preparations for starting
q private school. Religion was to be
taught in her school, but she deter
mined not to use Luther's smaller cate
chism. For that very eason the min
lister and the board of education pro-
hibited the opening Of the school.
Mrs Blanche Dickson, Of Tjoloholm,
has donated 50, 700 to the Halland Peo-
Plies high school, the money, to be used
for the benefit OF the female pupils of
the school.
p. Hanson, of Vallberga, . rich
farmer, has requested the provincial
government of Halland to establish q
school where girls may learn cooking
and housekeeping. He reasons thus:
Schools are operated for the purpose
of making able farmers out ofathe
boys; why not establish a school for
making able farmers wives out Of the
girls?
Consul G. E. Broms has donated ST.
900 to the chemical and biological la
boratory at Lulea for the purchase of
the late c. j.. B. Elgenstjerna's herb
arium, which comprises about 1000
species of plants and is one of the
largest in the country.
d. Gronvall has been granted per-
mission to start newspaper at Malmo.
Its anne is to be Exc.
The queen returned f1om her stay at
Skinnarbol, Norway, to Sweden on
Sept. 18th. p.
Kolthof's Greenland expedition
brought back two young musk deer.
An attempt will be made to acclimatize
them in Sweden.
The cod fisheries along the coast Of
Skane have yielded large returns, and
the price of fresh Goldfish has dropped
to about 24 cents a pound.
Two hundred thousand packs Of
playing cards were printed in Sweden
in 1899, and over $4,000 were imported
from abroad.
The congress of physical culture,
which was held IN Paris, agreed on
one desire: The establishment of one
central school of physical culture in
each country, the Swedish Central
institut being the prototype and only
one of its kind in the whole world.
The latest mails from Sweden record
strikes in five different trades in the
city OF G%othenburg, and a sixth strike
was expected any moment.
tuberculosis in the cattle is becom-
ing more and more frequent in the vi
cinlty of Simrishamn. The finer
breeds imported from, abroad seem to
contract this disease more easily than
does the old Swedish stock. The habit
of using rich feed during a large part
of the year is also claimed to reduce
their hardness and ability to resist.
diseases.
Baron F. W. Won Otter, the new pre-
mier, is 81 years old. He served in the
English navy during the years 1857
1861. and was the head of Norden-'
skiold's Spitzbergen expedition in 1868.
During the years 1S74-1ssO he was min,
lister of naval affairs, but his career as
a member of the cabinet was not event.
full. Since 1891 he has been a member
Of the riksdag. Won Otter is not
looked upon al a strong man, and it is
freely predicted that he will not re-,
main at the head Of the cabinet yervS
long.
1t is generally admitted that E. G..
Bostrom has left a splendid record as
premier of Sweden for a period of al
most ten years.
In case of an impending invasion by
\ foreign army the church bells in the
island of Gotland shall be runp as q,
signal for the militia to assemble. The
ringing of the bells is to be kept up.
for three hours, excepting five minutes.
for every quarter Of an hour. The.
militiamen shall meet at the church
within six hours OF the commencement,
of the ringing of the bells, and each
one shall bring food for one day, an.
axe, a spade and a crowbar. This rule,
shall be announced from every pulpit.
in the island on the first Sunday in.
April every year.
The tobacco crop around Anus is.
larger than usual. The tobacco plant,
is generally raised on sandy soil.
which is MANFRED with seaweeds.
The island of Tween is fairly swarm-
ing with hares, and it is claimed that
the king will let them alone this year.
A tapestry from the famous Gobelinr
factory in Paris has been sold by COUNT
Thorn Piper's hospital to an art COL
Hector named Markus, Of Copenhagen
for SO, $50. The tapestry is claimed to
have been a booty from the Russian
war of Charles XII, and to have been
brought to Sweden shortly before tha
disastrous battle Of Pultawa. u
DENMARK.
Danish exhibitors received the fol-
lowing prizes at the Paris exposition: