Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-02-22
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across tho
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN The FA1HERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within q Week
or So Just Past.

In tine O10 COOntEIo8 ABOUT, the
North sea Within q Week
OF So Just Past.
SWEDEN.
A committee appointed six years ago
by the king to write an exhaustive ac-
count Of Swedish gymnastics. has COM
pleted its task. an dthe result Is the most
complete work ever written on that sub
ject.
Two Swedish engineers. named Landin
and Rudolph. have invented a new smelt-
ing method by which malleable iron may
be produced directly from the ore.
Rich deposits Of nickel and cobalt have
been discovered in Halangesliden. near
Ursviken.
Two Thousand men are at work or the
new railway line through Bohuslan. 1t
will take four years more to complete
the road. Experience has proven that
proper intellectual entertainment is a
bsneft to the men. Accordingly. funds
are now being raised for the purchase
Of books and other reading matter which
will be loaned free Of charge to them.
Does it pay to raise calves in Norrbot-
ten? A farmer at Mortrask recently sold
an eight-week-old calf to the butcher for
$11.34.
The provincial government of Malmo-
hus has made an appropriation for the
publication Of a newspaper for blind peo-
pie. The letters. are elevated, and the
alphabet used was invented by Dan.
Kjellin, of Stockholm. He is blind, still
he is to print said paper. The paper
will be sent free Of charge to all blind
swedes who take the trouble to order it.
TIC pull off ones boots is an operation
which is supposed to be utterly devoid
Of risk Of life and limb. Arvid Strom,
Of Hedemora, thinks not. for he actually
broke his thigh bone, just above the knee.
while trying to pull off a tight boot.
Adolf Hedin, member Of the riksdag
from Stockholm, has introduced a thor
oughly revised edition Of the penal laws
Of the army Of Sweden. These laws ave
been under the exclusive control Of the
king, or rather the cabinet. while Mr..
Hedin holds that according to the con-
stitution. the riksdag is the only author
ity entitled to NEEDLE with these as we'll
as with other laws.
Sickness of different kinds prevails
throughout northwestern. skane. and in
tho rural districts whole families are bed
ridden.
The crown prince made a short trip
to England about February first.
So many laborers. have gone to Luos-
savaara that the demand is more than
filled. and the result is a, general reduc-
ton of wages. House-builders and car
penters who travelled great distances to
Ait. x1ooor o-I Fo3Iadt ~ Ard ovonloNpoop
were compelled to cave for the woods
and compete with the choppers.
The woman,s society for the defense of
Sweden has issued a call for personal
contributions sin memory Of some happy
day" The money will be devoted to the
advancement of the volunteer gun clubs.
The basement under the new opera
house in Stockholm. which Is used as a
restaurant. commands a rent of a little
over one thousand dollars a ? week.
A very valuable collection has been
added to the Lappish department at the
Northern Museum. Stockholm. One of
the curiosities Of the collection is d tally
stick which was used to keep tally Of
reindeer owned by King Charles XIV. in
the year 1869. The number of animals
at that time was "a. and all of them had
0oSCenQeQ from TWO uOeS BlVCI u NIIl
In 1857.
Rev. g. L. Bjork, of Vinberg, recently
devoted a part of his sermon to the news
papers. recommending certain papers and
denouncing others.
The committee on waterfalls has recon-
mended that the Freja Mining Company
be permitted to rent two waterfalls in
the Lima river from the government for
fifty years at the rate of $500 a year, or
about S2.70 per horse power.
King Oscar. upon .resuming the gov
inner after his recent illness, received
very cordial greetings from President
Mckinley.
P. Moller, of Glimakra, is %excavatins
an ancient burial mound at Nobbelof, but
the official antiquarian may interfere be.
fore the work is finished.
Karlskrona has 23.S99 inhabitants. ant
the increase for 1900 was 287.
The stone-cutters of Halmstad have re
ceived heavy orders for red and greer
granite from South Africa and America
A scientific expedition will leave Swedel
in the latter part of March. the dsstina
ton being Argentina and Bolivia. Erlan'
Nordenskiold is to be the leader Of tn
expedition.
The Skyttean chalr or civil government
and eloquence in the university Of Upsala
which was left vacant by the death o
Prof. Ain, was established Jan. l.. 1872
by Johan Skyth.
NORWAY.
All Italians employed In the Gravehal
tunnel on the Bergen railway, have beel
discharged and N~orwegians have beel
hired to take their places. :.
IL was stated some time ago that tn
population of Norway at the beginning
of this year was 2.22O. 900: but the fna
summing up of the census returns ma
bring the number up to 2.230.000.
officials wooden mills near Stavangel
burned down Jam. 16. The fire wa
started by a careless w~orkingman. TIL
insurance exceeds $4,000.
The recent catch Of herring off Fred
rikstad brought the fishermen abou
800. 900. Tbs purchasers paid so much fo
the goods that their profit vas not wort
mentioning.
The building trades are still in a yer
demoralized condition in the Norwegia
capital. Enterprises which netted a prof
Of 30 per cent are hopelessly ruined. 1h
import of cement, which affords q q
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