Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-02-01

SCSSAdl lNOuSdNO yOuiS Trees WSIO
planted in Sogn last summer, and one
farmer in that part of he country Is
raising no less than thirty different va
rieties of apples.
Mrs. Oselio Bjornson has been engaged
to sing four evenings at the West End
Opera, Berlin. I
The city Of Sarpsborg voted out the
saloons (samlag) a number of years ago.
But a peculiar snag was struck. The
proprietor of the Boregaard' estate was
found to ave absolute right to sell
liquors, and a dry" city only meant in
creased business to him.. In order to
prove that he means fair play, he has,
of his own free wilL donated almost $1,000
to the city government as a part of the
profit Of his trade.
A lobster tank at Forsund was de-
stroyed by the recent storm. and the 1000
lebsters confined in it were liberated. The
value of the Holsters averaged about IS
cents a piece.
The stone-cutters who are at work in
and around Fredrikshald have all the
work they can take care of. The wages
paid them for the month of Decenber
aggregated about $4,000.
1t is. proposed to use electricity as mo-
tive power on the Holmestrand and Wit
tingfos railroad. This road will be ready
for traffic next fall.
The proprietors of Verdens Gang have
organized themselves into a stock COM
pany, thettapital being a little over $780,
600. o. Thommessen owns one-half of the
stock. 1t too this man about a quarter
of a century to make Verdens Gang the
greatest newspaper in Norway.
One result of the hard times Is that
the import of Injuries has decreased very
materially. This is true, for instance.
Of strong drinks. while the consumption
of tobacco remains unaffected by the
hard times.
Rev. A. Hval, a prison chaplain, has
written a fve-column newspaper article,
urging the ecclesiastical. department to
revise the second articles of the Apostolic
creed, putting Ito the kingdom OF the
dead" instead of ito hell A..
Two barks from Kragero, Tenax Pro-
positi and Hovding. foundered on the
same day off Newport, and their crews,
numbering about twenty men, were
drowned.
Mo- 100000, but 2,220,000 seems to have
been the population, of Norway on De-
cember third, the increase for ten years
being 100000. OF this increase, Kristiania
claims H,50O. the other cities 10000. and
the rural districts a little over 5000.
Bergen shows a gain of II, 766, T%rondhjun
a gain of 1888.
About $500 NorweEians are residing in
England.
Asbjorn Kongsson is the title Of an his
torical play just. completed by Kristofer
Janson.
Johan Munthe, a Norwegian who has
lived fourteen years in China. has dis
tinguished himself as a volunteer in the
Russian army by carrying a Russian Of
ficer on his back and cutting his way
through a detachment Of Chinese troops.
Some Of the stockholders Of the KRIS
tiania Steam Kitchen propose to double
the nominal value of the stock. From a
business point of view his would be a
highly desirable move. The constitution
Of the company provides hat the stock
holders shall receive only six per cent in
terest, the balance of the surplus being
given away. In 1885 the value Of the
shares was raised from about 800 to
about $500, and since that time the pro-
priet0rs have been receiving 6 per cent
interest on the latter, or IL per cent on
the original investment. But the business
Is growing more and more prosperous,
and the stockholders feel sure that If
they raise the amount Of the. shares to
$500 they can still clear.S per cent, or
"a per cent IN the original investment.
The public, however. is hostile to the
proposed move, the kitchen having been
started and managed as a quasi charit-
able institution.
The demand for electricity for lighting
l on@ onr,,fo1k,rf~ t. la4~4n~lo- - r>
Unexpectedly rapid rate in Kristiania.
The whole number of electric lights used
In the city Is $4,000. and in spite of the
hard times the increase was 1890 for the
year 1900.
In the Norwegian state calender for
1901 the Swedish order Of the Seraphim
is still given the first place in the list
Of decorations of honor. while the Nor
wegian order of, st. Olaf occupies the
second place. In Norway there is general
dissatisfaction with this arrangement,
and perhaps ninety-nine per cent of the
people think the list ought to be headed
by the exclusively Norwegian order of
st. Olaf.
The committee of arbitration of KRIS
tiania had 2O,425 cases under considera-
ton In 1906. Our authority does not state
how many were settled by the committee
and how many were fought out in the
courts.
DENMARK.
The Danish government sent to the
finance committee of both houses Of the
rigsdag a report Of the negotiations be-
tween the United States and Denmark
regarding the sale of the Danish West
Indies and also a petition signed by sew
enteen business men of Copenhagen. ask
ing for government assistance to make
the islands profitable to Danish capital.
Sophus ~schandorph. tho noted poet, died
q few hours before the close Of the old
year. ~schandorph exerted a powerful in
auence upon tho Danish authors during
the seventies and eighties.
The funeral services over the remains
Of Sophus Schandorph. the poet, took
place at the Fredericksburg crematory,
near Copenhagen. Several thousand per-
sons were present. According to the
wishes Of the deceased. no clergyman was
present. Georg Brandes paid a touchinR