Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-12-06
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLASD.
Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
NoRth sea Within q Week
o. So Just Past.
SWEDEN.

A man from Holland visited Stockholm
for the purpose Of inducing the long
shorernen to boycott English vessels az
q protest against the war In South Afri-
ca. TIT Swedes answered that they would
not be found wanting in case such q boy
colt Il enforced In other countries.
The newspapers are taking greater In.
terest In the eighteen immortals,' or
members Of the Swedish &C, lemy. since
Alfred Nobel. the millionaire %philantho-
pist. assigned to the academy-th duty
OF awarding his prize for the best liter
airy effort made In recent times. The
present members Of the academy are
known to be conservative, and the VEN
cradle G. D. at Wirsen. It's leading mem
Der. 10 the object OF abuse On the part OF
the liberal elements. In this connection
the vacancies caused by the deaths Of
Wennerberg. Nordenskiold and Forssell
are also discussed. The leading candi-
dates OF the liberals are H%eidenstam, a
noted publicist. and the Profs. H1arne;
schuck and Wartburg. while CD. at
Wirsen's candidates are said to be .Bildt,
the ambassador to Rome; Prof. Retzius,
an anatomist and an~thropologist; n An
nerstedt. a librarian at Upsala. But the
outsiders can only discuss the matter, the
vacancies being filed by the remaining
fifteen members of the academy.
The ecclesiastical department Of the
government Of Sweden has furnished the
temperance people with a tremendous
argument by authorizing the use Of GER
tain charts in the public schools OF Swed-
en-. The charts. which were prepared by
Prof. Cart Wallis and Prof. Robert Tiger
stedt. give views Of the human stomach
at different stages OF alcoholization. The
charts are accompanied by statistical
tables showing the ravages OF strong
drinks In different ways. According to
one OF these tables no less thar n-1-l0 per
cent of the crimes committed by males in
Sweden are due partly es wholly to the
use u intoxicantA
tuberculosis Is % sommon among the
stock around Simrishamn hat scarcely Q
single farm 10 wholly exempt from the
disease. Tn finer breeds have q smaller
power u resistance. and many farmers
are going back to the lees profitable but
harder native breeds.
| A labor union at LAholm b raising
money for the Scandinavian saptivss
from the Boer Wal.
j. Peterson. Of Bsestad, . :.Doaf-mads''
painter. is SAX to BE- engaged IN painting
q picture Of ths king.
h United States received n, n steer
8 oeagrants from Sweden last year,
while 0e corresponding numbsr from The
German empire was A,01.
The se-callsd peoples high schssls Of
southern Sweden havs . lArgss attead-
70 b usual. TIE go ut avnaa. fss
instance. had - tsrn awav ~. Desirable
applicants for hack II room Y
The winter , and wheat . lsshs
exceptionally fine IN southern Sweden.
Some fields arc 10 thick that ~ straw
may rot In case OF a mild winter I'd
avoid such a misfortune many farmers
have either moved the fields and hauled
away the young sprouts or used the fslds
for pasture.
In North vram parish, In the Sxtreme
flag at nearly every farmhouse.
Tho great marble deposits It tvastsn!
5aure. which were mentioned in these COL
umns. do not contain marble equal to
that Of Carrara. but only 4 poo grade Of
dolomite But samples Of the marble
found At Abiskojock prove that to DO al
good as the Carrara article. Abiskoiock
is located a short distance from Ofotep
railway.
Prof. H. H~ildebrandsen, Of Upsala, who
was invited by the government OF France
to take part in a series Of comprehensive
meteorological observations by means Of
balloons. kites. ETC., requested the Swed-
ish riksdag to contribute 5000 to his ex-
penses. But after Prof. Hildebrandsen
sent in his request. an Upsala citizen
who is greatly interested in scientific
matters. offered to donate the necessary
amount. The donor does not wish to
have his name announced.
Mustafa, alias Capt. Alexis Kuylen-
s%tierna. whose adventures in tho Orient
nave made him noted throughout north
ern Europe. has started on a now trip
through Russia, Persia and India
The new temperance hotel at Malmo
has just been opened. II has accommo.
dations for about sixty customers.
h railway employees Of Stockholm de-
voted an evening to the discussion Of the
proposed national strike, and q resolu-
ton was passed to the effect that the
railway men will join . great national
strike a. q means Of extending the right
to vote At general elections. !,
Queen soAs has denatsd Sz7e To the
Jredrika Bremen memorial fund.
The Counts Eugsn and Clarence Won
Rssea have bought The Rsekesholm fac
tories and adjoining properly In the par
ishes Of orythytta = Nssa, the amount
paid being $1as.os. =
II h proposed to divide the course Of
"esthetics" at the UpsaA University into
"hastery 81 literature ard "histery Of
art" q I've distinct courses.
NORWAY.
Mr.. vigeland. the sculptor. is making q
bust Of Ibsen. and the post 10 posing q
few minutes every day.
The herring catch has bssa very light
this fail.
beyond Human Power" by Bjornson.
was favorably received at the Royalty
Theatre. London.
The government has ordered 10000 tons
Of rails for the state railways from a Arm
in Belgium.
A snowstorm interfered with the rail-
way traffic around Trondh1em during the
first week of November.
The proprietors Of the Biyn Iron Work.
nave declared that they are able to man
u~facture all sizes Of missiles used in the
army and navy. and that they are willing
to establish a new department for this
work far bach In the interior Of the
country. :
1t is proposed to levy a tax IN emf.
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