Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-02

LII A1l
Sandefjord, July 1.-Haying has com
menced o most Of III large farms In
this neighborhood. The meadows every
where look very fine. The present clear
weather is promising.
The Gansdal Sanatorium has been In
operation for a quarter Of a century. and
the twenty-ffth anniversary of its OPEN
was fittingly celebrated July 1. About
10 persons attended a public banquet
at which some Of the most noted men in
the country made remarks. Mr.. Greve.
the manager, proposed a toast to the
king, and to ''the Bjornson Of humanity.
e~verybody's Bjornson." The latter re-
sponded with a toast for Finland, the
country which vas nearest to his heart
because it was the most unfortunate.
1t was his hope hat something great
and strong" would grow out of Finland.
Two Finnish guests expressed their
thanks for the kind words about Finland.
The merchant marine OF Bergen has
been reduced by three ships of q COM
bined dead weight Of $500 tons and in-
creased by nine. ships Of 1880 tons, maxi
ing a gain Of $500 tons dead weight.
The steamers aggregate 36o,50o tons. and
new steamers aggregating $1,000 tons
have been ordered. Steamers Of less than
500 tons are not included in the above.
Ibsen's Mrs. Inger Of Ostraat'' was
very kindly received at Her Majesty's
theater in Melbourne, Australia.
An English syndicate has been organ
lied for ~the.purpose Of consolidating all
he anneries of ~Stavanger. The, syndi-
cate is backed by a capital Of $500. 900.
Consul Fredrik Watre is its Norwegian
representative.
In an excavation In a street in Trond-
hjem a row Of logs standing on end
were struck. It looks k the remains
of palisades. The row extended along
the street close to the ~embankment. and
they reached down to a considerable
depth. Some Of the logs were rotten.
while the remains of others could be
handled. The logs are supposed to have
constituted King Sverre's wooden forti-
ication across the Mid river peninsula.
Ogestinus Kjos, the proprietor of the
Heggedal factories, Kristiania, is threat
; ened with serious financial embarrass-
ments, and the employees have been noti-
fled that they will be discharged in a few
days.
Norway exported 25,262 tons Sof ice dur.
ing the first half of the mon of June
The king and the queen left for Nor
way in the evening of July II.
The county government Of South
Trondhjemamt has resolved to issue
bonds in the sun of $780, 100.
Premier Steen Is spending a short vaca'
ton in Gudbrandsdalen, his duties be
ing performed by Mr.. Aarstad, minister
Of finance.
The Norwegian Women's Association
for the Advancement Of Hygiene held it,
annua business meeting at Kristianta
It was reported that four local societies
had been organized in the course Of tn
year. Twelve sick nurses had been grad
uated from the training school Of tn
association. and an equal number o
scholars had been admitted to the school
The humble Of persons who applied TO
work through the public employment Of
fee Of Kristiania during May. was ILL
men and 452 women, while the number o
wants for the same month was 402 ant
526 respectively. In other words, Their
were almost three idle men for eacl
chance to work, while in the case Of fe
male help, the demand was greater thai
the supply.
Bernhard Hansen, of 'Flekkefjord, l
said to have invented an effective metho'
for preserving eggs. A quantity Of egg
was sealed and put aside ten month
ago, and when the package was broker
the other day they were found to b
Surprisingly well preserved. Witnesse
were present When the package wa
sealed and opened, which precaution in
dicates that the invention is not a fake
The method is said to be "easy an
cheann