Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-04

Invented a dynamite projectile which
may be shot from a cannon without ex-
ploding prematurely.
November 20, the tw%o-hundredth ami
versary of the battle of Narva, was cele-
brated in some Of the large cities by the
rendition of literary and musical pro-
grams.
The late Mrs. Olena Francke of Stock
holm, bequeathed almost $50, 900 to charit-
able institutions located chiefly in st. ia
cob and st. Johannes parishes.
Sjul Svensson, of Upper Hogdal, Jemt-
land, completed his 101st year Dec. 10.
The government of Sweden collects a
whiskey tax of 81 cents per gallon.
NORWAY.
Larvik has 1O,626 inhabitants.
Counterfeit one-kroner and two-kroner
pieces are in circulation in Kristiania.
They are we'll made and bear the date
1893.
The work on the Notifications on Odder
Island, near Kristiansand, has been de-
layed on account of a disagreement
among the military authorities as to the
exact location Of the batteries. Hence
forth, however, the work will be pushed,
a perfect agreement having been arrived
at.
A German squadron, under the COM
mando of Prince Henry of Prussia, is max
ing a cruise along the coast of Norway.
At West Andebu a ten-year-old boy was
ferociously attacked by a huge eagle
while going to school. The bird seized
the boy by his coat collar and tried to
raise him from the ground, but being too
heavy the boy escaped injuries. He was
so scared, however, that some one had to
accompany him to school the next day.
The assistant secretary of state. DR..
Sigurd Ibsen, is working out consular
regulations for an independent consular
service for Norway. The diplomatic SER
vice remains unchanged.
A company with a capital of $40, 900 is
being organized at Trondhjem for work.
ing the coal mines of Spitzbergen.
The Northern Railway was opened for
public traffic Dec. IS in the presence of
the crown prince.
A Mormon preacher from America car
ried the smallpox to Draunnen. He and
several persons with whom he came in
close contact were at once taken to the
pesthouse.
It is asserted that Premier Steen will
retire from the abine next spring, and
tIldI WcAelScH, lue pIcScIll HIIIllSlei VI
public instruction, is to succeed him..
Martin Knutzen, q Norwegian pianist.
has conducted a humble of successful
concerts in London.
Complete reports show that the crops
were below the average in North Trond-
hjem. In some valleys the grain is unfit
for human food, and in the mountain dis
tricts the hay crop Is wretched.
Rev. Gleditsch recently lectured on
1.-THE Faith in Providence at Our Saw
ior's Church, Kristiania. His theory of
miracles will doubtless be new to most
of our readers, and it is submitted in as
few words as possible: Can prayers cause
something to happen which otherwise
would not lave happened? Let our minds
dwell on the phenomenon of electricity.
Electricity is accumulated in a cloud and
in the earth below it. Nothing can be
seen or heard Of the force until it has at
tanned such a high degree Of tension that
1t bursts through the intervening air, and
we have a thunderbolt, a visible, audible
action. Something does actually happen.
The same way with miracles. The belief
In Providence has attained such a seat
tension that an answer comes from
above. Something happens, and we call
it a miracle. From this it may be infer
red that miracles are so few in our day
because our faith in Providence is not
sufficiently intense to produce them.