Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-06-20

Rev. L. j. q. Leksell, superintend-
ent of schools of Dalarne, has noticed
that the catechism is dry reading, es-
pecially for young children. But he
has a remedy, and a novel one. He
does not propose to change the text.
He only introduces a system of marks
indicating the meditation of the
voice, the quantity of the syllables
and the length of the pauses. Rev.
Leksell's work is so far advanced that
he has ventured to distribute a cir
cular explaining his system and So
liciting subscriptions.
The riksdag voted down all motions
to raise the salaries of the railway
fu%nctionaries.
The Swedish riksdag has appropri-
ated over $4,000 900 for new barracks.
An unknown person has donated
$4,000 to the Stockholm board of
health.
The cuckoo began to sing in south
ern Sweden before the trees were
green. This is looked upon az q bad
omen, a token of poor crops for the
coming season.
The police authorities of Malmo
kept all saloons closed during the
great political strike which commence
ed May IS, and the sale of wine and
beer was prohibited after six o'clock
in the evening. ,
Oskar Flip Heilborn, who died in
Stockholm May 9, willed eighteen par
lor paintings, including some fine
specimens of the so-called Fonteine-
blean school, to the picture gallery of
the national museum at Stockholm.
The gift is considered to be a very
valuable one.
Mrs. Lofty Bruzelius, nee Kempe,
has donated $4,000 to the Swedish
physicians association for the benefit
of the children and widows of poor
physicians who have been officially
permitted to practice medicine in
Sweden.
The 22-foot stone monument which
the people of Lardal raised in honor of
the Lardal company was unveiled May
10 on the old drill ground of the Sogn
battalion. The rural population was
strongly represented. The buildings
in the surrounding country were deco
rated with flags.
A case of usury which has been tried
by the courts of Kristiania brought
out the fact that during the great
financial crisis the rate Of interest ran
as high as 800 and 400 per cent per
n
Premier Blehr has announced that
new regulations for the control of the
liquor traffic will be placed before the
publ" in the course of the summer.
The city of Paris has bought Fritz
Thaulow's painting, "The Golden Har-
vest" 1t happens very rarely that
the city of Paris deals with foreigners,
and, as far as known, Thaulow's pic
ture is the first one to be placed in the
halls of the court house. This pur-
chase has caused quite a stir, chiefly
because the present city council is
noted for its jingoism.
Kristiania is poorly supplied with
hotel accommodations for people of or
binary means. The hotels of the bet
ter class are too expensive, and the
cheap ones are too bad. It is proposed
to build a new peoples hotel at a cost
of $40, 600. There will be about 100
rooms, and the price per night for
each room will be from Is to ~ cents.
The enterprise was started by philan-
thropists.
Four hundred fishermen attending q
mass meeting at vardo passed a reso-
luton claiming that whaling is in
furious to their occupation. When the
whales are killed the Goldfish 20 far
out into the 9 to spawn, thus passing
beyond the reach Of the fishermen.
Last spring, before the. opening of the
whaling season, deep water angling
yielded good returns. Some of the
speakers were in favor of bringing the
matter before the storthing by means
of a delegation.
A large part of the quay in front of
the custom house at Moss slipped into
the water. No one was injured.
The local statistics indicate that the
decrease of the population of Kris
tiania for the year 1901 was about
5000.
Bjornstjern Bjornson, in writing
about his recent visit to Stockholm,
said: 81 cannot find words strong
enough to indicate how m~agnifcently
and cordially I was received every
where"
The national debt of Norway was
$70,675,000 on March first. The in
terest and installments for the pres
ent year amount to $2,754,OOO
A four or five weeks old pig now
commands a prize of about five dol
lars in southern Norway.
The citizens of Bodo, Nordland, are
clamoring for a railway from Bodo
to Sunnan.
London capitalists to have
| great faith in the Cumberland Iron
Ore company. The company offered
stocks amounting to $4,000, 900, and
$25, 900, 900 was subscribed. a-..
About 1900 men are engaged in
fishing on the Finmarken fishing