Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-01-17
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FA1HERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About b
North Sea With a Week
or So Just Past.
SWEDEN.

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The city council of Stockholm has
voted $1,000 for a Finse institute at
st. Goran's Hospital, for the treatment
of skin diseases.
Over forty leading Swedish authors
and artists have signed and forwarded
an address to Leo Tolstoi. the great
Russian author, testifying to their
great admiration for his literary
achievements. By implication the
authors of this sensational document
declare that Tolstoi is entitled to the
literary Nobel prize, and so far it acts
like a slap in the face Of the ven
cradle "immortals" of the Swedish
academy.
Immense shoals of herring were
struck in Ramsofjord, south of Kos
ter, and thousands of barrels were Sc
cured in a few hours. Two seines
were broken by the sheer weight of
the fish. and most of their contents
were lost. Part of the catch was sent
to Norway.
A committee appointed to make
rtests in regard to the most suitable
color for the uniform of the army has
reported that the superiority of light
blue is not so marked as to warrant
the introduction of this color in all
divisions of the army.
Bishop Rodke, of Gothenburg, re-
fused to dedicate a new chapel in
Masthugg congregation, although the
congregation had contributed money
to the building, and those who r in
terested in the work at the new place
have appealed the case to the king.
The king, in turn, has referred the
matter to the consistory of Gothen-
burg.
National Antiquarian Hildebrand
has requested the king to appoint a
committee to make a thorough study
eof the Swedish names of towns, riv-
>ers, mountains, ETC., with the view of
making them understood by the pub
lie and of establishing a more system
Satic and consistent spelling than the
one obtaining at present.
A magnificent book entitled, The
XIX. Century in Word and Picture,
which was printed just before Christ
mas, was confscated in Finland be-
cause the book contained an account
of the policy and practice of Russia
in regard to Finland.
Sully Prudhomme, the lucky
Frenchman who received the literary
Nobel prize, was not generally con
sidered a candidate for that great
honor, and the surprise, in many
cases, is mingled with disappointment.
The others who received prizes are
generally admitted to have deserved
them.
The decrease of the surplus Of the
state railways for a series of years
caused considerable criticism in the
riksdag, and the civil department has
instructed the railway department to
make an effort to reduce the expenses
and, if advisable, to raise the charges
in certain instances.
A committee appointed to revise the
~curricula of.the higher institutions Of
learning proposes that the classical
languages receive great attention, and
that more time be devoted to English
and German at the expense Of French.
It is proposed to abolish teachers ex-
,aminations entirely and to raise the
teachers salaries.
DR.. Hoist, the state geoiogist of
Sweden, who devoted the summer of
1901 to geological studies in southern
SHANE, established certain facts that
eventually may be of great benefit
ITO the city of Trelleborg. DR.. Hoist
found that the D~alkopinge river runs
unto the limestone rock and disap-
zpears about 1900 feet east of the Dali
IAopinge church. About 1900 feet fur
ether down the valley the water reap
.pears and follows the river bed for
"a short distance to the sea-. The wa
ter is materially changed in the curse
sof its subterranean passage. It Is
thoroughly filtered by a natural pro-
cess and reduced to the mean temper
AZURE of upper layers of the lime rock,
In the middle of August, for instance,
the water was &c degrees Fahrenheit
where it entered the ground, and As
degrees where it emerged again. The
water of the river disappears wholly
only during the dry season. During
the rainy season part of it runs or
top of the ground along the regula,
river bed. This phenomenon affords
the city of T%relleborg a splendid op
portunity of obtaining pure. thor
,oughly filtered water; but the over
ground and the underground waite,
must be carefully kept apart.
NORWAY.
A Russian "saw filler" who failed Il
furnish a passport was arrested a
Nordfjordeid. He was supposed t.
be a spy, but the chances are that b
is a plain laborer who lost his bear
angs. "
A German squadron commanded b,
Prince Heinrich, of Prussia, visite,
Kristiania a few days before Christ
mas. King Oscar received the prime
at the palace, and the German societ
of Kristiania gave a banquet to tn
prince and a large number of &c,
man officers. In the evening a spe
-cial performance al given at the ns