Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-01-03

pr0f. M-orEenstterne has Written an as.
toundingly partisan account Of Norwe-
sg~ianapoftics for Frenchsmagazins In
order to abuse the party In powee. the
LAftists, he makes statements which
every grown man and woman in Norway
knowssto be false Whensthe Norwegian
press began to- ventilate the professors
dissertation hesbegan to vince and shil-
;ly-shally,ssand even his political comrades
must feel that IN has done his party a
poor service, indeed. &S ss s
The executive committee Of the Norwe-
gian2 mission society has resolved to ex-
tend its work to China. The f1rstssgroupt
of missionaries have already been select
ed. and. they will leave for. the Orient
I'm the course Of the winter. One ofthem
is, q physician. It is likely hat the first
station will be located In the province Of
Human. (which has 0,0oo,000 Inhabitants.
done. SeAs 351e " 9'"a 81
II The electric station owned By the cityf
fof Krtsttanias is supplying, the street rail.
ways and Is. 1000 incandescent. lamps, and
tits already taxed to It'll almost capacity.
Election reports from Kristiansand:
Whole number Of votes. 1000; number Of
votes cast. 1.s70. OF the votes cast, the
go VVCs SAo-4<Slk4SI0 oOSy Iu6
temperance party 265, the labor party. 211, y
the women's party III, and the twild''
tickets a.
Election returns from Fredrikstad: The
Rightists polled 1923 votes, the temper
ance party 4se votes, the Leftists 2s votes
and thel labor party 1877 votes. OF the city
officers elected. q are Rightists, Is tenn
perance men. Z Leftists and 4 Socialists,
Aasoldier belonging to- the EidsbetE
squadron refused to take part in the drill
on Saturdays because he was an Advent
list, and he was sentenced to ten days i'm.
prisonment INC to pay costs amounting
to $1.3s.
Trondhjem Goldfish is sold ON the KRIS
tiania market for 81 cents a pound.
The shipping Of fresh fish, meat, CAMS,
butter and eggs from T%rondhjem ~ ran
mas trbled in the last ten years. The
amount for the past year was $500 tons.
While Hans Hansen, a young butcher In
lkristiansand. was cutting meat for
g with q hand-knife, his feet alipped,
and. as he fell down on the, floor. the
Knife cut an artery in his thigh The
blood being permitted to flow freely, the
victim bled to death In, a few minutes.
Since 1895 the government has sold
property belonging to public lparsonages
TOR 100000. and many parcels, OF land be-
ftonging to t~parsonagess are rented o to
hereditary or life tenants: sta1
Mrs. Soma Gulowsen G~yldenkrone
writes. in SA~ftenposten.1 that the women
Of 9Kristiania acknowledgements by a,
splendid physique. but that the young
men are short and chubby and that their
faces look fat. damp and fabby.5 She
pities the former because they have to
become the wives OF the latter Mrs.
Gyldenkrone also criticises the language
used in the capital. She Scharacterizes It
as a disgusting mixture OF the polished,
city dialect M the crude rural dialects.
The storthing has completely shut out
all foreign languages from the state nor
NAL schools. Many educators were in
favor Of making English and German
elective studies.
The fourth bridge across the Mid river
at ~Trondhjems will soon be built from
Kalveskind street to the island. It will
be only q foot bridge. and the cost Of 1t
win not exceed $4,000. Private parties
nave subscribed $3.50 towards this
amount.
"Tallow dips n lanterns are used by
those who. are ~endeavoring to discover
new objects for taxation In order to bal
ance the accounts OF the treasury" says
a daily. The burdens of taxation seem
to be too heavy already. But they will
be increased rather than diminished. Z
when the Iron Curtain Goes Down.
-ls the, title OF h new novel written by
Jonas Lie. The first edition OF 10000
copies was ordered by the time the book
left h press.
The surplus Of the pKristiania, National
Theatre for the past year was SIS o0ospss
A number of B1ornson's adEirers kfVs
donated = marble bust aof the POET to, the
national gallery. The bust sssths work Of
Gustav vigeland. il 80
G.. Smith, the director OF the harbors,
has gone to France and <HoIland stoapro.
cure machinery for q dredse for which
the storthing has voted 81. 900. ~
,tab1JteI al girl
DENMARK.
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