Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-08-21
FACTS IN FEW LINES

FACTS In FEW Lanes
In Morocco the law obliges you to tip
the policeman who arrests you. ~.
1t is estimated that 10000 deer were
killed In Wisconsin during the past
season.
The largest quantity of Christmas
mail ever received in India was that Of
1907, the number Of sacks being 1000.
The deficiency in the area under
wheat this season in India is 34.4 per
cent, according to the government fore.
cast
When a man with a peg leg and one
arm in sling was arrested in Nc
Pherson, Kan. for vagrancy he pulled
out wallet containing 81 500.
The Great Eastern. which made her
maiden trip half century ago, was
came a cable repair vessel several
years after,
Detective Charles z. Adams of Pitts
burg in fit during his sleep bit his
tongue. aud the blood. running down
his throat and filling the stomach.
caused his death.
Large beds of oysters have been dis
covered in the Uhmlatusi lagoon. on
the zululand coast. and Johannes
burg syndicate has been formed to de
velop the industry. 1t is proposed tc
export the oysters to London.
One fashionable woman In Paris who
has set up millinery shop started 8
fad for perfuming the blossoms Of thu
new flower toQues with the scent OF
the natural flowers. She is selling {
bottle Of perfume with each hat. -
G. L. Fowler Of Lowell, Mass. Will.
tearing down an old mill has removed
several timbers sixty feet In length
and IL by IA in size. They are of north
err hard pine, were hewn by hand an(
were found in perfectly sound condi
ton.
A maddened bull startled the peopl
In Camden. N. j., by butting pole tt
which was attached a United State
mail box. The box was caught ON TIL
animals horns, and it ran severa
blocks with it. letters falling In tn
street.
An ancient volume, entitled Life o
Martin Van Buren," was recently pre-
sented to President Roosevelt by Rep
resentative Gardner Of Massachusetts,
The book was written by David Crock
EFT during the bitter political campaign
Of 1885.
Lloyd's Register in its statistical ia
bles for 1907 shows that the total add
ton of steam tonnage during the yea
was 1,249,515 tons and of sailing ton
mage 29,599 tons, a total of 1,27S, IL
tons. Over 95 per cent consisted O.
vessels built In the United Kingdom. :.
Thomas Garrison, farmer near Pen
sauken. N. j., has turtle that ha.
been In the family eighty-six years. I
was captured by his. grandfather .whe1
a boy and the date Of the capture carv
ed on its back. 1t Is Mr.. Garrisons in
tention to send the turtle down to DOS
>terity.
A letter ~atrier who delivered a let
ter addressed in masculine hand to 6
young woman in the upper section Of
New York city recently happened tt
notice an inscription on the flap of thu
envelope which read. "Postman, post
man, do your duty; take this to my
black eyed beauty"
The marble statue Of "Hiawatha" b,
Augustus St Gaudens, the frst fg..,
executed by the sculptor, which disap
] peared< fifteen years ago. has beet
found. 1t is at present ornamentins
the grounds Of man at Saratoga
who bought it from the estate of ex
Governor e. D. Morgan.
| Production Of gold in the United
States fell of $4.753,4O1 In 1907 81
against 1906. whereas the amount O,
silver produced was increased by owe,
100000 fine ounces. =, Alaska's golt
production fell of little more thar
100000, according to the report Of
the director Of the mint * $ %s>&":
Three Chinese navy officers are nov
afloat in British cruisers to 1mpro,y1,,
| their professional training, and it i!
stated that the number will shortly, b,
increased, japanese. Chinese, Siames.
and other foreign officers have from
/ time to time been received On British
ships for the same purpose. sa-*
i . The municipality off, Bologna pro
poses Ito celebrate the first gentleman,
j Of the birth of Garibaldi by offering
prize for the best historical account %
1.-THE Expedition Of the Thousand.
The manuscripts may be in! Italian
French. English oreG German. and, the,
must be received by June 80. 1910 ri i +
The city Of Easton. Mass. has adopt
ed municipal flag. said to be a cop,
Of the flag which waved over. tha
town during the Revolutionary war
The flag has thirteen red and whit,
, stripes in the upper corner, and the re
I mailider of the flag is: blue with a cir
Gle OF; eight white stars in the center.
q It Is a pleasing custom In the French
Il senate to haze the oldest member pre-
side ut the opening OF the animal SO, ses