Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The population of the hemp growing
province Of nigan, Philippine Islands,
has trebled since 1902. - 49,.
Fify~fve million dollars worth of
7 freight, mostly English, passes through
the Suez canal annually.
By continuously addressing the Hun
garian diet from the public gallery a
man caused, temporary suspension
Of the sitting. g :
At Blacksburg, Pa, hog Weighing
600 pounds chewed up dynamite cap
which had b, en- thrown In the pen, and
the cap, exploding, tore Off the AMI
| mails head" ST. =
Judge Coffee Of California has de-
cided that bequest of 81 600 made to
pet dog Is invalid on the ground
that 1t is. impossible for dog to in:
herft money :,
"A British scientist has spoken
against children praying about dying
while they are asleep. 1t is a great
mistake. he said, to let children think
Of sudden death
The court OF appeal at Lisbon, Por-
tugal, has decided that the hawking
Of Protestant Bibles for sale in, the
streets does not constitute the crime
Of dfsrespect to the state religion.
The Ohio yearly meeting is the only
organization of Friends chat does not
claim membership in the FIVE years
meeting. it not having accepted the
discipline adopted by twelve yearly
meetings.
A Burman witness, looking in the
prime of condition, deposed quite COM
Fplacently in criminal case in Calcut-
tn that he had no occupation my
wife, good, careful and hardwork-
ing woman, supports me-" he added.
Fifty fragments of the finest early
English carving in polished Purbeck
marble, supposed to be portions of the
shrine Of St Swithin, were brought to
light recently during the restoration of
certain parts Of Winchester cathedral.
A gigantic tray of solid silver, weigh
ing more than 10000 ounces, has just
been made by firm in London for an
oriental potentate. The tray is seven
feet in diameter and Is said to be the
largest ever executed. 1t has been in
the hands of workmen for over year.
Found wandering the streets on July
4, a man who has been in the Kansas
City general hospital since that time
! cannot remember who he is Or where
he came from. No one has inquired
, for him, and the police cannot learn
anything about the stranger whose
memory has lapsed.
A process has been discovered by
Shanghai scientist Of softening and
degumming the ramie fiber, by which
it becomes superior to cotton yarn
and much like silk. A secret process
does the work in ten minutes. This
Is likely to revolutionize the textile
trade of China and to affect the United
States cotton exports. -.-
KS, Tie Chieopee assessors have discov~
cred that Mrs. TekIa Moson, who lives
on Chicopee street, has been paying
poll tax for the last five Or six years.
Mrs. Mosou is the. wife Of Maciej Mo
son and Is property owner. The tax
assessors did not know that Tekla b
feminine name, and SO the poll tax
has been assessed to Mrs. Moson.
Jack Fredericks, mining man at
Wallace, Ida, recently paid 500 each
for five glasses Of beer for four st.
Paul visitors and himself after mid
night Of Saturday by buying the closed
hotel there from it's owner, getting Inn
mediate possession by paying $4,000
and after one round OF drinks reselling;
the bar to its former owner for S4,500:.
1t has been reported to the Camil
ford district council in England that
at house In St CIeather two of the
occupied bedrooms have no windows,
but only open apertures. It was stat
cd that the house was very clean and
that no person had died there recent
ly until eighty years Of age and some
were ninety. The council decided to
call on the owDers to put windows in
each room.
Mime. Jenny Porchet is In charge OF
!. the prison OF Aigle, Switzerland. She
!, married the chief warden Of the pris-
On, who soon after became confirmed
!, invalid. Nine. Porchet thereupon took
! up his duties and performed them so
acceptably that when he died seven
! teen years ago the authorities appoint
I Cd her to his position She is strict dis
! eiplinarian, with kind heart, and has
made the prison model one.
i The announcement that King Ed
/ wards great diamond Will probably be
@ taken to Amsterdam to be cut and that
q Il may be reduced In weight to thou
I sand carats shows how much these
i great gems lose In the process Of cut
ting. For moderately large gems the
loss Is generally reckoned at about
half, says the London Globe, but for
/. enc Of such size as the Cullinan 1t is
Il admitted that it cannot with safety be
a estimated at less than two thirds.
d The seed which ultimately blossomed
u into his greatest poem. "Hiawatha, y
was sown into Longfeliow's soul by
nm humble German missionary, said
vi Thw 2Tr,is,xo Gan1,oY r,ysnFoscnr ~ ESn-