Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-13
FACTS IN 4 >EVv LINES

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The St. Gothard tunnel cost $7e0 per
square yard. ~..r .lS#
1t is stated that the shah's Jewels are
valued at $5O,OOO,OO0.. IN -, H.
The imports to this country of trop-
ical and subtropical products will
amount this year to at least $600,O00.-
900. 49, ~.
| Mayor Morrow Of Benton Harbor,
Mich, threw the key Of his grocery
store into the canal five years ago, and
the place has not been. locked since.
A tramp saved child of John Schuy-
Ter near Lakewood, N. j., from icy wa
ter and surprised Schuyler by accept
Ing work rather than money as his re-
ward.
Calcium chloride never should be
used in an antifreezing solution If 1t be
liable to come in contact with alumni
ium, as 1t Is almost certain to corrode
the metal. ... }s..,r,.. =, -
| A red haired girl went to q Duluth
masquerade wrapped from neck to an
kles In white linen and with her head
bare. She said she represented light
ed cigarette. =
The measures and weights which
were in vogue in the reign Of Kang HI
early In the present dynasty, are again
to be put in force In China with slight
notifications.
The tunnels under the Hudson river
connecting New York and New Jersey
were opened to the public Feb. Is,
President Roosevelt touching q button
in the White House.
The telephoto attachment has proved
: a splendid addition to the use of
camera. 1t was designed to enable the
photographer to obtain magnifed pic
lures Of scenery and buildings at
considerable distance,
The vault In the churchyard Of st.
Paups at Brooklyn has been sealed, all
the places In it having been filled with
the remains Of men and women who
were pioneers In establishing the Cath
Ole faith on Long Island.
In remote villages of the Salzkam-
mergut Hungary, the mania for things
English is so strong that the postboys
frequently remove English stamps from
letters and substitute Hungarian, thus
delaying the delivery of the letters.
In the stomach Of a steer recently
slaughtered In Chicago there were
found four cigarettes, q silk undervest,
two pages Of Robert Browning, small
aeroplane model, three columns Of
stock quotations and map of Paris.
: OF strictly military schools there are
ITO throughout the land. Nearly every
state has at least one, New York has
thirty-two New Jersey nine, Pennsyl
vania eleven. North Carolina seven,
Texas nine, Wisconsin four California
nine and Illinois five
Tools of stone used by the Indians of
the north shore three and four centu-
ries and more ago have been gathered
by Joseph F. Andrews of North Beyer-
ly, Mass, into one Of the best private
collections of relics Of the stone age.
He picked up most all Of the stone tools
; on his farm.
The production of gold in the United
= States fell off $4,753,4O1 in 1907 as
against 1906. whereas the amount of
silver produced was increased by over
l,OOO,OOO fine ounces Alaska's gold
production fell off little more than
$3OOO,O00, according to the report of
, the director of the mint.
Emperor William of Germany com.
, mends the English dwelling house sys.
tenn as against the fat system preva-
lent in Berlin and other German cities
The houses even Of the poorest work.
men, said the emperor, have a com.
portable, homelike atmosphere, with an
= abundance Of flowers inside and out
! side.
{ Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke recently
: charged New York with having few o.
! no satisfactory buildings. What thu
! city had, he said, were pieces of seen
: cry instead Of buildings-that u.s., they
: were structures having elaborate ia
cades of stone and backs of plain brick
: Front and back bore no correspondence,
to each other.
DR.. Sven Hedin, the Swedish ex
e plorer, states that he has discovered
g the true sources Of the Brahmaputr,
p and Indus. The Brahmaputra, b,
: says, is the Kubitsampso, which rise
t from an enormous glacier on the north
n ern side Of the northernmost parable
e range Of the Himalayas The Marium
y chu. which has hitherto been regarde,
e as the source, is merely small tribu
e tary flowing in from the west. ->=&, :.
It The island Of Celebes. nearly half o
8 which is still almost unknown, ha
now been connected by cable with til
e neighboring island Of Borneo and ais
It with the American island Of Guam
d far to the north. It has thus bee
b brought into close touch with the res
y of the world, for it is joined to Al
= parts Of the eastern hemispher
through Borneo and to the wester
! hemisphere through Guam and sa
a Francisco. n .5 5s*. ~ By
4 The Countess of Warwick. the 81
= cialist peeress, is busfly engaged III
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