Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
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The population. Of the hemp growing
province Of, Iligan. Philippine Islands,
has trebled since 1902 Ss IT,. &. y ;,
Fifty-hve million dollars worth of
freight, mostly English, passes through
the Suez canal annually.
By continuously addressing the Hun.
garian diet from the public gallery
man caused temporary suspension
Of the sitting. g 49, '<'.' =
At Blacksburg, Pa, hog weighing
900 pounds chewed up dynamite cap
which had bten thrown in the pen, and
the cap. exploding, tore off ,, the ami
! mails head.
Judge Coffee of California has de-
cided that a bequest of $1,000 made to
q pet dog is invalid on the ground
that it Is impossible for dog to In:
herit money.
A British scientist has spoken
against children praying about dying
while they are asleep. 1t Is 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 fpr sale III 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 Eve years
meeting, 1t not having accepted the
discipline adopted by twelve yearly
meetings.
A Burman witness, looking in the
prime Of condition, deposed quite CON-
placently In criminal case In Calcut-
ia 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. It has been in
the hands Of workmen for over a year.
| Found wandering the streets on July
4, 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 q
Shanghai scientist of softening and
degumming the ramie fiber, by which
1t 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. -
The Chicopee assessors have discov:
cred that Mrs. Tekla Moson, who lives
on Chicopee street, has been paying a
poll tax for the last five or six years.
Mrs. Moson is the wife of Maciej Mo-
son and Is a property owner. The tax
assessors did not know that Tekla Is
feminine name, and so the poll tax
has been assessed to Mrs. Moson.
Jack Fredericks, a 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 its owner, getting i'm
mediate possession by paying $4,000
and after one round of drinks reselling
the bar to its former owner for $4,000.
1t has been reported to the Camil-
ford district council In England that
at house In St Cleather two of the
occupied bedrooms have no windows.
but only open apertures. 1t was stat
that no person had died there recent
~ until eighty years Of age and some
were ninety. The council decided to
call on the owners to put windows In
each room.
! Nine. Jenny Porchet 10 in charge Of
the prison Of Aigfe, Switzerland. She
married the chief warden Of the pris-
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invalid. Nine. PoFchet thereupon took
| up his duties ana performed them so
4 acceptably that when he died seven
teen years ago the authorities appoint
ed her to his position. She Is strict dis
j ciplinarian, with kind heart, and has
made the prison model one.
i The announcement that King Ed
wards great diamond VIM probably be
taken to Amsterdam to be cut aud that
4 it may be reduced I'm weight to O thou
: sand carats shows how much these
4 great gems lose DO the process Of cut
q ting. For moderately large gems the
Loss Is generally reckoned at about
half, says the London Globe, but for
J one Of such size as the Cullinan 1t Is
!. admitted that it cannot with safety be
q estimated at less than two-thirds. ,,,.2
Il The seed which ultimately b1ossomed
i into his greatest poem, 'sHiawatha,'
was sown into Tongfellow's soul by
I, an humble German missionary, said
Or. Julius Goebel, professor. Of Ger
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