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

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 peg leg and one
arm in a sling was arrested in Nc
Pherson, Kan, for vagrancy he pulled
out wallet containing $500.
The Great Eastern which made her
maiden trip half a century ago, was
not a financial success until she be-
came a cable repair vessel several
years after
Detective Charles e. Adams of Pitts
burg in fit during his sleep bit. his
tongue. and 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 to
export the oysters to London.
One fashionable woman in Paris who
has set up millinery shop started a
fad for pertaining the blossoms of the
new flower toques with the scent of
the natural flowers. She Is selling a
bottle Of perfume with each hat.
g. L. Fowler of Lowell, Mass, while
tearing down an old mill has removed
several ttmbers sixty feet In length
and II by IA in size. They are of north.
ern hard pine. were hewn by hand and
were found in perfectly sound condi.
ton.
A maddened bull startled the people
In Camden. N. j., by butting a pole tc
which was attached a United States
mail box. The box was caught on the
animals horns. and it ran several
blocks with it. letters falling in the
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 addi-
ton Of steam tonnage during the year
was 1,249,515 tons and of sailing ton
mage 28,599 tons, total of 1,27S,114
tons. Over 95 per cent consisted of
vessels built In the United Kingdom.
Thomas Garrison, farmer near Pen
sauken. N. j., has a turtle that has
been In the family eighty-six years. 1t
was captured by his grandfather when
boy and the date of the capture cary
ed on its back. 1t is Mr.. Garrisons in
tention to send the turtle down to DOS.
terity. ~. .'~s4*,
A letter ~arrier who delivered a LET
ter addressed In a masculine hand to a
young woman in the upper section of
New York city, recently happened to
notice an inscription on the Zap Of the
envelope which. read. "Postman, post
man, do your duty; take this to my
black eyed beauty"
. The marble statue Of "Hiawatha" bv
Augustus St. Gaudens. the first dg..u
executed by the sculptor, which iisav-
peared< fifteen years. ago, has been
found 1t is: at present ornamentine
thea grounds of a man at Saratoga,
who bought 1t from the estate of ex-
Governor e. d. Morgan.
Production Of gold In the United
States fell of $4,753,4O1 In 1907 as
against 1905. whereas the amount O,
silver produced was increased by over
100000 fine ounces. Alaska's gold
production fell off little more than
3d. 1000, according to the report of
the director of the mint.
Three Chinese navy officers are now
afioat In British cruisers to improve
their professional training, and it is
stated that the number will shortly be
increased. Japanese, Chinese, Siamese
and other foreign officers have. from
time to time been received on British
ships for the same purpose.
% The municipality Of. Bologna pro-
poses to celebrate the first centenary
OF the birth of Garibaldi by Offering a
prize for the best historical account of
"rhe Expedition, Of the Thousand,
The manuscripts may be in Italian,
French, English or German, and they
must be received by June 80. 1910. =
: The city Of Easton. Mass. has adopt.
ed municipal flag. said to be a copy
OF the Tag which waved over that
town during the Revolutionary war
The flag has thirteen red and whits
stripes In the.upper corner, and the re-
mainder of the flag is blue, with cir
Gle Of eight white stars in the center,
It IS a pleasing custom in the French
senate to have the Oldest member pre-
side at the opening Of the annual ses-
sion. The senator now entitled to that
honor is n. Porriquet, ninety~two years
Old and paralyzed. He was RECENTLY
equal to the occasion. for he had him.
seaif2%ea ear ina chair to the senate and /
to the D1a torn WHARF ho nra,; ,I,o.s Z, =