The weekly union record., 1864-12-24
Days Without Nights.

Days Without Nights.
Nothing strikes s stranger more forcibly. il
he visits Sweden ct the seasons Of the year
when the days are longest, than the absence of
night. DR.. Baird once related some ia,ei eStiag
facts He arrived 81 Stockholm from Gotten-
burg. 4 distance Of four hundred miles, 10 the
morning and in the afternoon went TO see some
friends. He returned about midnight, when il
is as light rs il is n Eogand half an hour
before sund0wn. Yoa could see distinctly, but
sll was Qaiel in the streets; II seemed as Il the
inhabitants had gone away. or were dead. The
sun 10 jane goes down il Stockholm little
before ten O'Clock. There is a great illumina
ton all night. as the sun passes round the earth
towards the north pole, and the refraction OF
It's rays is such that You can see 10 read till
midnight without any artificial light. The
irS, morning Dr. Baird awoke in Stockholm
be was surprised to see the sun shining into his
room. He looked at his watch and found il
was only three o'clock. The next time be
awoke ii was Eve O'Clock but there were no
persons ia The street. The wedes in the cities
are no, very industrious. There Is mountain
al the Gulf Of Bothuja where, on the 2lSt Of
June, the sun does not seem 20 20 down at all.
a S-CAi!Gi -tftS up EtNAt ItcNAttilH tS4 AlS
purpose Of carrying those who are curious TO
wi;nesS the phenomenon. 1t only occurs one
night. The sun reaches the horizon, when you
can see the whole face Of it, and in FIVE minutes
more il begins 10 rise. VI the North Cape
seventvtwo degrees, the sun dees rat go down
for several weeks. In June il would be about
twenty five degrees above the horizon at mid
night. In the winter time the sun disappears
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and remains for ten, fifteen or twenty minutes.
after which it descends and finally does not set
at all, but makes almost circle around the
heavens. Or. Baird asked how they managed
in those IatitudeS with regard to hired persons,
and what they considered a day. He was in
formed they worked by the hour, and > hours
would be considered day. work. Birds and
animals take their accustomed rest at the usual
hours, whether the sun goes down or not.
SAVED BY DoG.-During the late storms
in Nevada county, according 10 the Grass
Valley National, a man lost his way in the
night and became benumbed with the cold, SO
that he lost control Of the horse whica he rode
aud fell 10 the ground. \ Newfoundland dog
in his company seized the bride n bis teeth
aud led the horse up to where he lay and
aroused the man, who mounted and proceeded
a short distance. when becoming again unable
to ride, be got of his horse and crawled into
hollow log. His faithful canine friend laid
down across his body, and thus kept him warm,
but kept him from going TO sleep by biting him.
After while the dog left him for a few min
utes, and. returning, pulled at the man TO indi-
cate that be wished him to follow him. The
half frozen man aroused himself sufficiently TO
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reached a deserted cabin. Here they remained
all night, the dog keeping watch and preventing
the man from falling into that drea 1cd sleep or
stupor which overpowerS the senses and from
which the victim seldom, if ever, awakes. In
the morning, the man. who, providentially and
by the bite of bis dog, was kept alive, soon
reached house, and related the story OF his
preservation.
GENERAL SHERNAx.-The California Pio
neers recently elected this gallant officer an
honorary member of their body, and 10 response
to a notification thereof he writes, under date
of Kingston, Georgia, November s, 1864, TO
Louis r. Lull, Secretary of the Society:
DEAR SIR: The receipt, this day, of your
note dated October ;, 1864, communicating to
me the resolution adopted September s. 1854,
by the Society of California Pioneers, affords
me great personal satisfaction. Ii | am not in
error, am still full member of your society;
yet accept the honorary membership as addi-
tional, and shall in the future claim all the
rights and privileges of that most honorable
body.
l recall with exceeding pleasure my early
adventures in that land Of gold, and think l
learned, during my wanderings over its plains
and mountains, the lessons of patience and
endurance which have enabled me to lead
armies successfully in this war.
| beg you will convey to the members Of
your society my grateful remembrance of their
many acts of kindness and favor; and beg
that you will personally accept my thanks for
the very handsome manner in which you have
communicated their kind action.
am, with great respect, your friend and
obedient servant, W. T. SHERMAN,
Maj Gen. L. 5. Army.