Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-06-25
ENDLESS DAY.

Nothing strikes a stranger more forcibly,
if he visits SEeeden at the season of the
year when the days are longest, than the
absence Of the night Mr Baird relates
some interesting facts. He arrived at Stock
holm from Gottenburg, four hundred miles
vent to see some friends. He returned
about midnight, when it was as light as it
is in England an hour before sunset. You
can see distinct, but all was quiet in the
streets it seemed as if the inhabitants had
gone away or we're dead. The sun in June
goes down in Stockholm little before ten
clock. There is great illumination 81
night, as the sau passes round the earth to-
ward the north pole and the refraetion of
its ray is such that you can see to read at
midnight without any artificial light The
first morning DR.. Baird awoke in Stockholm
he was surprised to see the sun shining in
his room. He looked at his watch and
found it only three O'Clock The next time
he awoke it was FIVE O clock, but there were
persons in the street.
The Swedes IN the city are not very indus
trious. There is a mountain at the head Of
Bothina, where on the 2lst of June the sun
does not appear to go down at all. The
steamboat goes up from Stockholm for the
purpose Of conveying those who are curious
to witness the phenomenon. 1t occurs only
one night. The sun reaches the horizon,
you can see the whole face of it, and in FIVE
minutes more it begins to rise. At the
North Cape, latitude y degrees, the sun
does not 90 down for several weeks. In
June it would be about 25 degrees above
the horizon at midnight In the winter
time the sun disappears and is not seen for
weeks; then it comes and remains for ten or
fifteen minutes, after which it descends, and
finally does not set at all, but makes almost
a circle round the heavens. Dr. Baird was
asked how they managed in those attitudes
with hired persons, and what they consid-
cred day. He replied that they worked
by the hour, and twelve hour was cOnsid-
cred day work. Birds and animals take
their accustomed rest at the usual hour,
whether the sun goes down or not
MosoUToEs-The eggs OF the mosquito
are laid in bowl shaped mass upon the sur
face of stagnant water by the mother fly.
After Matching out they finally become the
''wiggle tails or wriggling worms that may
be seen in the summer in any barrel Of wa
ter that IS exposed to the atmosphere for
any length of time. Finally, the "wiggle-
tails come to the surface, and the full
( Redged mosquito bursts out Of them, at first
with very short limp wings, which in short
time grow both in length and in stiffness
/ The sexes then couple, and the above pro
cess is repeated again and again, probably
several times in the course of one season
1t is a curious fact that the male mosquito,
which may be known by its feathered anieu-
ne, is physically incapable Of sucking blood
I The mosquito is not an nnmitigated pest
4 Although ia the winged state the female
sucks our blood and disturbs our rest, in the
/ larya state the insect Is decidedly beneficial
i purify staguaitl Ndt'4f 'iia' "N'.AN NN'i0'
wise breed malarial diseases. Linn@us long
ago showed that if you place two barrels Of
s.agnant water side By SIDE, neither Of them
containing any ''wiggletails or other iy-
I ipe animals, and cover one Of them over
with gauze, leaving the other one eneorer-
ed. SO that it Will soon become full Of wig
I Gle tails bafched out FROM the eggs depos-
I tied by the female mosquito then the GOV
cred barrel viii III a few weeks become very
offensive, and the uncovered barrel will emit
no impure and unsavery vapars. Entomot
ogist
+ DR. JoHSsax was one day dining at ih'
house Of a lady, when she asked him !