The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

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Sophie were crowned here. The church.
yard contains many old nonanests. The
graves were ne.rl, al decorated with arti.
6ci.l or natural flowers, the latter being
grown in the houses on secou.t Of the cold.
There Is . railway. Of . gauge Of feet
inches, runnine to Storen, the train rsakins
. ereed Of 10 m'les IN hoof. There az
two beautiful and very rapid cascades three
miles fron the city, ooe 30 feet high and
4f3 feet withe; tie other 80 feet high snd
l22 feet wide. There are = number Of
mills below them; also furnaces for snelt-
ing COZ pet, apd chrome works. There il q
museum with . small oolleetioo. The
streets are wide and straight. After leav-
Throndbjem the coast continues exceeding
ingly mountainous. As Ne approached
Targhalten there Was a rush to the deck,
but the fog was 90 dense that We could not
see the top. 1t Is curious rock, 1000
feet high, perforated SEQ fees above the
sea BY hole 10 feet high and 40 wide.
Seon after we passed Horseman's Island,
which had the apr earanos of . giant 90
horseback swimming through the water.
Next we visited Hammerfest, the most
northerly town 10 the world. It has q
population Of 1907. There are many
Laplnders and Finlanders in the town.
The principal business is cod liver oil and
fish, and the odor from the oil makes il
very disagreeabIe. Reindeer. and goats
abound here, while there are but six hofsss
10 the town. l have never before seen so
many children in so small town. l don't
know whether it is because of the fish diet
or the lopg winter nights, but any diseon-
ISOLATE childless couple had better come and
spend season here. The sun sets here
&C Nov. IL, and does not rise again until
Jan. %, Children 90 to school with Ian.
terms for about six weeks. In the summer
the sun does not set from the lst OF June
till the 22d Of July. There is no chance
for hotel keepers to make any money on
candles, as they do 10 Germany and France.
l had my photograph takeo by the mid
night sun. You get demoralized here.
Mrs. X. has already. She sits up to and
2 O'Clock, knitting socks, waiting for oight
to come. On the 9th of June the Lap
landers brought many children into town
to have them baptized or confirmed. Rein
deers yo,; can see fifty at q time on the
side-hiIls, and goats by the hundred. On
June % (called here St. Hans Day., or
Midsummer Day, they kiudled bonfres on
the sides of the mountains around the town,
and had jolly time. The weather is
horrible. The thermometer stands from
to 2 Reaumur. There is one, hotel, here,
and its management might be easily i'm
proved, although the landlady is kind and
obliging. We have fish and reindeer for
breakfast, reindeer and 6eh for dinner, and
for supper some more fish and reindeer.
This jumping OF place is 10 latitude 20
deg. 40 min. 1l.s sec. This is cut on a
granite pillar, surmounted by a bronze
globe, with projecting axis, indicating the
plane of the celestial pole; and on two
sides Of tie pillar ara inscriptions in Latin
and Norwegian, that this is an important
sta ton, though not terminal; that 1t is on
the north cape Of the great European arc
on the meridian. 1t was undertaken by
the soTereigrs of Norway, Sweden lad
Russia in lSlo-52. On the same spot, or
nearly SO, Gen. Sabina made an important
series Of perdlum experiments in 1929.
Faghenass was one Of the chain of stations
extending nearly from the equator to the
pole, at which pendulum observations were
made for obtaining the variations Of gravity
on the earth's surface. Yours. etc.
A. KoHLER.
How a Rat whipped AN Alligator.
A Wholesale drug store on Magazine
street Is the happy possessor of u young and
dcmes,icated alligator. This little croc-
odle has become quite the pet and play thing
oil the establishment he is Of an amiable
disposition, fond Of music and dinner, and
quite submissive, shedding tears and show
ing repentance whenever It was found nee
essary to correct him.
1t was resolved by the clerks in the es.
tablishment that as the alligator had reach
ed his third birthday, aud increased to three
feet 10 length, to utilize him. to put him
to some other employment than that of a
mere pet.
1t was 6neally concluded to make use Of
Crocky, the alligator as q cat. The store
te, med with rats and mice, .YhC made
daily inroads on the quinine and ipecac
and it is well known that allisators have
q special ard inessin able hatred toward
rats.
A rat, to practice on, was caught, the
other Gay, and imprisoned in a barrel of
caloukel. There he had spent at least
week On It's meager, indifferent and inju-
tious diet he was thin, week and nel.n-
chofJ; his health wss broken, his coastitu-
ton gone.
Rat and alligator we're put together in a
box and numerous audience crowded
around tc GET the. front place. The two
enemies soon awoke tp an appreciation of
the case. The rat safely and suusly en-
sconced himself in corner. The alligator
hesitased second, scratched his head (met-
aphcricaliyl, and having made up his mind
as to the mode of the attack advanced slow.
~ toward the rat with wide open jaws.
The rat trembIed, there was no escape,
nothing but the wide open mouth of the al.
lisator before him. without hesitation,
like Curtias, he jumped straight into the
yawning gull, and, getting a good hold On
the lower lip of the alligator, swung him.
selfso the ground.
The "sarrian" gave squeak and swung
himself around. the rat finally letting Co.,
victor in the FIRST round. The alligator,
however Was not daunted, and advanced
with the same tactics. The rat this time
By most agile movement leaped entirely
over the alligator. Getting behind him he