, 1874-07-04

out a carr1agoof tho style and capacity uuls1nR
s nHn lis sao tSWat tSa aa hte Is into Ts
ncy thero and back will 30 iull Of placid onjoI-
mcut. Tho cost Of this mode Of trayol averages
to seven Of our miloa: 4 moderate tlay's jour.
ney is from 10, to 20 miles,
b. For at outfit. tho traveller will mood little bs-
Sides q suit Of moderately tl,in clothing, with
possible scarcity Of provisions Ut son,c remote
statioi,s a packhgo bf ton and Il tin oaee Of En-.
glfah biscnita will be sufficient. Along alt ths
routes, good coffee. cxoellont cream, delicious
yollow raspborffes, arc almost invariably TO b
obtained while eoggs; salmon, or trout are gen.
efa!lY to- be ,hhd' and often chickens. or Will
btfds. Potat9os are re- scsrpG a,a there 2 s. arc ~
sour, but In, time one comes to tolerate IT. aud
rs 9 albst ituso, there drs thin, Hafcr-iko bis.
onits; made Of barley, rye. Or oat-menl1 and
baked In sheets four 'hro oet'nquare. At tha
.oat-meal .portidga al,1 milk, but 1t ia poor
traveller who cannot got along contentadlv With
D ghneral abndhnco of such food d. We have lu.
dieatod; neatly prepared and aoryed.:
: Travel IN Norway. has gradually Increased IN
the: last tWouty yenrB - IN ono .of tho most
pictnresquo regions i has advancod, from seven
yiB,tors II 18aS, and nlhety-soveh Ia 1893, ITO 28a
! becoming fashionable but at ,prosont 'thoro ID
no risk! of!encountoring orowln, and thoro liz a
pleasant freodom from .conyentionality In, tho
Interchange Of courtoslos. between those who
popularity that strikes tho, ,Aummcr-tdurist In
Norway ii tho length Of tile days. It B 40 light
.: o'clock at night that 4 ,eales yak tho streets
iayligit. All peoplo; :ot o1Ituiro spoak Engiiub,
| and many spoak German, and. a !: fow
.Eroneh., 4 prevailing fe4ture In Norwegian
oonGr Maet io ~ - 45e
| ing rivor now asplashing brook ;.thon lovely
Lake; and ngain rushing torront tumbllng down
the rocks In 8 auccossionof cascades. IT. mono
heights above. Noxt to the water n its influence
on the landscape. ID the presencc 'of. the snow-
crowned" mountains. which lift up their calm,
the earth is riehiy sewn n viii Wild lowers, u
every shape and tint, They Light up tho scono
| with continually changing and oppoatng eolora Of
the deenost ayc. They, with tho s,lnslne, Etvc
tudcs warmth Of tono which il In brilliant con-
| trnst with tho cold gray rocks aud tho sombro
hue OF tho pines.
1.-THE, Doon-TEaT."
| Some Whimsical, cynical old fellow has con-
Tossed, In Tho columns Of the Christian Union,
that. for tho last ten years, ho has boen graify-
ing singular taste for oddity by secretly apply.
| Ing what he calls ".tho door-test ~ to tho ap
plicants for work who Lave visited bis Office. II
carry ont bis fantastic idea, ho has actualiy
notod, in sort Of doomHday book, his obaorva-
tions in 1000 caacs.; On summing up the eyi-
dencea offered by this prolonged espionage ha
gives tho rosulta as follone: ;Ont: of tho 1000
persons noted: 335 opened and shut tho door
carefully on paasing through i 226 oponed 1t hur-
1iedly, and, making a,qniok, careless attempt as
tempt to ahut It; 30 loftit open on entering, but,
when reminded OF the fact. mado ample apology
and clobedi on retiring; 102 rushed In hastily,
slammed the door violently. and loft It open on
| or 'Gootl day. sir" aud wiped their feet them
loft the door open when they departed. Having
employed men from all the above claasos, watcl-
Ing them 'hteadfastly meanwhile; our oynte closes
his account. with: a:tcatfmonial in favor Of TIM
first aort. They knew their trade, be snys, and
| performed their work in quiet mothodical
manner: they wore p!lhct,tal; wasted no time IN
talk loft nothing undone they we're required to
do did not complain ahout ,trifles, and in all
respacts wero :trnatworthy, kind. and obliging.
No comment 'isi maso upon the othor clasees,
but We arc left to infer that they ware inefficient
aud faulty .
Thore is rsal'y moro Justice In "tho door-
tost than appears Mt tho first glance : Little
I things 80 to make up tho character" as our
1evorod schoolma'nnn used regularly to eny at
sasSR' %sS fSas fss III tfss''ah}a s' nses Tho Instinct
lessly loavlnE tt a1ar WILL act as Tue 'motiVo 10
painstakng or aheedess performance Of lifo'a
II first dutiey Tho man: in whose nature Ia in.
grained delicate consideration for the rights,
tho happiness; Of others, aud for. tho just do.
mands OF duty, will, on tho application Of the
lost, usually 'bo tho one to c!osa the door. Like
. other hnbits, Tits will, in many instances, provo
to be hereditary. We have case In mind, whero
child, .ita father and grandtathor, invariably
otnitto close the door behind than,-tho other
members Of the family as habttnasly shutting it,
NIny NOT this be considered an example OF ho-
1edity An odd circumstance, ofton noted in
. connection with the bAbit Of leaving doors opon.
in tho fact that persons addicted to it will almost
! invariably o'oHa aidnor behind them, which they
have found standing open. They will generally
need as much running aftor in summer to open
tho doors lbey. havo l,eodlea6y closed,. as in
winter to shut those they have hoedlessIy' left
gaping.