, 1881-11-12

and contiding. and the women till all mannel
| OF situations. Where the soil is poor liyine
| is hard and precarious; otherwise prosperity
! 3nn eontentment rule. The drivers OF the
/ cars and sledges are often young girls.
! At every station in Finland EDu Cha'!lu
! writes] had young girl for driver: and these
| children Of the North seemed cot IN ;ss5 .,@"S
afraid Of me- Nly first drivers name was 1as
Catherine: she give me silver ring. and WIZ:
| promised to bring her gold one the following
deed, when. ut the end Of the drive, after paying
gave her Il silver piece Another driver. ].
years OF age, was named Ida Carolina The tirt
OF one Of CTR wheels became loose. but she was
| equai to tho emergency; she atiyhted. blocked
! the wheel with Il stone. went to u fnrn-house
with the help of a farmer MADE everything rieh,
in n few minutes; she did not seem fn tho least
put out By the accident: she chatted with me
stic said. for did not tnen know the Finnish
language. She was Il little beauty, With lar.o
blue eye5, thick fair hair, and rosy heeks.
Here is an instance of unusual saciability
writer:
4 small. bright-red house. containing single
room, was assigned to during the week of
the festivities The furniture consisted of Two
hx.d beds, oppostt euch other, with 4 window
between: but, on account OF the great number
OF guests who had arrived from distance. a
lie ifst to retire, and had hardly tiune SO whel
the bride and the sister OF tho bridegroo1li came
in and said .l.n' .arc you asleep Z" On my
good time during the wedding; mud taking III
their shoes: and pnrtly dressed, they lay down
to res. On tie led opposit nine rhis was true
nt earan for %'S the % 9ris satd, 81 We o Come heTe
s9 Sou keep io fee or s w 50 p' psae
ant to be alI atone ia a house" Soon
after 'laikar ami a handsome, slnlknla
fully dressed, on shs other couch, and fell asleep
in each otLeii6 arms Al o'clock WIS awak~
ting on her s!9E'es; she WIS going 10 the h0usr Ut
her future father-n-law tn begin her ts'ct. rs
several hours are required for this ceremony in
tue sn5 the ien ad 'tf ses a Il Could
into tho room where the bride wis being DRESSED.
u1id ull at once said. Certainly. P,,,', you can
church approached ! dressed myself, and for
this especial occasiun,1n the costume worn by
the men Of the inslsh OF Lcksaci: when
pceped into the glass to see myself Il glow of
satisfaction oyersprend Iny fuce. and, With
feeling OF vanity natural to men on such nm oc-
When lnppeared out Of doors u shout Of delight
greeted me, and ther sutd: Look at Pauline
is not proud: ho Is now like one Of US" had
such yood effect IN my Dalecarl1an friends.
The chapters on Lapland will be found es-
pcclllIy Instructive and containing much
that is l.ey- The country is by 10 means !.
barren or unpro' 'lEctl"c region. All extract
glacier is al! for which we have space:
The view OF that narrow glacier was imposing,
iupress;ng the mind With Il sense OF the great
power Of destruction possessed by Il vast body
wt:icn were retiring. .se hIye seen how tie
bouftlezs and Smaller stones have been dcpusitcd
in the fields in for.uer times. und couil trace. by
the marks Of ths ice u1l the rocks, thn course
taken; but now. standing before the Hucr-
brre!l. we could understand how valleys hud
heen dug cut OF tho solid rock by that most
II .jt4r.
huge. Irresistible mass was still advancing
slo'vly, aud had done so for IL loEg time.
fifty feet SINCE the previous year. driving
everything before It, All along tho tase nf tho
ice was Il transverse lid-e vi eurth. iu which
fresh greensward and stones werc mingled To-
getner. which tho glacier pushed forward tbs it
xlidcd over the rocks. On tho right WIS huge
mass or rocks. which had been tnrn apart by the
pressure OF the advancing ice. The weight which
had overcome this obstacle lnl'st have been
enormous for the evidence of such terrific force
ain walls. composed of the hardest of uur rocks.
could arrest the forward murch of the terrible
g!acier. This btnck ut grant. fora from the
fifteen broad. 1t mad been broken 1ncvcnly.
and was still covered with moss. \ part vi il Wits
uverlapped by the ice:- and the upper stratum
Of the glacier. having stronger current thin the
lower, would finally run over it and hide It from
view as the onward u,,lrch contint1ed: aud
tbe Pc 1ssf % ne Ee1fea tne rsns esf
n!ace. The glslcier came down q steep
gorge. leapirk; three distinct lesi.cs Of
rock, und 1t wis crowded between so! walls not
more than :W $40 yurds wide towards Its essl.
The mor..iues seen higher VI each side above
were inEulfed farther down intU deep creVusSe3
formed by the pressure Of the Ice and 1el,e5.
The owner Of the little farm In great rribu
lauOn. He suw with much anxiety the steady |
advance OF the fce which hati air'tly destroyed (
sotne Of his pustureiahd mt the hetd 1T the rai
Icy, and in few years would probably sweep |
lw:sy the little wood which We hM passed On our !
way tip: thet. the fn:ner would he compelled to !
lind new quarters, and perhaps be Il ruined lrn. |
H.: h,,. tried to sell hts farm. but nobody WIS
willing to buJ 1t. fenriag to east away their t
money. 1t wo:ll not be Strange, indeed, If in |
The course Of forty or ltfty years this glacier !
should reach the very shore Of the Saniven
Like. whence it coud 70 no further, for the ice
would melt in the wafer: but glaciers ticklc
)ott in their forward and retrogrlde movements,
and In fow years the Buer-brapen may retire
instead OF advancing.
The book itself is its own best advocate. 1t !
will we'll repay perllsat, and has Ill addition
II claim to attention IN its illustrations, over
700 IN number, which are from photographs
AIKEN especially for Mr. Du Chailu or from,
sketches made hy 4 Swedish artist. Several
chapters are devoted to the prehistoric and
viking srges. Tile authors observations OH
he people are summed up in his remark
hat they are "probably tie most inuepend-
mt, honest, and faithful of European la
ionaiities."
Published in New York by Harper &
Bros.