The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-26
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WAKENAN'S WANDERINGS.
Peeps at SOME Of the Most Interesting
Features Of Norway.

Norwegian Stations-odd Places of
Relay and Entertainment Along the
Lonely Mountain Ways-Gray and
scragEy as Eagles Nests Upon the
Crags, These Half Farms, Half Hos
pieces Are a Merciful Provision for
Travelers-Grave aud Sodden Folk
of the Stations-Wondrous outlooks.
tCopsright 1889
London Nov. 11.-Among the char
acteristic roadside scenes of Norway the
stations, - where carrioles and ponies are
changed, seem to have the lIeenest inter
estto the thousands of tourists who madly
rush in the brief summer months through
this graudly beautiful northern land.
There is nothing quite like them in any
other country. They serve the purpose
Of relay establishments, as did the road
side inns of old England and New'Eng
land, half century and more ago: you
can find a bed and food behind their
curious wooden walls, because the gov
ernment compels their proprietors or
masters to furnish the same; but there
the similarity ends.
Not single feature of the hustle,
cheeriness and activity of the old coach
ing days is here. There is no ringing
post horn to pierce the gorges and valleys
with its musical echoes. No whip"
sends his smoking four-in- hand alonsidc
sne welcoming inn at a mad gallop, or
candles eloquent phrases with rudy bar
maids. No rubicund landlord or sleek
horses beam upon you as you arrive. or
sends CHEEKY farewells after you as YOU
depart. Seen from distance they seem
DIS gray, bleak and scraggy as an eagles
nest among the crags. When YOU have
reached them and come to know them,
me grave, gray, lonely and colorless tones
sun prevail on every hand. Specks Of
dulnate soddenness, threading ever
changing and sublime desolation, are the
structures and inmates OF the roadside
uayeers' stations" of Norway
These stations are good and bad, luXu-
nous and repulsive, hearty or HOPELESS. as
's true Of wayside inns in all countries
ouu range in prestige and comfort from
NE noted Toftemoen, of Gudbrandsdal, to
nose Ylllainous station caves of gloom
IKE Storsveen and Netti Farm. Iofte
luoeh Is huge rambling gard, or farm
uolse and station combined. it is one of
,'c most ancient houses in Norway, and
IS even renowned in the sagas lis pro-
iIletor Is not only station master, proVd
ing travellers with entertainment in re-
urn Tor government exemption from
l7AeS' but wealthy landed proprietor,
"Io What is of more account in Norway.
meal descendant of the first king of
tSorWay' Harold Haarfager. Consequently
ne Is Of NEUROLOGICAL descent, for did not
Sood Harold claim his lineage from Odin,
we true Hercules Of Northland!
ms qaaint old place has many huge,
paneIed rooms, filled with ancient caOi-
MS containing priceless Scandinavian
~, ,glscs and there is more solid silver in
iul Iemoen station than in the home of
Idgy american money-l1iug or in richest
SugIlsh princely house. The late king of
,,otWay and Sweden tarried here for en-
se. !dlnment when on his way to his coro-
ua.oh at Throndhienn The testy little
sta .21 master not only insisted on sitting
az a., .aole with the king, ais became his own
Ivy al descent, but when the king sug-
sGi9sed that his silver be uupacked TO pro-
r rt1e proper table service. his royal sta
ssio5u-keeper brusquely informed him that
80 o"n SILVER would serve not only for