Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-10-14
AIRS IN THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT

reindeer suits and wearing red caps.
they look. az they dash down the hills.
like flying enomes. avoiding the rocks
aud brush in their course. and Keeping
fehrlessly on till the bottom Is reached.
These people are chlld.lIke In their
manners. being easily moved Ia laugh.
ter or 10 tears. Their eyes look as "
crying prevailed. Tor they are red and
swollen from the smoke which chOkes
their tents. la which the opening il
made 10 answer Tor q chimney. HUT
the Laps do not confine thclr visits
Ia Sundays On weekdays they are
often seen about the little stores In
the village where ihcy trade. their
principal purchase being coffee. 81
which they are very fond Sometimes
the Laps bring their herds down 10
the valleys One morning ! was
aroused from sleep by constant
clicking sound Ike the irregular beat.
ing of castane,,: sud. parting tue cur
tain. | looked oui io see. lust below
the window. q herd OF eighty reindeer
with their iittie masters nearby The
clicking sound j. made by q Swapping
together 81 Tile divided hoors a. the
c.atures move about
THE NORWEGIAN LAPPS.
While racially the came. the Nof-
wcgian l.apps they are an Mon
rollans are divided by their mode Of
life into two Glasses co. tribes. viz. The
sea Laps. WHO live 10y fishing close 10
the coast. aud the mountain Laps.
who depend wholly on the reindeer for
their subsistence when Lapp hiss
a thousand reindeer. be- Is said to De
very rich m" pastoral Lapps are
necessarily upmadS. heir abode being
influenced hy % supply or mos, for
their herds Short %. stature. dark
brown iu color. and with coarse black
hair. these ,iva-,uus liitlc people form
q striking contrast 10 the clumsy. quiet
Morse fishermen. near Whom they have
lived Tor 80 long. without iho slightest
strain Of inierm.xiurc
Al Hemnas aud this will apply 20
the whole OF Nordland there j. an
other class. which. while numerically
fewer. h. perhaps the most important
IN q social way. : refer io the mer-
chants. professional men and govern
men; officials These are people 81
culture. with sorlal needs. which they
crafty b. closer relations with their
equals than T. the custom in NOR.
dcnscly populated communitie. IN
this land and with This cla,s.
generous. wholc-hcaricd hospitality j.
the rule. The presence uf visitor j.
regarded ~ favor 10 his host Visits
are seldom TO- less thar % wsrt. aud
iu ease of % storm. which is no; mfrc-
pucnt. tie week hfcoTps two. These
people ace not cyios from more a.
yorrd place. Muny 81 tie best Fam
lilies have lived To- cpaurip. TO- No-d.
land uul have O.. much ancestral
pride. and with brJrs reason. than
the titlcd hers uf Vote dr We're. Here
siivog and china ten of wealth and
taste Tie furniture H. usually uf iic
massive sind. step. being
''fff'fNA ~ '.'NiAN W. NN.' Al INNNNIf-.IlN
fourpo,trr before dropping into a s..S
covered bed az elder down.
The customs are NOT unlike those ~
q similar class in ilr United states.
particularly Zoo ihr South. ln the morn
iur o'uer anal cake, are served .l bed.
The .Hu.s arr biarhrJ md ne r'ijhe,
brushed iy servant B"aatfg>, is 90
ton ,Hrn come calls on neighbour. II
there arc auy tie evening usually end
ir- with % Gaucp.
Eui dr,p.tc these social pleasures.
the wintr-, are wo fully depressing
and. whether from the more favored /
South a. ip thr manner horn. ono T.
ygarus Tor thc return az the ,rn. 40. /
the glimpse of Wild Hover. harningrr /
n the ,pfing that has seemed 80 loa-
delayed. -Nrw York Pos.