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Show A BEMARKABLE BACEA The Lilliputian Lapps of Sweden and Norway. ' In Many Wars They ReMmble the Chi nese The Most Northern Christian Churoh In the World A Sanctuarj S - lii orwKiau Ipland. f The Lapps are a curious race. Homing Hom-ing is known of their origin or whence they came. They seem to be Mongolians, Mongo-lians, but, says the New York Journal, are as superior to the Esquimaux as the blonde Swedes and Norwegians are to them. ''i They are of a stunted nature, seldom exceeding five feet in height, while four and a half feet is perhaps a good average, aver-age, but of thickset bodies, exceedingly strong and active. With dark hair and complexion, black eyes, prominent cheek bones, hollow cheeks and receding reced-ing chin, they present strong points of resemblance to the Chinese, but their eyes are not oblique and their color ia much, lighter, while their language bears not the slightest resemblance to, that of any known Asiatic tribe. ' It is probable that they were among the earliest immigrants to Europe from the Asiatic home of the human race, and that, pressed by subsequent tides of immigration, they were gradually crowded into their far-away corner of the continent, and there remained a relic of almost prehistoric times. However this may be, it is certain that in intelligence they far exceed most nations of so-called savages. Most are, at least nominally, ; Christians. Partly by persuasion, partly by force, they were a couple of hundred Tears - rHE HOST NOKTHIBR OHITBOH IK IBB & WORLD. ago Induced" to give up their heathenism heathen-ism and embrace a Protestaat CJifiar tianity. je- In Hatta there is the most northern Lutheran church in the world. It is an unpretending building, standing almost on an eminence, and in it service is rarely held more than once a month, for the clergyman resides many miles away and is obliged to ride his circuit over an almost roadless country under circumstances ot difficulty which would hinder the clergy of more civilized countries coun-tries from going at all. - The Lapps have the Bible in their own tongue, and few stories are more interesting inter-esting than theaccount of ita translation. transla-tion. Over thirty years ago a series of religious riots took place in a number of villages in Lapland, and among the rioters was one Lars Haetta. During the riots several homicides occurred, and Lars and some others of his companions com-panions were committed to prison on a charge of murder. They were found guilty and several were hanged, but in consideration of his youth Haetta was condemned to lifelong imprisonment. Commiserating his condition his keepers keep-ers and the prison chaplain extended extend-ed to him such favors as could safely be granted to a lifelong prisoner, and, finding them rewarded by good conduct, con-duct, took especial pains to teach hhn to read and write. Lars became interested inter-ested in the Bible, grew day by day nore fond of reading it, and finally A CHURCH H0BWEUIAX LAPLASD. formed the bold project of translating it into his native tongue. Through many weary years the labor went on for Lars was no great scholar, and tha Lapp language, as may be readily supposed, sup-posed, is not a fluent literary medium of thought. But finally the work was done, the Bible translated and printed in the language lan-guage of Lapland, and the remainder of llaetta's sentence was commuted. He living as late as 18T0, and, al-qty al-qty h an old man, was still active, and ' seraed parties of travelers as a r |