Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-11-20


carried By servine maids - il theyswere
pikea; at wicker-bastets slung on
women's shoulders and loaded with ma
nure, carefully collected with the fingers
from the turnpikes of Auvergne; at
single stalks of Indian corn and single
barberry bushes, and single stalks Of
mullen, cultivated a. rare and beautiful
exotic plants in the gardens of Germany |;
at vistas of wind-mills slowly turning
their great vanes to the hardly percepti-
bic wind coming from the Engliah Chan
mel and the North Sea; and at the vast
stretches of fax fields which sustain the
industry of the SOC, 900 inhabitants of
Lille and its closely surrounding circle
of dependent towns. t r
The marveh of Europe 10 an Ameri-
can eve are no. marvels of grandeur, but
of detail; not of construction, but Of
method. 49,
1t is strange to zee such multitudes of
people at rest, comparatively speaking;
that is, moving about within the mar
rowest social, 2olitical, ecclesiastical and
business circles; travelling scarcely at oil;
reading NEWSPAPERS which have no news
in them; working and shopping Sundays
and all days alike; satisfied with bread
and half hask Of thin, sour wine y
their days i'd living huddlsd within
the 500.year I'D village wall, and walk-
ing five miles to till strips of land-each
20 feet wide and 100 long, unfesced, un-
ditched, unhedged-Glf calling them
farms. Yet since 1883 these people have
learned about - much asw Ameslcans
know respecting right and wrong in pfi-
vate, and the rights and wrongs OF the
public. But it IL . prime marvel 10 the
traveller how this slow but steady en-
lightaninent accomplishes itself under
such conditions of life.
Another of the wonders of Europe il
it, fuel. Out of England thsre d not
mucn mineral coal. The peat bog are
numerous, but small. The great forests
hHve .pee91E fisaff - ksie.y 4
TO scisncs; but 10 has Aheir destRuction;
co1sqtlently the traveller never sess ,
large tree, but millions of small ones.
To save space they are planted along the
roadsides. TO avoid shade ON the fields
they are trimmed nearly to the summit,
80 that they look starved. Every year
one in twenty is cut and sold. Artificial
fuel made from coal-dust, saw-dust, peat,
everything that will burn, furnishes IN
enormous supply Of fuel to the railways
and factories Bat the people enjoy
very little Of that surplus Of fame and
smoke which characteri1es IN Americas
home; consequently their clothes are
made thi.k, and are worn doubled.
Their wooden shoes are not only cheap
and everlasting, but moreover .warua,
being stufied with hay to pfeveat coe1A
and to make them stay on when tA6
shuttle turns to run. i Z
But the standing wonder Of Europe 10
the American eye is The multiplicity
and ubiquity Of soldiers, and pvjests,
and sisters of charity. In Germany, aad
Switzerland, and France every boy
must serve, say, three year., and then be
placed In tie reserve until 45 years of
age. The clergy are, however, exempt
from military service. In Eagland the
sanes1stsm hos recently bssn ad0pked,
but with the important notification
that the sefviee ID voluDtaly, - the
pay continues, 80 a. to command the
reserves. s.e1sgs ssts a@3syfss.s g-5sag
Tell these people that the whole xtuly
Of the United States numbers scarcely
*, 900 soldiers, and they stare at you 10
silence, unable to believe. The soldisr
is - much and a. prominent feature
81 European life u the horSe, tn
wine-bottle, the basket or the paow.
Passing Ath the other day, ] noticed :
field, with many cows in the middle Q!
il tended BY boy, and ditch asound
it. At the end OF the ditch, close to the
embankment (which was high hege)
crouched q man in uniform, with gun,
- if waching his chance to shoot COW.
Fifty PAGES beyond him, along The
ditch, crouched another; and more, u
regular intervals, a. far as the field ex.
tended. "They are making their exer.
cise," said q fellow Traveller. By
which / comprehended that they cared
nothing about the COWS, which would
al be Killed IN due time b the hatcher
but that they wcrs being tsught bow tt
kill men Germans or other) without
getting killed themselves.
One is amazed at the number oi
priests and seminarians in every railway
train. They est IN and get out at ever
little station ON every line OF railroad
and seldom alone. They are evidently
we'll fed, we'll clothed, and ~ vSEy hi
Of business, Whatever it may Be. TheJ
all carry q little book, and At fixed hour
take it out and read it, always moving
their lips while they read. Theee people,
are also making their exArcises." But Z
1 does not III thpee Saan OnlE, hui q