The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-16
WAKEMAN'S TRAVELS.
Tho Poet Traveller Reaches Remote
European Galicla. jim
THE POLES UNDER AUSTRIANR RULE.
Historic lIints...Grnnd Highways and
Numbcrlcss Roadside Shrincs--..A
strang, Mountain Pcasantry..rho
First Letter From Gniicia.
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arc two European Galicias. Each oil
these in tlielr peasant liio possesses
great interest 10 tho traveller. Spanish
Galicia, comprising tho northwestern
provinces Of Pontenedra, Luso, Coruna
and 0rcnsc will ever hold for mo the
most tender rccollections. It's Gnllegan
folk are tho bravest, most patient and
loyal in all tho world. They love their
rugged mountain land with go passion
ate devotion that they will suffer un-
told privaton and even death before
they will give itup. They become the
Gallegan dog servants Of all Spain,
portusa! and Italy for halt their lives,
bearing uncomfortable contumely, sacri-
flee and suffering that they may finally
como back to their dreAry cru.s and
wild and almost sterile glcns TO the
ownership OF little cabin, Il tiny patch
OF land, and the 10 them blessed right
to lay their bones inthc same graves as
those who have !aborcd, sacrificed and
died, in precisely the same way, for ages
before them. They arc dumb folk, bit
not even II Spanish monarch, has over
dared attempt their cnslGvemcnt. ..
The othc. Galicia Is less tender and
winsomo in any OF its aspects. 1t is in.
deed immeaaurably more sombrc and
tragic. Its Austrian Poland.
Every one remembers the history Of
ancient Poland: its linz OF warrior
kinys: its spleudid and unroworded
victoriel MISUNDERSTANDING over thn Turks.
its great universities: even its wonder.
ful medieval literature: its kiurlv com.
moncrs and its peasant kings: and tho
final .reachery oil Russia's Catherine
whicl, led to repeated dismcmbcrment
and partition ofold Poland Inv Russia,
Germany and Austria: with tic horrors
OF A hundred years OF insurrcc,ion
murder. sIayury and deDotism that foi,
lowed.
lis all too horrible to dwell .upon.
Austria's portion out OF the Polish mur-
der and rapinr, Ga.icia, comprises nm
area OF over 10000 suuare miles
bounded north and cas-. BY Russia. on
the south bv Hungary and B,l;oyina
and ON the west bvprussia and Austrian
Silcsia. Fully six millions souls occ,lnv
this area.
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vi tHcse ABOUT TWO ana quarter NIL
lions are. Rusniaks-intcrcfanseahy
called Rusaiuep. Ruthcncns and Ruth.
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ia ""om . s" ILL.,, e.,' huti m:
i.o sesr p.'cis, ''''u "nH Hse Vi Iussiaf
s auo ro anu 'o ~" i.utloi alo d iIat.
a.v yv" Ji,;iaJ h ,e'ue arG apoui
Pr.s;ar 1 Corma,s o0'"'eN .N's'ii" M III"
Nu AImnst ee ,h man" nnt;.o oh;,;..
po,;sh nv , sn uAs NY n.n n'c ol
~ a, n JNi i;,.,,, n,'II "tS country lov.
.ns ~" "Iiu p .tts pfo ,P', me peaSah.ix
.,o ~. aI I a,'G h..,chiahs, II VIII
.nc'cio.G pe ieaul'H sech mat nearly
rs tnu c"snJ a l,i.oi.aii'S 81 ua'lclan
c 1ommn ""'' 49, .,''f ;s .uc iol.sn Jews ana
Na,;nm ' NJ III ;i,,,s sV.a"ei it;ea.y 3reuolni-
m,i i',n i l'.ss'I.e ms alGlene ely
snIs d po 90 E noG ~. eAcGeu oUuoo
sou's, .oa si'iia -T,ooJ oeMs. i@nlpeis,
IN nSn -. a"o 'e'.i."? cry io VI o Ha'clA'
, nia oO;ouJ y IVA ai.IlI i.s lVVovo PEG
p'SS. M" uu;I. VIC .oIst VI Il lr'enu,
oa..a'. IN t ios NNn ~ Nolonea, lnat
n',o,S uie -o,ouo iit II, non Oh the
i"t ~ .;s! ino'c man : ,ooo are Jews.
ractieaity theh, austrian uallGla
poi;sh a,d ur Siuu ,ouf classes
n.b;ia . i a,;naIS'. an. peasa.r! VINO,
Why. WHY '. .E a, itSe men, are more
s' n,,;i;.,, ',,tm Saves .ne Hnceht rollsh
n tOoiy wiz IT,. a.J eitics rifil anu great
GuIs ~ ~ p.G a'slIss reSnliH III Derlin,
t-o' i:,. y. nj, VI iioilte.iovins enough
~ NV upon .iieir own estates some,
.n,ms wv! G 1nc s.lirplc uiu patriarcnai
.il'niier .. Couht iolstoI, nov very tar
W wy Mo.'li VI thenli inc Jews VINO
.i'iancl".ly own pom peasant anu mas
ler noay anu soul, rs wen rs NIL business
a .I. ~ oets il"s'ie aN.i i'lture: ana
.he ''ii III VINO reieht!essiy control
'Ntii a!l.
p. hus,'iuii ru'e over US snare oil iailen
tolahI' Willcn ior tne hrst three-quar-
.ets u ceniur! atleFt Hs seizure was
lul.e us crue' rs that OF Inc Russian
piunueltts 10 tnc norm, mas had the
hnIuo VI 10: na.lhs rHIa.he9 its moro
. oIt D".ous a,.'lti'ic ~ Is syn lmPos-
s si ~ Gse'.i'e INC c!n'E oi me sabre.
t .he INC olnshe q, spur, me challenge OF
!no schtry any inc almost intoiorablc
i" SS, .! tie o'inlpreseht sold'cry.
inesc uMlLofn'ea t!raiita are IL, IN every
l"ilM.y carrl.se OF station Iher ac-
conipany every concl. lhey doos the
s.tnliEer rom hote1 10 countryside and
DUCK a M WIN imperturpaDle eiiront.:
cry. dhey enter tho home at will, and
sanctuary ard nainto eyorr sh ,ri".!
whiio spies arc so thick-.swarmine
among all classes in the guise OF
o,aeaat,, nlea , afteslans, laborers,
IrNsa'i.s .niu comprisih" IN one form or