The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12


exists To illustrate, in any half hour
ride by rail through Bavarian valleys
YOU are certain 20 whiZ past some pretty
field lane and see Bavarian peasant div
ing a cart to which are yoked a little hsifer
and a coarse woman. As they stop near
your passing train, you will notice that the
hefer is the only animal chatting under its
yoke, for the woman looks up and smiles
and the male removes bis pipe for a hearty
laugh.
Tley are simple childish folk ope and all,
4 content in their severe labor; satisfied with
[ their 20 US, uiggsrdly recompense; loving
/ the very earth they dig With uuutterable
Affection happy in the few holidays the
year brings about; patient under the tith-
ing Of king and church, while proud that
/ the Que protects and the other shrives; and
/ quite radiant, at the end, to lay aside the
working clothes Of the sOddeu days behind
! for the promised fnerT of the eternal holt
/ day beyond.
! Nowhere else IN Europe can be seen such
/ a variety and wealth Of roadside shrinee as
/ in Austrian Galicis. In the two or three
/ thousand miles Of its great stone roads a
huge wooden or stone crUcihX, or a tiny
/ brick or stone shrine, may be found on the
! average at the distance Of every half an
| English mile. Most of the crucidxes are Of
| wood hewn out Of beech or oaken logs
| Whether OF wood or stone, as if from some
! great burden. every one leans, and this
very leaning lends strangely suggestive
| sadness and Loneliness to the landscape
They are most frequent in districts near
| est the Carpathians which form the Hun
| garian boundary, The Ruthenian peasants
| being of Russian stock are all Greek Cash-
olics, and the Polish Galicians are without
| exceptions Roman Catholics, They are
equally pious, and you can never pass
Crucidx or shrine without witnessing a
group of both In rapt devotion, many CT
whom are grOveling PROSTATE upon the
earth before the sacred reminders Of Cal
vary. At Whitsuntide one will sea crowds
of these simple and pious devOtees crawling
upon all fours, while trailing huge wooden
crosses from their necks and shoulders,
around every roadside shrine IN all Galicia.
After one gets over the first flush of re-
belliOus resentment at the system, there Is
good deal OF grim humOr to be got out Of
continental railway travel. You will find
the same little carriages es in England,
comprising from four to six compart-
ments, each holding eight people in the first
and second, and ten persons in the third
class Compartments In Bavaria there are
even fourth-class cars, or carriages, princi-
pally for use in time of war. They are all
marked: "To contain ten horses and thirty
Six men,
Except in France Italy and Spain. the
service is about equal to that in England
One has personally to see his luggage in the
luggage vac, and not only give trtnkGeld or
p0urbOir to have it labeled, but to have il
put on board. While the monarch OF
train, the guard, cannot take money for a
fare, he would accept bride from any
body for any service; and even an officer of
the line thinks it quite the proper thing to
pay tribute 10 the guard should be desire to
occupy an entire compartment.
This guard-bribery is universal. l re-
- l.
capable of accommodating 450 people move
OUT OF Cologne with but thirty-seven pas,
sengers, who had in this manner purchased
almost exclusive compartment accommodR-
tlons, upward of 100 persons having been
left behind at the station. The most serious
opposition to the general introduction OF
modern sleeping coaches for night service
comes from these bribers and hribed. A
5-mark or a 5-frauc piece or less,
slipped into the hand Of a night-train's
guard will secure an entire compartment, OF
an entire side OF one, for your individual
use, and is far preferable to q berth in the
vile little accompaniment sleeping-coach
which has latterly crept into service, where
the guard, conductor and porter in one, in
sists at all hours Of the night on your pur-
chase of bad viands and worse wines.
In Germany win be found the most gro
tesque oiiicielism, but the best coaches, and
the prettiest railway stations in all the
world. The government wholly conducts
all German railway lines. Every employee,
even the walters at the station dining rooms
has been German soldier, and the entire
regime is military Each station has cap
tain in a red cap and gorgeous uniform, The
station guards and pOrters are also uni
formed. with dark blue caps. When a train
halts the captain and his station guards will
be found drawn up in line in front of the
main entrance. The train guard alghts and
salutes the station captain, who, with his
men, return this salute, when the loading
and unloading of luggage is begun.
AS far as convenience of arrangement,
cleanliness and comfort are concerned, the
German railway station is immeasurabIy
superior to the old board novels called
depots along most American lines. They
are invariable models of neatness tidiness
and comfort. They are net iufrequently
the prettiest structures to be seen during an
entire days travel. They always have a
lovely bit of lawn about them, In which are
often fountains, flowers and tidy hedges.
Many are covered by ivy or creeping aud
Towering vines. Flowers in windows and
in lewn-plats are always in view of the tired
passengers. And nearly all are supplied
with chimes of bells not Changing, jinglng.
wranEling bells, but voiceful, meodous
bells, whioh-when the trAin-guard has
taken q whistle from his belt, blown upon il
thrice, and again saluted the tauonmaster
and men-seem to say as you we away
Wel-good-byl
Then-good-by -
Friends-good-byl