Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-19
POET WAkEMAN'S WANDERlNGS
Copyright 1898, by Edgar l., wakeman,
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Nf'N- htHfAAH NA'NNAAAANAN AhNNaNfNHHt" tf'fff
IL was n surprising thing 10 learn that
more that one hundred thousand tourists
now visit this northern land eyory sum
mer. The country possesses comparatively
few miles Of railway. Consequently all
routes Of travel are practically by high
ways, More than quarter of q century
since Il was seen that tourists, In search
Of scenic marvcls. were firing of Swiig-
eEand; were turning their faces towards
the midnight sun; and were ever penc'
tratlng to the most remote fords and
glacieriiclds Norway Immediately set
about making travel within her rugged
boundaries not only possible TO all by
extensive road-buildng, but Systematic
and reliable as between all carriers and
| Landlords and the tourist pnhlic'
| This road building, involving enormous
| expense and many splendid ieats OF en-.
| cheering, has had much the same euret
| upon the people OF Norway us IN Aus
| trian GaliUa. Not SO many years ago
| Austria built nearly 1000 miles OF stone
| highway up aud down and IRON end 10
| end Of GaLacin. or Austrian Poland Pre-
| Yious to that time. materially, q no more
| wrctchcd, God-lorsaken land oNlglrd on
| the face Of the earth, In less thnn ten
/ yours AlllN lNNHt lNUAN NAh NV AHA Wv"
| 100000 people OF Austrian Poland ~
material and social advancement than all
! the churches an the books, all the news
papers. ala tie battles, all the railways
| and all the governments had ever accom-.
plshcd for them from the days Of
| Micc2yslaw ana Bolcslas TO he day
| these roads were done.
The isolation Of the Norwegian peas
antry was nevcr so universal AK that Of
! tie AW1rlpPolll IA pcasantrN, They
have ever had their many aud migbty
! ionls; which scmi-scdluring life always
| provided diversified resources aud the
beneficial friction of change And vet
imth this roldhuilding on u mighty scale
was begun, IL often happened that the
| peasant folk Of one hamlet, or of u val
| ley district, We're as remote from those
of another dnl not ten miles distant,
where totally different resources were rec
| lied upon and wholly different traditions
| and customs were in vogue, M though
the Tarrls or Atlas mountains stood
| between
This later almost universal means Of In.
accommodation over these grand stone
| roads, and the roads combined with the
| iiurds, has made NOrwcgi m folk mora
homogeneous. developed the scnnty re
sources NJ dis stern north hnli and
| more than all else intensified The trNdl-
| tiOnA l0ngingS Of these fine and sturdy
folk, for complete national liberty and IN
Dependence. Conl1lhN, VIII uie w, I.
plH'lng sceheIS hul ~, iiiii,Vr's,iHt 1851 '
W, J., "lso ol'lgs '',lllp,i9 W
| hamlet, Station and even In lonrly
mouutnm eae,rr by vast horde Of
| tourists. whose method or travel over
| mountain, through valley and over hord
are alone u most Interesting subject OF
| study.
The grand Norwegian roads, while they
| nri. more humorous aud cNpeusiypy built
~ pioP2lll1h 20 p1puiat1n, l"nu lhi1t
=" my ug't .rppgihn spuply ~ '
| WE,J peculiar S,ulhehlAi uNtVNt az
aching 90 the histw2ys 81 many other
IuIpleNil l'sloIls, hliu W ,} ~ iU,,''i w az
we hIllln rg ,l... uii,.,i IT,
oau'lue e,''ii, . nor "te m"N XII
| ulhuF t'"l H'eh ul,oh MVnA ~ ~
siln lg INT Are ali 70 hH.uiH niEhts
siIili'"' ln,ee eAaulls VIII ulul, W "
iler hluponuouS chaIAn'el "n9 nuufl
| llipttfslN'hc's iIph "lnuiuE YipnS' Vt
Wl9nn 'r'he ol me 1o.t h'agIllui "hh
ln; ~ g aepnety az blr0pf Nnoru a.,
ih' 'itllnh'uH Nel lW blhuls WY
9ecAnHe Duut from me nl'huea iF1ul
nPu'r hccnsesl o. beiHuh, Y u'. o. tn,
hhvet fpluWayt IA the Word' ~ y cnl
| 9ut o. me eu''s o. me mlslE hluell
Jelu rlsihg 1uofr me r}' hNc u"
nena9gs bends are requirtl 70 fcaoh me
| eulhiuH. Iof ltA eullle liTEuctf Mltle
nor blasted from the solld rock, the bed
CONSISTS hrsl OF heavy b9ul9ers iheiI
| hnge slabs 81 granite, ana hn1lly. tiick
covering Of cement aud gravel. The
oscNrpcl sides are OF ss.u masonry,
| oiieh twenty, thirty and MY iecl high
along lheir Iaeades; TO secure sufficient
roadbcd above, and the outer edges Of
| nearly the entire Vel are protected by
| huge pointed rocks set upright az regular
| Intervals The outlook FROM nuy Of hs
bends, comprising the red.rooied CITY az