The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-24

-, ,r,.. Luxe Wfh
ner and Wetter-and lust think n ~ r.
grand old mountains-the All, "
the Jura and the Jungfrau TS M la
the hospice Of the good St pssa
where they kept that fine brsaa
dogs who were trained to 20 ON, =
most fearful snow storms IN se.sas
OF lost travellers and carry food 4.
wine to them and bring them NV, a,'
to the hospice, One Of my first Ns.,
had a picture Of two Of these r"a,
dogs digging In the snow for -.
and feeding him almost dead On -
the dogs had a bottle strapped aro.s,
his neck and the other a basbo,
food. In another picture a llttle ~
was on the dogs back and hjs MY
around his neck and the dog was h,ra
ing at the door Of the hosplce for Il
mission. Those pictures and tAe ~
ries about them were as dear to ma
the story Of William Tell.
But think OF little Switzerland MA
its population of three million neon,
and all at work except the bsn@
About half are shepherds and be,s,
men on the mountain slopes A,
benches, raising sheep and NINA
cows, and in the year 1900 they sn'
over ten million dollars worth Of hrl
ter and cheese, Down in the yaleu
and around the lakes are MANY tovs,
and little cities that hum like N,
hives, for nimble fingers are maxim,
watches, jewelry, hair work. lace I'M
and cotton fabrics as fine as gosssne
and hundreds Of other little Ap,,
which, taken all together, make M
commerce of that little watercoyed
and snow-eapped republic nearly do,
BILE the commerce CT any other couBtu
according to population,
All the children from to IL yesn
have 10 go to school part OF even
year, and her young men have 10 n
taught part Of two years in miltsu
tactics. There is no standing arm
but every citizen is a wiling and read
soldier to defend his country. It's gc,.
eminent is a republic divided IND
twenty-five cantons or counties, anal
to maintain this republic they have
been fighting all contiguous nations lal
nearly six hundred years and have
whipped every battle they fought
Austria, Prussia, Mrximllll2n and n
last Bonaparte tried to subine tAa
people, but failed utterly, They neva|
had an army & over 10000, and al
feated Prussia with 10000 in seyal
pitched battles. Austria demanded
10000 Swiss soldiers to help her Cad
Turkey. Switzerland refused to ful
nish them, and that, brought on wal
and Switzerland whipped IT, We 81
by the New York papers that Odd
have completed the new GOVERNED
buildings at Berne, and the pictufa
Of them are lovely and the people ag
proud and had a great festival wha
they were opened for business Grls
country-great people. John cali
| left his mark upon them, for otallaf
twenty-five cantons ony tnree bia|
kept allegiance to the Roman CathoA|
church. But all are devoted Chg
tians, and on every Christmas day AZ
every Easter morn the young men al
maidens come tripping down "
mountain paths singing their ChHal
mas or Easter carols and making N
cliffs and valleys echo with Aa|
songs.
But 1t is said that their young ~
fight for pay and are mercenaF 81
dlers. Yes, but they choose The aiq
they believe to be right. They WouA
not fight for Austria against the Iural
nor wonld they fight for Borapad'
nor for England against the Bo'n
And now the civilized world has
them alone and the little republic ~
had peace for nearly a hundred ye'A|
bill Arp. in Atlanta Constitution