The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-10


T. over TO hight for pay. He did not hos
the ducal cap, but he stretched the fla
over the sidewalk and our female Toll
\""mc OF whom are living yeti woul'
not walk under it, but crossed over l.
the other side. Then he stretcho,
another across the whole street ant
they walked around the block. 1t wa
not SO much Of disrcspcCt to the flag q
IL was contempt for the foreigner wh'
nniurlcd it. lie refused to let on
wives and daughters receive or mai
letters unless they came before hin
and took an ironclad oath of allegiance
IL" had ten of our young men ant
several young ladies arrested for acting
IN Il lablcau to raised little money tt
replace peWs in the churches. Tho
pcws had all been taken out and made
INTO trOushs to feed their horses in
lie was torcwarned that night by q
negro that if he didn't release those
girls he would bu killed before morn.
ing, and he would have been. Yes
" leopard Spots" were all around just
as they were in North Carolina. We
had Gcsslers and we had Tells, too.
But was Illuminating about Switzcr-
land, that historical and wonderful
country. Now, children and young
people, listen. 1t is only little scrap
OF II country about one-fourth The size
OF Georgia, and nearly half of that Is
taken up by lakes and mountains. The
most beautiful lakes in the world. Lake
luccrnc (LhaL's Tcll's); Lake Geneva
CHATS Calvin's); Lakes Wenner and
Wettcr-and just think Of the grand
old mountains~,he Alps and the Jura
and the Jungfrau. Think Of the hos
plcc OF the good ST. Bernard, whore
they kept that fine breed Of dogs who
were trained to go out III the most fear
lul snow storms III search of lost travel.
crs and carry food and wine to them,
and bring them safely to the hospice.
One of my first books had II picture of
two OF these noble dogs digging in the
snow for man and feeding him al
most dead. One of the dogs had bot
tie strapped around his neck and the
other Il basket of food. In another
picture IL little boy was on dogs back
anu his arms around his neck and the
dog was barking al the door of the
hospicc for admission. Those pictures
and the stories about them were ae
dear to me as the story OF William Tell
But think Of little Switzerland, with
its population of three million people
and all at work except the babies.
About half are shepherds and herdsmen
ON the mountain slopes and benches,
raising sheep and mllch COWS, and in
the year 1900 they sold over ten million
dollars worth of butter and cheese.
Down i'll the valleys and around the
lakes arc many towns and little cities
that hum like bee hives, for nimble
llngers arc making watches, jewelry,
hair work, lace, silk and cotton fabrics
as fine as gossamer, and hundreds of
other little things which, taken all to-
Sethcr, make the commerce of that
little water covered and snow capped
republic nearly double the commerce
OF any other country according to
population.
All the children from 6 to II years
have to go TO school part of every year,
and her young men have To be taught
part OF Two years III military tactics.
There is no standing amy, but every
citizen Is willing and ready soldier to
defend his country. It's government is
a republic divided INTO twenty-iwo can.
tons or counties, and TO maintain this
republic they have been fighting all
contiguous nations for nearly six nun
drcd years and have whipped every
battle they fought. Austria, Prussia,
Maximillian and at last Bonaparte tried
to subduc that people, but failed utter
ly. They never had an army of over
5000, and defeated Prussia with co.
GOO in seven pitched battles. Austria
demanded 10000 Swiss soldiers to help
her fight Turkey. Switzerland re-
fused to furnish them, and that
brought Oh war, and Switzerland
whipped it.
We see by the New York papers
that they have completed the new gov
crnmcnt buildings al Berne, and the
pictures OF them are lovely and the
people are proud and had great festi-
val when they were opened for busl-
ness. Grand country-great people.
John CALVIN left his mark upon Lhom,
fer of all the twenty-five cantons only
three have kept allegiance to the Ro-
HILL ChIHOllC CAurCn. DuL Ill are ue-
voted Christians, and on every Christ
mas day and every Easter morn the
young mon and maidens come tripping
down the mountain paths singing their
Christmas or Easter carols, and making
the cliffs and valleys echo with their
songs.
But it is SAID that their young men
fight for pay and are mercenary SOL
diers. Yes, but they choose the side
they believe to be right. They would
not fight fol Austria against the Turks,
nor would they fight for Bonaparte,
nor for England against the Bocrs.
And now the civilized wOrla has lot
them alone and the little republic has
had peace for nearly hundred years.
BILL ARP.
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