Show SHORTLEGGED SWISS I The Inhabitants of the Mountainous County Climliins the Alps I henNa Aug 4 18SlSpecial Correspondence Corres-pondence of THE HERALD The Yankee is noted for his large feet the Irishman for his oddlysnapped mouth the Dane for his white hair the German for his big belly ete while we may add that the STIMK1XO rCATlKC OF THE SWIt I1UIM > is their singular little short legs Three millions or so of these shortlegged busy little beings swarm a mountainous tract in central Europe whose area could be multiplied by 5 and then not equal the area of mountainous Utah They are perfectly per-fectly at home here too and their short strong legs seem to perfectly fit them to stalk over theireinerald colored mountains Nature adapts creatures to their peculiar life and location The beautiful markings of the tigers skin serve to give it a strong similarity to the jungles in which the animal ani-mal secures its prey The coat of smaller animals is so colored as to he an excellent mimicry of their peculiar surroundings and tends to counteract and preserve them I from others that destroy and prey upon them In the cold northern lands animals J are clothed in war furs and thick coatings ef hair to lit them for their life in tropical climes it lathe reverso of the former that they may the better endure the heat Birds that swim in water have feathers different from such as live on land and so we might go on through I THE WHOLE comsB CT NATURE and find not one flaw O useless organize tion although it may be conceded that we may not always detect the utility of tl 1 o various features so widely iliffeient tbt we see in animal life Man is no exception to the general rule and now Ill get lies r the point I want to substantiate ThebiK nose of the Jew the oblique eves of the Chinaman the swarthy skin of the Arab the big mouth of the Irishman the long legs of the Yankee tho sliest legs of long Swiss and so on through tho human race all are of use to the peculiar peoples though it may not appear plain in each case why it should bo so One thins is i plain and that is that a louglegced Yankee is not at home on the steep sides of the Alps Many thousands arc now in the 1 scenic retreats of this lovely little country rand r-and you can always point them out as men f from broad America The Swiss bear in the features of the face strong marks of Teutons they have throughout fine full foreheads round and the heads aro commonly TiE SWISS WOMEN are not as fascinating as the women of the Roman nation but they bear marks of strong noble characters and have 1 wonderful won-derful sweet musical voice In moat of the cantons they through long and vigorous vigor-ous traiLing can pretty well take their outdoor out-door labors in company with the men and Switzerland not behind the other countries coun-tries of Europe in making women work for a living That hero mm 10 hn < 1 n th 11 formed heads of the Swiss can be proved by their fine little government Watched from the soft cushioned thrones of the royal heads of Europe the vigorous and healthy life of the pure principle of republicanism publicanism that they CMn Switzerland make them singularly uneasy that the rule of monarchs is losing sway Such men as Bismarck may say hard things about the little federal government but it does not have much effect in this age France is proud of her little sister and during the late spat with the bigawkward German SHE CIICEKIH SW1TZE11LAXU for her dignity The Republican party in Italy is most in the majority and the day will come in a few year there will be some shaking up in the governments of Europe when it is also clear that a number will uone republican form of government As continual hard working people the Swiss have few superiors ant the effect of the hard toils of life shows itself prematurely pre-maturely in many of the inhabitants As the country is poorly adapted for agricultural agricul-tural purposes nearly all flour and grains are imported being mostly bought with dairy products and this is tho greatest country for cheese in the world It produces I pro-duces yearly more than forty thousand tons I passed a large market this morning that reminded me thoroughly or forcibly brought to my senses that I was in a land of stout cheese But all of the cheese made here is wonderfully nicetasting if the smell of some kinds is not the sweetest C |