Show AMONG THE ALPS the politics in fair switzerland REFERENDUM AT WORE an election every the foreign newspapers swiss scenery 0 correspondence feb boar valuable paper reaches me quite twice each week and I 1 find it indeed a welcome messenger of newa from my far away home the new becomes doubly inte to one when far away from hia hatiye land and even tad ads eeck to oft times I 1 read the columns over and over again I 1 d TUB to an eugiah with whom I 1 have make a acquaintance remarking that the paper was published in a town of 6 innab he told me it was much larger than many of the newspaper published n cities of twice the population in I 1 england and from personal ob I 1 can eay that I 1 have seen no in switzerland nearly BO large even in cities of innabi tanta at present I 1 am at a boarding house and have the chance to pacers with bermana i ermana and frenchmen alt are anxious to see a newspaper new paper from utah although they cant read half anat is in it we think that elections are frequently held in utah but every sunday for several week past has been an election day here the or parlia ment formulates a law then it ix left to the people to accept or reject it by simply writing yee or 0 o on the ballot and depositing it in the bos such things as political meetings according tu a utah idea are not known although the subjects are ably discussed pro and con before each election one would scarcely know that election day wa except for thy large posters ani bouncing noun cing the fact there is a law in which provides that all ch ildron are to ba reported to the civil authorities within 36 hours alter birth and a certificate of birth is issued accordingly I 1 mention abia fact I 1 bad bome with these in trying to pro cure a paper certifying that our boy who came jan 16 waa indeed born I 1 have an american passport for and wife but that seem to ba sufficient they wantha to aee the marriage certificate I 1 told them that it they believe tho lady concerned to be my wife they would have to hays he dispute with the secretary of state of the united states because he wrote the names on the passport ahia seemed to convince them antly the child was born according to the Switz land and we have the car as curiosity owing to the baat amount of snow it is quite to make the ascent i of the adya and each day brino news of many unfortunates who have been last in the mountain passes we are anxiously awaiting sp ing when va expect to take trips to mt bigi and alt blaic and get a fifis eye view of the Bur county dotted here and there by beautiful blue lakes many of the valleys here resemble those of utah but the glittering glitt erinc peaks of the alps make a more beautiful contrast with the green brass which grows right up the mountain sides to abo snow line it is indeed interesting during the summer months to see the peasant mow the graas from the aides 0 the aa most perpendicular hills then roll it into bundles aud carry it on their backs to the barn tora have been many glowing des given of the scenery in the alps but one must aea in order to fully appreciate it it is not my intention at preveat to ave a description of any particular place or thine but onla to relate one or two of the experiences which have come under cay observation I 1 have made many good friends here amon them several russians who ara students stu denta at the university of berne today I 1 wag aelred by my english frield it it would be agreeable to have the challain cha olain of the british embassy I 1 gave my consent and hope soon to be able to have an in with that gant lemaa not lonz ago we had a very pleasant visit to the castle of burdgorf Bur gorf where that great father of education lozzi laid the foundation fonn dation of that now almost universal system of evocation edo cation hit desk hoofna aad blackboards are still there they are primitive and could scarcely imagine that arh could have been attained with auch facilities all honor to the city of buhrdorf BurR dorf aftic upon the ideal of they have erected only faw blocks from the old cantle a beautiful temple of learning where tha views of tbt erect educator are carried into reality EMIL |