The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 08, 1917, Image 9
Ralicia
in
lime
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?GAUCiAN "Woman at thc, plow
BFOKK the war geography and
Jk,||(1cs combined to make (Jnll
ilu a province apart from itH
udghbors. On the south the
ithlaas cut off easy access from
gry; on the north the liusxlnn
^ler was much inore than a con
?tlonul hue.
[Liicla was l)art of the old kingdom
[Poland, but in the eastern part of
province its population, mainly
jeulan, was openly antagonistic to
{h" stormy debp.te* in
assembly ?t Lemberg and the stu
nts' rows In the unlverBity of the
city often proved. Even in re
us matters there" was no union,
the provincial capital boasted
rival archbishops aft well as a
dignitary of orthodox Jewry. The
Indeed, were everywhere, as pet
rtraders, usurers, bnnlters, and year
lyear they were becoming more and
the economic masters of the
a try, writes A. Wyatt Tilby in the
odon Graphic. The country was
ir, but It whs made to be wealthy.
soil is good, there is excellent
able and pasture, there are valuable
in the mountains, and, above
|tll, there are vast oil fields. It was
oil which attracted the only Eng
hmeu or Americans who ever went
l|? Gallcla. But there was a heavy
luoual drain of emigration, and it
Itsed to be said in jest that there would
on be more Gatlclnns in Chicago and
(Winnipeg than in Gnllcla.
Bnt two years of war hit Gallcla
fkard. and the second year harder than
like first. Lemberg, which has changed
hinds twice, has indeed escaped dam
Jife. and Przeinysl?a miserable, seC
lod-rate town, in spite of Its strategic
[Import ance-?-siifTered little during the
Iprolonged siege. Cracow, too, far away
I to 'he west, where the great monu
|Bents of old Polish history combine to
[form one of the most interesting, if
rented iIn* real wealth of the family,
niude themselves snug In the rest of
the room. The floor was trodden
earth, and sanitation was as the
snakes of Ireland. The extraordinary
thing to an Englishman was that this
insufferable atmosphere produced
beautiful children, healthy women and
sturdy men. I have seen children come
ont of a hovel whose graceful carriage
might be the envy of a woman of fash
Ion, and whose faces were those of
angels.
Typhus Is Their Scourge,
According to our notions, they should
all die of consumption; but typhus,
born in dirt and nourished on under
feeding, Is the real scourge of the coun
try. When a case breaks out, the
family of the victim go to the church
and the whole village comes to pray
with them for the patient's recovery;
and typhus being one of the most in
fectious diseases ktiown, it must be a
very mild, innocuous type that does
not produce an epidemic when th^se
are the only means taken to cure It.
I suspect that much of the heavy
mortality among the troops lighting in
Gallcla has been due to this cause.
There have been hints in the Austrian,
and more particularly the Hungarian
papers, of terrible outbreaks all along
this front. The doctors can do little
under military conditions; only winter
can lessen the scourge?by killing off
the victims. But In spring the whole
thing wilf break out again. y
Meantime the condition of Gallcla
must be miserable indeed. The heavi
est fighting on the eastern front has
been there; the terrific battles of
Halicz have almost rivaled Verdun. It
is known that the Germans have car
ried off much of the stock to replenish
their own larders. Nearly all the able
bodied men of the country have been
called up for military service over two
years. Agriculture has been practical
1XJTBUR0 , OAUCIA
Wast visited, of European cities,
threatened for some months, but
tas so far only heard the echo of the
Pins, it is the villages and smaller
towns that have suffered.
Its Villages Not Beautiful.
Now, ? Gallelan village Is not, as a
rote, a beautiful object. No artists
rtslt the country to paint its cottages;
author^ waste superlatives on its
fustic charm. Indeed, the only thing
superlative about It is its mud, which
Ls as niut-h a specialised product as a
London foj;. in the wintesj when the
is hard, one may, If sufficiently
'?ollsh aihI inexperienced, walk down
^ street without leggings reaching to
toe knee and still emerge recognizably
human; in high summer the mud
changes its form but not its evil na
by turning into dust. But for the
re*t of the year it is Just mud. Even
toe women wear Wellingtons, and tuck
'bell" skirts in at the top.
Nor is a Galiclan interior much more
^tractive. The house, which is built
clay, is necessarily fashioned to re
*Ul 'be cold, for the winds from the
D?nh blow straight down on the prov
,ncf- Even if the window is made to
It is not opened from October to
&y- I remember entering one such
r?ttage on an Easter Sunday morning
*?me years ago. The whole winter's
'^cumulation of stale, exhausted air
Insupportable after the fresh
breeze out of doors. A sick
was in the lnrge family bed; a
*0 with its chickens looked at me
*l'l'ionsiy from the other *nd of the
?*orefl quilt; an inqtilsltive pig pro
Tv lls 5010,11 from beneath the toed.
M ^ w bole family slept In that bed at
2JL "xr-^.t the husband, who occu
i r?* the warm corner hy tbh *tof? At
^fcbt; and the animals, who reprfr*
ly ruined; communication between
east and west is cut off by the line of
the opposing armies, which lies flat
across the province from Volhynla to
the Carpathians; and very many of
the villages have been destroyed, as in
other parts of Poland. Whatever tin
political fate of Gallcia after the war
the ifconqueror will have to rebuild Its
industrial life from the foundation.
Ancient Lead Diggings.
Several Indian lead diggings and evi
dence of Smelting furnaces used by In
dians mnny years ago have been found
by Charles E. Brown and Albert <>.
Barton of Madison while studying the
Indian remains in Grnnt county, ac
cording to an article published In the
latest number of the quarterly bulle
tin of the Wisconsin Archaeological
society.
Although many evidences of Indian
village sites, cemeteries and planting
grounds.have probably been destroyed,
the authors of the article were able to
And about 15 village and camp xites,
and ten mound groups In PlHtteville,
Harrison, Potosi and Paris townships
and in the vicinity of Cassvllle.
Some of tlyj^old Indian loadjiiines
were found within the city limits of
Platteviile. They consist of burrows
dug in the base of a hill nonr the
water's edge.. An Indian smelting fur
nace was discovered some time ago In
Plattevflie township at a placf known
at Tufa Falls. It consists of n bopper
ghaped hole, lined with stone grat?*s
upon which the lead ore was heaped
and covered with burning wood. The
melted lead dropped Into the hopper.
. _ Puzzling.
Why la It Mrom?fc eager to go shop
ping "are unwilling to go marketing?.
Author of LAKE arr?
STREAM CAME FISIIING
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FLY TACKLE FOR BEGINNER.
My Dear Duck:
You wuut to got into tho fly-casting
game, but you feol that the price of
un outfit la high. That all depends,
old man, on how you go about it. You
have heard bo much about rods at |26
I to $60 and bo on, that it makes you
feel sick when you think of practicing
on Buch high priced tackle. You ex
pect to give the tackle some hard
knocks before you get the hang of the
sport and you see your bankroll with
a healthy case of shrinkage during the
operation.
For a starter there is no need of
going deeper into the mint for an out
fit than say $15 to $18 and if you do
feel like playing her a little higher,
$25 makes a limit, and at that you can
get a good serviceable outfit that will
take you through the season and give
you a working practice that will make
you a "stay-for-sure" fly-caster.
Select Rod With Care.
Of course every fellow wants as fine
an outfit as he can select after he's in
the game and has the rough edges
worn off. A rod for instance should
have the same consideration that one
gives to the selection of a shotgun
or rifle. It takes the same place in the
fishing kit that the gun does In the
hunting layout. A fellow pays a good
price for a gun, he selects the best
he can get and is mighty particular
about the drop?the bore and all de
tails, because he depends on his gun
to stand him well at the right mo
ment. Therefore as the rod holds the
same value to the fisherman, the care
in selection and the money put into
the rod covers a big vital point in the
outfit.
However, for a starter wo can select
a well made and serviceable line of
tackle atja very moderate cost. I^pre
is an outfit, from which a selection
can be made at either end, as to
price, and it wilJ cover tackle good
enough for any beginner. You can
buy the $5 rod or the $10 one or go
anywhere between, and you will get
good value as far as service goes.
Outfit for the Beginner.
Fly rod of split bamboo or steel, $5
to $10.
Heel, single action, click, $1 to $5.
Enameled waterproof silk line, $1.50.
Half dozen 6 foot gut leaders, $1.25.
Two dozen artificial flies, about
eight patterns, $3.
Fly book, $1.60.
Wicker creel or basket, $2.
Landing net (folding), $1.25.
Leader box, 25c.
In selecting your rod, make 1t a 9 to
9*? foot in length, 5 ounce weight,
three piece with extra tip, snake guides,
German silver ferrules and solid metal
reel seat. The rod when together
should turn around in the hand with
exactly the same droop all around. It
should show an even curve without
lopping over to one Bide and have
plenty of action when you whip or
bend It.
The line should be enameled water
proof slit, level braided size E. Here
you can go a little deeper If you wish
and get a double tapered line, which
being lighter at the ends makes less
friction in going through the guides
and enables you to shoot out the line
for greater distance in your casts;
however a level braided line will an
swer the purpose.
The reel is not as important In fly
casting as in bait-casting, as if Is
merely used to store surplus line. The
featherweight, 60-yard size, weighing
3 ounces, makes a good all round reel,
while the automatics ate coming into
use to a greater extent each season.
Flies You 8wear By.
Whip n stream for a few hours trying
every fly in your kit without a rise,
when the flsh are "off," and then pick
a fly at the wlndup when they happen
to be "on" and get a well-filled creel
and you will play that fly clean across
the hoard, until the same thing hap
pens over again with another fly. One
well-known fisherman who carries in
his kit an assortment of about a dozen
flies, admits that in the past five years
he has seldom used other than three
flies and he is some fisherman at that,
not the porch variety.
For the eight patterns to go with
the above outfit let it go at Coachman,
Professor, Queen of Waters. Cow
Dung, Brown Hackle. Silver Doctor,
McOinty and Emerson Hough Buck
tail. This last named"fly~rs a new one
to most trout fisherman, but it sure is
a killer. It isn't a very fancy looking
cuss, Just an ordinary sort of a fly
that don't shine up alongside of the
dainty looking feathery affairs, but to
those who have used it. it holds the
first place In their fly book, because
it is certainly some creel filler.
With -the above tackle, Buck, yon
can have many pleasant days on the
trout streams and feel that you are
learning a game that has added at*
tractions every time you play It.
DIXIE. .
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