The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-11-28
No. 81.

=, - JNS ~ Hterest, historical an
!. oemer"lSe' TO NhIch our attention wa
\ O%neu' or sdvertto the many circumstance
"hicu nave made the Tower Of Londo
famous. | will supply say that the curio,
l'ieS q TINS stern Old fortress are the mos
unique Of their kind and extensive in thei
collection, that tha world can produce
arms and armor arr detailed here owe
tne lapse OF two thOuAand years, in endles
variety and the mosA fantastic shapes
arms shaped into 8QHers. shells. suns
stars. embiems, crests, and every conceiy
aoie form, bright and glistening ike Al
iceberg, surround the visitor on ever,
hahd and On every hoor. and piled in end
less succession from foor to ceiling 80. 90,
STAND VI the most approved muskets suQ
gest complete preparation for any emer
gehcy As one Of the pet exhibitions OF
0ockneyd"m, you realize the fact that the
lo"er OF London is the best epitome Of
England vars and conqpests that can be
round armor and arms from the time q
the Saxon heptarchy down through all the
gradatlons t. the present time, are found
mere, ana the student of history and anti
qulues Could prohtably spend weeks and
lhohths tracing the art Of uffense and de-
fense In all their details. Built ON the
runs of Roman fort, the Tower proper
impresses one with its great strength :-
walls Ia feet thick would seem able to re-
sls' the impact Of any size Of prpjectile vet
| invented, and hid Defiance to the ravapes
oi Time Among the many things to be
seen is the national regalia, consisting Of
crowns, swords Of state, sceptres, orbs,
necklaces, and other trappings Of royalty,
~ carefully guarded, and the visitor is un-
able to make any close examination Of
them, but must take their history a. given
by the aged female in attendance. We
next visited the gloomy apartments in
which were confined the state prisoners.
and looked upon relics and inscriptions
which again reminded us Of arbitrary and
unrelentlng potentates, long since gathered
to their fathers. While passing out from
the Tower we looked over the collection Of
ancient and foreign ordnance which are
preserved as trophies If England's powers
on land and water, and concluding our Wis
Il We left the Tower and its precincts, con
vinced that our halliday had been vel
spent.
AsgaSt 3. Taking steamboat at London
Bridge, We hIed for Westminster Abbey.
and at 10 a. Ia. stood under the shadow Of
the venerable pile, and az we looked
across tu the new houses Of Parliament. we
had the privilege Of contrasting the old
with the new, bu' whether feeling had the
better of judgment or not, we we're con
strained to concede that the hoarv memo
rial of by-gone days was enthusiastically
and otherwise more an object of contem-
platlon and approval than the Saracenic
pile which overshadows the River Thames;
but while the exterinr Of the Abbey Is
worthy of all admiration, the interior is
full of memorials which We have come to
see, and entering the sacred fame, we wait
ed until the clerical guides had arranged
our companies, and AS our eyes attempted
to take in portion of the vast number NJ
monuments and memorials here erected to
England 8 lllustrious dead my mind Was fill
ed With an absorbing feeling Of ave. Stand
ing under the shadow Of !, 200 years, COW
ering the elimination Of the Saxon dynas-
ty, the rise and progress Of the Anglo
with its record Of wars. rspfhe," "feR6rAapg,
and death also its glory in arms, litera-
ture, and science, and now vergIng rapidly
to the zenith Of the sTardest development
of national renown which has ever been
reached in the history Of nations. Being
ready, We we've conducted through all the
chapels and shown the time-worn monu-
ments of kings, queens, mobiles, and emin-
ent men and women without number. un-
til the eye was wearied and the mind failed
III its comprehension of the revealed past
and possible future. | here realized that
those time eaten memorials Of departed
greatness, to the student Of history were
interesting only as far as they reminded
one Of those noble traits of character
which, as they were developed, helped TO
lift to higher plane of human advance
ment those who we're subjects as well AS
those who were peers. Among the many
relics by which we were surrounded, one
especially claimed my attention, and this
was the stone upon which 50 many Scottish
monarchs he'd sat when, on their corona
ton day, the amounting oil of power and
rule was conferred upon them at Scone,
and which history informs us was stolen
from poor auld Scotland, and kept as a
lucky y-stone by England; but now as joint
proprietors Of the curiosity, there is neither
discord nor contention over this relic Of
superstition. We spent half day in the
Abbey.
August Z. Noon found MS steaming
down the River Thames, and about night
fall we were fairly out on the German
Ocean, graphing with stiff gale from the
north, and our boat being without cargo,
we were pitched about in every direction
and had very little rest during the night
Song bay Of Biscay,~ preceded BY piano solo
" storm.
August 8. got up at 6 a. m, feeling
very unsteady and sick but, having
dressed, | went on deck, making some
hair breadth escapes from getting my
brains knocked out. Whew how it did
blow /; and ten minutes sufhced to compel
n retreat to my room, and, oh horrible to
relate, |, who had recently crossed the At
lantic in high feather, scatheless Of sea
sickness and refusing to pay tribute to
King Neptune, had ignominiOusly to cast
up my accounts and pay my debts to the
insatiate wielder Of the Trident. James
in the course Of the day was compelled to
do likewise. This, he explained, was in
sympathy for me. Spent a miserable day
and night
August o. Very little better, but in
sight Of st. Abbs head and IN the latitude
OF Berwick upon 4 weed, and if permitted
I would have gone ashore, but weAwere
making better SAILING time and the wind
was abating steadily, less sea running, the
clouds we're clearing away, our boat had
less motion. and the nausea that always
follows sea-sickness having 70 some extent
left me, went ON deck and found auld
Scotias pleasant fields and woody braes
looking invitingly down upon us, and We
were passing the town Of Dunbar. Away
to the north and west the highlands and
coast of Fyfe were family seen in the dis
tance. West of Us aud standing up blue
aud clear rose North Berwick Law, with
the town spread At Its feet, while more t.
the north and rising majestlcally from the
Firth of Forth were the beetling cliffs o
the famous Bass rock, streaked and dis
colored by the deposit from millions Of ses
fowl, which has been accUmulating fo
} centuries. TSntsllon Castle, rugged anC
. | rutual from ia rar.h ~, th. tna.rI. ~