Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-13

in an open boat I got the worst wetting
that mortal was ever subject to; from
there to Dublin, and was glad when l
q there. 1 got SO Disguised at hear
ing nothing but Irish that / hardly
Knew what to do. The dogs bark
the Language" equally as well as the
natives speak it.; at least you can I'M
derstand Just as much of it. There
are more beggars in that country
than there are pounds of rock in the
Comstock, One "dame" IN the Gap
of Dunloe, as we went up on ponies,
insisted on me buying her
picture, declaring that she was
the "Colleen Bawn." In my
opinion, she should have been
sscalled in" many years before. / was
as anxious to get out of the country as
I had been to go there. The rich are
very rich and the poor, damnably so.
Taking it .sup one side and down the
other" it most certainly is the best
country to get away from l have ever
seen. / remained one week in Liver
pool and arrived in London on May
18th. Next day l went to ''the Der
by.u four.in hand and in fine style.
The bill was only $50, ten of us in the
party. l will reserve a description of
the "Derby Day" until "a give it to
you in person. Have "done' most of
the principal places of London, among
which are The Tower, st. Paul's, West
minister Abbey, British Museum, New
Parliament houses, National Gallery,
Crystal, Alexandria, Windsor and
Buckingham Palace, and ! might add
thousands Of others. Ono in particu-
lar, Mad. Tussaud'a exhibition of wax
figures OF notable and noble people,
from "The Conqueror" to the Prince
% Wales, are here represented life size.
The carriages of Napoleons /. and III.
are also in the collection of curiosities.
The visitors are allowed to enter either
of these at pleasure. The figures are
so life-like that you are obliged to keep
constantly on your guard else you
mistake them for the present inhabit-
ants of this mundane sphere instead
of being "old- timers" reproduced in
wax. They must be seen to be appre-
ciated. The Tower OF London inter-
ested me more than anything else, or,
in fact, all combined. / have seen it at
night, all lighted up lit is now used, or
part of it, for barracks); then is when
it reminds one of the time when it was
in its splendor asa palace. Again I've
seer it at early morn; then it has q
most forebOding of evil look; just at
daybreak, reminding the spectator OF
the many turbulant times it has passed
through, of the crimes, executions,
murders, etc., that have been commil
ted within its hOary walls. grim wit
ness OF a bvgone age. l have been
through it twice. Its annals as a State
prison are replete with gloomy and
fearful events; the history, unaided by
tradition is sad and gloomy enough.
One must pause before the ''Traitor's
Gate'' and think now often grandeur,
and wen royalty, passed beneath its
oininOus portals to exchange honor
and glory for the realities OF a prison
lodging, the torture room and the fatal
ak and block; have been in the cell, or
room, where Sir Walter Raleigh was
confined; saw the place where, tradi-
ton says, the two royal children were
murdered by Richard HIS order, also
the staircase where they were buried
(the bones Of the same are now en-
tombed in the same room in West
minister as are those OF Queen Eliza
BETH; the execution ground where
Lord Hastings, Queen Anne Boleyn,
Earl of Essex, Crom we'll, Jane Gray,
and plenty others, has been looked
over and their past brooded on by
your friend Me-; have stood with one
foot on the grave of Dickens the other
IN McCaully, then change and
have one on Spenser and the other on
Chaucer, all the time looking at a
statue OF Shakespeare. If that is not
glory enough for a "stiff" like l am, ]
would like to know what is, though,
strange to say, I wouldn't exchange
places with any of them. Old Nelson,
who s'couldn't see it," is buried in st
Paul's; the tomb of the Duke of Wei
lington, an elegant affair, Is also there,
also Sir E. Landseer, the eminent
painter, and Sir John Moore, "Not
drum was heard."s
1 left London and went to Paris OF
June Sd. Th't is q shot" place; in all
respects a city of luxury. All nation.
may claim to have good cooks, but
am betting all l can get taken on the
French. You are hungry when yo,
get up I'm the morning and equally sc
when you retire; the tempting display
makes you feeel so. Anything in the
world, cooked in any style, can be hat
at q moments warning. Everybody
eats in the open air. It's a mos
charming idea. Get up in the morning
either take breakfast in your hotel, OF
go up in the Champs Elysees, where
there are several splendid restaurants
or, if you feel q little slough" ant
would like to take a pleasant ride o
twenty minutes, take = voiture "a
charming little four wheeled carriage,
and go 10 the "Cascade," in the Boi'
de Boulogne, it is a capital place fol
breakfast or dinner. The Place de il
| Concorde is the finest and most impos
ing square In Europe and the cul
minating point Of the splendor of TIL,
city. The history of this place is re
markable and well worth the troubl,
of looking up. Thousands hav,
"passed in their checks" on This spot
1t has had its name changed as Otter
as some of our American women
But to attempt to give you an idea Of /
would be to write the history o fFrance
which small undertaking / don't ex
aclly feel disposed to do-that is, no
this evening. Among the many wht
persisted here were Louis XVI. Marie
Antoinelte, Charlotte Corday. Brissot
Madame Roland, Duke of Orleans ant
| the illustrious COrdOrcet, In the cen