Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-06

almost to enthusiasm, and think tney
have the greatest country and the best
queen on earth. By reading signs and
Advertisements we see that the queen
~pAtronizes everything they make or have
to sell. All name of toilet articles,
ornaments and styles are patronized
BY the queen. She is, accordingly,
q patron saint to the shop.keeper.
An speak Of her in the most respectful
terms aud appear to feel a pride in hAv-
iug such a pure and noble woman for o
queen. There is said to be a growing
tendency to intemperanee among the
poorer classes, but very little evidence OF
this is to be seen on the streets. There
ia much 10 be seen abouta city like this.
There are many public institutions, such
as the museums, parks, cemeteries, DO
! ~tanical and geological gardens, churches,
monuments. etc but these have heen
described so often that | will not 90 into
details here. While | have enjoyed my
stay here and learned much about the
people and their characteristics, | do
not feel tempted to stay longer, and
really would not accept the finest square
of buildings in the place upon the con
dition of living here, 1t would take a
man a life time to get used to the ways
Of the people, so different rom ours,
although this is q part of the mother
country, and we see faces OF every turn
that look familiar and American like.
In the first place they are too slow-no-
body seems to be in q hurry or care for
business. Even the cabmen make no
effort to secure custom, and, except the
leading points, know astonishingly little
about their own city. Shopkeepers open
late in the day, say from . to 10 o'clock.
and tken manifest no anxiety to
sell their goods; the newsboys and
girls never strike a trot, blu.
creep along as lazily as the smoke which
hangs over them. TIE monster horses,
with long, untrimmed fetlocks, drag pom.
drous loads and look as solemn as Sun.
day, while their drivers are as grim as
uuderiakers, and not ai likely to smile.
The hotel folks glide about noiselessly
and never anticipate anything a guest
may wish. You may ask q thousand
questions without receiving any definite
information, unless you are asking what
they charge for something; then it is
sure to be enough; and 80 it is with most
: of the people here. 1t is q solid, impol
. tant old city, but no place for a live
American more than two or three days.
2 While the antiquity Of Glasgow ia we'll
established there is not much Of the dis
tsnt part to be seer except the cathe-
+, drsl and til, metropolis, where so many
o of the great aud the good as well as some
of the bad of Scotland lie buried. Oh
this place it may be worth while to make
special mention, aa it interests me more
: than anything | have seen. Itpossesses
d great historical interest, having been
d foundec in the tenth or eleventh century.
Y 1t was improved for several GER .uries and
d is one Of the few magnificent structures
g Of the kind once scattered over Scot
g land which escaped the fury Of thC
o troubles which swept over the country
h two or three centuries ago. The las
bishop fed to France, taking with hin
the treasure and many valuables of thu
II cathedral. The remaining emblems snt
paraphernalia we're destroyed, but tn
Ie building was never injured; it remain
D. one Of the most perfect specimens o
Is Gothic architecture to be found il
d Europe, and is the wonder and admira
ton of ell visitors. The property be
4. longs to the crown, but it is used by th
established church Of Scotland. Th
IS crypt itself is a large church, and ha
20 been used for cunturies as such. Unae
Of its stone floors and in the walls are th
remains Of many royal and once dii
IS tinguished persons, whose very name
o. have been almost forgotten, and ca
Il scarcely be deciphered from the dam
to and Wondering slabs. The place i
k, more like a mouseleum than a churci
ey But above, in the main body Of the buil(
ut ing, where the light streams in throug
sir immense iron domes Of many colore
Dg glass, the effect is grand. Here, too, al
many inscriptions and monuments I
the dead, but generally to the more r
cent dead, especially members OF th
learned professions and military honol
W who have fallen in the Indian and CO
mean wars. la the yard are borders
" old slabs over tombs where familiar o.
OF Scotch names may be made out. I'll
30 metropolis in q wall near by presents .
Dy imposing appearance, and contains mar
an costly monuments. Among them is oil
w. to John Knox, whose name is hous
70 hold word with Scotchmen and Presb
70 t%erians throughout the world.
MS J. H. NJ
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