Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-21
BONNIE SCOTLAND.
THE CAPITALS OF THE EAST AND
OF THE WEST.
A Great Commercial Emporium and Cen.
ter Of Cultivation-Seoteh Hospitality
The Castle Of edinburgh-A
Magnificent View. Churches
-Holyrood Palace.
GRAND MORAL AND NATIONAL LESSON


on going or returning, and he cannot
fail to be struck by the contrasts be
tween the capitals Of the East and Wes,
Scotland. One is the growth OF teudai
ism, the other OF trade; and there ha'
always been q rivalry between. tn.
neighbors. Edinburgh takes its stant
on its natural attractions, on law ant
letters, gentility and cultivation; while
Glasgow prides itself on its riches, en-
ergy and liberality. The people Of Glas
cow have made the most Of their mag
nifcent river-the Clyde-snd OF tn.
wealth OF minerals in the
counties around. They hav.
made their profit in turn OF tobacco
sugar, cotton, coal and iron. The ito
bacco lords" who used to air their dig
nifty on the "plainstaves' before the
cross in all the glories OF scarlet and gold
embroidery, were succeeded by the
thriving generations OF West Indian
merchants. Before the abolition Of the
sugar duties and the emancipation OF the
slaves, Glasgow had gone back to heI
trade with the American plantations,
but for cotton in place OF tobacco. Her
citizens dug coal and constructed ma
chinery. They covered the banks OF the
Clyde with ship building yards from
which they launched their fleets OF
ships and steamers. Sometimes they
have gone rather deep in speculation,
but on the whole their enterprise has
been tempered by the proyerbial "can.
niness" OF Scotchmen. While spending
their gains freely they have never been
addicted TO show. They have lived within
their means and laid money by, and so
they are LII ely to 20 on tiourishing. The
city has made most rapid development
as a great commercial emporium, and its
population has increased during the
present century at All unexampled rate
as compar, d with any other city in
Europe. The Clyde, with its splendid
estuary on the western coast, gave them
extraordinary commercial advantages,
while it's sh. .ltered lochs and bays have
been dotted over with ilourishing water.
ing places delightful retreats for over.
worked men of business. But the site
of the city and its immediate environs
owe very little to the picturesque, and
naturally there are few remains OF n
modest past, when bands OF Wild High.
landers drove troops OF wilder
ponies and black cattle to sell in the
markets of the little western borough.
Almost its only ornament in stone and
antiouity. is the Cathedral Church Of
st. Monyo, where Frank Osbaldlstone re-.
ceiyed the warning from Rob Roy, when
the freebooter was skulklng behind the
columns OF the crypt. Its real glory is
those lofty factory chimneys, which are
of modern industrial architecture, and
the tiers OF shipping moored to its
wharves and bringing it tribute from
all countries OF the globe; very diiier.
ent in all respects is Edinburgh. The
society OF Edinbur gh is eminenuy
steady and respectable. Consequently
should be sorry TO suggest that II
spends more than il can afford; hut It
must certainly live nearly up to its in
come. There are no colossal fortunes
and few very wealthy men. The court
cards, as Sidney Smith remarked, have
long ago been shuilled out
of the pack: and Edinburgh
sees little of the Scotch nobility or OF
the richer OF the landed gentry. Legal
dianitaries form the Aower OF the local
aristocracy, and there can be no secret
as TO the income OF the Lords OF Session.
Next to the legal residents, to the pro.
fessors. and the bulk OF the numerous
doctors, who necessarily are far from
rich, with the clergy who are generally
poor, come what may be described a
large floating population of people who
are moderately well.to-do. Cultivated
society and the admirable educational
establishments always attract a mixed
multitude OF retired civilians and hall.
pay officers, of colonists who have done
iairly well in the colonies. Scotch peo-
pls, like Swiss and Savoyards, love TO
end their days in the land OF their
birth; but those who have been
exceptionally fortunate seldom care
TO settle in Edinburgh. AS for hosPi'
tality, it is singularly open.handed IN
this "ci,y Of palaces" and IN that re-
snect there is little 20 choose between
any OF the Scotch towns. There is moth
ing better in the world than first class
Scotch cookery, which is still refined by
the influ ences OF masters OF the French
school who flourished in the days oil the
old French alliance. As for Scotch clare'
it continues to deserve its reputation
nor should omit TO mention the mem
bers OF long descended wine hrmi
among the hospitable leaders oil the loca
aristocracy.
Edinburgh is one OF the most impos
ing. interesting and magnificent cities In
Europe. Through its centre deep
wild and rocky ravine extends, divid.
ing the city into the old and
new town. This rayine, which
was once the great deformity of the city,
has been converted into beautiful gar
deps, and is crossed at different placer
by SPACIOUS bridges. On the summit oI
A tremendous precipice stands Edin'
burgh Castle, whose origin is clouded IN
obscurity. II is one Of those iortreSses
which by the articles Of union between
England and Scotland m must be kept Tor
tilted. Scott's description OF is capture
from the English, by Randolph. Ear
of Moray, in 1918, is one of great inter
eat, Sir william Kirkaldy defended il
for Mary Queen Of Scots thirty.three
days, having to contend against the
combined force OF both England and
Scotland. The room is shown ber'
where that unfortunate queen first be
came a mother and the window where
her son, afterward James vi.
when only eight days ole
was let down in a basket TO be conveyed
to a place Of greater safety. This castle
is teeming with romance and historica
interest, and around it clusters the rec
ord OF centuries OF wars. The bird,
eve view from the castle gives an excel
lent idea OF the quiet prosperity the CITY
has enjoyed since the troublous Tune
before the revolution; OF the creoitabit
taste. which on the whole, has presldse
over the public spirited outlay. .niet
has been always increasing; OF the deptt
and earnestness OF Scotch rehglous ieei
inc. and Of the generosity with whict
many fortunate phllanthrop'sts nav
provided for assistance 10 the poor ant
triendless. Yod look over the rsois o
numerous suburbs, with their bloc 3
Of comfortable middle class residence
At your feet beyond the beautiful ga'
dens. where the very railway cutnn
Il aAannnk an