Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-23
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i There. are some sights al London
"real live sights Z At that, which
| though they escape the attent ton .of .th,
gentry, can not hill to Impress IN OBJ
server Of ordinary keennsas and sintelli
gence. And among the most importan
Of these objects of interest are certainl,
to be classed the Mansion House, th,
Royal Exchange, the Bank of England
and their urroundings. They are al
in the heart ofAwhat IS known as eth,
City. !" London it must beremembered
is divided, for the purposes Of govern
ment, into what may be called Londo1
| proper, with 5twenty-six wards and
number Of .tiiberties and The "ou
| parishes" the5city Of Westminster, anf
| the seven PsFiiamentary boroughs o
/ Chelsea. the To1sg mlets, Marylebone
Ianbs Finsbuu1Y y Haekney ant
South wark. sEachsof@ the boroughs i.
represented by two members in ths
House of Commons. Westminster i.
also: entitled to two and tho city
Of London to four. But this i.
! .digression.l As has been said, the
Mansion House, the Royal Exchange
and the Bank of England, three of ths
most noteworthy buildings in the world
ire situated in what is known as eth,
ity," and surrounded by the riches1
snl most extensive banking houses
/ commercial firms and insurance offices
IA the kingdom.
| 1t has been said, perhaps not ina pity
sl,at the site Immediately in front of til,
Exchange upon which stands the famou:
tatue Of Wellington is the heart Of tn.
world. It.certainly is so to the exten;
| jf being the heart of London. No othe,
>quare of the size in the world can boas'
of such traffic. From it radiate no les
han eight of the most important thor.
'ughfares in great London. 2 King Will
s1m street, Lombard street, Thread.
needle street, Cornhill, Wallbrook, Can
ion street, Princes street and Cheap
:ide, all through the day and night.
| 'mpty living streams into it. From
laybreak until long after dark great
crowds are ever coming and gong. Bu'
few women are seen. This is almost ex-
*lusively mans region---a region tc
make money in-and to lose it. There
goes, putting, fat man, fat and short
With white waistcoat, sallow, tallowj
sort Of face, and long hooked nose:
which plainly reveals hia Jewish origin.
That mans name is known to every
banker in the world. At the bottom o.
a check it is good for: millions, not
dollars, but of English pounds; yet b,
htrries along with far more troubb
and anxiety stamped upon his face
shan is ever =: likely to be ex-
perienced by that swaggering
young officer who stroIls carelessly
INTO Lombard street to negotiate loan
Of few hundreds. There near him,
walking as though his life depended
upon the pace, comes familiar figure
m this quarter-a stockhroker. He does
not dress SO well as do his brethren III
New York, but he has the same keen,
restless eyes. He wears e. flower in the
buttonhole Of his close fitting cut-away
coat. Types, almost identical, of the
same figure, and every one decorated
with q buttonhole flower, are all about.
Sank messengers in uniform and with
black bags move here and there in the
throng; tall policemen-they are numer.
GUS here-watch them protectingly, and
they carry their treasure safely; occa.
sionally dashing fellow, a pick~pocket,
or s,llen-looking knave, sneak thief,
sinks out Of sight Of these same police,
men; but not so the venders of obscene
literature. They are bold fellows in
1.-THE City," and apparently on the best
of terms with the authorities. IT, be
sure, they keep their books with flaring
covers out of sight under their coats
most of the time, but when they see a
possible customer, q sailor, "fush ~
looking clerk or a countryman, they do
not scruple to display their pictures OF
women altogether too Eve like in the
matter of costume, or to loudly proclaim
the merits Of "the very latest new novel;
The racy adventures Of clergymans s
daughter in Londing." On the side:
walks or out in the roadway, it is all one
to them. Under the heads Of the horses,
rivaling the boys, who all day long
sweep the street filth into dust-pans,
these young rascals ply their trade. How
they escape death and nnangling from
the ever-whizzlng wheels Of the car.
riages and cabs and hansoms, whose oc
cupants they hope 70 make buyers OF
their books, is . mystery to a stranger.
And even greater seems the wonder that
these Same vehicles, with draws, and
carts and ornnibuses, and piemen's and
hucksters' wagons beside, do not be
come hopelessly e blocked" !" mixed, in.
terlocked, broken out Of ell use and
shape in that small square to which run
50 many streets But they never dc
|sbecome blocked, !" and, though some q
the cabs and hansoms dart along at the
top speed Of good horses, the percent