Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
MINERAL POINT WISCONSIN, THURSDAY JUNE 1885.

The laboring class work actively for
five days and a half or six days
week and Sunday is quiet and still.
He concentrates his energies for six
days and recruits the seventh. The
streets of London are fairly clean,
and drainage very good, and death
rate low, but it is a smoky, black,
dirty city. All things become COW
cred with the fine falling SCOT. One
can see but a short distance in the
city on the clearest day, especially
if it is dry. The streets are gener-
ally narrow and crooked or very
high buildings entirely shut out the
sun. There are few or no wide ave-
nues. London fortunately possesses
many fine gardens ard parks.
These serve for all kinds of amuso.
ments and pleasure. In these, for
example Hyde Park, royalty aristoo-
racy, wealth and power display their
attributes. Here roll the costly car
riages, in silver mouutings, of Eng
lands nobility. Here may be seen
the luxury of princes in lavish splen-
dor. The birth-right of heredity
lends to royalty an imposing scene.
In the drige of Hyde park may be
seen unbroken files of elegant equip
ages and high bred horses in hand
some trappings, moving continually
to and fro, presided over by sleek
coachmen, powdered laekeys and oc-
cupied by some of the most beauti-
full and exquisitely dressed women
in the world. In the roao are numer-
ous lady and gentlemen riders who
parade their spirited and glossy
steeds before the admiring crowd
sitting or walking at the side. Lon
don has many attractions, some
hoary with age and pregnant with
historical facts Among the build
ings universally celebrated are the
Tower, ST. Paul's Cathedral, West
minister Abbey. The Tower, the
ancient fortress and gloomy state
prison of London, and historically,
the most interesting spot of Eng
land, is an irregular pile of build
ings erected at different periods,
surrounded by battlement wall and
a deep moat, now drained. 1t stands
on the bank of the Thames, outside
Of the ancient city walls. 1t is ir-
regular, tiye-sided, and the ground
plan covered an area of 13 acres. A
broad quay lies between the moat
and Thames. The White Tower is
square and arises conspicuously in
the center. The whole Tower is
yet defended all around by heavy
cannon. This is England's royal
blood bought ground 1t has a Gem
etery in it, the saddest one of all the
earth, associated with whatever is
dark in human nature and destiny,
with all the miseries of fallen great
ness and blighted fame. 1t is the
sepulchre of the beheaded through
the long list from Somerset, the
Protester, to Anne Boleyn and Lady
Jaue Grey.
The location of st. Paul's Catho-
dral has been the site of sanctuaries
from the beginning of the Christian
era. The present church was begun
in 1875 and completed in l7lO at
cost of about four million dollars.
1t is interesting TO observe that in
50 years of construction the whole
building was completed by one ar
chitect, Sir Christopher Wren, and
by one master mason, Thos. Strong,
under one bishop, DR.. Compton.
Wren received 81 900 a year during
the building. Wren's original de-
sign was that of a Greek cross, but
| the Court favorable to Catholicism
insisted on the form of Latin cross.
This, relatively shortened the Tran
sept and heightened the Naive and
choir The Naive is 500 feet long,
the Tran ept is 250 feet long. The
top of the church is 1858 feet above
the pavement. One Of the peal Of
bells weighs Is tons and the bell
and cross on top of the dome weighs
$500 pounds. The cost of the
building was betrayed by tax on
coal. st Paul's is the Sd church in
size in Christendom. st. Peters in
Rome and the church of Milan be-
ing the two largest.
Westminster Abbey was prob
ably first built by King Sebert in
616 but regularly established by
| Edward the Confessor Q049). West.
minister Abbey is church, contain
ing in it cemetery or burial
grounds. 1t may be called the Tenn
pie of Fame of the dead, a royal
vault, a universal sepulchre. Here
rest the last remains or monument
to them of the great and mighty
dead whose deeds are written in
history and whose renown has spread
over the earth. To be placed in
Westminster Abbey is considered
to have received the last highest
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