The morning news., 1889-05-30

lean brother would refuse to perform for
20 cants, but with toe pence the British
workman can get glass of Scotch whiskey
taat would eat the lining out of a copper
boiler and is warranted TO destroy a mans
| conscience in three minutes by the clock.
! \ ou can be about as violent as you please
IN London so long as you don't use wea-
pon. II cabman is impudent you may
| knock him down and pound his head on
the sidewalk for half an hour, then, if you
feel SO disposed, you may kick his remaiTs
full Of large holes. S l)ng as you only u
your fists or your feet you are all right, but
raise your cane as if to strike tue contuma-
cious cabby, and even though you do not
hit him, you will be up for threatened as
sault, and the chances are that you will be
fined.
SENTIMENT IN COURT.
1t is appare 1tly good thing to have a
| sentimental excuse when starting out on a
| spree. A youth VINO had been hilariouslY
full the night before was let eff with re-
| primand because his sweetheart bad gone
| back on him, while the next victim, who
| filed up and slept in the gutter Simply be-
cause he had nothing better TO do, was fined
3 shillings. Even the heart of the police
magistrate is sottened by the tender tale of
| love. These are by no means all the defuc-
tions the writer drew from his visits to Bow
street, but they will do for single install
ment.
London justice is, however, not the only
thing that arrests the attention OF the newly
arrived American. He quickly experiences
a difficulty about finding his way about
the city. There are | don't know how
many lines of buses and horse cars
''trams" they call them here-and all run
| in different directions, but London extenos
over such a vast area and the bus and
tram connections are so complicated, that
I 8 = q n
| astray, the more 50 as e conductors on
| the buses and trans are the most consis
tent liars in the world, and will promise to
take you anywhere you want to go, and
the set you down about a mile from your
destination with the information, Just
walk bit in that direction and you'll be
| there"
The strangers best play under such cir
! cumstances is to hail a hahsom, they are
always in sight, and have no further bother
or worry. The cab system is one of the
charms of life in London. There are thou
tsands of them all over the city, and one can
ride from one end to the other for 81 and
anywhere within mile for 25 cents, aud it
J costs no more for two than for one. They
! drive like the very mischief, do these cab
! bies, and, tales to the contrary notwith-
standing, they are very decent set of fel-
| lows.
ASK THE FARE FIRST.
1t is always good plan to ask the fare to
| your destination before you get into the
cab, and it is an equally good plan to add 2
pence to the fare if you have ridden a ~
considerable distance, though this is by NJ
means necessary, as it is with the Partisan
| hackmen.
The hansoms are almost always clean and
in good coalition and the horses are far
cbove the average of our American cab
horses, so that it is really pleasure to in
| dulge in a shilling spin through London
streets.
Next to getting lost in TIE older portion
of the town and inquiring your way of
policemen, the best way to see London is
from the box seat CT an omnibus. Perch
yourself alongside the driver and slip the
modest tip into his hand. He will tell you
more about places Of interest than yJu can
ramemter or believe, but though it some
times stretches the credulitY it's lots of
fun.
Naturally all this gossip is very fiat to the
ex-Londoner or the American who runs
overn every year But it is estimated that
there Will be 100000 Americans in London
this season who have never been here be-
fore. Out of that 100, 900 Intelligent, we'll
to-do citizens it is fair to estimate that at
least 10, 900 read the Press regularly, and
it is for their benefit that this is written.