Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-12
FROM FOREIGN PARTS
WHAT THIS LETTER MIGHT HAVE
cosr BY JIM BENEFITS CABLE.
. corxeou. Gate Keeper Mistaken for the
Prince OF Waies-Rambisng Through
France and Germany.

Brrssrrs. BrLnms. September 10, 1899
Recalling 20 mind the long letters have
been writing 10 you from foreign parts"
presume You are by this time somewhat
in the predicament in which Henry Clay
found himself when no captured the VIII
liam Goat and did not know what 70 do
next. Well, I began this correspondence
with business proposition and will end
II with another. If you viii send me
free ticket home on the Normannia III
guit | have heard os paving an ofRhh-
grinder 20 go away, ana l 90 hot &c wy
II is not equally philosophical % pay man
10 come home when be is more inonenslye
there than abroad. Think u over, ana
send me a cablegram (stricty prepaid by
INV friend Benefits wire. or the first thing
cou Know Won will receive another letter.
his reminds INC that-owing 70 ms
friendship for me-Nlr. Bennett transmit
tod the one word safe 20 INV folks on
inv arrival In Europe for the trifing sum
OF -. 80 AZ that rate / could cable, TINS
,ghole letter 10 YOU for $500 payable IN
Richmond. and shall take 1t under con-
sideration. Still IL u goes by mail you
may conclude TINT / didn't ike 70 tTespas'
further on Mr.. Bennett's partiality for me-
THE GLOOMY TOWER.
In nv last. written from Paris, had
come 10 a description OF our visit 20 the
Tower Of London, and perhaps AZ no piace
ia flo GREAT CITY were we more under tho
smell Of tho mighty past. This gloomy i0r.
fros. built by William the COnquefor eishs
hundred years ago. was used as P9i9Io
for several centrTics. and here h,hs ,,
of France. VIII, 4 captured by the b 1t
Prince entertained tho King OF EnElahu
.fH l. e.. 81
welded. here Anne Boleyn was recel'tu
with magnificent ceremonies, only 20 ~
red forth 10 death ON the block three snort
wears afterwards. and here Lady Jane Grey
had her briOf reign ana surTehueiou
her Young lite on the same. day that neI
husband was beheaded. we stoou III tIIo
pI,odv Tower and nsConded the very steps
-,rJer winch tho bodies Of the httle
ur.ncos we're hidden after their murder ny
pirLor1 III. and where they renamed
until removed 10 Westminster ABBEY.
sr, sorr, to sav we did not SEQ the uun,
,,e.n formerly used as q torture-rOom, ana
ou ho floor If which still remain tho
marks where the direful rack was hHed'
MORT Than usG's RANSOM
What would boo 10 many the most In
tcro.tipo spot Is the rCgalia-room. III is
,.,,it, mail but n contains more than
t.rc,s ransom. Around the sides are sun
Jrg cosos containing with many 0ther
THINGS the collar, star, and b@dge on 'he
Thistle. the Victoria Cross, the ordeIs ot
o.. Garter. Bath, Sc. But tho centre OF
49,. ID LARGE. round case of
,l,. an the middle of the room
in which are the various roy4 crowns
and sreptres. including those or
Gneap Victoria, rospleudent IN goa
80 ieo,eI.. Here also are tine huge golden
mace. massive services OF gOld' anu III
notation Of tho mestlmaDlo hoh-l-hOoE
diamond. r s,,;4, &C
I'm the armory are hundreds oil SUITS OF
orwor cbqiuaud plate some SUITS W.lEhHE
n' ' ,..,,,b ne l01 poupd-). aud in which the
To1lEfv warriors of three centuries ago
rYu.f have shed more sweat than bloou'
hr,r5 the most curiousg guns are breech-
LEADING and a revolving argcnhu5 OF tuo
time az Henry VIII. There are IN tnls
,o1n. also. models Of the rack ana other
instruments of torture.
TIKI BANK OF ENGLAND.
We made short vstto tire Old Lazy
cf TLreadnerdle street" as the Bank OF
England IS called, and saw vast pies Oh
mixed coins being separated IN sleVes
which retained the big pieces anu i9t ,Ao
r,tNe ones PASS through. Inc Oulldlng Is
iow but massive. and seems 10 Ill "a
whole square. The most imposing OBJ
scot however. is the cate-keeper. lie
y,csrs n vast cooked hat, like those
rf our Revolutionary sires, plum-colored
knee brecches a gorgeous red vest anu
poId-omhr0Idercd CLOAK coming Gown lo
Eis heels. | thought at first he was the
Prince Of Wales. who had called IN 70 Reu
little probationary uhDoAno"n ~
his ma. .,--,4.
The streets of London are kept beauu--
nlllv clean. and there are thousands oil
cabs that will carry two persons anywhere
within four miles for "a shilling. IN addl-
ti0u 10 these there are tramWays ana great
two-storv oInnibuses, on when one can
ride ouito a distance for one penny All
vehicles are rlgidly required TO Keep 20 tho
left. but So vast Is the crowd that police
men are constantly on duty. as IN New
York To assist pedestrians IN crossing.
Clothing and shoes are wonderfully
choap but the English foot must he OF
different cut from the American, Tor the
shoes are very big around tho insteP anu
run TO sharp point at the toe. lAeN arc
made with strings or buttons anu I'm IN
cross CATERS are unknown. Inc taiiors
Will cut and make 90 order suit OF spien-
did Tughsh Atwood cloth for Sl2 10 ~;
and "A felt hat that would cost 81 Ia
America can be bought here for SIX or
seven sEililugs.
PARTISAN FEATURES.
After Two weeks of pleasant weather and
DELIGHTFUL experience IN London we cross
,d the channel early IN september ana
found ourselves iu that great metropolis
whore good Americans are SAID 10 90 when
they die. and whittier some pretty bad ones
HE suspect, without awaiting the httie
preliminary event OF death. Established
I'm our hotel and our forces renewed 10y q
GOOD breakfast, we soon sailed forth 90
lose ourselves in half an hour an the maize
of Partisan streets. For crookedness'
cusscdness, and running nowhere IN
particular New York is 1901 TO
II. The streets and bouleyards take
new names every time they make
a new crook. and half the houses seem TO
lee built m angles. Thirteen streets eN-
TEND like spohes If wheel from the Arc
de Irtomphe ia a centre. The names too
are very curiOus-nOt TO say religious. All
She SAINTS Ina the calendar have been hon
ored. and streets arc called for Holy
Fathers Augu-tues, Capuciues, etc. All
the principal critics OF Europe have name
sakcs aud there Is "a Victor Hugo ana a
Lord Byron street You find also Frank
In. Washington. AMI Lincoln streets.
did not observe that the great merits OF
Harrison Ill had yet been recognized.
OF course we visited FIRST OF all the
pslace of the lrOcaiero and the Eltel
tower. which are close together. The
latter Is a considerable piece of iron-work
and the ascent OF 10 something TO test inc
nerves. but the view from the top is glori-
Gus indeed. All Paris lies spread out be-
fore YOU like picture. and far and near
YOU catch glimpse- of her iunumerahle
.p.res aud towers and monuments. Mrs.
a M Grst declined 90 imperIl the elevator
ty her enormous weight, but was finally
urr-uaded up 20 the frs landing, and
thence by instalmeuts 20 the top, "Cs
nest l,e e prtutir pas gag cJHe.' Like SIN,
,t gets easier as You go along.
rRIUMrHs or ARR AND SCIENCE.
Paris abounds in public squares, and
chief among them is the Place de la Con-
cor!e. nearly a mile around, fanked by
tlr lovely gardens of tho Iuileries on one
side and the Champs Elysies, beautiful
shady walk. on the other Magnificent
fountains. fifty feet IN diameter, send up
floods of water at all times. Grand statues
aud groups adorn IT, and last bat not least,
the Monolitb. mate TO that IN Central
Park. New York On the spot occupied
by the latter Louis XVI. was gulllotlned
hundred years ago. and after him thou
saud. of other victims REDEEMED this his
tonc spot with their blood.
OF course We visited the lnvaltdes and
att..r.l tba fnaonlfcent tomb OF NapO-