The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-07-20

it. We feel sympathetic feeling grow
ing up between many rich people how
ever for the poor, and the time will
/ come when these gentlemen viii give
/ mp much for the good of their fellow
men.
/ The attention paid this temperance
cause by the Lord Mayor did much to
strengthen its influence. On Thursday
afternoon he rendered reception to
tie women at the Mansion House and
served refreshments to all rom the
gold and silver plate for which he gives
bonds to the city upon taking possession
of the Mansion House to the amount
/ of Sc, 900 pounds or $4,000. The toast
/ he gave was full of good and manly
] thought and encouragement to the
women to keep steadily on IN the good
work already begun in England and all
1 the world
/ In listening to these women from all
around the world talk, the thing that
most Impressed me was the equality of
all. Women from the islands of the
4 sea compared we'll with those of Amer
lea and England or any OF the more
civilized nations. The part Lady Hen
I ry Somerset takes in this work lends an
/ untold power to the temperance ques
/ ton in England. This lady spends
! time, money and talent of which she
/ has vast stores to make it a success.
! She too gave reception at one Of her
i beautiful summer residences to the
ladies both foreign and English. One
/ thousand accepted her invitation to
/ Rigate Priory Refreshments were
! served on the most beautiful lawn as
sweet music waited over the balmv air
| Twenty young ladies played stringed
| instruments and as many more sang at
! intervals throughout the afternoon.
The British Museum. This is a won
derful place. One could proftablv
! spend months in the study of it. En-
| trance Hall is 81 feet long. 1t contains
the statues Of Shakespeare and others.
The Room of Inscriptions is ahead. 1t
contains a series of Roman and Greek
inscriptions. The Manuscript Hall was
most interesting. 1t is filled with the
| historical manuscript OF the original
| Magma Charta etc. The Kings Library
! contains a collection of $4,000 volumes.
| The Roman Gallery contains Roman
antiquities, fragments of Roman Mosaic
! pavement, portraits, busts and statues.
| The Archaic Room contains the Lion
and Sphinx which once formed part of
the Sacred Way leading to the Temple
Of Appolo. The Ephesus room contains
| fragments of the Temple of Diana. FL
! gin contains the former Elgin Marbles
brought from Athens. Egyptian an
| Equities occupy three halls. The Phe
nician antiquities, carvings, gravestones,
/ vases, etc, Is most interesting, the half
of which one cannot see in hurried
i visit.
We next visited the famous London
rower, one of the most historical spots
n England. We first 20 to Regalia or
| Crown Jewels where we see Queen Vic
| tOria's crown. 1t is adorned with no
fewer than >, 1883 diamonds and large
sapphire and ruby. Sir Edward 5
'rown is here; also the Prince of Wales
crown of gold and no jewels, Sir Ed
ward 5 staff of gold IL feet long and
weighing 96 pounds; the Royal Sceptre
with cross adorned with jewels; Queen
| Victoria s sceptre, the sceptre of Queen
! Mary, the salt cellar of state in the form
Of the White Tower, a silver wine foun-
tain given to Charles / by the corpora
ton of Plymouth, and many things of
| interest too numerous to mention. We
| next 20 to the White Tower or Keep, F"
the oldest of the fortresses. Among
the historical events that took place in
this tower was the imprisonment OF
| Prince James of Scotland and beneath
he staircase were found the bones of
the two Princes murdered by their
uncle Richard III. On the first floor
we entered two apartments in which
Sir Walter Raleigh was said to have
been confined when he wrote his his
tory of the world.
We entered the banqueting hall con-
tanning collection of arms and armor
and the council chamber III which the
dedication Of Richard IL took place
In this chamber we saw the Equest-
rian figure .! Queen Elizabeth \ tour
nament suit of the time of Henry VI, a
suit of heavy armour of the time Of
queen Mary said to have belonged to
Francis Hastings, and a suit bearing the
initials of Robert Dudly; the uniform
worn by the Duke Of Wellington as con-
stable of the Tower and the cloak upon
which Gen. Wolf died before Quebec
in 1859.
In these same rooms may be seen
two brass guns of the Duke of Glouces-
ter, part of the pump of Mary Rose
and collection of the instruments OF
torture in which are dummies giving
one a clear idea of how they worked.
Outside the Tower is collection of old
cannon dating back to the time of Hem
ry VI. Here on the common We had
the pleasure Of seeing tie British stand
ny army practice.
We now walk from the Tower to Lon
ion Bridge along the docks and ports
u London. Nothing conveys 50 we'll to
a stranger an idea of the vast activity
and stupendous wealth Of London than
4 visit to these streets where ware
houses form small towns of themselves,
and extend in long rows along the banks
Of the Thames. Here ships OF every
nation under the sun discharge their
cargoes. Having taken the underground
railway down | wished to 20 back to
estminSter on the river Never be-
fore, or since, have | been in such a
busy, noisy, hurrying place. The 20
Ice advised me not to 20 on one street
but To 20 around it. Thinking | had
gone lar enough around turned ,wn
( on to it where | was for the first time
raid 10 be on London streets alone.