Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-07-26
IcoNT1NUED FROM LAST WEEK,


HOTEL THACKERY,
London, June 80, 1900.
was impressed with the gold ornaments
from many different countries, particularly
those from Ashantee and the seals and orna'
ments from Pompeii. In the Rothschilds'
room are many beautiful things, notably an
exquisite gold cup, inlaid with pearls and
gems, and the miniature figure of an Indian
prince richly ornamented.
Passing into the Egyptian room we saw
many dummies Of persons and animals, do
nestle utensils, ornaments, &c.
In the Assyran rooms we noticed tablet
dated 1000 B. c.. and the seal of Darius the
Great, and many Others
The Mexican and Peruvian rooms contain
relics of the Aztec and Inca civilization.
The North American Indians were repre-
sented by many objects with which we are
familiar.
There are q number of rooms devoted to
the exposition of the different religions OF the
world by statues, rel!cs articles of worship &c
There are four rooms each well devoted TO
showing vases, bronzes, terra cottas, and
others to show specimens of the worlds ad-
vance from barbarism to the civilization we
now enjoy-from the Swiss Lake Dwelers
down to the present time.
An interesting room is the Mausoleum
room, showing the remains Of Mausoleus at
at Hallecarnassus. This is such wonderful
place that we have concluded it is despair
creating place, as one feels they can never
see half that is to be seen Of its treasures.
Saturday morning we started for the an
cient and historical London Tower. The
old gray stone building surrounded by a
moat (now dry rises with the towers from
the banks of the Thames, built in the time of
VIM the Conqueror, its battlements have
looked down on many an historic scene.
The Traitors Gate through which those I'M
fortunates were led to execution was the first
to attract our attention. Then came White
Tower. Here We walked over the stone
steps where the bones of the murdered prin-
ces were placed by their cruel uncle, Richard
Ill; and here, too, is where Sir Walter Raleigh
was imprisoned, and is exhibited the block
upon which he was beheaded. The inscrlp'
tions cut IN the walls in some of these towers
are interesting. To Lady Jane Grey is at
tributed the following:
To mortals' common fate thy mind resign;
My lot today tomorrow may be thine
1t will be remembered that Lady Grey and
her husband, Lord Dudley, were imprisoned
in Beauchamp Tower where they, with Anne
Boleyn suffered martyrdom during'he bloody
eras. The Bloody Tower is the Evolutionary
scene of the murder Of the royal children in
1888.
The armories are intensely interesting
where are exhibited coats of mail of many of
the English kings, and the block and axe
with which Jane Grey was beheaded, and
many other things Of which haven't the
time to speak now
BY tip we were able to get into St.
Peters chapel, where the bones of Lady Jane
Grey, c. Howard and other historic charac-
acteIs are inferred,
On our way to the towers we passed down
Cheapside, crossed Thread Needle street and
saw the Bank of England, Mayors mansion,
Royal Exchange and Royal mint, and went
over the tower and London bridges. After
leaving the tower we went through Billings.
gate Fish Market and saw some characters.
tic scenes We here took boat and rode up
the river to Parliament House. The bell on
the tower of Parliament House is the largest
in the world, and the clock face the largest
dial. The House Of Lords is very fine but
the Commons does not look any better than
Congress.
Our next place of Interest was Westminster
Hall where all of the famous trials have been
held and we stood within the gray old walls
that have echoed the cloquence Of Burke,
Pitt, and hosts of other disllng uished men :.
We saw the spot where Charles 1 heard his
doom pronounced and we descended to the
crypt which is nothing more than an under
ground chapel.
At night we attended the Covent Garden
Opera and heard Faust, with Nelba, E. de
Reske, and other stars in the cast. 1t was
fine and enjoyed it immensely.
1must tell you something about how the
people dress. The women are very gay, in
deed, some in good taste and others very bad;
they dress as gayly on the street as we would
to attend social function, and at night at
theatre or opera every one in the better part
of the house is IN full dress. The men wear
very wide trousers and boys 10 to 10 years
of age wear Elton jackets with long pants and
turnover white collars. They look very odd
to us.
We attended concert this afternoon in
Albert Memorial Hail. it was very fine. The
building is circular in shape and can hold
when crowded. 4.O00people. The organ is the
largest in England. The Royal Artillery
Band played selections and there were two
solo singers.
Coming home our bus driver was very
communicative and he told us all the houses
of the notables as we passed down Picadilley
Baden Powells house was rather plain one
of yellow stone. The Duke of Cambrdges
mansion was imposing and the Duke ofDev-
onshre has an ideal place with paved court
in front surrounded by an iron fence. We
also saw the former residence of the Duke of
w al with a Rpo apuootr;op ctatun