Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-08-21
4 Scamper Through Scotland.
By wAI4EH WILLIAMS IN COLUMBIA HERALD

icIeuCt! ounuaY Is DAY OF eXcur-
sions and plcnlcs and beer gardens, Of
big dinners and long maps In the after
noon and base ball games. The Sab
bath suggests rest and peace, the
sound of bells from the church steeple,
the sermon from the pulpit and a
quiet walk with the children in the
garden. In Scotland everybody keeps
the Sabbath. 1t was a thief and MUIR
derer who tempted a Scotch lassie to
elope with him. She knew all his
evil deeds Of blood and dishonesty but
yet forgave. Leaving her fathers
house with him early one Sunday
morning she heard him send for bot
tie Of whiskey. "What was that?"
she asked. He told her. 81 dinna
marry a man who breaks the. Sab.
bath!' was her response. And she
didn't.
No trains run in Scotland on Sum-
day, save here and there through
mail train. The shops are closed.
There are more stores open on Sunday
In a Missouri town of 5000 people
than in Glasgow where there are over
million souls. Saloons close slight. "
Even restaurants are open but two or
three hours in the middle of the day.
Omnibuses and street cars stop run
ming or at least run only at long inter
walls.
And the most prosperous people In
all the world, considering the resour-
ces OF their country, are the canny
Scotch.
SIX CITIZENS OF DIFFERENT KINDS.
Scotland is proud, in different de-
grees, and various ways, of round
half dozen distinguished individuals.
This pride extends to Others but 1t is
specially manifest regarding them.
The names Of the immortals are John
Knox, Mary Queen Of Scots, Robert
Bruce, William Wallace, Robert
Burns and Sir Walter Scott. There
is theology, poetry, romance, love and
literature. Mars and Cupid, mixed In
most delightful way. Edlnburgh's
history is interwoven with that Of
Knox and "tbe mlschievous Mary, OF
the Spaniard's blood" Around Ayr
is the Burns country. Abbotsford is
Scott's particular possession, while
from beyond Bannockburn to the bor-
der are memorials and reminders OF
Wallace and Of Bruce.
The Scot is clannish yet but in no
unpleasant way. He is proud Of his
land and its heroes. He prefers his
own. With 1t all he is hospitable and
courteous, in grave, gentle, kindly
fashion, which is so evidently sincere
that it wins the travellers heart. Dis
courtesy has not yet been learned in
Scotland even In the slums Of its great
cities. The people have not forgotten
how to cherish national ideas. They
worship principles and do not blindly
follow men.
Practically one-half of the sea-going
vessels of the world are made or fin
ished in the river Clyde, the slow
moving stagnant stream which divides
Glasgow into unequal halves. We
went through the ship-buildlng yards
and docks under the guidance of Prof.
William A. Kessen, cousin of Alexan-
der Stewart, Of Columbia. Noise, noise,
noise. Great ships, with iron beams
like the ribs Of mighty ocean monsters
as they were, could be seen everywhere
and the sound OF hammering the huge
nails, red hot, into the sides, the shap-
ing of the vessels and the hoisting of
the gigantic frames into place made a
din deafening the very thoughts Of the
visitors. The skeleton Of ship is not
attractive any more than the skeleton
of human being. Neither bones nor
iron bolts are pleasant to look upon.
There is nothing particularly roman
tic or enhancing about the rusty
framework OF an ocean steamship but
IL takes on new interest when 1t is re-
membered that its right construction
means the difference between life and
death TO those who trust themselves
upon its decks. An ocean vessel, upon
the ocean, gives one the impression Of
grace and beauty and speed, but an
ocean vessel, upon the land, in all its
undressed incompleteneSS, with no
flesh and blood upon upon its skeleton,
suggests power and strength and
safety.
Glasgow, second only to London In
size among the cities Of the United
Kingdom, is not wholly given over to
ship-building. There are manufactures
Of every description. The city is en-
terprising, bustllng, smoky, a Pitts
burgh by the waters edge. ''Its trade
with the United States, said the Hon
orable Samuel NJ. Taylor, the Ameri-
can consul-general, "equals that OF all
France with America" There are
several smokestacks more than five
times as high as the dome Of the Uni
versity Of Missouri or the flagstaff
over the capital on the Jefferson City
bluffs. They partly pierce the clouds.
Nor are manufactures the only at
traction in Glasgow or bolts and yes
sells and pins its mightiest products
The University OF Glasgow, upon a