The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-02

'ItdJtSb COuSJIuCblOu VI bne WOIlu
md which is certainly a most i'm
)ressive work Of engineering. The
bridge is nearly two miles long aud
cost over Sl5,0O0,O00, It's towers are
nearly as high as the dome of st.
Paul's in London and each Of its
great spans is longer than the entire
length Of the Brooklyn bridge. The
best engineering schools Of the world |
are in the United States, but all the
most successful engineers are not on
the western side Of the Atlantic.
EDINBURGH, MOST ATTRACTIVE OF
CAPITALS.
Edinburgh was surprise. We
have not seen more beautiful
capital city in all Europe. For
grandeur and picturesqueness there
is no street in Berlin or Paris or
London or Viena or Rome that can
equal Princes street in Edinburgh.
Here the traveller may see on the one
side the New Edinburgh, constructed
upon lines Of architectural beauty
aud upon the other, the Old Town,
from the castle to Holyroad Palace,
starred irregularly with window lights
from its base to the serrated skyline.
We saw this crowning glory OF
Edinburgh for the first time as the
new moon rose slowly over the old
city, silver ship bringing a rich cargo
of romance.
There is much Of interest IN every
corner of Edinburgh. Its history is
so closely associated with all that is
Scottish that almose every house has
a story to tell. Let us go for a morn
ing walk along High street. We
begin at the Castle, a giant fortress
built as tine Stirling Castle, upon /
wall OF rock commanding the city anC
the surrounding plain. Some of th,
seges of the castle made epochs Il
history. The smallest church in al
the British Isles, tiny chapel, is il
the very center Of the castle. Aroun
VT are grouped buildings in the oil
feudal style, banquet halls, and dun
geons, council chambers and prisons
all confused together. From Castl
Hill we follow High street to 81
: Giles Cathedral, most famous churc
in Scotland. Here John Knox preach
ed and in an open square in the stree
near by is simple stone slab whic
is supposed to mark the great II
formers grave. 1t bears but th
I initials OF his name and the DAT
1872. In St. Giles Jennie Geddes,
sturdy Scotch woman, flung the folC
I ing chair upon which she had bee
e seated at the head Of the dean WI
= undertook to introduce an Episcopi
e prayer-book into the Presbyteria
e service. We live in more tolerar
$ times and there are tablets in I'll
: church now to the memory OF bot
e Jennie and the dean. The tablet
the dean was erected by some Of b
d descendants and the inscription upC
:. it naively states that he was "tt
VI first and the last who read the servi,
y book in this church." Without Il
e walls of st. Giles is Hat stone upC
}. which heart is carved marking ii
It site of the Old Talbooth Priso
If ''the heart of Midlothian conspi
IS acies. In the street some bloc
away is John Knox S house, where Il
1t relormer lived for years and where
ID died The Ii use has been fitted !
lie as KNOX museum and contains son
le letters, books, tablets and manuscrl
ID which date to his time and some
T. which we're his own. A curious 0
of print upon wall Of bis study relai
le how indignant were some neighbc
ID OF Knox when be brought his seco
is wife, beautiful young girl Of mol
le birth, home He walked they q
re clared like a prince of the realm a
IN not like dccrepit old preacher
ie they thought him to be. AT the e
IN OF High street is Holyroad PalaC
I'd where Mary Queen Of Sc is had b
s. home, where Rizzio was murder
er and where Knox and the queen h
IN their stormy interviews. 1t is OF
n short distance from High street
to Old Town to Greyfriars church, wi
le the pave stone upon which the Soler
Id Lelxue and Covenant was sign d, t
ne coyenanter's prison and the marty
Of monument Elsewhere in The q
~ lnay be seen the university, the M