Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-08-10
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THE POLITICAL AND uTERARY cAplTAl
OF SCOTLAND.
CITY OF GLORIOUS TRADITIONS
Great Brldae--sIr Walter SCOTS Monument.
Edinburgh CastIe-Holyrood Palace,
Homo OF John knox.
Correspondence Keowee Courier.l ]

1 Correspondence Keowee Courier.]
Liverpool, England, July las
Glasgow is the commercial capital Of
Scotland, 80 Edinburgh is the lite
rary capital; and it is also the real
capital. 1t is very different from
Glasgow. As we rode over the city
we had fine opportunity to see the
beauty of the place. Glasgow re-
sembles one of our bustling and hus-
tling cities of America but in Edin-
burgh you can almost feel the influ-
ence of the literary and classical at
mosphere, with it's clean and beauti-
full streets. All of Edinburgh, how
ever, is not thus. for the old part of
the town has dirty and poverty
stricken appearance But taken alto
gether the city makes pleasant I'M
preston on ones mind.
Here are many schools of learning
and here many great and able men
have. lived. From this fountain of
learning many streams of influence
have gone out into all the world.
Here is the great university which
has thousands of students, and there
are other institutions of learning Of
less note. This city is located on
the Forth river and has about 300,-
900 inhabitants. AS we entered
Edinburgh we crossed over the Forth
river on the magnificent bridge which
spans the river and which is such q
splendid and enduring monument to
the mechanical aud engineering skill
of man. This ia one of the great
bridges of the world and was erected
at cost of nearly four and a.half
million dollars and was opened to
traffic in 1897.
There are so many things of inter-
est in this city that it is difficult to
know what to say and what not to
say in letter like this, for only a
small portion can be covered. One
feels like he is overwhelmed and sub
merged in the stream of history in
Edinburgh. So many prominent
personages have lived here and so
many events of critical character
have occurred here, that we who
have been here for the first time feel
like we are living in the past, in the
midst Of the crises in human history.
We are stopping at the Royal
Hotel, one of the best in the city.
BY the way, the hotel accommoda-
tions in this country are superb-the
service is extraordinary and the fare
as good as one should want. But
there is one abominable custom over
this way, which is constant menace
to one, the resources x -, re
| mock ketbook .sre lImiteo' anu tnat rs
Tho miserable custom OF tipping
those who wait on you. You know
what it costs to get into q hotel or q
place like this; but you don't kno"
what it is going TO cost you to ge
ont 1t is even worse, they say owe
an tho continent. I have been toll
4 that walters in some of the big hotel
over there will give large sums 10
their position. This business OF tif
n III an
:, ping begins on the steamer "nlo
Il brings you over the ocean ana
!. doesn't stop till you get back
" America.
N Our hotel is on Princess stree
ane of the most important streets
'l- the city. The ground opposite 0
o. hotel and for some distance on
On other side has no houses on 1t, but
OF taken up with beautiful and exq
site flower gardens. On this grou
'as ia the commanding monument to
en- Walter Scott, one of the handsom
in the world. This monument Is
ee' feet in height and was erected a.
ex- cost of about $4,000. 1t is cr'
form Gothic spire, supported
y Is four grand Early English arc
which serve as a canopy TO
H. n, splendid marble statue OF Sir wa
iah' We can see from our hotel the G
nom castle on commanding eminent
h'S rock where it lifts from grassy 81
its weather-stained towers ana
" fications.
ias' The summit of this great cas-
nee'- about 383 feet above the level Q
'lme' sea and furnishes probably the
Is IN commanding and magnificent VII
'he all the city. 1t is next to Hol.
.. D. Palace as place Of historic in
"ork. to strangers. 1t would take a
n 'he a week to do this castle thoro
muoh and it would take little bo
pres write it up. We went over the
'ey' interesting portions OF the
and this, OF course, had to be
aino' done. Queen Mary's little re
e an iteresting one. In this G
,r, the so''De ,.,aa ho.n under
'' reign England and Scotland
., united, and whose name is {
mately connected with our C
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