Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-08-26

cent / learned that these drivers
worked sometimes Is hours and re-
ceived but eight. shillings (Sl.92) as
wage, but of this amount he must pay
something for care of horses and for
benefit funds, etc. One man said the
life was a hard and often bitter
one. The horses are better cared
for. Each works ahout 81 hours on
stretch. They are we'll fed and
drink oatmeal water. The DRYERS
generally treat them CONSIDERABLY.
The other mode of travel here is the
hanson. The electrics obtain N
some parts but fortunately in the
great centre of the city, bus and han.
som still rule. Hanson drivers are
here chiefly to see if they can cheat
the American. In spite of the fact
that all rates are tackled on the dash
board, you have continually to be on
the lookout. But l still believe that
cabmen in New York and Boston are
worse.
What have we seen? Well, it
would tire you to hear it all. I'll
Just tell OF few places of interest
with a note about them. Westminster
Abbey seems to be the natural mecca
for Americans. [ wonder why. OF
course it is a beautiful structure and is
old and historic but aside from the
"poet's corner and a few slabs in
various parts, one for Gladstone and
and one for Livingstone, and the
bust of J. ongfellow placed there by
some English admirers OF our poet,
i must confess [ didn't care par
ticulsrly for most of it. If they had
spent more space AMI thought on the
tombs of England's great minds and
hearts and less display on some
mausaleums of kings and queens
better dead than alive, it could ap-
peal to me more. Alphabetically
Henry Wis chapel its beautiful
but the great array of English SOW
ereigns who lived and died and were
generally bad lott am Phillis-
tine enough not to rave over. But
Westminster Abbey will always be
interesting and [ shall always want
to 60 again.
TheHouses of Parliament were full
of inter est, tho [ should care more for
attending session Of the Legislative
body than for seeing the halls and
windows, etc. The government party
under the leadership of Mr.. Balfour
have just had slap in the face and
the Irish party chow England does
love that Irish party has been max
ing things interesting.
St. Paul's Cathedral was more in
teresting to me than Westminster
Here We saw the tombs of Wellington
and Nelson and Chinese Gordon and
Christopher Wren, the artichect
! CORVALLIS too is here buried. I be-
lieve on his tomb are words some.
thing like this, "He killed the Am
orleans with great slaugter.' An
Englishman hates to say he Is ever
beaten. The words on the tablet
erected to Chinese Gordon come
full of meaning. "Who at all times
and every where gave his strength te
the weak, his substance to the poor
his sympathy to the suffering, his
heart to God" Mrs. Hill and ]
climbed to the very top of the cathe
dral, 365 feet above the ground. We
obtained splendid view of Londor
from that point.
The Tower of London is a gloomy
and torblQdlng place, more so per
haps from the matter of sentiment
than from any real gloominess now
This ancient fortress, part dating
from the eleventh century stands {
monuments to some of the darkes
deeds of English history. There
Mary Queen of Scots was beheadec
and Anue Boleyn met her death
The crown jewels, worth S15,OOO,OO(
are kept in the Wakefield Tower
The "Beef-eaters' are one of the in
teresting sights to novice.
The various galleries were full Of
objects of interest. Ofthe Art CALLER
les, [ cared most for the Tate or Ma
tional Gallery of British Art. Here