Evening journal., 1908-05-23
What | Know About
Delaware Politics and
Other Things
sEvENTY.s SEVENTH ARTICLE.
By Washington Hastings

SEVENTY SEVENTH ARTICLE.
On the left hand side you the main ga swny
OF the Tower Of London stands dark prison-ke lock-
ing building known The Beauchamp Tower. Enter
ing it's single low portal YOU are in the nrst of success
sion of dark gloomy Of cold gray lighted
only by little Sits Of windows about by six
eight inches near the ton where passed their miserable
existence many members Of royal and noble families OF
religious boef some for their love of country and many
because they in the somebody else either
to the throe other high position
These gloomy bare walls are decorated only by rough
hewn inscriptuns-nnety-o in number-to the
ory of these hapess prisoners of state of them
carved by themselves with such homeiy and unhandy
tools they could command. Notable among these
are the niias f. D. supposed to be those Of Robert Dud
ley, the Earl Of Leicester favorte Of Queen Elizabeth
untii she rot tired OF him and consigned him the
Twer to make way for another. Another is the word
JANE scratched in the wall with a nail by young
unhappy Lady Jane Grey who the unwilling Queen
Of Fngand ior Just eleven days. when with her young
husband, she committed to the Tower and later.
both led out to the place of execution the green
in the centre OF the forthcation-stil marked with
stone curb al1ut twenty feet beheaded be-
cause her rival Mary wanted her job Another among
the hundreds Of English royalty nobility who me.
their fate within this twenty feet square of ground.
bedy Salisbury, seventy years old, who, her
discovered head rolled from the her long,
beautiful gray curls weltered in her blood seemed Sd
the record says, look up execu-
toner and smile at being released from her troubles.
All OF these slaughtered mobiles were buried in a com
mon sepulohre; that is to dumped in heap in
mole IN the ground over which now stands The Chapel
of ST. Peter wsch Macauay describes "the saddest
spot Of ground earth" on the walls of this
e caurch are inscriptions and tablets and on its floor
tohbstones commemorative of many OF those who sleep
beneath themi but of anything
what would be discovered If those floors should be
dug Mutane de Stael in her exclaimed
"Oh ubertyl what crimes committed thy name?'
substitute royalty Tor liberty and this outburst
appropriately be applied to early Engand-and not 50
very early, ei,her
Every visitor to London would want to visit The Tower
once but few would care to visit it than once
tGko IT,
On Monday morning, September 2sth Immediately
after breakfast mounted omnibus, my
orite seat oy the driver and started Old Kings
20 hnd NO "a Sheyne Row Chelsea the home for many
years OF one OF Englands greatest author OF he
French Regouton." "sartor and many other
worKs wnlen WIZ rank among the highest as long as
English literature is read Thomas Carlyle A man who
knew The world and the and things in IL thoroughly.
talented wife also, according Anthony Froude
although this has been stenuously denied by other
thorites.
Getting of at street as directed by the driver walk
OF OF a iew mceks brought me TO Carlyle Park on tho
banks of the Thames the chief in only
the great philosopher whose sad melancholy counten
ance seemed to be in deep contemplation
Ct the world IN general and his in particular. A
few steps brought of plain hree-story
houses dney with age, sign the end Of the
which NO "a, distinguished from the others only
by bas-recf tablet and the words "Caryles House"
sraciously admitted and informed that admis-
sion to the house with the privilege remaining long
ing This OF course, I willingly paid and received a
card in the following words which I stin preserve
The carlyles House Memorial Trust
Incorporated 1895
Iicteived the sum Of one Shilling
being the Fee charged
Admission TO Caryle's House.
p Cheyne Row Chelsea, London
on behalf Of the Committee of Management"
This society had been organized the year before for
the purpose OF acquiring possession of the last
Carlyle oseher with the furniture pictures inva-
able manuscripts and other trophies he had left
which were fast going TO decay by neglect had
appeared 10 be nobodys business particular 10 take
o. them Among the list of subscribers the fund
for this purpose. composed In Of eminent
tinsuished end in all parts Of the civilized
world appears the familiar signature "r. +. Bayard
/ Aoeiica."
spent three hours the house looking at those in
tenscly Interesting objects the small kitchen IN
the subhaseinent with its little cooking uten-
ss who're Jane Welsh Carlyle many years did the
cooking for her husband and herself the top
tie third stor. Although in the front men
of his day Who contributed 10 the highest information
and best thought Of the time the of
cary"s uneeasng labor was precarious uncertain and
az best, meagrei and he very poor wonder
that he soured' the world large as he found It.
Any attempt 10 describe this interesting would
be unsatisfactory because necessarily Inadequate Manu-.
scripts autographs and letters all hand d-wrten were
displayed, carefully arranged I'm glass cases. and en-
lruced many great earth Queen Victoria
Frederic the Great Pope Plus TX. Emperor William H.
Bismarck Won Moltke and many others, including our
own Emerson. The furniture many the personal
belongings f the great philosopher such writing
tates nstands pens and portfolios including his pipes
OF all sizes. shapes and descriptions
pirate tobacco pouches and jars. all said TO
De !usl a. nc lett them Ihis think is somewhat
doubtful but that is the the story and it is
easier 10 believe it than it would be hunt proof to
On leaving tho Carlyle house was curious 10 see the
houses where leigh Hunt and George Eliot at one time
lived; and where believe Mrs Lewis died. knew they
We're In the neghborhood and in close proximity
other but thar ALL Seeing gentleman approaching
IA typical Eneshrnan in black frock-coat and
carrying "A cane-I halted him and said, "Sr you
direct me to the house where George Eliot lvedg7
Win All the dignity and precision class English.
man. Ia replied Sir never knew himl"-I believed
GO be continued)