La Junta tribune., 1912-01-20

almost one third - mucA a. the
ttickct However the ssats IN the Eu.
ropean trains are about six feet long
and there are two oE thea IN Q com.
partment and We had . whole com.
partment to ourselves. % ve could lie
down and be very comfortable. We
always travel second class. - that Is
fully a. comfortable ~ first-class. In
England we 90 third class. Q. does al
most every one else.
We came up from Italy over the
same route through Switzerland tha,
We went down BY. but came through
there mostly by night. reaching north
ern France early next morning. The
country is much the same a. In Ger.
many. being very clean and well kept.
We reached BouIogne on the coast
about noon from which place we took
the channel steamer for Folkestone.
England. After going through the
customs here (they took our word
that We had no dutiable goods. as
they did everywhere else IN the Gus
toms, We started BY tsein to- IIonton
that wonderful city Of whom Dirt and
smoke And crimes ONE reads more
than Of the many good things that
take place there. What \ wonderfully
interesting place II is. Just love TO
walk out on some OF tn streets And
think how much Of the worlds his
tory was made here, The population
Of what 10 known A. the "old town"
approaches near TO a million during
the day, but at night there are bare
ly thirty thousand left In H. The real
city. or what Is known as the coun-
~ OF London contains over four and
one half millions. while Greater Lon
don tthe Metropolitan police district
contains about seven millions OF peo-
Pile. The streets are filled with uaf.
fic during the week. horses tthe
incest. biggest ones I've ever seem
and wagons. hand carts almost a.
large. busses, taxicabs. hansoms and
hackncys going up on one side and
down on the other. so thick that II
is almost impossible to cross. on
the busiest corners there are isles
OF safety" in the middle OF the street
to which you can run when one side
Is clear and wait your chance TO 90
the rest of the way.
Yesterday, III. 9Th OF November
Donald and went to the Tower. his
torically the most interesting plac"
I In all England. II Is an irr. gular
mass of buildings. the first OF which
was erected by William the Conquer
or In 1913 for the purpose Of protect
Ing IN. city. The central building.
the White Tower. In surrounded by a
battiement wall and a deep most.
which has long been dry n. vail
IL strengthened by thirteen towers.
The entrance In under III. Bloody
Tower. a name suggestive Of the
deeds that have trxnspired there.
Though At first royal palace and
fortress. the Tower Is bes, known In
history rs = prison where many OF
k.n1land's rulers and royal personsgsi
were confined and executed
Among those prisoners we're Sir
Thomas Moore. Queen Anne Bolsyn
Cromwell. Earl OF E.s.I. lady Jane
Grey. Princess iaft-rwari Queen,
Elizabeth. who was Imprisoned b,
her own sister. Queen MARY. 81 Wal
ter Raleigh and many more. Guy
rawkes vas confined In a dungeon
under the White Tower. We saw the
famous TRAITORS gate through which
III. above named prisoners passed
after ther trials at Westminster
There 10 = space On the grounds call.
I'd Tower Green which Vas used ~
. burial ground. In the middle oi
which 10 4 small square plot paved
with granite ~ the orders Of Queen
Victoria. On this plot many private
sx~cuttnas took place. among which
were oSeen Anne Bo,~yn. secoad wife
Of Henry VIII. and Queen Katherine
Howard. fifth wife Of III. ssne king.
Lady Jane Grey. and Others. On the
wallis Of the D~auchamp Tower are
many Inscriptions. lef, there BY these
prisoners. One left by . staunch
Roman Catholic Is. "Thc uore suffer.
Ing for Christ In this world. the more
glory with Christ In the next"
We also saw the axe aad block
used for some Of these eIccvsions. all
Of which took place from three 10
five hundred years ago: and yet We
hear people say the world 10 not
growing better. Their. we're stacks
and stacks Of armor for hors~ and
man. and should say thousands Of
aNOrda hui1t intO many fsnrv abs s,ea