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Jas. Chapman Writes of Travels
V >.VnNrK.> FROM LAST WEEK
llei s a - con .try, the
Sui.<J..y* aye giv up to pleasure
a!oiv; an ! while there 1 alien-le!
tin- tv.eos or, •‘f.istiy .btcronon.
VT !jf V‘ tlloUS) lls ha-l gdtliere l to
wr. t ■ this fay*.; he 'port. The
m ! cjU'.' i’ i ‘ --I t" *>• the fine.)*
in t'.jr world ;i i I i- th ■ r.-a ic/.vous
for t,l» • lending li<of both
wintiii -nts, a■ • >'. -:i heding i' pef
rait.»!. Tli • aft Tn»..ii I was there
how, r‘. Ling over t v > !i iinlred thous
and dollars was cstimnt si to have
«;ha-»«el hand', which will give
;soai" i lc 1 as ! « the prominent part
this course plays i’l the arena of
■“jO'rtKTlHlM.’
j also visits- 1 tin* Exp->s tion; hut
it cannot lx- coaiparc 1 with our St.
J/oui.s Kxpoaitio i, In «*e my n-.-tde
voting any spa-c t-> it.
We sailed from IJ.u ■nos Aires on
the JSih of Ju : y, reaching Ply
mouth, England three days later.
Ou viur way across we stopped at
litis Palmas, Canary Islands, spen
sling some ten hours on shore. We
visited many interesting places, a
few of which were: the Ca lie Ira!
eroded in 1 ">l!0, the Jail, and tin
Chamber of Horrors. In the latter
we saw the "Iron < ollar, which
they still use for executing pur
poses. This is fitted around the
neck and is gradually tightened hy
means of a screw, thus strangling
the condemned person to death and
finally brtliking tin- neck. Had we
out been oiu- day late in rea-liing
Ea* Palmas we would have heeli for
tunate enough in witnessing an ex
ecution.
At Plymouth we saw (lie plaee
where the old "Mayflower was
mipposed to have sailed from. 1- roin :
this point we took train over to
London, passing through the pret-1
liest country district in the world, j
Tonttcmpt to describe it and to do|
if. justice would h.- impossihle, how
t*ver it reminds a person of a huge
crazy ijuilt, divided olt l>y beauti
fully kept hedges in patch,es of from
three to five a ere.-. The eon. try
homes, all of roe I: would he a cre.t
--i:o any large city.
To tell of London, with all of its
many in!cresting plac.-s shrouded in ,
j,lie veil of English history, would he
quite an undertaking, so , will on
ly mention the ones best known to j
t.be readers of the Journal. I spo.it
li.il/ a day going through St. Paul's j
Co tin drat, one ol the givote't works
«»f art 1 ever saw, in which were
erected monument - to the memory
of the makers of English history.
The Pur iament huildings of W est
minister were also visited, and the
AI diey wliere the remains of the old
Lings lie. Buckingham Palace, the
home of the present King of Eng
land, could only he seen from tliqi
grounds, and, I must say, is not
near so imposing as the Palace of
many of the other kings.
A day was devoted to Hampton
f'onrt, the I onic i t the kings pre
vious to i mm. Toe private eham-
Paining the he s, elmirs,
• ‘te. u-ed ly the kings aad queens
»luring tin- shove named era, are
still kept in tact for the visitors to
see.
One e.g' e day was spent, at
Windsor tv. -tie, one of the most his
t<-rieal a i:-all Emopo. Epon
«'.i(.-ring the gates to this temple of
romance and History one is over
turn* by the mysleriousnesa of the
tuit-c imj.in-giKihle walls, Entrances
Jo the dungeons were pointed out to
ns, .where heirs to the throne weri*
|)lat-e 1 to comm -nee :t season of ue
d*.:y and te mysterioii-ly disappear.!
We we- * earned through the Cas
tle and shown the private apart
ments of Queen Victoria and the
lied on which she died. The elabo
rate apartments for royal guests
van- also shown us and which were
ti on in readiness for the reception
of King Alfonso of Spain, who was
to visit England the following week.
' A day was also given to a trip by
f oat up the River Thames, which
jrtKuicd more of a fairy land than a
reality. The beautiful lawns lead
ing from the banks of the river
back to palatial residences and the
river dotted here and there with
picturesque house-boats, whose oc
cupants cold 1 be seen lounging la
zily in hammock' o.t the decks,
enjoying the i,.vig irating breezes
1 from off die quiet and-glassy waters
j of trie beautiful, old Thames.
after:.o , i was spjnt visiting
the old lion a- of William IVnn and
the little church where the Penn
family worshipped near hy.
After a very interesting ten days
in London I crossed over to Paris,
wliere 1 remained for two weeks.
Many h'stork:.id plaees were
visited Vihi'e there, a few of which
were the Palace at Versailles, the
home of tiie old kings of Prance, j
near Paris. The Paine - of Versailles, j
though built in the 10th century, is)
one of tin- mo t perfect huildings in j
Prance, from an artistic, point of
view, and certainly the most in
structive for visitors. It. was built
in its original form under Louis
XIII, enlarged by Louis Xl\ to its
present, immen-e size; and inhab
ited by the French kings up to the
time of the Revolution. It has
since been converted into a museum
where the most interesting souve
nirs of France can he seen.
For the information of the .Tour-j
nal readers ! will briefly state the!
chief, historical events with which j
this old Palace has been associated, i
Louis XIV, the Brand .Monarch, j
died here in 1715.
Louis XV died 17 1 ■">. It was al
so in this Palace an attempt was J
'made to assassinate him.
Louis XVI, who was guillotined
Inn. 21, 1711:1, was forcibly carried;
away from this Palace* in 178!).
After the fall of Napoleon it wasj
occupied in succession hy Louis j
XVIII, (’baric' X, and Louis-Phil
lippe.
d'he bed chandlers, with tin- orig
inal furnishings, were shown us, as
well as the carriages used hy the
members of the royal family, inclu
ding the coronation coach with sol
id gold trimmings and which weighs
over fifteen thousand pounds.
In addition ta tliis interesting old
palace, the Lourvo, the Pantheon,
Notre Dame, and Napoleon’s Tomb
were visited, as well as a ‘.rip up in
the Find Tower, 1,000 feet ahev
the pavement. The view, from
tliis tower, of Pari' and suburbs and
the beautiful French country,
through which historical waters
of the Seine wind their way to the
sea, was a sight never to he forgot
ten. O.i our liver trip t]ie French
guides had great sport at our ex
pense hy surprising us with their
\meriean wit. An old chestnut,
which they always ask the Ameri
can tpurist, is, “Why does the fish
in this river resemble maniacs?”
—because they are "in-Seine.”
d’lie guide addressed this riddle to
a very gruff old member of our par
ty, who had not smiled the entire
day; and when he gave the answer,
had it not been for timely interfer
ence, our poor guide would no
doubt have been thrown oveeboard,
or given a good thrashing.
1 was joined in Paris hy a par
ticular friend of mine, Count Tel-i
feuer, ami motored hack with him
to his Cattle near Rome, Italy,
wliere ! was his "guest for three
weeks. From Castle Oscano we
would go in his ear to visit the his
torical places of Italy, the principal
one of which was Home. While in ;
Home 1 devoted a day to seeing the.
ruins of tliis famous old Homan;
stronghold from which plaee nations!
were created and destroyed. A per
son is struck with awe and is prac
tically dumbfouned when he real- j
iz.es that he is gazing upon the ruins !
of huildings that stood before!
Christ, it might be interesting to
some of th£ Journal readers to know
that Home was founded in the year
7-‘o 11. C. hy Rqmulus. While j
there are no ruins of buildings erect- j
ed ’-y Romulus still standing, yet
ruins of the Temple of Vespasian j
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Aivli of Sevi-rus, Temple of Saturn,
Basilica Julia, Forum, Coliseum,
ami the Temple of Venus, all of
v. Isieli plavcil a conspicuous part in
Homan history during the reign of
Caesar in the year .38 B. C., can
still he seen. As each of these ruins
were visited in turn it would require
too much Space to describe them
Separately.
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Some Nautical Facts.
A knot is G.OSO feet long. The dis
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ti.OoT nautical miles by the northern
track and ;!.K»0 by the southern track.
The former course is taken by vessels
bound for New York, the latter by ves
sels bound for Liverpool. From Liver
pool to New York the distances ere
respectively k.OMM and 3.109 miles.
In estimating records the points tak
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Damn's rock. Queenstown harbor.
The first light sighted on the British
coast is the Bull. Cow and Calf, Ire
laud. and ou tiie American coast ei
ther Nantucket or Fire island.
He Was Cautious.
Frederick the Great was always fond
of disputatious, but as he generally
terminated the discussion by collaring
his antagonist and kicking his shins
few of his guests were disposed for
an argument. He asked one of his
suit why he d-d not venture to give
his opinion ou some particular ques
tion. -‘lt is impossible, your majesty,”
was the reply, "to express an opinion
before a sovereign who has such con
victions an 1 wears such very thick
boots:” —•
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‘‘Were you quarreling with your
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