Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-10
The Terrible Tower.


The Tower of London is degraded
that is to say, made ordinary-by being
put to commonplace uses by being ex-
hibited in 4 commonplace manner.
They use the famous White Tower now
as a stOrehouse for arms. Ii contains
at this minute 10000 guns, all in good
order, besides a vast collection of old
armOr ard weapons. The arrangement
of the latter was made by Planche. the
dramatic author, who is famous as an
antiquarian and herald. Under his in
telligent and tasteful direction the eff
gies and gear of chivalry are displayed
in such a way that the observer may
trace the changes that war fashions have
undergone through the reign of sIcces-
sive sovereigns of England from the
earliest period until now. \ suit of
VIII. is shown, and also particularly
rich suit worn by Charles /. The sug-
gestiveness of both figures cannot be
missed. Nature has written brute upon
the one, and dissembler upon the other,
in characters that admit of no doubt.
In room on the second floor of the
White Tower they keep many very gor-
geOus oriental weapons, and they show
the cloak in which General Wolfe died
on the Plains of Abraham. 1t is gray
garment, and the active moth has given
it-a share of his personal attention. The
most impressive objects to be seen here,
however, are the block and axe that
were used in killing the traitor lords of
kilparnock, Lovet and Balmerino, after
the defeat of the Pretender in 1915. The
block is made of ash, and there are big
and cruel dents upon it which show
that it was made for use rather than or
nament. 1t is harmless, however, now
his head upon it in the manner pre-
scribed for the victims of decapitation.
The door of Raleigh's bedroom, is just
opposite these baleful relics, and it is
said his History of the World was writ
ten i'm the room in which these imple-
ments are now such conspicuous objects
of gloom.
The whole place is gloomy and cheer
less beyond expression, and very grea
must have been the fortitude of the
fortitude of the man who bore in this
grim solitude a captivity of thirteen
years-not failing TO turn il to the best
account by producing book so marvel
Gus for its learning, philosophy and
eloqueDce. a ridiculous ''beef eater y
arrayed in a dark tunic and trousers
trimmed with red, and a black velvet
hat trimmed with bows of blue and red
ribbon, precedes each squad of visitors.
and drops information and his from
point to point. ''The ard fate of the
Hnrl of Hessex," was found to be a
particularly fascinating topic with one
of these functionaries; and very hard il
was-for the listener as well as the earl
when standing on the spot where the
poor gentleman lost his life by the mad
spite of Queen Elizabeth, to hear his
name so often prosecuted. This spot is
in the centre of what was once the
Tower Green, and it is marked with a
brass plate, naming Anne Boleyn, and
giving the date when she was here be-
headed. They found her body in a
narrow box in the tower graveyard,
and it now rests with the ashes of noble
sufferers under the chapel of St. Peter,
about fifty feet from the place of execu-
ton.
The ghost of Anne Boleyn is said to