The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-12
LoNDoN's FAMOUS TOWER.

To describe the Tower OF London In detail is
absolutely unnecessary-it IL too well known q
WHOLE but there interesting little facts not gen.
orally realized by the public, and there hooks
usually unvisited. 1t was my good fortune on q
recent day. says writer in the London Echo, to 20
carefully around this grand old pile with q special
order from General Milman, the resident governor.
Passing by the Traitors Gate, | went into the
Bloody Tower, in O room in which found my self
standing on the very spot wherein were imprisoned
the two little princes, and from the window of
which centuries after Archbishop Laud leaned out
to bless Lord STAFFORD as he passed to death upon
the scaffold just beyond. An old, old room this,
full of historic interest, and now inhabited by
of the picturesquely- attred beef eaters ST. Johns
church, one of the Oldest Norman churches In the
kingdom, built in 1887, lie too well known to
require description, will pass on to the armory
departments, where l saw Lord Wolseley going
round on an evident business inspection.
In passing down q staircase in this White tower
wherein is kept this armor, and in which Is placed
a stand of $4,000 modern rifles, noticed the enor-
nous thickness of the splendid walls, and on
inquiring l was informed that they were fifteen
feet in depth. Beneath the White tower the
dungeons, which are never shown to the general
public. Here Is an eternal twilight, musty SMELL
an icy chilliness. The first one, pure Norman In
its architecture Is called the Torture chamber for
here were stretched upon the rack the miserable
victims Of political necessity religious bigotry
In very narrow passage leading out of this great
chamber, and which Is known by the name of Little
Ease, because in 1t prisoner could neither sit
lie down, was wearily imprisoned the Misguided
Guy Fawkes. In the pitch dark dungeon beyond
which has no flooring but the damp, cold earth,
were once imprisoned three hundred Jews, who, in
the thirteenth century, suspected of the crime
OF clipping coin. dreadful place this, and hide
ously suggestive of the undreamed- of horrors of
these "good old days of yore." The door-an old
oak one iron bound, and immensely strong-shut
off these poor wretches from all communication
with the outer world
In this dungeon, q series of dungeons, was
recently discovered q very deep we'll, into which
we fearfully peeped. From the dungeon to the
church Is but short step; In the old days the
journey was usually made from the latter to the
former. St. Peters dates from 1879; II IL full of
the saddest, tenderest interest; within its dingy
walls and beneath its historic pavements there lie
the bodies Of three of England's queens. Ruskin
finely says of the church that ait Is the saddest spot
in Christendom for here buried In dishonor the
greatest In the land, while at Westminster abbey
they are buried In honor" Q most touching and
suggestive contrast Most of the beautiful brasses
were removed In CromwelPs time.
was deeply interested to hear that in repairing
the chancel In 1877 there was discovered the body
Of Anne Boleyn, which was recognized by the
historically tiny neck, and by the fact that the
body lay just in the spot described in the burial
registry: also were discovered the bones of q big
man, which belonged beyond doubt to the ILL
fAted Duke of Monmouth. These were reverently
reburied In their long, long resting place
Upon the wall, and preserved within q glass
case, saw the three coffin plates Of the noble
men last dscapitated upon Tower Hill-Lords