The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-18

Then we passed to the Royal
Tombs where the English Sow
ereignS are crowded together.
One interesting object there was
the coronation chair made by or
der of Edw |. and on which all
English Sovereigns since his
time have sat on the day Of their
coronation. Beneath this chair
can be seen the stone OF fate
which Edward |. brought from
Scotland. There is a legend that
this is the stone upon which the
Patriarch Jacob rested his head
aud that it came TO England
through Egypt, Spain, and Ire
land.
After passing among these
tombs and reading their solemn
epitaphs, one feels somewhat of a
shock as he reads the couplet on
the pedestal of John Gay placed
there at his own request;
Life is a Jest, all things show it;
I thought so once and now know it,"
Westminster Abbey is a testi-
mony to the desire of men to be
remembered after they have
passed away, and the hundreds
of tombs that the visitor passes
without even reading the names
on them, show the futility of
such attempt.
On our return from Westmin-
ster Abbey, we walked along the
bank Of the Thames and saw Gle
opatra ) needle-an immense obe-
lisk brought from Egypt and
placed there as a gift to the Brit
ish nation from Mohammed Ali,
Viceroy of Egypt.
The next morning we visited
St Paul's Cathedral and arrived
in time to attend the ten o'clock
prayer service. We spent the
morning there viewing the Stone
Gallery and the famous Whisper
ing Gallery.
AS we descended the steps
leading from the Cathedral, l no.
ticed at the foot Of the first fight,
on a large fat stone, this inscrip-
tion: "Here Queen Victoria re-
turned thanks to Almighty God
for the sixtieth anniversary Of her
accession" " That afternoon we
visited the British museum. But
one ought to spend a week there
in order to get even a hasty glance
at this collection of ancient manu-
scripts of the Bible, letters writ
ten by kings, queens, authors,
statesmen, &c. &c, While there
we paid our respects to the Egyp-
tiau mummies whose age,a least,
entities them to respect, for some
of them dated back as far as 2600
B. @. Wes thefamous "Rosetta
Stone" which has served as the
key for the translation of all hier-
oglyphlcs.
We had planned to go to Wind
sor ON Saturday, but rain pre-
vented. so we visited the House
of Lords and saw the Queens
throne, and on the right of it the
seat Of the Prince of Wales. Our
guide told us that the House of
Commons has only 476 seats, but
over 600 members.
In tne afternoon, we VISITED the
National Gallery of Art and the
National Portrait Gallery, and
recognized the portraits of Wash
iugton, Franklin, and Benjamin
West.
On Sunday morning, | attended
the City Temple Church of which
the Rev. DR.. Parker is Pastor.
He was absent on a vacation, and
the Rev. Mr.. Davies preached an
excellent sermon on the Golden
Rule. In the evening, l heard
Dr. Buchanan of Canada preach
in Presbyterian Church.
Monday morning, some of us
visited the Tower ofLondon, and,
among many other things, saw
the English Regalia among which
was the crown Of Queen Victoria
which contains about twenty
seven hundred diamonds q did
not count them) and many other
Jewels. we also saw the spot