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tin-: i li. i s iK Aii: i) ri:i:.
King Edward's Best Crown
K- IMail VII H.ih onlcr. .1 n , i,
Mill i i I himllliU of till' jewels i f
state pr pnraiory fir t li irmin
k IlIK I'M III nf hi life. ncllcillllc.l
' r June in i Tin- Keeper nf
'hi' roy.il Jewels ami Ills iisslslnlits are
C. '1111111' till) I.' M. u KnlllHliltnlu ti 1 1 1
" II HI 1 I. ..Ill lll n ll lui l I'll"
tmmltm eiicrKy nml will iloulitle.- have
llie iTirni!" nml it her precious IiisIkiiIii of
imperial pump nml power In line onlcr for
the eoinliii: ni'imal Ion.
Ii is x.i lil thai fi ttr clown will In used
in (lie cereiiK.tiy. The chief one, known tin
(Jneeii Victorias erown. will he the one
j 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - iisi i In the ceremony or crowning
lite liinn : lh, seif.tiil one will he Usui In
crowning the iiiecn cntiMirt am! the other
two will he wi.in hy their tnnjesiles ilur
ItlK the si i vices fulliiwluK tlf nctunl
crowning.
These, lun'i ihcr with the swcnl of state,
the scepters nml coiotiiitliin rlim, nil taken
from tlie ti.wir hy oriler of the ml mar
shal of Kimhinil, are In the custetly of t lie
ilenn if Westminster timing the corona
tion sen Ices.
'I he ijtii i n Victoria crown, also ealleil
the slate crown, Is a ilnrllim mass of
precious stones, :i.(i!i:t in all. ami ninny of
them have luterestltm historli s. There is
a mamilllcent sapphire, which is salil to
have ciiuie from the rlni; nf IMwanl, the
I'onfensor. Then there tire sixteen small
sapphires, eleven eincrahls. four ruhles,
of which one lieloiiKci! to the Hlaek Prince;
four ilrop-shapi il pearls. ( liter pearls,
I.:it13 lirilliant ili'iiiiouils. 117 table ili.imoiuls
ami 1,271 rose illameiuls.
With all this mass if Jewils the whole
, wii wcIkIis only thirty-iiiue i itticcs. It
was made In lis fi r (Jiteen Victoria's
fiom Jewels taken front olil
Is valucil at $1. sun, lion. The cap
ti velvet Illicit with white silk
ettn.ne lionler.
iiii'i'tiatlon
I i w ns 11. il
is i f crlins1
.1 ' ,
an
It is not the most coHlly royal crown in
Kurope; that ills! Inctloti is asserlcil for I In
ifown helouulnn to I'ortUKal. which t-
valucil at Is.iioit.i The crown whlili
represents the smallest outlay Is that of
Koiiinnnla. It Is uiaile out of a hit of oM
is the pope, cluht at leas! Iieitli; stotcil at
the Vatican Man of litem are simply
Ulfts atnl haM' no spei lal slmilllcniice Na
poleon I was the iloiiof of one to Tins VI I
This Is) the liamlmnit mi one of all. havlni it
hcatltlful clneruhl. A itieeii of Spain was
lite ilotior of another. The principal papal
crow n Is a triple one.
In Spain ami llel'liim the crown iliws
not tlKiire in the coronation services. The
fen tut i of the ceremony in both .mint ri m
consists in the Miik's swearltn; to pres. rve
the constitution atnl laws of the minify.
Nor Is It a matter of nurse that a .,ir
shoiibl be clowtleil. thotlKll NMcholas all. I his
consort were crowucil with nn at pump ,U
Mohcow, The c.ar heltm a rcltmoiis as will
as a tenipora1 loiil, th' crown in -dupe is
mnilcllcil after a hlsliop's mitre k.iIii in
(Ills case, a sapphire Is the must l aotifitl
stone In tin clown Then- an the .ia
inotiils rcstlim on a mamilth cm rubv ulr- li
form the cross surtnouiii ln tic rown
Outside of l'titopo the crown be. onies a
rarity. The sultan, for eainpl fissi ses
tin crown, commit inn tn-ttm unknown to
Turkey. In place of this ts siibst It utcil thr
Investiture of the monarch with the swi.nl
or oihtiian. The saber Is nlrt aroutul ill --ultan
with the words: "Take It with faith
fur ye have received II from (Soil "
The shah of I'ersht has a i row n if hi Ii
II urn be called, which Is ari nsly ii -sirihid
as resemldiui; a Mower pm and a
bonnet. The small end Is open, the oilier
closed. It Is 111:1111' of cloth of uobl. with
strlllK.s of Iiuiu-Iiik precious stones, with
here and there tufts of feathers nrtu
uiintid by diamonds, rubles, emerabls an. I
pearls. t the lop is set what l perhaps
the t!ieatesl rubv III the world an uiuir
absolutely Haw less stone a- liirue as a h ti'n
Pointed Paragraphs
News The spider i. all cpi I"
be! s leliKion shnibl spend a little tittle, re
p'tlrltiK his own
tt Is easier for otic wise matt to fool a
divi n funis than II Is fur a dozen fools to
fuel i lie w tse 1111111
Of course the serpent knew ihlnns wire
euniltiK his wu as sunn as he dlscoveied
a woman lit I In garden
hard Utiles: the days ar
cannon captured at Plevna.
The most beautiful crown Is that of th"
KIiik' of Denmark. It is simple in design, but
of artistic workmanship, the leaves hy
which the circlet In surmounted bulni;
i urved and veined by precious stones, and
each leaf ornamented by a mnmillleeiit
Jewel.
The oldest crown In Knrnpe. which Is also
the smallest, nicasiirliiu only six Indus in
diameter. Is the iron crown of l.omhnrily.
Thu one crown which is distinguished as
the sacivd crown Is that of lliumaiy. It Is
tcvered by the pie. belnt? regarded as tt
palladium. Two nobles of ancient Uncage,
ami a troop of halberdiers uuard it night
and day In the castle of Hilda, where it Is
kept.
in (ddcii times no kluu could reign In
Hungary unices the sacred crown hriil
rested on his I now . and If he died before,
he had been crowned, his name was stricken
ft oiii the record of kings. Kvon a pretettdrr
acipiircd n quasi title to the kingdom If by
force of stratagem he could possess himself
of It.
Twice the crown has disappeared, but how
or where it was found the tlr-t lime Is un
known to this day. The last time It was
found buried ill the ground. A inauiillbent 1
'sapphire Is Its bright inn iciilar ornament J
This Is urmounted by four bi-iiitlful green
stones nf some unknown kind, lapidaries
disagreeing ns to what th' gems arc. A
sapphire of matchless beaut also adorns .
the Imperial erown of Aim i in
Thu potentate who possesses most crowns
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Sonic women who sic things as they are
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The nan who llmls fault with his nci;h
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Vi have ovi't'yllitiiK that can lie
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