Wilmington journal., 1875-08-20

Log tkOIItng With IA Fcngeancc.
Get the reckless typo started and
You have train. The witty scintilla-
tiOns of his mschievious mistakes are
to be compared with tue sparkling of
Il lightning bug on summer Dlght,
while the ruthless Indifference with
which he kno cks all sense out of a par.
ugraph, is even more cruel than is the
devastation of the Kansas grasshop-
per. Our devil can give him ton and
beat him waltzing in red-hot stove,
or laughing i'll gleeful delight at the
crashing tones of thunder when they
come pealing down the sky, but give
both fair start at grinding out non
sense, or getting up a heavy yarn at
the expense of ye local and the typo
will slide round the corner in double
quick time. The typo takes 'fresh
chaw," casts knowing look around and
then goes deliberately to work, and puts
all the efforts thus far made in the bar
improvements to shame by informing
the world that 1.-THE tug VIM. Nyce
towed the brig Wexford on Friday
last to SmithvilIe over the logs, draw
ing nine hundred fourteen feet and
two inches" Jess so; and that reck-
else, and then had q merry chat with
the devil about the CONSERVATION he
had caused. 1t was Nyce operation
truly, and betrayed disposition at
log rolling, but was not what eye To-
caj' intended it to be by about nine
hundred feet.
Famous Crowns.
The eldest of the crowns of Europe
is the Iron Crown of Lombardy, now
restored to its resting place of ccntu-
ries in the cathedral of Monza, the
sunny little town which, from the AL
pine slopes, looks down upon imperial
Milan, whittier many time its treas
ure was borne to be placed Oh the
| brows of O Garman Kaiser at his sec
ond coronation. His first was at Ach-
en-, by the tomb of Charlemagne,
where he received the silver crown OF
Germany; his second at Milan; bis
third at Rome, whore til. Pope con
fired on him the golden crown of the
| Empire. But the Iron Crown was tue
most venerable OF all. For thirteen
hundred years the Iron Crown has
held the foremost place among the
dIadens of Europe, for it was formed
by the skillful hands Of Roman Gold
smiths in the sixth century, and sent
by Pope Gregory the Greut to the
Gothic Queen Theodolinda, when she
had freed Lombardy from the Ariau
heresy. Its form is simple, as one
might expect from its ancient date.
1t is broad flat ring or diadem of
gold. adorned with enamcled flowers
and precious stones; stones not cut III
to facets, as i'll modern jewelry, but
emeralds, sapphires and rubies in
their rough uncut form as they came
from the mine. But inside this circle
of gold and jewels is q thin band OF
iron, from which the crown takes it's
name. aud this iron, tradition asserts,
is one of the nails of the true cross
hammered out into ring. Long and
angry have been the battles fought by
antiQuaries on this point. Those who
deny it's authenticity, headed by Mu-
ratorl, certainly bring weighty argu-
ments TO the support of their view;
bat the tradition has survived all their
learned fOlios, gallant champions have
fought pen in hand in it's defense, and
still III the language of the people the
crown of Morza is called il sGcrO ch0i-
10, 'theboly nail It graced the imperi-
nj front of Charlemngne and long sue
cesaion of German emperors, ending
with Charles V. But the last sovereign
Who wore it was Napoleon l. In May,
1868, he assembled at Milan the dig
mt ries OF the empire, the represen-
tIltives of his royal and imperial allies.
and splendid circle of Marshals and
Generals, and i'll their presence he
placed it on his head, repeating the
proud motto Of the Iron Crown: .'God
h0y TO r..
touches it? Iu 1859 the Austrians,
retreating from Lombardy, took the
Iron Crown with them to Mantua, and
subsequently to Vienna. There it re-
named until, by the treaty which
ceded Fenetia to Italy, in 1866, it was
restored to It's old hone III the sacrsty
of the cathedral at Monza, and there
IL rests to-day, amid tho other treas
ures OF Theodolinda-her jewe!led
comb, her golden hen and seven
chickens the symbols of Lombardy
and its aeven prOvinces), and the crown
of her husband AgiIulph.
Next III age 10 the Iron Crown, but
far exceeding it i'll value and beauty
OF workmanship, are the crowns of the
old Gothic Kings of Spain, discovered
seventeen years ago near Toledo They
Ntic 1puuII III SoUle excavations which
were made in an ancient cemetery at
fuente di Guerrazar, two leagues
from that city. They are eight in
number, and their intrinsic value is
estimated at two thousand pounds
sterling. The largest, splendid cir
Gle of gold one foot in diameter, bears
the name Of King Receswinthus, who
reigned in the middle of the seventh
century. This dirdem is adorned with
fine rubies, pearls and sapphires, and
round it runs row of little crosses of
and gold.
Of the modern crowns of continental
Europe perhaps the most remarkable |
is the well-known triple crown or
papal tiara, or perhaps we should say |
tiaras, for there are four of them, The |
tiara is seldom worn by the Pope; it
is carried before him in procession.
but, except on rare occasions, he wears
a mitre like an ordinary bishop. OF
the existing tiaras, the most beautiful
Is that which was given by NAPOLEON
to Plus VII. in 1906. It is said to
be worth upwards of nine thousand
pounds. Its three circlets are almost