The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-26
ROYAL INSIGNIA.
Crown and sceptcr of the Kings of Old
Scotland.

crown ana Scepter OF the Kings OF Old
Scotland.
In guarded room of the great gray
castle which overlooks the royal city of
Edinburgh are preserved the ancient
regalia of Scotland; the insignia of the
sovereignty of the kingdom before it
was united to England. Perhaps there's
nothing dearer to the Scotchman's heart
than these old symbols of the old-time
glory of his country.
There is the crown of Robert the
Bruce, which he wore as simple circle
of gold at the battle of BannocKburn
1t was afterward so encrusted with
rubies, diamonds and emeralds that il
rested with the weight of five pounds
upon the uneasy head of the king who
wore il.
The scepter with which the gallant
King James V. first ruled over his sub
jects is "a slight rod of silver little
more than three feet in length, orna.
ment with three figures of the Virgin
and the patron saints of Scotland when
Scotland believed in saints. A
The handle is crowned with n large
crystal beryl an ancient Stone of Power
in which the Druids OWNED the fu
ture.
Beside these there are the sword OF
state, and decorations and orders be.
longing to Scottish kings.
These treasures have a strange his
tory. When Charles |. was beheaded
they were in the keeping of Ogilvy,
governor of Castle Dunnottar Ito pro-
tect them from Cromwell's soldiers, they
We're given TO Mrs Granger, wife OF
the minister of n little church ncr Dun.
nottar. She and her husband dug a
hole before the pulpit at night, and
then buried them.
Dunnottar Castle was taken by the
Puritans, and the governor, the minister
and their wives We're put To the torture
To force them to reveal where the re-
gala were hidden. One of the women,
it is said, died on the rack. but they all
kept the secret until Charles III. was re-
stored.
At the time of the legislative union
between England and Scotland, in 1907,
the jealous Scots again hid the regalia,
this time i'll a huge oak chest in Il room
of the castle. There they remained nm.
known for "a hundred and eleven years,
when the dungeons were searched and
the chest opened 10y a commission OF
which Sir Walter Scott was the chief,
and the royal insignia were found
whole and unframed.
1t is said that a mighty shout went
mp from Edinburgh that day, and that
old men and children wept for JOY.
Since then the regalia are cherished by
Scotland as the emblems of her days
of freedom and power.
Americans have no visible sign of the
strength and character of their country
but the flag No cruel or brutal king
can besmirch its fair folds in the eyes
of the world, but every boy who reads
these lines can do il.
just as he shall make the name of an
American respected and honored among
men, he will add to its respect and
hoI,or.-Iouth's Companion.
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IA dress 10 fit by simply measuring her
customers neck. BY and by science
will enable us to tell how many racket
there will be in the neighborhood by
measuring n woman's tongue. -Arkan'
saw Thomas Cat
Some boys thinks they is awful good
cause their folks never misses church.
rain or shine, but | notice when they
has apple they never offers me bite
They always chums with some boys
wot's got poor front teeth.-Little John
NY.
"A man thinks il is all right for INN
10 like money, but he has no admira'
ton for the girl who likes smother man
the best because he has the most
AtchisoA Globe.
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