Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-07
The story eta Wandering crown.

Ifro1n Tie Areory-l
More precious 10 the loyal Magyar heart
than al the enbsrrss de richeases, WHISTLER
of barbaric rude1ess or nedinrs splendor,
10 the ancient oliver crown Of Hungxry-
bAttxrsd, dinted and black .s old iron. We
game on II with rsverentikl awe; for Errely
no crown In the world has undergone Eush
wonderful vicissifudes. When the royal
line Of ortsa became extinct, Hungary was
nlled with confusion The pope crowned
one oandidAts;the diet elected another, who
Immediately donned the coronation robes
and the silver crown His preteutioos were
speedily suppressed By the king Of Bo-
hemia, who surrounded the walls Of Buda
with his troops and carried of both king
and crown TO an imprsgnkble Bohemian
fortress.
Otto Of Bavaria was then chosen BY the
hungartans as their future ruler on coa-
diaon that be should Ersf recover the fam
Gus crown, with which the fortunes CT Hun
gary have ever been 30 closely connected
The BAvAriAn prince agreed 10 the eondI-
lions and, disguikipg himself In the eSrb
/ of merchant, he set forth on bis ouest
and resohed Bohemia In safety. BE Epeea-
1 ily learned that the country was on the
| verge of ruin; war had deciusted the pop-
/ ulstion and exhausted the national anspc-
| co. The land was untitled and the resourc-
4 ss of the kingdom at the lowest ebh. Uo-
4 der these eiroumHtkaoss the vsine Of the
1 Hungarian crown as q trophy of victory
| Was at o discount The misfortunss Of the
| impoverished state and the dire necessities
| to which ID was reduced destroyed chirsl-
rous sentiment and national pride. The
| supposed merchant prohted by the situa-
| ton and soon entered into such successful
negotiations with the ksrkssed and psuper-
| fzed government that he was enabled to se-
| cure the possession of the silver crown
Eliza beth, the widowed queen Of King
| Albert of Hungary was the next 10 disturb
the safety of the silver crown. The death
/ of the king had plunged the country into q
vortex of strife and confusion. In the
midst of the contest she resolved to escape
| from the dangers which threatened her,
| taking with her the ancient crown. After
| taking refuge In Germany she was reduced
/ to sbject poverty, and In her distress she
1 psvned the historic crown of Hungary 70
| the Emperor Frederick for three thousand
| ducats. Indignation fred every patriotic
Magyar heart; war Was declared, and, sf-
| ter much bloodshed, the battered crown
was recovered by the Hungarian army and
| taken back in triumph to Buds, where IL
was locked up In a fortress and guarded
night and day by two state dignitsries
chosen from the Magyar nobility. The
strife and tumult which for go many osn-
turtles surrounded the silver crown only in
creased Its moral value and heightened Its
significance, finally winning the due recog-
milton of Hungarian needs and require
| ments. The brave Magyar race stoutly re-
| fused to denationslize itself by incorpors-
| ton with Austria, and at last the necessity
/ of self government for Hungary wac sd
| mitt-1- Francis Joseph of Hspsburg was
| solemnly crowned king of Hungary as well
| as Emperor of Austria, and accepted with
| the silver crown the double responsibility
| of the double monarchy.
New 60 called remedies spring up every
day like mushrooms; but the people still
cling to DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.