The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-01-19

A FAMOUS TOURNAMENT.
The Splendid Entertainment Given By
Lord EHlinton in 1879.

FAMOUS TOURNAMENT.
The Splendid Entertainment Given BY
Lord EEiinton in 1889.
Two episodes in Lord Eglinton's dis
tinguished history invite special atten-
on. The first is the Eglinton tourna-
, ut. which took place in August,
is his second, his brilliant career as
tw. lord lieutenant of Ireland. At
ne of the famous tournament
LordN clinton was in his twenty-sev-
enth va and one of the handsomest
and most engaging men of his day.
His desire was to produce in his own
park "a modern imitation of such a
as that described by Sir
Walter Scott in "Ivanhoe." and neither
expense nor research was spared to
make it a great and unique success.
Preparations for it and the festivities
which accompanied it cost about &40,-
900, but the munificent most omitted
from his calculations all thought OF the
English climate, which SO marred the
enjoyment Of the countless guests that
the vast expenditure wss in great
measure thrown away. The arena, or
scene of action, covered four acres, and
TWO tnoTiiouS EdlttTlcs NCIC SfCSeSo
on either side, the first to accommodate
the earl's private guests, and the sec
ond for invited spectators. to whom
tickets were sent g~ratuitously by his
orders Nearest the castle two vast
canvas saloons were set apart for the
banaueting hall ard ball room, while
each of the knights had his own mar
uuee. The decorations of the lists
were of the costlieSt description. and,
at the request of the noble host, most
of the visitors came attired in a medi-
aeval costume.
The grand stand was filed with Ia
dies splendidly attired in the costumes
of the fourteenth and fifteenth centu-
ries, to whom on entering the list each
knight in succession paid his devoir.
At . p. m. in the midst of a drenching
shower, the procession started from
the castle; put the pitiless rain marred
all the splcndor Of the costly prepara-
ton. Instead of riding on her palfrsy
to her throne, the queen of love and
beauty and her ladies were forced to
take shelter in carriages, and rs they ap-
preached the jousting ground . specta-
Gle met their eyes which ELECTED nm
controllable shouts of laughter from
the spectators surrounding the lists.
There, firmly planted upon his msilsd
war-charger, sat in unconscious digni-
ty the Marquis of Londonderry, clad
from head to foot in FURNISHED armor,
for which he had been measured by
cunning Milanese artificers, in steel
inlaid with gold-the cost OF his pano-
ply, being. it is said. at least $1,000.
The marquis was a short. stOut old
man, and above his head he held an
enormous gingham umbrella, to pro-
tect him from the peltings Of the mer-
CHESS storm.
Despite the weather. several joust-
ing matches took place, and. among
others. the Earl of Eglinton. clad in u
splendid panoply of brass, got the best
of the Marquis of Waterford, upon
whose breast he broke two spears. Al
night it was announced that the ban.
quoting hall and the ball room, con.
structed out of canva tents, were %
saturated by the heavy rain that it waa
, impossible to enter them. On the at
ternoon of the second day the weather
cleared. put the sports were confined
to the ball tent. in which Prince Louis
r Napoleon afterwards the Emperor
' Napoleon IT'D, engaged in a series OF
mimic combats on foo against Mt
afterwards Sir) Charles Lamb. both
combatants being sheathed in armor
, On the third and last day the proceed
ings ended with q general melee, in
which the knights, armed with swords
met their opponents in IN amicabls
fray. 1t was o seen, however, tina,
! the blows exchanged between the fiery
Marquis of Waterford and Viscoun,
Afford were so far from being annie
g able that the combatants were separ
ated by the intervention of the knight
marshal. On the fourth day the raiI
c was so incessant that by universal con
sent, the mimic conflict was given up
y So ended the great Eglinton tourna
t ment. after bringing together n con
( course of spectators variously estimat
ed at from So 900 to 200. 900 persons. II
: addition to the vast sum spent upon i
by Lord Eglinton, the tournament At
c tracted eager sightseers from all part
of the United Kingdom, who paid heav
I lily to get there, while the continent
n the colonies and the United States wer'
a well represented. As il to cover tn,
n whole affair with ridicule, q YER,
humorous account of the mock fight
ing and Of the attempted imitation o
old-world chivalry vas written for n
American journal by the late Mr.. N. p
y Willis. a lifting exponent Of such
bazarre scene. To their dying houI
many of the southern visitors neve
forgot what Scotland is capable of il
the way of rain during the autum,
: months.-London Telegraph.
n Tho Light Wood of Fiorida.
s.Lightwood" is one of the most use
- full southern productions. especially il
Florida, where it is used by all sorts o
. country folk, and particularly by tn
hunters. A cordwood stick carrie,
into the wilderness will cut up int,
fragments with which u dozen meal
may be cooked. The rich, resinou
= pine makes q quick, hot fire, especial.
C suited to open-air cooking. 1t is
Florida tradition that the chief WIN
u led the little band of Seminoles wher
the United States army long failed I,
K run to earth. was oil the point of agree
ing to go with his people to Indian to,
d ritory, when he suddenly aske
i whether there was any lightwood i
ID that new land, and, when the answe
was no, positively refused to 60 furthe
" with the treaty. lie would not live /
o n land without lightwood.-Philade
m phia Press.
n His ColOrs.
He had been learning to ride tn
bike. and the falls he had taken ha
= marked him up pretty thoroughly wit
bruises. but of course everybod
couldn't see them. A young woma
enthusiast was talking to him abou
his riding.
What are your colors"" she asket