Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-09

GertlewoUzr. have ever possessed
such a shining store q gems a:
Queen Victoria. for though the eroEu
jewels have been sAoru 0E their sglsnr
dor by the quantity coded 10 Ea1oyer
and now N the possession Of the Duke
az Cumberland, d vast number %
pree ieas stances remain. aaat have Deem
added &c &C dG5farent periods ct her
naiegry-s lung reign 1E mislslfs,s4zl
pregentzs, which may ratiier De Called
tribute, n'am the east, ant aB sineA
quantities Of lsrsmal sDlFeniars EaEz
prunaiig even ta1ailf rgRa1 ew1sr had
lost amlnts M Them q great u2zy
have 1eean ttanaiaImsd by gtss green %
ner, uwn liliitti'am amt grE14eatl1Ten,
nut sunit gifts are entirely private,
anu tsie 1uI',ti saitigr1 hears anything
aglunts tzielrn. There is. IL Is said, among
tlie pI,iHats apartments at Windsor a
Srrcng roou. OF rather department,
called the Wardrobe" in which
quantities OF keepsakes and souvenirs
are stored, but though catalogued and
duly docketed only those who are in
charge really know anything about
them. The accommodations of over
sixty years must be stupendous!
Queen charlotte's Treasures.
Queen Charlotte, the consort of
George ILL.,, Queen Victoria's grand
mother, had magnificent jewels, many
of which remain in the royal family,
or have reverted to It, though others
are scattered. She, poor lady did not
get a great deal of satisfaction out of
them, though they were, so to speak,
dangled before her when she was
chosen to be the bride of the young
king of England, to whom she proved
such a faithful wife. She herself said
they were the pleasure of a week,
fortnight at most, and to return no
more" Queen Charlotte's pearls alone
were valued at 9150,OOO, and part of
them went to Hanover, LETT to her
son. the duke of Cumberland, in her
will. The king spent 100000 on jew
els for her, and she bequeathed them
back to him or, falling him. as heir
looms to the house of Hanover. Then
in 1863 the nabob of Arcot sent over
box or 'bulse" of diamonds OF fabul.
GUS value to king George, and he
handed most OF them 10 his queen,
who at her death left them to her four
daughters. making the queen-dowager
OF Wurtemberg an exception, though
she directed that very fine set Of
garnets and diamonds should be
sent to her. The splendor Of Queen
Charlotte's diamonds on state occa-
sions was almost barbaric, and it is
on record that in addition to those
disposed about her small person she
sometimes carried nosegay of jewels
with one huge diamond respondent on
the top.
y~r~ Crown Of England,
The crown OF England, specially
mede for her majesty in 1888 by
Messrs. Rundell q Bridge, the then
famous court jewelers., has large
sapphire In the center, originally
bought for the crown of George Nv. In
front. set In the center of diamond
Mdittot tiVSS, 10 lHt HHtSL ruby
known. II is believed to have belonged
to potentate of central Asia cen
turtles ago in the dim past, and some
how IL got into the hands OF an Abys
sinian prince. II was next heard OF
as worn by a Moorish monarch al
Granada, where 1t excited the envy OF
Pedro the cruel of CASTLE. who asked
the great Moor to visit him, visit
from which he never returned to the
halls of Granada, for Pedro seized him
and compassed his murder, tearing the
great ruby from his turban. Trail
tion asserts that Pedro gave 1t to the
black prince, who was In Spain a good
deal, and. In the internecine skirm.
ishes of the time, laid the foundation
of the malady that shortened his life.
He is said to have worn the ruby at
the battle of MALARIA In 1867, and IL
was worn by Henry V. in his helmet
at Agincourt. The cross on the sum.
init contains the rose-cut "inesti-
mable" sapphire that was once set in
the famous ring of Edward the Con.
lessor, so long treasured at his shrine.
and the heritage of which gave his
successors the power of blessing
cramp rings.
Perfect Blaze Of Diamonds.
At the first drawing room Princess
Victoria attended, in February. 1881.
she wore a beautiful pearl necklet and
a diamond clasp in her hair, and at
her marriage she wore splendid dia.
mond earrings and necklace 10
match, and the diamond brooch that
Prince Albert had brought her as n
wedding present. On several occa.
sions in this early part OF her reign
she wore perfect blaze of diamonds
as stomacher or breastplate, and when
she dissolved parliament after her
accession, in addition TO an ornament
Of this nature, great dimond star
flashed on her neck, and on her head
was diamond tiara. At the famous
Plantagenet ball, over and above other
Jewels, she had on a single diamond
worth 10000. Her majesty's Jewel