Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-21

frightened the life Of the little Princess,
their cousin, who was a lonely child,
by their merry society and boyish
pranks. Her engagement ring was
a beautiful serpent OF emeralds, and she
always wore it, as we'll as the historic
ruby and diamond ring that was the
outward and visible Sign of her queen
dom, being pus on her finger at the
coronation, and causing her great
deal Of pain, because q mistake had
been made in the measurement and it
was too small. That was speedily reme
died. and she was never without it.
She also wore several memorial ringe.
Two rings that the queen priced
very highly were presented to her by
the late Mr.. Fortnum, Of Hill House,
'stapmore, who was such an enthusi-
astic collector, and left no less than
90 valuable and historic rings to the
isnmolean Museum. at the jubilee
OF 1887 he sent her the diamond signet
OF Queen Henrietta Maria, and few
ears ago she accepted from him gold
and sapphire signet ring that had be-
longed to Mary Stuart, the wife oil
William III. Her late Majesty also
possessed the lsignat ring of Charles II
which il not at all too large for man's
little finger. though it has the royal
irms infinitely engraved on steel shield
md this lion and unicorn exquisitely
modelled in the same metal, reclining
on the shoulders of massive gold
-ing. Another of her treasures was
he siRnet ring made for Charles ii,
when Prince Of Wales, which had the
strich plumes between the letters Q.
?. cleanly and deeply cut on a table
.iaInond, one-half : by three eighth
inches in size, formed into a heart
,haped seven-sided shield. The stone
rs lustrous, but slightly tinged with
yellow. The back OF the. ring Is
nan eled with bow and CULVER en-
isltire These are all relics of the
,ueen's Stuart ancestors, and she had
Also some fine lewelry that belonged to
Queen Anne. fis,
A very curious and immensely valu-
lble ring is an extremely line ruby,
half an inch il diameter and of splendid
| quality. 1t is engraved with profile
| lead of Louis XII of France, and
inside it Is engraved "Loys XII, 15l5, =
ID was probably a memorial riIg ano
| fine specimen Of Quattra Cento work.
| The noted Koh-i-nor is q personal
| Jewel, and the queen wore it, set AS \
| orcoch, on special occasions. Its his
| tory uan be- traced back for z, 600 years,
| and in India 1t had the reputation
Of bringing i'll luck and downright
| disaster. When it became the queens
| property 1t was uncut, but was COM
mitted to Messrs. Goster Of Amsterdam
TO be cut and polished. In doing thia
many portions were cut away, but it
was made marvelously brilliapt. 1t
was believed that her majesty intended
to add the "Mountain Of Light to the
Grown jewels A very antique brooch
in the collection is an "eye-ouyx.
double eyed ana brightly colored and
presenting the most striking re-
1t is supposed to have teen worn as q
prophylaotic.
The royal collection OF canoes IL
almost priceless, and gains fresh in
terest from the fact that canoes are
again fashionable, after being 10 retire
ment for at least 40 years. A very tino
one Of Henry VIII Is executed in fiat
relief on beautiful sardonyx, the
head standing out ia pearly white on
1.-THE rich brown background. Another
cameo shows his full face, with that Of
the baby prince, his only son, who
afterward became Edward vi. The
little face has q cap round it, and the
stone il very large oval nicoo, the
back of which is followed out In in
taglio so as to correspond with the
relief on the surface. This curious ex-
pedieut Is characteristic of the cameo
cutting Of the period. A profile head
of Francis on a yellow and white
onyx, forms the centre of q superb
enameled pendant for q neck chain,
and is surrounded with breloques set
with canoes in colored stones pendant
! | EhO aalA f.ha nj nc The
best of them is q yelled head of Ceres
on large and fine-colored turquoise.
Cameo portraits OF Lady Jane Grey,
L Mary Queen of Scots and Duchess
of Parma are very curious. a very
large and perfect sardonyx shows bust
OF Queen Elizabeth, standing out IN
pure white. IL shows the details OF her
hair and headdIess, and tho jewelry
she wore, and the face Is lifelike. A
pendant to it shows portrait OF Philip
| III of Spaiu, and was possibly sent as a
! love token by that grim sutton 1t is
supposed to be the work of his court
engraver, Jacopo da Trezzo. A very
charmingly delicate cameo portrait is
} that of Clementina Sobieski, the Polish
vile of the Old Pretender. This is q
! very interesting relic. There are many
other canoes, but they are almost
plaques, and only those Described car
By any possibility ever have been WORT
as personal ornamentsi
The queen 10 said to have possessed
!, some extremely fine opals and 70 b
quite devoid of superstition concerning
them. She often made presents o
} these stores, and no sinister results
followed her beautiful gifts.
PRISONER IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Returned Soldier Gives an Account OF HI
Detention.
San Francisco, CAL, March 10. :
John l.. Fox, private CT Co. a
Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry, VIII
returned with his regiment on th
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