The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
Curious Precaution Taken by
Ancient English Family.
1T is A SUPERSTITION
That a Member Dies Every
Time a Limb Falls.

Gent tree Its limos are bound round
with great links and cables, and links ard
cables encompass its trunk as well Hence
II gives forth. when the wind blows, the
strangest and most dismal clanking.
The tree IS called the Carnaryon y=w''
end it is in creduIous submission 10 ar
superstition tlat Lord Carnarvon
lately enchained IT, The superstition is
that when limb Of the tree falls 10 the
ground a member OF the Carnarvon fam
~, dies and ar Csrnarvon Castle. in Car
narvon. Wales; Hishclere Castle in
Newbury; at PiXton Park in Dulverstou
and at Bretby Park in Burton-on- Trent
these are the Carnarvo nestates-the me
dievaI superstition Is maintained
The Carnarvons and their people tel
OF seven authenticated cases where the
old legend was borne out by fact and
that Is why they have now chained their
yeW trees limbs 70 IFS trunk-chaiaed
them very cunningly so that the stout
trunk carries nearly all their weight
and it VIII be scarcely possible in the
future for a branch either TO fall or
to be blown down Thus the earis Of Car
narvon think they VIII cheat death.
The Carnarvons are a rich. an ancient
and noted family George Edward
Staahope Molyneux Herbert. the present
earl owns 5000 acres Is the patron of
I thirteen Iivfngs and has five country seats
/ besides his town house at 13 Berkeley
/ Square.
The name Carnarv0n means fort oppo
site Mona and Carnarvon Castle begun
/ by Edward H. in 1925 is the oldest ana
most imposing fortress in Wales IL occu-
/ pies the entire west and of the old town
/ OF CarHarvon; it is built throughout Of
cut stone; its walls are eight feet thick
/ and here. in the eagle rover. the first
I Prince of Wales was born.
The Carnarvon arms are interesting to
him who is not acquainted with heraldry.
[ because their description Involves many
words Of unknown meaning. This is how
they are defined in the various heraldic
books
AR8fS-Per pale azure ard gules. three
lions rampent argent. d crest for dir
ference
CREST-A wyvern- wings elevated vert:
in the mouth a sinister human hand,
coupled at wrist gules
SUPPORTERS Dexter. d panther argent
incensed proper, spotted with hurts and
torteaux alternately. Sinister. a lions
argent both ducally gorged per pale (
azure and gules, with chain refiexed /
over backs or. and charged on shoulder 4
with evmine spot sable.
MOTTO-Cug Je Serviray zone L viii /
Serve
The Earl Of Carnarvon who chained /
the limbs Of the Carnarvon yew was a
scholar. a poet and a statesman He it 4
was who crea tea the Dominion OF Cana /
da. carrying through the Canadian bin in 4
1855. when be was colonial minister.
His name was Henry Howard Moiyneux /
Herbert re was born in 1S31 and he
died in 1890 Educated at Eton and at
oxford. h. entered the house Of lords
on attaining his majority. and he was
undersecretary Of state Tor the colonies
from 1857 10 1853. secretary of state from
lse5 to 1s57 and from 1874 to ISIS and lord
lieutenant of Ireland from 1885 10 1881
He made admirable TRANSACTIONS Of the
= gameanon OF Aeschylus and Of the
odyssey of Homer. he edited the letters
of Lord Chesterfield mis- ancestor. and
he was the author of number Of bril-
liant essays on historical subjects.
such "a man as this il is evident must
have put a great deal of faith in a super
stition before he would so FAR weld to
il as 20 chain NJ the limbs of tree.
What then were the facts which made
this superstition seem true 10 Lord Car
uarvon's intelligent and cultivated rnind2
What tradition says they were the fol-
lowing narrative tells briefly
III October. 1870. Henry Herbert Earl
OF Csrnarron. drove in his coach with his
family from London 10 his seat AZ Bretby
Park. Burton-on-TreRt. on the night If
MS arrival he retired carly. a litue tired
from the long journey. but otherwise in
quite good health There was a great
storm that night with hail. and a strong
wind blowing out OF the west In the
morning me earl did mex ring at the !
usual time for his mansersant. An hour .
passed and stil he did not riug They
knocked al bis door. He did nat answer
They hurst open the door. The Earl Of
Carnarvon lay dead y his bed
Re had been dead. The physician said.
eight hours. and. eight hours before pre-
isely. q keeper. pacing the park for d
1cachers. hsd seen limb blow down ]
from che Caruaryoa yew Il
Henry Georse Herbert .the Eext earl
isd Cd Elshclere Caste. n Newburs-- m 9
So lie had been 30 O. some weeks wlth
feve- osit his llnass WIS no, thought 5
10 he serious. His old nurse Mary Ss'aw. Z
woman II - years. US nolseSeper 4 &
mis- tiue Of Brethy Park. ana On the =
morning of June q she saw one u the Y
heaviest 6oughs of The Caruorvon yev z
,ena slowly and fan with crash 10 c
De- ground
The master she said. IS dead some- 3
hing tells re Re died when that limb 81
en- 2
And there came. day lste- letter O.
q Tho servants 81 Brstby Park which 2
asa th4t I.ord Csruarvoas Illness Rad
sEen 8 5;1ra Tor the Eorse y June - @
rl On The morning Z Joae e he had r
lel
one CT the nczr beautifal - rhe corr- q
sss=s n CarnaTvon vas 3 daughter u
.ord Henry Howard ard a grandiailgh- @
e. % she Duke CT NorfoIk- Her death q
rss saader II vas thgaght thar she i
ie5 - heart trsahle oFasght On ~ IS
hees Rut she ssa-T : that ID a. q
ususS eFezsag j, SD she stood AZ ere
{ the irav.ag recn Win6oEs q Bret1g s.
ark aaechlrS Ire passage - a violent "a
Nm ara thun3e- Storm. when there cane r..
aI.rdlne Tash ~ lsnralaE ard Lazy q
sruarvon shrefked ard tau dad 10 IRE e.
cor That sane lightning fash tore
-om the Cs-usrvon yew ore . IFS toP- IS
lost limbs IN
Besides these there are four oshes easss II