The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-24

ment, England" Another present
from the far side of the Atlantic was
nugget of pure gold found in the
Klondike, and valued at go pounds.
1t was subscribed for and sent by the
inhabitants of Dawson City.
Another strange present lies upon
the writing table of the King at San
dringham. It is the mpmmified hand
of an Egyptian Princess who died
some 5000 years ago. 1t was given to
His Majesty by celebrated Egyptol-
ogist, and is used as a paper weight.
Speaking of paper weights, the Ger
man Emperor possesses one which is
absolutely unique. 1t is lump of vol
canic rock which was broken from the
extreme summit of Mt. Kilima- Marc
by DR.. Buchner, and by him presented
to his sovereign. This morsel of stone
was the highest point of German-Afri-
can territory.
Whenever royal parsonage IS i'll
cures and prescriptions of every kind
come in by the hundred. The hoppillow
sent to King Edward, then Prince of
Wales, when, many years ago, he lay
very near to death from typhoid fever,
is an instance in point. More recently,
when the Car was down with the same
disease, bottle of Jordan water was
brought to the palace by subject who
had made special pilgrimage to Pal
estine in order to procure it. And an
old lady who lived near Odessa is said
to have actually tramped all the long,
dreary way to st. Petersburg with a
bottle of some specific which she was
convinced would cure the "Little
Father of his malady. When the
Prince and Princess of Wales started
on their tour round the world many
antidotes against seasickness came to
hand. One enterprising chemist sent
an enormous package containing hum
dreds of special antiseasick powders,
one of which was to be taken every
day while at sea. The Prince was
much amused. To Sir Francis Laking
he remarked: 81 say, Sir Francis, if
special powders he ought to have sent
me special stomach as WELL.
Not all gifts are returned. Where
special permission is asked and obtain
ed beforehand present is accepted in
the same spirit in which it is offered,
and our own monarch possesses a per-
feet museum of curiosities which have
come to him in this manner. Some of
these he prizes very highly. For IN
stance, when the King was in Gal,
way four years ago he was presented
with a genuine old Cladagh ring. Ga
dagh rings, which are now very rare
and greatly priced by antiquaries, were
originally the wedding rings of the Cla-
dagh women. and were handed down
from generation to generation through
the centuries. They are of massive
gold, the design usually being a heart
and clasped hands, surmounted by a
crown, thus svmbolizing Glove, friend
ship and loyalty
Again, last winter. when His Majesty
opened the African Products Exhibition
an offering was made to him which
greatly pleased him. Tt is a walking
stick composed of single horn of the
now practically extinct white rhino,
ceros. This stick has history. More
than 40. years ago it was given to the
famous Louis Solomon by a great Kaffil
chief as present from one grea,
chief to another Louis Solomon has
been dead many years, and the sticl
has now passed to a still greater chief
The King delights in walking sticks
of which he has an enormous collection
said to number in all nearly 2000.
Corporations and city companies arr
sometimes privileged to make specia
offerings to the King. Some years agr
the Horners Company received a Iette
from Sir Francis Knollys conveying tn,
Kings thanks and admiration of
singular and very beautiful gift. Thi
was casket made of selected speci
/, mems of the finest British bullock horns
l mounted with massive silver and gil
straps and ornaments chased in tn
finest style of early English art.
At the coronation of George 7.
magnificent suit of ancient armor wa
: claimed from the Royal Armorv as hi
t perquisite by the Champion Dymoke
:, Forty years ago this suit was sold b
the Dymoke family for about f14oc
: and after passing through several hand