The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-23

cept for the ornamentation of the.
blade
The sword of temporal justice is a
sharp-pointed weapon, with a scabbar5
in all respects similar to that of the
curtana. 1t is carried drawn in the
bearers left hand in front of his mai,
esty.
The great golden spurs, as the en-
blem of chivalry, are carried in the
procession, and at the proper period in
the ceremony are brought to the king
by the Lord Great Chamberlain, who
touches his majestys heels with them
one after another and then returns
them to the altar They are most
elaborately wrought round the outer
edge as wei las at the buckle and fast
enings. They are similar to the spurs
worn by the Anglo-Saxons and Nor
mans and have no rowels, but end in
an ornamented point
The ring of alliance. sometimes
called in ancient writings ''the wedding
ring of England" is of pure gold. seus
with a large table rubby, violet in color
chased with the cross of st. George
and surrounded by a circle of 26 dia-
monds. 1t is jointed like bracelet so
that it may fit fingers of different sizes.
The coronation ring of the queen is
also of gold, set with a large table
ruby and sixteen other smaller rubies.
King Edwards chair, on which all
monarchs of England sit when thew
are crowned, has very long history.
1t is generally known as st. Edwards
chair, as a mark of respect to Edward
the Confessor, near whose shrine in
Westminster Abbey it usually stands
1t was made by order of Edward /
to hold the coronation stone, or stone
OF destiny, on which the Scottish mon
archs used TO sit when they were
crowned. Edward l seized this stone
when he had practically subdued Scot
land and sent it to Westminster in
1895. At each coronation ceemnony.
with the single exception of that of
Mary |, who was crowned in a chair
sent to her by the Pope, it is brought
out of st. Edwards chapel and placed
before the altar, in the eastern part Of
the Abbey.
When Oliver Cromwell was installed
in the office of protector it was taken
into Westminster Hall, which forms a
portion of the parliament buildings
opposite the Abbey, and this was the
only occasion on which it has ever
been taken out of the Abbey. The
chair is made of solid oak, its various
parts being pinned together, and. all
though considerably damaged by the
effects of age and mutilation, it re-
mains almost as firm as ever it was
Some of the original gilt and orna-
may yet be seen, but at each
is receives a fresh cover
ing of cloth of gold It's dimensions
are height, feet 9 inches; width at
the bottom, 8 feet inches; breadth
from front to back at the bottom.
feet; width of the seat 2 feet 5 inches.
breadth of the seat from front to back
l foot 0 inches; height of the seat
from the ground, feet 315 inches;
height of the elbows, / foot 2 inches,
Although the chair itself is Of con-
siderable antiquity, it is in reality the
stone of destiny contained within its
frame, that gives it its prime import
ance This ancient stone, which rests
under the seat of the chair on a middle
frame supported by four crouching
lions, was placed in the Abbey of
Scone, in the Scottish county of Perth.
as early as the year $50 by the then
Scottish King Kenneth, and. although
It's previous history is lost in dengend.
it undoubtedly served for some cen
turies before that date as the corona
tion throne of the Scottish kings The
legends of the Scottish bards declare
That 1t is the original stone on which
lhe .patflarch Jacob rested his head
on the plain of Luz, whence it was
carried to Egypt. and was afterwards
brought to Spain by Getbalus, the son
Of Cecrops, who had been banished to y
Egypt from Athens by his father. and
who married Scotia, a daughter of
Pharaoh, flying with her to Spain. in
order to escape the plaques and taking
the stone with them From Spain it is
said to have been transported to Ire.
and, and afterwards to Scotland. bv
their descendants. Biologists, how
ever assert that the stone is of purely
Scottist origin and was quarried in
ancient times out of the sandstone of
that country.
A Gaelic propecy was originally in.
scribed on the stone by King Kenneth
70 the effect that: