New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-12
NOT JACOBS PILLOW
orioin of Great Britain's Stone
of Destiny.

-. -pii. BY the Br-s'vooo Oon'ps
COPY - the most cherished historical
- are being destroyed feopie !"
p~;tain and also in TINS cou"tiE'
''e@' - noen taught 20 believe that tie
nave Go ~ Destiny seateo on
S''1'.'' ~, On. Kings Of England nave oeen
Nnlc" v,-.s+r,inster Abbey since the
t-arsr5 I. was the original STONE
Ie'e" r..oh slept WREN he oredint VI
or ..,.i ladder. II has been inipresseu
tne .. vas brought from the Holy
upoi, - Ct, and from Spain 70 lreisno'
,,bsre II was used IN Gomez 49,. ran :,
,,ro,a,ions OF the Irish Kings =" ''io 80
r.. from, there 20 DunnstsH""e
4. -co,ts6d. which now belongs " ''o
80 Anvil and from thence 10 nc
= &c ,chers for three huhoreo yeas
~ ~ xinrs OF Scotland were cro~neo 'n
.., ,oos when Edward I Of England
ia 3, OF 20 London. He incaseo II III
-, hair or throne. feet inches
-, &c. deep and with seat rect >
- The stone itself. which -
- ,,,der the seat with two iron
TIE :. % inches long by Is Inches broad
aud loi. inches deep. The TOP IS nat
Va. ~, the eve ~ the coronation OF
King George. more than SIX centuries Iater'
Professor sir William mitchell Ramsay
,... % tho most eminent scientists OF scot
I'D and whose fame as an archeooelst
.,,o,,4s over The New World as well as the
old aonears upon the scene. and having
,,-,,,0n, all his knowledge 10 bear upon
the subject. stoutly declares mat tne Ht""e
~ Dostinv was never brought from the
HOLY Land since there Is no stone or that
rs-.icular kind A. Bethel, where Jacob
drsaut his dream end is said 20 have used
No stone for a pillow. The professor In
dsed declares that there Is no stone OF
TIA, particular kind I'm Palestine. nor vet
I'm Snsir nor. still less. anywhere in the
-,oichhorhood ~ the Sacred Hill Of Tara.
p.,, lie Doir.- ont that the stone Is idsnti-
rsI with that dull reddish. or rather pur-
,Nsr. sandstone which was extensively used
an ,no consumption % DurnstaNnsge Castle
and that n bears the same marks or ne
--isei a. The stones that still figure among
no ruins IF tho castle In fact. he insists.
and furnishes convincing proofs. that the
Biblical and Irish legends in connection
with The stone OF Destiny are mere myths.
and that ire origin does not - back any
Kings we're crowned a. Dunnstaffnage
.-asrla before The scene - the coronation
7ss moved 20 the Abbey OF Scoue
Sr William Ramsey VIII hav. 20 face
good deal % indignation on the part ~
his ~ountrvner fn connection With this
Destruction " their most cherished flu-
-ionz piece Of historic iconoclssr1 On
pr with that - Isaac Iselin, II Basls-an-
,e-tor ~ the 1selIns II New York-wno
proved ir similar fashion that William
Tell. he national hero ~ Switzerland, was
p mere creature ~ fancy and also q myth.
Fo- 90 great has been ths veneration Of me
scotch people for The Stone that they have
arvave considered ~ indispensable 70 the
Sovereignty over their nation. recalling
Ring Kenneth couplet.
O- Fst. Is Blind. or scots snail fnd
vhsrser TINS stone. the ROYAL throne.
Tairty-tvo years after King Edward I
carried the stone Of 70 England, the Scots
insisted on the Insertion IN the Treaty Of
NORTHAMPTON Of a clause STIMULATING that
So should be returned 20 Scotland. and Ed
ward III issued a writ 70 have the clause
rr, irto execution. But he changed his
mind afterwsrd. and the stone has re-
NAMED ever since in Westn1inster Abbey.
The osken chair in which it was incssed
hv Edward 7 rs in badly damaged CON
l.ton. The Latin inscription Was lost cen
-1ries ago. the ancient painting and gid
,oz have disappeared. and many of the
pointed arches are missing. Whenever
cremation has taken place the stone has
heen covered with cloth-Of-gold. which up
.clsjcrers have not scrupled to fasten 10
10 chair with tacks and nails. Indeed,
here has been so little reverence for the
chair itself. that AZ the time Of the first
Jubilee of Queen Victoria an attempt was
made 10 smarter up this ancient chair Of
state ov means OF coat OF varnish. and
only Parliamentary intervention prevented
This at of vandalism.