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Show IN,,,.,,', t.e.,.11., Jleaad. ll aremt riirloua that an event which made ao much nob all over Kurope, no longer ago than the ycarlM,ne thedla-coveryof thedla-coveryof thehkllng place where Kouuth bail concealed tb cniwu ot 81. blepbeo, ahuuld U ao completely forgotten aa your correipondent aeema to think. I waa wlf beta many yrara latttr, when In Hungary, of the veneration with which the ancient regalia of their ballon were atlll regarded by the people. Jl waa nulla lha policy of the revolution to prevent tha emperor of Ana trie being crowned with to rtrereil acruw n, biltalnre la baa worn ll their loyalty, ao long withheld, baa bean faithfully kept by tha vatt majority. Tha regalia are now prraerved under the mutt Jealout guard lu the burg of Uoda. Tba ceremony that It performed on the Iloyallllllla nut eiaclly what tbawrllrr deicribea. 'Ibe candidate for coronation doea not have to "pull a tod," but ha ridrt lo lb lop of tha mound, wearing tba regalia, re-galia, and wllk the awonl of fcl. Ktephen In bla hand lake tha coronation oath, waving the aword at the tame time toward tha fuur tolnta of the compete, T he actual mound bat beau at I'rettbll rg for centuriea. It la compoaed of earth brought frotnaatli ef the fifty twuprov. local ot Hungary, In quaotltlea relative 10 Ibe aire ot each: It It about fifteen feet high (tpeaklng from memory), and It In-doted In-doted by a baudaeue atone batualraile, Aa it waa decided to bold tha coronation of lha pretent emperor at Iluda IVtlh, a pre-claelyalinllar pre-claelyalinllar mound waa built up there, aomeotlberartb from Ibe original oue at I'reuburg hrlug tncorporaleil Into It oteoabdQtalea. |