Show LARGELY MATTER OF F FAITH proof of authenticity of relics re legious or historical in most cases impossible 1 the authenticity ot of relics religious religion or historical must in many cases ha bg largely a matter 0 of faith proof IS 13 often lacking often indeed impossible to procure the number of couches from the fact that they have been slept in by good queen bess shown in manor houses la Is legion and the same may be said ot of many other historical heirlooms heir looms the real history it if malch aich Is lost in the mists of antiquity ty how many pairs of 0 gloves were vere given by xing king charles I 1 as keepsake sa es on the day of his execution there are quite a number of claimants for the honor one pair has recently been the cause of a law suit and it was said in the course of the trial that they were given by the king to bishop juxon on the scaffold there la Is yet another pair which has had a tar far stranger history than most stuart relies relics which have indeed little history but a quiet passing from generation to generation in english country houses they were sent by xing king charles on the day of execution by a trusty hand band to speaker Lent Lenthall ball for sake only one of the jhc bair air now survives the other was burned in a bush fire in australia the tha precious gloves had gone thero there when the Len awhile ago left their homes and their lands and had with charles 11 II s pardon of Lent lenthall halI ben cherished in many wanderings in australia st the surviving glove and tho the pardon are now back in england be cause happily the Len are back it is quite likely that king charles gave away several pairs ot of gloves for gloves then were costly things cities gave them to visiting sovereigns here now addresses or gold boxes are given but in the days ot of the stuarts gloves were costly enough at any rate to carry a sentiment even a kings sentiment |