Show to JT COST S 000000 THC OPOWN OF IORTUOAL OF rtmtm FOil SAL lime IIn101 1 ee5000 7 10 i ant New sod h1 Ire Itepteelhed Ien at Ito rust of Shoe tttng s IleadgesrThe I 11I1 l Llaurs + UK crown of Portugal Por-tugal I for ale 1 no rordlng 10 AMllp In i London r where i Dom Cnelor I Oho owner rend wearer of the bauble U I now v lilting Tho roy n I trensiiry is I J very wont It wcnis I J and tho king who little rcllshc the dl > treee of hU people to I willing to rvalue on this valuable piece l of portable properly In order to supply the deficiency defi-ciency In tin revenue under existing conditions It woo alalod when ho left I home thai the crown wan taken for Ibo purpose of repair Hut Ibo fact has leaked out tint It was for the more practical prac-tical reason that It might be sold or pledged The crown of Portugal II l Oho most valuable In Kurope or for Hint matter In the world It cnnilsts of a solid gold bind completely covered with prcctoiia Blnne many of which are historic his-toric relics of 1nrlurira former great nee They were priiired l when the mine of the ladle and llrntll were nt the disposition of that Mvllnnt little country Among Ibo Joel decorating the band are four mormons diamond and four rare rubles from the band I rise four l heraldic tuck loaves each of I which o I aiiiddMl with precious I Hones Prom the leaves issue four arches which come together In n point I owh Iho I crown The anhea ore decorated with I Iho conventional gold balls usual to crown but In this case the Interstices are filled with diamond Above tho point of the nrchta la I a Jeweled ball and this Is I aiirmomilcd by a Malteee cruM The crown weigh three pounds and five ounce liujr Thl circumstance circum-stance cull attention to n country that has played n great part In history but Is I now romparntlvrly obacure Ill la 1 out of the way of the average lourlnt end until within twentylive I year roads were unknown there The entire area I only 3CS mile long by 100 miles In width It li I ncpnralcd from Spain by social and political rather than by natural division A few year ago Spain attempted to selzo and annex II since which lime an Intense enmity haa existed against her among the pcoplo of Portugal The present ruler whose full title b I King of Portugal and tho gIn > l within and beyond Oho ions g-In Africa lord of Guinea and of tin = 1 1 ft Y e 1 l y 4 L Till CROWN OP POIITUOAL navigation nnd commerce of Ulhlopli Arabia Persia nnd tits Indies one lobs iiocesslon to Iho wholesale polionlns which tarried oft o ninny member or the royal hnutv of llnmania soon year ngo The i myiterlon tenths have Hover been fully cleared up and the explanation given of them In Lisbon forma a strange story Pedro V of Portugal was married to Unphanlo sister sis-ter of the hereditary Prince of llohcn zollern who wn conducted to Lisbon by her brother Leopold Wllhln a few months she woos Inkcu 111 auddcnly and died In lena than a week Soon otter word two brothers of the king were similarly attacked ono of whom died The King woe the UK I victim After that tbo cook wai murdered In Ibo kltehtnanothiruf Iho klnga household waa subeequeiUly attacked by lion malady mal-ady which had carried off himself and wife and three prince of the royal houM antlered but recovered and nnilly It was concluded that this bad drainage of Iho palace caused the trouble Some time afterward however how-ever an old scientist traveling In the east arrived In Lisbon and learning the elrcumauiicei declared the victims wore polaeD1 by n vegetable poison known only to himself and one other prrion a lady who had been Ills pupil In chrinlBtry Tho deicrlptlon of Oho utler potion Identified her us the Couuteaa Llonora daughter of a dukn with whom the king waa deeply lu love before lit married who ardently loved him In return and totiRht that mum of reveuge ngalnat the queen and the royal family which had prevented the marriage Hint the young peoplodelred to contract |