Show i The SUltan Treasure I ITHE I THE sultans personal adjutant the THE I lord of the treasury and forty I guardians or watchdogs of that institution greeted me when I stepped I from my carriage at the entrance of Seral Stamboul writes Miss I Vore Vere Carewe front from to I Ilot the Kansas City Journal There was a alot lot or of talk then his lordship proceeded to open the first gate which moved L without a hitch indicating to every bod s satisfaction that I it had not been L tampered with Neither ltd had anyone any one i toyed wih with the twelve padlocks out outside side th the send second door and hal half an hours I work sufficed to remove them Fellow Ing the breaking of the seal on gateI gate No o times the key turned Is in inthe I the Intricate behold the holiest of holes I Madame is requested ted by m sublime bowed low and struck his don these I gloves Is Its on account of the cold pre prevailing in the unused rooms led lied the lord of the treasury I A hint to be nimblest t pickpocket would despair of a r rhaul L haul wih with boxing gloves on But there was no occasion for me to get ang angry a as his lordship the adjutant and the forty watchdogs too had to Incase their hands In the sort of mittens Jim Jefries Jeffries wore when lee Ie knoke knocked out al al I Amerian American PU in succession When al all handa wee were under cover the lord tord cf the treasur treasury kno knocked ked his staf I three times on the marble foor floor and an L some thIrty of the the watchdog watchdogs proceed I to take at the various arious dor dorand C and windows of the three big and sev erl smal small hals balls while the rest ascend ascended ed to lookouts In the galleries fur furnished with Ith mirrors s so placed tl to alOw the inmate ate t to observe both visitors and am Insulting resentment 1 but again my evaporate when I sw saw the provocation Thee There are In this treasure house bushels and smal small measure measures of loose S gems If te the stocks of al all jewelers jewele or o f I New Y York rk Pars Paris and London wore won wont S combined these gentlemen could not no t hope to rival the sultans collections I And smal email wonder The ot of the tb S I world come by their gods goods honestly the sultans represent the spoils of war wa r and peace of halt half a doen dozen centuries may be one of the reana why uh I the gems are kept In open opel I crystal tays trays while your Mald Maiden n Lne Lan C dealer wraps his In sik silk paper Here Is his collection or o i rubies said the lord of the tre treasury lut And handing banding me a glittering bowl In Incased Incased cased in gold lie he added Our nb lime lord consuls consults the nes daily I I It t would sem seem quie quite natural for the owner owne t of oC such treasures to feAst his eyes upon a them but why consult Tile treasurer treasure r divined my questIoning looks and exi e ex Rubles Rubies madame i poisons and correct evIs evils res resulting fros rOm a mistaken friendship From anthel another soure source I learn that the th thy 0 superstitious ruler of Turkey ly lyhs y hs has a tray of rubies at his side Ride when rhe a goIng over his diplomatic correspond ence While reading the leters letters of oC Ils hi S and ryal Ii fi 1 worth qt ot r ie ru n 1 QC the e b r jy i c tote J r te the on ont at a t the time I if he Is a Turkish subject hrs h is hed head is demanded at at once Ia i I f a foreigner r his plans and are a re thwarted at all I hazards I I 1 have see seen te the geat great pigeon blood ruby uby r in th the czars crown even touche touched It I t during the thc co fe hl tes tut b ut longer t as the test i ii 1 the World I in te the treasure g h op I red s several of approximately a eual canal sIze had lustre aul a ao ud thee there must 0 be a thousand r o nes In the trays wh rei that s jewel Is 15 k kept pt While diamonds s ad and opus surrounded me on oh alt l side sides he heaped pe ol u up like pea peas iu in a grocers sho show In crystal and gold trays the greatest emerald the world ever produced Is kept In a a glas glass case e silver bound and the cn boud fastened to tg t c Icor h oer b by lan Lands of 01 steel i ThIs pIece pic said to have hae belonged to the Em N ro Is 15 n a little ittle l less than ten inches square of a abe be beautiful velvety green color and 1111 flaw l lt oss The l rd or of the told me that hat t the stone was taken out of its setting a gold frame with a long han I dIe many centuries ago and that sInce I then It has been an object t of curiosity only 1 asked this emerald might be the one used by Nero as a I iong l ong distance glass when Viewing the b battles or of the gie but hl his lord I ship dId not knoW At the end oJ of the J row to lo se gums gems I 1 was shown 1 3 a big vessel resembling a ap p was fillOd d to the rim brim with emeralds Only a p portion or of them casna from SOuth America Amerl i I Isaid said the treasurer The greater part was fished up in hi the Sea of Alexan dna ri j too often journeys to the palace particularly when hIts his ma maJesty Jesty a new wIfe which hap happens pens at regular and irregular Inter vats vals On th these se occasIons the new wife wiCe Iz 18 from head to toot foot with em emeralds and must remain In a certain I posItion all night to prevent any of the from off If in the morning all are found adhere to her chin the sultan is s that his no now wife wm ill be to him be caUse cathe the emerald insures true love I have bave seen man many sorts or of diamon bUt the sultans treasurer r exhibited to tome me an absolute novelty several seral bun T none weIghing le less than twenty live karats karate that formed perfect sq squares res These wonderful a are setla setIn an aj immense golden jug about MI as i intended for ejr use i Suppose as 36 the thea a average v rage racing CUP Like King Peters Peter S crown that nearly downed the little tittle man the vessel weighs twelve pounds the annual revenue ot of a province 1 by a senseless that Is pot even beautiful In Turkey as in other monarchial countries roy ally ty has much to an anwer forthe pU pub lie lic wealth locked up in idle trumpery while education and pUblic Improve improvements mE ments ts s starve e eThe The piece a miniature Indian temple is entirely COP constructed of gold emeralds tor or windows rubies for cor niChe fB diamonds turquoise and s s yx for tor ornamentation it Is valued at francs said the lord of the as much as the sultan owes owell e Uncle Sam As I proceed I find that vases of pure gold set with precious stones are no in the sultans sultan treasure house than such Jerse Jersey made Japanese are In our auction shops at hom Vases of all siz I e send and forms big bellied long Jong vaSes thin ones vases und end the tho plain rl t No wonder Abdul Hamid sent them to the treasure house he hc proba Ii his bh tired looking m mThr The refers to golden vases that the him himself lf of the of oC oCa a certain vase or of rock c crystal stal forming the gell of this part ot of the Ican ot for thc file life Jire Or f me understand That Abdul predecessors I were ere a as sup as the majesty i that be Is evident from their hundreds I upon hundreds or of amulet In hi letters an and set f with a va Ta variety of and that JUte the present the they had thou suspicion us roa may gathered be from th rich colIe tIon of daggers and other othe personal weapons they left lect b behind The hilts of ninny many of them sISI 0 of a sin single i igle gle stone I aw such f formed of oC white sapphires as big as a egg and having the luster ot of a diamond also of bright red and others of a bea blue Again A i there w r sword ad dagger knobs form formed d of a single turquoise an In inch h tong by halt half an Inch wide Turquoise said the treasurer brings success I have seen the collections of all th the courts or of Europe hut but none can hold bold a candle to Abdul presumably because his dy dynasty nasty Is not only one of the Oldest but was al always ays the most thorough In the theatter matter m atter of getting something for tor noth ing CenturIes att after r centuries the Grand Turk preyed on the richest and most cultured ChrIstian and heathen nations and no wonder the p disha ot of boasts ot souvenirs from ironi fromal al and climes Chief among them Is the throne ot of Ismail Shah of Persia worth Sultan SeUm Selim I having captured it In 1514 it has been on exhibition to the favored f few ever eYer since eating up an immense fortune In Interest an annually annually It If the English ever occupy Con Constantinople Constantinople and confiscate this throne to recoup the holders of bonds great ZI slump in rubies pearls and ecu wIll follow provided the throne is broken up for tor the big chair is sim simply simply ply covered with this sort ol of ty Even the naIls holding down the velvet seat Beat are topped by turquoise Around the back of the throne are grouped coats of mall mail shields and war swords or of great TurkIsh conquerors each a Damascus or Toledo master masterpiece masterpiece piece each adorned with rubles rubies em emeralds emeralds and diamonds ot of prodigious size Next the treasurer conducted me to the hall of the regalia where the pobes or of state of the sultans from the first half ot of the n h c to the pros pres preson on oni day are exhibited on lay figures without face ot of course as the Moslem is forbidden to make human Images The consummate splendor ot of OrIental cloth malting making ancient and new ness Is i rep resented there by the finest specimens of oC the art ever conceived For such suh cloth coth or of gold and silver such brocades velvets and silks one wOUld look In vain outside of this treasure hol Se and p perhaps some rajah palaces In India And no costume Is complete without the sultans favorite weapon usually a dagger and a crescent shaped sword mounted In gold and pr precious stones and of the most exquisite work workmanship workmanship manship imaginable N Notice tice It yoU please this saddle saddlecloth cloth said the treasurer It Is worth wort wortha a a round million or Of select cd ad pearls sewed onto it We Va read sometimes that Q queen the re cacti l arti article dc cle o or the one of walt waited a ten years or longer before a necklace ot of pearls finding it extremely dim dif uit to match the gems as to color lustre and size The strings referred to consist of fifty to here we have lO iO O ach perfect a snatch match or at the other Really Allah Is i great and Abdul custom ot of cUng his salary of 2000 purses every morning itt in advance Is probably no innovation To jud judge b by results his mUst have ave followed that routine through the cen centurIes tunes with the pJ pf Ing to thc ul uI ullah tah lah paid even eyen If IC ih hause tax office have hae not a purse left to bless themselves with A purse IS equal to 1850 10 lam am quite sure that his majesty Mustapha II was a good collector for his inheritance is the most magnificent of aU all This royal despised wood marble and oth othOr r ordinary r ma material to such an extent that the very er r of his apartments had to be bc paved with gold silver and semiprecious clone cious stones A whole room is given to mementoes or of his late magnificence cief thorn them g complete toilet tonet f I a J JI walh Ii d is bath tu lb l e rl ta J 6 1 t ce certainly but As I w nt around a a corner I nearly fell rell Into a t ton t of gud pounds WE weigh them of yellow coin made by members of oC the Othman dy na interesting front from the nu paint or of view and not to be despised cm that ofa creditor either I 20 4 |