| Show Fabulous Wealth Hidder I In the Sultan s House I i Special CONSTANTINOPLE Nov Ko 16 C CONSTANTINOPLE Nothing in Iii thu equals n splendor the tile Turkish sultans treasure tre uro house here which h has never been photographed and scarcely oval ever entered except by b its royal own owner er q c and Its guardians So priceless are arc tho tile treasures stored therein that even ambassadors are refused admittance It Jt Itis ItIs is IF only sonic some great favorite of tho tile sultans who ho may have havo a passing peep loep at Its It wonders The whole treasure house consists of but two tivo largo large rooms with lIh single galleries running above each The first thing that flint strikes tho the thoo eye oye o e on Oil entering is 18 the tho gigantic throne covered with a hugo huge crystal canopy It is made hOlide out ont of beaten gold ROW goldone one and a half Inches thick The Thc seat and the tue four foul thick legs are covered with eastern designs worked out In thousands of or huge lIngo pearls equal in hi size and water with topazes and em emeralds cut all alt alike Tho The throne Is square In Iii shape measuring three yards long and two yards high It was made In Ill 1501 1 Ol In s In Persia for f r thc tho Shah I the tho First There is yet another wonderful throne of Persian work In the same caine hall hail This is rather different in III form having steps and ane being supported by slender pillars It has a cupola of ot gold and anti is ls I of golden foundation Into this are arc incrusted cedar and san can sandal sandal candal dal wood designs d which arc are again richly rl hl studded l with lIh rubles emeralds ds and und diamonds Under the tho cu en cupola cupola pola at the tile end amid of a golden gol en chain chalo hangs an till uncut emerald six fix Ix inches IncItes long and a nfl two and a nil a l halt hal f inches thick It is I covered with texts from the Koran Korun This Tilts throne was vas made In hi tile the sixteenth century and amid was used by b Achmed I J whose ho e hobby was swords anti and who wl iio o formed a collection of 1018 golden Iden swords pet Fot et with precious stones of or the very first quality THREE TUngE GREAT G EAp EMERALDS Eln In a l crystal cupboard next to tile the thrones repose three of the tho largest em om emeralds which have hao up to the tho present moment been heon found They hoy are arc al fron eight night to 10 Inches long lon and from five to six si inches thick In Tn the thu eighteenth century there was a n wonderful emerald in this saino samo cupboard which weighed Lb O carats cirat but Mustafa lu III gave it to toba toba ba he put over grave grao In III Me lIe Medina din dina whore where it hangs ll still lUll tili Under the window to tile the cup CUI cupboard ell board stands a Ii l splendid bronze of Abdul Azis In the tho midst of th glare Iare of gold 01 1 and stones such a r I thinK thing makes hInt hilt little Impression J 1 P Is however valuable because It is tho the first anti and as yet et only statue of lb Ih t sul sal sultan sultan tan tIll The ThO Koran KOlan declares li It to be a 1 sin sinto ln In Into to patronize sculpture and no other dither sultan has hus dalel 1 to UI defy this tills prohibition l lUon tion Uon of the tile devils devil art Behind crystal cupboards between tile the two to windows arc aro historical relics r of or priceless value There hang tile the sword vord of oC Mohammed the tile he carried itt lii his hlf hand baUd on entering Con ConI for the tue first firt time the I Sword 1 of Constantino the thelast thel thelast last l st of or tile the dynasty dynast the crooked sword belonging to IT when he lIe set s t out against the Germans and Soliman Sollman tho Greats sword sord which ho lie curried carrIed during his Ills c conquest of Be Bt Del All li 11 t o a are arc of gold gild g ld studded with turquoises s pearls pearl and anU andr rubies r hies Near them lire are the helmets suits of hI armpur art armour i ur lanc and andI I once oc used el by b eastern potentates They rh are ure a It blaze laze of ut eli ponds emerald e l rubles rubies and alt aU au large enough to t tho th 5 envy ei of 05 duchesses II R es mill arid so o gold ti y a c in can scarcely lc rc be 00 seon se n Tin Tho effect t Is its IsI I that t of a Ii series erl S of or jeweled rainbows which dazzles thu the and arid recall re tha he i wondrous tales o of nights v THE TH JEWED ROOM ROO ROOI v Tile Th second room is called the tia jevel je S i l I mom Nobody gives such ma magnificent cent presents as sultans and shahs Some Sonic Idea of this will bo gained v I fact that in this second room aro a IL aI x dozen crystal vases from 25 2 to 30 Inch Inches I es lS high filled with pearls emeralds i I diamonds rubles and sapphires f j Through the dazzle of these jewels j clI bo he feen tons stones of hugh size again set et with wih smaller Jewels in designs of flowers and amId beasts Not even eon the most beautiful work can come noal near this and nc those who f have haye shops in tile the th Rue dt do hl car can cannot not hot Imagine anything an tho 1 1 magnificence of color und and IW of workmanship that cast east Into those vases Mii Iii a n small smal room roOn In tn Con ti unique In the middle of tIlls this room is iu a I cup cupboard eUI cupboard board bard crystal of course containing a perfect collection of every l of t money moncy from the most an t dent clont cont times to the present day da And n nel yet el rich as ns this tills collection is It could not buy the tho stones atones in the vases vasos YI OS opposite site sie Besides the coins Is a n collection of flutes studded ed with wih sliver silver arid and precious stones which the tile con Coil contrary to the decree play upon ulon In a 1 casket adorned a orne with wih huge huo rubles He lie two pearls weighing 48 grammes In another casket studded stu ded with dia din diamonds diamonds monds is Itt a large ruby rub as ns hinge hirse as us n 1 1 pear This was iVUS WIS tho tile gilt gift of shah hah to 1 on nisi coronation day In yet another casket i II Is a diamond of tho first w tr weighing 32 carats carat c which probably adorned thu th Byzantine crown A child playing 1 on l the tilO sands Irn It in At Alvan van Semi in Roman Roma times Jt It was lust lost In ln Inthe tKo the lie midst of or ol somo great public cere cele ceremony mony mo PIECE OP OF THE CROSS Many priceless relics came to tn tile Ilia sul Rul sultans tans from frol thin the Byzantine dynasty dyna t There is a lure large piece of Christs ChriLs oros oro i given glnn to Constantine Constantino the tilO Great by hy th tile X monks of Golgotha From rm tho tIle sanio sani aos source s ce came the sponge and tile the crown of used u elj lit itt till th crucifixion It n Itis nIs ItIs is not lot generally known that hele of if John the given to Salomo S i 1 iby by her hOl stepfather ami all his UI also in iii the tit sultans tl house honse But such illch Is the case and ane thoy they now no lie lh ghastly relics rell by hy the tho orgie of light lIght color and gold gol The Tile galleries of or the tue treasure rooms aro 1110 lined with cupboards In iii which re me repose reIO pose hose IO O of Ut je oId dresses and vand cups cLips Tho Tue l quan quantity Iuan tt of o the explained by b thu tho custom of oC I a L rich drink drinking drinkIng ing lag CUll cup with every e lT prent sul stil sultan sultan tan tali Therefore tho tue tlC eye e l Is almost blinded bl by ly ho lila Il of goblets uHf and vases a es troll from Venice and the th west w st Holland Italy Hal Saxony Saxon Persia Pe Ja and anci Japan From I om thu tho Country are uro qui cUll CUlls s vIl to Eu full into pieces should poison ol l n be hc poured therein th Besides these thes lIre are alt in l un uncountable uncountable countable number of arms from frol Eng En r rand nUll and Toledo and tIll from 1111 Persi nil all 11 f I historical from om the tho sixteenth to tho present day Ono clock sent In itt Il J I 1740 0 front from the Austrian 1 fol Emperor HJ to II Mohammad I 1 1 ell f r 1 s n it fresh Crl h minuet f fCo every Co hour oc or 01 4 1 turn Wl In the day da 3 GARB GAl 3 OP OF TUB THE AGES AGE E Perhaps titi th impressive sl pat of this collection coe the tho 24 4 7 once worn by b bi sultans The Thi first r from froni frO the year 1453 the lust last W y Tho The of those fes il 1 J Jle ties fies le description Each EaCil is worth nun lul of thousands of o dollars dolar oven even I f 7 you YOLI Ol count I the tIle value of o the hu stones that adorn ador i tibia them to sax noth nothing ing Illg In of the th gold geld with which the they lure sewn and ane embroidered Each Ea h different design ac lC according d F For cording or ln tu to the th of Its royal r al owner The Tue walls wals of the th galleries are IC with portraIts o Of sultans sUIt n paint painted l I I ed ec lifter after ufer death f kt t to tf the Is s of ot l l land and ai d Ids his hi library But thit Hit thin thu low few f w at 1 who bo visit tise c oI S It dazzled s al by the thu splendor lc c r they tho have hae already Ir ad eri eed I II i W |
