Show History and Romance Th 1 I II I 1 I Surrounds Worlds ous Jewels j Am much In th are me WS importation of ot a 1 wonderful blue and speculation I rife M us to toSo So tho purchaser Th The t tand diamond In III the and most tho U I one of 01 tl I e Or 11 Britain will willlie HI HIbe crown crown Je oU of the at be lie worn by Queen coronation in Jum 1 III mat te beauty gem Im tow hn ft n with Uh hu hud something to do and MM lieU of Wood blo have ha VII be n shed for tor Hi It It caine Into the of ot lull crown as a II port of ot the poll of oC Ilia conquest of and It will remain u otie olle of oC the tho royal rO Jew Jewel el aId a long n ns the tha empire shall lait for mh Jewels are arf and cun only 16 be from Britain by b force of ot on uv nt lIt that III t of bays JO the Ille D lIver 1 Where t of diamond from no one eRn n tell i All that 18 Is authentic It Is I of I lecent date I fits came upon Its troll Iroll of ot blood and rapine In hi n when wilen It n In the POI pon of ot rajah of ot India The first written record of ot Its i existence was l ft b II the cr t tl Mogul empire In ton who left elaborate Hillier Haber a II of ot the he I scourge course j of invaded India from tan tn and In the bottle battle In which Ibi was 4 defeated lost III lit JU Bood lie w vw piously eay ens WM wall nt to 10 son Oil sur surrounded ur rounded people In III Asia end them together with a e store of Jewels arid Amons Amoni these wrote tho groat mo mogul gul May 4 1620 was ono famous dia diu diamond I mond which I hud been acquired by Bullatt It Is so liD valuable jo that thai o II judge of ot diamonds valued nIue It at lit half th tM dally expense of the tho whole world FAMOUS S AGO It will be b observed that Hager Unger speaks I cf lItho tho stone as IlS already famous I Tho rho Ala cd of oC whom ho makes mention has hns been Leen Identified with a n rul ruler rulo o er or of the dynasty which reigned over a large part of from 1271 to 1321 and there Is reason reo on to be Le Here he took the gem from tho rajah i of whom he ho defeated In 1301 Tradition says the Iho stone wn WnM In the Iho po I session oslon of ot the family for gen generations on possibly as III early ns who reigned BT 51 I n C tile the j time of ot Haber the history his lory of ot tho Koli I 1 I Is 18 tolerably well authenticated That oriental says peo people gave guV It to of ot their own I free will but that statement must bo with oriental allowance HIllier Biro says that after had Imd brought It to him he 11 returned It to tho Iho captor but the BOH evidently under understood stood that was only an nil eastern bluff I When had hOil a n lingo In India lie set up UI his throne In DeW Deihl ns as tho first mogul emperor there th le he kept treasures dirt did not forget the great diamond and ona after two years of ot scheming ho hu succeed succeeded ed In stealing It Ho was wal detected however forced foreM to make mako restitution tion He lost Ion the favor of his father but gained possession of tho 1110 Noor when he rome came to the tho throne th J Prom From him It passed with the r to ClI It to 10 till the INI of O The fl Ih jell fi Bio 10 carl caro of hi wife Nur lit I ot tho It vm luring ISh that HH Orl Irs m It tI Jt of a 1 h nm 1 11 lur to 1 m 1 Arr OK Y 1 It J son lOll who ho OIl a tho man ml r clous peacock tin one K the tho moul 1110 t niH of lio Arabian II Nights This Thill tho of nt royal 1011 stood 01 iX He hugo ley of gold set et thickly with nibles dla 1111 At It tho bow bl WIO O with their P Pled led hJ In JB stones the 8 a n I Iff 1111 parrot raid to havo boon a single emerald Over var the throne u of ut S With goms f tinged ll with Ith IO of r arid II l supported on twelve Inri of ot gold gOm The ci owning glory of or this wa tin th e c of the thel l Which were four din dia diamonds monds Ot Of ut l believed d to have been and may J l n tho Mogul dia dla diamond mond Shah lj son the UI of 1110 moul with cruelty cut cast lila hIs 1 Into IO II MII eN n y o J Jhan Je han Imn 11 n 9 om of ot hi hie Jew jell Jewels ell els prison P find among th m was wn the Hohl After his hl death hll Ito the Ille Jew to her ton Tn fit I J U h who tho Iho court of 0 eb laid ho was afforded a of or the I he moguls which was WUI a 0 great bo to been the b ho ton In Iii lilt hI tur lur turban ban It down to Alum This monarch b und his hili two were roll and the Iho mogul empire Vins Willi fust 1 to 10 pieces tho yet In a It bracelet and wore It lion on Lit all public occa Oh O deathbed In 1839 an at It attempt tempt was WM to get him to 10 present nt tho stone to tho of ot Juggernaut JU to curry tho favor rl of the tho gods ThO tK claimed ho hI consented ron by Hol Holding ding his hll bend hut the Iho crown JOI lIr d to the diamond II I Ot out a t written order the tho could be prepared Th oI In this Jew jw Jewel el 01 chamber of ot Lahore being worn oa 00 by two or three of whom died by In 1849 n mutiny of ot two to Sikh ments pavo tho an 1111 to Interfere the tho n metrO mere boy Was Induced tt tl sign Aign n II tro ro roty ty of ot which he ho little tho af el affect It provided pr for tor the annexation of ot his dominion to 10 the powes TO ell Blons and tOt for the thc of the Iho I J V hare horo to the Kant India com company pany to reimburse it for tho war s reMeR Then Thelo was a n proviso that tho should be bf to Queen Qu en ln Thus In IBM th thA great diamond of India reached England became ono one of or the crown Jewels It then weighed karats which corresponds with the tho weight mentioned by Water IN AFGHAN HANDS Tho diamond passed down through I MAJ NW of ot tho family Shah ShUh Ha Hainan inan WOK WUK blinded by hy hl hIli brother brot lor Shuh O T Tl l led tho Ih to 10 on con coaled It In tho plantar of tho willi lit In till tho courno of 01 yearn the plaster bled away a n sharp of thu tM crystal A Imp to r thu by acol his hand upon It Thenceforward 1 Shah wore it on his hla blinded MI Jid ox IX 11 In turn lurn to tho Jowel jO l unit and carried U H with him to lei tho court of lit the famous Run nUll Jit Singh tho Mon of ot tho Ho tro by his hlll blind of I Prom l tho Noor paused 10 o anew n nw Nadir who ho had hod usurped ud tho Ponton Invaded tho mogul heavy Mohammed Khali over a II Kroat groat amount of ot II roO hut but kept tho diamond At lant n woman of hl hi em betrayed Nadir that Mo had tho mono hidden In his It was Willi a II custom of at to tut bans In sign of eternal friendship Nadir re resorted sorted to 10 a clever trick trl k to get tho rov ov tied Hed Ho contrived a meeting t his hili defeated enemy without his hili own tur turban ban fur COI that of It the tho mogul Taken by could do nothing Jut but comply with tho best beat graco raco possible lit I Y so 1111 a faco that Nadir fen rod lit u Imd been 1 lon tricked ended endl the tho conference that he might satisfy to hu tent tont he hastily tho turban in III his hili at nt tho discovery It f tho gom he called it Mountain of Light Tip to tOJ that It hall had ben been known simply au Ij the great grent diamond havo u II world WielD celebrity For many years I A CHRISTMAS AS AWAKENING I W tho Hope HOl mIle as nit n diamond In i thi 1111 of ot II nry T 1 HOllO Is III cal d bun hils hold 1101 11 a unique un by odds the finest II known In the tho world It 11 1111 only corals but U he of u n J sapphire blui In and ly I 41 Mr bought hou ht It for tor but It l III valued today at fill origin of till the has been In OH IUt IB III the tho R with will most great but It l IH III certain that tho HopI Hope Blue BI e IB III ono OliO ol fragments Into In 10 tho famous French 1 I nna divided after 1 Uti bollix with the tho other othor from thu fIlU Tuhan had many of tho most Jewels jowel of the client Among then them the Great stono was found ouM In Iho mines of Clot OUI conda conel and tell fell Into the tho l of at the who wim WUn the of or ortho tho of ot Unit evory tiling within sight Including most of or ortho tho output of tho diamond The nt weighed in the rough va a Il trill of ot water like un nil cut in half hulf jhc jho with ami huA never lIeou but bill It t IH II that It wa d nf III by hy In III Ih ct f as brokon ro n up 1111 Into lato minion The rho Orloff Orluff diamond which the th rn nl la h I than the Iho Moon Aloon of ot Mountains Jilt but not Mt au pure puro being It too tooM JOb M IM S Y an Indian cut mono bono on loa Its Ito historic debut wan mOll mado In UIA left Jett oyo OU of ot n of or tho god Rud A d from till thu French J drifted thoro thore Hot his hlA upon till thu big diamond He JIe as mimed guiBO and war wor Ille god gOll day IY and night until hla hili piety won him n II place the gUll guar I 01 the ho I shrine On tho of ot a n storm h hIS tho diamond from tho Idolo und to the English army and 1111 on tu to ho he Bold Jold thu jewel to a u lieu seu for a n small Tho nII sold to u Il London for 01 und bought by a 1 mot chant who to HilS Bin It In III Holland ho hll mot Orloff tho of ot Catherine If H Just nt that time Orloff was Vall In deep and Imd fled to allow the tho tern pur lIlli of ot Ills hili mistress to cool Fino diamonds were her hobby hollby Hera iv 1 chanco to win hla hl pardon Ho bought tho superb diamond and alII pre presented It to Catherine who promptly forgave hInt him and took him back to fi fiver t ver vor TUB DIt STONE Another famous diamond connected with Catherine H II her hel love lovo Is III tho 1 Catherine halt had thin Oi 61 aunt in a n Sho aho gave li It lito to who was then thell her hor lover It Jl was wo In his family until his grand graml grandniece niece sold It to Napoleon II who U II to It Jl waa W H the center dia diamond mond of tho necklace which waa to tho of ot This of ot Daroda was VIlS the tho create it diamond collector of ot modern lining tI III Tho English I Dresden went to him It Is III ft II Brazilian diamond of ot amusing purity None NOM purer la Is on record It 11 weighs seventysix and ont ono half carata cut Jut but weighed carats In n the rough An Indian rajah cumo from India to toJ niland J In 1863 merely to buy tho but tho price sent Bent him home An English mer merchant chant of Bombay Mil had como come with him The Merchant swore that If fortune fortuno ever favored him he ho would own that Jewel Shortly utter after tho United States loN loNu u u war of ot lion wont tho of at cotto urn mUll mini tho n i for tuno uno The nut thins thing Ju liu 4 a Whit t to mj the tho hili und th 10 Tho ol nho o bought the tho Ai Sh u 11 nn I hull ima to h Ih mogul hut but JIM lost and 1 lu in and aM wan by un Him lih to whom tha Talk II war for fOI It t U we nil nilI I And ami Is Mill In li t mu y or tho dl i ran liu III wan Willi Tho French loyal havo hwe hud and many of at tho Mat bi t lost 1011 borore tho lover to lower but what Is IH till thu mom in III tho Pitt or H diamond Thin diamond was a CL feature In ono of ot K 1 found rOil III V b a Il lr 1 In tho lorti mines In Thu nave cut Ills hl IOK It II hill lild tho Jewel In tint ngo aim to the coast lie he In an 1111 1 skin I lor pr who to u him hili on and BO U In III thu tinto of If the tho diamond lh threw tho slave Into thu Jon KOI and cold to III thu aton to ti 11 merchant then lf Into do lint ana COlli mined Tho Ill mm hunt tho Iho Jool to 10 Ih 1111 tt governor lo of Fort l rt St acorn for I II 11 lr It home to Scandal OUR ouo us ull to th the way WIY In which had obtained the stony worn mined reputation und hau Ho at Orleans re ont of tI Iti for ouo but ho could not down till dud at hl Hift a tho and do Il Ills bIll reputation ALL Tim lUr OP Oli U UTho Tho rho Hat lIal of ot be hI out much IB the which mm I a II In and now allows I to 88 an carat II rut beauty In tho Duko of ot W t initiators hilt There IH tho diamond which part and parcel of ot tho Iho Hustings and many a 0 street ct ballad There thero lit I tho Aua AIs ollow t among tho Austrian crown Thero la l tho which Is I the of Persia pride U It Is the finest in his carats and Is Hot Iet In a n bracelet elft with the for companion bracelets aro valued at C The of n 40 0 carat tOM tOMIs la Is the diamond in III tho Egyptian n treasury Tho ho Cheon Dresden In hI tho green vaults at t Dresden weight and Is Iff boost boast Thc Tho Nizam belonged to tho of and 3 0 carats but nothIng certain la If known of It now nol Tho rho Pigott diamond like 1110 tho on nn litho stones WItH was connect connected ed cd with tho scandals An English merchant sold It to All Pasha who treasured It mightily When mortally wounded ho he ordered his favorite killed anI tho diamond l destroyed In his presence IIo HI would leavo neither to another man manTho manTho Tho first order was not out but tho was obeyed h and that diamond vanished from history |