Show pla diamonds pia monds the tho most moat ond amateur in inthe the world is the duke of brumse brunswick lck ick lie owns worth and has just published a catalogue cata ogue of quarto pages containing a list rf nf them in great detail it relates relate 4 lloy how this once adorned a turkish sabre that a royal diadem another an imperial collar a third a grand electoral hat this black diamond was an idols eye that brilliant roy rory diamond was taken from the emperor baber at agra ara in IM it weighs 41 carets and is worth those w were wece ece exe the wa st it buttons of the emperor don pedro this diamond riwe with tho the stuart coat of arms ind and the cypher AT 8 belon belonged wed ged to mary blary queen of scots scot that pair of ear rings hung once on manne manie antoinette ile he is in treaty now for two diamond sone bone one of which bichis hi chis is worth sa and the other in an all appendix there is a notice of the most cele celebrated kaied diamonds in the world he places in the front rank a bril llant ilant ant white diamond weighing carats barats and belonging tn t some east india prince and I 1 worth next comes the koh i noor which weighs carats barats worth next the rajah of Mata mataras rays rals borneo diamond for which the governor of basava a offered the i rijah two bri brigs s of war armed equipped aril and provisioned for six months and a large quantity of cannon balls powder and cond cong congreve reve rockets the rajah refused them all 1 and preferred keeping his diamond which I 1 pisses passes for a talisman it is worth I 1 1 next comes comps the great Al mool ool which is of a be beautiful pitiful rose cot col color lor and odthe of the shape and size of half a hens egg it is worth the regents diamond of fj fiance flance ance which belonged 0 o lord chathams 11 grandfather who bro brought it from india concealed in the b heel eel or of his hoe comes only in the fifth rank it weighs vei bs 1 13 11 14 1 1 carats cirata it is worth it is the purest diamond known it required two years to cut it before it was cut it weighed carats barats the chip chipping pings of it were sold fer after lehive the orloff diamond of russia worth and the nancy diamond which prince paul demidoff purchased at the price of it once adorned the sword of charles the bold found after his death on the battle gold fild an fn ld of nancy the duke of oe brunswick dares not leave paris at any period of 0 tiie tile year his diamonds k keep beep W him chained there he ile dares not sleep from home a single night ile he lives in a house constructed not so much for comfort as for security it is burglarproof burglar proof surrounded oil on every side by a high wall th wall il ii seif self iss is surmounted by y a lofty iron railing defended by innumerable s sharp h a r p 8 spear p ear heads which are so 80 coit cell contrived t that h t i if f a any uy person touches all ari any y one of them a chime of bells begins instantly to ring an alarm this iron railing cost him hlin ile he keeps his diamonds in a safe built in a thick wall his bad bed is placed against it that no burglar may break into it without without killing or at least waking him 1111 and anu that t he may arouse himself with th them tham em without leaving his hi bed this safe is lined with granite and with iron the locks a secret which must bel bei be known before they can be opened if th they ey are arc opened by violence a discharge of firearms takes place which will inevitably kill the burglar and at the same time a chime of bells in every room in his house are set rin ringing ile he has but hut one window in his bedroom bed boorn room the sash is of the stoutest iren iron the shutters are of thick sheet iron the ceiling of his room is plated with iron several inches thick jaad and so is tile the floor the door opening into it is or of solid sheet iron and cannot bo be entered unless one ba master of the secret bombina tion the lock A case of dozen six bix bar ban relied revolvers loaded and capped lies open upon the table within reach of his bed |