Show oll ottoman tom an jewels up at aucta auction on solid gold thrones and gems worth millions in collection paris pans antique dealers le ulers and mu curn coil cul lectura clors ul of din monds and precious stones it all hinds are ro fil awaiting the order aroln angora to sell boll tho the imperial treasures collected by tile sultans who alio ruled rule in from 14 l lahl ra to the downfall down full of the ottoman empire A swedish expert tins has been called in by tho the angora assembly who has set their selling value at and tile tho turkish notional national bank Is to receive tint that own for tta its gold reserve whenever tile lie sale aole iswaldo la made the bernil where nil all this wealth ts Is stored was seen by very few people outside the sultans intimate household in the old days and when some visitor to was accorded corded nc tile the privilege tt it was a great ceremony nowadays ony any tourist can walk in for 00 50 plasters Ola derns and thrones Th madams thrones rings ornaments sacred vessels fans all ure are In lu crusted with precious stones but their chief interest Is in their relation to the whole history of tho the empire since welmet mahmot the conqueror captured constantinople stantin ople find and opened tile the period of turkish conquest in Z drope tie lie built tho the top capou berall land Is still there in efty as are the 23 other sultans who ruled in constantinople from 1453 to they form forin another sort of sullee and instead of being carved in marble as tile the in their sallee they are dressed armed and wade made to took look as much like tile the originals as po possible isible As they are in a great dark hall they are a ghostly collection the brilliant stones glowing darkly first Is the conqueror lilius himself elti who was ordered by his bis dying to capture constantinople and could not sleen until bedad he bad captured it he fie built tile the berall on the he eminence from which there la Is a magnificent ent view of the file asiatic shore a view tile the sultans enjoyed during four centuries dl eside him blin Is the elliby of his successor 11 poisoned by his bis son in the bolt belt of his effigy Is a dagger with the handle made from one big ein emerald ernid down the lie line are scilla 1 who conquered the Per persians sinns the hurds and egypt bringing buck back from mccod tile the standard of the lie prophet and tile the lacys of tho the casba ailin the beir of the prophet only one in armor tile the throne of shab Is ismell ivall which he fie brought back from andla in 1514 is part of the corth of vui val li ables it 11 Is solid gold ind and covered with a i design in thou flan d s of pearls of it equal size it Is it in tile the middle of nl the hull half and looks in the obscurity like a piece of tho milky avny tho the who brought his fits arales to tile the walls ot of vl glennn entill Is curiously the lie least imposing of the 24 mannequins ills white turban ts is mildewed mil trill dewed and ills his single dagger has no jewels ills robe Is pale blue md and Is covered with a stiver man tie with red velvet flowers and there Is little to call up the vision of a man who nho ruled rule the danube ind and tile the euph rates and hod had tits his arbules anulis from tile the kerstan gulf to algiers IV Is alone shown to in armor ills ellery Is in tits own coat of wall and ills his golden crown rests on ills his steel casque ills sword Is covered with will rubles and diamonds and the arrow eldont with emeralds and rubles uis his enivy Is that of a real oriental potentate |