Show lydah RICHEST POTENTATE lie he owns a carpet made of precious gems and diamonds and rubles by the bushel during the stay of tho prince and princess ot or wales in india they wilt will doubtless doubtless moot meet and ami bo be entertained by a personage e rge who ft ho has every reason to be regarded as tho richest of men mea in the orient if not in tho the whole world this Is tho the or rajah Ila jih of baroda a potentate abo wl 0 well illustrates us tows famous III concerning the barbaric Birba ilc pearl and ald epla which the gorgeous east easl showers on its kings no iso doubt in III point of annual income there are richer men mr air john D rockefeller ellei for instance but from tho standpoint 0 of personal possessions the dallmar ir probably has no rival rhal in the world when lie ho camo came tr to the tha throne some twenty ive years ago tho the present ruler of baroda found stored in ili the vaults of his palace wealth so BO colossal that a description of it outdoes tho arabian nights itself certainly aladdin never thought of a carpet of jewels such as the Pos possesses esses to say that there Is nothing alko it in the world Is only feebly to describe its glories which can bo be better indicated by tile the statement that it Is about four yards square and composed of ropes of rubles diamonds pearls woven into a regular carpet well defined pattern and border thousands of dollars worth of jewels every ono one of the finest quality went to make up this wondrous carpet tho the product of three years sears work by skilled artists and jewel now if tho the of baroda were only moderately wealthy this mon men arch of carpets would doubtless occupy tho the place ot honour in his palace but as ho he possesses jewels enough to set up ura a dozen ordinary monarchs the jewelled tapestry occupies an odd oad cornet corner and Is shown to visitors as merely but ono one of the treasures of tho the palace loss of a curiosity but far more vali able table is the Gaik wars diamond necklace a trinket the value of which several times make a man a million pire this necklace is I 1 tile tho most in ost magnificent ent in existence and even the honor of pos possessing essing the alio second finest fi nest is denied to the rest of 0 tho the world for that also is amongst tile tho family jewels being worn by his wife w who ho is besides cowered dowered with brooches bracelets rings and other ornaments the value of which is computed in millions of dollars another notable ornament worn by tho the Is a collerette col laretta larette made of five alve hundred diamonds of tho the purest water which includes in its glittering rows tho the famous star of the south tile fourth largest diamond la in tho the world such a dazzling collection such a welter of jewels was needless to say not made in a single lifetime life iffe time for centuries the Gaik wars ancestors havo have been accumulating their treasurer trea until today to day the jewels alono alone could be measured in bushels As for tho the rest there hero aro are pictures in bronzes and statuary to tho the value of several millions of money A royal procession in daroda la Is worth going many miles to see horses and elephants all splendidly capar ironed and blazing with gems lead the way but tho the cynosure of all eyes Is the gather galker not merely because rf cf his personality but also by reason ot of the stupendous wealth represented by the jewels with which he adorns himself lie iro Is perhaps the ono one man in the world who could wear that mammoth amongst gems eema the great premier diamond without incongruity |