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Show Jewels Closely Guarded. . The sale of Abdul Hamid's Jewels leads a Paris contemporary to refer to the way In which the valuables of other sovereigns are guarded. We learn that the jewels of the Russian royal family, which are of an enormous enor-mous value, are kept in the Kremlin, where they are looked after by 150 officers who have retired from the army. The Italian crown jewels are guarded in a subterranean chamber on a little island in the Tiber. The crown treasures' of Austria are in the custody cus-tody of the Imperial bank. The Austrian Aus-trian jewels are of great value, but of those of Germany the same cannot be said. These are also in the custody of a bank. The Rulgnrian jewels, valued at $3,000,000, are kept at a castle cas-tle on the banks of the Danube. Most of the French state jewels have been dispersed, but some of great value are to be seen at the Louvre. , 1 I |