The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-04-27

! not affect sincerity. The Sipar Salar
4 man whom, even nj first sight, Oh
{, feels little disposed 10 trust; Il state
Q man Of very superior ability and intel
/ gence. probably spoiled By the cru
! difficulties Of his position. II the Il
, ports current IN Teheran are true. Il
J Highncss has not found II easy To kec
his head on his shoulders in a great j.,
! sition IN country governed by wa,
ward despot. whose mind may AZ an
time be fatally influenced against hi
Minister
THE >IlAn's TREASURES.
The Shah happened 10 be absent from
his capital when Arnold was there. an,
consequently the latter was forced I.
get permission from the Prime Ministc
70 visit the palace and examine the roya
treasures.
" In the place Of honor we were per
mtted 70 gaze upon one Of the charac.
tcristic feats, perhaps the greatest ar,
work OF his Majesty'> long reign. Thi.
= an ls-inch globe, covered with Jewels,
from the North Pole 10 the cxtrcmities
Of the tripod on which this gemmed
sphere is placed. The story goes that
his Majesty bought, more probably ac-
cepted, NJ Az events was in possession
Of, heap Of jewels, for which he could
find no immediate purpose. Nothing
could add 10 the lnstcr OF his crown of
diamonds, which Is surmounted by the
largest ruby we have ever seen. lie
had the sea Of Light, diamond IN
size but little inferior To the British
kohinoor, the Mountain of Light
He had coats embroidered with dia-
monds, with emeraldS, with rubieS. with
pearls and with garncts; he had icweIed
swords and daggers without number:
50. possibly because his imperial mind
was turned toward travel. the Shah or
dercd this globe % be constructed. COW
cred with gems, the overspreadinr sea
to be Of emeralds. and the Kingdoms of
the world distinguished by Jewels ~ diff
Iercnt colors. The Englishman notes
with pride that England flashes in dia-
monds; and Frenchman may share
his feeling. for France gitters illustri-
,us a. the British isles, being sci out in
he same costly gems. The dominions /
q the >hah's great neighbor. the brand
lew Empress Of India, is marked with
while torrid Africa blazes
against the literally emerald sea. a whole
continent Of rubies
= Near the globe. side BY side with 4
'rench conch, worth perhaps 100 francs.
tands the >hahS throne. which IL NJ
curse, arranged for sitting after the
manner Of the country. II Is a. large
! Beecher's pulpit, for the occupants
thls throne are fond Of space. and
have kalian with tbam
pom the splendid carpet, fringed with
lousands OF pearls. The embroidered
olster upon which the Shah rests his
ack or arm. j. sewn with pearls. BE-
ind the ~hah'> head i a sun An ylif-
ring with jewels. supported Ii the
,rners with birds in plnmage of the
'me expensive material. on the other
de Of the niche in which the globe
anus there 1 4 table grimy with dust !
a extremely incongrrious, the TOP in- I
id with the beautiful work ~ Flor n
zee, and model in Sienna mar
Y of the Arch Of Titus.
IN gifts from his Holiness the Pope.
a table lay an album containing the
'rtraits Of actresses, Of whose person. =
charms the shah may be supposed
nave became acquainted by report 4
a by diligent attendance at theaters Y
ring hiS stay i'm Europe. AT one end
the apartment was an object n 2
'ange contrast with the trumpery bv \ !
nch u was surrounded. Ii was Al \
'kward, ugly chair Of State, studded !,
"a jewels, having a foot-stool before y
llch stood cat-likc representation
2 non, each eye single emerald. and.
body rugged with coating II other
acious stones. Ii was entirely in keen
with the mixtuirwe had everywhere \,
served, that the stand on which this Y
air was placed should be studded with
German nails, worth about :. -
o-pcncc per dozen.- N !.
ROBBERS. !,
)uring the whole OF his tour throucb IL
rsla, Arnold was compelled 10 have 4 in
sernmcnt escort, on account of the kf
iger from robbers. The depredations III
these We're so numerous that. eyen au
- 70 the capital, nobody was safe. mi
a party Of English gentlemen were M
sing through the country. and fortu- n,
ciy at one point became separated We
~ their baggage, when the latter was ac
'cked by robbers, who killed one Of va
mounted guards with a bullet. and tr,
= an iron mace smashed the law of IN,
Armenian who, for the better secu- 90
81 money on his person, had joined ed
caravan. MajorNapicr was Of course
responsible for the manner in which asl
Persian Government pursued and alb
ished the men who were guilty, or Cr
= assumed 70 be guilty, of this crime. an
we been told that the prisoners were vc.
n somewhat at hazard, the main !
Ience being that they were near the BIZ
4; bat there i no doubt that twenty Ha
E men had their throafs cut by tic nes
llc exccutioncrs in Shiraz on account chi