Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-24

mond ID now the principal ornament OF the
imperial Russian scepter. II 10 about the size
Of q pigeons egg.
THE FAMOUS '.Prrr" or ''REoENr" DIAMOND
was found by . slave in the PARTIAL mines on
the Kistna in 1701. To secure the treasure for
himself the man cut hole in the calf of his leg
and concealed the stone in the wound Having
escaped to the sea coast with 1t he made bar
gain with an English skipper, who afterward
flung the slave into the ocean In order to get
the gem for himself The skipper sold the dis-
mond to . dealer for &5,00o and spent the
money in debauchery, finally hanging himself
in Q at OF delirium tremens aud remorse
Thomas Pitt, governor OF Fort St. George, paid
the dealer el25,0o0 for the stone which he
subsequently sold to the Regent Duke of Or
leans for about S750, 600. While Pitt had the
diamond in his possession he was so frightened
that he would not sleep two nights under the
Same roof, went about much Of the time in dis
guise, and never gave notice Of his departure
from or his arrival at place. The gem was
cut to faultless brilliant and is valued now at
o., 600 600. In 1792, together with all the other
royal jewels, ii was stolen from the treasury in
Paris, but was subsequently found in . ditch.
|. TUE "srAR or THE SOUTH"
was picked up in July. 1885, by . negress in
Brazil, who was given her freedom as . re-
ward. Any slave in the Brazilian mines who
finds . diamond weighing as much as 80 carats
inc Granted for gems from no carats mn Tb;.
docs MT nravert the diooers fro,, s.o.1;
auita one-third of the nrodnct and ths
methods thew adopt for conceaIing stonss nv
swallowing them and otherwise, are SO ingen-
ious IS frequently to defeat the extraordinary
system Of physical search ,practiced daily by
the authorities in charge. As for the ..Stsr ~
the South" it was reduced by cutting from
254 carsts to l25 carats. being thus trans
formed into a beautiful ovaI-shansd hri,liant
II was purch based for s400. 600 by the late ex-
oaikvar of Raroda the famons Eas. fna;ar
prince, who was one of the two Greatest dia-
mond fanciers in the world. and so intersstea
in his hobby that he was accustomed 70 de-
stroy those of HIS subiects VINO were ohnoy;on.
to him BY poisoning them with diamond dnst
He tried in the same refined vay TO get rid NJ
Col, Pbayre the Rrit;sb residant in bis dom;n.
iona who had intarfersa IN h;s sanan;n..,
pleasures 10 aoma ertent Rnt The coIonaI Az
not die and the oaikwar's attamnt mon bis
life resulted in the deposition from the throne
OF the notorious Mahratta rniar
,.,.ao., ,
HUN VI MOUNTAINS,
NJ" a"ons 'ne jewels belonging 70 the hus-
'ian 0io"n' WHICH WAS originaiiy tne properly
=. 'ne Mosu enpefors was .aken from DEM
Oya ns. o ,nra d wush H. 'nas rersah con-
this stone was sacnrsJ nv an Asohsn . .vEer
and taken to Baodad. wbsrs n vss add ~ .
trader for 70 5O0 A. Arman;.n mar.han.n
his two hrotbers mnrdered tha tra;tn- 70 .,a.
the gem and Killed the soldier 70 srnnress III
evidence. tbrowing the tvo hod;es n = 49,
into the Tioris Than The mercbant 20 n,aLa
himself more secnrs t;IIsd his two hrothars
and threw their cornses into tbs Ticr;s aiso
After winding mn things TINS ne.tiS he soId
the diamond to the oovernment at 81 Psters-
burg and was afterward noisoned bv ono n,
his own sons-rn-law. After ali IL doesn't nav
very we'll to own biu diamonds
The "Austrian Yellow" diamond ve;ob;ro
1879 carats and now in the treasury Of Anstria
forming part of a hat button. was once tbs
property of Charles the Boid of Rnrgnndv
who lost it on the ieI5 Of battls in IasS Il
was picked un by a neasant for a niece Of c,ass
and sold for a Aorin. The "Akbar Shah" dia.
mond was in the Mogul emperors' Jewel colIec-
ton up to the time of Shah Jehan. who haf il
engraved with beautifully executed Arabic in.
scriptions. 1t then disappeared for hundreds
of wears and turned M In Turkey a abort time
ago. At one time il formed one of the ewes Of
the peacock that adorned the ieweied throne.
valued at SlO0. OO0. 600. which was eaptured Inv
that bad man, Nadir shah.
oruvp cr,,p,,rrn
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AlnonR o'ner celeora.ea diamonds Is the
"Matan," which is one Of the very biggest ever