Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
TONS OF TREASURE
Enormous Wealth Buried With
Turkeys Sultans.
Their Tombs Containing Gems
Valued at $3OO,OOO,OOO.


and nc has none He has mono aud yet
he might have plcaty. Where ho
might fad the money without having
RECOURSE to English or French capital.
lists is what 1 propose to tell you, says
writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The treasure is to be found ct few
hundred yards from the palace.
There is treasure in Constantinople,
the treasure of tho Thousand and One
Nights" Aladdin's treasure, and the
celebrated door that will show YOU
mines of gold and precious stones when
you bid it open. What are tho Casau-
bas OF Algiers, of tho Mar oe of Tunis,
compared to that of Stamboul2 You
might just as well compare brokers
office to the Washington treasury The
immense treasure belongs to the Golden
Horn, and Russia knows it we'll All
Sutans are buried with their treasures
and savings in 4 walled chamber, hence
the name of Golden Horn or Corn ucupia
was given to the neighborhood of the
Serial.
Mahomet H., on taking posse ,sion of
Constantinoplc in the year 1853, in
hciitcd all the treasures of the Grecian
empire. We all know that he was
saving man, and the wealth locked up
in his tomb, according to the Eastern
custom, is known TO be enormous.
Bajazct II. left hardly any fortune. and
l think his bones had better be left un-
disturbed. His successor, Sclim l..
made himself famous by the conquest
of the Danubian provinces. lie left
considerable moac} and precious stones
by the bushel. Soliman III. was
called the Magnificent because Of
his love for luxury and OF his OK.
travagancc. He was the CrU;ul of the
sultans. Selim H., Amurat Ill, and
Mehemct III. were not so fond OF treas
uring up, and yet wero their vaults
open, they might find money enough
for one months pay to the whole army.
Achmct l. was a great money lever, and
his tomb we doubt not, must be wei!
filled. His successor, Mustapha l.,
reigncd only one year. 1t would not
pay to open ard search his tomb. OH :
man II. was about as poor; and as for
Amurat ". and Imbrahim, we have
some reason to think that their tombs
are empty. Mahomet W., not worth
mentioning. But Soliman Ill and
Achmet IL wcr, the "Lucul-
lus' OF the crescent. Their
tombs were overflIed with gold
and treasures of all kinds. Wero all
that wealth changed into dollars there
would be enough to buy off the largest
Iron and steel firm in tho United States.
Achmct III. made immense money by
his wars and treaties with the Venetian
republic. He had business abilities, as
we all know, and was most successful
in all his speculations. His walled
chamber must be nice and full.
Mahmoud /. we'll deserved his reputa-
ton as greedy sultan. He ruled for
about twenty four years, which seems
Incredible; that glorious Commander
of the Faithful treasured up with care
even to his last day. Indian caravans
brought him diamonds from Hyierabad
They said that AGahmond 1. had in
crusted on his cimcter Zuphalgar,
the famous diamond that Emperor
Babcr found at Agra in 1926; that
diamond weighs 672 carats. Pitts
diamond weighs only 1877 carats Jud &c
then of tho value of that of Agra And
it has been locked up with Zuphalgar
ever since 1881 Is it ct about time
to extract those untold treasures from
the tombs' Gilman III. was most
sober and very quiet young man. Ills
sole ambition was to have his tomb
well filled. If We break open tho door
Of his vault we are pretty sure to find
another CrG 'us' wealth. MaLmoud
H., tho reformcr, arrived in 1898. He
enjoyed long reign, but Lis reign cost
him dear. lie had to keep up large
armies and feels; he fought many a
battle, and his life to the last was Il
busy one. 1t is said lie only left debts
after him, and we are bound to believe.
Let him sleep in peace.
To conclude: Some $500. 900, 900
urc locked in the tombs of the Sultans!
| How MONKEYS are Cantured.