The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-02
THE SULTAN OF 1OAoRE.


In personal appearance his highncSs
will compare favorably with the best.
representatives of the Anglo-Saxou
race Heis five feet eight in height, )
well built, with clean-cut. kindly feat
ures His color is nearer the Spanish
type than the Indian His hands and
feet are small, forehead high and fall,
lips thin and nose aquiline. His hair
and mustache are iron gray. He spea Ks
good English and is able to converse -
French and German. In everyday
dress he affects the English Prince =
bert suit, to which he adds a narrow
silk sarong and rimless black cap. At
unofficial dinners ne wears q tuxedo
jacket, a white low-cut vest all with
diamond buttons, black pantaloons and
gray sarong. In the front of his cap is
plume of diamonds and in his button
hole diamond orchid On his wrists
are heavy gold bracelets of Malayan
workmanship and his fingers are
cramped with almost priceless rings.
In official dress, including his crown,
his highness wears ten million dollars
worth of diamonds His collar, epau-
let, belt, cuffs and orders of all the
monarchies of Christeudom blaze with
diamonds. The handle and sea bbard of
his sword are a solid mass of precious
stones
Other than being lover of Jewels,
his highness is lover of good horse
flesh and OF yachts His stud COM
prises two hundred horses, among which
are fleet Ara bians, sturdy little Delhi
ponies, thoroughbred Australians and
Indian galloways. Twice a year he Of
fers cup at the SINGAPORE jockey
races, and enters half dozen of his
best runners At his tent on the
grounds he dispenses champagne, ices
and cakes, and his native band of thirty
pieces plays alternately with the regi-
mental band from the English barracks.
His three hundred ton steam launch
was built on the Clyde. Besides the
sultan's saloon on the lower deck, which
is furnished befitting a king, there are
cabins for ten people. The promenade
deck is under an awning, and Is fur
nished with a heavy rosewood dining
table and long chairs. She carries four
guns of long range.
He has two smaller armed yachts Of
one hundred tons and twenty-five tons
each that are of light draught, built ex
pressly for shore and river use. At
present Liverpool firm has an order
for five hundred-ton yacht and gun.
boat combined, which his highness de-
signs shall be one of the finest ahoat
The revenue of Johore amounts to
six million dollars year, to which the
sultan's private property in Singapore
adds nearly half-million more. The
bulk of the national revenue is raised
from opium, spirits and gambling The
scheme of taxation is simple, but most
effective. Any Chinaman who has "a
longing for the pipe pays into his high
ness treasury one dollar a month, and
is granted permit to buy and smoke
opium; another monthly dollar, and he
is licensed TO imbibe.
The gambling privilege Is given to
the highest bidder, and he has the mo-
nopoly for the kingdom. There is also
a small import tax on gam bier and tin
On the other hand, any immigrant who
wishes to settle and open farm Of any
kluu ID given al AAiS klOALA liz Nau
work, rent free, to have and to hold az
long as he keeps it under cultivation.
Should he leave, it reverts, with all inn
provements, to the crown.
The government Is autocratic, but
tempered and kept in sympathy with
the English ideas of justice as seen IN
the great colonies that surround it
Harper's Weekly.