The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-21
MORNING JOURNAL COURIER FRIDAY JUNE 2

the Kingdom. There Is also a small ex
 port tax on gambler and tin. On thf
 other hand, any immigrant who wishes
 to settle and open a farm of any kind is
 given all the ground he can work, rent
 free, to have and to hold as long as ht keeps it under cultivation. Should he leave, it reverts, with all Improvements
 to the crown, The government is auto cratic, but tempered and kept in sym pathy with the English ideas of justice as seen in the great colonies that sur round it.
 Abu Baka was one of the pioneers of western culture in the far East. His palace in the capital is a fine mixture of European comfort and Oriental luxury It bears the name 'Istana." It is the chief adornment of plateau and is surrounded by beautiful botanical garden, or park, containing plants of all kinds, grass plats and fountains. The rooms of the palace are furnished in western style Many valuable works of art, gathered by the ruler in his va rious Journeys to the Occident. adorn the walls of the chief rooms. Abu Bakas title was originally that of Ma
 
 Sultan some years ago, in recognition of his firm unwavering friendship with Great Britain. This friendship he ex- tended to all British enterprise in the Malay Peninsula, and the introduction of railroad into Johore was accom- plished by his support.
 In personal appearance his Highness compared favorably with the best rep resentatives of the Anglo-saxon race He was five feet eight inches in height, well built, with clean-cut, kindly fea- lures. His color was nearer the Span ish type than the Indian His hands and feet were small, forehead high and full, lips thin, and nose aqulline His hair and moustache were iron gray. He spoke good English, and was able to converse in French and German. In every day dress he affected the English Prince Albert suit, to which he added a narrow silk sarong and rimless black cap. At unofficial dinners he wore a Tuxedo jacket, a white, low cut vest, all with diamond buttons, black panta- looms and gray sarong. Tn the front of his cap was a plume of diamonds. and in his buttonhole q diamond orchid On his wrists were heavy gold brace let's of Malayan workmanship. and his fingers were cranped with almost price less rings. Tn official dress, including his crown, his Highness wore ten mill lion dollars worth of diamonds. His collar, epaulet, belt, cuffs and orders of all the monarchies of Christendom, blazed with diamonds. The handle and scabbard of his sword were a. solid mass of precious stones,
 Other than being lover of jewels, his Highness was a lover of good horse lesh and of yachts. His stud comprised two hundred horses among which are fleet Arabians, sturdy little Delhi po- 1ies, thoroughbred Australians and In- liam galloways. Twice a year he of- tered a cup at the Singapore jockey races, and entered half dozen of his pest runners. At his tent on the grounds he dispensed champagne, ices md played alternately with the regi- mental band from the English bar 'acks, His three hundred ton steam aunch was built on the Clyde, Besides he Sultan's saloon on the lower deck, which is furnished befitting a king, here are cabins for ten people. The deck Is under the awning, md is furnished with a heavy rosewood lining table and long chairs. She car ies four guns of long range. He had wo smaller armed yachts of one hum | fred tons and twenty-five tons each | hat are of light draught, built express | y for shore and river use.
 The Sultan of Jolfore had been well | .nown throughout Europe for many | ears, as his long chronic illness had | requently led him to seek relief at the | arious watering places. At Mayence nd at Carlsbad he was familiar fig re, and he spent much time at Brigh- | on, in England. It was here that the 1cident occurred that made him fa- nous, or at least notorious. While lIv- | 1g here incognit0 as Mr. Alfred Baker @ met a certain Miss Jenny Mighell | 'ith whom he became immediately fas- mated. For a while his suit was very | rdent, but just when pretty Miss Jen- y found that the man she thought she ad secured was an East Indian Sultan, 'ith an income of million and more, e suddenly cooled off. and the fair reature was left with q broken heart. his she tried to salve by bringing suit gainst his royal Highness for fifty | 1ousand dollars for breach of promise; ut Abu Baka pleaded that he was a signing sovereign, and consequently 'ee from the jurisdiction of the Eng sh courts, and this these same courts cid to be true, and he consequently es- lped being mulcted.
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