The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-19

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enormous, and his surroundings magnif-
cent
The Nawab is a man about thirty-six
years old, six feet tall, and we'll proper
uoheo; ne has dark and prominent fea-
lures, long black curly hair, beard cut
close and very long dropping mustache
curing INTO a ring at the ends. He is ex-
tremely sensitive has a strong will and
constitution of iron, and is intensely sus-l
picious and jealous, the natural result of
his position
Except on special occasions, the Nawab
dresses in white muslin trousers, very wide
and baggy, silk or cloth coat and waist
coat, and silk and gold turban. His peck
cts are numerous, and their contents sur
prlsing. 1t is a common thing for him
TO wear two or three watches, and very
beautiful ones they are. This does not as
tonish one so much as the fact that he
possesses no less than seventeen hundred
watches of all descriptions, and is constant
ly purchasing others He has also some
remarkably fine jewels. His crown weighs
nine pounds, and is a mass of diamonds ser
in silver, with row of very large pear
shaped pearls as pendants around the base.
, He has a sword the jeweled scabbard and
hilt of which are valued at $500, 600. He
wears some extraordinary rubies and un-
cut emeraldS attached TO chains of rubies
and pearls that he wears as a necklace.
He has also a set of fifteen uncut rubies
as large as the largest of the emeralds.
| They are historic gems, with the name
of the mogul emperors engraved upon
them. They are very irregular in shape,
and measure fully one and a half inches
in diameter. The robe, sash, and pen
dants are the insignia of the Star of
India"
He is never without pocketful of gold
mohurs and rupees A gold mohur is
coin that is Got in circulation as money:
but IL is custom among native princes to
present these coins to friends, and to re-
ceive them as presents, on certain ceremo-
NAL occasions. 1t is of pure gold, and va
res in size and value from twenty to fifty
rupees. A rupee is a silver coin about the
size of a fifty-cent piece, but according
to the present rate of exchange is worth
only about twenty-five cents.
The Nawab leads a very active but
whimsical life. His greatest passion is
hunting; consisting of shooting, pig-stick-
ing, and hawking. He is an excellent shot,
especially If the game is moving rapidly,
and 1 should be afraid to say how many
wild boars he has killed. pig-sticking be-
ing sport not generally INDUCED in by
Mohammedans. He, like most Indian
skilled in telling a story and his English,
though slow and measured, is very good.
From the time he was five years old he
was under an English tutor, appointed by
the British government.
AT the death of his father, the former
Nawab, the whole state passed into the
hands of the British government until the
young Nawab, coming of age was placed
on the throne and given full powers to
govern his 100000 subjects, together with
several crores of rupees, which had ae-
cumulated In the treasury under the ad-
ministration of the English. "a crore is
100000 rupees, or 100 laos, lac being
100000 rupees.)
1t is only natural that the young Prince
once in possession of his great wealth
should desire 30 spend it, and the result
was that four new palaces were built at
the capital of the state, BahaWalpur, and
at an old town, about thirty miles dis
tant, called Ahmedpur, the former resi-
dence of the NaWabs of Bahawalpur since
17N. Two of these palaces were built in
the style that 1 have already described.
The Nawab has a body-guard of 800
mounted men, nearly all from BaIuchis-
| tan. a wild, dirty and most picturesque
set and the best and the most reckless
riders l have ever seen. He maintains
only one squadron of cavalry and half d
! regiment of infantry, but has 1900 domes-
tic servants. and 800 shikarees, or hunt
ers, distributed over the whole state
whose duty it is 10 send news to the
! Nawab when game is found in their 10
calty and to keep poachers from tres
passing. He has also a stable of $50
| Arab English and Australian horses ana
two large river steamers are held in read
mess for six months a a time on the
Sutlej, which forms the northern bound
airy of his state for a distance of about
200 miles.
The Nawab's present income is about Is
laos of rupees a year. He is an absolute
| monarch, holding the power of signing life
| or death sentences on criminals The adj
| ministration of state affairs is in the hands
of his prime minister and other officials.
but no measures can be enacted without
| the Nawab's written signature.