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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

war Of rebellion sent the price NJ oo,,
toaiinB ana made the merohants for.
buy the Dresden diamond. Lat 70
Eaikwar W 'ne
The galkwar also bought The AKIN.
shah, remarkable engraved dinmnnh
which had belonged 20 Shah Jehan ths
mogull but was lost ana afterward any,
Feared In Turkey and was bought bv
an hnBlish teweler TO whom the aa,k,
war paid t35,O0O for II. II welgls iie
carata and is stlll IN Baroda, but many
81 the galkWars collection Disappeared
when he was deposed
The French royal Jewels have Ma
varied careers and many of tho hest
We're lost before EugenIe the dm,nnn1
lover, came TO power but France hns
what ls, perhaps, the most perfect 6isl
mond In the world-the PITT or Regent
diamond.
This diamond was feature In ona
Of Engl0nds great scandals. II was
found by a slave In the portnnl mines
In Kistna The slave cut his leo
bandaged t. hid the Jewel in the band'
age aud escaped to the coast.
There he c0nided In an English skin
per who agreed to take him on bontd
ship ana 90 halves III the sale of the
diamond. The skipper threw the slave
into the sea aud sold the stone In n
merchant, then drank himself into de-
lirium tremens and romorse and COM
mitted suicide
The merchant sold the jewel 10
Thomas Pitt, governor Of Fort 81
George for 100000, ana Sir Thomas
brought It home 70 England Scandal
Gus stories az 10 the way In which pltt
had obtained the stone were told and
literally ruined his reputation ana hap
pness
He sold the diamond 10 the Duke or
Orleans. regent OF France IN hi. for
gl35OOO, but he could not down The
scandal, and at his death left a sworn
statement denying the stories ana de.
Tending his reputation.
ALL THE SUBJECTS or STRIFE.
The list Of famous diamonds might
be stretched out much longer There
Is the Nassak, which was stolen from
a temple IN shlra, and now shows IT'S
SO carat beauty IN the Duke OF West.
minister's sword HIT,
There Is the Hastings diamond, which
was part and parcel Of the Warren
Hastings scandal and inspired many a
street ballad. There IL the great Aus
TRAN yellow, Weighing l39lS carats,
among the Austrian crown jewels.
There IL the Darya-i-Nur, which Is
the shah Of Persa's pride. 1t Is the
finest Jewel In his regalia weighs 1856
carats and Is set IN a bracelet, with
the Tej-e-Mah for companion The
bracelets are valued at El,OO00OO
The Pasha of Egypt, 40 carat stone,
is the finest diamond In the Egyptian
treasury The Green Dresden, IN the
green vaults at Dresden, weighs 4Sh
carats and Is Saxonys boast.
The Nlzam belonged TO the nlzam of
Hyderabad and weighed $40 carats but
nothing certain is known of It now.
The Pigott diamond, like the Regent
an dthe Hastings stones, was connect
ed with the Anglo-lndlan scandals, An
English merchant finally sold II TO All
Pasha, who treasured It nightly.
When mortally wounded he ordered his
favorite wife killed and the diamond
destroyed In his presence, He would
leave neither to another man,
The first order was not carried out,
but the second was obeyed and that
diamond vanished from history.
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with his defeated enemy and without
warning offered his own beieweled tur-
ban for that Of the mogul. Taken by
surprise, Mohammed could do nothing
but comply with the best grace possible.
He kept so good q face that Nadlr
feared he had been trlcked and imme-
dlately ended the conference that he
might satisfy himself Retiring 20 his
tent he hastily unwound the turban,
and IN his rapture at the discovery OF
the gem he called It Koh-I-Noor
Mountain of Light" Up TO that time
II had been known simply as "the great
diamond
other diamonds have acquired
worldwide celebrity For many years
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ne was accompanied by his blind broth
or Shah zaman.
From Mohammed shah the Koh-I-
Moor passed to a new dynasty Nadlr,
VINO bad usurped the Persian throne,
invaded the mogul empire and demand
ca heaVy tribute MOhammed Shah
handed over a great amount Of treas
urel but kept the precious diamond
concealed AZ last woman Of hts hal.
en- betrayed him, informing Nadlr that
Nohammed had the stone hidden IN his
urban II was q custom Of eastern
monafchs to exchange turbans In sign
OF eternal friendship ana Nadlr re-
sorted to y clever trick to get the coy
tied jewel. He contriyed meeting
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DEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 81 1907.

several generations OF the Afghan royal
family. Ahmed's grandson, Shah Ia
man, was deposed and blinded BY his
brother Shah Shuja. shah zamun, car
rled the koh-l-Noor to prison and con-
cealed II In the plaster OF the wall I'm
the COURSE OF years the plaster crum-
bled away, leaving a sharp angle OF the
crystal exposed A visiting official hap
pened to discover the stone by accI-
dentally scratching his hand upon II,
Thenceforward shah Shuja wore il on
his breast Deposed blinded and ex-
lied In turn Shah Shuia chung to tho
glltterlng jewel ana carried IL with him
to Lahore, the court ~ the famous Run
III Singh the Lion OF the Puniaub"
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THE pnEspEN STONE.

Another famous diamond connected
with Catherine II and her love affairs
Is the Eugene, Catherine had this Oi-
carat jewel In halrpln' She gave 1t
to potemkG, who was then her lover.
II was In his family until his. grand
niece sold it to Napoleon H. who gave
II to Eugene. 1t was the center dla-
mond of the famous necklace when
was afterward sold to the gaikwar OF
BarodG.
This gaikwar of Baroda was the
greatest diamond collector of modern
times. The English Dresden diamond
went to HIM II Is a Brazilian diamond
of amil2Ing purity. None purer Is on
record 1t weighs seyenty-six and one
half carats cut, but weighed ll9la carats
in the rough.
An Indian rajah came from India to
England in 1858 merely to buy the
Jewell but the price 100000, sent him
staggering home. An English mer-
chant of Bombay had come with HIM
The Merchant swore that " fortune
ever favored him he would own that
Jewel. Shortly after the United states
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

Americans are much interested IN the
,,cent importation Of a wondertul p'ue
diamond and speculation is rife as TO
the probable purchaser The la6,S'
a,d most valuable diamond IN Tue
vorld. the Koh.l.Noor is one OF IRE
crown Jewels Of Great Britain ana WIN
M worn by queen Alexandra at lne
cremation In June next Besides us
Great size, beauty and value TINS gem
mas had history with which romance
hos had something to do, and aeaa Oh
blood have been shed for It's possession
II came into the possession OF the Brit
lsh crown as part Of the spells Of the
conquest Of India and it will doubtless
remain as one Of the English royal Jew
els as long as the empire shall last Tor
such Jewels are lnaIlenable and can
only be wrcsted from Britain by force
of arms, an event that Is exceedingly
improbable Of occurrence, says the
Denver Post.
Where this greatest Of diamonds
originally came from no one can teIL
All that is authentic regarding 1t Is OIL
comparatively recent date, History
arst came upon It's trail Of blood ana
fapne In 1926, when II was In the pos
session Of Blkermaiit rajoh Of Gwailob
India, The first written record Of ils
existence was left By 3agcf the found
err Of the Mogu empire In HinduSton,
who left elaborate memoirs BaDeH
descendant Of TamcrIane, the scourge
of Asia, invaded India from Afgham'-
tan and In the battle In which lbr1nam
was defeated Blkermajit lost MS NE
Babef, good Mussulman that he was
piously says "BiSermalit was sent to
heIln Baber's son, Humalun, sur
rounded Bikermailt's people In Agra
and captured them together with a
large store Of jewels and precious
stones.
Among these" wrote the great mo-
gul May A. 1890, was one famous dia-
mond, which had been acquired by
Sultan Ala din It Is so valuable that
n fudge of diamonds valued II at half
the daily expense Of the whole world
FAMOUS CENTURIES AGO.
II will be observed that Bager speaks
Of the stone as being already famous ~
The Ala-ed-din Of whom he makes
mention has been identified with a rul-
er Of the Khilji dynasty which relgned
over q large part of Hindustan from
1871 to 1921, and there is reason TO be-
lleve he took the gem from the raJah
OF Malwa, whom he defeated In 1904,
Tradition says the stone was In the pos
session Of the Malwa family for gem
erations, possibly as early as Vikrama-
dItya, who relgned 81 B. c. From the
time OF Baber the history Of the Koh.
moor Is toleraby well authenticated
That oriental says Bkermajlts peo-
pie gave 1t to Humaiun Of their own
free will. but that statement must be
taken with oriental allowance, Baber
also says that after Humaiun had
brought Il to him he returned II to the
captor but the son evidently under
stood that was only an eastern bluff ~
When Baber had conquered large
area In India he set up his throne In
Delhi as the first mogul emperor and
there he kept his treasures Humaiun
did not forget the great diamond and
after two years OF scheming he succeed
ed In stealing g. He was detected,
however and forced to make resttu-
ton. He lost the favor Of his father,
but gained possession Of the Kohl
Moor when he came to the throne,
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The level 10 the care OF his wife, Nur
Johan, Light Of the World 1t was
during this reign that as existence ilrst
oano 10 the notice OF Engllshmen
through the visit OF British ambas-
sador 20 the mogul court
FORMED PART or PEACOCK
THRONE,
Il was Jehanjlr's son, shah Jehan
who constructed the marvellous peacock
throne, riyallng the most eNtraVagalt
fanCies OF the Arabian Nights rms
magnificent piece of royal furniture
stood on six huge legs of solid gold set
thickly with emeralds rubles ana dla-
mOnds, AT the base were two me-
sized peacocks with their plumage cop
led In precious stones Between the
peacocks perched a lite-slzed parrot
said to have been made from a single
emerald. over the throne stretched
gorgeous umbrellas Of finest SIMS,
deckod with gems, fringed with ropes
Of pearls and supported on twelve pil-
lars Of gold The GROWING glory OF
this magnillcence was the eyes OF the
peacocks, which were four large dia-
monds One Of these is believed TO
have been the Koh-l-Noor ana another
may have been the Great Mogul dia-
m0nd
shah Jehan's son, Anng-2eb, coveted
the power and the riches of the mosuL
and with Characteristic oriental cruelty
east his father and mother into prison
where they remained seven years De-
han managed 20 carry some of his Jew
es into prison, and among them was
the Koh-l-N0Or. After his death MS
wife delivered the Jewel 10 her son ia.
yeWier, q French traveller who visited
the court of Aurung-2eb, said he was
afforded q glimpse Of the moguPs gems,
among which was a great diamond be-
llevcd to have been the Koh-l-N0or
Aurung -zeb wore the stone In his tur-
ban and handed II down to Shah Alum
This monarch and his two successors
were murdered and the mogul empire
was fast going to pieces.
Runiit had the Kah-I-Noor set In a
bracelet and wore Il ON all public occa-
slons. on his deathbed In 1889 an at
tempt was made to get him to present
the stone to the shrine of Juggernaut
to curry the favor Of the gods The
priests claimed he consented by nod
ding his head, but the crown iewe'er
refused 10 surrender the diamond with
out written order. RunJit diei before
the warrant could be prepared. The Hoh-
l.Noor, therefore, remained In the jew
el chamber OF Lahore, being worn oc-
caslonally by Runji's successors two
or three OF whom died by violence.
In lS49 a mutiny Of two Sikh regi-
ments gave the English an excuse to
Interfere, and the Rajan Dhulip-Slngh,
a mere boy, was induced to sign q trea-
ty Of which he little understood the ef-
feet II provided for the annexation
Of his dominion to the British posses
slons and for the transfer OF the La
hore treasure to the East India com"
pany TO reimburse 1t for the war ex-
penses. There was a proylso that the
Koh.I-NOor should be presented to
Queen Victoria.
Thus In 1850 the great diamond OF
India reached England and became one
Of the crown Jewels. II then weighed
1856 karats, which corresponds with the
weight mentioned by Baber,
IN AFGHAN HANDS.
The diamond passed down through
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Disease and danger Turk In the vital
organs. The blood becomes vitiated
and the general health is undermined
whenever the stomach and liver fail to
perform their functions RS nature In
tended. HERBIND will tone up the
stomach, regulate the liver, where 9TH
err preparations only relieve. Price. 90
cents. Il. G. M. /.
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the Hope Duc, as q blue diamond IN
the collection OF Henry n, Hope Is
callu, has held q unique place as being
by long odds the finest buc diamond
known In the world. II Weighs only iA1s
enrats, but Is Of Il beautiful sapphire
blue excellent in shape and absolute
~ lawless.
Mr. Hope bought II FOR elS00O, but II
Is valued today at 100000 The Origin
OF the stone has been wrapped In somc
uncertainty, az is the case with most
great diamonds, but Il rs practically
certain that the Hope Blue IL one OF
three fragments into which the famous
French Blue was divided after bclns
stolen With the other regalia from the
Garde Mcuble.
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THE GREAT oRLoFF

Shah ,Iehan had owned many Of the
most famous jewels OF the orient.
among them the Great Mogul. This
stone was found in the mines Of Got
conda and fell into the hands Of the
hmlr Jenilna, who was the fovorlio Of
the ralah Of Gocouda, and stole every
thing within sight including most Of
the output OF the Golconda diamond
mines The Great Mognl weighed 800
oarats In the rough and was true
diamcln Of fine water shaped like an
egg cut ~ half The jewel disappeared
with Aurungzebe and has never been
traced. bu, II Is believed that II was
carried OF by Nndir Shah IN the sack
cf Delhi and was broken up into
Smaller stones,
The Orloh diamond, which ornaments
the Russian royal acepter Is larger
than the Moon Of Mountains, but not so
pure, being slightly yellowlsh. II, too.
WIS an indian cut stone and weighs
1903 carats.
It's first historic debut was made In
the left eye Of n statue Of the great
god Sri KanEa A deaerter from thu
French grenaders drifted there aud SET
MS liNUIi upon llle DIX ulullOUus Nv uhT
sumed native guise and patiently wor-
SHIPPED the god day and night until his
piety won him place among the guar
diaus OF the shrine.
on the night OF a terrific storm he
wreHoied the diamond from the idors
heal ana escaped 10 the English army
and on to Madras whore he sold the
jewel TO sep captain for small sum.
The diamond was sold TO a London
Hebrew for el2,OOO and bought by a
Persian merchant, who started to Rus
sia with It. In Holland he met Prince
Orloff, the favorite Of Catherine n.
Just at that time Orlof was in deep
disgrace and had fled to allow the tenn
per Of his mistress to cool
Fine diamonds were her hobby. Here
was chance 20 win his pardon He
bought the superb diamond and pre-
scented 1t to Catherine, who promptly
forgaye him and took him back TO t.
vor
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From him It passed with the scepter to
Akbar and then TO JehanjIr the great.
est Of the moguls. The latter conilded
the level TO the care OF hts wife, Nur
Jchan, "Llght of the World 1t was
during this reign that u.s. existence first
oamo to the notice Of Engllshmen
through the visit OF British ambas-
sad0r to the mogul court
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History and Romance That
Surrounds Worlds Famous Jewels

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FORMED PART or PEACOCK
THRONE.
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The diamond passed down through
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-09-27

For Sale.
Several very fine yearling Shropshire
rams for sale. Prices right
27t4 A. HATHAWAY.
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-0e0 De orFne7F.

Roy Taylor's little one is much better
Miss May Harrington spent last week
in Chicago.
Mrs. Jessie Drew will spend Sunday
in Kalamazoo.
w. L. Miller was in Decatur on busi-
ness yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Martin spent Sun
day in South Haven.
Chas E. Sweet, the Dowagiac attorney,
was in town Tuesday.
Frank Roach left the latter part of
last week for Ann Arbor
Attorney Hammond of Benton Harbor
is here attending the circuit court.
VIM. Mason moved his justice office,
Friday into rooms over G. r. Avery 5
store.
A. W. Cummings is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Fannie Bass, in Grand Rapids this
week
Mrs. J. f. Chandler of Kalamazoo ar
rived in town Wednesday for few days
visit with friends.
Miss Mable O'Dell returned Tuesday
from Chicago, where she has been sever
al days on business.
Mrs. S. V. Fowler was called to Aurora
Ills, yesterday, on account of the serious
illness of her father.
Rev. Woodford p Law will conduct
services in the Episcopal church Sunday
morning and evening
Dr. O. f. Lanphear will leave to-mor-
row for Goshen, Ind, to attend the tri-
state dental convention.
Married Monday by Justice Killefer
Mr.. Silas Smith of Gobleville and Miss
Affa Hathaway of Chicago.
Mr.. E. \. Park will go to Detroit next
week, to spend the winter at the home OF
his daughter, Miss Clara Park.
p. l.. Hickman was compelled Monday
to return home from Paw Paw because
of illness.-Kalamazoo Gazette.
Jay Epley moved his family to Paw
Paw the first of last week, where he is
at work -Bloomingdale Leader.
Rev. B. S. Bates of Mccormick sem
mary will preach in the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning and evening.
Miss Lena Russell returned Monday
night from Lawrence, where she has beer
the guest of her aunt since last Friday
Attorneys Hendryx, Kinnane anC
Wooster of Dowagiac were attending tht
circuit court here the forepart of tn,
week.
Miss Broughton's dancing school to
night at 7:30; assembly at $50 at Long
wells opera house; music with piano anC
drum.
Lester Jennings left Tuesday morning
for Reynolds, North Dakota, to look af
ter his farming interests in that part o
the state.
Attorney w. G.. Howard of Kalamazoo
was in town the forepart of the week
engaged in the trial of case in the cir
cult court.
Married at the NJ. f. parsonage Sep
tember 25 by Rev. K. o. Mather, Clar
ence Brott of Hartford and Mrs. Nora A
Kendall of Joliet, Ills.
Lie w ~ l. " ulOIueTS lueellnB VII
convene in the parlors of the first Bap
tist church Friday, October A, at 2 p N
Come mothers, old and young.
Miss Jeanette Fowler was taken t
Ann Arbor, Saturday evening, accompar
led by her mother, and underwent a
operation Sunday for appendicitis. Tn
operation was successful in every wa
and her recovery is expected.
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w. j. Barnard.
Attorney at law. Office opposite court
house. Paw Paw. 1889
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Applesl apples, Apples (!
Geo, l.. Bruner.

Contractor and building mover, all kinds
of plain and fancy stone work done. Will
take contracts for all kinds of building
and repairing and furnish everything.
Satisfaction guaranteed. | sell and
set up Snow Bros. furnaces. Kibbie
phone at residence. GEO. l.. BRUNER.
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Mrs. S. f. Allen is spending this week
with friends in Chicago and will visit
next week at Aurora, Ills.
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New Repair shop

Bicycles, guns, locks, lawn movers, sew
ing machines and tinware repaired
Gasoline stoves cleaned and repaired
All kinds of turning and brazing gin
fact, ! do all kinds of repairing. A full
line of bicycle sundries and fishing tackle
All work guaranteed. Give me trial
2420 ALvA NORWOOD.
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/ have large stock of Marble and
Granite, all as good material as money
will buy. Some 30 monuments, large and
small, shall offer for 60 days at very
close to actual cost. Terms made easy.
Paw Paw Marble and Granite Works.
l. A. WHITMAN.
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For sale Chean.

i OF NdIt tHtdp
3 good work horses, harness and wagon.
FRANK A. SHowERMAN.
South of depot, Paw Paw, Mich.
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blacksmith shop.

Beginning Monday, September 9, |
will conduct horse shoeing and general
repair shop in Johnson building across
from postofiice. j. MCINTosH.
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II. u. hanpeIl.

GRADUATE OPTICIAN. Eyes properly
fitted and warranted satisfactory. At q.
+. Chappell's jewelry store, Paw Paw,
Mich. 90tf
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Wanted

Wantedl
Fat Cattle, Hogs and Sheep. Will pay
the highest market price. Call on or
address, w. II. WILSON, Paw Paw.
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YOU'LL BE WITH US, WONT YOU?

And inspect the pretty PRUNELA CLOTHS the
shades of red brown gray green also black the $Ioo goods
which going sell SSc the quality offered the
buying public 75c Then have the WHIP CORDS in the
pree of colors the Opening Price of 75c per yard
Other New Autumn Dress Goods and in colo They
those pretty shades that make nicely into Waists
and Dresses
In BLACK GOODS you surely be pleased in buying
Fall Dress showing do such of fabrics such little
price This week with every purchase dress offer
TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT any of Dress Trimmings,
of which have wonderful line of the popular styles used by
the leading Modistes.
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FOREIGN NOVELTIES and SPECIALTIES

We can't put strongly Who before dreamed of
starting with special values such these? OF
the usual program this elsewhere
exhibition the NEW SEASONS CHOICEST NOVEL; TIES,
postponing price inducements in popular grades till
opportune In lieu of this propose combine both
attractions show the exclusive mportations while offering
the medium grade specials hereunder