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1-:- till? SHAH IS JEWEL POOR start off for one of his five hunting lod- any sort of game from panthers down to a quail. WITH ALL HIS TREASURE CAN HARD- LY PAY CURRENT DEBTS.‘ pens to be when the desire seizes him. His kitchens are always on the alert; there are 800 cooks and scullions in hem, , The’dishes are passed from these to a graded-attendants who may be said to .â€"â€"â€" Gardens and Pavilions at Teheran Peoplcd With an Army of Men V ‘ g and “yon'lcn. paSS them alongto the chamberlains, who may serve them if no higher dignitiary There is no court that combines splen- 'dor and bankruptcy in the same degree as that of Persia. The palace which Shah Mohammad Ali inhabits is stored with treasures of incalculable value. Yet the Shah finds himself nowadays almost without the means of paying his current expenses. Under his predecessors the palace ex- penses were the first lien on whatever revenue the country produced“ But now- adays there is a Parliament, and the ap- propriation made for the Shah and his household for the current year is only $500,000. Though money goes a good way in Persia, this sum is not one-fifth enough L to maintain the establishment on its pre- sent scale. All the officeholders stormed and the harem of Nasr-ed-Din, grand- father of the present Shah, went in car- riages to the Palace of Baharistan to re- monstrate. But the Parliament stood pat and when the Shah contemplated dis- solving it and withdrawing the new con- stitution he found he would have too much trouble on his hands. Just how he will deal with the expense acounts remains to be seen; he certainly has done nothing to reduce it. The train of servants and attendants, high and low, ‘still numbers more than 1,500 men, and there are more than 1,000 women in the anderoun, or harem, with their numbers rather increasing than diminishing. THE SHAH’S PALACE its situated in the oldes tquarter of Te- heran, called the Ark. It consists of a number of houses and pavilions built at various times and located haphazard among beautiful gardens. The buildings useu by the Shah himself are called the biroun. There the staff of court dignitaries are on duty all day. They number altogether from 600 to 700 men. Across the gulistan or gardens, in the most remote part of the enclosure, the Kadjeâ€"Bashi or chief of the eunuchs holds sway with his regiment of dusky guard- ians of the anderoun. The gardens are divided into the men’s enclosure and the women’s into which no man but the mas- tei may ever enter. The walls are lined with cncaustic tiles, rippling brooks intersect green lawns and gorgeous flower beds. Shade trees hang over deep pools that cool the air. Song- birds in vast aviarics concealed by shrub- bery animate the scene with their car- olling, and hidden musicians play in the summer houses all day and late into the night, a fashion borrowed, it is said, from India. The women of the anderoun have a '(louble hierarchy. There are in the first place the official authorities. There is also the purely social hierarchy, at the top of which are the princesses of the Kadjar line, the Shah’s own family, who have borne sons of rank to succeed to the throne. All women of~the Kadjar race have undisputed precedence. Next come the favorites of noble fam- ily and after them beauties of lower rank. Beneath these are the hundreds of attend- ants and companions. down to the kit- chen maids. The system is much more aristocratic than the Sultan’s seraglio, but any woman may secure a certain ele- vation by winning the notice of the Shah.‘ Some of the great princesses have pavi- lions all to themselves, with suites of attendance and servants. The other fav- orites live in groups with their house- holds in common. . THE DRESS OF THE WOMEN . consists of a jacket or bolero, called the yal, which is sleeveless and fastened across the breast with frogs of gold lace. Beneath it is the diaphanous undergar- ment called pirahen. A skirt not much longer than a ballet dancer’s and some- times fluffed out in the same way with stiffened und-erskirts, is called zirj'oume. 'It only reaches to the knee. . There are slippers for the feet, and a 'square fichu oalled tchargat is worn on the head and knotted under the chin. From under it the hair falls in luxurious curls to the shoulders. All the women of the andcroun wear the same. costume, though of course there are vast differences in material. The ser- vants wear coarse linens and heavy mo- ‘hairs;-t.he princesses and favorites draw not only on the marls of Asia but those of Europe nowadays for their choicest fabrics. Gorgeous ornaments of gold and pre- cious stones are worn by the favorites and their favorites. The rig is enchantâ€" Sh‘i'g en young women, but the few Occi- dental and a doctor or two who have _ had a peep into the anderoun speak with shuddering of the appearance of the old ,. and middle aged womenâ€"especially as they say the Persian woman when she grows old grows fat. The Shah spends only his nights in the anderoun. lle leaves it «every morning at early prayer time. He spends his day in hunting, sleeping, and eating, with occasional conferences with his Ministers or receptions to foreign representatives. The rooms of the biroun, the equivalent of the Turkish selamlik, are all decorated with glass The floors are tiled but the tiles are hidden under priceless carpets. The walls are panelled with minors or with moulded and engraved glass. Fes- 71aons of crystals hang from the ceilings. THE PRESENT SI IAIl right to present them to the Shah. All the Courses are served together. The staple dishes are rice with saffron, chick-en fricassee, venison, and roast mut- ton eut in chunks, served on brochette number of sweet creams,, luscious pas- Snah forges himself with sweetmeats as If the Shah cares' to fall back on the treasures of his palace he can keep the wolf from the door formally a year. No- body knows the wealth stored up in it: In the building called the museum there are said to be bins of emeralds, topazes, rubies diamonds and pearls which have been accumulating for generations. There are besides priceless articles of pottery and metal work, Japanese and Chinese, Indian, Sevres, Dresden china, gold silver and steel work from all parts ()Ll-IIC Orient. The collection of‘ ancient arms .and ai‘iiiOi“is_.\vortl1 perhaps 3 ' A MILLION'DOLLARS. Then there are the gorgco’u.s“‘ai'ticlcs of barbaric splendor which makeup the he- galia. When the Shah appears in State he wears a tiara of brilliants, surmounted his forehead shimmers-the famousdia- mond known as the Mountain of Light. I-Iis epaulels are studded with emeralds, sapphires and topazes. I-Iis belt glitters with diamonds and' his sword handle and scabbard are inerusted with rubies. The ' terrestrial globe made by his grandfather’s order shows all the con- tinents. and- seas in precious stones, Per- sia being in diamonds. The celebrated peacock throne consists of a great square pedestal over which branches of foliage creep, all made of emeralds, with flowers in rubies and pearls. The chair is of gold and seems to be splashed with blood, but is is only pat- ches of rubbies. Above the back shines a sun of diamonds, so set on- wires that they tremble with the motion of the oc- cupant of the chair, sending flashes of light in all directions like the sun itself. This throne has been appraised as high as $40,000,000. , Besides his palace and his hunting lod- ges the Shah has several country houses with beautiful gardens, whither he goes to escape the heat, taking sections of the anderoun and regiments of servants with him. The present Shah has added auto- mobiling to his pleasures. . __.__.....a.‘_._..... THE MIGHT OF NATURE. (By A. Banker.) Year after year the tremendous forces of Nature are more and more being re- quistion-ed and harnessed into our ser- v:ce. That mighty and potent energy, electricity, for instance, which in the earlier days of the present generation was practically unapplied, is now, not- withstanding the present cumbrous mode of extracting it from the earth and air, an indispensable necessity of civilization. It would appear that the place of ori- gin whence the electricity of this plan- et and of its atmosphere is derived is the sun. For when a severe electric storm takes place upOn that luminary the electricity of the earth is more or less completely disorganized. Such a ‘storm" occurred a few years ago; so severe and so violent that for a brief period tel-egraphy was wholly thrown into disorder. An enormous rift or chasm, so deep and so profound that a number of globes equal in size to that cf this earth could have been rolled in- to it, was rent in the blazing photosphcre of the sun. Gigantic flames of incan- desccnt'metallic vapors and other gases surged and gyratcd in' fiery hurricanes of angry flame, a very whirlpool of pal- pitating wildfire, now vibrating in throbs and convulsive pulsations from side to side; now, as though ejected by some tremendous internal convulsion, blazing vertically upwards a hundred miles into space, or now for a moment sulc‘ding into comparative quielude. In tide midst of all this orgasm of fire â€"-n.ot however an unusual condition of our great luminaryâ€"a flash of light so intensely vivid and dazzling that it far surpassed the solar photosphere in bril- liancy and in splendor, pulsaied across the dark chasmâ€"dark, however, only by comparison, for an apparently black sunspot is really more brilliant than any light, other than electricity. which we can produceâ€"from one side of the chasm to the other. And the intensity of that convulsive electrical energy vibrated on and on through the ether until it reach- ed our earth, paralyzing the artificially produced currents, and for a short time rendering the telegraphic wires in many districts altogether useless. And then, th-- solar disturbance subsiding, the nor- mal condition of the current here below was rapidly reestablished. But how difficult it is to neallzc that He who first called into existence this mighty and potent force, Who even ope. Small things worry small minds. ated the great fiery orb where, for our solar system, it is generated and evolv- ed, was none other than the Saviour of the world, who, in order to restore us to Divine favor, resigned for a time His majesty and glory, and by living a life of penury and suffering here below, and then by giving His life for us, here, as GUI Substitute, the punishment due to is lnddlent and Oriental in his habits. 115- Alld it” W110 (301110 it" Him {91‘ 1301'- Someiimes he will spend half the day 00“ “lid He Will be mildC lullel‘ibOI‘S of smoking and dozing. (laoriciously he will I “3 kaleide- ges near the capital, Where he can find He takes his meals wherever he hap- coruespond with our footmen. These is on hand, but the highest official of the court who happens to be present has the and called kebab. Besides these a vast tries and delicious fruit are served. The all Persians do, men and-women alike. 2 HE GAVE .A. SI-IRIEK or FEAR. - threw down his spadeand ran to the with an aigretteof precious stones. On. GRAVEDIGGER HEARD lT MAN LIVED I-IALF-AN-IIOUII AFTER BUIIIAL. Thought Noise Coming from the Coffin “as the Dead Man‘s Soul Try- ing to Get Out. , , r r . Tymko Novak, a Galician peasant, The WhOlesome.and damty Shredded “111°” “'3er who owned a small farm in the village of Mackowica, in Austria, lived through the greatest tragedy of his lie after his funeral, thanks to the criminal care lessness and stupidity of three people. '1’y.mko, an elderly man, died in his college homo and. was buried in the _-n-eighl.oring churchyard, with all the Pump and ceremony so dear to the Sla- vonic mind. Ills family and friends, having shed their tears over him, went home. Only the gravedigger remained and he hurried to fill up the grave be- fore nightfall, Suddenly ‘he‘wa-s horri- fied to hear a dull sound come from the earth he had just thrown in. i‘. stopped, and, thinking his nerves were getting the better of his mason, he went on with his work. Again the noise bo- gan, and this time he felt sure that it sounded as if the dead man's soul Were trying to get out of the coffin. Instead of uncovering the earth and Opening the coffin, for luncheon, or any meal, with butter, cheese, fruit or marmalade, will give you new strength and vitalltv. Always Ready to Serve. Always Delicious. Sold by all grocers. Neuralgia, Headache, 5 Rheumatism, Pain, Etc. 50 CENTS. A11â€" pnuafifijfi-f‘ The Pango Company, Toronto WHOLESALE LYMAN BROS. Sc (10., Toronto and Montreal; LYMAN KNOX & CLARKSON, Toronto; NATIONAL DRUG (10., London. head. of the village to ask what he was to do. Unhappily, the head of the vil- la gc~â€"â€"a man named Kus-c {â€"WflS US stupid as the gravediggcr. All the ad- vice he could give was, “Nobody is al- ‘lowed to open a grave except by special permission of the gendarmes. You must go to the gcndarin-e-s and ask them for their permission. But our friend, Tyin- ko Novak, must have committed a great sin if his soul cannot rest quietly in that coffin.” It seems incredible that all this hap- pened only a few mil-es from Vienna. The gravedigger took Kushek‘s advice and set out to the gendarmes’ station, which lay a mile or so distant in the next village. By this time it was dark and the gravedigger hurried on, think- ing he was being pursued by poor Tyin- ko’s soul, which had got out of the cof- fin By the inn he met an excise-man, Jan Wonger, and told him the story. Wenger, without waiting to hear the theory' of 'I‘ymko’s soul, pulled him a ton g and hurrying to the cemetery, bc- ganldto uncover the grave as fast as be God . When they finally got the coffin up and opened it, a terrible sight met their eyes. The corpse now lay on one side The left arm, instead of being crossed with the right over the breast, was un- der the head. THE FACE \VAS DISTORTED with the agony of this terrible death; the whole of the clothing was torn into shreds. the flesh bruised and cut from the unfortunate man’s efforts to get out of this living grave. * All efforts to restore any signs of life were now in vain. The doctors who were called said he had been dead half an hourâ€"and an hour had elapsed since the gravcdigger ran to Ifusek. The functionary whose business it is in Galictan villages to give the death certificates is a kind of uncertil‘ied or- dinary surgeon. [to had pronounced life extinct- two or three days before the funeral. The gravedigger was too sunk in ignorance and superstition to guess at the true cause of the sounds which had come from tho ccfiin, and [funk l.iules the village. 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He was seated in the railway station at Waini, some twenty miles from the scene of the crime, .and was eating a meal of rice, when two constables ap- proached him. One of the constables nthc:d that the youlh's saliva had ceas- ed to flow, apparently through fright at the sudden appearance of the policemen; and that, in spite of his nonchalant air, he was unable to continue his meal. The constable toyed with his man for a while, and then, having his suspicions confirmed, seized him before he could the the revolver with which he was try- ing to shoot himself. This system at detection, it is stated, is traditional among the Indian police. A srspcctcd person will be placed with others and a native inspector will mutter some gibberish over an old four- corncred rupee. Having thus worked upon the fears of his auditors he will give each of them a handful of rice and instruct them to eat it as fast as they can. 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