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Ik. (HE SHAH IS JEWEL POOR MTii ALL nis TnE,\si;nE can iiaud- LV pay CLUIIE-NT UEUTS. gardens and Pavilions nt Teheran Peo|il('d Uilli an Army ol Men and Wunieii. There Is no court lliat combines splcn- doi uxid bankruptcy in the some degree Q& lliut<jf Persia. Tlio juiluce wliicli .Sliiili M<jhiiiniiicd All inlmbiU is storoU wllli tiTiisuros of iii<:a!culttblo viilue. Vnt tlio SliHli finds hiiiijsulf nowaduys almost without tlio means of puyuig liis current exiK-'iisos. Under his predecessors Ihp palace ex- poases were the lir.st lion on whatever rf\onue the country produced. But now- adays Ih^ro is u I'arliunient, and the ap- propriation made f<jr the .Shah and his l'.<:us<'liold for the current year is only $iOO,lKJ(J. 'I'hough money goes a good way In rvi-shi, this sum is not oJU'-lifth enough Id maintain the estahlishmpiit on its pro- ppnt stale. All the olticcholders stornKid and the harem of Nasr-ed-Din, grand- father of the present .Shah, went in car- riages to the Palace of Baharistan to re- n,onslrale. But tiie Parliament 8tfX)d pat ond when the Shah contemplated dis- Bolving it and withdrawing the new c<in- fitilution ho found he would liave loo much trouble on his hands. Just how he will deal with the oxpenso ocounts remains to be seen; he certainly has done nothing to rcduc* It. The train of servants and attendants, high and low, ftill numbers more than 1,500 men, and there are more than 1,000 women in the aiideiioun, or harem, with their numbers rather increasing than diminishing. THE SHAHS PALACE fc situated In the oldcs Iquarter of Te- iMTan, called the Ark. It consists of a runiber of houses and pavilions built «t various times and located haphazard among beautiful gardiuis. The buildings useu by the Shah himself ere called the biroun. There the staff of ocurt dignitaries are on duty all day. Tncy number altogether from 600 to 700 men. Across the gnllslan or gardejw, tn the most remote part of the cnclasure, the Kadjo-Bashl or chief of tlie eunuchs holds Bway with his regiment of dasky guord- inas of the andcioun. The gardens are divided into the men's enclosure and the women's into which no m«n but the mas- tei may e\er pnti;r. Ttio walks are luv\I wllh encaustk; tilcii, rippling brooks inler.<H;cl green lawns and g<.rgeous fViwcr lieds. .Shade troos hang over d<-'ep jwols that cool the air. Song- birds in vast aviaries concealed by .shrub- bery animate the sfene with their car- olling, and hidden nuislcians play in the Bunnncr houses all day and late into the night, a fashion borrowed, il is said, from India. Tlvo women of tho anderoun have a a^juble hierarchy. There are in tho first place tho olllcial authorities. There Is also the purely social hierarchy, at,^the lop of which are the prlnoes.ses o( the Kadjar line, the .Shah's own family, who have l)onio .sons of rank to succeed to thf thione. All women of Iho Kadjar race have undisputed precedence. Next Come llio favorltos "of noble fam- ily and after tliern beauties of lower rank. Biiiealh tlK.se are the hundreds of attend- ants ond coMipimions. down to the kit- chen ninids. The system is much more Bri.stoornlic than the Sultan's seraglio, tul any woman may secure a certain ele- vation by wiiiiiiiig the milice of the Shah. .Sonic of the greiil princesses have puvi- Ikms all to Ihem.selvcs, with suites of attendanpe and servanlft. The other fav- orites live in groups with their hoiise- liolds in common. â- II IE DHESS OF T^IE WOMEN ocnsisls of a Jacket or !x)lero, called tho yal, which is sleeveless and fastened across the breast witli fiogs of gold lace. Beneath il is the diapluiiious undergar- niont callod piriihen. A skirt not nmch longer than a ballet dancei's and some- tunes Huffed out in tlie sumo way with Stif(ene<l muler.sklrls, is culled zii-joumc. It only reaches to the knei5. Thcr»> are slippers for the feel, and a Bouare fichu called tchargat is worn on ^he head and knotted under the chin, from under it the hair lalU in luxurious CUiLs to the sliouldei'S. All the women of liie nnderoim wear Imsanie costume, though of course lliore are vast diflcis'nces in nuiterial. The ser- vants wear course linens and heavy nio- h.ijrs; the prlnre.ssers and favorites draw not only on tho marts of Asia but tho.so of ICuroiH.' nowadays for their choicest falirics. Gorgeous ornnmenLs of gold and pre- cUnui stones are worn by the favorites and their favoi-ites. The rig Is enchant- Int; on y<iung women, but tlie few Occi- deiiliil and n iloctor or two who have had a piN'p into the anderoun speak with shuddering of the appAirancc of the old and middli> aged women â€" especially as they .say thn Persian woman when she grows old gmvvs fat. The Shah spends only liLs nights In the anderoun. He leaves it every morning at early prayer time. He spends his day In hunting, sU»eping. and eating, with oecnsional confcrenc4's with his Ministers or rt^epUriivs to foreign repre.sentalivefl. The ivioms of the hiroun. the equivalent o' the Turkish .s<'lanillk, are all deeorntr<I Willi glns.s. The fUvirs are tllc-d hut the tllfts are bidden under priceless carpels. The v.hII.s are panelled with mirrors or with moulded and engraved pla^s, Fe.s- >wnR of crystals hang from the ceilings. THE PRESENT SIIAH In Ind4l«nl and- Oriental ih bi.s habits. Sfiinetimes he will spend half (he dav anioklng and dozinu. Okui icioiisl^ Uc will start off for one of his five hunting lod- t!es near the capital, where he can (hid any sort of game from panthers down to a quail. He takes his meals whciwer he hap- pens to bo when tho d<!slrc seiy.<-s him. Ilii: kitcliens are always on the iilert; there ai'e 800 oooks and scullions in them. The dishes are passed from th&se to a ferade of attendunLs who may i>o said to coiresiwnd with our footmen. Tlusc pass them along to the chamberlains, who iiiiiy serve them if no higher dignitiury is on hand, but the highest ofhcial of the o<<url who happens to l>e present has the nghl to present them to the Shah. All the COU11SC6 arc served together. The staple dishas are rice with saffron, chicken fricassee, venison, and mast mut- ton cut In chunks, served en biochelte and called kebab. Besides these a va.sl number of sweet creams, luscious pas- tries and dellcioiLs fruit are served. The -Snail forges himself with .sweetii;cals as all I'crslans do, men and women alike. If the Shah cares to fall Iwck on the treasures of hi.s palace lie can keep the wolf from the door for many a year. No- bcdy knows the wealth slotted up in it. In the building called the museum there arc .said Ui be bins of emeralds, toj)azes, rubies didinonds and pearls which have been accumulating for generations. There are besides priceless articles of p<rttery and metal work, Japanese and Chinese, Indian, .Sevres, Dresden china, gold silver and steel work from all parts of the Orient. The collection of ancient arms and annor is worth perhaps A MILLION DOLLARS. Then there are the gorgeous articles of barbaric splendor which make up the iie- galia. When the Shah appears in .Slate h( wtiars a tiara of brilliiints, surmounted with on aigrette of precioiis stones. On Ills forehead shinunors tlic famous dia- mond known ns the Mounia n of I. giit. I lis epauicis arc studded with emeralds, sapphires and topazes. His belt glitters w ith diamonds and his sword handle and scabbard are incrustcd with rubies. Tho terrestrial globe made by his grandfather's order shows all the con- tinents and seas in precious stones, Per- sia tje'jig in diamonds. The celebrated peacock throne con.sists of a great .square pedestil over which branclKis of foliage creep, all made of emeralds, with flowers in rubies and pearls. The chair is of gold and seems to be splashed with bUxxl, but is is only pat- ches of rubbles. Above tho liack shines a sun of diamoiulfl. .so set on wires that they tremble with the motion of tlie oc- cupant of the chair, sending Hashes of light in all directions like llie sun itself. TtiLs throne has been appraised as high as 84n,0(X),000. Besides his palne* and his hunting lod- gi-a ttu) Shah ha/; several country hoii.ses with beautiful gardens, whilher ho goes to escape the heat, tiiking sections of Iho ondeiMun and regiments of .servants with him. The present Shah has added aulo- r.-'Obiling to his pleasures. TIIE MIGHT OF NVTLHE. (By A. Banker.) Year after year the Uvmenilous forces o'. .Nature are moi'c and iinre being re- quslioned and hiirne-sa'd into our ."^er- v.ce. That mighty and ixit«'nl energy, eUcliieity, for instance, which In iho earlier days of the present generation was praelically unapplied, is now, not- withstanding tlie |)ivsent cumbrous nvdo of cxtnioliiig il fr.im thi' emth and air, on indispensable necessity of civilization II would apjvear tlial th" jilace of ori- gin whcni'e the oloclricity of this plan- et and of its alniosphore Is dcrivo<l is th« s!un. I'or when a severe oilectric storm takes piice u|:on that luminary the c'eHricilv of the <'arUi is more or l<'ss completely disorganizcil. Such a 'storm" occurred a few years ag<i; .so severe and so violent that for a brief p<\riod telegraphy was wliolly thrown inl) disorder. An enormous rift or chasm, .so deep and .'o profound that a ni.mbcr of globes equal In size to that ,f this earth could have tx*!! rolletl in- to il, was rent in ttio blazing photosphera of the sun. Gigaiilic flames of incan- (!e>crnt metallic vapors and other gasi^s s iigod and gyrattyl in fiery hurriciincs of angry flame, a very whiilpcvil of pal- Tiitaling wdd-flie, now vibrating in ilirot)s and convulsive pulsations from side to side; now, as tliough ejectc*! by some tieniintlous Inli^rnal oonvuLsion, blazing veitieally upwards a hundred miles into space, or now for a monienl sul*ding into comparative quclude. In tli^ midst of all this orga.sm of lire â€"not however an unusual condition of our great luminaryâ€" a lla-'h of light so intenseiy vivid anil dazzling that it 'ar si.ipas.sed the solar photosphere in bril- liuncy and in splendor, pul-ated acioss Hic dark chasniâ€" dark, however, only by comparison, for an appai-en^ly black sunsixit is really mote brilliant than any light, olh<'r than eleclrioily, which we can produceâ€" from one side of the chasm U) the other. And tlie intensity of that nvulsive electrical energy vibrated on t nd on through tlie elhcr until it reach- ed our earth, paralyzing the arliflc ally produoi^l curn'nls, and for a «h<irt time rendering the telegraphic wires in many districts altogether u.«eles.s. And then, th • solar disturbance sula'ding, the nor- mal condition of the curront here below wrts rapidly re-<\slflblished. But how dlfllcull il is lo i«all7.e that He wiho first called into existence this mighty and jiotiMit force, Wh) even ore- .Small llUiiB-s worry .small minds. iite»l the great (lory orb where, for our .si^lar sy.-.U'm, it is generated and evolv- ed, was none <d her than the Saviour of tlu world, wh<i, in <irder to rest'.>rc us lo Divine favor, resigned for a lime His iiiajcsly and glory, and by living a lilc of penury and suffering here below, ond then by giving His life for us, boiv>, as oui .Substltule. llH} pmiislimeni due lo u.:. And all who oome li Him for par- oen aii<l Ife will be iiiudc luheiiU^rs of lis kinbdiiii. GRAVEDIGGER HEARD III MAN LIVED HALF-AN-HOUn AFTER BLItlAL. Thouolit Soiac Coniino from the Coffin Was the Dead Man's Soul Try- faig to Gel Out. Tymko Novak, a Galielan iieasanl, who owned a small farm in the village o( Muckowica, in Austria, livid Ihiough th<- gn alesl tragedy of his Ife after his funeral, Ihajiks to tlio crijuinnl care- lc.-sac.ss and slupdity of Uiivo people. Tyjuko. an ''Iderly man, d ed in his ctttage homo and was burled in Ihc ncij^hioring chuiihyard, with all the P'<inp and c<femony so dear lo tlie Slu- vunic nimd. His family and friBiids. having shod Ihoir tears over him. went home. Only the gravodigger rcjiiained ojid ho huiried to QU up tlie grave be- fore nighlfall. Suddenly he was Iwrn- fie<l to hear a dull sound come from Ih.. earth ho had jiLst thitjwn in. I; slipped, and, thinking his nerves wer.' gett ng tlio Lett«!r of his i«asoM, ho went en wllh his wjrk. Again tlio noise '«â-  gan, and th'.s lime he felt sure that d s<iuridcd as if the dead man's soul were liying to get out of the »4lin. Inst'-ad of uncovering the eai'th and oj:«ning the ooflin, HE GAVE A SHRIEK OF FEAR. II. row down his spade and ran lo tho bead of Iho village to a.sJt what he was to do. Unhappily, the head of the vil- liig<>â€" a ii'Bn num. d Kusekâ€" was as stupid as the gravediggcr. All the ad- vice he could give was, "Nobxiy is al- lowed lo op<-n a grav<> except by .-pecial permission of the gendarmes. Y.iu must go l> Ihe ge'iidannes and ask th"m tor their i>ormission. But our friend, Tym- |.o Novak, mu-st have committed a great sin if his soul cannot rest quielly in that cofTln." It seems inciedible that all this hap- pened only a few niil<« fiom \icnna. The grave<iiggor took Ku.^h'.k's advice and set out to the gendarmes' station, which lay a mile or so distant in the next village. By this time it wa.s dark ujid Ihe gravcdigger hurried on, Ihink- i:ig he was being pureited by poor Tym- ko's .soul, whioh h.id got out of the cof- fin By Ihe inn lie met an excise-man, Ji.n VSonger, and told him tho storv. Wenger, withjul wailing to hear the theory of Tymko's .soul, pulled him along and hurrying to the cemeteiy. be- gan to uncover Ihe grave as fast as he c uld. W'hm they finally got Ihe coHln up and ojentxl it, a terrible sight m'^t ..he.r ejas. Tlie corpse now lay <jn one siile The left arm, instead of b'.'ing crossoj With the right ov«r Ihe breast, was un- der the head. THE FACE WAS DISTORTED with ttio agony of this terrible death; the whole of Ihe clothing was torn in!o shi<Hls. llic flesh brui.suxl and cut fioei Ihe unfoitimate man's efforts lo get out of this living grave. All efforts Ij reslurc any signs of ii't were ikiw in vam. The doctors who v.ere called said he had been dead half an hour- and an hour had elapsed smce the giav<'di'.'g.T ran to Kusck. The functionary who.>o business il is in fiallctan viHago-; tj give tht^ .l-^ath cerlih'ales is u kind of uiicertillod or- dinaiy surg.on. Ho had pronou icul lile extinct two or three days betoix) the funeral. Ttie gravedigg, r was too siuil. in ignorance and suix-rstili m lo r'u<>-. al Ihe true cause of llie sounds which had come fixxin tho coflln, and KiHct jules Ihc village. The worst n.specl of tho iniillor is that luibody is piin,.dK>i| but the imtiaj)j>y victim and his rela- tives. INDIAN DETECTIVE TRICK. rrl{jht CausfK Criminal Sudden Loss of Api>elile. A very old Indliin deUx^t ve trick p'ayo.l its part in the arrciit of the Ben- gali youth Khuidiram Bos.^, wlw tlir<'w Ih" bomb which kiUeil Mrs. and .Miss Kennedy al Muzufferiwi'e. He was sealed in tho railway station lit Wuini, .soim; twenty miles fmni Iho scene of tlw crime, and was eating u meal of rice, when two constables ap. proachoil him. One of Iho ounstables net c d that tlw youth's ,-aliva had ceas- <d to tk)w, apparently thiviugh (right at the sudden apiH>araiice of Ihe policemen; and that, in spile of his nonchalant air, ho was unable to c<-)nlinue h.s meal. 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