Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1894 — A $400,000 Pipe. [ARTICLE]

A $400,000 Pipe.

The Shah of Persia has in his treasure room jewels valued at S4O, 000,000. His crown contains a mass of diamonds surmounted by a ruby as big as a hen’s egg. His ro.yal belt weighs twenty pounds, and is a solid mass of diamonds, rubies and emeralds. When the Shah was in Europe he wore a. variety of diamonds and gems, thesmallest of which would have been a fortune to the lucky possessor. The buttons of his coat were five in number, and each button was a diamond larger than the Kohinoor. He smokes a pipe valued at $400,000.