The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-06

cSsSeI scresm duet for some minutes, and back
alter nve minutes, with three and axpenoe. HorS
screaming on both sides. sorrowiuI 4 such want
beams IN bus face as he returns TO nv siqht very
not very much crushed, ! should say, but trfum-
counts ont threepenny bits 10 theaumber Of iof \.
eight 81 want three shillinas mores; shouts ~ ira
again. and yet again, but sul thew onIv mars
. twelve snlnss Vastly Indignant as appears.
e only after long absence reappears painting with
GOLD ORNAMENTS ARMoR AND THE xAoARrHy
- OF course, the sale doesn't stop for such anal,
fun ana we reach the gold and ornaments. FIRST
worthy OF particular notice Is tine Kings bracelet
string OF nuggets Aggry beads, charms and non.
descrpt articles OF gold. 1t is bought by the doc.
tor OF the Forty.secOnd regiment for Ella. Another
much smaller, brings only eli. Then two or three
skull caps or helmets are offered One Of them,
ferches f1O, but a second, magni1oently decorated
With figures ana armed Tor the fight, reaches f26.
ounces are reasonable enough at fsi los. Braces
let's ana knicknacks ioiiow, curious and valuable
~ S su as gEa ses god q q ~
the ounce. The smallest OF the masks 10
then ,,,, put apaa hldeous object, but
and not very dear, therefore, at flO2. We have
hint as TO the use OF these things. four OF which
man to wear, and have, besides, no apertures for
sight or breathing. Vac Kings knife IS onered--a
common blade enough. but worn in . sheath
heavily plated with gold, gold hted, and carrying
an appendage OF nuggets and charms by four gold
hit lett out ana Inc buyer certainly secured Gu
A dozen small rings OF gold, weighing halr aD
ounce EACH go at Is apiece. Then handsome
necklace appears Of gold charms and Aggry beads
and scarlet feathers which was knocked down ior
we reach the stools above spoken or The
handsomest, beautiful piece OF furniture, snow
white, delicately carved. and bound on every Hde
with silver embossed work, cannot be called dear
at ELS when the Oldest and poorest fetchcs halt that
covered goes to England q present TO the Prince
OF Wales, and it win not be out OF place. however
sword, with handle tnlckly plated In gold, which
the Russian prince buys at flo 10s.. and war
fund, we adjourn half an hour for lunch.
on returning lind tnat the native element mas
perched on table, is selling
| PLATE.
| That fine old Queen Anne tankard which nos
ticed IN the palace has sold for els. and the atten-
ton OF the public Is directed to another, less an
cient, but curious, which brings flO. Other fine
side dish Of great age, mended BY native gold
smiths IN every part. which seems to be rather
dear at col lOs, but there may be connoisseurs
among A nne old conreepot. worn into holes
by years not use. having no handle and not mucn
go for 60 lOs Sir Charles Macarthy's drinking cup,
IS bought in ali nnocesce Tor sio for there ARD
few or none In the room that know its presence
made, and the purchaser r knows his GOOD fortune
The initials can with difficulty be made out, but,
when the clew IS given, Mac e. IS apparent to
itself upon the first letter. which, indeed may ba
anything. But 1t has always been understood that
the cup, which was fetish drinking vessel OF the
King and his ancestors bore Sir Charles initials,
and The coincidence would be strange II he pos-
sessed another rankard SO old and so valuable en-
1 graved "Mac c." IL has been mended at the
handle. Afser the plate was Sold or enough
iangusSed among sAi inuumerabIs golden toys,
not pretty nor very curious but inordinaten dear
executoner, belt OF large SILVER sheaths, empty
and never meant to bear knives. fetched 0niy'
nary obects sold. This grdie is worn over tue led
shoulder OF that great oficer-a hideOus ruman
saw MN on he %
Majesty Is out OF temper. OF. when ne means VAR
the executioner buckled 1T round his waist the
Kings collection OF engravngs some OF them very
line old prints, sold reasonably well at from 81 l0s
to 81. The cheaper articles were cOlored ntho-
graphs OF women IN national dress, such as any
where may be seen. And the first days sale ended.
BEADS.
tribution Of beads began, and the women OF Africa
mustered strongly. II did not appear to the OBJ
server that these danes could have need Of moro
Aggrys more gold. But whether they needed
more or not, more they were resolved to have Il
ladies call bargain. And there were black men,
too, of the class which sports white hat and =
6sSan al hapast ten s but peiore telling iss
accidents must refer TO yesterday when unac-
countaby omitted to describe the oldest article OF
our loot This was crowded group Of figures
eight inches BY two. IN bronze or copper, show
ing the Kings procession on his STATE progress
through CoOmaSsie. In front are armOr bearers
and people PROSTATE. Then the executoners and
attendants, each portrayed with his appropriate
and appropriate; but the dirt lay SO thick on this
unique effort OF African art that one cannot speak
OF slaves, with his great umbrella over him. After
him CHEFS under less umbrellas, and swOrdsmen,
traordlnary nopiding, full Of spirit, and SUCH a.
one cannot believe to have come from negro hands.
the Russian Prince Songnt = ior aloo Let us re-
where this pearl OF West Africa was made. 1t Is
Gug from the earth somewhere in the interior. and
forms part, no doubt, OF sepulchral ornaments.
Endless are the patterns upon the ground color.
stripes and spots and rosettes and little device
concluded that the material Is porcelain, and
many believe that the pattern is produced by mo-
pecuiiari1y It is which drives European misators
to their Wits end But feel perfectly sure that
the mosaic appearance is caused only BY immense
lapse OF time, during which the bead has been ex-
posed. without protection, to the dstn tegratlon OF
a sa w nad Inc ao ha
so famous and so valuable. is OF that SUBJ
stance which has N, been called Egypssn posce
ten shllhngs piece on the West Coast: Suf1ctent
the Museum and ae and Soses
in the same substance There have been those
Vase, far famed, was only an elaborate specImer1
OF the Aggry manufacture. Our Coomassie beads
certainly sou well. Ine HlSneSL price given IOr q
string numbering fifty perhaps was f24-next'
fl9 los. The lowest rate observed was 81 L. foI
seventeen Of them. necklace OF beads and coral,
which cost officer OF Russelrs regiment els los.
consisted OF twenty-five large bits OF coral and
twelve very large AggTys the space between filled
up with limitations. heard that he was offered,
co los. Tor the Aggrys alone. Another necklace
smaller, mad twenty three beads Of nne red coral
nearly an inch long each, with seventy -seven sma
Aggry beads between. It went for ell, and th,|
lucky buyer Instantly sold his useless Aggrys fo3
nearly the amount he had just paid. The TACT Ii
our operations were too quick and too heavy 70 !
and scales to weigh their beads, Just as the
would buy them from each other; an Aggry u
roughly estimated at Its weight In gold. Sue ?
slow proceedings we're OF course impossible, an }
those who had money and quick decision reape !