The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-23
VIENNA, September 10.

The pick has been, | think, too
much despised thought only Il fit
tool for tho hands os ignorant labor
ers, who have not skill enough to
use other and more delicate tools !;
but even in their bands it has been
great scource of national wealth
in the creating Of great thorough
fares through our own broad land,
and England surely would not be
the great country she is il the pick
had not opened up such mires of
wealth in her colonies, as well as her
coal fields at home. Directed by
the scientific man the pick has aided
in obtaining information concerning
geology, mineralogy, and, in fact, all
branches of natural science, and IN
the colonial exhibit of England the
results of labor with the pick furnish
much that is Of interest to the stu
dent of science, and | should fancy
that the fortunate discoverer of the
diamond mentioned in my last and
the /" lucky dog" in Victoria, who,
working where every one said he
would make nothing, stuck his pick
into nugget of gold that weighed
22l7 ounces and is worth about SOL.
600; wonld hereafter have Il PEEK
upon their coat ofarms, rs it surely
is the means by which they will be
able to have their arms covered
with II coat. This nugget is appro.
priately named the Welcome" and
is tho largest ever found. Another
one, also found in Victoria, weighs
1743 ounces, and is valued at 3d.
90O These nuggets are here rep
resented in plaster of Paris, in exact
imitation of form and size, and
gilded so that to the eye they are as
genuine as the real ones. One mug
get, weighing 1O4 ounces, worth
$4,000 is here exhibited, and it
gives one Il feeling of worth Just to
be allowed TO hold it for a moment
in the hand. 1t is owned by Sir
Daniel Cooper. Mrs. Marsh, OF
Moreton Bay, sends what is said to
be the largest pearl in the world
being an inch and aquarter long by
ree.fourths OF an inch IN dame
ter ~.
limitations of diamonds from the
English mines in South Africa are
exhibited, varying in size from forty
to one hundred and four carat'.
eThe' Sancy," found in l477, was
sold by james the III. to Louis the
XIV. for 625 900 francs, or sl25 900.
The annual expectation from these
mines averages about So,OOo,oUo.
From the African colonies come
horns of large size from the Cape
of Good Hope ivory tusks, beautiful
buttons of mother of pearl, and two
very fine rhinoceros horns; also the
hair of the Angora or Mohair goat
which is woven into cloth in Eng.
land, and beautiful specimens OF
flowers and fruit, such as the apple
peach, plum and grape. From Mau'
ritius arc sent fruits canned IN glass
rope made from the husk OF the
cocoa, and photographs OF the ma
tives at work or amusing them
selves. One comical one represents
a policeman diving Chinaman by
his pig tail. -
New Zealand is represented IN
minerals BY aIluvial Colds from 1. inc
Thames gold fields displayed in niue
dishes, each numbered and labelled
quartzes, irons, silver, lead, peetr9-
lcum and steatite; in the agrlcul,,
tural interest by wheat, wine, wool
and fax. Lincolnshire sheep sent to
New Zealand produce longer ana
finer wool than they generally pro
duce in England. Some OF inc
specimens are from ten to twelve
inches long. The New Zealand max
has long resisted efforts made 70
utilize it, although the natives them
selves use portion of the h1re' Sc, :