Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-03-08
COSTLY CANES.
Expensive Handles for Canes aud CmbTcIIn-
some Queer Canes.

Georgia lawyer has a cane the head Of
which Is carved to represent the head
Of duck, holding $500 sapphire in
its bill, and with two diamonds worth
| E,lOO each for its eyes. ut may be
true" the affable young man having
charge of the cane department in "A
large jewclry house said; but the
figures are pretty steep. II Is not an
infrcqucnt thing for men 10 come in
| here and order canes that cost $500 or
5000, gold heads with jewel settings,
| you understand; but "A $l4,7jO can" is
rather beyond our experience. For
| ordinary sale the canes We keep in
stock DO not run over $l2O. We al
ways have on hand u cord or so of canes
that run from $50 to $l2O. Gold
healed presentation cancsE' Ycs, We
sell a good many Of them, but hardly
ever to th" out-of-town buyers.
our more expensive canes are those
IN which artistic fancy enhance the
/ value OF the gold. Here is one, a modi-
fed shepherds crook Of hammered and
chased Roman gold, the greatest pcru-
iiari,y Of which is its price $ll5.
This hammered crutch head Of
blended red and yellow gold is worth
| kl2U. Here are "A lot Of new designs,
Indian and Persian iancics, unique,
and some Of them pretty, that run from
800 to $ll5. They are made Of gold,
/ the beauty Of which is that it was put
through certain chemical treatments
| tha, brough, il ont looking lik" almost
anything but gold This one, for in
stance, that looks lIk" steel, j. gold,
and So i, that one resembling . red
enamel. some of these, light ones,
were made mp as cheap "a, go. hut wc
have none so low-prIcod uu hand now.
Those very dainty little square crook
gold-hcadcd canes, or swi'che, rather
We scll as cheap As $i- 10 $50
From thc,clct u- pas, 60 the silver
heads. OF them wc hay" great yari-
cty, from 81 for a plain hammered
silver ball up 10 E25 for large one of
the newest fashion. which /, a close
imitation 81 an old fashioned buck
horn handle. or *75 Tor one like this.
which is. a. YOU can SEQ. n combination
ui silver. gold and copper that looks
Ikea sort uf marble metal There i.a
wide diversity Of sfyles in silver heads
some ~ them. A you VIII notice the
p!ainc-. pus,.hlc-A "door knob" or
simple ball and others fun Of fancy
and exquisite Workmanship. There D..
novel and pretty thing. 4 perfectly
round bah of rock crystal held in place
10y silver clasps. that wc sell for a..
4 nan came in here the other day
Offering FOR sale couple Of canes that
he had made. / believe. They were
composed Of small. thin pieces Of
agate. cornclian. and other stones. in
alternate layers. set on steel rod and
highly polished. ! should think there
were poo pieces in each cane. and nc
,rl, wanted e., c,rh f,r tho oo,n.
,rc,.a oncs don, GOO ho,,. ,hov
copld 30 g,,,cr mn f,r tho money hn,
We did not invest in them.
"Thc materials we generally employ
for the sticks are malacca. bamboo and
ebony. There are some very hand
some and costly canes made in Mexico
from some animal substances. clarified
a. the Mexican saddle seats sometimes
are. and inlaid with silver General
Jack Easement used to have one that
he refused $50 for. Then fine canes
are OCCASIONALLY turned ont NJ what i,
rcrrcsontcI to us "A bippopo,amus
hide. In fact. gentlemen bring all