Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-07

mary blHu-buo tuTco SOiucu uaiio V'Si
his shop. The tire, golden balls repre-
sent ceaseless shower of gold which ,pour'
day and night into the pawnbrokeI' 8 cot
fers. Did you ever know Of pawnbrokel
who became . bankrupt?
"We get all sorts of this in our bust
ness, +" said the pawnbroker, and he began II
search out and pile on his couDtT varie
ty of obje;ts-fire'y bound family Bib!el
some mellow with age, others almost new
old silverwae of odd design, sugar tongs
and milk bowls, tea pots and water basins
some battered and isco.ored, some bright
and shining.
L.
ALLEN FRASER,
From
His Dear Grandmother,
1845.
The above inscription was old-fsshioned
Fothich letters the heart-shaped space oil
large solid silver and gilt drinking cup.
Where is al Allen Fraser" nov? Aud how
did this gift from "his dear grandmother
get into this stu1y plact? Some tragedy
perhaps brought it fe,s, or psrchsnce IL
Allen Fraser" turned out badly and
brought his dear grandmother sorrowing
to the grave. Who knows?
Then there were elegant and pretty crazy
quilts, over which white and slender I'm
gers had nimb'y and patiently toiled toI
years, perhaps. Then there were NINA.
ture portraits Of powdered and wIgged
and possibly wicked) men and wO men got
up in all she fioery and forgery Of bygone
ages. There was an old sword, too, and
its history is an interesting one. 1t was
presented 10 1888 by Congress to one of the
revolutionary generals who had well served
his country-at least 80 the inscription
said. The blade was Of Damascus steel
and the hilt was Of g,ld, enamelled and
set with precious stones. Some degenerate
be, perhaps disposed of the relic a't.r
more expensive carousal than usual.
This prince of Chicago pawnbrokers will
pile up untold riches on his glass cases
until there ia a heap of them q foot high
and You can let your fingers glide through
diamonds and rubies and all sorts of dainty
bsubles. A diamond which he will show
you was brought to him by Mike Lip
man, who at the time owned q circus In
Cincinnati. The stone weighs Is csrats
snd is without blemish and magnihcently
cut aud polished. 1t is set 10 that it can
be worn in a hsirpin, breastpin or as a
stud. 1t was worn by female circus
performer aud cost $4,000 originally.
Here is an ostrich fan mounted on the
iiyhest mother of pearl aud no1nt-
ed with gold plates. 1t is worth
81 900. Here is heavy silver cigar case
II make shows it to have once beloDf 1
to some EuroT EN- swell, and 30 does the
monogram and tie engraved coat Of arms.
Here is curious thing-an oil l seent-case
of silver. 1t is gl,bular in shape, opens
with a spring, and must he at least rs years
old. There is a natural Brszllian testle,
set 10 gold. The bug must have been en-
balmed somehow, and the gue1 and
golden shtel of the wings is still as
bright as in life. I makes very pretty
and unique scarf pin. HeIe also is silver
walking bait given once to the cham
p'o, of Colorado, as the inscription on the
centre plate tells rs. Again, there is mo-
sale set of brooch and earnings set in z I'D.
1t cost $500 once, and was sold by an old
Ecglish lady. But this kind OF work is
not appreciated here, nnd all the broker
now dsres to ask for 1t is ons-fifth its orig
insl cost. Yet the thing is exquisite. The
brooch shows an Italian peasant boy gal
lantly wing the lcesened shoe-stripgs OF his
mar DATA. The tiny picture is composed
of some $50 bits of natural stone, the colors
and shades blending perfectly, and the out
lining being true.
There ia, however, q pawnbroker down
town, net very far from the court house,
Who is said to be doing the most extensive
business in the West-in his line, of course.
He will show You many things of interest
If Won p)lits;y ask him. "He'.'s as fine q
necklace" he says ''rs I've ever sen. 1t
coat $4,000 at IIflany's. There's thirty
carat's of diamonds in it, and they are set
in gold and platinum. The stones are Of
rsrest fire ard without flaw. 1t was
brought to me the other day by an old
time gambler who was quite rich not long
ago. The necklace belongs to his wife:
The man has now gone out Of business and
needs money"
Aud 70 did the silver medals awarded
some fourteen years ago to X IL. White
side nv the Preston Agricultural Society
for improved machinery, get here? And
again, how did the magnificent fife OF ell
v5r and gold, embellished with pretty
bits Of ultramsrine stone, get hers? 1t
wss presented in 1854 by the O1e Hun
dred and Third Regiment, o v. /, Third
Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, to
William F. Robinson, aud it bears the
names of all the battles and engagements
this valient fifer passed through. Now 1t
has repossd for many years IN one OF those
showcases. If You like to let your hnger
wander through heaps of uncut diamonds,
rubies, emeralds and turquoise, here you
are again. There is q whole boxfal Of
them. In the rils thee is one diamond,
iast from the mines. weighing about eight
karsts.
A sad memento is this beautiful either.
With its case it cost some $500. 1t was
b wight in st. Petersburg, and 1t belongs
20 Dr.. F. Lshodpy, who is now expiating
a crime in Joliet This man is he'd to bt
the fiuest either player in the world, and
he has PLAYED before all the crowned heads
o. Europe And now he is IN a felon''
cell in joliet. Want drove him to pledge
this magnificent instrument with thi:
money lender, but his anxiety about II
was so great that few days ago the wsrder
Of the institution, McCiaughrey, a.
Lshodny's fearful request, paid the IN
terest Gu the sum loaned, thus enabling
Lahodny to claim it as soon rs he sinai