Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-05
ALL THNg THINGS


one meal That Cost Quarter OF q
Million Dollars.
The State Capitol at Albany, n. Y,
even In It's unfinished state, is the cost
Hest building OF modern times. Nine
teen million six hundred thousand
dollars have been expended upon 1t TO
date. The capitol at Washington from
the year 1703, when its cornerstone
was laid. had cost up TO 1875, ineiud-
ing al It's expensive furniture, It's al
most annual alterations and repairs,
less than SlS,000,00O.
The most expensive municipal hall In
the world and the largest In the United
states Is the City Building OF Philadel-
phia. upon whose yet unfinished tower
the largest clock In the world IS TO be
displayed. Nobody knows exactly how
much money IL has cost, but 10 can not
be far in the aggregate from the
amount invested IN the State House Of
New York.
The most expensive Legislature In the
world is thai OF France, which costs an
nnally IS, 600, 600 The Italian Parlia-
lnent costs $3.50, 900 a year.
The next to the highest price ever
paid for horse 10 the world was the
SiO5,0 900 for which the trOtter, Axtell,
was sold ia Indiana at the age OF live
years. 10 is true the local tax assessor
only valued the horse for the purposes
of his returns st $500, aud Axtell's own
er's neighbors grew indignant thereat
Whereupou, the owners observed that
II their horse flesh was assessed az any
thing like the figures which they paid
for him, they would move him out Of the
State, and the indignation Quoted down.
At that time 10 was the highest. But
on January II, 1892. AriOn was sold by
Senator Leland Stanford, to /. MalCOm
Forbes. OF Boston, for S150OOO. That
beats all prices.
The next highest price ever paid for
horse In the United States was the
500, 600 given by Charles Reed, Of the
FairView Farm, Tennessee, for the great
stallion St. Blaise, at a sale in New
York City, in October, 1891.
A buff leghorn pullet showed at the
Chicken Fair, in Madison Square Car
den on January, 1892, was valued at
500.
times have been proven 70 be Nelson
ier's "ISl4' and Millet's "The Angel
us" NJ. Chauchard gave $4,000 francs
tS11O, OOO) for "1Sl4n and $50, 700 francs
$3.50, O0O) for "Angelus." Mr.. Henry
Hilton in 1857 paid 500, 600 for Nelson
ier's "Friedlond 1907, and presented
10 to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
That was the highest price ever paid
for a modern picture until the An
geiusn was sold az the Secretan sale for
$4,000 francs. OF course, the after
sales Of the two great pictures mention
ed broke even this record.
The Shah OF Persia has a tobacco pipe
worth s4OO 900.
The most costly book in the world is
declared 70 be a Hebrew Bible now In
the, Vatican. In the year 1912 it is said
that Pope Jules III. refused to sell this
Hebrew Bible for It's weight in gold,
which would amount 70 SOB, 900. This
is the greatest price ever offered for a
book.
In the year 1885 a tulip bulb was sold
in Holland for s., 200. 10 weighed 200
grains.
The costliest meal ever served, as far
as history shows, was a supper given by
Aelius Verus, one OF the most lavish Of
az - 'Nmans OF the latter day, TO a
dozen guests The eos. Of this supper
was 9, 900 seStertia, which would amount
10 E4s, 500, or nearly a quarter Of mill
lion dollars A celebrated feast given
by Vitellus, a Roman Emperor Ut these
degenerate days, to bis brother LuciuS,
cost a little over 5000, 600. SuetOnius
says that this banquet consisted Of 1000
different dishes Of fish and 1000 differ
ent fowls, besides other courses in pro-
portion. Nitellus, fortunately for his
excheqUer, did not reign very long, else
that would have been exhausted, as
we'll as the game preserves of Libra,
Spain and Britain aud the waters Of the
C3rpathian and AdriatiC Seas. ORe dish
alone at the table OF the Emperor He
liOgabaius cost $500, OOO
THE largest sum ever asked or offered
for a single diamond was E430,000,
which the Nlzam OF Hyderabad agreed
10 give to Mr. Jacobs the famous jew
eler Of Simla, for tho Imperial" dia-
mond, which is evou now In litigation
stone Ia the world.
The costlieSt toy on record was 8
brOken-nOSed wooden horse which be-
ionged 10 NaDolean BOnaparte. and was
sold year or two ago for 1000 frances.
The costicst cigars ever brought to
this country were box of the brand
specially made for the Prince OF Wales
Ia Havana, the manufacturer price for
which was ST. So apiece. Quite popu-
lar cigar among some Of the rich men OF
New York is a special Henry Clay,
which comes In a handsome box wrapped
in gold foil and retails at S1.40 apiece.
The largest price ever paid for a cane
was bid AT an auction in London OF the
walking sticks which were once the
property Of George III. and George ~.
10 vas eighteen pounds, or ninety dol
lars. and was given for a walking stick
of ebony with a gold top engraved sc.
X and with a crown, and also contain
ing the hair of the PrinceSses Augusta
Elizabeth. Mary Sophia and Amelia,
aud Inscribed The Gift OF the Princess
Mary, 1904.
The costliests mats in the world are
owned by the Shah OF Persia and the
Sultan Of Turkey. The Shah and the
Sultan each possess mat made OF
pearls and diamonds valued at over 81
500, 900. The largest mat ever made is
owned By the Carlton Club, Of London,
and Is work Of art
The costliest crown in Europe, ex-
perts say, is that worn by the Car of
Russia on state occasions. 1t is sur
mounted by q cross formed OF five mag
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