The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16

impressionist school, so TO speak,
sitting on a chair of the i'm
pressiOnist school. Nobody seems to have
observed that article attentively pre-
viOus to the transaction of the duke and
the hanging of the card upon it. Now
there are scores Of cards announcing the
sale of "duplekeetsN of the dukes choice.
The jealous attendant in an adjoining
section says the head of the firm manu-
featuring the articles is a cousin of Vera
qua, and that accounts for the exclusive
patronage of the duke, for the statuette
was his only purchase at the fair.
AS yet the S25, 600 trousseau wears no
sale card, though it is stated it would be
chalked off by certain Chicago family if
so doing would not serve as premature
announcement of an engagement and shut
a young lady off from one more season
Of Irritation as a summer girl, heart
whole and fancy free.
Neither has anyone spoken for the
piece of tapestry, The Farrier'S Daugh-
ter, " held at 100000, or the Japanese
iron eagle, held at s., 900, or at the rate of
81 600 year for the time in making its
Among Queen MArgherita's laces there
is a handkerchief valued at $50 600.
Twenty years were consumed in making
1t, three different artists working upon it.
Hold out your hand and shut your eyes
and you cannot tell when the handker-
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gold case the size of a Boston bean. An
Irish lacemaker is at work upon a neck
kerchiet in q cottage of the Irish village;
you may watch her nimble needle for
hours and be unable to discover a particle
of progress. You may come back next
day and only discover what has been
done meanwhile by her marking it off
with the point of her needle. She has
been three years at work upon it, and eX-
poets to finish it on the last day of the
fair. Meanwhile you can purchase it for
81 eco, of which sum Lady Aberdeen will
see that the lace-maker gets her due
share, while the rest IS donated to the
cause of the amelioration of the condition
Of the Irish peasantry.
THE HUSBAND OBJECTED.
A very beautiful exhibit is that of coral
| ornaments and articles in the Italian sec
| tion. There is always a crowd of ladies
| about it admiring the things, that are pro-
| nounced ''just too lovely for anything -
| Colors and tints are shown in this rich
! display never seen in coral before by most
! Of the people who crowd around the ca
! ses. There are tints like those of the
! ightest petal of the azalea and cOlOrs of
| the American Beauty rose or the German
! CarbUncle jewel There is a necklace
with three strands of beads in pale rose
tint which you can buy for $50, 0O0, the
| pLlCC bGl1S ltldLCl " SOllG O64Itb On
| the fact that it is said to be the only full
necklace in existence of that rare color.
A Chicago lady put her sale card upon
| this wonderful necklace, and the next
! day her husband came and took it off, in
| stead of coming to complete the purchase
as was promised by the lady. 1t was
| about the time banks were dropping with
| dull thuds, and it behooves men in the
| financial swim to look little out ano
| lyaor a on tho hutton fVbpraf0TsA
| husband objected. and it is likely there
! was sorrow exhibited and languages used
in his princely home when the partner
of his bosom discovered that not only wa:
| the wonderful necklace not to be hers
| but her name was not to be attached Il
! it till next November as the purchaser.
BIG THINGS.
In the Mining building may be seen the
| largest nugget of gold in existence, tbs
| Maitland Bar nugget, which weighs 344. rs
! ounces, contains 3l3 ounces of fine gold
| and has a value of Sc, 600. Several larger
| nuggets have been found and are shown
| by model, but this is the real metal.
In the same building is the largest piece
| Of coal ever taken out. The block weighs
| twelve tons, and has been shipped here
| from Wlgan, England, where it was min
| ed
Near by is a marvel in the way of a
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er, eight and one-half feet wide by 208
| feet long.
| In the Forestry building is a mahogany
| log from Mexico AZ inches square and Al
| feet in length, which, considering both
| length and thickness, is very remarl1a-
! BILE. If the wood were figured instead of
| having a straight grain, the one log would
| have a value Of over $4,000.
| The largest plank in existence is that
| of finely finished piece of California
| redwood 16 feet 5 inches wide, 10 feet 9
| inches long and inches thick. 1t is very
| doubtful if tree will be found to yield
| such another
A cross-section of a California redwood
| tree exhibited, IA feet in diameter, shows
| from its rings that it was already feet
| 6 inches in thickness when Columbus dis
| covered America.
In the Krupp exhibit, which has a
! building to itself, is the muchtalked-Of
| greatest gun of the age, d 120-ton rifed
| gun, 16-inch caliber and 46 feet in length.
| The gun is for land fortitication and is re-
| puted to be destined ultimately for Italy
| 1t is said to be able to throw a proiectile
weighing one ton a distance of twenty
miles.