Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-25

blue the finer the stone. The finest piece OF
lapis iazuii in the world is globe surmOunt-
ing the grand high altar in the Church OF
PaOlO in VincOn in Rome. 1t rests on a
pedestal of gold and was given by a Russian
Gar Malachite is a bright green. 1t it
notified with green curiously so that il looks
as if one had taken hammer and shattered
it. These two famous vases have handles of
gold and each vase is a trif1e more than four
feet high.
In tall glass case so clearly cut and
deity made it looked like a block of crystal.
are a wv pieces of jade and other precious
stones belonging to the Gar. The jade is in
two pieces. One is a punch bowl of very
large size and so clearly and thinly cut as to
be almost transparent. This is the largest
piece of jade ever cut and is valued at $4,000
The other jade bowl is cut in scroll edges
and is more ornate, while less imposing. A
beautiful little she'll vase with gold handles
IS cut cut of single piece OF white topaz. 1t
is white as milk and yet clear as water. From
the department of the ministry ct st. Peters
burg comes three cabinets made Ofvermillion
wood, a lovely fabric, and covered with a
mosaic of hard stones. forming pictures of
the most delicate vines, flowers, birds and
trees Imaginable. Their long, graceful ten
drills of bloom, as fine as the finest ferns,
that wander over an exquisite surface OF
turquoise blue it is difficult to believe can
have been done in stones. The entire fronts
OF these cabinets are made Of this famous
mosaic. and one OF them to make took 4.591
working days. Each cabinet has value OF
$40, 600 and they are chief features Of this
imperial exhibit OF treasures belonging TO the
Russian throne and which exhibit was Sc
lected by the little father" himself. The
yermillion wood in which these cabinets are
mounted is a sort of finer and harder and
p1nker mahogany wood. In a case against
one wall of this pavilion is hung just in long
breadths, lengths of those famous and most
gorgeous brOcadeS that are woven nowhere
else IN the world as they are in Russia, and
which are so exceedingly valuable that only
the Empress can wear them. These are used
for court trains, for religious vestments and
sometimes for draperieS. They are stiff
enough to stand alone. and are woven the
same on both sides. One piece is valued at
$500 an inch The value of these brocades
lies in the fact that they are the same on
both sides, and that very wide, heavy gold
and silver threads are used.
All over the Fair one may see vases, furnt-
ture, jewelry. in fact, articles of all sorts
marked sold. Sometimes one piece will have
dozen cards on it. showing that it is to be
reproduced that many times. The pitcher
and teapot and cup und saucer collections
are revealing in this opportunity to buy
Specimens from almost every country under
the sun. There are lovely things in the Rus
sian exhibit-!ittle chocolate-brown cups
covered with gold half-moons plates painted
20 initiate cardboard embroideries. in crude
.tues and reds; in fact, nearly all the pot
tery decorations initiate the designs Of Rus
sAan embroideries and brocades.
LIE sllVersmIth is great artist in Russia,