Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-01
THE coSTLlEsT THINGS.

THE cosTLlEsT. THINGS.
sna,, :Art,e,.. Tbs. welse wert,a, !. are..
: r. -. De1l of Money. -.
a buff Leghorn pullet, exhibited
at the chicken fair in Madison quare
Garden, in january, 1892, was val.
ued at 500. s.. :. / .= as:
Z The costliest paintings Of modern
times have proved to be Meissonier's
"1814" and Millet's ''The Angelus. -
NJ. Chauchard gave $50, 900 francs
($170, 0oO for ''1814'' and ESQ, 600
francs ($15o, 0o0 for The Angelus. -
Mr., Henry Hilton in 1887 paid $685.
600 for Meissonier's ''Friedland,
$780,, :" and presented it to the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art. That was
the highest price ever paid for a
modern picture until The Angelus'''
was sold !. at the Secretan sale for
553, 900 francs. Of course the after
sales of the two great pictures men:
toned broke even this record. :. =
The shah Of Persia has tobacco
pipe worth $500, 0OO.. -
The most costly book in the world
Is declared to be Hebrew Bible
now in the Vatican. In the year
1912 it is said that Pope julius II re-
fused to sell this Hebrew Bible for
its weight in gold, which would
amount to $103,OO0. This is the
greatest price ever offered for a
book.
In the year 1886 tulip bulb was
sold in Holland for So, 200. 1t weigh
sd 200 grains.
The costliest meal ever served, as
Tar as. history shows, was supper
given by Elius Verus, one of the
most lavish of all the Romans of
the latter day, to a dozen guests.
The cost Of this supper was {, 900
sesterces, which would amount to
e4s, 500, or nearly $3.50, 900. A cele-
brated feast given by Vitellius, a
Rmnan emperor Of those degenerate
days, to his brother Lucius, cost a
little over :&2o0, GEO Suetonius says
that this banquet consisted 1T 2,oO(
different dishes of fish and z,00l
different fowls. besides other courses
IN proportion.
Vitelh1s, fortunately for his ex
! chequer, did. not reign very long
Eelse that would have been exhaust
ed, as well as the game preserves O.
Libya, Spain and Britain and tn,
waters of the Carpathian and Adriat
ic seas One dish alone at the tabl,
Of the Emperor Heliogabalus cos
5000, 900. ~.
The largest sum eyer asked O:
offered for a single diamond is e43O,
900, which the nizam of Haidarabat
agreed to give to Mr.. Jacobs, tn
famous jeweler of Simla, for tn,
imperial diamond. This is con
sidered the finest stone in the world
The eostliest toy on record was
broken nosed wooden horse whic]
belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte
and was sold a few years ago fo
1000 francs. =
The costliest cigars ever brough
to this country were a box of tn
brand specially made for the Primo
Of Wales in Havana, the manufac
turer's price for which was 81. 8
apiece. Quite a popular cigar anon.
some of the rich men in New Yor]
is a special Henry Clay which come
I in a handsome box, wrapped in gol.
foil, and retails for 81. 40 apiece.
| The largest price ever: paid for I
cane was bid at an auction. in Lon
don of the walking sticks which
were once the property of Georg'
III and George ". It was e1s, O.
$780,, and was given for a walkin.
stick of ebony, with a gold top, en-
graved &c. R., and with a crown
and also containing the hair of tn
Princesses Augusta Elizabeth, Mar,
Sophia and Amelia, and inscribed
1.-THE Gift Of the Princess Mary
1904"
The costliest mats in the worlt
are owned by the shah of Persia ant
the sultan of Turkey. The shah an,
the sultan each possesses mat mad
OF: pearls and diamonds valued a
over So, 100000. The largest ma
ever made is owned by the Carlto1
club of London, and is a work O
art .-National Magazine. ::':.>>
81: *: A Story of Forrest.
It is related of him that on the &C
casion of. his first voyage to Europ
he fell in with a number Of clergy
men who were going abroad for 1
vacation rest. The clergymen,
greatly impressed with Forrest
ability and his remarkable intelli