Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-21
TREASURES OF THE WORLD.
Some Articles That Men of Millions Could
Not Buy.


Not Buy.
on the top Of the prince of Wales Coro-
net is a small tUft of feathers.
The wife OF a rich Manchester cotton
spinner endeaVorcd 10 get some similar.
She was told that there were none
on the market. This made her me ln nrS
anxious to procure them. II don't mind
spending G100. she said. The plume sell
er smiled. They will cost You the price
OF special expedition 70 New Guinea,
he observed. Her husband was cnor-
mouSly wealthy, and she induced him 70
authorize this.
Last June the plume hunters returned;
They had neen away nearly q year, and
spent over $1,000 The report that the fer
iwah the particular kind of bird OF para :
disc from which the plumcs are taken, is
extinct
1t is a part of the Mahometan creed to
smash the noses of all idols they may
come across. When they invaded India.
they defaced in this way every Hindoo
god \ figure of NiShnu cut in green jade
was buried in the bed of the Ganges dur
ing this invasion, and is now preserved i'll
4 temple in BenartS. il Is the onlE per
feet image left of all the old idols, ana
its sanctity is such that the priests at
Allahabad have offered for ii its weight
in gold. together with two magnificent
rubies, formerly 4. g eyes OF Buudha- But
they cannot buy it.
An English earl, whose wealth is count
ed by hundreds Of thousands, has q
splendid collection Of Greek statuarE.
Ills great ambition has been 70 possess q
Samian Apollo. Of which two only We're
known to be in existence. Last year ne
had news from his agent that another
had been unearthed in village near
Athens.
The real value of such a statue is
about sGno0. but Greek law strictly forbids
the EXPORT 10 foreign countries q any
antiques The agent bought the statue
| from its finer and then set to work 10
| SmugeIe il out of the country. He had
his find removed to a 1ttle-known fish
! ing village on the west coast of Greece
| and chartered q steam yacAt 10 letcn IL.
But the government officials got wind q
| his project and the Apollo IS now in an
/ Athens musetm.
| An enterprising Australian millionaire
named Leonard took trip TO Peru some
| years ago. He saw great locks 81 thc
| alpaca wandering on the Andes. Beng
a wool grower himself. he was struck
| with their splendid fleece. He resolved
! To buy some and take them home tie
found that the Peruvian government an
solutely prohibited their export. He tried
by Chartering a special snip, TO SmuSsle
some off, but was unsuccessful Ihsn the
| idea occurred TO him of taking them oit
Of the country CaStWardS. lie bought Il
large flock. engaged trusty men and had
| the creatures driven over the passes, 49,
OOn feet above sea level. and then clean
across the continent to BuenoS Ayres.
| This little expedition cost him slo,0h
| But the long march had so weakened the
alpacls that they all died on the voyage.
! The most expensive picture Known Is
| the Raphael in the national GallerE q
| England which cost the nation S29oow0-
| 1t cannot be bought. Another famous
| picture by the same great Hrust IS IN
possession Of a country squire II t liGG
| Midlands. He is not rlch man, ana
| il must have been a temptation when a
| millionaire baron sent him an oifer ac-
companied by blank check me cheek
was returned. Undiscouraged the baron
si0 GT0 a l-ear for life The owner re-
| fused.
One of the most perfect safes in the
world is in a church at Genoa; ItalE. ~
| il is a vase eat from single emerdiu,
| IT is 12t5 inches in diameter and 5A lncntS
| high. No other emerald approaching tiilS
size is known. A millionaire oHered ~,
ON0. 900 for this treasure. but was assured
| that money would not buy IT,
On the occasion OF the queens recent
| visit ID ireland q program Of AL the tray
| cling arrangements and Gelalls q ",
Journey was made up. X induced N.Y.
| Of the railway route, map on Dupilii,
| the order of the procession ana a list OF
prominent Irish officials. Only one cops
| was printed and this was bound In green
velvet. with g1ld narP ar,n of Of qrea,
| wealth was most anxious 10 induce the
firm which printed this unique specimen
| to duplicate it. He met with nat re-
iusal.
of Sh9kespcares signature there are
Iur seven known specimens, one OF WhlcI
10 doubtful That one in the British mu
| se,Irn cost SIS. 100 y millionaire recently
Offered $40. 500 for q genuine autograph
| Of Shakespeare if brought TO him within
III months But he has had no reply.
| 4 .'gern." strictly speaking, Is not mere
Is precious stone. i 1 a,l ,oI, IN, 4
tiers understood how 10 polish INC 81 :I I u.
Of An engraving throughout on Dun SUI
| The, art is TOW lost. \ gen ,ieHldn talltt
| --rorrton. residing in Sydcnham, has u
~ ,,,-seseion a chrvSophrase with a per