Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-12-06
MOST VALUABLE FIDDLEsr1cK.
An Empress Treasure Pen-Thimble
That Was Wedding Gift.

Inc Queen OF Siam possesses a thimbIe
winch was wedding gift and is in the
shape OF a lotus flower. 1t is valued at
tlo,OOO. Each petal bears the enlaced
| ilhitlaiS OF his majesty, King Chuialong-
| korn /. and Queen Pongsi. set in rubies
ard emcralds, while inscribed round the
RIM Is the date Of the maria ge, the let
! tiers and numbering being decorated with
diamonds and pearls.
The Empress Eugene treasures q pen
made from the quill of a golden eagles
| wing and richly mounted with diamonds
ana gold. which was used at her request
/ py the fourteen plenipotentiarles who
signed the Treaty of Paris in 1856 When
the Hon. Mr.. Ward, eldest son of Lord
register was signed with Il quill pen
winch was used by the high contracting
powers III signing the Treaty of Vienna.
and which has several times been utilized
at weddings in the Ward family
! The most valuable fiddlestick in the
world is tie one used by Paganini at his
! IafeWeli recital afterward possessed by
erdI, the great composer. 1t was given
| by Paganini to his favorite pupil, the
| late Count di Cessole. and by him be-
queathed to Verdi. Many large sums,
ranging from $1,000 have been offered in
vain vail! for this unique possession, and its
estimated value is at least E15,OOO.
Seventeen pounds is long price to pay
Tor key, but this sum has been given
| by member of the Rothschild family for
what may be said 20 be the most valuable
key in the world. 1t is marked with the
arms of the Strozzi family and is believed
to be the work of the great Italian artist
Benvenuto Cellini. who fourished in the
Sixteenth century. The key is chiseled
out of q block of steel, presenting two
grotesque female figures and ornamented
with various scrolls. d
| Rive hundred and fifty pounds was
paid by nobleman at the beginning of
the eighteenth century for a dog collar
of gold A collar of silver. with four
small diamonds, costing 200 guineas, was
sold to a society lady for her pet pug
dog. 1t is fashionable in France to put
gold bracelets studded with jewels on the
forelegs of poodles. The plain gold col
| lars with jeweled settings cost no less
/ than f20 while the jeweled collars run
to E1OO. The bracelets cost from e to
f70 each.
\ thermometer can be bought for a
shilling. but there is one used at the
Johns Hopkins university in the United
| States, known as Prof. Bowland's Their
mometer. which is valued at $4,000. The
gradations on the glass are so fine that it
IS necessary to use a microscope to read
| them.
Mr.. Singer of sewing machine fame
paid f12,0OO for a pair of opera glasses.
The lenses are, of course, the best obtain
able, but it was the fact that the glass
es' were of solid gold. surmounted by a
Tyre encrusted with diamonds and sap
phires, which accounted for the ''tall''
price
| Women's hats are both common and
costly as q rule, but woman in Bruins
wick, who made no great pretensions to
fashion, holds the record for the highest
price paid for an article of millinery.
She bought a hat with lottery ticket
which the merchant accepted in place of
the money. A few weeks later the ticket
drew the great prize of G15.OOO, and
though the woman's husband tried to
induce the merchant to share the results
he only received f25. That hat cost
Fla, 975!-Tit-Bits.