Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-14
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
Some Trifiins Articles That Have Cost
Very LARGE Sums.

The queen Of Siam possesses thim-
bic which was a wedding gift, and Is
in the shape of lotus flower, says
600. Each petal bears the enlaced in
itials of his Majesty King Chulalong-
korn I, and Queen Pongsi, set in ru-
bies and emeralds, while inscribed
round the rim Is the date Of the mar
riage. the letters and numbering being
decorated with diamonds and pearls.
The quill pen which one Of the colo
nial premiers took home with him as
a souvenir Of the conference will prob
ably some day be u valued and coveted
possession, though it may not rival In
interest one in the possession of Mr.. l..
B. Reed of New York. This pen, for
which it's owner has refused an offer
of ESQ, was made from a carved box
in which George Washington. when
young man. kept the lenses Of his sur
veying instruments, the wood of which
once formed the lid Of the captains
desk on the Mayflower. The value or
this pen is enhanced by the fact that 1t
has been used both by Lincoln and by
Grant.
The Empress Eugene treasures a
pen made from the quill of golden
eagles wing and richly mounted with
diamonds and gold, which was used at
her request by the fourteen plenipoten-
tiaries who signed the Treaty Of Paris
in 1856. When the Hon. Mr.. Ward,
eldest son of Lord Bangor, was married
some time ago, the register was signed
with a quill pen which was used by
the high contracting powers in signing
the treaty of Vienna, and which has
several times been utilized at we'd
dings in the Ward family.
The most valuable fiddlestick In the
world Is the one used by Paganini at
his farewell recital, afterwards pos
sessed by Verdi. the great composer
1t was given by Paganini to his favor
ite pupil, the late Count di Cessole, and
and by him bequeathed to Verdi
Many large sums, ranging from e1,0OO
have been offered in vain for this
unique possession, and its estimated
value Is at least G15,000.
Seventeen pounds Is long price to
pay for a key, but this sum has been
given by a member Of the Rothschild
ia mily for what may be said to 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 flourished in the 18th GEN.
tury. The key is chiseled out Of a block
of steel, presenting two grotesque fig-
ures and ornamented with various
masks and scrolls.
Five hundred and fifty pounds was
paid by a nobleman at the beginning
Of the 18th century for dog collar or
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 collars, with jeweled set
ting, cost no less than EGO, while the
ieweled collars mount quickly up to
e1OO. The bracelets cost from G2 to
so each.
A thermometer can be bought for
shilling, but there is one used at the
Johns Hopkins university in the Unit
ed States, known as Professor Bow
lands thermometer, which is valued at
$4,000. The gradations on the class
are so fine that it is necessary to use
miscrosope to read them.
Womens hats are both common and
costly as rule, but woman in Bruns-
wick. who made no great pretensions to
fashion, holds the record for the high
est price paid for an article Of millin-
cry. She bought hat with lottery
ticket, which the merchant accepted In
place of the money. A few weeks later
the ticket drew the great prize" OF
el5.OOO, and though the womans hus-
band tried to induce the merchant to
share the results, he only received e25
That hat cost e14,975.