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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1901-05-31, Page 5PRECIOUS STONES, The Methods by Which. They Are Tested by Experts. Iu a lecture on precious stones • re- cently delivered before the Industrial association of Berlin, Dr. Immanuel Friediaeader said that the testing of diamonds Is comparatively simple. The cotninou test for hardness suffices. If the stone resists strong attacks, it is certain to be genuine; if it does not, the damage is insii;niticant, as only an imitation hits been destroyed. This test, however, is doubtful with rubies. If a ruby can be affected by a steel file or by quartz, it is surely not gen- uine, but such a test with a topaz„ Is liable to injure a valuable stone. The test for hardness is of no avail with emeralds, as this stone is not much barder than quartz and in addl., tion possesses the quality of cracking easily. For examining rubies and emeralds the optical test is best. A glass mag- nifying about 100 times suffices. Ev- ery expert knows that almost all pre- cious stones have little flaws. Nearly every ruby and all emeralds have many defects, which are so character- istic that the genuineness of the stones Is readily established. Such a test is very necessary with rubies, because tlge imitations are very deceiving. Their color is absolutely durable and often much finer than that of the gen- uine, although it may be stated that a somewhat yellowish tint Is always sus- picious. The only reliable way in which gen- uine rubies can be told from imitations is by the minute air bubbles or the lat- ter, which become clearly visible un- der the magnifying glass. These are not to be found in the natural gem. On the other hand, the imitations lack certain defects characteristic of gen- uine rubles—eertalu vacuums, whose outlines are much more Indistinct than those or the air bubbles in imitations. 'Prue etneralds have similar charac- teristic defects. such as inclosures of liquids and curious dendrites. Sap- phires also show peculiar netlike for- mations. SOUTHERN MOUNTAINEERS. The Part They Played In the War Iletwcen the States. It is odd to think that the southern mountatueer was not discovered until the outbreak of the civil war, although be was nearly a eeutury old then, and it is really startling to realize that woeu one speaks or the southern moun- talneers be speaks of nearly 3,0UO,000 people who live In eight southern states -1r irginia and Alabama and the xoutbtrn states berivt:aan—and occupy a reglou equal In area to the combined areas 0f Ohio and Pennsylvania, as big, say, as the Herniae empire, ant( richer, iiertrtps. in timber and tiineral depuslttt than any other region or sltn- tlair extent in the world. This region wss and Is an unknown land. It has betel ntttly called Appalachian Ameri- ca, and the work of discovery is yet I oleg on. 'flue American tuotantnineer runs dis' catered, 1 say, at the beginning of lite war, when the Confederate leaders were counting on the presumption that Mason Hurl ,Dixon's line was the dtvid- lug line between the north anti ntrntb and formed, therefore, the plan of marching an tinny from Wbedilug to Jamie point on the lakes and thus dig. I onetime file north at oneblow. The `. ev P plan seemed so feasible that it is said to have materially uideel the sale of Lonredsmte bonds in England, bat when Captain t;9atllett, hi 'til est Point 'y (graduate, started to carry it out her gat no testier then Hareem ferry. When he struck the Ilnothanius, he strttsk ell ended who shot at his risen (torn um- `J bush. cut down bridges before him, enrrled the sews of his march to the ;• lrtederals, tand 'Garnett himself fell with a bullet from a mountaineer's asqultrel ride at Harpers lierr'y,--Scri1 neret ytngltziue. THE ZURICH HERALD DEPTH OF A RAINFALL. 'Who Method by Which It Is Accurate.! ly isleasured. Probably one question that bas puz- !cied the lay mind is how the depth of a tainfall may be accurately determined. The way it is clone is this: A funnel whose larger aperture rep- resents a surface of 100 square inches is placed in a position where it may catch the direct fall of the rain, with the rim of the funnel extending per- haps an inch or more beyond the plat- form to which it may be fixed. This is for the purpose of preventing any rain from being washed into the funnel and increasing the true fall. From this funnel the water runs to a tube which bears an exact and carefully determin- ed ratio to the area of the funnel's mouth, say one-tenth. If, therefore, the tube shows water to the depth of an inch, It is clear that one- tenth of an inch of rain has fallen. The tube is provided with a carefully grad- uated scale so that the fall may be readily seen. Three inches of rain would show a depth of 30 inches in a tube one-tenth the size of the receiving aperture, and the decimals of an inch could be quickly noted by observing the scale. If placed on the roof of a building, the apparatus should be kept away from the edges to prevent any peculiar slant of the wind carrying into the fun- nel a larger proportion of rain than would fall into it under normal condi. tions. The Larger the aperture of the receiving funnel is made the more ac- curate will be the results obtained. A curious fact that bas been noted in connection with rainfalls is that gauges placed on roofs usually gather less wa- ter than those placed on the ground. trills is accounted for on the theory that The e y9,r•3 1 the rain in falling absorbs some of the R 1 V moisture of the air, and the greater dis- Mance it falls the larger will be the �"p n .(- e l1 o bulk of the individual drops. f'tA 1 JI N i w Lr J i.dP`:. ! $ ih 4. 54 J� �I, J , (.:., i, }. Q.% We Sell All the leading makes and can satisfy you in. quality, style and price. Here's the list : Hartford 2oth Century A telope Sentinel E2, 13 and D Mc Burney We have a few 2nd hand wheels and a Stearns tandem (combination) All in good order. Call and see them. THE DEER'S HORNS. N e is a lleatlii-v i21 Style and Finish. It is tit'ry ittrtci:r?y Built and Whey. Present alt the Phenomenal. of is just tl/t Wheel fort'tsttntry AttimaI and Vegetable Growth. Itoatie. Why and how Is the deer so peculiar- ly unlike any other or the bovine race, the born differing so materially from all the horned cattle in its composition, growth, maturity and decline? It pre- esents all the phenomena of animal and vegetable growth. It sprouts from the 'brat. without any prolongation of the 1� 1 Lik_,R, _ frontal bone. It rises and breaks t 'through the sinews and takes root on the bone, growing the sante as a vege- table. It is nourished by and secretes :albumen upon� • o the surface face and clic h al p(©t3t' of the librine the same ns an animal. It Is clothed with a skin end hair Ieoat very different from that on the most of the body. Titis covering and emir possess a. property unknown in 1425 NEW YORK AVE., WASH i N GTOND. O. 'ather animal bodies—tbeat of being a tst,'ptic to stanch Its awn blood when Solicitors ofAmsriculs and Foreign Patents, t asl Trad.msrkm Co age li 9 ns, e , pp* wesunded. It carries marls of the a +tris thta buck by putting out an e$trat rights. Will return fee if Patent is not *soured. Sian for tbraneb each year, which shows an ad- ltruantor'.s Guide, or HowtoGatn Pattont, •laliionsl power each year to produce x "'Mention this Paper and ',secure spacial rates:VA them. And this power Hees not exist en the female. So Ibis differettchiee' v- enom enom distinctly matted than dereto� other class' or antnsais, Again. th e ti, onesesses properties unknown tt�� . to -outer itulatal matter. It Is eutite.e es' s odorous, capable of resisting putterite 'tion and niftiest Impervious to the (1'- iihet;s of the atmosphere. And still water nt WO degrees r. will 1issolve 'these horns readily. even ! though they ars trot unite le itt Mitchel unfit resist the aetien of acids and nikto , dies. It Is tike only vegeta ntilittal sub. 'atataitt! a that we %nnc w of that Heft* tied taerpettaate Well by metreaatien. The male end the telltale aitseasnst.•tiirt. ed by the sane tnrtttitloua and elements. and the male tahtyly predates berets. Ibis' tpahenotneton Is quite es meelt et a cure emit, 55 the absence of the hers itt the 'buck tatter shedding. Call and See 1 The i o1 Sentinel is a nioclel in the art of bicycle construction. Every Wheel of this firm s null -e is made of the highest grade of tnaterial and fully guaranteed. Our prices Are Right Call and g,°e . our Prices. Agent = ZURICH TENTS GUARANTEED; O'FARRELL & LAWSON, "Pain Iiofatatret'b1e noard. Sete ttawsott ocouslouapiy saidagood thing, and title of theseoccasions chane. ed to he the town meeting. The pee-• ple of Stint's village could -tot under— stand nderstand how the money appropriated foe' 'a the roads had vanished with such poor Id '1 'flit beam ilio In late. 'he undyhttg Interest which 15 been lite the Vatter is eeplaft'aed by the very pnsfound line With which Shakespeare f an ti very silly spa'clr. "Arl( the Weald's a *time," People as a rule tame no Interest In anything that !s not rax natikacllyy lot', Ag in trine ease of poll - tics nteludruinhaticallyi fortaulated. Any; treed to be pobttlas must he dra- tlsatic ally "stated. Therefore the ges. pels tete preferred to the epistle:a ditsop' s falbles are 1enoernbered beean-se _.. they at< to the truth about things stated deaseitel legally dna neerallyeet'. G. Ea hard a hate, A tttretc'lt of road tutitileg past Sac's bonne tens in notoriously+ Door condi, tlott, although Sam declared that he had paid liberally to have it put In genii order, end thele ices general lee terest Wben Sete rose to make his states resent before the Selectmen. just like to say one thing," be dratrled, heedless of the ract that be bald Interrrtpted an indignant neighbor. "t don't want 10 snake any toss, but lid Inst like to ask the honorable board of bigbwaynlen"—'. !That was as fat as he 'could get. A tour of laughter swept over the towns meeting and showed its effects in the tad fates of the "highwaymen." Youthet t otmpenion. F'eire+roi Drat. Theta Is tt: youngster en Gltrtrrd Cot - Lege whew combines the poetio Instinct with a keen sense of humor. He Is not a elate student—in tett, he regards books as instruments of torture. One 01 the .professors' picked up ri textbook belonging to him the other day and found on the fly Leaf this bit or verse, wench, tto' doubt expressed the Stu- dent's 'Watt of It Should there be *Saner toad, 1'or taroge hither " And tfhbtill the whole World be'ttubt5eaged Eek h(bbook would still be dry., itth n I tt6 YY. " lotoand nt Care. '4140 song' Bald the family mail, "IS iltttltele tis beetib a ft pvgirl$t I'in 'dor Ing lay best to prevent hi n r "Left lints er► nhorn r, cold 14,,. Moment nice bag his and inventions in eirelfenden t `I ior In a atsh 31 ". his one l Cb tttga e ug' Shia - Ona, a :native of Iietkshire, England, born wit :bout arms or hands, wee would write t ith his mouth, thread a needle, tie a klot it, sou ,,c,, taut and deal a pack of eatdet eta This wonderful person- age was! esblbited In London In 1053. • gone .ax ftettet. Huish -lit 1—What do you d0 when you bit your t!iumb with a hammer? You Cant 'Sera c. Wife—Ho; but 1 can think with all My iniglit end main what a petfeetty horrid, Ewan. inconsiderate, selfish brute you tare not to 'delve the nails youtselt . Glens Good iccipe. There was a niodlcunt of sense In the res Donee to * i quest.lade by a young lady as to whaat would keep ber bands 'white and Soft, 'Soak your hands three throes daily in t''! thwater while mother rt lets on the sofa.* 'The 'water boundarles of Pranee:at ria fotlorsss Mediterranean.... 395 miles; Nort a e Herald ." iri t� u'ery Honk.. � larli�t�e h tally Fl:'Ilen d Cep' Xepghl ➢ror � tiett I� >ip e'u'l���y>I•, fit° tee infirm alit it' �laili rt .tlliu plt' ropy. we will se Id d r I HERALD to the elle! o' TO1. for 54c 50 VARTCOCELE STRICTU ti ioet aer disztatz to so pte•eare- nt a:ewes Nett az yr ericreeae. as it interitres loath the entrateol of tee resp rl organs it proderes emissions. loss of semen through the urine,detayof the organs, prams in the Iolas, aching ice t,t back, r:erve::ceess, ets- peattetee, bashfulness, ialyttation of the heart, constipation. and a comb nation c: these re�alts ie complete Lose or Manhood. Thousands ofyouflgate middle- aged menu are trot,bied with Stricture. If you lime reason to teller., oft are atiI,cted t¢itls it, floret hegiect it. It *ill ruin yea. Don't let doctors exp.ri seat cn you by cutting. stretching or teitriro•g it. tzar ;Vete &lathed Tecatt:tent dissolve, the stricture tissue hence it disappears and can never return W cure Varicoceteasd Stricture tvitliont operation or loss of time. Tlae treatment um- fe taken at 'home privately. Send for our Free Illustrated Book on Vittfut eI c, Stricture and Celeet. Vire etzr.raaates to Cure or Ate Ply. ue S ladder Alt seseal complaints ajfeet these. brgaas. l.rsnte the kidders area great source et disease. Flare yea aching or weakness over the s, ail of the back, tendert,' to urinate freriace tly,C epesitis urine, notaln:ssof hands or feet, adrotreyfreeze izl. late marring. Dont neglect your keJuers. Oar New M otLo'd `Yreattnent Is guaranteed to care any disease of z:ie..: organa or no pay. o Names Unmi Wltlioitt ViTrItten CoxlsaAtt,,. 0. W. Roto„ of Jackson, 'Mich., warn—Thad. varieoctle idr to secondary stage and two strictures of 5 years standing. I was operated on twice. undergoing great suffering, Int only 41.Mr got temporary relief.. I was finally advised to 7nnher ire the Alert- Method 'Treatment of Drs. ',en I{. St K. Tint enlarged re us disappeared- is . t Ace• to:t weeps the $trigturQ, f isnc' tvq. nn,,, Y n.. tiu 1 y fL+. C a/12ve tin- though. The :Nihilists aeP not the ally for i people In the world who :aye tuts age and the wit to avenge theins rareweih.I" Mr. Sable broke: into a queer laugh as be listened to his goes e parting footsteprs. 'Then 15' tit a ette, arid called to Foo tba, to coffee. CHAPTER ?i ce-.XIX. The Heart of the Prim QUAINT WAYS IN RIO TO DISPUTE A BILL IS TO MAKE ONESELF AN OUTCAST. ' 4 The Uraciltan Capital Its the i®usiest Pince In the World to Get Credit and the 7hGtrdteat Plaee In Which to Dodge a Debt. "Ilio is the easiest city in the world to get credit itt," said a New Orleans Ulan who lived for awhile at the Bra- zilian capital, "but it's the worst place in the world in which to dodge a debt, All business there is done on the semi- annual account system, and you can get anything you want and have it charged without difficulty, but the end of every six months is settlement day, and if you are not on hand with the cash—well, I'll give you a little experi- ence of my own to show you what hap- pens, "I went to the city as the representa- tive of a well known American house, and at the outset 1 was surprised to and that it was practically impossible for me to pay for anything. 'Don't bother about that, senhor,' the store- keeper would say. 'I will make au ac- count of it.', Of course my American friends soon explained the system to me, and, while I didn't like it, I thought best to conform to the custom .of the country without rendering myself dis- agreeable by kicking. "About two months atter my arrival I went to a native shoemaker's one day, ordered a pair of English riding boots, and, as I had been used to wear- A UNIQUE SENTENCE ThIE NOVEL PENALTY A JUDGE iMe POSED UPON TWO MEN. Both Prisoners Were Condemned to Jail Until One of '`hexa, a iCellelre Graduate, Taught the Other llow to Bead aria Write. Along in the seventies the late Jud Arnold Ereicel was bolding court Jefferson City, relates . an old . time Whoa there appeared' before him tw men charged and indicted fora viol tion of the 'Belted States laws, one whom will be called Brown. Tele w charged with cutting timber on th public domain. Brown vas about years old and had been reared on. th border in Arkansas and never bad an opportunities for schooling, hence wa unable to read or write. In his . deavors to get a living be bad cut ti ber suitable for making ax handles e United States lands, which led to bi arrest and imprisonment. The oth. man will be called Jones, for the rex name •of both men are not known 1 the memory of any one who wituesse the incident. Jones was charged.with and lediete for having sold liquor to the Indians Mr. Jones was a native of New York a graduate of Union college and wa educated for a lawyer. He possess a highly cultured mind, a good Latin ist and thoroughly scholarly in al sorts of book. Not succeeding In ill profession in his native state, mor from lack or application than other Ing ready made footgear, I mentioned wise, be left that country and plunge incidentally, that my number was 8%. into the great west and located no The shoemaker gravely made a note of body knew where, but be drifted int the fact and promised to send around the lower strata ie society, and to ab the boots as soon as they were done. twin the necessaries or life he resorted Several weeks elapsed, when, one morn - of "bootlegging" among the red me Ing, a porter came staggering into the of the lndipn Territory border. HI office almost buried under an enor- arrest and imprisonment followed. mous load of English top boots. To be The two men were arraigned befog exact. be had 17. I was thunderstruck, Judge Iiretiel and the indictment but as be could give me no explanation read. They bots pleaded ,guilty an except that they were mine I rushed threw themselves upon the mercy o Immediately to the shop, where the the court. The court questioned bot proprietor received me blandly and la- prisoners at length and drew from rested that be had merely sent what I each his history. Ue recounted th bad ordered. 'You said that you de- wrongs they had been guilty of against sired them to the number of eight and , society. Ile dill this in a kindly ton a half; he added. 'and I accordingly and manner, suggesting be in a nihil torn made you eight pairs and one boot, u that both might Mere been useful tnarll right, witieb, It you desire, I will ex hers of some community haat the change for a Left.' 'But, good heavrns,' '' sought bonorab(e means and tnetbod I protested, 'you ought to have known . to secure a seemed there was some mistake! Why ma ` gess u court punisbment that could ed omeet thew to earth should I order bait a pair of boots? Ile shrugged his shoulders. ends of justice and protect the govern 'hat was not for rue to Inquire, he ° Final, its lend* its wards and , aclety. Finally, at btttlu urlb 1 y k n Iii Iris s elf it said. pg it "1 waltzed that the fatal reputation looking over Itis glasses as both men for eccentricity which Americans en- i stood before Llai, in a voice little loins joy the world over was parity reslifln• { er and luoro positive than usual he said. Bible for the muddle. Still it was an eshc. Brow©, it Is the sentence at the ge at r, a of AS e 40 e y s en - m• Ifs s er 1 n d d ed s e 0 1 n S e s d C h m e e i y s inexcusably stupid blunder, and. after court that you be confined In the Cole vehtiy arguing for an hour, I plat laitn ; county jun until you urn ottooated to en notice that I would only a00ept bine ! rend and write." T -he judge then turns pair. When 1 returned. I sent beef:'tleto ed his eyes 'upon the other prisoner at other 15 and considered the incident a the bar. and. possihiy itt tr louder volee,, closed. 1 heard no more about 1tt 1n Bald, „Mr, donee, it Is .the sentence of Jraet, urittl exmte,1y 'six months in#ete the Court that roti be confined in too rvl►ezt 1 t�Gt lvetl is itifll for See Pelee of CeIo county jail malt you have taught riding beats at Biu eaehettut1'd, $127511 31r. iirowri to rend and write, anti 1 gold—and at polite notllbratlon that et ; Cnjaln nagtie the L•tneer of ties, leii to paxlrs awaited tie Pleasure at the slump. afford you every facility ness.ibte with "That Made me f'tlt'iotts. 1 sent tinthe sate keep49rhb of taps malsoaerai' ttlntt thy cheek' for $15 end trrlei lafls 'Pito lawyers anti sp eetaaters lar curt manger to sue rase and he leoleeti with astenite tlternt at each fele Set he didn't sue n➢e, They Lave s. or as the, eefelenee Sets etnt,:c d. mad: rinueh more a temtir',o methn3 down flee eserakul fed tee prfiemeters nut et tbcirt~ advti;e edler'trm&nn. "t ithiti.. it S:ceim eveevent'li trade en It drag fila. gonad term of the tetra With whoitt t did imeineee ised inn after MS ntnctde nt ween tee =erste* mune—daily that EA kad deed nil nth ecandraetcdi itruwm gained ,mites Seto 4i l9tC•"at. floats-tlieatnisg that my fetmre CIts- nee lit Wes °.d• tin eune ee by tee cee t: total was net di.sir'r.. dere%r; 'tee lane /teems tee cemented irs foreign +e logy at gate rao the cake u ten—made taus genlit.aneen ere • to read sheateider. rind When t ,tireampmed pia at the " met 'write. 3nOgo Itt kci /:Beaked: ever club the trent wets senestkiug tt°.rftdh bre masses one ussiv:ap Ihat< t e priscrer "At lett t seat for a pad'tleular• Itient. gwo matin tam r5rideta , et in(t ateing rime u 'Licit herd,' 1 said. 't want yea 3m #511 ° to weed. Brown sacoi1 erg .ami read me ,ttaaaetl ly why I ani getting ails fay r'ew natagrepptes from a t'aeteepaper its bore: •llecsatise ,vont Itaaen't paid fir the satisractiom of Ike tousct,, inlet Le ,Soot hoots, be. replied. '115t thig 15 tad, "edit~. Ciefkk, will yen let lin i sit nonsttousi' said L 'Yon .know cr' at a labile tied write tae ala letter's" Well that 1 hetet" erd'etted Srs Daft of II T'ap'er, pen, sink nee a seat were taste hoots. 'Of College notr' said be, 'but ; i-ist;ed Ilroti's. who went tO itterlt 10 I you'd beStPal fot'eiii nil the camas. it writes letter to the c'outt. For same d� 1'141 o '' .Ge trent os is et+ ; tit;ve tke neer tetiow r late: od with Waite tsstt,, aild It a meantime Jones tiemetei mitted. infill. it 3m did.': roust„ ril;•oeiii. 1 stir wire ter rP Fab- en- Conta the Tre