A DIAMOND MARKET.
EXPERTS IN PARIS WHO KNOW
ALL THE PRECIOUS STONE3.
A riic Wlicra a Stranger tVowltl n
Ko Traces of llnjlna r Srlllnie Mil
linns of Dotlnra ltrraontfid In One
Itay'a Stork Canifil la tnrrr 1'lacra,
It wns tlio AM) Hnny who siiliiprtf !
dinmomlft to the rouln-Ht 1vntment. He
tised to take a lmmiiirr imJ snimli tlmm.
lie did tl:o innie with inrinMs, rubies
and fHipphircfi, just n if llu-y were worth
nothing. By this heroic trontmeiit the
Venerable nhbe diwovtivd tlint tlic
broken particles of nil wlnii stones
have rmrticnliir forms which establish
their Renninenesd beyond nil doubt. De
fore hin time it was almost impossible to
tell n diamond fromabrilluint or piece
of rock crystal.
But no w nobody breaks pm-ions sti ines.
Any dealer can take, with an indifferent
air, the diamond thnt ispreseiited tohini
for examination, and fay without the
leant hesitation, "That weighs so much;
it is a little fellows it is worth so much."
And he is never deceived. At the pres
ent time everybody is somewhat of n
dealer, and tho consequence is that
everybody can diHtinRtiish a real dia
mond Among a thousand bogus stone?.
On the second floor of a cafe in the
Boulevard Montmnrtre tho market or
bourse of precious stones is held, always
in broad daylight. Very few strangers
to the trade can penetrate this sanc
tuary, not because the access to it is
difficult, for tho door is nlwnys wide
open, but because the portfolios close
and the stars disappear the moment nn
unknown face appears nt the threshold.
Instead of animated traders the
stranger only finds a few dull eyed Jews,
carelessly playing a game of bezitptn.
Ah, but there is a Turk there, too: the
Turk that looks so much like Omdere,
of the Opera Comique, except that he is
yellow ami wears very loose tnmscrs,
but theso trousers lire full of diamonds.
Don't believe for a moment that these
good Jews, the merchants in precious
stones, are afraid of robbers. That is
the smallest thing that bothers them.
What they dread is to let the profane,
and especially the small jewelers, know
the real value of their goods.
As soon as the stranger departs the
arms stretch out and the portfolios re
appear. The greater ntimWr of these
portfolios are made of tin and are closed
with a lock and key. In a moment the
tables are covered with little bundle of
white paper formed like those in which
the druggists put rhubarb or sulphate
of magnesia. These packages are ojen
ed, and in less time than it takes to tell
it oil the tables, including the billiard
table, are covered with precious stones
that might startle tho king of Persia.
.A strange spectacle is presented by those
sordid old men quietly taking from their
pockets threo or four millions' wort'.i.
Each one of perhaps 10,000 packages
contains so many brilliants. After they
are disposed of tho rare stones are intro
duced. Here thoro are sapphires as big
as nuts. There lies a black diamond
almost as large as the twelve pearls that
surround it. Here again is a necklace
made of fifteen emeralds that would
make as many snuffboxes, certainly not
big enough for M. Hyacintho, of the
Palais Royal, but too big beyond a doubt
for the noso of Mile. D.
"Here is a rare bargain," shouts one
of .the merchants, "one of the finest
pieces of ancient jewelry known! It in
a necklace that belonged to Madame In
Princesse do Onemcnee. Mounting,
diamonds and all are ancient. Prince
Proisetoiloff refused 75,000 francs for it
twesty years ago."
The necklace is passed from hand to
hand. The merchants gaze at it with
attention. The eyeglasses come into
play. Indecision and doubt are painted
upon some faces At last the necklace
is passed to Michel. He is the great
judge. He takes the thing, weighs it in
his hand, looks at it with an indifferent
air and says, "The two brilliants are
ancient. They come with their mount
ing from the Countess de Prejoan. The
two others, still finer, onco formed part
of a necklace which was stolon in Venice
in 1804 from Mine. Morosini. This neck
lace belonged later on to Lady Temple,
whose husband purchased it at Candoar
of Isaac Lieven. Lady Temple gave it
to her daughter, who sold it three days
after her marriage. As for the sapphire
in the center, that comes from the sale
of Mile. Schneider. The rest is new and
comes direct .from Hamburg. But,
after all, it is well preserved, and 75,000
francs does not seem to be too much for
it"
As extraordinary as it may appear
there are now living five or six indi
viduals who know all the costly dia
monds and all the rich jewels in the
world, and they are able to recognize
them after a lapse of thirty years, even
when they had first only seen them a
moment, as certainly as a tailor would
recognize at thirty paces the customer
that forgot to pay him.
, When a robbery is committed in the
house of a well known jeweler, a thing
whioh.often happens in Paris, London,
Vienna and St Petersburg, if there is
among the objects stolen a stone of more
than ordinary value it is sure to be found
again, although it may take many years
to bring it back to its owner. Figaro.
A War to YsuBg Faopla.
Xou must be willing to bear aeverses.
ou mnat expect disappointment. You
must be ready to meet ill luck and to
epdur poverty if need be. Don't ex
pact things to make themselves unless
yom help them. Whatever you have
must be worked for, and if it is worth
having it is richly worth working for.
Ludgato Weekly.
What aa Epicure Is.
The term epicure means only the per
son who has good sense and good taste
enough to wish to have his food cooked
aooording to scientific principles; that is
to say, so prepared that the palate be
net offended, that it be rendered easy of
d'estiou and ultimately contribute to
k sal th. "Cook's Oracle."
A Kiaenma tor 'STttm Aanaf.
A imachinn has been invented which
sppnrates nshes from boiler fires Into
three portions. Unbnrncd fuel, called
breezo or cinders, which can bo mixed
with coal and burned over again, or for
blncksmiths' fires, being tho finest ma
terial procurable: fine dust, useful for
builders in place of sand; clinkers, use
ful for roadmaking, paths, etc.
Tho machine consists of a tank or com
partment kept full of water. The ashes
nr breeze to bo cleansed rest on a grat
ing, which in covered by a line perforated
copper plate. A free passage of water
is allowed, and at tho same time the
breeze or find is prevented from falling.
Tho separation is effected by an agi
tator worked by a crank shaft. At each
downward plunge of the ngitutnr tho
wnter is forced upward through the per
forated copper bottom, causing tho ma
terial to rise. The rubbish, owing to its
greater specific gravity, is precipitated
to tho bottom on the return stroW'i at
the same time the breeze, or unburned
fuel, being lighter, works to the surface.
At each stroke of the crank n body of
water and a quantity of clean breeze is
carried to a plate, which is also per
forated, so as to allow the water to fall
into the machine and thence through a
valve to be used over again, and the
clean breeze is swept by a revolving
brush over a ledgo. The clinker ac
cumulates on tho perforated copper
plate, and from time to time is allowed
to escape by a valve in the liody of the
machine, whence it is raised by an ele
vator and discharged. Pittsburg Dis
patch. t.nve Milking nn the fttngft.
"Tho art of making love on the stage
is one that few actors acquire," said nn
old Thespian. "A woman naturally
clings to a man with grace, grasping his
nrm with cleverly implied passion or
tenderly nestling on his lwisom. But a
man doesn't get on to the nstheticismof
the thing with the same ease and grace.
Harry Lacy was a dream of a lover,
though. Ho had a trick of weaving bis
arms about n woman with a sinuous, se
ductive movement that brought a littltt
lump into the throat of every woman in
the audience. He always preferred ap
proaching a woman from behind and
then drawing her back into arms that
seemed made for thnt purpose. HofT
isn't a bad lover by any means. Ask the
St. Louis girls if they don't think he
makes very few false moves.
"Funny thing, while on this topic,
but you know when Barrytnore was
supporting Langtry they hated eacl
other worse than poison. He declare
she would put pins in her bodice to stick
him, and they kept up a regular quarrel
the whole time they were billing and
cooing and embracing in most ardent
fashion. 'Don't hold me so tight, sir;
you have evidently never had your
arms around a lady,' Langtry would
say in a whisper. 'If you knew how
thoroughly distasteful this is to mo you
would never accuse mo of getting near
you,' he would reply. Do people ever
make love on tho stage? Not that 1
know of; it is all purely business."
St, Louis Republic.
A rimlnnx.
A phalanx in tho military affairs of
Greece was a square battalion or body
of soldiers formed in ranks and files
compact and deep with their shields
joined and pikes crossing each other so
as to render it almost impossible to
break it. At first the phalanx consisted
of 4,000 men, but this number was after
ward doubled by Philip of Maccdon,
and tho double phalanx is hence often
called the Macedonian phalanx. Poly
bius describes it thus:
"It was a square of pikemen, consist
ing of sixteen in flank and COO in front
The soldiers stood so close together that
the pikes of the fifth rank extended
three feet beyond the front The rest,
whose pikes were not serviceable owing
to their distance from the front, couched
them upon the shoulders of thoso who
stood before them, and so locking thuui
together in file pressed forward to sup
port and push on the former rank, by
which means the assault was reudorcd
more violent and irresistible." The
spears of those behind also stopped the
missiles of the enemy. Each man's pike
was twenty-three foot long. Tho word
phalanx is also used for any combina
tion of people distinguished for solidity
and firmness. A grand phalanx count
ed of 18.8S4 men. Brooklyn Eagle.
Took Illg Chsnovs tot Tn-enty-flva Dollars.
A Captain Blondell at Oxford, Ala., j
iffered twenty-five dollars to any one '
who would get into a boat and allow it I
o be blown up with dynamite so that
Slondell might show his lifesaving I
nethods. A yonng man named Neely 1
iccepted the offor and was blown about !
'orty feet into the air unhurt, but on bis
turn to the water's surface he alighted
in the fragments of the wreck and re
eived a fractured leg and other injuries.
Uray Hair Turning Black.
Just across the Berkeley county line
it Cedar Grove, Va., lives Jacob Lanck.
He is sixty-five years old, and one year
ig'o he possessed a heavy suit of snow
white hair. Since then his hair has by
legrees turned to its original color
black and there is only an occasional
ipot of white remaining. Mr. Lanck
las been in perfect health, and is unable
account for the strange change.
Uartmsburg (W. Va.) Letter.
Boaad ta Oat His Xaaejr.
A man at Peak's island, Me., dropped
t nickel into the slot of a phonograph
me day last week, but the machine
'ailed to give out the promised music,
tliereupon the man became enraged and
onashed the phonograph into bits to re
cover his money.
The reverend gentlemen who are en.
toying their several vacations are much
n luck to find "sermons in tones."
The rest of us are obliged to lose more
r less time when we go pleasuring.
The quality of the Swedish matches
n many cases is so bad that the state hv
tends to resume the manufacture, and
totnputes that the profits will prodnoa s
vvenue of 1,MK,(N0.
A Much TretM VnlUo.
A valise was received at the United
States express ofllco nt Jackson, Miss.,
several days ago showing from the hun
dreds of stamps and tit;; on it that it
had been in most of tho express offices in
the country. It wus stuffed full of hun
dreds of odd and queer articles, includ
ing a human skull and the left foot of a
femnle graveyard rabbit.
A Ctillil Willi Two llTiilna.
A few y:irs ngn, in issi, a child was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kuerwitz.
of Spring Creek, near Hebron, Neb.,
that had two well developed brains, the
second and useless ndjunct being in n
sac attached to tho back of the real bend
by a ligament six inches in length. The
child lived but two days. St. Louis Ko-tmblic.
No Riimln.v VTnr't In i
Tho Boer' have 1 1 r , - -:
Itops Sunday l:ib.ir i ;
Hie gold output, it I- i
reduced by onen vi : -i.
)f $375,01111 is mot..::.
' 1 r.tnttrnut.
I :i law which
In"
".'riiliRvn.nl.
! ( !,ir-d. will bo
. intoning tt loss
fpiil President
V ;ll UOt Htll thO
Kroger replies that
Lord's day fur tntri
The centennial anniversary of Frye
burg academy, at Fryeburg, Me., was
celebrated a few days ago. Daniel
Webster is reputed to have begun his
study of law while in this institutution
and tnado his first public oration while
principal of the academy.
The fact that man has been ablo to
produce many great changes on the face
of the earth is a tribute to bis industry
and Ingenuity. But it Is p5lbl that
he is bringing about effects of equal im
portance without intending them.
A safety mtlfboat. with deck, sides,
bottom, stern and l: el all madu out of
Duo piece of metal and so constructi-d ns
to huvo but otiu scam, mid that riiiiui:i;
down the mils along the bottom, is tho
invention of a New York gonitis.
The smokestack of our oce:i'i vte::i'i.
ers uro much larger than i.-i p ;:i-v.;!!y
supposed. They range from fomtci'.i
to eighteen fret ill diameter. Tlioe of
the Etnuia are over the latter figure.
A dwarf residing at Sliigakeu, Osaka,
is thirty -six years old and but seventeen
inches high. He is well educated and
gains a livelihood by teaching penman
ship. Benedict VI was strangled in the cas
tle of St. Angelo by order of his succes
sor, Boniface VII. who a few months
later was deposed and died in exile.
People Find
That It Is not wlso to experiment
with cheap compounds purporting
to be blood -ptirillers, but which
have no real medicinal value. To
make uro of any other than tho old
standard AVER'S Sursnparilliv tho
Superior Blond-purifier is dimply
to invite loss of time, money, and
health. If you are afflicted with
Scrofula, Catarrh, lihcunmtisin,
Dyspepsia, Eczema, Running Sores,
Tumors, or any other blood disease,
bo assured thnt
It Pays to Use
AVER'S Sarsapurllla, and AYER'S
only. AYER'S Sarsnpnrilhi can
always be depended upon. It does
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quality, quantity, and effect. It is
superior in combination, proportion,
appearance, and in all that goes to
build up the system weakened by
disease and pain. It searches out
nil impurities in tho blood and ex
pels them by the natural channels.
AVER'S
Sarsaparilla
Prepared by Dr. J. O. Ayor k Co,, Lowell, Mum.
Bold by all DruggUM. 1 rice SI; ill bottloi, 5.
Curesothers, will cure you
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McKcc d Warnick ,
HKADQUARTF.IM FOK
Fancy and Staple
CKOCEMES,
Oil Flour s Feed.
An elegant line eon
pisting of sour, pweet
and mixed pickles.
Onions, chow chow,
olivi'a .nii1!f1mvtra
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and others too numer A
oua to mention.
rs-n
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C An endless variety on
hand; always fresh.
Try our fruit and
chocolate cakes.
'Washburne's Best"
leads the list; it's a
dandy. Try it. We
have in stock, "Our
Best," "Straight,"
"Imperial," N. W.
Patent," "Pilgrim"
and others.
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We have no oil wagon
on the road but we
deliver you a 5 gal.
best lM)0 oil for 50
cents. Get our rates
on oil by the barrel.
A ri'LL STOCK of fw In our
line iihrtiiH on- hit ml. Jlifihexl
miivkvt price fx i Ul for raitntri
p roil lire.
(loom ltlX'EIVEU
DAILY.
SO OLD (IOODS '
Fon sali:.
McKoc & Warnick,
Tlic3 G rocers,
Cor. Jith anil Main St
. . . JlrtnoltlHrille, Venna.
"Vs;
BARGA
I want to close out my sum
mer goods to make room
for fall stock, and
will sell
r
AT COST!
Outing Cloth, & cents,
Sold before for 8 cents.
Outing Cloth, 8 cents,
Sold before for 10 cents.
Outing Cloth 12 cents,
Sold before for 12 i cents.
Challie, 10 cents,
Sold before for 1 2 i cents.
Challie, 10 cents,
Sold before for 15 cents.
Sateen, 10 cents,
Sold before for 15 cents.
Indigo Blue prints
6 cents per yard.
Men's Seersucker Coat
and Vest at 65 cents,
Sold before for $1.00.
Men's and Boys'
Outing Shirts
At 19 cents apiece.
Men's suits at $3.60,
Sold before for $5.00.
All Men's suits reduced
From $2.00 Id n
$3.00 per suit.
ChidrenV
. '
Suits $i.oo
Now s your time to save
money. These goods are all
new. '
Snmme
tails
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1ST. Hanau.