The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-18

beautiful Il IL. lido love the deep pur
ple Of the amethyst. Amethyst Ii M
iayorite among the precious stones; II !
a variety Of quarts or rock.crystal, anG
consists Of silleon-dioxide In ia purcs
form. The'color Of the amethyst Ia sup
posed 10 be due 10 the presence Of min
ute proportion Of manganese In ils com
position. The finest amethysts come from
India, Ceylon, Siberia, and Brazil.
variety,of the sapphire, Of purple color
IL known under the name Of Otienta
amethyst. The ancient Chaldeans up
piled 10 this stone wonderful healinI
powers, which were supposed 10 be Of
miraculous influence, particularly h
cases Of religious monomonia."
Up 10 this time / had been possessed
OF strong skeptieitm regarding thl
transformation ofLots wife into pillal
Of salt, but at the present moment | fell
the possibility Of such q metamorphosil
with absolute certainty, and began /,
fear that ! should be petri6ed like tina
unfortunate lady. In a weak effort Il
battle against such adestiny, and aniici
pating what would follow, | family ut
tered: sand topaz, madam"
TOPAZ, SIR! do not know what yet
mean, sir"
This was more than any mortal could
stand. Overwhelmed with awe and ad
miration, vacated my seat, vent init
the ,noking-car, and endeayored tt
sleep in q secluded corner, for felt thai
further speculation about the mysteriou,
lady would endanger the normal condi
tion Of my reasoning faculties.
Tie brakeman aWoke me from 8 kind
Of stupor by calling, "South smithvill,
junction" South Smithville-lt was Al
South Smithyille that my fair companion
had told me she was 10 leave the train
Led by ! know not what impulse, rush
ed back 10 my place 10 the ladies' car.
sank into my old seat, not without some
feeling OF relief. The whistle sounded
In another moment we should DO Of
again.
Suddenly that melOdious voice | had
learned to knows so we'll in 40 short 4 time
fell on my ear:
"My book, sirl Ihave left book on
the seat. viii you hand il to me-?
started up. II WAS indeed sue, stand
ing Just outside the window, holding oul
her hand for the book. The train was on
the point Of starting. began a frantic
search for the book demanded, and in my
excitement proifered her my own hand
bag and one Of the car-cushions. grew
red in my face in my futile search. The
bell rang for the last time-lhe car was ia
motion. The young lady outside Of the
car threw up her arms with cry Of de.
spair:
"What shall l do! What shall dor
had only time to cry out that, il
found it, the precious volume should be
sent back to South Smithville without
delay, when We had left the station q
hundred yard, behind US.
Then, Of course, as luck would have it
laid my hand upon the book, which had
lain directly under my nose all the time
A fat, chunky little volume il was
with vexatious air OF self.importanct
about it. Mechanically | opened it. The
title psge bore the inscription
Standardization & Jenkint
POcket.Lexicon and Encyclopedia TIL,
first few leaves were cut, and on the las
free page my eyes fell on the words:
"CAPPADoCIA.-A district Of Asia
Minor. Under the Persian Empire il
included the whole country inhabited BY
a people OF Syrian origin, who were call
ed, from their complexion, white Syriana
and also Cappadoces, which appeared tc
have been a word Of Persian origin
Under this Emipre the whole country wa.
governed by line Of hereditary satraps,
who traced their descent from Anaphas
an Achaemenid. one Of the seven chief.
toms who slew the pseudo. smerdis--r
In Eve minutes more she would have
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