The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-22
RIrBIES FROM THE CRUCIBLE.
u..b,ratory I'm which Gems are Manu-
featured - sapphircs and Fmera,ds
Turned cut from "A chemists Fur
LNew York Mercury

Turned cut from she"'s.s '"'-
mace.
lNew iofk mercury
"Jyook nj this" said NJ Carrcre French
nan Of middle age. to a Mercury reporter the
80. - - ~, -, III, ,,o,,,o, q email
'theI uaS' 80 80" 49, - a.. -
morocco cask"t, from whleh he Io"h S'N'ia.
flashing stones OF various ColorS' heie NE
'ubies emeralds and sculptures, ne Sald,
J My partner and can make Il'il nov - ~
n ize OF very large pea. n'lieNa SHOW
low the exact process ny winch iiabu,' ias
treated most ol me precious SS'''o unGE ad
diamonds. But DIAMONDS fe,ha,hel
5he reporter, are lteunently i, Wy.
nave large ihcioihs Witt 'i,''l 70 ' ~,
o. he exclaimed. " am not talking about
counterfeit DIAMONDS livery cApei. ."ii ,'H
)medlaJely teil WhHt th'! vi I'll Till 80.
thclal diamond, ~ n"h''n ,ii,h,,et III ~
oft to make, even the sllEhusC ne nia
sion upon WINDOW eiase nov , non "' f I,.o
Topaz ~ IS an extremely NJ Istpa,, :.
one Oh nhe ,4nes ''a IN without thn sIight
IAN small goln peneil' anu ",tnou' tno 9.S ~
Asst EFFORT cut ncepiy ln,' NY i,i i,'no,tont
xIaNe appnni'ht,y .m n,i,Sar' "Inno,f
Y discovery" stid INC reporter. 1,ipoi.,
(ant, ne repieo, snou'L 90 ~, ifoi
Know, slr, tnaI Wil'H we haNu fiop,i,S 70
Ilowed up this discovery W., eua ,I, p"pr
women " veal !eMnb7 wi a,rn,d II n,,r
wealthy Processes eau hoM am III, wi ia
chase Even Nv pi,7o.u W" az nrions
precious STONES Mn,cit Nj ~, in,,,e inwelrv
M.
irms, anu al laWh,,5i ohoaS nn'o aao Tho
advances upon such precious Suu,,'<o oro me-,
arueles Whicn we p!oG''oo ~, potin,iI,, cor
very iaiRe wv w y = IL Iii, II a,,conad
tam tnat, at no uislai,G uaA, ~ siihii nv III
In doing much better. bu,, aeh a' rnd
porter, what VIII ,he aitlel1s H"e ~ va,
cost Ihey W. " u, iS,,,In ia,,,oIs consiet
Know lnaG luo'e y, ~. '",uD ,Ir.ta,oaa that
Oh very sliip,o ,,,,.'' M cot novt to moth
can DE iounu any Mueit tthi toS,I ~ w.
stones are composer, ne Nely cnt s Ia ~
great thlng ~ 10 n',oW noW w. sma" Of time
so as 10 produce III Nti s.o,' SCI ,ro, ~
that which IL mas taken nature uhtoio ascS W
create. .,,,.
Have you any opJecloh ~ .'ii itI "'i ~,
your process Oh plug w Iu' tha rno dnr
may Jay the lmioiiaaIioh oeioio ei'o io''''.'
oil the Mercury
moi the siiRhtest. iue " VIE ~" v WI n,s
better go Witn lhe W onl ' a aao' w NJ
! some cruciblcs III tne iuthhco . h'M,
partner, M hmidoi, y Watsi,iHe .uIr !, ,ar,
bles, III whicn We q ~ y, VII frap
moment. Our laboratory Is oVNery iai iloii'
here go, o,.ho
The reporter wenl WIN NJ SaliSi.. ~ .,' ai,u
way he asked the latler u ~ ahu 1T ", 49,
had already turned thelr discovery W l,ao
tical account, ana whal IheH hopeu W 'iceoiu
plish thereby pecunarly. ha iepntu o,,a,
Yes, we nave soa some un's ~ - rSs, III. III
watchmakerS at very rouIlu pll''s. u'y ~
us they answered thelr putpoSe atlo9.
ly harder than tho latter. SUI the SAFES W.
made We're merely destined - l9e wv rt,iu
of our articles. In the meantime we nhV'' NC
objection to letting the people kho" gu aooIt !
this process. But that khowiehRe u .eell
will not enable anybody 10 produce Wilat ~ W.
are doing unless he should become lahiilar
Win certaiii NV ita,o w fiar making
1nnumcfahle experiments ~ tiiao XVI 49,
No danger OF any person pa.e,i..ng w, p'o-
before
The reporter was usheIeu ili.o n I'VE Ia ~
the upper END 81 MacuouRhl SItc,t. III lau
oratory OF Messts. IarInie ~ alii'nnh ,, ma9
ION the third loor' III lhe t'SI looln 'i'T a, !
were two hedSleads, oooh-caSt' W '
Amidon received u; Ait'r lla iei V MI ~
been introduced TO MN he sald lou come
just i'll time. one OF our eruel1l's - apouC
ready to be taken cut OF the lut iiacS ny
follow me into the adjoining room. nat
room was the laboratory. IL was ineu M MN
shelves containing glass Jtl? t,''r VI W oi' :;
There was also large ehs,lca, Ia. MIN
which dozen large ctutlpieS Wiz n1iiii hts
over Hre q intel,ss 49, nns An mo ~
platinum wires. M hhiu',a' Loon Ia az snr, -
the crucibleS and removed the Hu rom IL,
The reporter beheld IN IL very nov mass - %
reddish-loohins ia M ~ ,.in,r II ~ IL conl
orally we aiIow .ril , nea1r r nrneess We will
Slowly; out W SION S go watar" He did SO.
and in ten minutes lne mass louall,f t,'N n III
was 50 cooi lhat tnS ltIoa " "' ~, saia NJ
his hand on IT. NOW @a' III tbs us cr9ni i
Carrere hat d i soH Ia Se IL hut il is assam
1T i something nhe l''sa w. WI = That L tht
ing glasSiG apf Shaii smosh il, It consists
surface otiy. si,aii W, .'n # has eaten
only of sileate OF lead 1ou see ~ Ma that
through lne waIl9 = t ~. 4 another crnchlt
Is the reason why ln'io = ''''o'''>'
AROUND IL. .,o o,,,oibIoq and threw the
de smasneu tne ciuetoi's Tnaa,nnath IN.
surface OF the mass AMY. ,,t.i ~ 1,i
reporter behed another AYE c tha wnre Gov
beautiful crystals A!thousu thes r mete t In
cred here and there with silsT r ore s ri,