The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-10

e,ost diamonds are clear ana
ne Inf As a drop of pure water.
tsnsp ~ these "brilliants OF the FIRST
Dt Os :" y they are called both teehni-
~, "a IN ordinary conversation, there
ully snu .aJ diamonds of every sort and
rs o''9 7 yslIow shade is considered OBJ
bue: s IN diamond; so also is
$1,000 color. Next to rose-colored
ar.a..oods green take rank IN tine Market n1
6s g7sen. blue; and next to blue,
-, " fhe value of diamond may,
hafk;, :.r 70 come writers on the subject,
ste .0sssrsined by regular formula. ac-
9 1a;ug % which the square OF the weight
nfuns sts must be multiplied by sum
y 80 .ccording to the condition and
uns - he stone. If the diamond is
qs.n ,:d ratef and of fine shape this sum
= mt down at $40. If, however,
Esmoud be perfect in quality and
ne sasrsectly cut the sum to be taken as
- - n the calculation will be $50
y "a 80 Biz diamonds have a larger
.as.srst;csl value than small ones; but,
s.stsr Of fact, diamonds of large
Ssre often had to be cut up before
. I'D be disposed of in the market.
~ Issn IN 1887 the Deccan booty, OBJ
~" - the army of Lord Hastings,
ia magnificent diamond weigh
Tsi.2 grains, and of the purest
80 brought at auction only $4,000.
!" tLs present day the finest diamonds
.ssksA by Portuguese, Spanish, French
'Srrcl;sh families in the order named
81 H. best market for them is in the
s;s;ted States. Among historical dia-
.oods IN important place must be as
.;~,ed 70 the celebrated Pitt diamond,
rh;ch the weight was 430 carats.
r. sIter being cut-a process which
ssson;ed two years-it was found to
-, becn reduced to the weight of 1856
.srsts. and il was then sold to the Re-
ssst Il Orleans for 1915, 600. Its pres
n ysIue il said to be 81, 00o, 900, though
I might be difficult to lind purchaser
Mit 4 that price. The Pitt diamond
-or Regent diamond, as it was called
sisr having passed into the hands of
a. DIXIE Of Orleans-became one of the
Cmxn diamonds Of France. 1t was
11sf;ned to meet with strange adven-
iurss: for, after being placed by Napo-
I'm an the hilt of the sword of State, it
vss captured by the Prussians at Water
loo.
A diamond of literally inestimable
vslue belonging to the King of Portugal,
snd Of Brazilian origin, Is said to be
vouh upward Of $3.50, 600; but this
vSlusis clearly not its value in exchange.
For lie historical interest attached to it
10 dismond can be compared to her
Najeay's Koh.i-noor. Originally dug
ion Tie mines of Golconda, it passed
iosuccesdve soyereigns of Central India,
I'D h the early part of the fourteenth
century was added to the treasures of
Dali. It remained in the possession of
tie rigning family until the invasion, in
ths eigbteenth century, of Nadir Shah,
Who, SEEING it in the turban of the van
quhhed Mahommed, proposed to him
n exchange Of headdresses, and, the
polite offer being perforce accepted,
bon awxy With him the priceless jewel.
Ain TIE assassination of Nadir Shah,
w." Mountain of Light" passed through
Ne hands Of Ahmed Shah of Cabul, to
Shah Soojah, who gave it as the price Of
M liberty " Runjeet Singh, ruler of the
hnjanh. On the annexation. of the
hnjanb Il lS49, it was stipulated that
" Koh-inoor should be surrendered to
- Queen Of England, who received j,
tom tie East India Company in 1850.
y IL great Exhibition of 1851 this
lannon's diamond was found inferior to
y glam model, and it was necessary to
.nOund i with gas-lights in order to
hing out Is colors.
III Russians have very good dia.
nond known Us the Orloff. 1t is about
~ me Of pigeons egg, and at one
nns iormed the eye of an idol in the
Temple Of Brahma at Pondicherry,
s'anns vas robbed of it by a French
e.xs4, lrom-whom it found its wav tc
0feek merchant established some.
vneFe on the shores of the Mediter.
Leen, who sold it to Count Orloff, Al
y: eme IN command of the Russian
fanean squadron, for half a mil
roonles, an annuity of 20, 900 rou
- "a . patent of nobility. Pal