Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-02
CUTTING DIlasNIl)NI1S.!
From t.,e New Or Times.

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eonsaoefa PIE siae were alaa
in proportion no lllahe. GEMS
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were lew ana ai q always snaiI.
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Workmeh enga Y lea @t q; 9. aru
M. Europe, and tney are SUN rev IA
ntper. lLhefe are only from TOM seven
Iy. ll one hundre dla ., CUT
ters ~ ohe country Fiti' the *eAcel''
ZION OF q leW ~ ls aha pos,
slpiya couple N e lal thed an.
cutters III tins country are eonhn 'atls
boston ana New YORK 9. :; inc WORK
pays Wen, thol!sh not 50 Wen ibs inigtig
De imagined IN Europe an apprentice e :,
20 q diamond cutter serves nom nve
10 seven years. sc. the END or ms
term OF service ne may pc n 1neehamc'
put olceA ne lsnoe. Inc :. N 'E'- q
keehhess OF sasht ana dei1caey oltoucIs
as We'll as What lstefmeu g cofreeteye-
1t IS only within q snort time tnat the
work OF the eye has been lessened by
the introduction al q gauge invented
by Mr. Morse, OF boston, and called call
the Morse gauge. 'Ihls, according to
diamond cutters mere, has not been
introduced, or at least adopted, III
Europe. where they stlll depend upon
the eye Tor accurate measurement.
The strain On the visual organs IN
cutting stones OF small SIZE must oe
very gleat' yet coiapara1lvely rev OF
the cutters use artlhclal AIDS TO the
eye. a Gutter WHO hau teen WORKING
at MS trade Tor nearly hfteen years
was rash enough to boast recently
that ne could cut a diamond neslxty'
fourth or q carat III weight without
any artificial aid to ms natural s1sht.
IN Amerlca apprentices serve Tor
three years, but like their brethren IN
Europe only q moderate percentage
becomes skilled workmen. When the
African diamond i1elds were discover"
ed the market va Tue OF the gems drop"
PED suddenly, and there was q large
demand Tor stones OF AL xmas ana
sizes. In Europe cutters were IN such
demand that from 2oo to 300 guild
ems a. week were offered Tor tEelr ser.
wees. When the market steaaleo
wages droppso, ana european work
men now receive nom S2u TO $4o per
week, though but lew receive the lat-
ter rate. wages mere range from Soa
TO you per week.
Inc rules winch govern q diamond
cutting shop are much the same as
those In force III .leWelry mantltactor"
les. In the morning the men receive a
certain number ofstones:: Before they
leave the shops, even tor " minute,
they must account Tor everything en-
trusted to them. A diamond cutting
Establishment IS hlVe or industry.
The cutter works by hand. The pol
asher ,s aided ny machinery. Inc cut
ter kills two olrds with one stone by
cutting one diamond with anoth E,
Inc stones IN the y, rough are uhslgntly
looking OBJECTS: Inc Ordinary people
Is quite as pretty, ana 20 the uhml'
tlated lot OF uncut diamonds looks
as much like blss OF gum ARABIC as
But, even the unlnlt'ated
are likely TO observe tnat' mos1 OF the
stones are octahedron IN form. Color
less splnels, pieces OF quartz, topaz,
etc, have the same form, so that
much care and knowledge IS re-
CURED III buying rough diamonds
hara as. tne alalhoaos are an uh t*'I'
peflenced WORKMAN CAN cuI alid poiish
rom Two 70 1otlr cariS0s Ia d gay
Much depends upon the qoal15y ot'she
stone. II II mas a kiloo or q cavlcy =, III
IL 1nucn .'"e IS iose ~ su ut; I've
u1lncol1y. coll.eelilltss vl'is - lilposs1-
oie, ana a. laar slzeo STONE may peco1ne
almost Valueless nom some lmper'
lection other tnan color.
Diamonds or less than q carat are
seldom or never cut here, ana IN q
majority or SHOPS 'notnhgg, less THAN
tWo-carat stones are handled. AS
LABOR IS cheaper IN europe than mere,
1T is most proftableto buy sma1lstoneS
already cut and pohshea' ,Iney thlnRl
nothing on the other SIDE OF the TateEF
OF cutting DIAMONDS which weigh ten
TO the carat. Diamond aea so lnnnlsesl'
MAJ tnaU " reqtlllreu q = 2Vo 20 Welgn g
CARAT nave been cut IN europe W VI
the number or Iacets on each are 90. con- 9
sldered some idea can be ], obtained q
the dellcacy OF the Work. 8 bre at
would scatter q package OF such sg az !.
',,h;es a are ,,r ~ sg 'Aio 'E5''
The implements Of the cutter are few
and simple. He has a little brass
bound box, ABOUT iour lncnes square,
open at tlG tod. Ii Is IurNlSA60 WIFI