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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
CHEATING IN GEMS.

The Cunning Workmanship of the Invent
of the "Doublet'' Diamond.
The invention of what are called
''doublcts' in diamond dealing can be
traced back for centuries. One mode
of getting up false stones has been de.
scrlbed by Jerome Cardan, who has
published in detail the method of the in
ventor, one Zocolino. This persons
way of working was to procure thin
flake of a very inferior and cheap ex-
ample of the stone he desired to Elm
prove" choosing those which had little
color, and might in consequence be
procured at nominal price. AS a
bottom for his 'make-up' he took bit
of crystal which he had shaped to his
purpose: covering this with a trans
parent glue with which he had mixed
the necessary cOloring material, so as
to be like the finest specimen of the
gem he intended to forge. he carefully
fixed on the flake of stone. and con-
cealed the joiling of the two so deity
by careful setting as to make pur-
chasers fancy that his gems were
not only genuine. but really finer than
those of other jewellers. For time 10
colino fourished, and was enabled by
means of his cunning workmanship to
deceive the cleverest lapidaries; but de-
lection came at last, and put an end to
his fraudulent practices in gem making.
1t may be mentioned rs a warning to
travellers that the Singhalese at Colombo
are experts in such frauds, and fire.
Guently persuade persons to purchase
cleverly set up doublets, or pieces of
rock crystal cut and polished. Doublets
i'll many cases. especially when both
parts arc really diamonds, are some
what difficult to detect, even by men
who have had great experience in the
gem and jewel trades. Often, when
these gems have been set in a cluster, it
has been found on examination that at
least one of the stones is made of paste.
or is perhaps doublet. A rather curl
Gus story went the round of the press
some years ago. when, on the death of a
lady of title, it was found that more
than one-third of the family diamonds
were compose of false stones. These
limitations had been so beautifully exc
cuted that none but the cleverest deal
ers were able to detect them, while in
the case of some of the stones it was
not till their specific gravity had been
tested that decision could be arrived
at. 1t has been found on examination.
we believe, that necklaces of so-called
real diamonds have often contained
twenty per cent of doublets or other
stones of questionable quality. Re-
spectacle dealers in iewelrv maintain
that it is the public who are to blame
for the production of false jewels,
knowing well enough that genuine
offered for them. Retail jewellers are
not seldom deceived themselves, not
being. perhaps. so well versed in the
technical knowledge incidental to their
trade as they ought to be. Tradesmen
of repute. however, are exceedingly
careful in their selection of stock, no
gem being offered for sale unless it is
known to be genuine Chambers
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
TIMBER PRESERVATION.

| "A Simple and inexpensive Way of Pre-
venting the Growth of Destructive
Fungi.
The cheapest operation to protect our
woods. and quite sufficient for many
purposes, is to season or thoroughly
dry the timber, reducing the contained
moisture from eight to twelve per cent.
| of the weight of the wood; and when in
| this condition, with circulation of air
around it, to prevent the collection and
absorption of moisture, the wood will
last indefinitely, as the fungi can not
grow in such surroundings. Every one
is more or less familiar with the sound
ness of timber in the upper parts of
buildings, while in lower parts near the
foundations it is often decayed ON ac-
count of moisture.
In many situations, however, where
limb r must be used, the conditions of
growth of the fungi are present, and it
will decay; some species can be used
which resist the attacks of the fungi for
a long period, but the final result is de-
cay unless the wood is treated to some
process preventing the growth of the
fungi, which must be capable of doing
either one of two things. l. 1t must
keep the fibers dry, preventing the alb
sorption of moisture. 2. Ii the wood
must be in damp place and kept moist
some antiseptic must be present, suffi-
cient to prevent the growth of any of
the various kinds of destructive flung.
Timber entirely submerged does not
come under these considerations. To
use the first process successfully means
more than thin coat of paint or tar on
seasoned wood when exposed to con-
tinued moisture. 1t must be some SUBJ
stance which penetrates the tissues of
the wood sufficiently far. in case the ex-
terror surface is broken, to prevent any
absorption of moisture. Wood impreg-
mated with the heavy tar or the lighter
oils is protected more from the fact of
tibers than by the contained antiseptics,
unless in the exception of great per
centage of creosote. In the second
method the moisture is permitted to
come in contact with the fibers of the
wood. and reliance depends upon the
antseptic. In this case, the entire
wood should be saturated to give the
greatest measure of success, not merely
an exterior protection of a half-inch or
so in depth, the latter fact, as before ex-
planned. being the cause of many of the
failures which have taken place. The
autiseptic treatment, to succeed, must
destroy all the germs which have found
Judgment in the timber. and also those
which may come from the exterior
Popular Science Monthly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
Bostonese inquisitiveness.

Mr.. D., a Western man, came
East, and found at his hotel a landlady
who was much interested in his person
al history. He was unable to answer
all her questions satisfactorily.
odd you ever see Daniel Webster9'
'.No"
Were you born in Webster's day?"
No"
"Weli. you don't look so very old. :"
'tNo, I'm not so rer4 DID,
well. how old are you, anyway"
'.Old enough to mind my own affairs,
and trouble nobody
"Well, how old is that?'' Youths
Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
CHANTlLLY FOREST.
The Vast Hunting Grounds of the Exil
Due d'AumaIe.

The Vast Hunting Grounds of the Exiled
Due d'AumaIe.
The Chantilly forest, covering nearly
seven thousand acres, is said to have
within its boundaries many hundreds of
fine deer. besides an enormous quantity
of small game. But it happens that the
forest is cut through in half a dozen
directions by public roads, along which
are constantly galloping the twelve or
fifteen hundred race horses always in
training in the neighborhood. and that
this makes the game exceedingly shy.
1t is, therefore, cons .dered far more
difficult to hunt successfully in Chan
tilly forest than in any other of the
woods in the vicinity of Paris. The
Due d'Aumale had such wonderful
est stag. it is said, could not hold out
against them for more than five hours;
and if the animal lost his head on the
start he would be run down in less than
an hour After July of 1880 the hunt
ing stud and even the carriages of the
last Prince of the house of Condo were
sold at auction, exactly as these of the
Duc d Aumale have been. One reason
WHY the Duke dogs and horses brought
such moderate sums is that most of the
Younger French sportsmen have no
idea of INDUCING in such difficult and
dangerous hunting as pleased the Due
,d'AGmale and they realized that his
horses and hounds had been trained to
more stirring business than they cared
to undertake.
The Chantilly stables of the Duke con-
tanned one pack of stag hounds. one for
hunting roe bucks and one for the boar
chase-a favOrite amusement of the
Prince de Joinville- The stag hounds
numbered seventy. and among them
were several pure-blooded ones known
as the blancs du roy. There were forty
fox hounds of the celebrated northern
race. and a dozen of the famous dogs of
Patton. On hunting days the pack was
led by four blood-hounds and number
of Patterns, whose airy speed was the
subject of admiring comment for miles
around. No matter how fast the stag
hounds M chit 90. the bloodhounds in
variably took the lead and were never
known to have lost it. Two of the blancs
DIN roy named Verbulo and Rovaie. were
esp ,ciallv renowned for their power OF
endurance. After an all days run they
wore as fresh ard lively as at early
morning. when all the others hung head
and lowered tail, and seemed anxious
for nothing save to regain their kennels:
In the boar pack there were one hundred
and twenty dog. all perfectly trained.
The comical little beagles, twenty in
number. used for hunting the roe. were
carried away by the Duke TO England
But he took only one horse-a favor
tie pony-with him. 1t Is odd that the
pack of stag hounds, put up at the mod
est price of ght thousand francs, did
not find purchaser, and the dogs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
SNAKES IN TROUBLE.
How an Old Farmer Cleaned Out an Army
of Black-Snakes.
IMiddleburgn (Pa.) Post.l

of Black-Snakes.
IMiddieburgh (Pa-) Post.1
, Mr.. Wills. Weller, residing about two
miles south of Middleburgh, at the foot Of
Shade Mountain, while engaged in clear
ing piece of new ground on his farm on
Thursday of last week, was terribly an
noyed by the number of black-snakes on
the patch. Some he killed, but great
many escaped his "brush fork" and near.
~ all ran in the direction of large brush
pile in the corner of the patch and close to
bank over a spring which was covered
by thick growth of underbrush. He
concluded to investigate matters little,
and it did not take him long to satisfy
himself that he had struck colony of the
reptiles which had taken harbor under the
pile of dry brush.
He noticed particularly large one
basking in the sun a few yards from the
place, and he proceeded to get rail from
the fence with which to despatch it, but in
doing so he broke one of the stakes on the
fence. The noise caused by the breaking
of the stake evidently aroused the Sleep
ing reptiles, and he witnessed a perfect
volley of snakes starting from under the
thick underbrush into the brush pile. He
stood rivited to the spot with astonish.
ment, and looking up saw no less than
twenty snakes of all sizes sticking their
heads out Of the brush pile. Remember
ing that he had used a bundle of long
straw for seat on his "stone boat" he
fastened to get it, and setting it on fire,
cast it over the brush.
In an instant the whole pile was one
blaze, and he then witnessed scene
which he says no one would ever care to
behold again. The heat was so intense
that none of the reptiles could possibly
escape, and they rolled out of it black,
blinded and scorched, biting at every
thing they touched, and in most instances
died with their fangs fastened in their
own charred bodies-evidently preferring
suicide to death in the flames. Some
darted from the outside into the fire,
madly striking at the flames, until their
bright black coats had been turned into
an ashen gray by the heat. In fifteen
minutes a smouldering stump was all that
was left of the brush pile. He was about
to leave the spot, when he ventured to
look into the stump, which was hollow,
where, covered by a thin layer of ashes,
Law no less than bucketful of snakes, re-
sembling huge sausages in a large crock,
roasted just hard enough to cause thu
flesh to drop off.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
a Woman's Reason.

Horrified Observation-Disclosures this /
see? Another new dress?
Calm Wife-Yes; isn't it a beauty
And it only cost eighty dollars, includ-
ing the ribbons.
'.E ghty furies! You had one lust
like it last year that only cost forty.''
II know t. but dear. this was adver.
tised as bargain. "-PbtlGdetph. Call
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
What Mrs. Stowe Got Right.
Portland (Me.) Gazette.

Portland (Me) Gazette.
A party visiting Orr's Island last week
came upon an elderly citizen, whom they
interviewed. and found that he had al
ways lived upon the island and was
familiar with its history. They asked if
Mrs. Stoves account of the inhabitants
and their doings was accurate. "Wall,"
said he, ''she got one thing right" "What
was that" 1.-THE name of the island"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

SAFE, permanent and complete are the
cures of bilious and intermittent diseases,
made by Prickly Ash Bitters. Dyspepsia,
general debility, habitual constipation, liv-
er and kidney complaints are speedily Grad
icated from the system. It disinfects,
cleanses and eliminates all malaria. Health
and vigor are obtained more rapidly and
permanently by the use of this great nat
ural antdote than by any other remedy
heretofore known. AS a blood purifier and
tonic it brings health, renewed energy and
vitality to worn and diseased body.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
1t Astonished the Public

to hear of the resignation of DR.. Pierce as
a Congressman to devote himself solely to
his labors as physician. 1t was because
his true constituents were the sick and at
ficted every where. They will find DIR.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" q
benefcent use of his scientific knowledge
in their behalf. Consumption. bronchitis,
cough, heart disease, fever and ague, in
ternittent fever, dropsy, neuralgia goitre
or thick neck, and all diseases of the blood,
are cured by this world-renowned medicine.
Its properties are wonderful, its action
magical By druggists
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
Early marriages is the rule ame

EARLY marriages is the rule among
French Canadians Orig mating in the
early history of the country, when
women were few and government and
church alike encouraged girls in their
teens to become wives, the practice has
become permanent, and for lads who
have not reached their majority to be
fathers and girls of sixteen to become
mothers is too common to cause remark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
SAY why is every thing


Probably, my dear nervous sister, be-
cause you are suffering from some of the
diseases peculiar to your sex. You have q
"dragging-dow feeling, the back ache,
you are debiliaated, you have pains of va
rious kinds. Take DR.. R. V. Pierce's ''Fav-
or;te Prescription" and be cured. Price re-
duced to one dollar. By druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

'ARTHUR''-Yes, we should like to have
you write for our paper Address your
letter to the business office, and it will be
sent to you.-N Y Indepeudent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
SPRA1Ns, burns, bruises are promptly heal
ed by st Jacobs Oil, the conqueror of pain.

NEW YORK newspaper boasts that
it owns toniahawk. We should Judge so
from the character OF its Illustrations
Burlington FIRES Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

A POSITIVE FACT of the Age is the certain
ty OF relief afforded in skin diseases by
GIESN's SULPHUR Soar.
H1LL's HAIR AND WHIsKER DYE, Black or
Brown, soc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

A NEW game of cards is called ''matri-
mony." If the man wins he takes the girl
if the girl wins she takes the man.-Phila..
delphtd Call
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

'WHAT would a woman do without q
looking glass! =" is asked Use anothera
You can't stick woman as easy as that
Chicago Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

RELIEF is immediate, and a cure sure
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 80 cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

PIERcE's pleasant Purgative Pellets''
are perfect preventives of constipation.
Inc!osed in glass bottles, always fresh. By
all druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

GRAY or sandy boards are colored brown
or black by Buckingham's Dye for the
Whiskers.
One bottle of Ayers Agus Cure will Grad
icate malarial poisons from the system.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

HAS anybody ever referred to a prize
fight as a pound socials-PHtsbu'yh Tele-
OrdDh
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

THE fly is not much of an astronomer,
but if there is a cream-Jug within his orbit
he'll find out all about the milky way.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

THE darkest hour is when you can't find
the matches
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

THE Frazer Axle Grease is the best in the
world. Sold every where. Use it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

NAME a cheap country seat-A stump
albany Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16

him, ana it hath gone astray" OF course:
q woman never can throw straight.-N r
Gr0Dhic,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
THE MARKETS.

LAw'N ORDER-"Keep off the grass."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-18
SPECIAL MASTERS SALE.

utier and hy virtue az a decree of fprcClos-
urc made 10y the Hon. Thomas Ming en- tae 'Sr,i
lag al MAY, \. H., l>,,i. in certain cdlIs,' in
hanctry for Putnam county. FLORIDA, wherr-
IN Charles Bent i complainant. nj Samuel j.
Williams aud John q. Mc,iill ar defendants.
ami by which decree ! am appointed a Special
Master in chaacCty tO execute said decree. l
will offer for sale az ltuhli' auction Ia the
highest bidder tor cash. between the usual
hours of sale ON Monday the eth ,tiy 1T June,
!. d., lN,'i. the same being the sale day tor
said month. in front ui the front door OF the
court house in PdGtka. Florida. the following
described real estate m Putnam county. Flor
lda. to-wit: Being a portion of the west half
Of the northeast quarter ut section fourteen,
township ten. south NJ range tweuty-siN east +.
according H. The ntted states surveys and
more Part, diary described IL follows; tom
menvtng ~ stake which marks the south
east corner at th' above described land. and
running thcucr west fourteen and h-lh
chains. thence north siN ami 9,-lto chains,
thence east fourteen and n l0f chalni. thence
rndsouth >iNgt- l,nchaiust o plat, of beginning
containing ten acres more ~ hess. Purchasers
to pay for t,ai.. &c. COCHRAN,
mN.-lu Special Master IN thantc cry.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-18
THE TRADITIONS OF The SENATE.
Shocking the Conservative Idea, IF the
>taid and solemn senators.

Shocking the Conservative idrI> Of the
Staid and solemn senators.
Ii has lSen an unwritten law IN H., -.,!..tte
for half a century that u.emi-r ii that
body must remain III the la kSrouui tor S,,v
eral Years at least before he ddrS attract at
tention 10 himself BY anything he may do or
SAY. To do otherwise is 10 announce himself
fresh, III the yernac ular of the strert,. While
such senatorial nlartlllets as ElmunIs, Sher-
man, Hoar, and Beck quietly inform him that
until he has passed. his novitiate. 81 t.
speak, he must be >.-en AMI not heard of
coursa this is very gallins 10 any man #
sufficient prominence To b. elected a United
States senator. Blaine, ii | am not mis-
taken, was the first newcomer who st az
defiance the hide bound traditions III the
senate. There WIS Il tarit understanding
among the more conservative leader, on
both sides Of the chamber that Blaine should
he crowded to the rear and kept there until
he was well disciplined. But Blame would
have none Of il. He had served a long
apprenticeship III the house, and felt himself
the peer Of any member OF the senate
Before week passed. he watched his OPP
portunity ami sprang into debate in which
Thurman, E,lmunds, Bayarl and one or two
other were engaged, and scandaliled the de
corum OF the body by making one of his
fiery AMI aggressive speeches, common
enough in the house but shocking 10 the con.
sentative idea, of the staii and solemn sen.
ute This innovation by Blaine has hrcn fol
lowed with more or less success by llaWley,
Frye, Hale, Cullom, Concer, AMI Evarts.
None of these gentlemen, however, was new
to public life With the exception of Mr.
Evarts each hal served successive terms in
the lower branch Of congress and IN tn" diff.
ferpnt state legislatures, while Mr. Eyarts.
with his ability us n lawyer ant his eight
years experience as 4 cabinet minister, was
man 10 bc respected and consulted rather
than ignored and ,n,lbbel remember talk.
ing with Senator Cullom on this subject last
winter, and expressing my surprise that hc
hal dared 10 make himself 81 conspicuous in
advocating the passage Of hi, inter state com
MERGE bill
Several of my friends have spoken To M
In the same manner said he, but | So,
nothing remarkable about it,,
You are a new man. SAIL !, ami new
men are always expected to play the role OF
passive spectators rather than active partiri.
pants in what is going OH before them
"A new man the dickens he replied, with
an irritation quite unusual Ia him Il served
eight years in the state Legislature at Spring
field, eight years as governor Of Illinois, and
six years as n representative in congress. If,
after that experience those fellows The men
toned no names, hut | knew whom he re-.
ferred tol choose to regard mo as q green sen.
ator shall I've glad to convince them of their
mistake
happen TO know that they did, all the
sal,c but for good and sufficient reasons they
kept the information to themselves. Wash
ington Cor Chicago News
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-18
Conc Easy. Go Easy.

James ID. Walker ten years ago was a
member of the bonanza firm. and his
check was good for $500, 900 or 81 .000. 90
at any bank in the country. Then Flood
and Fair bought him out. and Walker
opened brokers office under the Ne
vada Bank, in San Francisco, and did all
the business of his former partners. In
these times, Flood. Fair and Mackey
were on the top notch Of speculation.
They We're swinging the market at their
own sweet will, and making or breaking
thousands who were battling with the
fierce tide of stock gambling. Alexan-
der Austin, or Sandy" as his friends
used to call him, had Just served his
term as Tax Collector. and went in with
Walker. How they did make things
boom. The bookkeeper got 300 a
month, and had sumptuous lunch
served every day in a large room in the
rear of the Office AT the expense Of the
firm. Their expenses were enormous,
hut So was their business. The partners
were clearing SEQ, 600 a north, but they
were standing on the brink of Il preci-
pice. Flood remarked that other and
outside brokers were manipulating GER.
tain stocks precisely as his own brokers.
This would never do, so he called 4 con-
sultation. and informed the Walker firm
that this sort Of thing would not do
that there was traitor in the camp
somewhere, and that unless he was de-
tected and fired their relations could not
continue. An earnest investigation was
made, but without avail. Then came u
transaction of more than ordinary inn
I.Ortance. but to the intense disgust of
the bonanza firm it was apparently fore
seen and anticipated by these s1me ont
side brokers, kept posted, apparently. by
some traitor in the Walker. Austin camp.
Then the bonanza people changed their
broker. and from that hour the fortunes
of Walker & Co. began to decline. Mat
tiers grew worse and worse. Austin
committed suicide. Walker sold mag
niiicent mansion in Oakland. which cost
him close on to $500, 600, to prop up the
waning glory Of the swell firm. At last
It was a clean case Of bust. and don't
believe Mr.. Waller to-day could put his
hand on 5000. He discovered, when too
late, that the high-priced book keeper
was the traitor lie sold hi, employers.
but no luck ever came Of his treachery.
and he is to-day keeping books at $50 a
month for n Hebrew co,hes.,lealer in
Portland. Ore.--San Francisco Rec.