The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-11-14
A JEWELER,s TREAsuREs.

An Gold Does Not Giit.er-Dfamonls for
Forty Contamination.
Sometimes think that the adage, call
Is not gold that gEitters, " needs to be re-
constructed by people IN our line OF bust
moss and made to read, ..all gold does not
glittrr," remarked one of the leading
manufacturing jewellers of Pittsburg to
the writer. In proof Of this assertion he
exhibited several pieces of gold, as nearly
pure as It can be. and still be worked to
good advantage. The material looked
very much ike, old brass. and was so
CiIDgy and lusteriess that none but an ex-
pe-t would have pronounced it gold.
Two small straight pieces. in shape and
SIC very much Ike small horseshoe nails,
were shown, and these, the jeweler said,
would be Transformed into the main por-
ton of n finger ring. after being bent,
shaped and properly joined together. The
piece designed to form, the top of the ring
III which tic stone Is set, is separate. 1t
IS shaped like tray, having been given
t.iiS form by die or stamp, BY means
of which il was cut from Z piece of rolled
gold
The manufacturer next unlocked his
safe and brought forth some of its rare
:iTad costly treasures There xcrc dia-
TIss:lds. rIIbies, pearls, emcralds, sap
f1.Iires, ametlIysts and scores of other
precious stones, in infinite variety, from
AL parts of tho earth.
1--WE are Obliged to keep large stock
on hand. - said the jeweler, 'smuch larger
than the eastern manufacturers. who are
able to send out and buy what they want
at any time a good deal of our work
consists in the making of badges, pins,
medals and other designs to order, at
short notice, and n large assortment of
precious stones is therefore indispensable.
We have diamonds of every size, ranging
from large and perfect stones several
cg;rats in weight and worth hundreds of
dollars, down to the merest speck, cost
ing less than half a dollar. Yes, you can
buy genuine diamond for 40 cents, hut
it won't lie large enough to be remarla-
bi- conspicuous. Pearls, too, we have
IN great numbers, some larger than peas
ard others smaller than Pinheads. The
greater part of these gems are cut and
ioiished abroad Even the California
I'earl, fislled from the ocean by divers
aloIg tire Pacific coast, goes abroad to
the hands of German lapidaries, and is
then brought back to this country to be
set in jewelry. The greater number of
pearls found are imperfect, and all such
have to be cut, making what are known
IL half pearls.
we carry. also, large stock of ini-
t2tiCn stones. Every real gem is Eni-
tated, and the mere precious the stone
TIE greater will be the number of imita-
tions. Many of the limitations are so per-
feet that only experts can distinguish
them from the genuine. All stones for
settings are bought by US. cut and pol
i~kcd and ready for use. They are all
graded according to the French measure
nlent, and the packages containing them
marked with tine exact size of each
tgIT9uois. for instance. and you will OBJ
s:rve that each has the same pattern run
ring through all tie different sizes.
Fashion rules in jewelry, as in every
thing else A stone at one time very
popular in rings may go out of style en-
tirPly in a few years Hence, unless we
tike the utmost care. we are liable to
have an accumulation of costly material
on our hands, with no chance of getting
ri of it until fashions caprice brings If
Into favor again-'
For weighing diamonds and other
precious stones a very delicate instr41-
nieat, known rs the diamond scale, Is
used It consists of balances, and is so
delicate that it will turn when a weight
equal 70 one sixty-fo5Irth part of carat
4 placed upon it. The smaller weights
use-;l On the scales are of aluminium, the
EZlItsst METAL known. and n piece one
fizt,-foTIriil of = carat III weight is but
small. flI-iy scale that the breath would
I-:0vo-E- W. Bartlett in Pittsburg Dis
lsatch