The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-24

figured at 10 Der cent. ami work depen-
ent up mechanical appliances and finish
: Always heavy item. Consequently the
ans we're bought at ha. the peidler
must nave known was much less than their
real value, less even than the cost Of the
'aterlal. He was not willing TO pay a
onest manufacturer honest ices for
ionest goods, so got himself into q rather
ieep hole ty his greed for ilegltimate prof
is. The question may be asked, why were
ne chains Tiled With silver instead of cop
er, much less expensive metala To bi G
the pawnhroEer particul trly, but, gener-
ally, anybody who might try them with
lie and acid. Copper. when touched by the
acid, cIuseS 1t to boil up vivid grAen
color, while silver only shows gray and the
green IS what the inexpert are on the look
Vi for
Doubtless a very large proportion of the
chains made IN that Nassau street loft went
directly to pawnbrokers who, employing
1elr ordinary methods Of testing, were as
kelly to be deceived by tie inge ii usly
hlled hollow gold wire rs ANYBODY else
night have cen. A deal of skill and cum
nlnG are cons antlv employed in devsing
and execud schemes t "oeat" pa vn-
brokers', aud sdth lent success attends those
sndeavors to sour the mpers of eve the
most genial and optimist "uncles"-sup-
>oslng hat any such exist. One such de-
ce that came to hgnt in a Bowery pawn
SHOP recently, too late TO prevent being
caught by it, however, took the m lterial
( r n Of a large, heavy and ap are tly
valuable seal ring Of soli gold, with an
ngreved monogram in the ONYX set. in 2
he eds Of the box" c'ntai ling the set
Il E and the edges of the hoop enci cling
toe finger upon VII ch it as worn, were of
good ID, bu all the rest Of the me.a was a
UaSe 10y, having the c )or and almost the
weight gold, but of al most no value.
he edge AID I'D PLACES had simply been
soldered on. Evidently, the thing had been
gotten up expressly to deceive pa = nbrok RS
l IS their practice, wnel a gold ring Is
'tfered as pledge, to rub its edge on "a bit
OF milestone d test the color with touch
OF acid. TIL S ring stood the test perfectly,
for the only spots liable 10 be rubbed we .
lid gold, but Its worth was not yer ST,
while the unfortunate pawnbr ker had ad-
vauced SO upon it. OF course it bad been
hered in the evening, whe the light was
not good enough for detection by sight,
even with 6 ass, Of tne fra ldu.ent joining
of be metals.
Over on the east side Of the city, in the
tenth ami seventeenth wards, live q great
many skllitul jewellers, wOrkmen, who, by
reason Of the large competition in their in
du,try, never get very arge wages, and
who, owing to the perodicity + the jeweiry
manufacturing bgSl S, which has short
easons Of abnormal activity with lcug
stretches of dull ess between, can never
count upon steady employ uent for the
N ,intenance themselves and th ir fire.
quently large IA miles. Numbers Of thee
men when GU Of employment BIZ manu-
I cturers, Tor6 at home two or three day
Of each week and devote the remaining
time to di,posing-with the aid Of their
families-of the pro iucts Of their industry
The things they make are TECHNICALLY
knowa tie trade as 'garret shoo goods ="
heir capital beng small d their kill
often very conside able, they turn out wo