Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07

| IN this country. 1t is two and a half inches to
I four inches wide, and at least eight inches
long. 1t was worn by the wife Of the rich sport
ing man, Il ankins OF Chicago, and one of the
most noted jewelers. of the country tells me that
it is worth more tnan SIS, 600. 1t consists of q
great butterfly with outstretChed wings, made
of diamonds, emeTslds, -ubes and saphires.
1t is the largest butterfly ever made and it con-
tains zoo diamonds. The butterfly has body
made of grea Hungarian opal, and the tail of
the but terfy Is OF emeTEidS. This is fastened to
diamond necklace and it rests Just at the edge
of the collar bone, with the tail extending
down on the bosom OF the wearer's decollete
dress. Fastened to the body of the butte rfiy,
and hanging down below it. is a great oval
mass OF gold and diamonds. as big around
as door plate, which rests upon the
chest, and which extends pretty well below
Plimsoll's line. The exact dimensions of this
ornament are five and half inches long by two
and one half inches wide. The bsse is of solid
gold and there is a blazing ring OF Seventy-siX
large diamonds around the edge. Upon the face
of the gold doorplate is Mrs. Hankin's mono
gram in diamonds, and the whole ornament
weighs over a pound. Every time Mrs. H
breathes she lifts this SIS 600 worth of gold and
diamonds, and every time she signs this fortune
goes down, and then rises spaSmodically up
ward. will not say that the ornament is in
the best of taste. It is certainly CANDY enough,
and it is only one, of what constitutes perhaps
the most costly collection OF jewels at any water
ing place this season. Mrs Hankins has hoop
earrings OF diamonds each OF which is as big
around trade dollars, ard in the center OF
these great solitaire diamonds, each weigh
ing ten carats. which are worth from S3O01 to
81 lOU q piece. IheSe are Qetachable and she
take them off and wear them by themselves.
She has set of bracelets, each about incn
wide, and made OF four rows OF precious stones.
First there is row Of Tubes. then n row OF
great white diamonds, then a row of emeralds
and lastly one of turquoise. She has her fin
gers covered with diamond rings, and at one OF
the balls at Saratoga she wore 500, 600 worth Of
diamonds at time. Scandal whispers that
these diamonds have all come from race horses
and other profitable amusements OF the first
class sporting men.
The display in the jewelry windows this fall IS
finer than has ever been before, and New York
would take the prize at national exposition
for its number of fine Jewels. The styles in Jew
elry are changing, and it is now the fashion to
buy diamond ornament as an engagement
present rather than 6 diamond ring. The reason
why, Is largely because you cannot put
enough money into ring and the ornaments
always make the best show. saw q little dog
made of diamonds yesterday, and am told that
the prospect is there will be steady rise in
precious stones from now The wearing of
opals has become quite fashionable fad, and
the best of our girls sneer at the idea of there
being any fatality connected with them. There
some however, who shudder as they put
them on, but the goddess of fashion overrides
fear as she does everything else, and they wear
them all the same. The popularity Of the opal
comes largely from Queen Victoria, who has
been making a number Of PRESENT. of them, and
who likes them doubt not, because they are
CHEAP. English people tell me the old Queen
gets closer and closer every day, and though her
fortune amounts to millions Of pounds, she is as
careful Of the pennies as ever.
While at Mount AcGregor visited the Grant
cottage. It is in the same condition now as il
was when Grant died. The same furniture
stands in the same places, AID the talloW
candle half burned down to the socket stands on
the table beside the two great armchairs in
which he breathed away his last hours.
Pieces of his last writing, consisting OF slips
from his pad, shown, and there is q tall, |
fne-looking soldier in uniform who sleeps in |
the cottage and takes care OF the relics, There |
are on the average about "a. 900 visitors year |
now, and many pathetic incio-nts occur. |
Nenrly every one that comes want to take away |
some momento Of the place. and many pick up |
the gravel OF the walk around the house, sup
posing that they are carrying off stones trod- |
den by the foot OF Grant. The truth Is that |
this gravel has to bs renewed every |
month on account OF the relic hunters,
and the stones they carry away have never seen |
Grant. Mr.. Arkell, who owns the mountain, |
tells me he was offered S35, eco for the cottage
the other day, and that the men who offered |
this were Western men, who said they wanted |
to cut up the cottage and sell IL for relics The
Is, that they would have taken it to |
pieces. have carried 1t of to Chicago and shown |
It there at the exposition in the same way that |
libby prison is TO be sho wn.
Speaking OF Mount McGregor recalls some |
uot, think, gotten into the papers. One was |
"A to Mrs. Grants ring, which the general al
ways wore, and which was taken off from his |
finger q few days before he died. It was put on |
again when he was in the coffin. and at the same |
time lock OF Mrs. Grants hair and a note of |
farewell from her was slipped into The inside /
pocket OF his coat. The Reverend Dr. New
man, who was present at the funeral, told me of
his circumstance, and it was one of other
curious things which took place at the time
The Rev. DR.. Newman Is nov in Japan. He