The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-02
FANCIES ABOUT JEWELS.
,oprr,AR NOTIONS THAT EXIST
FO .pour VARIOUS JEWELS.

Hxaan-A Boston SnOP A-
FAMOUS People-styles ior Every
Month in the Year.
Nm, fbs ladies Home journal
.".,rowest part Of old fremont
~ - BOSTON, under the Boston Mu-
.ha xell-known ''play house" that
SOUL -o5eJ for years behind galleries OF
ilN't OSahla curiosities and impossible wax
imp 80 = small and unpretending store.
TO- is nothing in its one winoo" 10
.a-a,;slIv attract the attention OF 'he chance
49, nv. a few beads OF Iapls-lazuh'
PaS'e' .iccss of quartz and uncut stone,
sGnaJ IN nothing to the great mass OF hui
nitv that surges by all day long, but
Ina s1o,darful hidden secrets for the few
r. know. what lies concealed underneath
O. ,vo,,ld scarcely look second tllne al IL
OHe no'-sa1ds mass it without ever dream
anu ~ - IL one of the most fascinating
lns W. =, the Puritan City, and that It's pro-
pHiotor is in himself wonderful enter
Ina who charms the ear WIN ms anec-
t sn os ba does the eye with the exquisite
trassnre which he reveals TO tnose WIZ are
in svnpathy with his enthusiasm; 80,
III ~ sonntering by one may often catch
-,i an Of 1TeIl-known people standing in
5a I'D chatting interestedly with the
sue connoisseur OF gems and pre-
.onse q man whose reputation is not
s,,eraIv hut even more than natioiial, Ior
Tohn Remick has devoted his lie 10 tne
study of stones, not only Us n a BUSINESS, oo ~
80 ganuiue love of it. This was one Oh
LIN foI,orits resorts of Henry Ward Beecher,
~ aiwavs made a point of gong tnere 10
81 Something old and unusual while ne
H. Saving in the city. William Hunt,
the artist. was another habItue OF
tbe Mace. and the famous Boston VIII,
Thomas Gold Appleton, passed many an
hour there. Women well known In society
-and letters have way OF dropping IN.
aiHavs in search of the something new that
T. snra 10 be found there-Celia Thaxter,
Mrs w iljam Hunt and her brilliant daugn-
tar Mrs James T. Fields, stately Mrs.
Brimmer. beautiful Mrs. James Lawrence
and Mrs John T. Sargent, for SO many
years the graceful hostess OF the 6SadlcaI
Club Here, too. may sometimes De seen
Barnard Carpenter, the poet preacher, ana
PbiIIins Brooks. who, like Beecher, feels
that he has bible authority" for loving
those beautiful bits of creation.
WEAKNESSES OF THE GREAT.
Wonld you believe that any of these peo-
nla with their breadth Of thought and intel
iect would be superstitiOus, even about the
smallest thing? And yet they are; there is
not one among them all that has not some
thing deeper than a mere love for these
gems: they hold them in positive venera-
fiou. as something that has an influence
ever their destinies. Not all of them may
acknowledge this, and it is also true that
some possess the feeling in less degree than
others. bnt there is in every one who has
made study of gem lore feeling that the
world is little kinder and destiny little
smoother to tue life that holds in possession
some kind of gem or stone as an amulet
against fac.
There have been several lists Of stones
given as marking the months, and while
these are alike in many essentials there are
some noints of difference. The best order
and the oldest, 50 far as known, Is the fol-
loving:
January, the garnet.
February, the amethyst.
March, the bloodstone.
April, the sapphire.
May the agate
June, the emerald.
July, TIE onyx.
August, the comedian.
September, the chrysolite.
October, the aquamarine.
November, the topaz
December, the ruby.
In ancient times these were called the
zodiac stones, and they we're set together in
an amulet so as to be sure to have the one
III cOuU6cLiOl WlJ0 OF corresponding 10 Un6
particular sign or month of the year This
superstition was evidently connected with
the twelve stones in the breastplate of the
high priest, and it is from this that the
present superstition arises.
The Jews, it will be possibly remembered
by many, had a tradition that when. the
day of atonement, the high priest asked of
the Almighty forgiveness for the sins of the
whole nation, if they were forgiven the
in no ri md hY,,a 1rk,
most brightly; if the contrary, they become
BLACK. The breastplate of tie high priest
contained twelve stones, each one of which
represe ted one of the tribes of Israel.
Coming down to later time, there we're
certain stones which symboiized the twelve
apostles. Peter is represented by the jasper
or garnet, A drew by the sapphire, James
6y the chalcedony John by the emerald,
fhlllp by the sardonyx, Bartholomew by
the cornelian, Matthew by the chrysolite,
Thomas by the beryl, Thaddeus by the
enrySopraSe, James, the lesser, by the
topaz, Simeon by the jacinth, and Matthias
oy the amethyst. 1t is scarcely probable
mat these humble men of Galilee, followe s
u the meek Nazarene, knew of the exist
ence OF this symbolism, but it shows In
What valued estimation they we're held by
thoSe who had been led by their teachings.
LOST IN ANTIQUITY.
Inc origin OF the love for gems is lost in
ahIiquly. We cannot go so far back but
Ile ecords to which We have access bear
eNluence OF its previous existe &C. Bible
nre is full of it; in ancient Egypt gems
we're engraved in the form of scarabai, and
rave been, even quite recently. di,iaterred
from The mummy pits. Hindoo mythology
p'erhows with wonderful Y vivid descrip-
tiohS OF precious stones. The monarchs OF
sle east, with their fondness for display
auu pomp, no d1ubt decorated their per.
eons WIN gems long before they knew how
ocuV them, and they attributed, and they
# U.eu no" attribute, magic and tallismanic
81 p.oPartles to than. This belief is shared
Isl ~ almost ever nation, ana even the prosiac
bnulorican has his pet superstition, which
# respects while he may not openly &C
IA 0oASIuer Tor moment the opal. that
81 Iao Hahgned gem. Here is its true
# tiheA,'-now different from the one we have
hays oeen taught: THE opal denotes
ISL 81 ~ T. ana sharpens the sight of the possessol
RI 81 ~ IS 1t not worth while owning stone
| ,r ~ VIA carry such characteristics to tn,
"earerf And, again:
E wy years ago man liv ed In the east
< FroI, I % received ring, of worth immense.
W6in." ao9ioVed hand. Opal the stone
hues; oA u g III "nH ootiuUeou'
az Gu nad the secret power
Wbo % a'og MN beloved of God and man
0'e IL IN calm faith and confidence. "