The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-26

/ with MS chaSers, Cushion and ball before
/ MIN. The cushion is not soft, instead il is Of
/ leather filled with shot, fat at bottom, at TOD
followed just 70 fit the iron ball, having a
nut and screw to which tie work Is affixed.
/ Bedding the ring in cement, IL is set on top
OF the ball, then with the mallet aud graver
the workman chases the pattern upon the
exposed surface. The ball lets him turn Z
/ at any angle TO his tools, yet gives the steadi-
ness necessary TO make each blow tell.
Die work IS nearly always chased up at
the finish. Each setting is at first hollow
round OF gold, large or small at need.
! Holding 1t with pliers against a small
wooden ledge the workman files and files
until the points stand in orderly array.
! So much filing, cutting, chasing and so
! on makes gold dust more plentiful than
blackberries in shop. Il IS mighty pene-
tratlng stuff. too; gets into the floors,
| tables, benches, blouseS and old clothing
| Periodically all of them are burned, aud
! the ashes religiously assayed. The sweep
ings likewise give up their treasure. Even
| the waste water Is so aurIferous as to be
| worth tiltariug, not to mention the dust
drawn by the exhaust pipes from the pol
| ishing wheels.
Bluffs" rounds and wheels are of ell
sizes from dollar TO a dinner plate The
| edge is of soft bristles from a half 10 two
| inches thick. The wheels are set upon
| spindles running lengthwise big bench
and revolving about 500 times minute.
Girls stand back of the wheels holding
| finished jewelry against them until 1t takes
| on high finish. Some wheels are wet with
rouge, Others simply with water. From the
| tinlshers the articles go to the washers, who
rub and scrub them in soap suds rinse them
| in clean water, and drop them INTO box
wood sawdust. where tGey are sifted out
and further cleaned by passing threads up
| through the small, fine crevices that nothing
| else can reach.
A bracelet can be fitted by measure of the
arm. necklace is arranged upon a bust
and weighted and balanced so as not to pull
out ot shape. Whatever its pattern-rope
| of pearls, gold chain or laceWork of dia-
monds-all parts are laid out before one IS
! set.
Gold beads require only that the strands
be properly proportioned and of the right
length. A blind man might string them as
we'll as another.
The enameler, though, needs three eyes,
two to see the colors as they are, the spare
one to take the chances Of what they will
be.
MAKING ORCHID BLOSSOMS.
Come over to this corner where they are
making orchid blossoms. Have they not
| truly caught and fixed the endless splen-
doris of the flowers o. tn air9 First COL
ored sketch made from life, then the blos~
som was pulled to pieces for patterns that
were shaped and modelled in fine sheet gold.
| Fastening them together was a nice job, inS
deed. The soldering had to be done with
the utmost care, since each blossom must
go into the furnace not once. but many
times. Each color or shade of it is put o.
separately and fixed by firing. The pig
meuts are metallic salts ground fine, suited
and mixed with water They look honest
enough upon the bench, but once in the
furnace they are veritable chRmelons-blue
runs into green, brown burns to red, white
becomes gray and yellow dirty white in the
most exasperating fashion. The firing
must be watched each second. A degree
too much or too little of heat, the slightest
inequality of application may ruin all
The furnace looks a pretty toy until you
hold hand before its glowing mouth
Then you give it room without further
| solicitation.
Now a small metal round with an orchid
flower upon it is slipped in with pair of
long slender tongs, held, turned, twisted,
Withdrawn. 1t took less than five minutes,
but you saw a mighty change. The flower
vent in one-half covered with muddy blue.
1t has come out glowing purple that con-
trasts magniicently with the yellow center
| There are three more colols to 60 on-e
ground tint for the other leaves and the
blues and stains on the throat. You cor
not stay and see it through.
REPAIRING PRECIOUS GOODS.
A cheery'gentleman is showing you what
| care is demanded by the repairs of precious
goods. Whatever comes in is looked all
over, its flaws and defects carefully pul
upon record and a pencil sketch made
showing its exact condition. 1t is then
repaired strictly to order aud returned to
the owner. Experience has shown that in
such case it is often looked over 50 closely
as to discover flaws before unseen, and
which thoughtess people sometimes lay al
the repairer's doors.
Here, too, are galvanic baths where gold
is laid on by chemical action. 1t helps to
the infinite variety Of finish and gives sur
faces not otherwise 6ttainable. Here comes
in the jewelers. supreme art. He can make
his gold at will red, blue, green, yellow,
white or gray, rose or lemon; old or Etruscan
gold has the alloy dissolved out with acid
Other color processes are too intricate fol-
the mere non-inetalic mind to comprehend
For very blue flowers iron is deeply tinted
and put back of the sapphires, Of which the
blossom is formed.
ENGRAVING OF GEMS.
In gem engraving, whether intaglio OF
relief, there has been wonderful advance in
the last ten wears. Coats~of- arms. once
rendered wholly in enamel, are now accu
rately reproduced in semi-precious stones
Rock crystal is exquisitely carved into scent
bottles, essence TASKS, bonbonnieres, ink
stands, and so on.
Presentation swords, medals, badges, tro-
phies of all sorts you may see in all stages
In fact, there is nothing made of precious
metal and precious stones but lies here in
some shape. Crude minerals come in and &c
out work of the highest artistic excellency.
There are more than 10000 patterns here in
stock, but if you want something recherche
give your order and half dozen brand
new designs will be made for you to choose
from. Nowadays competition is 50 sharp
that, given money to spend, you will in
stantly be furnished every facility for the
spending.
What is here written applies only to work
of the highest class. Cheaper grades are
made in quantity by help of machinery.
The substance is there-gold, twenty karats
fine maybe-but the soul is lacking There
is nothing unique or individual. There are
only so many patterns, each repeated many
thousand fold. 1t is very excellent after its
kind. 1t will be good day, though, for
this republic when jewel-making is given
more to men and less TO machines.
NJ. c. WILLIAMS.
Three Hundred White and K. Gents
Summer Vests reduced from 81 so to 69c.
at Kohler's, 15S Broughton. We furnish