Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-09
DAZZLING DIAMONDS.


fattng H~sutt~s-
Women exhibit a much more refined
taste in the wearing of jeweIry than
they did few years ago. remarked
Vvell-known ieweler To reporter this
morning. but the dear things Gust Just
a. usach To ornament as ever. IL not
more. The unobtruSivc diamond that
wrinkles from the center of a tiny
pendant Gusts fully a. much a> the
gorgeous autographs gold medals with
which women were wont To h..,ieci<
themselves a short time agu.
photographic gold medals nav not
BE- correct term for the odd stytc cf
jewelry. scientifically speaking. ne
continued, but IL teSpresseS nv opinion
90 that sort of stuff Why. our women
booked like harbarianS a few wears ag,.
and they needed but ring through
their noses TO he real how ling orientais.
They were painfully loud. even a. Il
was.
How do We jewellers like the ehangef
Bless ron. we arr delighted We save
thousands ~ dollars annually in stor-
are alone our stock now can bc kept
within reasonable bounds. The jcrelry
worn to-day Is more expensive than that
~ tDrtner years, a. precious stones arr
being used more and more Diamonds
for instance. are now within the reas-h
of any body who Is comfortably hxe,i-
Time can not dull tbs, psrr briliiancy of
the~. stones, and. while all that have
ever bs-cn on the market arr still there
others are being adsird from time In
time. a. the diamond fields arr more
Thoroughly worked 4 small diamond
~ the purrSt water can h. purchased
for Ave dollars. Of cuurS.s. the iuimens..
stones. such a. are worth several thou
sands of doliars. are bought Mp from
time e. time hv rich families. and thus
Tor time taken out of ths. market.
but still many a diamond has passed
thrpugh many a proud race and
at last has found resting placr IN a
ieweier' ; ca=s>et- \ sliamond i like a
man. Let them rise - whatever proud
hsightS thy may. and let the vhet~
world gaze sura urs,i up.yn their dax-
xiing hrilliaurv. II - to thi, end they
must bath r-turu and h-lsin a rev life
in a simple casJsst
Here II a i~sTsi that illustrates my
posut exartiy. Twenty thrive years aas,t
last February. a. was about - cls,ss.
mp one terribly stormy night. a shabby
young man entered my shop and yf-
ferrd to ssll mc a ggls ring containing
this Stone surrounded by a ring - small
sparkirrN u. asked ou- hundred an.i
tifty sisliarS tsr the ring saying il was
all he hasi IN the world Ordinarily.
gvvuisf have safiy refuse,i IL deal with
such a person. fearing to buy stolen
property. and. indeed. ! put him off
that night with lams sx.-tIs~ A.
though { admitted the value of the
stone. AMI asked him tn call around
the next day He declared that he
must diSPo~.. of IL that night and his
anxiety masi.. uns morp fearful and at
last firmly refused 10 have anything
further to d.l with him until th.. newt
lay TN the morrpvv he cams. - M.
saying that hc had pawn.,i tbs. ring for
a trifiinr sum- az he was forced - IL, y,
u get accommodations for the night but
desired me- - ~ with him so the pawn
brokers shop and examine the ~ton..
more closely I dill 81. and struck a
bargain with him and paying him ths.
difference between my price and the
pawn debt. carried off the Jewell was
strictly business man then. and asked
no questions. although the fellow could
probably have told an interesting story
about the stone Well, I reset the
stone in a Iady's ring and month later
il was carried off by an exultant lover.
and it sparlSled on the hand of a blush
ing bride in high life soon after We
jewellers keep track of fine stone for
years. for we realize the ups and downs
of fortune Well. to give you the
facts of the ease without the
romance, ten years later paid
n half-starved. shivering woman
exactly what her lover had paid
me for the ring 4 week before her mar
riage. and as she led away her golsian-
haired girl she felt that she wa ..eh
with what she would have thrown aside
decade before The next purchaser
was portly old gentleman, who gave
IL tn his young wife, whom he had taken
from her school books to assume the
management of a grand old mansion
IL was Just two years ago that the old
gentleman still hale and hearty. en-
tered my shop leading by the hand
bright-eyed little fellow. whom he in
trUdueed as his son and heir. Then he
stated the object of his visit. He said
the ring reminded him too much and too
painfully of the fair young mother who
never saw the face Of her baby boy. tie
offered il To me at bargain. and now
for two years IL has remained in this
simple easl<et waiting for another adj
venture.-Cincinnati Times-Star