The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

alone has been followed in it's wanderings.
The pu bic admired it at the Louvre, In
considered the most beautiful, and valued
at 3.125,000 francs The Sancy Is worth
100000 francs. After having belonged TO
the Princess Paul Demidoff 1t became the
property of Sir Jamsetjee Jee;sebhoy. of
Bombay. The Orloff. bought by the
Prince of that name for Catherine III. cost
$3.50, 900 francs in addition to an annuity
of 100, 600 francs. and. moreover. the seller,
named Safras. received title. This dia-
mond at present belongs to the crown OF
Russia.
The crown of Austria possesses the Flor
entine, which is valued at 100000 francs.
An Indian Rajah owns the Star or the
South, purchased for 100000 francs and
the Raiah of Golconda has in bis caskes
the Nizam. 1t is worth 5.50000O francs.
The Pigott, brought to England by the no.
bleman who gave it his name. is worth l50-
600. 1t was put mp at auction In 1881. Who
knows what has since become of It'll The
Pasha, which belongs to the Viceroy of
Egypt. cost 100000 francs. 1t is a beauti-
full stone. cut with eight facets. and weighs
f0rty-nine carats.
The Grand Mogul that the Shah OF Persia,
the happy owner, has baptized DeIlai-
moor" ('ocean of light, is priceless. The
Nassak, which weighs S2& carats, and be-
longs to Lord Westminster. Is valued at
500 900 francs. He paid 100000 francs Tor 1t.
The largest of all diamonds Is In Matan,
preservesit jealously. The governments OF
Batavia one day took . fancy to 1t. and
offered the Rajah two war ships completely
equipped and 100000 francs for the stone,
but the Rajan refused.
KING Charles of Portugal possesses q fine
diamond of EOS karats. The Empress Eu-
genie used to wear comb set with Ola
monds that had no rival She also had
considerable length of diamond garland
initiating nine leaves and gooseberries
The effecs of these diamonds was dazzling.
At the time of the sale of the crown dia-
monds q necklace of f0nr rivleres, each
composed of bezels in brilliants, mounted
on silver and forming waterfall, was sold
for 1873. 900 francs and il is said that 1t now
belongs to one of the ladies OF the Amer
lean colony in Paris.
JEWELS GAVE HER HEADACHs.
The Duchess D'Ossuma, nee Salm-Salm.
who died recently. had an immense colleo-
ton of rubies and diamonds Their ex-
treme weight gave tho Duchess headaches
The Czarins owns the largest diamonds.
and she buys some every year.
In France just now. the pearl and ruby
are priced most. As for diamonds, the
Duchess of Doudeauville and the Coun tess
of Pourtales have introduced a new style
in wearing them: A rlbbon Is passed
around the neck and fastened to a bow of
ribbons besprinkled with the diamonds.
In Paris Mrs. Mackay has the finest dia-
mOnds. She has necklace two metres in
length. formed of stones we'll assorted and
without single defect. Its value is un-
known.
Turquoises really fine are becoming rare.
The Maharajah of Duleep Singh, formerly
King of Lahore. and pensiOned in Paris by
the English government, has one of the
most famous turquoises In existence. 1t is
very fiat. and measures six centimetres in
height and five in width. One of the sons
of Abdel Kader has a charmed turquoise up
on which legends dictated by MOhammed 81
are carved. A turquoise, to be really valu-
able, must be of the old rock, very thick In
form. and as little cut as possible. Sick
people turn the turquolses that they wear
pale and greenish. Happy are the women
whose turquoises are of beautiful blue.
They have good health and good tempers.
Lady Burdette COutts must be counted
among the happy ladies. She has tur-
quOises that are known to amateurs, and
the poorest among them is worth from
5000 TO 5000 francs.
Alexandria gems, which are green in the
100000 francs. On her crown she carries an
aqusnarine worth 600.O00 francs.
Lady Burdett-Coutts has two sapphires
which are worth 1000 francs. In our
museum there is q sapphire that weighs
1s3 carats. 1t was found in Bengal by q
man who was selling wooden spoons
Taken to Europe it became the property OF
the house of Raspoli IN Rome. Then it was
purchased by German Prince, who sold il
TO a Paris jeweier named Ferret for 170, 00(
francs.