Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-23

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A step higher aud you come 10 ehaloa.
dony. another layer In the founGation N
the wall and running 100 miles sro,nd
the heavenly city Chalcedonyi Tnnsiu.
cent A divine mixture cfagates aud ousls
and cornelinns Striped with wbiee and
gray Dashed Of pallor hllshing into rcd
aud derkepiDg into purple. Iceland ard
the Hcbridcs bold forth beautiful spe,i-
mems Of ohalcedony
But now we must make swift aacsut ~
the top Of the foundation wall. for we can.
not minutely examine all tho Layers. add
So, putting one foot on the caalcoiony of
which we have been speaking. we spring 10
the emerald and we ave onethird Of Tho
way to the top II re foundation. for tho
fourth row is einera L That, fwould iudee.
- Gods favorito among gems, because K
holds what seems evident Is hia favorite
color on earth, the green, aimee that IS the
color most widely di1isod across eli the
eartn's continents-the grasa, the foliage,
the everyday dress Of raturt The emerald
Kings used It as seal 20 stamp pronuncis-
mento9. The rainbow around the thrUae Of
Uod is by ST. John compared TO Il.
ConquoroFs have considered Il the great
est prize to capture. What ruthlcssuess
viththeir hnmmMBl Emeralds have had
much TO do with the destiny OF Mexico
Five Of them were presented by Cortez 70
his bride, one OF thoni cut into the shape OF
rose, another into the shape Of n trumpet,
another Into the Ghape OF n bell. With tongue
Of pearl and this presentation aroused the
jealousy Of the throne and caused the con.
soquent downfall OF Cortoz But the depths
Of the yea wero decorated with those en-
orolds Tor in a shipwrcck they went down
OF the oOastOf Darbary. Napoleon wore an
emerald as Austerlitz
IN Che lsIeuilln museum at Mosoov there
are crowns end sceptcrg and outsDroad mir
Gcles Of euerald. Ireland Is called the
Emcrld Isle not because Of its verdure,
but because IL was presented 70 Henry IL
Of England with an emerald ring Nero
had a nlngnifying glass =. omernld through
which lac looked ut the gladi0torlnl contests
at Rome. but here are zoe miles Of emcr-
aid sweeping around the heavenly city ina
one layer.
But upward still and you put your foot
on q stratum OF sardcnyz white and red, a
heeming commingling OF snow and fire,
The cooling the fire, tho fire melting
the snow.
ANCIENT sPLENnOEs IN aToNE.
Another climb andlyo reGchthe sardlus,
named after the city OF Sanaius. Another
climb and you renoh the ohrysoliie A
specimen Of this, belongDg to Epiphanus,
in the Fourth CENTURY was said 20 he 80
brilliant that whatever was put ever to
conceal il was shone through, and the ON
peror Of Chiun has q specimen that Is de-
scribedas having such penetrating radiance
that il makes the night rs bright az thg
] day
A higher climb and You reach the beryl
[ Two Thousand ye0rs ago the Greeks used
| this precious stone Tor engraving purposes.
| II was accounted among the royal treas
urcs Of Tyre. The hilt OF Murat's sword
was adorned with IT, II CLOVIS ia the inn
| perial crown OF Great Britain Luther
thought the beryl Of theheavenly wall was
turquoise. Kalisch Thought II was chryso-
lite. Joscphus thought Il goldea colored
| Jewel. The wheels Of Ezekiel's vision
famed with beryi and were revolving
! fire.
The beryl appears in six sided prisns,
ana Is set Ia seals and intaglios ia neck
laces and coronets. Itwas the joy OF an
cient jowehy IL ornamented the afilunnt
with eardrops. ChaElemagne presented IL
! TO his fayorites. Beautiful beryl Exqui-
dtely shaped beryl Divinely cDlored beryll
| Il seems like concealed color IL looks Ike
frozen fire.
But stop not hero. Climb higher and you
come 10 topaz, bewilderment Of beauty
and named after an island of the Red sea.
Climb higher and you come TO chrysopra-
sus, OF greonish golden hue and hard ~
flint.
THE FABLRD PREVENTIVE.
/ Glitch hfarb,u md van rnnrh fhn fnnlBfn IA.
named after the flower hyacinth and OF
reddish blue.
Take ono mere step and you reach the
top, not OF tho wall, but the top Of the
foundations of the wall, and 81. John cries
out, 1.-THE twelth, an amethyst This
precious stone, when found in Australia OF
India or Europe stanas in columns and
pyramids. For color 1t Is n violet bloom
ing In stone For It's play Of light, for its
deep mysteries OF color FOR its uses rEl(yp'
tim, in EtrusoGn la Roman artit has boon
hoaored. The Greeks thought this stone a
preventive OF drunkenness The Hebrews
thought Il asourco OF pleasant dreams, For
all lovers Of gemsit Is subject OF admira'
tion and suggestiveness. Yes, tho word
amethyst means prevention OF drunken
ness.
Long before the Now Testament made
reference to the amethyst in the wall Of
heaven the Persians thought that cups
made out Of amethygt would hinder any
kind ofliouor contained therein from becor1-
ing intoxicating But of all the aInethys-
tine cups from which the Qncents drank
not one had any such result OF prevention.
For thousands OF years the world has boen
looking In vain for such n preventive anne
thystine cup. Staggering Noah could not
find IL. Cornwall AhRsuerus driving VSshtl
from tho gates could not ind II, Nabal
breaking the heart Of beautiful Abigail
could NOT lad t. Belshazaar, the klngly
reyeler, on tho night that the ChaldeHna
took Babylon could not fad IL.
Not one OF the nlillious Of inebriates
whose skulls pave the continents and pave
the depths OF the sea could find II. There
h no such cup. Strong drink from hol
lowed amethyst imbrltes the same az
strong drink from pewter mug. 1t - not
the styl6 of emp wo drink out OF, but ina
which the cup contains, which decides tA'
helpful or damning result Of the beverage
All around the world last night andtoday
out OF cups costlier than Amethyst, mel
and women have been drinking their owl
doom and the doom Of their children To-
this life and the next.
All IL is the amethystine cups that az
the widest aud worst slaughter tn
smash OF the filthy goblsts OF the run
neries would long ago have taken ploc
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