The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-02-02

their hammersi Emeralds have had much
to do with the destiny of Mexico. Five OF
them were presented by Cortez to his bride,
one Of them cut into the shape of a rose, an
other into the shape oil trumpet. another
into the shape OF bell, WITH tongue OF
pesrl. and this presentation aroused the jeal-
ouslv of the throne and caussi the conse-
ouent fan of Cortez But the depths OF the
sea were decorated with those emeralis, for
in a shipwrec,, they went down off the coast
OF Barbary. Napoleon wore an emerald at
Austerlitz.
are crowns and scepters aud outspread mia
cles of emerald. ireland is called the
Emerald Isle not because Of its verdure. but
because it was presented to henry III OF
England with an emerald ring. Nero had a
maguifying glass of emerald through whicl
he looked at the gladiatorial contests at
Rome. But here are 1909 miles of emerald
sweeping around the heavenly city in one
layer.
But upward still and You put your foot on
a stratum of sardonyx, white and rel, a
seeming comminghng of snow and hire, the
snow cooling the fire, the fire melting the
snow.
Another climb and you reach the sardius
named after thu city OF Sardius. Another
climb and you reach the chrysollte. A
specimen of this. belonging to Epiphanus, IN
the Fourth Century, was said to be so
brilliant that whatever wa put over to con-
ceal it was shone through, aud the emperor
of China has a specimen that is described as
having SUCH penetrating radiance that 1t
makes the night as bright as the day.
A higher climb AMI you reach the
beryl. Two thousand years ago the Greeks
used this precious stone for engraving pur-
poses. 1t was accounted among the royal
treasures of Tyre. The hilt of Murat's
sword was adorned with it. 1t glows in the
imperial crown of Great Britain. Luther
thought the beryls of the heavenly wall was
turquoise. Ksllsch thought it was chryso-
lite. Josephus thought ii golden coloret
Jewell The wneels o. Ez9kieps vision Hamed
with beryl AMI were revolving lire.
The beryl appears in six sided prisIs. and
is set in seals and intaglios III necklaces and
coronets. IL was the JOY OF ancient Jeweiry.
II ornamenued the afilIen5 with eardi o Is.
Chariemagne pres 1t to his favorite
Beautiful beryl Exquisitely shaped beryl!
Dvinely colored berry,! 1t seems hike con-
geaed color. 1t LOOKS like frozen fire.
But stop not here. Climb higher and you
come to topaz, bewildermelu OF beauty
and named after an island of the Red Sea
Climb higher and you come to cnrysop-
rasu., OF greenish golden hue and hard as
flint.
Unmb higher and you reach the jacinth,
named after the flower hyacntl ami OF red
dish blue
lake one more step anl you reach thu
top. not of the wat, but the top OF tue
foundation OF the wall, ani st. JOAN cries
ont, "fhe twelfth an amethyst This pre-
cious stone when found In Australia or IN
Gia or Europe stands in columns AMI pyra-
mids. For color it is a violet bloc min IN
stone For its play OF lignt, for Its deep
mysteries of color, for its unseen Egyptians,
in Etruscan, in Roman art it has been hon
I, ,,,l,A tf,i- CT n -
ventive or drunkenness. Inc hebrews
thought it a source Of pleasant dreams.
For all lovers of gems it is subject OF adj
miration and sug 5essiveuesS. Yes, the
word amethyst means prevention oil
drunkenness. Long before tae New Testa'
ment made reference to the amethyst in the
wall of heaven the Persians thought that
cups made out OF amethyst wouli hinder
any kind OF liquor contained therein from
becoming intoxicating. But o. all the ame-
thvstne cups from which the ancents
drank not one hal any sucl result of pre-.
vention.
For thousands Of years the world has been
loo King in vain for suci a preventive ame-
thystine cuo. Staggering Noah could not
find it. Couvivial Ah1suerus driving WASN'T
from the gates could not find it. Nebal
breaking the heart of beautiful Abigail
could not find it. Belshazzlr, the kingly
ISNtltI, til ltIt llllah tiifib bAC ChtisiINii'
took Babylon could not find it, Not one OF
the millions of inebriates whose skulls pave
the continents an pave the depths O. the
sea could find it. There is no such cup.
Strong drinl; from followed amethyst i'm.
brutes the same as s5rong drink from pew
ter mug 1t is not tne style Of cup We drink
out of, but that which the cap contains,
which decides the helpful or da inning result
OF the beverage.
All around tue world last night aad to-
dav, out o. cups costler thln amethyst, men
an women have been drinking their own
doom an the doom OF their Gu | lr5l for this
life aud thaneXt. All. it is the am 'thystine
cups that do the widest and worst siaugh-
ter! The smash of the filthy goblets of the
rummeries would long ago have taken place
by law, but the amethystins chaliccS pre-
vent-the chalIces out OF watch leIS atures,
congresses drink before and after they make
the laws. Am athystina clalices have b.el
the frienls of intoxcation i1stsa OF its
foes Over the fiery lips o. the amethystine
chalices is thrust the tongue o. that which
biteth like a serpent AMI stingeth like an
adder.
Drunkenness is a combination OF ap0piexy
AMI demehtia. The 401 000, 00) victims of
opium come out to meet the - ,00) 00) VIC
tins of alcohol, an the two agents take the
contract for tumbiing the hu nan race into
perdition. but whether they will succee in
fulhllin5 the contract depends on the action
OF the amethystine cups, the amethystine
demiohnS, the amathystine ale pitchers, the
amethystine hagons, the amathystine wine
cellars. Oh, Persians! Oh. Assyrians GA,
Greeks Oh. Egyptiansl you were wrong
in thinking that a cup OF amethyst would
prevent inebriation.
But standing on the top OF this amethys.
tine layer of tue foundation of the wall o ,
heaven bethink myself OF the mistaie that
many of the ancient Hebrews made wlen
they thought that the amsthyst was pro-
Queer OF pleasant dreams. Just wear plea
OF amethyst over your heart OF put it un Ter
your pillow, and you would have your dreams
filled with everything beautiful ami entranc.
ns No. no. The style OF pillow will not
decide the character OF the dream. The only
recipe for pleasant dreams is TO do right an
think right when you are wide awake. Con-
ditions of physical disease may give COOL
man nightmare, but a man physically well,
if he behave himself arlghf, viii no b5
troubled with bad dreams.
NeSuchadnezzar, with eagles down un Ter
his head AMI Tyriau purple over it, stru gge
with bad dream that ma ia him sarieI out
for the soothsayers AMI astroloyers to coma
and interpret it. Pharaoh. amid the maro.e
palaces of Memphis was coneouniei by a
dream in winch lean cows ate up thu fat
COWS and the small ears o corn deyOure