Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-02

diamonds so nearly alike IN appear
ance that they haze become known 70
collectors and dealers as the Indian
Twins The wealthy individual who
has Just become possessed u them Il
believed 10 BE- Mrs William Aston
A jeweler would describe the
Twins As a pair 81 old intlan dia-
monds. cut In cushion shape. Neigh-
Ing eight and hair earats each. and
u a remarkably pale biue color Their
tint Is far deeper than steel blue. and
much lighter than yhs blue u the esae-
brated Hope diamond The tNias
are so fun og IRE that many ; pure
white diamond il pais by contrast. 81
absolutely perfect are the gems thai
the slightest naA cannot be discovered
By the aid o. the most powerful magni-
flying glass Their combined weight i
seventeen earass. which H. divided "a
actiy between the tao They are
alike beautifully proportional. and the
peculiar shade u blue Il the sane I'D
each. So perfect II their correspond
enee that experts do not doubt that
they were originally one atone. whirA
was divided FOR some reason. probably
because the original shape mas sarh
that while susceptible u disislOa. &
could not b. eat % adEantag. ~ a Sls-
+ gle stone without great ioas ia Hsight
The first record " the @inaian
4 Twin" places them ia the possession
/ o. Warren Hastings ~ the time b. sas
governor general u Indla SsIt shry
came into possession % Ruhsian 40.
blsman Who Was aftrrsard sniiss
I A. expatriated noblemrn hays ~ eat
and drink like ordinary fnoreala. the
Russian found himself unssr ihs pain.
fui necessity q parting with Els ala.
monds.
They parted from eaek other and
Tor long time only oas " to gems
MAS known 20 diamond dealers Thla
lone twin after many waaaesirEs ssi
~ last iuto the possession a tie Duks
Of Brunswick, whose aErnta searches
the world for the lost tsin. bot scr,
unable 10 end any trace Of II, although
the price offered for its recovery uAi
tremendous one. Finally ths duk.
was gathered 70 his fathers. anf hi
fine collection % diamonds vas sold
the Indian Twin" coming 70 America
The fnai chapter ~ the story Is toiy
b. Mr. =. August Nersisheifsr, q
New York city. es-prssieenl u III,
TheosophIcaI Society ~ America
- had the diamond ii my p0saea
sion. said Mr. Nsrsinheimer. sand nj
agents were looking for the mlGsinl
relative. although ue bad iittis hope o
finding it. This was about t1snt,
years ago. A newspaper AZ that tim
recorded the story u the strange nad
INK 81 the long lost gem. one * III
agents who had been for 20 tong sh
gagged IN the search for The .TSin. tha
i had become a mechanical babl, 10
him To study the isSslry on men an,
women whom he met. was surprise,
almost out ~ his wits one day shsr
seated In q Chicago saloon. he saw
western man enter in whose shirt Dos
ON blazed the identical Twin IN
whereabouts Of which had been for )
long sought.
He lost no time In negotiating 10
and securing the diamond which va
forwarded 70 me. The united Twin,
were valued At si25.000. and taken /
Paris. where hear they have bee
purchased by m American Whoa
identity has been kept secret. Their
Is little doubt. however, from what
nave heard, from my correspondent
over there that Mrs. William Asto
VIII dazzle the eyes Of American ~
ciety people with the Twins next sea
son"