The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-07

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south Africa. saw la Paris IA Few years
| ago the greatest gem of modern times II
Is without history. Expensive diamonds
nave pedigrees like horses and pictures,
ana experts can trace them back from
owner 20 owner until they were first
known; but this diamond was never seen
or heard of until it was offered for sale
at the Paris exposition in 1889. and was
a surprise to oil of the dealers in Europe.
there are many conjeCtures as to lis orr
GIN but it was undoubtedly stolen by some
miner and struggled out of a corral in
South Africa
some years ago, when The royal mail
steamer Guadiana was wrecked on the
coast OF Brazil, We had among the passen-
gers a Belgian diamond smuggler who
went into the mining districts in the inte-
nor every year ana purchased gems from
saloonkeepers and others who could COM
ipuhlcale with miners inside of the peh.
lie had belt around his waist containing
S-ooVVo worth of uncut stones OF various
sizes and was in constant terror for fear
they would be discovered and connscaied
because there is a heavy export duty i'm
posed on diamonds by the Brazilian gov
ernmeht. He bought his stones very low
of course, because neither the miners Tor
the saloonkeepers had any correct idea
or thelr value, and they had few opportu-
mites for selling them. They were there
| fore glad 60 get the best price that was Of
! fered
There are two methods or o,,oratirs nj
| the pearl Islands in paropo h,,. M, oc,r
Crs of The, ovst,, be1s ,ivo ,,.rr,its T., no
! tVes 10 fish in them upon the payment of
certain rental and a heavy percentage Of
! the pearls recovered, and they in turn paw
| a heavy tax ia Tho o.,,.e,n,,.,,t NM 4l,
crs can brnA un an Tho ovsiers they, nla,sc
The shells are ynlnab1a Far motbar ~
| pearl so that The tir,a "a not wasted a,.an
! If they contain no gt ms
The divers plunge INTO ton or tve,va
fothorns Of U.at,r for tho 49, ,.,ar,s m,
| round in the daanest ha1s ard hi M, &c
many shells MS tbev can in tbeir arms
which their wives or aseistan,s on,,n in rha
hoot of cours, o,,4,. a., 90, ,.,,,ai,,
pear.e which arc deforrot,ias- ,v.r,e
cencee formed b,, tbo ,s,rstin,, ~ M 49,
ter clineinp 10 ana acc,,nnlatinc ,,ron eor-
eien particles which have intrudnd mo its
cloister Sometimes q rn,, bit Of s,nl
LODGES IN Tho sbNT o,,a Ne s,li,', ana
olner ee,rstions batbe q d'v offor do,,
inst ia tbev boiba inc tnside of Ma sbel
ana form, tho nsa,l,, c,atins, ~ a,v,a,,. non
toins pearls ,ra ,Lsraclr, a.ti,1(,,s
and NOT ono o,stor in a b,,,drod o.,n,ain,
,bo,, nv 5{,,or- ,.,,l, d.. 1a,. go,
tin,ns for weeks vyi,bo,,t endino n e;ngle
naa1I ana me on1, rayyard ~ ,oi, ;ah1r
Is No sbotis y,ftaI 49,, a.1r,b fro,, = -, .
1870 80 H. ~ -. vi, L'' - ~
fro,,, . ~ : cor,s in pa,,,noa
most Oh me pearls are sfhs H. accornins
70 the grown ana II they could De leit IA
W va, win 81" ie,s ooHie d,
t.,,1 =, s1o 'ts ,a w. a. az ~,
~. P,o ,C, NY icy, 1' i
c co. -, e. ~ - - -, va 60
ma eisa and ,.,rt,,ttl - -
s - 49, t, ~ Nv -, u - a
rSrbFnon,s Nthot r1,,lt 49, g., az
80 i'''i"'' "o"'' NV zen WCi vi
n o,r ha sat ~, ,, - ~ ~ e,.
stda a,t t1,a 49,, -. ,'r 49, -, ,.'.'
IN oon,,,n,, and r.,(ri, ~, - 49,,
a5,,,i, :, ,,,t - W. 49, ~. ~, ' my
recognize whv (, was set maj wav
All the Panama merchants have named
employ diving bolls and soma mon down IN
the bottom OF the bav IN DicL out ,ba
best-Iool,tng sha:Ie with are mt IN bas-
kets and bau.ed mn Ia Tho surface oF mo
water and dunne1 into boats Tbean
| mon are Maid NV iba rrontb ard ,,,orly IL,
! gangs all dav under n foreman rocei,fr,,
! stated wages and rations They have M
| share in Tho Jewels tbev 0p1 ana IL H.
| dif1eult FOR then, ia steol unless mo whole
| marty. foreman and AN enter into tho con-
| sDirAcv There ore several aneoulators
| always ready to buv contrabaud nearls
! from, divers ono ~ tho 1aroost 1.af,.,..
is a widow a Mrs Jacobs whose late hus-
! band, Ike Mr.. Isaacs i'm Marion Craw-
| lOid famous story or that name, was
| Spectator in gems, and she is carrying on
| the business.
There used TO be good deal Of near;
fishing a ManH. little town on the coost
of Ecuador in the province Of Manahl
but il had to be abandoned on account of
| a particularly yoracious kind Of sba,,t
/ called FL Mant. which abounds In mat
! locality and gives the place is namc
Paris are said to be even more abundant
at NaDH than in Panama ha,, rrht, ~,
supposed 10 be the Mace where the Incoa
Obtained the splendid pearls that the Snan-
| iards found in the palaces and TONNES ,f
Peru.
Naor Mantle a r,,v,or,,ot,i, ...,,..,..-,
col LII oa ~ ~ -, -. 81 =
nroerts tn on Santb A,,,ari,.a 30 mn
i,rour and avti,9ct .ot,,,iisatt@ a." -"
i,tsorro Of roossr,,a I,talI, ~ Poil =
H., sIrnrpft Of a lou Kin u, 49, up"
nh tbeetor and arraread r., 49, - a. or
a. thirt,, anorro,,s 'oet q, w,
s.1,ha segts of .ha Nti-ht, ;, - 80,