Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-07-17
LOVERS OF JEWELS.
Men Who Own Beautiful Gems Only
to Admire Them In Private,


because some mon display no jewclry
on their persons it does not signify that
they do not care for such things" said
leading New York jcwcler to u writer
day or two ago. Indeed. there are plcn-
ty Of men who are rs passionately fond
OF jewels rs any woman who ever lived,
but they seem to regard the feeling as
weakness which they IRE half ashamed
Of. Some men will own right up, but
they don't like to display their treasures,
because it is not considered good taste to
wear much jcwelry.
II know Of half dozen business men
and professional men who do not wear SO
much us Il watch chain, yet they carry
about In their trousers pockets thousands
Of dollars worth Of unset jewels. This is
n little out Of the ordinary, but it is
fact nevertheless. The late Henry Ward
Becchcr. for instance, used to carry In his
pockets number Of beautiful diamonds
and other precious stones, which he would
sometimes take out in his hand and gaze
ut in admiration for several minutes ut
time. He explained his habit by saying
that there was something SO pure and
beautiful about the gems that they de-
lighted and fascinated him. lie used to
say that it was one Of the fruits Of our
far back bnrba,@nn origin-the innate
fondness for bright gems.
Il know of II prominent physician up
town who, while riding about in his car
riage on sick calls. entertains himself by
jingling q lot of unset diamonds, rubies
and emcralds in his hands. He some
times groups them In the sent opposite
and looks ut them. while his face lights
up with admiration and pleasure.
"Do ladies' have this habit? Well, I
think not. ! never met woman who
cared to hide her jewels in her pockets.
On the contrary, they always like to
have them set and displayed as conspic-
uously as possible. They don't believe
In hiding the light Of their gems under a
>-shel. "-Washineton Star.
According to the dispatches from the
far east, which. it must be admitted.
are not always trustworthy. q curious
threat against China has been made
by the foreign consuls at Tien-tsin.
They have unanimously proposed to
their governments that the united
powers notify the Chinese authorities
"that the graves Of the ancestors Of
the imperial family at Picking will be
destroyed II the foreigners ut Picking,
particularly the ministers, are harm
ed" No direr threat than this could
be made, so strong Is the Chinese ven
Grafton Of their ancestors. Every Chi
naman's ancestor Is a divinity whom
he worships. and to disturb or desc
crate his grave is the most awful thing
that can happen to him. We can well
imagine how an English1han would
regard O threat to destroy Westmtn-
ster abbey or Frenchman the demoli-
ton of the Cathedral Of Notre Dame
or Russian the burning Of the Krem.
lin at Moscow or even how we would
regard a threat to desecrate the tomb
Of Washington, Jefferson or Lincoln.
To the ancestor worshlping Celestial
the threat to destroy the imperial
tombs at Picking means vastly more
than n similar Dissertation does to the
European or American. 1t is hardly
probable. however, that the civilized
nations now at odds with China will
adopt the strange suggestion OF the
consuls. though it would by no means
be the first time that civilized nations
have played upon the religious preju-
dices and superstitions Of less enlight-
encd peoples with the view Of terroriZ-
ing them.
lnuer the Trees.
The Dutlr-.Are you fond Of puppies
Miss Golf?
Miss Golf Whit singular way you
have OF proposing. Mr.. Junebug!School-
master.