Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-22

though / didn't say anything about it.
Another man-Mr. Hannay of Glasgow
also did the same thing and publish
ed his results in 1880 He exposed Il
mixture of para1in spirit and bone oil
distillate with lithium in strong iron
tube TO the prolonged heat of a re-
yerberatory furnace. He got speci-
mems of diamantoid carbon, but they
were small in size and when placed Oh
| the polishing wheel Immediately crum-
bled. / was about as lucky, except
that in addition l had bad blow-up
which cost me half femoral muscle
and will make me limp to my dying
day. Afterward found that there was
something else in natural diamonds be-
sides pure carbon, and, working with
| that something else and mechanical
contrivance with electrical adjuncts"-
"Oh, look here" cut in, 'that'll do.
You make me tired"
Greek, still Greek to your
"Emphatically; SO come to results.
| You say you know how to make dia-
monds of large size for half nothing
carat-diamonds which will stand cut
ting and which are in oil respects equal
| to the dug up animalT
Macdonald nodded and rubbed his
hands softly.
"And now you're going to put them
on the market? We'll, don't flood it and
you've got the softest thing any one
man ever owned since Noah had the
monopoly for live stock
Its highly improbable that I make
or sell IL single crystal"
turned and stared at him. Was the
man craZy9
There's q much better dodge than
| setting up diamond factory"
He paused again and laughed.
"Speak, you scoundrel!" l shouted.
Don't keep me in the thumDscrews
here What's better?"
"Why, not doing 1t and being paid
for that same Don't you know that
all the diamond people have dubbed
| together into the biggest ring or trust
or corner or whatever you choose to
| call It of any commercial fraternity in
all the world? This ring either owns
| or has governing interest in all the
| big mines in Africa, Brazil and India.
and even the lesser ones in Virginia
| and Borneo and those places. and 1t
| regulates the output and brings the
price to what 1t exactly likes. Do you
| think that ring would submit to having
another mine opened-my mine-with-
out trying very hard to have two I'm
gers and thumb in it!'
Not much And so you offered to
trade with the ring?"
81 wrote to two Hatton Garden fel-
lows / knew-they We're merchants l
used to buy my diamonds from to ex-
perimentalize with-and invited them
to come down here with an expert
friend. They came and brought man
with them who-on paper, at any rate
Is one of the first chemists OF the day.
treated them to short scientific lee
ture. stated some facts and showed
them some specimens. Then before
them 1 loaded up small gun metal
cylinder with various things. screwed
on the top and sealed 1t.
".Now, Mr.. Levenstein, said to
one Of them, you put that in your
pocket and take it away with you. Ii
you leave it as it is the things safe
as q paving stone. If you try to un'
screw It before weeks out you'll have
an explosion which an anarchist might
be proud of, and, whatever else hap
pens to the diamond ring, their subse'
ouent proceedings won't interest you
any more. But if at the end OF the
week YOU take out the stopper, which
YOU can do then as safely as l put IT
In. you'll find q colorless liquid ana
rather a good diamond. I'll make you
a present of the lot to do what you like
with
"They went away then, and l heard
at the end of the week they'd found
the diamond all right-a gem, l guess
worth about f15O-and that they sent to
Amsterdam to get 1t cut into bril-.
liant.
"Well. that specimen gem took Its
facets all right, and then didn't hear
anything more from the diamond ring
directly for some time. They commu'
nicated indirectly. First pyramid OF
beer barrels took the opportunity OF
collapsing as / was crossing the brew
ery yard. / escaped by the skin OF my
teeth and thought 1t was an accident
Then there was a gas explosion in my
laboratory, and the place was wrecked
body and walls. BY the greatest mira
Gle ON earth I'd just gone outside, and