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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14

of care, and incidentally waste, which j. exceed
ingly expensive Moreover, the imitation gems
have to be cut and finished III precisely che same
manner the real stones, and TIN, is perhaps
the most expensive part OF the procedure
Another method OF deceving the unwary pur-
chaser of precious stones is to palm otf on him
genuine stones which have been "Illled' in
some way to make them appear more valuable
than they really are. \ device commonly prac-
ticed is that of ccmenting two stones that
they appear to be one large one. At first sight
there does not seem to be any object in such a
proceeding but diamonds increase very much in
value if they are large. For instance, while S75
would be a very fair price for diamond weigh
ng halt carat 500 might he paid for a two
carat stone of the same water
Eastern jewelers. arc particularly skful in this
direction. IN Indian dealer will think nothing
OF selling for a large sum beautiful stone which
on examination by an expert proves to be, per-
haps, only skillfully prepared piece OF bottle
glass. It is not, OF course, claimed that there Is
necessarily ANYTHING fraudulent in the skilltul
preparation of imitation stones to resemble more
valuable gems Many of the most reputable Jew
eers deal in these stones charging price Tor
which no one would expect TO procure the gen
uine article So long as the customer Is taken
into the jewelers. confidence there is nothing to
object to in the bargain.
/ a yeowsh red stone called hyacinth, and
also the blue sapphire, lose their color on being
heated, and may then be set as diamonds. Sim
/ ilarly, various stones may be coored in such a
manner as to make them resemble others of a
higher value.
| A favorite method of preparing precious stones
so as to make them appear more valuable than
they really are is by means of the "doubet"
This may be done at the request of a customer
who wishes to make a finer show than me or she
would otherwise be able to do, or it may be
practced by an unscrupulous dealer TO deceive
the unwary. 1t is said that a great deal OF this
work Is done ON the Continent A doublet con
slsts of an upper part, which is genuine, secured
to lower part of some less valuable stone OF
OF glass. The two parts are cemented together
aud ground so as to leave no trace Of the union,
The fire OF the genuine portion Of the stone is
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14

and was afterward recognized as an Arab trader
and lord of many caravans plying between Har-
rar and Jibut
The novelist who had adopted a suitable Arab
name. stood high in the favor of the Emperor
Menclik. Consumption cut short career that
for variety and adventure far exceeded any TO-
nance that the novelist himself had ever penrcd.
Another freak capitalist was Il Spanish lady
of Badajoz, who, winning $4,000 in the Manila
lottery, collected the money and set ont secretly
for Paris, leaving her husband and children IN
complete darkness as to her whereabouts.
Eight months later she returned to her home
penniless, but accompanied by thirty huge trunks,
the contents of which accounted for the vanished
thousands.
On arriving in Paris she had apparently set
about spending her money with will. Clothes
of every description and artificial aids to beauty
had eaten up the whole of her fortune, Dresses,
costly underwear corscts boots, gloves and hats
all marked with the names of the most fashion
able makers, represented three-fourths of her
purchases. In the remaining trunks cos
metcs, false hair figure impovers, face creams,
chin straps cures tor obesty-in short, every
kind of article advertised by "bcauty specialist"
and the quacks who 2 ind in all French cities.
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Old King Cole, who was such a merry old soul,
actually regned in Britain in the third century,
and was brave and popular man,
Jocl, Spratt really lived, and had the same
prejudice against fat as is attributed to him.
Only his name was not exactly Spratt, but Pratt,
and he was no less person than an arch deacon.
The rhyme originally ran: Archbishop Pratt
could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean"
Few people know that Baron Munchauseu, the
a real person. a member of am ancient Hanover
ian family lie served in the Russo-Turllisl
wars of the latter half of the eighteenth century
His stories however, are not supposed to have
come from him at first hand. They were pub
lished by a eountryman, purporting to be the
baron's own.
Don Juan is by no means entirely a myth
Though most Of the poems and stories written
shout him, including that of Byron, are imogm
AIRY works they are based ON the existence OF
Don Juan Tenorio, who lived in the fourteenth
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seen through the imitation. which is itself made
OF some paste with high degree of brilliancy.
If the douhet is secured by cement the two por-
tons viii fall apart on immersion in hot water.
When tile base is composed of glass, however, 1t
is usually fused to the upper and genuine hall
50 that the fraud is very difficult to detect.
Another way OF preparing a doublet is to
make the upper portion of rock crystal, or some
similar transparent material with high degree
OF hardness, and the lower portion Of tinted
glass, which seems to impart its color to the
whole. This fraud may be readily detected by
holding the stone to the light; but it Is usual
ly employed in making up iewelry with closed
settings the purchaser has no opportunity Of
making this test.
Finally, colorcd stones arc initiated in par
tlcularly ingenious way by means Of rock crystal
ground TO resemble the usual appearance OF the
particular stone to be initiated, but with hol.
low cavity inside which is filed with colored
water. The cavity is then closed by means of a.
plate ot rock crystal skfullV fitted in, and there
appears, perhaps. an exquisite ruby, sapphire,
emerald or amethyst very difficult to distinguish
from the genuine stone.
Every one is familiar with the pretty strings
OF imitation pearls which can now be purchased
everywhere. These are usually made of opalme
glass treated carefully with hydroiluuric acid,
and II would not occur to any one TO attcmpt
to pass them off anything else Very good
limitations OF the genuine pearl are made from
mother-cfpearl also, This material is turned
to the required shape and polished beautifully,
when it has an appearance very similar to that
of the genuine article, though an expert can
readily distinguish the imitarion pearl from the
real one.
Ever since the seventeenth century beautiful
beads closely resembling the finest Indian pearl,
have been manufactured, Glass beads OF the
required pattern are first made. They are then
coated inside with a material made from fish
scales and having the lu,tre of the genuine pearl
The beads are then flied up with wax. These
beautiful imitation pearls are by no means chepp
however. This is not surprising, when we learn
that it takes 10000 fishes to yield one pound of
the silvcly white material which is used to pro-
duce the necessary pearllike lustre.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
A STILL HUNT

Can Fcu tell me where I'll Gnd ~" he in
qu1ed with an air Of easy familiarity, his voice
ringing clear above the clatter of his instrument
\ quick look Of comprehension flashed acres.
DiNons genial face and he smiled broadly. "'Q;
Why, yes, he's at Roundup You seem to be
ON to us fellows. all right"
Roundup Let me sec that's"
About sixty uules further down the read,
used to I've point for shipping cattle; nothing
there now but an old snack that they use for q
station. The express doesn't stop there hut,
of course I suppose it viii stop wherever you
give orders
Dixon evidently took him for one Of the off.
cials of the rcad # he could Impress the con.
ductor in like manner he would have no diff.
Guilty in getting off at Roundup.
Can you give me his name? | cant recall it,"
'Frazer Ed Frazer"
Acquainted with him"
"Wcll, we've struck up sort Of an acq,ainl dtioe
over the line. Kind of lonesome place cot there.
guess ard when he gets Il honkeriug fol So
oiety, he talks TO me"
"Bocn out there some time?"
"Going on three years"
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ment beside him was clicking "Q' with per.
slstent reiteration 1t was Dixon's call! and lie
hastily gave the return signal.
SAY, old fellow came rapidly over the w!ic,
You are going TO have caller on the Limited ,
was here about twenty minutes since inquir-
ing for @. Guess he's Il high-muclymuck and
You are in for raise If so, | congratulate YOU
and hope you won't forget your old friends So
long"
The man wired back, Much obliged No like
hhood OF any raise but you had better send
sub to Roundup as soon possible
Ills listlessness was gone. His face was no
longer abstracted; the old hunted look of the
might've days had returned, ana his .yes were
alert, watchful. This was no railroad Official
but one of the hounds that had at last struck
the trail but how, what had given him ,he
clue: 'Q!' Like flash came the thought of
the papers. So they had been watching all these
years when he had fancied himself forgotten!
lie wondered for an instant whether his friends
had remembered him SO faithfully
Very deliberately he rose and gathered to-
gcther the papers; then. after carefully clipping
out the lines concerning Mildred he thrust them
into the rutey stove, and lighting them watched
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
Goal Oil Johnny" Tales

Beyond being the best dressed woman in Badajoz
for several seasons, she had reaped little benefit
from her good fortune
More extravagant still was the Russian gentle
man who gambled a way an Inheritance OF g.,
G0OO00 rubes ($3yO00,000) within year, and
was only saved from complete disaster by the
odd chance that he had papered his bedroom
wall with 100-ruble notes He ended by giving
Russian lessons for Il small fee in Paris.
The exploits of the late Marquis OF Angesey
are paralieed and exceeded by those OF the SON
of a wealthy Hungarian sugar refiuer. The
Young man not only had a replica of the Roman
Coliseum erected on one of his estates but
would himself descend into the arena m imta
ton of the Emperors of old. Dressed a glad
iator and armed only with the short Roman
thrusting sword, he would engage lions, tigers
and bears in single combat, often paying as much
as $1,000 for the specimen that furnished him
and his friends with half hours entertainment
The Hungarian authorities put stop to these
savage exhibitions, and while the remainder Of
his wealth lasted he had to content himself with
an ordinary circus. He died dramatically, when
on the verge of being declared bankrupt, tax
inc poison at the close of farewell feast to
which he had invited his neghbors and tenants
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on with whom he had formed what they termed
a speaking acquaintance
The papers had been IN his possession some
three weeks. lie had read and reread them
including even the advertisements. The infor.
nation he CLEANED from them was patheticaly
scantv Aside from haltdozen items regard.
ing people in whom he took little interest, each
paper contained Harry Thorpc's business card,
and in the society columns Of the Sunday edi.
ton he found the name Mildred Thorpe in a
paragraph devoted to recent reception, with
q detailed description OF her gown. Those few
lines he read again and again. lie had Just
read them anew. and still held the paper lisless.
ly in one hand as he gazed through the window
with eyes that saw only Mildred. She was still
unmarried His heart beat with strange com.
mingling of pleasure and pain. lie tried to i'm.
agine her as described by tho reporter but
failed: lie saw her only as she appeared at their
last meeting, at the close Of his trial, her pale
face tense and quiycring with grief, yet sm,l.
ing in brave effort to comfort and reassire
him. His eyes filled, his breath came quickly,
and there was 4 choking sensation in his
throat.
Suddenly he became aware that the instru-
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Myths That Are Not Myths

century, and belonged 10 an Illustrations family
Of Seville.
Faust was real being who lived in the first
half of the sixteenth century in Wurtemburg
We usually associate him with Goethe's poem
and imagine him as good, true man, who fell
a victim to the Vaccinations of the evil one
But the real Faust richly deserved the fate as.
cribed to him.
History describes him as boastful vagahond
skilled in the black arts, and guilty Of most
forms of crime, The supposition that he had
been carried off by the prince OF darkness orig.
mated in the fact that no proofs of his existence
We're known after the year 1889,
In 1914, however, theologian named Cast
described how he supped with Faust at Basel
where he was attended by dog and horse
who We're certainly demons, and related that
Faust was strangled by diabolieal agencies
So it appears that a great number OF persons
we suppose to be mythical really existed.
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has regned in the minds of men and
- women almost from time immemorial
Ngk2SRI has, OF course, given rise to much
counterfeting of the more valuable
stones
All are more or less familiar with the cheap
glass limitations where the worthessness Of the
article is apparent that there is no suggestion
OF fraud. Few, however, realize to what an el-
tent skilled fraud exists in this trade, more es-
pecially on the Continent, where much of the
diamond cutting is done. The manufacture of
imitation gems OF specially prepared glass is
quite an important industry.
It Is now possible to produce in paste an imi-
taton OF almost every precious stone which is
capable OF deceiving the eyes OF all but the most
expert Not only is there a superficial resen-
blance, but a skillfulIy prepared 'paste' stone
exhibits the same mstre and high index of re-
fraction and dispersion az would diamoud of
the tlrst water The purity of the materials en-
ployed IS such that an equal degree of cearness
and Transparency is given to the imitation as is
found IN the genuine stone. Color is initiated
also, so that ruby, emerald, sapphire OF other
gem made OF glass is practically indstnguishabe
from the real jewel which may have cost nun
dreds of dollars.
The material of which these imitation stones
are made IS known ''strass.' This is made
according to different rccltes, but usually in
cludes red lead, rock crystal, potassium carbo.
nate, boraX and white arsenic The greater the
amount of lead used in the production of the
paste the greater will be the brilliancy and
play of prismatic colors in the finished stone,
and mt the same time the higher will be its
specific gravity On the other hand, the stone
loses in hardness what it gains in brillance. An
old-time, but still servceable, rough aud ready
test for a stone is to see whether it will scratch
cut window glass, which is, as a rule harder
than most imitation stones
1t must not be imagined that these close imi
tatiOns of the real diamond or other stone ear
be produced eheaply This is far from ihe case
A large capital is required in the manufacture
and the high degree Of purity necessary in al
the materials employed neeessitates an amoun
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14

Eg5c,S-I-Sa liC"hS oll tlle part OF lle newly en-
tsgsSsgJ riched Thus, am English collier after
nherlting the sum of $4,000 from an
uncle who had engrated to Australia. purchased
male and female elephant from travelling me
naecrie, had a large and gaudy carriage built, to
which he halnessed them, and then drove out
with his wife and children till stopped by the
police. He spent his money in six months chiefly
at race meetings, and is now once more hum
bic collier. glad of the comparatively scanty
wage that he receives each week from the clerk
in the pay shed,
The case of once popular French novelist is
still remembered in Palisian literary circles.
Reaping a harvest from two OF three capital
books that took all Paris by storm, the author
purchased a palace in Italy, a villa on the Ri
viera Il castle in Scotland and town house on
the Champs Ehsecs. 1t seemed his ambition 70
possess a~ many residences as prince of the
blood Although all these properties were heav-
lily mortgaged the smash came within year
and the novelist, loaded with debts that he
would never be able to repay, calmly disappeared
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g1saa4iai--sJ Many writer's say that he was none
other than Breton noble Of high rank named
GILES de Retz, who fourshed in the fifteenth
century.
The curious thing about this real Buobeard,
from whom fairy-tale writers are supposed to
have taken the famous story, was that he had
no wives at all, and is never known to have done
any particular injury to women.
What he did do, however, was to ipdct all
sorts of horrible borbarities on children using
methods not at all unlike those attributed to the
Bucbeard of fiction in disposng of them.
Santa Claus is simply "A corruption OF Santa
Nikalaos, the Dutch for Nicholas and is the
modern name for the saint whose Kindness Ia
children gave rise to all sorts Of wild stories
Transforming him from a real into legendary
character
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HE sudden acquisition of unaccustomcd
wealth is responsible for many strange
freaks on the part of the newly en-
riched Thus, am English colher after
inhnritinrr 4hn r,,r, f con nnn c.
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GTDENPECT the worst, and am prepared
1871 fot It,"
- Ned Raymond pressed his face more
l4sg@2I closely against the bars intervening
between himself and his friend and
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may come as rather a shock to you
to learn that our old friend Bluebeard
quite probably lived and walked on
this earth.
Many writer's say that he was none
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14

HE passion for precious stones which
has reigned in the minds of men and
women almost from time immemorial
has, Of course, given rise to much
counterfeiting of the more valuable
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

be impossible to make any predic-
lions as to the exact route to be de-
termined upon.
II is Matter of Tonnage.
We have quite exhaustive re-
ports as to the tonnage which will
come to the road from the north in
the lumber and mining industries
that will be developed, but, you un-
derstand, the question of whether
this can be hauled for less money via
the Boise route or some other is to a
great extent the controlling factor
We want the friendship and support
of the enterprising citizens of Boise,
but in the building of railroad the
business view must be considered
rather than tn sentimental side of
the question However, this is a
matter in which we will advise with
the citizens fully and frankly. in
the hope of reaching a satisfactory
conclusion at the proper time"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
AN INTERESTING DECISION.
secretary Hitchcock Rules That
Application Segregates Land With
Affidavit.

The Secretary of the Interior has
handed down an interesting decis-
ion in the case of d. w. Ashton to
restrain the Santa Fe Pacific R. r.
Co. from securing a piece of land
on Willow creek in Canyon County
as lieu land selection. Ashton
had already made application to
make a second homestead entry to
the land.
On January 26, 1905, Ashton
made application to make a second
shomestead entry on the land in
the local land Office. On February
II he filed the necessary corrobora-
tive affidavits.
In the meantime on February Is,
the Santa Fe Pacific filed on the land
as a lieu land selection in which
case the land Office held that Ash
tons application, before the corrob-
orative afiidavits were filed, did not
segregate the land from settlement
and that therefore the SAINT Fee
Pacific filing should be. allowed,
The case was appealed by Ashton
to the commissioner of the general
land office, who held that his appli-
cation for a second homestead entry
sesregates the land and that he was
entitled to reasonable time in which
to file such affidavits.
Inc case was then appealed by
the railroad company to the secre-
tary of the interior, who affirmed
the decision of the commissioners
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
MONTANA-SAN FRANCISCO
RAIL ROAD NOW ASSURED
THE LINE WILL BE STARTED FROM CALDWELL IN EACH DlREC
TON WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

this company represents the inter.
ests of eastern capitalists.
e. E. Springer has been cashier
of the Sheldon National Bank of
Sheldon, Iowa, and a director of the
Farmers Loan & Trust Company
of Sioux City, Ia, the strongest fin
ancial institution in Iowa, owning
string of rs banks in that state.
He has resigned as cashier and de-
clares that Boise will be his home.
He will remain permanently in this
city, his family moving here at once.
He is the resident director of the
new organization.
The treasurer of the company Is
Henry Meyer, cashier and director
of the Hamilton National Bank of
Chicago, one of the strongest finan-
cial institutions of that city having
among it's directors such railroad
magnates as F. c. Delano, president
of the Wabash; w. c. Brown, vice
president of the New York Central;
John F. Wallace, former general
manager of the Illinois Central, and
other men of that class.
James Hamilton Lewis, corpora
ton counsel of Chicago, we'll known
throughout the northwest, is the
general eastern counsel for the COM
pany.
The COmpany's Plans.
Mr.. Grant left for Che east yester-
day afternoon without waiting until
the final business had been complet-
ed. Speaking for him and the inten-
lions of the company Mr.. e. r. Place
said to Capital News reporter:
"Mr. Grant will send the chief en-
gineer with full surveying corps
into the field at once to go over the
surveys which have been made from
the Short Line southwest to Win
nemucca. AS fast as he approves the
line 1t will be cross-sectioned ready
for the construction work. Mr.. Grant
has an outfit in Wyoming, consisting
of $50 teams, machine graders, dump
wagons, wheel scrapers and other
equipment. He has a contract on
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

Secretary j. F. Herr called a spe-
cial meeting of the business men
yesterday afternoon to discuss the
Butte, Caldwell and San Francisco
railroad proposition with the men
who are going to build the line,
e. e. Springer. secretary, E. r. Place,
who represents the other capitalists,
and w. e. Foran, one of the original
promoters were present. Mr.. Price
made very interesting address, in
which he said that the Butte, Cald-
well and San Francisco line was now
an assured thing. He said that his
line would build to Caldwell provid-
ed the citizens of this place secured
them right-of-way. They will
have engineers at Caldwell within
two weeks, when the exact route
would be decided upon and the right
of-way secured. At the. point on
the Short Line where the two lines
cross will be the point from which
they will start to build. Mr.. Price
and his associates leave for Chicago
tomorrow, where all the little details
will be finished up. A motion was
made by Mr.. r. A. Cowden that 1t
was the sense of the meeting that
the business men of Caldwell would
do everything in their power to meet
the demands of the railroad men. 1t
was EXPLICITLY stated that actual
work would be started on the line
within thirty days, and that
the line would be completed
to Winnemucca, Nevada, within
months. At this time it is hardly
thought possible that the main line
will strike Boise. as to do so would
change the entire course of the road
for over 500 miles. AS Caldwell
will be the seat of operation Mr..
Springer. the secretary, will likely
move to this place to make his
home.
AS announced in the last issue of
The Tribune. The Butte, Caldwell. &
San Franciso railroad is assured.
The stockholders met in Boise Mon