The Washington times., 1907-12-15

DIAMOND
FOR KING

~ ina occasion OF his birthday.
kinsf EDWARD VII received
"fSt odd readily be regarded
% pressnt At for sovereign.
The Cullinsn diamond the larEest
stone OF it kind yet discovered. and
enormously larger than even the
greatest diamond previously hailed "A
me premier gem, was presented to
the British monarch by the So~e4n-
nent OF the TrRnsvaAl. not only on a.
count OF the loyal love Il In supposed
10 ssve for the King OF Great brit
ain. but also In recognition Of III,
granting OF constitutional privilsRsa
10 the South African eolony.
Nearly every one OF the hixtor,e
diamonds OF the world has its lareuA
and. perhaps. II one wers wanttus n
soon would be supplied With The Cszl-
Imam diamond this romance In char
AoteriEtio or the century IN which Il
was found There Is no weird story
OF robbery, but Il has its romance
The diamond was found IN the Premier
diamond mine. on January q, 1906. by
an cid miner. returning from his DAYS
toll Ha saw II shining as q BRIGHT
point IN the grass BY the roadside
and. brushing away the earth. ex-
tracted thu marvellous gem. The nina
3 at Els1dsforteln, near johannes
burg and the discovery was hsraidsd
at once throughout the world. attract
ing at first little oredenco, because il
was Difficult to believe that there had
been found q stone Weighing sosS4
karats, or about one pound, six ouncea
avoirdupOis, when the largest diamond
previously known, the Tiffany. reiKhs
but go karats.
Through the infinoncs OF Genera
Botha. who has bean made premIe- ~
the Transvaal tho latter xoyernr1e1s
decided 10 buy the stone and present
Il 70 the King. Tho government Ia
said TO have paid S750. 900 for ita royal
slIL IN order 70 transport tie pre-
cious stone 70 England, a strataFer,
Wa9 resorted to. The stone Itself va
rather carelessly wrapped. althourb
securely packed. and sent to a london
1IG[esS % post another package. IN
which there was large pebble. was
tied up with much ceremony and red
tape, 10 say nothing OF a profusiou o.
sealing wax and seals. Two detecfiyss
were assigned 10 watch this to its doa-
tinAuon, and they nearly died OF ex-
haustion in their attention TO dutV
They brought the worthless paclcsSa
safely to England, and did not know
until aIpeF lney nao arrived At thei-
pestine.io that they had al their
snxiec7 for nothing, Cor before der
arrival the real stone had been safeiy
received.
Large as is the CuIlinAn diamond
and its dimensions are by ~ BY IL,
inches. being tvSnty-nine times large
than the famous Koh-i-noor, Il IL be-
heved BY experts that at one time I'd
was much larger. because there are
evidences that very little of It's orixfnal
surface remains. The Koh-i-noor
weighed. after its first cutting, 35s
karats. but after 1t had ben out agar
II weighed or Y los LIS carats. WhefhkI-
the CuIlinar stone shall be cut doks
not appear TO be as yet deAnitelyESsnL
cioed. It Is probable. howaai0iEinE
this will be it's destiny. Trof silk or
British crown. as has beReiy as not
would make very he'e gauzy ma
for the King. The cF1fons, are or
weighs over thirty-nkminSs Satin
men who ask theiransparent strifa.
ounce hsts may Implied high up In
ton OF what this liually deScen5lnv
means on ne scadl o. fi,sp st-sf-tS
= Pf last season.
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