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VOLUME XVI.
AUTOMOBILE ARTILLERY FOR SHOOTING AERIAL ENEMIES
—... Z7iE HEW MJTOMOBJLE
1 HE’ scouting and aggressive possibilities of the aeroplane and dirigible have resulted in the invention of artil
-1 lery to combat them, mobility and rapidity of fire being the chief characteristics of these guns The picture
shows several of the latest guns of t his sort, parked at the army aviation school. College Park, Md. As will
be seen, they are fitted on armored automobiles, some of which have wireless apparatus also.
FAKE BRIDES’ GEMS
Lapidary Tells How Public Is
Fooled by Bogus Jewels.
Zircon, When Properly Cut, More
Brilliant Than Real Diamonds, Ex-
pert Asserts—Pure White
Most Sought For.
Boston.—The majority of brides to
day are wearing fake diamonds, ac
cording to Fred A. Kneip, a lapidary,
to whom successive inspectors of
gems at the custom house have re
ferred.
"Most of the stones that are mount
ed are not real,” he says, “and a
great many of the so-called diamonds
worn today are fictitious. Nor Is it
alone the private individual who is
sometimes imposed upon. Wholesale
adulteration Is not confined to sugar
and flour. Papers of gem stones se
lected by the importer can be adul
terated with a wide variety of imita
tion and similar appearing stones.
“Frequently, too, diamonds that
have been handed down through gen
erations are found to be nothing more
than paste. Such a case came to my
notice when a drummer for a large
New York stone house, in a Boston
lawyer’s office, submitted to me a bril
liant white stone weighing perhaps
two and one-half carats, which had
been placed In his hands to be taken
to New York for examination. I found
it to be nothing but a brilliant cut
strass, or paste. This stone, it was
understood, was held in the highest
estimation by its owner, who had in
herited it from a deceased relative
who had always valued It as an heir
loom of great value.
“Again, an examination of a num
ber of fine rubles sent me by a well
known firm to be recut disclosed the
fact that while they were all alike In
appearance, both in color and in style
of cut, they were only about half real.
Returning them immediately with
this announcement, the firm submit
ted the whole paper of rubles for ex
amination, and half of these I also
found to be unreal. This house had
already sold the major portion of
these stones in good faith, and had
purchased them from a New York im
porting house of high standing.
CHURCH 200 YEARS BUILDING
Beautiful Apulian Cathedral Is De
stroyed in Few Minutes by Blaze
Started by Workman.
Rome. —The magnificent cathedral
of Conversano, which was destroyed
by fire a few days ago, was one of the
most precious examples of twentieth
century Apulian architecture. The
building was begun in 1158 and took
200 years to complete.
Its priceless archives contained a
mass of documents dating from the
early part of the fourteenth century.
The fire, which has reduced the ca
thedral to a mass of ruins, was caused
by candles used by workmen engaged
in repairs in the organ loft.
Stops Train to Hunt Gems.
Trinidad, Colo. —Mrs. R. M. Warden
of Dallas, Tex., while on the rear plat
form of a Colorado & Southern pas
senger train, dropped her purse, con
taining SIOO and diamonds valued at
$3,000 The conductor stopped the
train, and a brakeman went back
three miles and found the purse.
Sulktin.
NUMBER 49.
“One reason of this deception of
even experts,” he explains, "is that it
is commonly supposed that the dia
mond is the only stone that has a
prismatic play of colors. There are
very few dealers in precious stones
who are aware that there is another
white stone which, when properly cut,
displays an even greater brilliancy of
color under artificial light than the
diamond. This stone is the zircon,
and is much softer than the diamond,
being 7% in hardness, whereas the
diamond is IV, the hardest of all
known substances.
"About a year ago 1 cut two white
zircons and mounted them In tiffany
rings. They were shown to a dia
mond setter who had grown gray tn
his business, examined under electric
light, and declared to be handsome
stones. Then turning to me he asked:
‘Are they pure white?’ That being
the most sought for tint in commer
cial diamonds.
“These same stones were afterward
sold to a man who wished one for his
sweetheart’s ring, and one for his
own. As both were mounted in ladles'
rings, one had to be remounted. The
jeweler someway overlooked instruct
ing his diamond setters that it was a
soft stone, and this expert assumed
PRINCESS IS CIRCUS RIDER
Sister of Pretender, Don Jaime, Said
to Be Performing in Argentine
Republic.
Madrid.—From far away Argentina
comes a circumstantial story giving
color to an earlier rumor that a daz
zling rider in the circus which makes
its headquarters in Tucuman is none
other than Princess Alice, the young
est daughter of the late Don Carlos
and sister of Don Jaime, the pretender
to the Spanish throne.
The director of the Spanish paper
El Diario Espanol, who resides in Ar
gentina, has been receiving letters for
a long time addressed to “Her High
ness Dona Margarita de Bourbon.”
Each came under private cover and
was held for orders. Then he was
requested to forward all that corre
spondence to Tucuman, a thriving city
in the far northwestern part of Ar
gentina.
MANY GIVE SKIN TO WOMAN
Relatives and Friends Suffer to Save
Life of English Farmer's Wife
—She Recovers.
London.—Skin grafting operations
on a remarkable scale have resulted
in the complete recovery of Mrs.
Hawkey, a farmer's wife living at
Beauchamp Roding, in Essex, who
was badly burned about the arms and
back when some clothes she was
cleaning with petrol became ignited.
No fewer than 20 relatives and friends
allowed skin to be grafted from their
bodies on Mrs. Hawkey.
"For months after the accident,”
said Mrs. Hawkey, in narrating her
experience, “I lay in a very serious
condition, and at last the surgeons
who attended me agreed that I needed
a fresh supply of skin.
“The question as to where it should
come from was settled immediately.
Relatives and friends, regardless of
the pain Involved, vied with one an
other In being first to undergo the
skin-grafting operation.’’
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911.
that it was a real diamond, and used
emery cloth to smooth off the claws,
a process which would have been per
fectly safe with a diamond. 6ut in
this case it proved quite disastrous
to the polish of the stone.
“But the diamond is not the only
stone that has Its counterparts in na
ture. The pale blue and green beryls
may with difficulty be distinguished
from Montana sapphires of the same
color.
"Certain pale blue sapphires have
their exact duplicates in spinels of
the same color. Ahe oriental ruby,
which is a puzzle, is very generally
duplicated by a softer mineral known
to commerce as the ruby spinel.
“Certain shades of amethyst can
scarcely be told from Indian sap
phires. The orange colored sapphire
is precisely matched by the Madeira
topaz, which is merely quartz.
“There are a variety of cat’s-eyes,
the precious one being the chrysoberyl
cat’s-eye. Poor specimens of this are
sometimes duplicated in quartz, and
the Japanese Imitate it in abalone
shell, different colors being secured
by polishing on different layers of the
shell. Another cat’s-eye mistaken for
the gem variety Is the crocodolite, or
tiger-eye, which is nothing but petri
fied asbestos artificially colored.”
“Say, Henry!”
“Well?”
“I wish you would crank up this
ice-cream freezer for me.”
Promptly by curiosity, the newspa
per man made inquiries as to what a
Bourbon princess was doing away off
there. He learned, it is said, that she
was a permanent member of a circus
troupe, and appeared twice daily in
the ring.
Already Paris and Berlin managers
are said to have taken steps to make
her offers, having heard that she had
been in negotiation with the manager
of the winter circus here to perform
in Madrid during the Christmas holi
days.
The Spanish minister of the In
terior has certain authority over pub
lic performers, and it is thought that
if she really Intends to come here she
will be prohibited from entering
Spain.
Boulder, Colo. —A defective suspend
er button saved Harry Jamieson’s life
when he was caught in the belting of
a stone crusher. The button gave
way and allowed him to escape.
So many friends underwent the op
eration for her sake that Mrs. Hawk
ey forgets exactly how many there
were, but there must have been at
least 20, including her husband, four
brothers, three sisters, four uncles,
sister-in-law, and several cousins and
friends.
“All displayed the utmost fortitude
In their sufferings," said Mrs. Hawk
ey, "and the surgeons were astonish
ed by so wonderful a demonstration
of family loyalty and affection.
"Perhaps the greatest pluck, con
sidering his age, was displayed by my
little ten-year-old brother, who had
a deep incision made in his arm. He
refused to take any anaesthetic and
bore his sufferings bravely. Altogeth
er some 200 pieces of skin were graft
ed onto me and and the operation
lasted over several months.”
Another Use.
Smith —I didn't know you owned a
motor car. Why these auto goggles?
Smyth—My wife has hatpins.—Puck
We
Got to
MOVE!
Why not come in and look
at the low prices we are
making on our present stock
of goods.
Did You Ever Move?
The trouble and expense
attached —the worries—are
many. We’ve got lots of
goods —stuff that will just
help you over the summer —
and as it’s late we are going
to cut the price—then, too,
we don’t want to move these
goods. Come, let’s look
these values over. If you
do we sure will sell you
your needs.
Our new home after Sept,
i, entire “Ohlman Building.”
Your friends,
W. S. Myrick & Co.
SI.OO A YEAR.