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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1905)
THB MORNING ASTORIA, ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1MB... i i i . .... - Order, our M t . ; , j , i t. 1 - . 1' Caleiniclairs- for 1906 OF The J.S. Dellioger Co. Astoria, Oregon. Fine Line of Samples Now Ready. We furuiah all the' latest designs at prices lower than: Eastern. J Houses and save you the rreiflii?! 14? t COME AND SEE US TESTS lOBDrAIIONDS ONI MAY DETECT IMITATIONS. : . II M PLC METHODS BY WHICH .PRAELIG COOK TRANSFER CO. ZZQ Telephone S21 5 DrayinS and Expressing All goodi ehlppedtoour cart wlUwleipeoUIttenUoi.l 700-715 tassnerclal Street. o o o o 0 o 0 0$Of00000$000 o I w 1 o 1 o . o . o : Ui ft w w LIEA1 CIGARS. PIPES, TOBACCO. ETC. L MADISON g 5;i() r o MMPltUI A LIST. - 114 ELEVENTH ST. oooieVoooaoo0(S)0ooooooooo Ita lUaUtaat t Hr ui MkM Ms r iw f l-Clr4 DIMS. I If roa doubt U nDOllMtMM Of four diamond, or atones which yon oontem- lat) purchasing It ii not neeeasarT w submit them to an expert Br study ing, the foUonrtflf method, of .tatttnf tbeet gem., say. the Oolambtw Free. root, 70a any become your own ex pert , s ' For the flret lesson take a real dia mond and an imitation. Drop them la iIum of water. The Imitation will blend with the water and become al most Invisible, while the real one win bo distinctly risible, bluing out white ly through the Mqukl Dry and clean the two stones, and on the oat aue 01 each put a tiny drop ot wttef. On tbo real the drop will bold Ita globular form and can be led about with a pin point The drop on the glaaa one will apreed. ' Study the two etonee wiu a magnuy lng glaaa. The facet, of the falae one are eren and regular, on tne ouer tbey are of rarylng alaea. Th. reaao for thl that a diamond cutter with a good gem wui aacnnce tjmamrj i waiirht nraferrlna to leare aome alight irregulariUea In the plane and edge. than to reduce tne atone'. Tame, int material In a falae .tone being of little ralne, the cutter makea aa flnlabed a job aa be can of It the appearand counting for more than tne atone it elf. If a real diamond be uaed aa a mtiua tare readlnc alaaa. aided by a large magnifying glaaa, a tiny dot on paper appear clear and clean. Buoaiunie tbe falM atone, and aereral polnta o. one badly broken one will bo aeea ow ing to pnequal refraction. , j ' Then you can try tbe familiar expert meat of scratching a beet of glaaa. Becauae your atone will acratcn aoet not Drove Ita feDUlneneaa, however. Try to break the gla. evenly on th cratch. No other atone can cut through the outer akin of a abeet of glaaa and aire certainty to an even fracture ie a diamond, . . Your true diamond U Proof agalnat the hardest file, but tbe instrument wlU easily scratch any Imitation that has ever been made. - - - r , lUvinz scratched roor pretty bit or rt tut It. Is worthless, drop It and the diamond into hydrofluoric acid. Bo fore long tbe glass wui ne oissoivwi, but the diamond will not suffer fit all xnen were is suit imiuiw ment ' Take a bit of stuff wiu rea ana whit marklnn. bass tbe stone to.be tested over it and closely observe the result If the stone Do an imitation tha rolors will' be dlsttagulanaDie through It; If It be a diamond no dif ference of color will be appreciate. A genuine diamond rubbed upon wood or metal, after having been pre viously subjected to tne rays or ue electric arc, becomes phosphorescent In the dark. Thla cannot be aald of n of tbe imitation, if the atone to be tried be covered with borax paate and after being well heated in tne al cohol flame dropped Into a glass of water the proof will be inatantaneoue. The glasa Imitation win ny inio ph. while the genuine atone will not no ar- fected. Finally, try to cruab between two hard plates a diamond and an im itation and learn the difference. After tbe diamond the aappnire la tne hardest atone. With her more beauti ful (inter she Dossesfies alao tbe quality of restating the stuck of the file, but abe la, however, cloudy in appearance mi of a milk hoe. The topas ia ellghtly yellowlah and surrender to thf cutting teeth or tne nie. mere are irrMt number of white diamonds, but pure, clear, transparent stone without a shade of color is more rare uau is often suDDfeeed. i i" ' Besides white diamonds mere arc blue, green, yellow, brown." black and j.lnk. lleit sometime cause a dla mond to change its colpr, and after a time the color thus acquired becomes permanent Yellow diamonds, or those commonly denominated "off color," furoUb, the greatest variety of shades and aome of them exceed In beauty all other atones of that color. . Sped mens of canary colored dia monds are by no means rare. They may almost be said to be common. A pink or rose colored diamond, la of great value, and tbe red diamond, sur passing tbe ruby in its magnificent col oring, Is considered tbe most beautiful of all the precious stones, being ex ceedingly rare. Tbe one bought by Paul, war of floss!, weighed ten carat and cost him two and one-balf million francs. A perfectly black dia mond la almost as rare aa a red one. For beauty tbe blue stones come di rartlv after the red diamonds. Those possessing the deep bine, and in this tsspect resembling tbe sappnire, are in deed most beautiful gems, differing fmm tha satmhlre onlv In duality and by the magnificent flery colors peculiar to tbe diamond. Tbe oniy true wuc diamonds come from the mines in In dia. The varieties of green ire not so rare aa the blues, reds, black, and plnka, but those of grass green boo like tbs beautiful emerald are seldom found. Where they do exist however, tbey sur pass In brilliancy tbe finest emerald. In place of tbe Bradllan diamond, which of late years baa become quite scare. Cape diamonds of much In ferior value and brilliancy are often old. To be able to diatingulab between these gems Is an accomplishment pos sessed by the few. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. " RATES First Insertion, One Cent a Word. " One Week, Each Line, 3ec. Two Weeka, Each Line, 45c. j ' ' Oae Month, Each Line, 75c. As tori an Free Want Ads. Anyone Besiring a Situation can Insert an Advertisement in this Column f Three Linea Two Timet Fres of Charge. : 1 . " 1 HELP WANTED, WANTED GIRti OR WOMAN , TO . do general housework; small family. 125 4th street MEN WE TEACH THE BARBER , trade In the shortest possible time at small expense and guarantee posi tions; write for saUlogue. Moler Sys tem college, San Francisco. 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But often a cotton thread la twisted with a worsted thread, and to determine its presence It la only necessary to take tbe twist out of the thread and tben examine 11s eomnonent Dart. : Cotton, having a long ataple, can be carded and combed with wool to De snnn into wonted yarn.- Thla la done Ia plinanen the cost of production. Cot- hn ta mrll and snun with wool and hniM not aa much to cheapen tbe yarn, for cotton Is generally as expen sive aa some shoddies, but is intro duced to rive strength or spinning dualities to tbe stock. In many cases the shoddv is of such short staple that t vmiid not stand the drawing in spinning, and, as it would mtfke the mat of tha vara too high to put in nnnirh wool to give that lacking strength, cotton Is put in for this pur- The percentage of cotton in a fabric can be determined in thla manner: Take a small piece of cloth and weigh It. Now boil It for five minutes In a 5 per cent solution of caustic soda. Take out what I left. and. If any. 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