Show DIAMONDS THAT WEEP AND ANDrt rt RUBIES THAT THA T CURE FOUND t l.- l. R j Strange Legends and Traditions Surround Surround Sur Sur- round Magic Gems Worshiped in India a Bombay Diamonds Diamonds that weep andi and nd i rubies ruble that cure poisoning are only a afew few of ot the many wonderful gems with which India abounds Because many of the Inhabitants of 01 India worship Jewels as ns gods the they have hae gone to the ends of the earth and made use of at any means to collect t the most remarkable of precious stones stones Connected with the gems are legand legends leg leg- ends and traditions many of ot which I Jare are bard har to believe though the people people peo peo- peo of ot India swallow allow them whole anI and Task jask for Cor more There is for In Instance tunce r. r the cobra jewel several specimens of which may be seen In the Poona dis dis- district 3 miles mUes south of ot here The Jewel Is supposed to be carried about by a n cobra most deadly d t f snakes I Iv t A l lf f t f i V It has hns the property of nt shining In the night The cobra roils coifs Itself near th the Jewel vel an and fee feeds feed on the toads mice an and Insects attracted by Its light A After After Aft Aft- ft er dinner the co cobra rn t t s the j jt jew jewel wel w w. el again and goes oes back to tn his siesta The cobra Jewel Is supposed to beable he lie heable able to cure sn snake bites It sticks s to the wound only when the bite Is poi poi- onous It falls Calls off when hen the poison polson has hns been withdrawn from the time woun wound The Time jewel Is then timen washed In cows cow's milk A rich of ot has such a Jewel which he sn says s 's bears out the time traditions attached to It One of the strangest t type pe of Jewels jewe In India Is that t whIch Is credited wi with th the ability to weep Recently an nn anold anold old necklace belonging to the time royal house of Tanjore South India was wa sot sold In Madras The purchaser sent It to a n Jeweler for Cor resetting The jeweler found that the pendant penant diamond dImon which was generally enera ly of n a nI I f 1 Y- Y l f It if 1 t olo aA 1 I ti r 1 i bluish Jint tint took on n a rosy shade during during dur dur- in ing the course of the day But nut when It was put under the direct rays of the rhe sun It turned turne a n deep blue The jeweler put the gem In hi his safe sale Later when he opened the safe he found It It-fillo It flooded l 1 as' as ns as brilliant moon light The cotton wool on which he hat Imd placed well the diamond was wet As Ashe Ashe Aslie he lie Itch held the gem his own hand ban becaMe became be be- came wet Water seemed to ooze out of or time tile diamond He tie has now found that the stone loses Its luster when the moon wanes does not emit light during luring the day Jay au and amid sheds tears only on full moon night II 11 W. W B. B Moreno member of ot time thu legislative council of ot Bengal possesses a H ruby which contains In In Its center the Image of a n dark man dressed ed In white robes and turban No one is isable isable isable able to explain how the Image got within the ruby A chief chic In the Bombay pr presidency has a mortar an and pestle carved car out of ot whole sapphires lIe He gives the medicine medi cine cane made matic In the mortar as aa a n cure for tor anemia f r r I t 1 Io rJ |