Show A laughable superstition A curious ilin illustration of thouane tho vane avalne valne of superstitions said mr ir kunz the di diamond expert for tiffany co 11 wag was afforded tho oilier other day by a lady who brought a set of opals hero here for the purpose of selling them she felt ob obliged aig ed to part with them on account of a series of misfortunes in her family which she feared vero attributable to the gems BO so notoriously unlucky on examining osa mining them I 1 found that they were merely imitations A few weeks ago I 1 had in my possession three seashells sea shells which bd had been transformed transform 4 into opal their original limy material had been di dissolved out of tho the rock by which they were in fit closed clo fd and the precious substance was deposited by water in place of the lime retaining the form of the shells A graduate of harvard college bought tho the curiosity and presented it to that institution tra tion l new york sun |