Show DIAMONDS THAT WEEP AND RUBIES THAT CURE FOUND strange legend Legen clit and traditions sur round magic gems worshiped in india pombay Diu drumonds monds that weep ant anil rubles that cure pol aning are only a tew few ot of tin the ninny many wonderful gems alth which india abounds because many of flie ul of india jewels ns as gods they hae haae gune gone to the ends of the earth and made use of 0 any means to collect the most remar remarkable koble of precious stones 61 ones connected Connect ud with ith the gems tire legends and traditions many of voli nelch fell are hard to believe though the peo peco pie of india them whole an noil ask for more there Is for instance the cobra jewel several sl of which may be seen in n the poona district miles south of here the jewel ewd Is supposed to be carided about by 9 cobra most deadly nf snakes it tins ling the property pro lierly of shindig shin lii in the ight the coltra tolls itself dear the jewel and feed on the toads onus mice and ibets attracted liy by its Is light fight aft er dimier lii iner the cobra Sul gu allous lous tile the jew el oriyu and an goes luik bit it to his elefta the cobra jewel Is wed to 10 he be ulle tittle to 10 cure care snake lilies bites it to the wound only lien the lie blie bite Is pot pill it II fulls oft off when the lie kolsun ilsun tins been bioni tile lie wound the to it then wn in cow cows 9 milk inelli A rich of poona tins has such a jewel jemel lie subs bears out the attached to t it one of the type tylie ol of jee in ludin Is that alch is if cret tired wl t it the to weep nn old necklace belonging to the royal house of tanjore south india wiit sold in madras the pare purchaser baser seat bent it to a jeweler for resetting reselling the beeler found I 1 that thy the pendent pendant diamond which aich was generally of 0 a bluish lot took on a rosy shade dur dor it in tile the vourse of the day but when it wag put under the direct rays ol at tile hie sun it turned a deep blue the jeweler put lie kein gem lo in hie hi safe later when lie he opened d tile lie safe fate bo h found fould it flooded as ith brilliant abrl I 1 hunt WOOD moon ilie cotton wool on which he its had plated the die diamond was wet As lie he field lie gelil Ms his otto OD hand became bet el water waler seemed to ooze out of alip lie diamond lle lie lins has now itow found that the stone lases bics its luster faster when the moon wanes does dc riot not cirill light alfe lil during the day flad steeds surds tears only on full monn night 11 W V B areno Mr eno me member niber of tin flat council of nf Per lieng ignI nl possesses puss esses it bihy n hit I 1 in its ll 11 center the lie llinge e of nf a dark inno dressed lo in vi white bite rie bolies anil and it arlain so one Is 1 able to explain how the image got g tile the ruby A chief IT in I 1 presidency tins has a mortar and pestle carved curved out of whole lip HP lites the clue cine maile lo in tha alft curt cure 1 tor for un an eiula euila |