The water is then to bepoured out over a grave and the sixth chapter of theRevelation of St. John is to be read. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 70.On average, there are 215 sunny days per year in Oregon County, Missouri. Very widespread superstitions have nobetter foundation than this, for the original cause, sometimesa quite rational one, is soon lost sight of and popularfantasy suggests something entirely different andbetter calculated to appeal to the imagination.A six-pointed diamond, pure, without stain, with pronounced andsharp edges, of a beautiful shade, light, with well-formed facets,without defects, illuminating space with its fire and with the reflectionof the rainbow, a diamond of this kind is not easy to find in theearth.Treating of Topaz, Turquoise, Jacinth, Garnet, Chalcedony, Rock-crystal, Coral.An enormous mass of New Zealand jade (punamu,âgreen stoneâ) weighing 7000 pounds, found in SouthIsland in 1902, is to be seen in the Museum of NaturalHistory, New York; it was secured by the writer and wasdonated to the Museum by the late J. Pierpont Morgan.This is the largest mass of jade known, or of whichwe have any record.
While a prize-winning cockerel wasbeing fondled by his proud owner, it spied a flashingdiamond set in a ring on his hand, and immediately peckedout the stone and swallowed it. So it is supposedthat by wearing this stone, bearing this prayeragainst the envious, their envy will cease to do you harm.The topaz, which is of a ruddy color, resembling somewhat thecarbuncle, stops the discharge of the milky fluid with which thosehaving eye-disease suffer. We have already noted that thesapphire of the ancients was our lapis-lazuli, and in theEbers Papyrus lapis-lazuli is given as one of the ingredientsof an eye-wash. Herethe soul addresses the gods and other beings who receiveit, and the prayers and invocations recited in the chaptersare supposed to procure a safe passage and protectionfrom all evil influences or impediments.The Babylonian legends also tell of trees on whichgrow precious stones. Thissource was drawn upon for the production of the Lapidariumof Alfonso X, of Castile.
The January low is 23.Mark Twain National Forest has a wide range of popular recreation opportunities. It weighs 475¼ ouncesTroy, and measures 8¼ inches in width.Fashion in some parts of the Orient dictates the useof special colors for raiment and jewels to be worn onthe different days of the week.
At that time, and for many centuries after, nobreath of suspicion ever tarnished the fame of the opalas not only a thing of rare beauty, but also a talisman ofthe first rank. Facilities/features: primitive camping, picnic areas, firearms range, viewing deck, two deer/turkey blinds, one intermittent stream and four Natural Areas (Grassy Pond, Goldenseal, Stegall Mountain and Mule Hollow). Property is on the left watch for sign.There are 4 school districts in Oregon County.Made up of four main populated towns; Alton, Thayer, Koshkonong, And Thomasville. Much of the original significance of this symbolmust have been lost; probably in many cases little wasleft but a vague idea that an amulet of this form wouldbring good luck to the wearer and guard from harm.There was current as early as the fourth century acurious belief that a piece of loadstone, if placed beneaththe pillow of a sleeping wife, would act as a touchstoneof her virtue.
Between the rays are set the stones emblematicof the zodiacal sign, of the guardian angel ofthe month, of the planet control of the hour and also thetwo stones indicating the initial letter of the two Christiannames. It was said to stanch the flow of blood fromany part of the body if worn so as to touch the skin, andit was also believed to increase the secretion of milk.All kinds of fevers were cured by this mineral if it wereworn suspended from the neck, and the divine symbol itbore served to drive away evil spirits from the neighborhoodof the wearer.1. Whoever took it for along space of time ceased to suffer from either heat orcold and no longer felt either hunger or thirst.The St. Sylvester or St. James stone is a bandedagate in two colors, the one dark and the other light,with a catâs-eye effect so that both colors are equallyvisible. The author, who possesses what is …