Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1876 — Jewel Robberies in England. [ARTICLE]

Jewel Robberies in England.

If, as most persons suspect, the numerous big jewel robberies from private houses in London within the last few months, have been planned and carried out by the same band of desperadoes, the reward of $2,500 just offered by the Earl of Egmont for the apprehension of the burglars who entered his residence at Banstead last week, is hardly likely to lead to the result which his Lordship dosires. Not one robbery of this class has been found out since the Countess of Dudley’s jewel-case was so cleverly conveyed away at Paddington Station last year. The Earl of Egmont estimates his loss at $20,000 to $25,000. The articles gone include twenty rings, half a dozen diamond brooches, eight or nine bracelets (one pair set with 150 stones), a similar number of earrings and lockets, with three very valuable watches. In reading over the list of this nobleman's losses it will strike most people that he might at least have' taken a little more care of such costly ■ trinkets. In this, as in so many other cases, all that the thieves had to do was. to wait until the family had assembled at dinner and then to place a ladder at the bedroom window, skip lightly in and ransack drawers and cases for the costly plunder ready to their hands. If our great families are to retain their jewels they must place them, like their money, in banks of deposit, or hide them away In places less accessible than a drawer or tell-tale jewel cerne.— Liverpool Courier. An Eastern firm has taken out a patent for a method of cleaning carpets and furniture by a naphtha bath, which is as novel as It is said to be successful. A large tank nearly filled with naphtha is provided, and in this is placed the, sofa overrun with moths, which is taken Out soon after with the little pests completely dead, and, what is more, with any spots, be they from whatever cause, removed. They are generally left for. a half hour or more. They are then placed In the sun, and in a marvelously short time the naphtha is evaporated, not a trace of an odor being left, while the furniture looks as clean as if it were new. No matter how costly the fhrniture, it is not hurt In the least, as frequent repetitions are said to have successfully demonstrated.