The Herald, 1912-07-26, Page 7THE RUBY MINES OF BURMA
STONES MORE VALUABLE
THAN DIAMONDS.
A. British Syndicate Controls the
Mines on the Mogok Pro-
perty.
"Most people are of the impres-
sion that the diannond is more valu-
able than any other jewel stone,
but, weight for weight, the Oriental
ruby costs many times what the
finest diamond of the Kimberley
field will bring," said Henri La
Vallee of Chicago, who has lately
returned from a trip to the East
Indies to a Daily News reporter.
"For instance, an eleven carat ruby
sold in London a few years ago for
$35,000. An eleven carat diamond
in the market would not bring any-
thing like this sum. The smaller
sized diamonds and 'pigeon blood'
rubies are not so wide apart in
.price, but real rubies are steadily
in the lead in all gem markets.
"Last fall I passed through that
small district in upper Burma
around Mogok, seventy miles north
of Mandalay, from which nearly all
the rubies of the world come. The
pure ruby is corundum chemically
oxide of .aluminum. The aluminum
silicate is the basis of all clays and
the sulphate is familiar as alum.
The Mogok district was for three
centuries owned by the Burmese
kings. and in those days, I learned,
the possession of a ruby by a pri-
vate individual, if it was worth
more than $350, was regarded as a
crime.
"Those of a larger value were
mrt of the
except ein those eases where thee
in-
dividual had sufficient cupidity to
break them up and .sell them as
SEVERAL SEPARATE JEWELS.
"Some years ago ar British syndi-
cate got a lease on the Mogok pro-
perty for a period extending to 1932
and began bringing out rubies over
a cart road sixty miles to the Irra-
waddy River. The process of tak
ng out the brilliant red stones is
nique. A pit is sunk ten feet
que feet deep
nare a c ntriu
fugal pump dis placed in
• The ground all around is then
radually loaded into trucks and
wiled away to a washer, any wa-
>encotrntercd being let into the
t, from which the pump removes
"This process continues until
vel of the mine reaches the
in of the pumping pit or the qu
ty of water exceeds the cap
the pump, in which case it
mss necessary to sink the pit f
er and increase the pump
wer. Chinese in blue jackets
ouser's, who eat rice, dried
d salt pork, load the ruby gron
to trucks, which are ;hitched to
dless rope, drawn up' a slope a
pped into screens, through wh
ter b 'ing well shaken and disin
'ated it passes into washing pe
feet in diameter.
"`Rows of steel teeth set in r
lying arms churn up the clay
ass, the elay and lighter gray
in off into a safety pan and t
'vier gravel, containing the pr
ous stones, is left behind, abo
per cent. of the original coetn
the washer,
"At the end of each shift a doo
the pan bottom is opened and th
posit falls into
TRUCKS WITH COVERS,
i•eh are locked until the sorter
e ready to treat the loads. Th
rters tip the deposit into a larg
walso locked, from which i
ly dribbles into a revolving
ecu covered 'with various sizes
meshing. The sand is eliminated
once and the clean deposit falls in five sizes, the largest
etly to a sorting table, the four
rs to a pulsator, which further
rates the heavier from the
r stuff.
eeause of the strong tempts.
to theft no natives are allowed
ibandle the larger sizes and the
dish !sorters conduct the next
ration of • working the stuff
nd and round in a sieve im-
.sed in a tub of water till the
hes have gravitated to the hot-
. The sieve is then smartly
led upside down on a table so
the rubies are at the top and
be picked out by hand.
he rainfall in the Mogok regionrrific. Twenty-five inches have
registered in four .days there.
great open pits to be kept
from the results of such de-
s the engineers often find thorn-
s in great difficulties, so that
decided to drive a drainage
el through the hill on one side
e valley which will not only
the river flowing through but
empty the water from the
s by gravity. The tunnel will
ore than a mile long.
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The Blood Supply Moet be
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When 'you build up the blood
strengthen the nerves, beeaus
nerves get their food through
blood. You cannot reach
nerves with medicine except thr
the blood—this is a great me
truth few people realize. Ner
people are pale people. They
nervous because they are pale.
blood is so thin and watery th
cannot nourish the nerves. Ste
nerves mean sciatica, neural
nervous prostration, paralysis.
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supply plenty of nourishing
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enabling them to do the work
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is the simple secret of the sue
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afflicted part and I did so morni
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come so numb with the pain that
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my surprise in two weeks I w
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TOWNS WITIFOUT TAXES.
Germany and France Have One
Each..
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It was recently reported from
Gtown within a a. little
t thell was
empirein which
there were no taxes. The town pos-
sessed benefactions, the revenues
from which enabled it. to pay its
way without the intervention of the
tax gatherer.
France never likes to be outdone.
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growth and beauty of the hair, the following
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and economical. On retiring, comb the hair
out straight all around, then begin at the side
and Make a parting, gently rubbing Cuticura
ointment into the parting with a bit of soft
flannel held over theend of the finger. Anoint
additional hplgescalphasbeentreated thepurt
scalp skin rather than on the hal . It isnw 11
to
the pill covering oossible the
to
nnext morning,
shampoo with Cuticura soap
used as often asSagreeable.abut may be
twice a month is but once or
this special treatment for womesufficient rr. ot-
Withstanding Cuticura soap and ointment are
sotreatmenty May everywhere, those
without to try this
sending to "Cuticura," expense by •II
S. A., for a tree sample of pCuticu'rBoston, nd
ointments with 32-p. book on skin and listcea
by anything German, so
contemporary has set itself
of finding a parallel. Sor ..
More than a parallel has bee..
covered, for not only are .there
tastes but hte •timbers on .the co
munal lands are sufheient to gra
each person a small annuity, T
happy land is Montmarion, in
Midi. ': There are seven electors i
the hamlet, so ,toavoid .anythin
like rivalry the seven return • thein
selves to the local council: Cuttih
down the trees and selling th
sufficient to provide a livelihoo+ fo'
these simple people, whose taste
are so modest •that they may b
termed b'y some uncivilized.
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TO THE MANOR BORN,
Lord Charles Beresford and the
Duke of Argyll were travelling to-
gether on the Great Western Rail-
way, in England, The only other
occupant of their compartment was
a prosperees drummer, whose suc-
cess had been due to natural talent
for business rather than to sound
education. The noblemen found
their , companion ' entertaining., s1)
they listened to his talk until a
small station in GI"oucester'ehire was
reached. Here Lord Charles Ber
esford alighted, and was met by a
sel'va.it of the people with whom
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Powell—And I can remember
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long-distance telephone.
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your wrath descend upon the son.
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Lord Charles Beresford.
he was going to stay. The drum-
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open-mouthed and wide-eyed. He
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did carriage and driven off down a
country lane. Drawing hia'•he
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Greatest of Historical Spectacles at
the C.N.E. this Tear.
The Siege of Delhi will be. the
historic spectacle at the Canadian
National Exhibition this year.
There is no more terribly pictur-
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this sketch from the great Indian
mutiny. The rich and varied cos-
tumes of the natives of different
castes mingled with the uniforms of
the English officers give to it color
that cannot fail to delight the eye,
while the tragic drama cannot fail
to be of enthralling interest. Every
detail is to receive the strictest at-
st of
thetmany on to historical pec spectake this the acles
the Canadian National has become
famous for.
"'Yes," saki the humorist, ttit was
enough to make a donkey laugh. I
laughed till I cried." And he won-
dered why every one smiled,
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children and endanger their lives.
' Simple and effective cure is Mo-
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Some Meez. who know very little
are not altog fiber sure of that.
Minard's Liniment uries Diphtheria.
TO DESTROY POBPCiJti':ia,,,cl.
A new use has been found for tli+ry
submarine by the French ministry
of marine. The artificial porpoises•'
are to fight and kill the natural
porpoise. It has been discovered
that hungry porpoises on the French
coast have almost ruined the sar-
dine industry, which mints millions
for the people of the -coast towns
and the Channel isles. To remedy
this ,state of affairs, torpedo boats
and the submarines are beingsent
under "sealed orders" to scor the
waters of the channel and make
things so hot underwater for the
blunt -nosed acrobats of the waves
that those whosurvive will take to
the Irish Sea, the North Sea or the.
Bay of Biscay.
Warmers Liniment ru s garage# in Comm
Wire Wounds
Musd'ncitbbeiga nadIrbried y ngeauh in
wire fence. Some of the wounds would
not heal, although I tried runny different
medieine0. Dr. Bell advised inc to use
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then stronger as the sores began to look
better, until after three .weeks, the sores
have healed, and best of all, the hair is
growing well, and is NOT WRITE as is
most always the ease in horse wounds.
Weymouth. P. M. DOUCET.
id "ones man on the street,
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talks." "Maybe it does," answer-
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to me was `Good-bye.' "
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The excesses of our youth are
drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years af-
ter date..
There is no poisonous ingredient
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jury.
Mani a man gets a crick in his
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"Th .me that your small
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his 1atf'atl" - "Sure." "Why, you
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met a lett of doting fathers who in-
variablir . tell the same old silly
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"Is that plant I see in your gar-
den a perennial or an annual?"
"Neither ; a failure."
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from cholera and kindred summer
complaints, who might have been
saved if proper remedies had been
used. If attacked do not delay in
getting a bottle of Dr. J. D, Kel-
logg's Dysentery Cordial, the medi-
cine that never fails to effect a
mire. Those who have used it say
it acts promptly, and thoroeghly
subdues the pain and disease.
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carrying on a crusade against 1.
His filthy origin and habits, and
the fact that his body i s generally
laden with disease -producing germs,
makes him one of the greatest ene-
mies of the human race.
If the housekeepers of Canada will
use
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