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TnE American Irooliie puts II this way,
iorcibly and clearly "All Sunday laws
conceived by staiecnit and enforced by
State power, with penalties and punish
mcnis attached, are violations of the prin-
ciple Of iuciicc. because they neeaie for
one day ont Of seven the principle Of per-
sonal freedom; they make that crime or
felony which per sc Is neither; curiail the
rights Of man, and countcnct the laws Of
naturc.n
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COME SOUTHi

We can conceive OF no good reason why
an immigrant, having landed at Castle
Garden, and with the whole vast area Of
the United States before him from which
10 choose q home, should not prefer to
turn his feet southwark rather than north
ward. The farther north ono travels the
less the variety Of crop. Dakota is one
crop Statc--wheat- that crop to be
raised only at the greatest sacrifice OF per-
sonal comfort. The climate is agreeable
only In the interval between seed
time and harvest-say from April to
the middle OF July. The summer heat Is
often tropical in Its intensity and the losses
Of life and property from wlndstorms g.
gantic in their annual aggregate and APP
palling in their frequency. When the
summer cyclone ceases lis dreadful work
OF devastation the winter blizzard begins
lis work Of equal horror. In the one sea
son whole towns are wiped off the
face OF the earth and in the
other whole communities are frozen
10 death. Fuel is scarce and railroad trans
poriation liable at any day Of the year to
be stopped. But with no other claim upon
the attention OF the immigrants than the
fact that seventy bushels OF wheat have
been raised 10 the acre In season when
the cyclone suspended operations while a
crop wasgrowing, immense numbers OF peo-
pie have been lured there. Many OF them
are now looking for new location, the
miscries superlnduccd by the climatic ter
rors Of the past winter having demonstra-
ted TO them that life under such circum-
stances, is not worth the living. The
South is the place for them TO come. Here
they may find farms no fruitful that they
will have only 30 consult inclination as TO
what kind OF crop TO raise. The
soil Is good for anything. The eli
mate Is agreeable every day In the
year. Why man should go TO the North
west 10 sit by a fire eight months in year,
not daring TO put his head out OF doors,
when he can find home in the South
where In winter the thermometer hardly
reaches the freezing point, Is incompre-
hensible except on the supposition that he
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CHATTANOOGA. TENN.

A Now Line OF Packets-A Very BAD
Man Turns Loose.
spcclal Dlspatch " The Appeal.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, March ia
company was organized here yesterday 10
run limo Of boats on the Tennessee nycr
between this city and Knoxville aud Do
caiur, In the interest Of Chattanooga. Five
new packets Of light draft will at once be
supplied.
John Griffin, a tough character, las,
ng u made clean sweep Of the men al
work NJ Moniague's Tile works, running
them all away aud shooting one very sen.
ously,. Griffin IL under arrest. iIis victim
may die.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

TITS FORBID DIR Blade complains that
Gov Taylor Is still speaking all over the
State upon all manner Of subjects. lie Is
moro usually on, Of the capitol, where his
duties are, than he is In the capitol" The
Blods ought 10 understand that Dob" Is
thus 10 much out tina, he may 40 back 10
the capitol Tor another two years. lie likes
the place and Ia canya~ing to keep II.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

DUBLIN, March ls.-At Drumlish, coun-
ty Longford, ON Saturday night, a fight
occurred between two factions, numbering
in all about 200 persons, most Of whom
were drunk. After fighting some time the
combatants made a joint attack upon a
public house. The police force, consisting
OF FIVE men, tried 10 dspersc both factions
and drove them toward the barracks. The
police fired six rounds Of buckshot, lnjur-
ing many persons, and retired 10 their bar
racks. The stonc.throwing continued un.
III morning.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

Fl Tos NEAi, In The Dgcr-Surg 0aidi,, say.
hat Tom Mcconnell. Of Chattanooga,
sccms 70 he tho coming .man." lie Is
'joned by Tho cathogs Mirror, Connc,
esnfy Co'vi<r, ncHimriae Nc,c-Erc. Pari,
z1t'oe, Ripley Eaapri,e aud The chono.
ooDp Tins, which champions Mcconncll's
susc ''bccsuse he would give the State n
:, strong, sound, business government.
: would make his reputation as pracii-
~ Governor IN buiIdinr the Slate inpopu-
|ri|on, attracting capital, encouraging en-
lr'pdr. making knovn our climatic adj
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

IHn Bdiof Buii,in nays that a spur
tack Of the Midland Railroad to Bolivar
would give Memphis 1900 haleu Of cotton
annually that she would not otherwise ec,,
besides corrspondindy increased bust.
ncss In live stock, timber, fruits and dairy
products The Midland pcop-c should look
into this, and finding itjusi 80, win no doubt
build a branch 10 Bolivar.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

TINS eddie. The bow aud the grccn balss lag
sccfn 20 haunt the tonbled brain oi the editor Of
ouf esteemed contemporary 81 THr MEsrnu Az.
.tfsL and llke nanano's ghost rrfuse 10 down II
hh bidding Ne will hnd Il mnch morr dlflcuit
% dgwn bob Taylor before the l.corie 81 Tennes.
ns.-Jaotsoa nag. 60
Poor Bob" lie Is down already. lie
played fool at MardI Gras, and 20, down
very low ON the ground To do II, and has
been there ever since.
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Mn. R,sDALL Is a queer sort Of Demo
cmt Ne would cut down the tax on whls-
Ky and put tobacco In every shape on the
free lisi, and yet would maintain the tax
ON Iron, and coal, and steel, and WOOL and
WOODEN goods, aud cloths and increase
the tax on Tin. which, rs The Wilmington
Ensg Eenino points out, il paid by the
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

Tnr RiPlv Nepy indorscs the kind words
1nr ArrrAL spoke for Mr.. p. 7. Glass,
who at one time, We feared, was In fair
way 70 be smashed, and remarks, very
pcFlincntly, We think, that III every Dem.
cut In Tie House was as sound ms Glass,
would be an easy matter TO pass the
ills bill, or even a measure going beyond
.at In the reduction Of tariff taxes
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

Tnr Nahrale Banner scts Mcconnell,
Hob Taylor, Collector iIIllsmRn, Squire
Coleman and Henry J. LYNN mixed up In
"Menphian gfumble,' aud suggests
that III We get rosin aud coal oil and
whisky mixed in the Gubcrnaiorial mortar,
what mixture Il will bel
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

TmE Obioa D,nioaai says "TuE ArrEAL
values Bob at his true worth" The Dem.
erct is right, we generally manage to get
there. In Bobs case this was not hard to
do. lie Is very shallow.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

Tn Corinih SubsoiiT believes that with
the third party. ProhibiioniSis, In the
field with ticket, this Is the time for the
Radicals TO get their work in and elect a
Governor this year. This Is our opinion,
aud We SAY so.'
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"EvEn DAy," says The Gaiidfin Er.
cmiaer, increases our confidence that
Trouslale viii be chosen 10 head the
Democratic columns in the impending
canvass"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

COT. I. NJ. MCCONNELL sis ono Of the
many" candidates for Governor. The Co.
lsmbia Hogld would rather see him get
there than Bobbic." Such Il life.
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ny no friends footsteps 4 Il visited
No flower. arr lhcru. not even hardened wreath
ollmmortcller2 no marble ri the brad
Though he has chained aworid with hre and noui
HI losly grave q never Waited.
Saslf fifsuEci-wcll. not % very. on the whole
You sec ihIs charming man 4 not yei dcpd
IND CuifuFp
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

LONDON, March ls.--Archbishop Ryan,
Of Philadelphia, Is a passenger on the
steamer Umbria, which sailed from Liver
pool yesterday for New York. In an In
ieryicw he said that the Pope had informed
him that he fully sympathizcd with tine
Irish In their desire for autonomy.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19
Requiem service Held.

LONDON. March ia requiem service
for Emperor William was held In the Ger.
man Chapel Royal here today. Six men,
bcs Of the royal family and all tho foreign
ambassadors were present The edihce
was crowded and hundreds Of people were
unable 10 enter.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

PoLrIciASs should never make prom
iscs- certainly they should never promise
90 bow down and out no long as life lasts
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ssntsges, mineral and other resources
throughout the adjoining and outlying
States" That is the kind OF man We are
looking for.
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AN.snI nIesha.le Irrxea.

CoSsrASrNorLE, March Ism. Nell.
doif, the Russian ambassador here, urges
a Turco-R Russian naval blockade Of the
Bulgarian ports with the object Of forcing
Prince Ferdinand TO depart from Bulgaria.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

TnE February number Of the Nindcenh
Century American reprinil is cplctc with
interesting aud instructive matter. Prof.
Huxley has paper on ''rho Struggle for
Existence, which u In keeping with all
Of his previous mastery essays.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

Tnk politician who has record is In the
position Of the man who had a sword sus.
pended over his head
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

Year by year the quality Of preserved
fruits and vegetables Is better, and by 10
much the art Of the skilled gardener II
brought nearer discount. What II tho
use, say 10 many, Of bo,hcring about rails
ing fruits and Vegetables when we can
buy the canned articles 10 cheaply7 That
article " not yet nearly ~ good AZ the
article fresh from the garden, and the
good gardener IL yet pa,ronizcd by thosa
who like superior things.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19

TaorspALr seems to be one Of the com.
ing men. Why wouldn't he make an ex.
ccllcnt United States senator?
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WlII neeeme a CashoIIc.

BKRLrS, March is.-Thc MoniicT De
Rome says that Empress Augusta intends
to become Catholic. Tho report finds
no crcdcnce here.
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Ah...lnian. Ia.Il. Hrirhaenea.

RosE. March ia dispatch from
Massowah says that an Italian patrol cx-
changed shots with about forty Abysinians
at sabargouina on Saturday, and that the
Abynsinians soon fed.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION


7HE TEEKLY APPEAL ia oomReTaiium or ne
snss of Srap DAILY APPElLS M agriculture
c1pmfsnoa b prepared tcith great crnc. n conirip
copgSar mared reports. The ycar iSss irM bc tip @
Snpo'fmi political ousis aud THE WEEKLY AP-
PEAL rn hop ~ nodos niiv i,foraof ~ then.
The pric,of TINE WEEKLY APPEAL e 0,lys a
trur. II has no SUPERIOR
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19
THE WEATHER.
Indications.


WASHINGTON. March io--iam.
"a For Tennessee Light to fresh winds
10y occasional light rains
r. For Mississippi: Light 10 fresh soulherly
wlnds cxccp; brisk on the coast, warmer thraien-
ins weather and light ralns, followed IN Texas by
colder nor,hcry Winds
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-19
TIE APPEAL

ktRrSSxs EVER ornER MEMPHIS NEWS
WE'LL AS COUNTRY
MA na~snaiir rapsE
Ttrck<s ncaecrnftc deirfac
NsHort Dsnerutie mea.
Isprports nsaocafic mnassrcs
Efisfrnx Is dcyoioi 10 he moinfcnapce Of ne su'
rrrnrey of a. Dsnoouiic pntys-ocoi, STATE and Ma
teao' aad NJ advancement Of oil Tie iaitrcsis Of Non.
shis Tennessee and tie Union.
Busihcss lettos should Be addressed
THE APPEAL
2s2 Second SNtf Memphis, 7tnh
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senator Harris.
shylllo Hammer. 18th.

senstsr usrrts.
From the Nashville Hammer 18th.
The American quotes from Senator TIar-
ris' letter TO Mr.. Ragland, and also pub
fishes the Banners reproduction Of the
report Of the senator's Maxwell house
speech Of 1888, for the purpose. as 1t says,
Of doing Senator Harris justice. Our con-
Temporary says Il does not agree with the
Banner that the senator strained point In
assuming that tho repeated statements 10
the effect that no had promised not 10 be a
candidate for the Senate again are intended
20 mean that he made a bargain for his
office. II Is but Just 10 Senator Harris 10
say that his assumption Of an imputa-
ton upon his motives. referred TO Mr..
Ragland's query M 20 whether he had
''in his canvass for the Senate In 1883,
promised never again 10 be candidate. ="
This was not made sufficiently clear in the
Banners article. But the point which the
Banner made was that "the senator seems
20 take pains TO assume q possible impIica-
ton In order 10 emphasize bis disclaimer
Of having ever said he would not again be
candidate for the Senate" The senator
roscnis an insinuaiion which he assumes
Is made against him, and declares that the
only foundation In truth for the repeated
statements that he promised he would not
again be candidate In his Maxwell house
speech In which he said OF his second cleo
ton TO the senate that, This Is probably
the last time shall ever ask any official
position" The BaIser insisted that these
repeated statements" were based upon
Senator Harris positive and unequiyocal
uttcranccs In his Maxwell house speech,
aud that the senator's memory was woful-
In defective when lic declares that he said
he would ''probablyn not be a candidate
again. Instead of sasing he would prob
ably" not ask for office again, Senator
Harris said voluntarily and positively;
Never again shall / AJAX nj the hands Of
the good people ol Tennessee any position
OF am official charrfcr, but with the end Of
the present term, e. should be iortu-
nate enough toIlise 10 long. | shall
Quietly aud plcasaiitly bow down and
out of official slptien and all connec-
ton with the politics OF the country,
except such a. oybfy private citizen should
ALWAYS exercise In the Affairs oi his state
and country" This n what he said ~ Il
was heard by the citizens In the Maxwell
house. and As II was reported In the Nash
willie newspapers, the Ame-oan, the Ho'id
aud the Bnlnr. And yet In bis recent
letter to Mr.. Ragland, senator Harris says
when Congress adjcurns he will come into
tho STATE and 90 into the canvass, and may
be regarded az candidate for reelection.
The dmer;oan says the senator has right
TO recall his wordsof 1859. and again make
the race. That may be according 10 the
political code, but why emphasize the
promise as voluntary one7 A
voluntary promise should be more
binding than one made under
! cons,nint. We think tho American
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DtED.

Ing Allen n Weller.
Due aesies Of funeral vii Be rIssa
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Maximum temperature. s00 minimum temper
tim, $50. ozonc. o, proclpllatlon. o00.
7 Indicates precipitation les than o.oi.
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10 coyTrnuroRs aND CORRESPONDENTS

w solica kncS aud COMMUNICATIONS wpon subjects Of
pcuai Interest. hi ssoh mut ollrdwh accompanied
bp M naae aud addryss Of me- W1ior, as guarantee
q NJ good Jaah aud responsibility. No notice Goa
o. folcn ~ anonymous compaRicuiiom
Communications for publiciioa mua b. rrifiea on,
ndt n TIE page only. oai win al Other MATTERS ool
acctuf Wiih he oiiorai deportHmi. should b. ad
drrssxi; TO DC Editor " nc APpoui. Memphis
7tnn
VIZ cannot ~ a n,ic midoiaie 10 niHra articles noi
Found miiublr Jor Publication
Or mnd boots ar irR byPosio6ocs, aud not BY fndi'
rldHai RuBlcs
orr NEW YORK OFFICE.
xaiirn oGr Of run APPEAL No. " Tribune
Brnding Noe lork j. X ldA DOrca, Special
Eaacn A0oa.
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's.eeal ne,eoro,orlea, Press Report.

tMcnphis signal onioc Kcpou-
Mrul1ns, Tenn, Marh n. 1855.
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Economy Behind the Scenes
But behind all this ostentatious dis
play is practiced an economy which
the people try to conceal as if they
were ashamed of it. The private por-
tions of the gorgeous homes, the liv-
ing rooms. are usually plain and COM
fortress, and the cost of dinner party
is sufficient to keep the family for o
month or more. 1t is so in all the
royal residences. The show rooms
are gorgeous, but the living rooms do
not keep up the standard. They are
plain and poor enough to make q fair
average. The ladies of the ordinary
household have their party and dinner
dresses from Paris, but the garments
in which they appear when not on
dress parade are made by their own
servants at home-always plain, and
often shabby.
Another popularity of the country
is the proverbial dishonesty of the
tradesmen, about which a great deal
has been said by English writer's.
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are tho outgrowth of the emancipation
of the seri~ When . coachman. or .
carpenter. or o house servant, or q
shoemaker was no longer q slave, he
was like an unframed horse. He
worked for whomsoever work was to
be done, for such wages as he could
get. He had no wages before, and
anything, even q few copecks. was q
treasure to him. The several trades
whioa had been under the control of
freemen soon found themselves disor-
ganized and paralyzed by having no
regular rates OF wages or hours OF la
Dor. and the artels or unions are the
result. having been organized by the
leaders among the mechanics OF the
empire, whom the non-thinking classes
were very glad to fellow.
Among the other artels is that of the
dvorniks, the closest and most power
full of all, for it has the patronage OF
the police and their protection. The
dvornik, as l have said, is selected by
the police for the house which he at
tends-more properly speaking, he is
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The Streets, the Houses, and the
People Of Beautiful st
Petersburg.
The Proverbial Dishonesty OF the
Shop Keepers a Peculiar
ity Of the City.
Vigilance OF the Russian Police, and
How They Get Their In
formation.
The Dangerous Dvornik, and the Part
Ee Plays in Debating Nj
hil:stic Plots.

WILLIAM ELERoY CURTIS, IN CHICAGO
MORNING NEWS.
The streets Of Petersburg are wider
than those of any city in the world.
More than one-third of the area is in
the streets, and most of them are 200
feet between the building lines. End
less almost are the open spaces and
squares, treeless and unturfed, sur
rounded by houses gagged upon the
same scale as the streets. In one place
you can walk half an hour and pass
only three palaces, and it is common
for single residence or palace to
occupy the whole front of long
block.
Many of the large houses belong to
members of the imperial family, others
to mobiles, and more to wealthy mer-
chants and bankers. In some of the
houses, it is said, as many as 100
servants are employed, but in Russia
every servant has his own peculiar
duty, and will not do anything else
Wages are nominal, however, and it
costs little to keep such a retinue
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a. he remains and il loyal to them.
they are comparatively safe, although
the police do not depend entirely upon
the dvorniks. They, too. are always
watched. and il their fidelity is doubted
In the slightest degree. away they go
to some other house or on the retired
list.
Many of the homes Of private citi-
zens in Petersburg. and the rule is
even more extensive in Moscow and
other cities, are quite as fine and
gorgeous as the palaces. The devel-
opment of trade and industry has nat.
urally enriched the mercantile and
manufacturing classes. while the eman-
cipation of the serfs impoverished
most OF the mobiles, who were agri-
culturists and depended upon the
earnings of their slaves for support.
The conditions are about the same ss
they were in our Southern States at
the close of the war. The rich and
aristocratic planters were financially
ruined, with lots of land and taxes and
extravagant habits and tastes. Very
soon, as will be seen all over the South,
O new race of citizens came in, with
fresh blood and capital, and made
money. The old mobiles of Russia are
most of them poor and proud-espe-
cially proud. Their estates are paying
scarcely enough to meet their taxes
and are heavily mortgaged to the Jews.
III the Hebrew race did not have SC
firm financial hold upon the noblesse
OF Russia there would be more religious
liberation in the empire.
In the meantime, O new race of mer-
chants, bankers, and manufacturers
has arisen-money princes, who are be-
ginning to be felt in the body polite.
They buy the palaces of ruined princes
and dukes and mobiles, spend their
money lavishly in decorations and up
holstery, have their walls covered with
gigantic mirrors and fine paintings, fill
their cellars with rare wines, and en-
terrain royalty. Their banquets and
balls are occasions for the display OF
extravaganza, each attempting to ex-
coed the other in wasteful ostentation
There 10 no people on earth SO fond
Of display as the Russians. The i'm
perial family sets the example with the
money wrung from the poor, the
princes and mobiles follow, and oil
course the private citizen must keep vi
the fashion. Their hospitality is pro
verbal. 1t is their greatest pride
Strangers are always entertained in
the most lavish manner, and one who
carries TO Petersburg or Moscow let
tiers of introduction from influential
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Imitation Gems.
lat q brilliant diamond"

"What brilliant diamond!"
Eyes"
"Why, one could almost see to read,
in the dark by its rays said q reporter
to downtown jeweler.
think So" he replied. well, it
does look rather fine. How much do
you think it is worth?"
"One thousand dollars"
ais that ALP
We'll make it So, GOO or $4,000, or
possibly $4,000"
"I'll sell it to you for $l0."
"Why so generous?'
"There's no generosity about that.
Most buyers would not give more than
So for it."
"Why not?"
Because it is not real stone. They
come from Oberstein, in Germany.
The entire town is supported by the
manufacture of such gems. How are
they fixed up? In various ways. This
imitation diamond is only quartz. and
il has been boiled in some chemical
that will make IL look brilliant for q
while, but it soon wears of. III you
handle it much it will not look SO lus-
trous. Diamonds are the hardest stones
to successfully initiate"
"What other gems are manufactured
cheaply?'
"One of the easiest is the emerald.
Many stones you think are rubies are
only red spinal, and lapis lazuli is only
dyed chalcedony. Chalcedony is the
usual base of false onyxes and agates,
which are most counterfeited The
stones are boiled in some coloring mat
ter and then sub. ected to intense heat.
The color permeates the whole stone.
Some of the families at Oberstein have
one secret and some another. They
never give them away. One family has
the secret of converting crocidolite into
cats eyes. Gypsum and hornblende
are also made into the same gems.
Zircons, which are formed of silicon
and zirconia, look like diamonds. A
thin slice of diamond is sometimes laid
over topaz so that the whole appears
to be one gem. '-Neic York Mail and
ErDTeSS