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ful of coming events. are awaiting them
philosophically and with resignation
Turkish troops. loyal TO the Young
Turks and determined 20 enforce tho
political aspirations OF the rcformers,
are rapidly concentrating upon Con
stantinopIe and threatening TO march
into the city and force the sultan 10
abdicate. unless constitutional govern
mcut is given full recognition. Iildiz
Kiosk. the residence of the sultan. is
their objective No resistance il cN-
pectcd and steps are being taken by the
Young Turks 20 protect the lives and
property of foreigners ard Christians
The nearncss OF the expected victory
Of the Young Turks is evidenced by
the fact that they, and not the authorl,
ties at ConstantInoplc, are giving as.
surances Of protection and the mainten-
ance of order.
Advance Guard Near.
The advance guard Of the Constitu.
iioualists is at kutchuk, ten miles from
ConStantinople, on the Sea Of Mar.
mora. The remainder of the forces of
the Young Turks. estimated at some
10000 men, is at Tchatiatla and other
nearby points. within forty miles OF
Constantinoplc. Tchatiatla is the key
10 the glTdle OF toTtibcatlonS around
The capital. The troops have como most
" from Saloniki. tho headquarters Of
tbc third army corps. which has always
supported the Young Turks in their de-
mands for constitutional reforms. They
arc acting with dignity and determine
tion. and their concentration is proceed.
ing in an orderly manner. They dc.
clare they have no idea of waging a
fratricidal war. bat they are deter
mined that the constitution shall be
observed. They are prepared 10 60 TO
extremes should IL become necessary.
One of their commanding officers said
10 committee Of paci6cation from
Constantinoplc that came out TO par.
lev:
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and then one is round that is Of the
tourmalines Of several colors, blue and
white topazes, rose colorcd heryls in
wonderful crystals, and yellow hya-
cinths. The green tourmalines rival the
emerald in beauty.
Ten miles north Of Lemon Cove, in
Tulare county, California, vein of
rose quartz, Of exquisite color and
quality, three feet wide and Of unde-
This stone, though comparatively IN
known in the United States, is highly
appreciated abroad, where quantities Of
beads and other ornaments are made of
it. And within the last few months
news has been received Of the discov-
cry, near the headwaters of the San
Benito river, of an entirely new kind
of gem-a hitherto unknown mineral,
in fact-wbicb, of most lovely blue
color, is more brilliant than the sap
phire. Its crystals occur in veins of
and chemical analysis proves that they
are n titano-silicatc of barium.''
This is the second entirely new gem
that has been discovered in California
within the last balf-dozen years. The
other is Fkunzite "a lilac hued spo-
dumene, which was first brought TO
light in San Diego county in 1903
When cut. IT looks somewhat like n
plnkish or lilac-colored diamond. and
has a market value or $6 to $40 a
carat, being exceedingly brilliant and
beautiful. In tint il runs from faint
pink through lilac pink and into dark
lilac, The first important deposit was
struck about a mile and a half north.
east of the town Of Pala yielding many
crystals of noble size, unusually per.
feet and free from flaws, and of a deli
cate rosy amethystine hue, They oe-
cured in coarse, dccomposed granite
rocks.
The stone-named after DR., Kuuz.
who first recognized il as valuable
gem material-has proved especially in
teresting by reason of certain curious
physical properties which it possesses.
After being exposed to the X-rays for
few minutes. crystal of the stuff dis
plays a persistent luminosity in the
dark, shining quite brightly. And, if
shut up inside of a dark box in the
presence of a Photographic plate, it will
actually take Il very satisfactory pic.
ture Of itself, sufficiently clear for half
tone reproduction.
The place which the sapphire now
holds as the principal American gem, in
a commercial sense, was held until re-
Gently BY the turquoise, Of which the
greatest and most valuable existing de-
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This country is coming to the front
as a producer of precious stones for the
markets OF the world We are rather
,'shy of diamonds it must he owned,
but every other known kind OF gem Is
being mined in the United States III
considerable quantities, including sew
craI which arc peculiar TO Ar:crlea.
The greatest sapphire deposit IN exist
onee has hccn opcned recently in Mon
tana: Arizona and New Mexico are
supplying Europe with the most beau
tiful turquoiscs ever seen and IN GAli'
fornia n new gcm-bearing belt, produc-
tive of 4 dozen kinds of crystals IRON
topaz to hyacinth. bids fair according
10 George T. Kunz. the famous expert
to rival the Ural mountains, when
have led for half q century IN the pro
duction of such minor stones OF orna'
mental values.
DR.. Kunz describes The sapphire de-
post as ''pcrhaps the greatest gem
mine in the world. 1t is located IN
Montana, on a fork of the Judith river
and is already turning out l,6UU,oo0
carats of stones month. The sapphire.
in fact. has suddenly sprung into front
place as the most important American
precious stone, commercially speaking
displacing the turquoise, which for a
number of years past has held that
position.
The discovery Of this wonderful de-
posit was made under rather pictur
esque circumstances. Not very long
ago the business of washing gravel for
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SOME OLD FACTS IN NEW CLOTHES
COMPLIED BY TOM w. WINDER

light flies with such inconceivable ye
locity that il would encompass our
earth five times while we pronounce
the word. The nearest star which we
see in The heavens is so far distant
that it takes three years in reaching onr
eve. The light Of the Polar star left
its distant home before the birth of
some of the oldest people now living
Long as the man who is ten years past
middle life has lived In the world, the
duenchlcss beam has been flying across
the abyss of space, near 200 miles every
second. and it has only Just reached ua
this moment
And still more than this. You have
only TO look up on any clear night. YOU
will sec stars whose light has been on
lis journey millions Of years to meet
your eve. The star may have been
blotted out of existence millions Of
wears before the creation Of man, and
yet the stream Of light which was on
lis way, and by which IT. is seen, will
continue to come for Il million years in
the future.
The dimensions Of the stars are aa
astonishing as their distance, Arc
turns sends forth a flood of light 500
times rs great MS our MONDAY. Our
sun is more than n million times as
large as our Garth, and yet one star
of the Pleadcs is equal in glory to
1900 Of our suns, and there are eigh-
teen millions Of suns in the system TO
which our system belongs as one. And
astronomers have discovered 1000 such
sYStcmS-scVcnty millions Of suns,
and every sun doubtless surrounded by
4 thousand lesser worlds,
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tools scattered about, and dumps of eX-
cavated debris overgrown now with
trees centuries old.
Apparently, the early MeXlcans knew
no better means of getting out the tur-
quoise than to split the rocks containing
ii by the use Of fire, afterwards break
ing the material of the matriX into
small pieces with stone hammers. In
one locality, east OF Grand Central
mountains, in New Mexico. the whole
of the north side of Il hill has been
quarried out in this primitive fashion;
and traces are still To be seen there Of
a great fall of rock, which occurred in
1850. wip,ng out many lives. and which
is believed to have led to the uprising
in the same year against the Spanlards,
who were directing the work. As a
result of this uprising. the invaders
were driven out of the region.
In 1898 John Il. Coleman, better
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true cornnowcr' tint, so highly cs,
teemed in the sapphires OF Ceylon, Al!
arc brilliant, aud. as a rule. free from
haws. In size they range from ''eulls -
{used for watch Jewels and other me-
chanical purposes) to gems of five or
six carats, The culs sell at from So
to So an ounce. All of them are
shipped TO New York. and thence to
Amsterdam, for cutting, in which pro-
cess they lose half their weight,
Nowhere in the world, however, has
there been found so great a variety of
rlch coIors IN comndum gems (sapphire,
ruby, etc. rs in another pcwly-cx
plotted locality in Montana, on Rock
Creek, Many OF the tiuts. indeed, were
never seen before in precious stones
Butterflies made of them possess all the
vivid beauty of the natural insects, and
not long ago a brooch WAS put on cx-
hibition, composed of over 200 OF them.
no two OF exactly the same tint or
shade. From red and pink, they passed
by delicate gradatons into salmon, yel-
low, yelIowisb brown, pale blues and
green's, and blue-greeu, All of these
gems arc Of unusual brilliancy, and look
their best by artificial Light.
The newly discovered gem belt in
California is about forty miles in width,
extending from the San Jacinto noun,
tains, in Riverside county, southwark
through San Diego county and into Low
er California. Within this area an ex-
traordinary number of deposits of pre-.
cious stones have been discovered with
in the last haf-dozen years, including
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gold was being pursued in more OF
less irregular fashion on certain bars
in the upper waters Of the Missouri
river, a few miles east of Helena. The
miners picked up number of bright
in the sIuice ripples. and aseertai5ed
on inquiry that they were real sap
phires.
Later on, the source from which
these gems were derived was found in
the above mentioned locality nearly
100 miles to the east of the bars, and
mining for them was begun. The
formation in which they occurred was
a broad "dike' of yellow earthly ma
terlal, which proved to be decomposed
rock On digging downward a few
feet, the unaltered rock, obviously Of
volcanic origin, was disclosed, 1t was
soft and friable, and sapphires were
scattered through it like plums in a
pudding
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posits are located in New Mexico and
Arizona. For a good many years past
our turquoise has held first place in the
market, even against the classic Persian.
Not only has it the true "pigeon
color but it holds the tint better than
the foreign article. which is liable to
lose value by turning from blue to
green.
In early days the European market
relied for its supplies OF turquoise upon
the Persian deposits, the output of
which. coming by way of the Turkish
dominions, received its trade name from
that fact The stone was we'll known
long before the landing of Columbus to
the Mexican aborigines, however, who
priced it highly and mined IT extensive
", In New Mexico and Arizona arc TO
be seen TO this day many remains of
ancient diggings for turquoise, with
stone hammers and other prehistoric
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GREAT INCREASE IN OUTPUT or PRECIOUS STONES IN lJN

known as Turquoise John' discovered
some of tho prehistoric excavations III
the Burro mountains of New McN'eo'
and, as y result, valuable claims were
developed. Not long afterwards, now
ever, new deposits, ~ yet untouched'
were struck. in thc same ncighborhood.
These, known ms the Santa Fc and Gem
mines. and now owned by the Azure
Mining company, have already yielded
millions of dollars worth of fine tur-
quoisc.
in the same year the Azure Mining
company opened up, the Famous Ellza-
beth pocket, which has produced up to
date more high. grade turquoise than any
other deposit on record-thc material
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Once upon time, perhaps million
years ogo, the place now occupied bv
tho '' dike' was great crack or fis-
sure In the crust Of the earth. Molten
stuff from below was thrown up by vol.
canic forces, filing the crack, and, as
it cooled, quantity of oxide Of alumni.
mum which it contained was crystal
lied out in the shape of sapphires.
Today. the body Of sapphire bearing
material there found extends for dis
tancc of four miles on the surface, and
to an unlimited depth, apparently. Ex-
perts believe that it can be worked
as far down as 1000 feet.
The sapphires obtained from this de
posit are of surprising variety Of
hues-hght blue, blue green, and pink.
Some are peacock blue, and every now
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OF n deep blue color. slightly trans
lucent, and exceptionally hard. From
this sourcc-a box, as one might saw
sixty feet long by forty feet in width
more shan twenty-five pounds Of the
fnest turquoise, mostly nuggets, were
obtained in single month.
The turquoise Of this region was orig
inallv deposited in cracks and fissurcs
OF granite rock from hot solutions
forced from the bowels of the earth
Aluminium phosphate was the chief ma.
tcriaI, the coloring matter being con.
tributed BY copper salts. AS il comes
from the mines, the gem stuff is sorted
and the best of il packed in sealed cans
and shipped TO New York, fetches from
81 TO 425 a carat RENE BACHE,
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1.-THE vast earth hangs upon nothing IN
empty space, sweeping around the sun II
thousand times swlftcr than tho swiitcst
railroad train ever ilies; ii leans upon the
plane OF its orbit as racer leans upon
his path as no runs''-and II IL should
lean little more or Il little less. or II IT
should break over its unfcnccd track,
what then?
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A-Y-P EXPOSITION RATES,
Via Oregon Short Line r, r.

$50 from Salt Lake to Seattle and
return; on sale daily, commencing
June l. Ask agents for further par
ticulars. City ticket Office, 201 Main
street
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CHOICE OF .l3 TRAINS

BetWeen SaIJ Lake dNd Ugden
For excursion Sunday, July II, via
Oregon Short Line. Round trip, S1.00.
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GALLOWAY COAL CO.
Miners and Shippers of Coal
Office 1921 Brown Marx Build
ing.


Pensa cola, March 1.-The first seizure of
goods by government officials here on
the grounds that the shipments are in
violation of the pure food laws of the
United States was made today when 1900
cans of baking powder shipped by the
Continental Baking Powder company of
Nashville to the Consolidated Grocery
company we're seized. The seizure was
upon an order from the federal district
court, the action being brought by the
United States district attorney, who al
leges that the goods bear the pure food
guarantee clause and are short in weight
IL per cent.
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Better Prices For Copper.

New York, March Reports were cir
culated in Wall street today of advances
in the price of copper but the advance
was not officially announced. Repre-
sentatves of the large copper producing
interests reported better demand for the
metal with large foreign orders in pro-
cess of negotiation. 1t was said that
large sales We're under way, chiefly to
German, French and Belgium consumers.
The price was given at 10 cents, which
is y a cent above last weeks low quota
lions on the metal exchange The domes-
tic demand was also slightly better. A
large part of the copper metal offered
70 rsale today Is from Montana and Ari-
iona mines The price is for April de-
livery
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LEGAL NOTICES.
MORTGAGE Sale,

Mortgage Sale.
Default having been made in the pay
ment of the Indebtedness secured by
mortgage executed by William N. Crellin
conveying certain property therein men
toned to the undersigned l.. w. Johns,
said mortgage executed on the 18th day
of August, 1904, and recorded in the Office
of the judge of probate Of Jefferson
county, Alabama, in volume 1856, on page
1852, ct seq, the undersigned L. w. Johns,
under and by virtue of the power and
authority vested in him under and by
the said mortgage, will, on the 18th day
of March, 1909, at public vendue in front
of the courthouse door of said county,
sell to the highest and best bidder for
cash the property conveyed in said mort
gage, to-wit:
All those certain lots, tracks or parcels
of land situated in East Birmingham.
Jefferson county, Alabama, and more
particularly described as follows:
Lots numbered one %, two ca, three
(s1 in block thirty 900 A.; lots num-
hered one %, two ca, three 90, in block
thirty-one (sD A; lots numbered one %,
two ca. three 90, in block thirty-one (SD
n as surveyed, plated, laid off and num-
bered by the East Birmingham Land and
Railroad company, as shown on the map
Of said company, which is Of record in
the office of the probate judge of JEFF
ferson county, Alabama together with
all and singular the hereditaments, appur-
tenanoes and improvements thereon, as
we'll as all the machinery trade fixtures,
tools, implements and appliances, and
office furniture and fixtures now on said
property, and used or intended to be
used in connection with the operation
of the plant which was situated on said
property, at the time of the execution of
the said mortgage.
Also one black mule. one single dray,
one wagon, one horse, one buggy and
harness, being the only mule, wagon,
dray, horse. buggy and harness owned
by the said William N. Crellin and used
in connection with the operation of the
said plant at the time of the execution
of the said mortgage. Also all and singu-
lar the materials and supplies now on
the said premises which were used or
intended to be used in connection with
the operation of the plant on said prem
ises except the fuel. oil and soap, all
of which property Is more particularly
described in. said mortgage and the invsn-
tory attached thereto.
Said sale to be made at the hour OF
Noon on said date. L. w. JOHNS.
2-E-lt-tu Mortgage.
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WANTED-Experienc engineer wants
position, locomotive or stationary.
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Steamer. Will Be EIoated.

New Orleans, March 1.-The steamship
Heredia, which is on the reefs at Main
cape banks about 20 miles northeast of
Cape Gracias. Nicaragua. Isl expected by
the United Fruit company, the owners,
to be foated by next Sunday, little, If
any, the worse from being stranded,
and without damage to her cargo. The
passengers were removed today by the
Bound Brook, one of the United Fruit
companys boats and will be carried to
Colon, where they will arrive tomorrow.
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CHARGE of MoonshInIno.

Rome, Ga, March Garter Linger-
feet, II years old, was given prelim-
mary hearing today before Commissioner
Printup, on a charge of Illicit distilling
and was bound over to the next term
of the federal district court. He fur
nished bond in the sum of $500. Revenue
officers raided his residence Saturday
and discovered 30-gallon still in room
adjoining his bed room, which was de-
stroyed by tho officers.
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TIC PuUIiC SClIUoI Is utCIHTeu Uy tHe
commission to be the most potent influ-
ence in promoting the assimilation and
Americanization or the immigrant.
The commission expects to be able to
report at an early date the effect of in
ttr-marriags between the native-born and
Immigrant and with one another to de-
tel mine whether the declecterious influ-
ences results or whether beneficial infiu-
ences will not be felt.
Peonage is being made the subject OF
a special inquiry
One Of the most interesting subjects
is an Investigation being made In nearly
a hundred cities to show to what extent
the immigrant is the recipient of charity.
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ONE CENT A WORD
RATES-One cent q word a days no 40.
taken for Ieas than 20 cents for nrst
Insertion. Cash must accompany every
order,
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.

s2650.-A nice broom cottage at West End
with all modern conveniences; small
cash payments. balance in small month
" payments.
s2950-Nice new cottage, six rooms, at
Fairview: nice neighborhood, modern
improvements; SEQ cash, balance month
" payments of $25.
$400O-New 7-room home. lot 5ox140: mod
ern; Fountain Heights; $500 cash, bal
anee terms.
$7750-Elegant home at Norwood, furnace
heated and elegantly finished
$s250-Nine rooms, just finished with all
modern improvements. 5Ox19O. Highland
avenue.
$S5Oo-Elegant home, rooms, all modern
improvements, Waucoma street, South
Highlands.
81 .ooO-12 rooms. Highland avenue, LOOK
200 feet.
We have some valuable business prop
erty for sale. List your property with
us.
J. B. Cobbs Real Estate & In
surance Co.
Bell Phone 1854. 209-210 Hood Bldg.
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Bin to Prevent Intermarriaqe,

Washington, March 1.-Senator Milton
of Florida today addressed the Senate
in favor Of. his bill prohibiting the inter-
marriage Of any white person to a negro.
He commended that such alliances are
dsmoralizing to society and contrary to
all tho higher instincts.
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snerrv win Ask Relief.

Washington, March 1t is now I'M
derstood that Rear Admiral Sperry will
file his application for relief from the
command of the Atlantic battleship feet
with the next administration. He will
remain In Washington for the Inaugural
nm
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MISCELLANEOUS.

IF you are going to build or make alter
ations can save you money. Will fur
nish your plans and specifications, item
ize all material and furnish same; do
your estimating; contract or supervise
construction for a nominal sum- Ad-
dress ]. Abbott Wilson, P. o. Box APO,
city. 3-2-7t
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FOR RENT APRIL 1-NORTHSIDE.
rooms, cottage. modern, S19 25th st.
E rooms, cottage. modern, 2606 Sth Ave.
rooms, cottage, modern, 500 26th st.
rooms, cottage, 1913 21st st.
rooms, cottage. 1928 21st st.
s rooms, cottage, 1907 Park Ave.
rooms, 2-story fiat, modern, 251O 9Th
avenue.
9 rooms, 2-story, modern, 1905 18th Ave-
rooms, 2-story, modern, 531 23d st.
6 rooms, 2-story, modern, 71S I'D st.
rooms, 2-story, modern, 2117 Sth Ave
rooms, 2-story, modern, 313 23d st.
Q rooms 2-story, modern, 1904 Sth Ave.
FOR RENT-SOUTHSIDE.
4 rooms, cottage, modern, 480 12th st.
rooms, 2-story, modern, 500 21st st.
s rooms, 2-story, modern, 1905 Central
avenue.
rooms, 2-story, 1903 10th Ave.
rooms, 2-story, modern, 1901 18th St
s rooms, cottage, modern, 1907 Ave. B.
j. H. HEINEKE r. E. G. !. A. CO.
Phones 49, ia N. 21st St.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

YOUNG man with ability would invest
few thousand dollars with services in
profitable business with acceptable par
ty; light wholesale or manufacturing
preferred. Address Ma, care Age-Her-
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