The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

a American boy of about twenty years ago
La have looked down upon Mandalay, the
LA, of Burmah, he might have seen what
,rId appear to him circus procession wind
;ts rlittering way through the streets, past
4. grey bamboo houses, past the glstening.
.,Isces of the King, splendid in their bar
u,sui6eence, past the gay bazaars busy with
-,fe. out into the country roads and up
.se hills beyond. And the same boy might
many guess before he would alight upon
!. impose of this gay train of soldiers and
a and great elephants, brightly trapped,
rith dignihed and ponderous tread. For
81 parade was peculiar to Mandalay, that
tsthe sunshine, and the palm trees, and the
rtemple bells"
md the Burmese capital rise the Ruby
nius with jungle-covcrcd slopes and wild
tu,nted forests, holding in their clefts and
x stores of rich red treasure. The King of
4 vas called the lord of the Rubies" He
An the mountain mines of precious stones,
10 a valuable gem was found, runner from
/us bore the glad news to the palace. Then
Ia would order out his troops with all the
uey of state, and the procession would set out
a mountain road to meet the ruby, welcome
sseort it back to the monarch and the royal
hi For, next to the sacred white elephant
T. ~, d.
~ % was the ruby.
|t1SS6 Burmah was annexed to England and
Irish government took the mines. The pro-
rff no longer wind their welcoming way to the
+ lie elephants are busy ~pilin' teak, in the
4, sQudgy creek" and the ruby has lost bit Of
barn by becoming merely a valuable article of
lnce, instead of an almost sacred treasure.
n Though the ages the ruby has been called
hone Of good luck According to the old stories
tr owned ruby would never fail in anything
ritrtook for that beautiful jewel held in its
Fug red heart magic power which always
|yht success. No matter how dangerous the
/ he ruby was sure to give courage and victory.
Pc days of ancient Greece, when a rich man
y to express to friend good wishes for wealth
Imor, he sent to him a ruby engraved with the
ec an orator. To-day, the ruby is considered
|rtkest of stones, though the good fortune, as
xst, lies in the owning of anything SO precious.
snn the diamond is not so valuable GEM
lk ruby is the stone of July, and the fire which
= In its red heart is truly typical of that burn
|nonth OF summer. According to legend, how
7 this hrc varied with the fortune OF the owner.
Ppular superstition in regard to the ruby was
ee changing OF its color.
vas favorite talismsn and 1ove-token IN the
Of the Crusaders. Many gallant knight,
Fad IN arnlor has borne to battle his ladys heart
4 shape OF the burning gem; or has ridden out
'se war with the unbeliever, leaving pledge OF
me love in his sweetheart's kcepine,-a red, and
HAg ruby.
nenEy wore magnificent ruby at the Battle
'saeourt and it proved to be stone OF success
-"' queen EllZabetn had weakness ioi
es Vaudeville says that she displayed to him
'~ ruby great like a racquet ball" Sir Johns
- however, will always bear little pruning.
--'ssh presented ruby ring to each OF her tav-
'b ne Earls OF Essex and Suffolk. There is
nHe story connected with Lord Essexs ruby.
II hat noble, sentenced for treason, was in the
- awaiting his death, he sent the ring, the gilt
['ppy days to the Queen Perhaps it would have
-4'o her heart with its memories Of old time
-eap, but she never received it. Instead, it fell
"e hands OF Lady Nottingham, who, by her
''aos os advice. withheld it, When she was dying;
y Nottingham sent for the Queen and confessed
'od forgive youw cried Elizabeth; II never
FL Noronation ring Of Scotland was set with
't was the custom 10 send this jewel with the
AseF who notified the heir of his coming tc
N''ne When James the Second made his un
In "gnt across the Channel, he had the rms
~Sa IN his person, and il narrowly escaped
'Sen by the fishermen who searched thci'
vAssenger for gold. The ring is now in th'
S0neetion at Edinburgh
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