Show Most Valuable of All A Jewels The Ruby I OST precious of or nil genes In the mOST t world Is II the ruby not tho the din IlIn haill ill l mood mend and of ot rubles rubies the moat most valuable are aro tho lie rare pigeon blood rubles ruble n a sort eort of ot red purple that sparkles 11 and glitters lu In ft n truly marvelous fashion The Tb ancients treasured rubles ruhle tar far above ns as Is 11 shown In the tho references to jewel In the hI Bible Of Ot It traIns an nn ancient Greek author tells ns mis Iliac Hint the U lie first ruby was WIlS presented to lo man ronn kInd bj by b a is stork These rhee bIrd arc related hy by y the ancients ancIent to always place n a ruby In their nests as ns n a charm against serpents n ancient Gr Greek k treatIes cm on animals relates the t o saO same story of or the 0 stork nail tho ruby There are or two 0 sorts orts of or recognized rubles Oriental or true truc ruc ruby and tho the ruby The Tho former Is l the iii red variety of or that mineral mIneraI corundum The Iho ruby rub IK composed competed ed of of or magnesia thimbles Rubles vary var from a n pallId rOSS ros rod red and ond deep red to cochineal and finally pass s Into lulo the th lh clUBS class of or the ibe purple red or pigeons pigeon B blood bleed The greatest of or tho the real rubles ruble have com come comae from Burma end from India and have been found In lii only very fry con constricted sections of or those o two two Asiatic countries An occasional rub has bOB hasteen bOBen teen en found In Europe Europa and the tho SluIce and several tine stones havo bavo been b n obtained from South America 1 But nut ruby mines such Buch IB aim the diamond minis mines of South bouth ou ouA Africa A have havo never been located and the e real rubles r are arc found t few te and ond far Cor between The T he stones wora r e considered to have havo the magic mogle power ITer of oC i turning pale whoa when brought near poison I and nod linden ancient monarchs monarch and anti prized II them for or this suppo supposed d virtue Iho rho most historic ruby Is lg probably that In the time center Ct ter of ot the tho great diamond i cross cron In tho the state crown of or King Kink Edward VII of England En land It wn call given to Ed Edword Edward word ward the ho Black Prince by bv the cruel crud Dom Dons 1 Idro of oC Castile Cn when wb the British prince I I took nn an army Into the peninsular r to re gain 1 tho rb others kIngdom for mm hIm i I r n |