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avat THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : NOVEMBER G. 1887. SIXTEEN PAGES. THE OAK Makes a complete and sweeping knock-out of , , all Base Burners. One and all fl.ee before it like a mouse before a panther. No one will think of-buying anything but a Round Oak Heating Stove Who knows what it will do , and the small expense it will do it with. The rich are using them in their private houses , and are putting : their base burner in the coal house , or disposing of them for what they can get. The poor people glow with delight because it is the first tLne in their lives that they could get a stove that will keep a fire all night , and keep a steady fire ; with a stove and a fuel that is within reach of their means. 76 have been sold this fall for private heating purposes to business men , lawyers , ministers , men of all occupations and professions. 37 have been sole this fall for heating stores , offices , hotels , churches , etc. The highest recommendation ever given to a stove , can merritoriously be given THE BOUND OAK , Will do the same work with soft coal that a base burner will with hard coal , and heats a third more room with hard coal than any base burner will. It is only sold in Omaha by W. F. STOETZEI 1621 Howard Street AN INTERESTING QUESTION , Mon or Women ? Which Are the Truest or Most Unselfish Friends. } DISCUSSED BY ELLA WHEELER. r , Opinion * ) of.Some AVIvcn nnd Muldeiis Men .More JlcudyItui Women * ' Wore IjiiNllnir in Their [ 11'rtHw fur Hie In a room full of ladies I heard this question discussed in all its bearings not long ago , and a great many interesting nnccdotcs and experiences were related. Tlio majority of unmarried women ex pressed quito unanimously an opinion in favor of the men. The married ladies were less outspoken , but the greater number of them were not enthusiastic in their faith in man's friendship for woman. Their skepticism might bo at tributed to various causes. Perhaps they knew the genus homo better than their single sisters did. Perhaps they did not think it wise to encourage the damsels in their dangerous even if true theory. Many an unmarried girl is blind to the virtues of women bccauso she lias not time to study them. Ilor horizon is bounded by masculine forms , and she is quito content to have it so. lly and by , when she concentrates her attention and interest on ono man , nnd the others dis appear like setting stars at the rise of the sun , why then she notices the beauty nnd fragrance of those human tloweru women. I hoard ono young lady , who had fought a single-handed battle with the world and achieved success , dcclaro that the question was not oven open to discussion in her mind. "I think no ono is a bettor judge of the matter , " she Raid , "than a woman who has made her own way in life. I received appreciation and encourage ment from men , when women gave mo only indifference or neglect. Mon pre dicted my success , while women feared I would fail. Men praised what they termed my courage , while women criti cised what they termed my boldness. " Another lady declared that she would invariably go to a man were she in need of friendship or protection in time of trouble. "If I worn placed in a compromising Situation , for instance , " she said , "and wished to confide in some ono , and had only my own words to prove my inno cence , do you think I would trust my- pelf to the mercy of a woman ? No , indeed. And if I had done wrong and needed a confessor and counsellor , Burely I would go to a man. Women are too cruel to their own sex. " At this juncture I remarked that n man would always protect a woman ngainst every man but himself , lie would defend her from the censorious comments of the world quicker than another woman would and then spoil it all by compromising her name himself. IIurouHii ] a happy-looking married lady expressed her opinion. "You hnvo all glvqn your theories , ' quoth she. "Now listen to my o.xpor- j. ionco. No girl ever possessed more gentleman friends than I. My careoi vus a self-made and self-supported one , nlso. I , too , found men far roadioi with praise and encourngimmt than women wore. Mon proffered advice nnd nid , while women gave it if nskod. Yet ns time advanced I found men far more Bolflsh in their friendship than women were. The interest of my most plalonic male friends noticeably lessoned aftoi my marriage , and in several cases turned into enmity , while women re garded mo with increased favor. "Mon whoso respect and admiration unmixed with any tender sentiment , ] would have sworn I had won did no hosituto to shrug their shoulders am Bnuor when I made an ex eollont marriage , and no longer Ilk needed their occasional advice. I rcall ; If think a man's friendship for nn unmar \ ( ricd woman is always , oven if uncon h FCiously to himself , selfish. While nil If , belongs to no one ho imagines she be | , longs in some degree to hunsolf , and re ioices in her prosperity When she be ongs to another man all this cease * | ' Women are loss enthusiastic ) in the be K ginning , but their friendship wear I bettor. " I * , "I don't know how it is in the matte l of friendship , " a young lady interposei If "but I know when I go into a largo es 1 tnbllshmcnt shopping I always reeoiv lit , bettor attention and more courtesy froi 3 the salesmen than from the sales-girl ; ' If I desire to bo directed to another 'di | J. partmont in the store , 1 always prefc I ) . to ask a man , as ho is more willing an It' ulTablo in his manner. " If A young girl who had once publishc If a little book and sold it on the street I lj > passors-by said : "Men are far kindoi IS , " ' hearted tlian women. Women lookc at mo as If I wore doing Homo ilrcndfi and improper act ; men looked at rr with sympathy and interest. In an time of distress women look at you as you wore lying to them ; mon wait unt they catch you in a , Ho , nnd then te you of it. They forgot nnd forgive wrong , too , far sooner than women do. . Hereupon 1 remarked that once upc in a time I asked a favor of n gontlcnui the presence of two ladies. Thogontl man expressed the deepest symputl nnd the mast genuine regret that 1 could not assist mu. Both ladles volu : tarily offered the aid which I had not thought of appealing for to them. I think if you can once remove nil idea of possible rivalry from a woman's mind she makes a better friend than any man living. Toll a woman your successes , and she may show jealousy ; but tell her your sorrows and failures , nnd she is moved to befriend you. On the contrary , toll a man of your successes and you win his admiring regard - gard ; while if you tell him of your troubles you weary him. One lady said she thought men wore more prompt and agreeable , as a rule , than our own sex in their manner of be stowing favors , und it was because they wore educated to business methods. A woman often wounded your feelings from no hick of kind impulses , but merely from her awkardness in dealing with any matter outside of parlor or kitchen. A married ladysaid she quito coincided with the last speaker in re gard to the business methods of the stonier sex. Thereupon she related her somewhat unusual experience. "I was an artist , " she said , "and my studio was in the same building in which an elderly professional gentle man occupied an ollico. Ho obtained an iitroduction tome , and became greatly ntorested in my work. Ho never once indulged in the least sentiment toward no. His social and business standing was excellent , ho was unusu ally intelcctual , and I quite srizcd his friendship and valued ais advice and critioism. Sev eral times ho invited mo to lunch him it midday , almost the only hour either of us had free from our work for social jonvorso. Ho was many years my senor - or , and I saw no impropriety in aocopt- Jig. Well , by and by my prince came uid carried mo away a wife. I had often written to him of the nice old gonllo- pmn who was BO kindly interested in my work. Imagine my humilia tion when a bill was sent in for the lunches to which the nice old gentleman had invited me ! Surely these wore thrifty business meth ods indeed ! I have about made up my mind that a man seldom or never shows a lady who is in no way related or de pendent upon him. marked and contin ued kindness , unless ho expects some sort of a return for them. " When I pondered over all I had heard , and placed my own personal ox- porienccs along with the other tes- mony , my conclusions might bo classi fied something as follows : 1. Mon are more enthusiastic and ready to espouse the cause of woman than her sister women aro. 2. Women , when their interest is finally won , arc more lasting in their friendships. 15. There is an instinctive rivalry be tween women , which until it is over come by the bonds of sympathy , is a bar to true , unselfish friendship. 4. There is an instinctive attraction between mon and women which is a bar to safe and unselfish friendship. fi. Mon expect more in return for their favors than women do. 0. Mon are far more agreeable to approach preach in any matter requiring courtesy and politeness. 7. Women are far tinier and moro reliable - liable friends in the long run. 8. The friendship of men noticeably decreases after a woman marries. ! t. The friendship of women noticea bly strengthens after a women marries. 10. A good and efficient man is a bet ter friend and advisor than a weak woman. 11. A good nnd efficient woman is a hotter friend and advisor than u weak man. 1" . There is no rule which governs the matter. WIIKKLEH WILCOX. TEX/ BRIGANDAGE. A Ijonc Star Muu'tt Account- thr Itorilcr Outrages. A special dispatch to the Globe Demo crat says : Not since the davs of the Cortnnn raid , vears and years ago , tin' the Texan side of the lower Rio Grande existed under such a reign of terror at now. Brigandage reigns supreme , Business iapar.ilv7.cd , and United States mails got through when the can. Kunchmon stay close u1 home , and labor in the fields oven is accompanied by uimsim hazards and in no man's house is alighi to bo seen after dark. Couitiy official ; have tolegrapcd the slate govornmon for aid. Governor Ross himself dooi not know what to do. Sheriffs am United States marshals are powerles and the bandits are once more , in fuel ns they wore once in song and in story "Tho Kings of the Border. " Seuo : Manuel Guerre , a merchant who i rated at $1 1,000 , and who has shop in both Roma and Rio Grande City i. Starr county , is on his way to Ne\ York. He was seen by a reporter am gave the following account of ilv trouble : "You must first understand , " ho said "tho conditions of the country. It i hilly. The Rio Grande runs througl ono long ravine , densely . covered . . . will dm ppural and cactus. It is sparsel , sett led and it offers a shelter imprognd liable to hundreds of desperadoes. The ; have always infested the country to greater or loss extent. If they killed man in Mexico they stopped across int Texas. If in Texas thov Bteppco acres into Mexico , They had a practicnll unlimited field in which to. work 'Hitherto they have boon disorganly.ee' Now they are under n leader who is n once the most competent and dangui ous man on the frontier of cilhe country. His name is Ai ' tonio do Suerrunto. Ho i . * * i young , handsome , educated , a most daring and unscrupulous scoundrel. IIo is a native of this country and knows it well. Ho has risen to fame in the past three months through methods peculi arly his own. Ho has not gone in for highway , mail or train robbery. IIo has learned the methods of Italian brigands , and follows them exactly. His system includes capture , "Violent mis treatment and heavy ransom or death. His first victim was Senor Berrono. This gentleman was found near his home , knocked do\yn , beaten , bound hand and foot , and tied on a horse , then driven for a day nnd night through the brush. During all this time ho was blindfolded and given neither water nor food. On the arrival at the robbers' headquarters , of whoso loca tion lie is entirely ignorant , ho was hold for twenty-one days , until I mynolf paid the SI ,000 ran son demanded for his release. He was half starved , kicked , lashed and burned daily during all this time , and was in hourly dread of losing his tooth , it being a favorite threat of Suorranto to extract them all , und send them as presents to his friends. I paid the money because I know it was a matter of lifo or death with him. It has since been refunded me. Borrcna was seventy years of ago and the exposure and brutality to which ho was subjected have since resulted in his death. Ow ing to the fact that I have a little money and Suerranto's friends knowing it , I have been expecting the levying of an assessment. "I left Roma five days ago under the guard of six armed men , who escorted mo as far as Penn Station , on the Mexi can National railway. By Associated press dispatches of this morning I sco that the expected demand has been made upon mo since my departure , also i upon Senor Do Onncio Garcia , of Rio | Grande city. They want 315,000 from 1 him and $8,000 from mo. My part of it , ' at least , they are not likely to got. The governor has of uourt > o promised the aid of tlio stale troops , but I don't see the good that they can do , owing not only to the difficulty of the country and Sour- ranto's secure binding place , but the fact that nearly nil of the poorer classes nrd in league with the band and pur posely hide thoirdon and cover up their tracks. I estimate that some twenty- five men belong to the gang. "Suorranto is a magnificent rascal , who spends his ill-gotten gains very freely , and is uniformly kind to the poor. They have , consequently , in vested him with a good deal of romance , and many of them serve him and are ready to join him at anv moment. I have no hesitoncy in predicting a des perate battle in the region within the next month , and I am by no means sure that Suorranto will got the worst of it. lie has boon extending his operations into Mexico , and 1 understand that authorities nnd soldiers on the other Bide of the river are on the qui vivo. He may bo caught between the two fires and ho may not. IIo is u very smart man. " Senor Gucrra states that ho will con tinue his northern trip , though ho is ex tremely fearful of the destruction of his property during his absence. The widely spread information of the depre dations has caused in ton so excitement throughout this portion of the stato.and volunteers for clearing out Starr and Hidalgo counties of the bandits are numerous. \Vcll-nrillcil Ants. Youth's Companion : Ants appear to have for their motto , "In union there is strength. " They sot the best regulated human committees a model in this re spect , maintaining a wonderful degree of drill and dcciplinoby means of which they are enabled to accomplish tasks which before hand scorn quito out of the question. A traveler in Central Amer ica witnessed the following instance of this trait : The ants , which wore of a very min ute size , carried a dead , full-grown scorpion up the wall of our room from the fioor to the coiling , and thence along the under surface of u beam tea a considerable distance , whore , at last , they brought it safely into their nest in the interior of the wood. Duringtho latter" " part of this achieve ment , they hud to boar the whole weight of the scorpion , together with their own in their inverted position , nnd in this way to move along the beam. The order was so perfect that wo could not detect the slightest devia tion from an absolute symmetry , either in the arinngomont of the little army of workmen , or in their movements. No corps of engineers could bo drilled to a more absolute perfection in the performance of n mechanical task. Ac cording to a rough calculation , there must have been 600 or 000 of those in telligent little creatures ut work. Besides those engaged in the labor ol transportation , no others wore seen. A single ono was sitting on the sting at the end of the scorpion's tail , as if sta tioned there to overlook and direct the whole proceeding , all the rest , without an exception , wore at work. Food makes Blood nnd Blood makes Beauty. Improper digestion of food iiC' ccssnrily produces bad blood , ros-ultinfi in a feeling of dullness in the stomach ucidity , heartburn , sick headache , anc other dyspeptic symptoms. A clo olj confined lifo causes indigestion , constf pation , billiou&ncss nnd loss of appetite to remove those troubles there is nc remedy equal to Prickly Ash Bitters. I has beqn tried and proven to be i specific. nGivo the liens a variety of food Throw them a lock of early cut hay oc casionnlly. They scgin to prefer Juni gras or rod-top. WITH THIS RING I THEE WED The Curious Bits of History Attached to the ORIGIN OF AN HONORED CUSTOM. The Uos of the ItlnR An Interesting Sketch in the Popular Sci ence Monthly hyl ) . 11. McAuully. Of nil the ornaments with which van ity , superstition , and affection have decorated the human form , few have more curious bits of history than the ilngor-rinjj. From the earliest times the ring has boon a favorite ornament , and the reason for this general prefer ence shown lor it over other articles of jewelry are numerous and cogent. Or- namenta who o place is on seine other portion of the apparel , or in the hair , miibt ho laid aside with the clothing or head-dress , are thus easily lobt and often not at once missed. Pins , brouches , budcjoa , clasps , buttons , all sooner or later Ixieoino defective in in some part , and are liable to escape from an owner unconscious of the de fect in the mechanism. The links of a necklace in time become worn , and the article is taken off to bo mended ; the spring or other fastening of a bracelet is easily broken , and the bracelet van ishes. With regard to orna ments fastened to parts of the savage body , mutili/ation is ncces- snry , the oar must be bored , the none bo pierced , the cheeks or lips bo slit , and , oven after those surgical operations are completed , the articles used for udorn- nont are generally inconvenient , and .omoUmos . , by their weight or construc tion , are extremely painful. In striking contrast with decorations vorn on the clothing , in the hair , round ho neck and arms , or pendent from the cars , lips and nose , is the finger-ring , ho model of convenience. It is sel dom lost , for it need not bo taken oit ; cquiros no preparatory mutilation of , ho body , is not painful , is always in view , a perpetual reminder , either of , ho giver , or of the purpose for which 't is worn. The popularity of the ring must , , horefore , bo in largo measure duo , o its convenience , and that this good quality waa early learned may : > o inferred from the Hebrew tradition , which attributes the invention of this ornament to Tubal-Cain , the "instructor if every artificer in brass and iron. " The barbaric lover , in choosing a token for his mistress , was doubtless actuated , like the lover of to-day , by the wish to 1)0 kept in remembrance , and the prov erbial saying : "Out of sight , out of mind , " being as true in Bavage as in civili/.od times , ho bought for a me mento which should bo always in view , never laid aside , not in danger of being lost which , in short , should become a part of herself , mutely reminding her of him , and presenting a silent remon strance when her affections wont Mitrny. For the purposes of a love-gift ho could find nothing more suitable than the ring. And when the agonies of courtship finally settled into the filoady troubles of matrimony , it was not remarkable that this token of affec tion should remain on the finger of the bride , or bo removed , to bo succeeded by another of a similar kind. The USKS OF TUB F1NODU-HINO have been many and diverse. Origi- jially purely for ornament , it bccamo a signet for kings and a warrant for their messengers ; to civil officers it was an emblem of office , and to ecclesiastics an { dispensable portion of the episcopal costume. It was once worn by physi cians to prevent contagion , and by pa tients to cure disease , the timorous wore it as a charm against evil spirits , and the anibitious clung to it as a talis man , giving the wearer success over his enemies. But as a love-token , and a symbol of marriugo. the use of the ring is bo general , and of t > o long stand ing , as to dwarf into insignificance its employment in all otjier directions. At what period it came into play as a recognized factor in the marriage cere mony it is impossible to say. The llo- browH used it in very early ages , and probably borrowed'ttyo ' custom from the Egyptians , among whom thu wedding- ring was known a circle , in the lan guage of hieroglyphics , being the sym bol of eternity , and the embodiment of the circle readily Hyuilwlizing the Hy pothetical duration of wedded love. The Crooks ut d wodding-rings , so did the Romans , both putting them on the foro-llngor by the "way , a practice followed by the mediaeval paint ers , many of whom repre sent the virgin's ring on her forefinger. In the east , whore the popular estimate of a woman is low , the use of the wedding ring 1ms not been common , though occasionally the favor ite wife of an oriental monarch would receive from her master a ring as a mark of his favor. The conclusion , therefore , is Kile that , with increase of respect for the institution of murriugo , come also increased resixjut for and use of the ring as a token of the alliance. During a part of _ the middle ages , this respect snowed itself in a peculiar way , custom domnndhig Unit the wed ding ring fahould coat ua muqh iw the bridegroom could afford to pay ; and thure are records in Germany tind Franco , during the .fourteenth and fif teenth centuries , of many largo investments made in this direction by grooms eager to conciliate their brides and bo in fash ion. The revulsion made the ring what wo now have , n plain go > ld circlet ; though , by a compromise , the ring maybe bo as costly as fancy dictates or means permit. The materials of which wedding rings have boon composed areas diverge as the nations which have used the ring. The British museum has rings of Ijoiio and of hard wood , found in the Swiss lakes ; on one of the bone rings is traced a heart , giving antiquaries rea son to believe that the ring was a pledge of affection , if not a wedding ring. The winio museum has rings from all parts of the earth of bone , ivory , copper - per , brass , lead , tin , iron , silver , gold , and some of a composite of several of these motals. One ivory ring , from an Egyptian tomb , bears two clasped hands ; an iron ring , having the design of a hand closing over a heart , once graced the hand of a Roman matron ; while the inscriptions on many others make it certain that they were wedding rings. The use of many different materials in the construction of those wedding rings does not indicate capricious changes of fashion , for it should bo re membered that museums and collections of antiquities comprise specimens of many ages and of widely separated lands , but there is no doubt that fashion has sometimes had an influence in de termining the st.ylo and material of the ring. For instance , during the latter part of the sixteenth century n fashion lor some time prevailed in France of making THIS TVISDIHNO ItINO consist of several links fastened to gether in such a way as to seem but one. Sometimes there wore throe , two links having graven hands and the third a heart , the union of the three in the proper position clasping the hands over the heart. During the palmy days of astrology there was quite a fashion in Germany of the wedding rings engraved with astronomical and astrological characters , the horoscopes of both the contracting parties being sometimes in dicated in the setting of the ring , that being also the golden ago of the quack doctor , wedding rings \voro often made with a cavity to con tain medical preparations or charms to preserve or restore health or avert evil. After the crusades had sot Europe in a flame , a practice became common in Franco , Germany and England , of wear ing rings the settings of which was a tiny fragment of wood from the true cross , and many of these rings are still preserved in the cabinets and museums of Europe. Ass-hoof rings were , in the seventeenth century , very popular among the Spanish peasants as u euro for epilepsy ; and such a ring , made , it was said , from the hoof of the nss which carried Christ into Jerusalem , was used in a wedding in a country church near Madrid in 18811 But when the ring was not plain , pre cious stones of some kind constituted the settings ; and when the selection of the stone was in question , the domi nance of fashion was absolute. In the fourteen century , a fan ciful Italian writer on the mystic arts set forth the vir tues of the various gems , indicating also the month in which it was proper to wear particular stones in order to se cure the best rssult. The idea tookand for some time it was the fashion in sev eral Italian cities to have the precious stone of the ring determined by the month in which the bride was born. If in January , the stone was u garnet , be lieved to have the power of winning the wearer friends wherever she wont. If in February , her ring was sot with an amethyst , which not only promoted in her the quality of sincerity , but pro tected her from poison and from man- dorous tongues. The blood-Hlone was for March , making her Aviso , and en abling her with patience to bear domes tic cares ; the diamond for April , keep ing her heart innocent and puie so long ns she wore the gem. An emerald for May made her a happy wife ; while an agate , for Juno , gavp her health and protection from fairies and ghosts. If born in July , the stone was a ruby , which tended to keep her free from jealousy of her husband ; while in August , the sardonyx made her happy in the maternal relation , In Soptemlwr , a sapphire was the proper Ktono , it preventing quarrels between the wedded pair ; in , October , a car buncle was chosen , to promote her love of homo. The November born bride wore a topaz , it having the gift of mak ing her truthful and obedient to her husband ; while in December the tur quoise insured her faithfulness. Among the German country folk , the last named stone is to the present day used as a setting for the betrothal ring and so long as it retains its color , isbeliovcd to indicate the constancy of the wear ers. ers.From Italy this fanciful notion spread to Franco , arid Franco bridegrooms would sometimes insure themselves against a had matrimonial bargain and , as far as they could , guarantee to their brides a variety of good qualities by presenting twelve rings , one for each month , with occasionally one or two extra as special charms. Ilowpver , this extravagance in the number of rings iwjcl at weddings IB not u solitary in stance , for the use of several rings at the marriage ceremony has often boon known. Four rings placed on her hand her marriage could not keep Mary Stunrt faithful to Darnlcy ; nnd the an nals of European courts record many In stanced Rimilai't both as to the rings and to the result. The Crook church uses two rings , one of ffold , the other of sil ver ; while in some districts of Spain and Portugal , three rings are placed , ono at a time , on the FINOKUROFTIIK 1IRIDE , as the words , "In the name of the Father , and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost , " are pronounced. Fashion has also determined , not only the style of the wedding ring , but the linger on which it is to bo worn ; nnd so capriciously has custom varied , that the symbol of matrimony has traveled from the thumb to the fourth finger , whore it now reposes. In the time of Elizabeth , it was customary , both in England and on the continent , for ludies to wear rings on the thumb , und several of her rings now shown In the British , museum from their size , must have boon thumb- rings. That the practice of wearing thumb rings extended to the case of married ladies and theirwedding rings , is amply attested , not only by allusions in contemporary literature , but by the portraits of matronsof that agoa great many , where the hands are shown , dis playing the wedding ring on the left thumb. In the time of Charles II. , the ring seems to have found lodgment on forefinger , sometimes on the middle finger , occasionally on the third linger also , and , by the time George I. came to the throne , the third finger was recog nized as the proper place for it , not uni versally , however , for William Jones in his treatise on rings , declares that oven then the thumb was the favorite place for the wedding ring , and gives in stances of the ring being made of largo size , and , although placed on the third finger at the ceremony , immediately afterward removed to the thumb. An English work on etiquette , pub lished in 17152 , says it is for the bride to cheese on which finger the wedding ring shall bo placed. It further states thai Homo prefer the thumb , since it is the strongest and most important mem ber of the hand ; others , the index fin ger , because at its base lies the mount of Jupiter , indicating the noble aspira tions ; others , the middle flngor.becaiiHo it is the longest of the four ; and others , again , the fourthfingcrbccauso a "vein proceeds from it to the heart. " The "British Apollo , " however , do- cid8 the proper place for the ring to bo TUB KOUUTII KIXOKIl , not because it is nearer the heart than the others , but bccauso on it the ring is less liable to injury. The same author ity prefers the loft bund to the right. The right hand is the emblem of author ity , the loft of submission , and the posi tion of the ring on the loft hand of the bride indicates her subjection to her husband. A curious exception to the rule placing the ring on the left hand is , however , seen in the usage of the Greek church , which puts the ring on the right hand. As the symbol of matrimony , it is not strange that many of the superstitious fancies which have arisen in connection with the wedding should cluster about the ring. "Dreaming onabitof wedding cake is common among American young ladies but they should bo informed that , for the dreaming to bo properly done , the piece of cake thus brought into ser vice should bo passed through the wed ding ring , for so it is done in Yorkshire , Wales , and Brittany , in which localities the custom has boon observed from time immemorial. The Russian peasantry not only invest the cake with wonderful qualities by touching it with the two rings used in the ceremony , but deem that water in which the rings have boon dipped has certain curious beneficial properties. In many country districts of Great Britain it is believed that a marriage is not binding on either party unless a ring is used ; hence , curtain rings , the church key , and other substi tutes , including a ring cut from a linger of the bride's glove , have boon mentioned as devices to meet an emergency , when a ring of the proper kind could not bo procured in time. In parts of Ireland , however , tlioro is a current belief that a ring of gold must bo used , and jewelers in the country towns not infrequently hire gold rings to peasants , to ho returned after the ceremony. Blessing the ring gives it no small share of sanctity , and old missals eon- tain explicit directions as to the man ner in which this ceremony must bo carried out. In the church service as performed in the villages of England , the ring is frequently placed in the mis sal , the practice being , no doubt , a relic of the blessing once thought indis pensable. The Gorman pon.sant women continue to wear the wedding ring of the first huslrind , oven after u second marriugo , and a recent book of Gor man travels mentions a ] ) easant wearing , at ono time , the wedding- rings of four "latolamcnteds. " An in stance is known of a woman of German birth , who , after the death of her hus band in a western state , had thu minfor- tuuo to lose her ring. She at mice bought another , had it blessedand wore it instead oJ the former , dooming it unlucky to bo without a wedding ring. Among the same class of people , steal ing a wedding ring is thought to bring evil on the thief , while breaking the emblem of marriage in a sure sign of speedy death to ono or both of the con tracting parties. AVlint tlio I'roH'usor Found. San Francisco Argonaut : Recently at a certain college examination a c6rtain professor determined that ho would ninko it impossible for any copying to take place under hln supervision. Ac cordingly li kept a sharp watch ii | > on the candidates. At last ho noticed a man look from Hideto side to satisfy himself that no ou observed him , plunge his hand into his breast pocket and , drawing something out , regard it long and steadfastly , and then , hastily replacing it , resume his pen and write with increased energy. The professor succeeded in getting behind the man un- porcoivcd , and then , waiting until ho was repealing the suspicious action , ho sprang forward and Hul/.od the hand in the very act of grasping the suspected object. "Sir , " said ho , "this is the fourth time I have watched you doing tliis. What have you in your hand ? " The man hesitated to reply , and this , coupled with his evident confusioncon ' . "I firmed the professor's suspicions. must insist , sir , on seeing what it is you have in your hand. " The man reluc tantly complied , and , drawing his hand from his pocket , revealed the source of his inspiration the photograph of a young woman. 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