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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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