Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-03

VALUE or GER-Rf as.
Jewels with Histories Have More vvosih
Than Precious Stones.
I don't think there is any danger Of
the summer time girl wearing rings on
her toes. as the nursery jangle tells
about, but that she does have them on
her fingers can not be doubted "a
quaint ring, one set with q curiously-
colOred stone, one that belonged to q
famous beauty, or even to q great man,
Is valued not only far above rubies, but
quite casts glittering diamond in the
shade. A ring with a history is
treasure-:it affords something to talk
about, and as 1t Is considered rather
smart to openly express admiration OF
ones belongings, it Ia easy to under.
stand the advantage attached to a peca-
liar ring. ii. .s
One young woman is happy in mar
row band of curiously bright green
enamel set about with diamond stars;
this was picked up in a pawnbroker's
shop in St. Petersburg. At the begin
ming of the season this was the old
story told about it, but now, as tho
young woman has vivid imagination,
she has added to it's original story, and
says that it was given by the handsome
Orloff to the beautiful blonde Empress
Catharine. She tells blood-curd-
ling story about it. How he
put it on Catharine's finger the night
before she sent him to Siberia, and
how, at the instigation of his rival, the
tiny ring was thrown out of the win
dow, picked up by a peasant, and after
tall this time and many adventures
flashes from tho hand of an American;
girl. This little fiction makes the ring
much more interesting and sends me
in state OF rapt admiration at the
GOODNESS with which the young woman
tells this tarradidle. i~:
Another ring is of soft gold and was
made in a miners camp in 1S49. 1t is
set with single ruby. The workman-
ship is very rough, but the ring is
decidedly suggestive of the old ones
that were worn by the Egyptian wonl-
en- as symbols of their slavery to ono
man. The moonstone is religiously
worn to the races, for, following up
the idea of the Prince of Wales, it is
believed to bring good luck in
gambling. She who is nervous, who
feels that life is only worth living be-
cause Of the hope that she may some
day be well, is rapidly getting better
under the influence of g. beautiful
emerald. Nobody ever does confess to
being annoyed about lover. to doubt.
ing his faithfulness or thinking that he
may be growing weary, but the fad for
sapphires seems to suggest that some
maidens are taking time by the fore,
lock and keeping him faithful before
he has time for any thing else.
Clear pearls are not anxiously sought
for, as they bring tears without end.
but the pink pearl that insures sudden
shower of tears and then weeks and
months OF perfect happiness is as ca
gerly looked for as it is difficult to get.
A long time ago a wise man said: HE
who hath turquoise hath FRIEND" so
that it is not odd to see parasol handles
studded with the bright blue stones,
while bands of them arc worn as
bangles and vinagrets are set with
them; the smart girl of to-day evident
ly believes, like the old Russian: The
more friends, the fewer enemies"
Apropos of pearls, while Mrs. Mar
shall O. Roberts may have the finest
collection of white pearls, it is very
certain that the largest single pink
pearl shows its soft luster on the white,
well-formed hand of Mrs. Langtry.
Mrs. Aston is credited with having
the finest single sapphire in this
country, but again does her lilyship
lead, for her famous sapphire neck
lace is. it is said by experts, the most
perfect string of sapphires ever shown.
Real rubies are not only rare, but in
addition are wonderfully expensive.
No great number of them is possessed
by any single woman, although almost
every leader in the swell set possess
fine one. The interest in the stones.
these beautiful flashing stars of the
earth, is to be condemned, and it is by
long odds the best fad that the sum-
mer time has had for long time, and
to be perfectly al fait in regard to
them it becomes necessary to do lit
tie reading and to cultivate the men,
ory-two desirable occupations for tho
young woman of to-day.-Phila1elphia
Press. .'
From Quaint Nantucket.
Apropos of Nantucket, one hears
some rather odd sayings and of some
quaint happenings there.