Telegram-herald., 1890-11-18

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ezFt4is rag. tbs is2pstzszco cE tAs
hE.1sgs seoU-~ths Daks q h4@ilten =
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The delivery a FlBx AS 4lsays oeea
soastlesed = slza - cea2aeaeA et del-
es4zis1. of poser 4nd heace. 81 naas-
rlAss. sAo~s Sas sxess q tie has1an1
- 1Ls sife. aa1 LA insestlng her sta
z4tnsEisy Ia hls kozseksl1 Is i also
looked 2poa - syalbol .. sseralty 2nd
e9nsl4ncy-
soma eensi3er tbat he lest haEd Vas
shossn ~ siguify ths wife's saesecElea
- The hgsb2n4, Gnd ths shira Eager BE-
cause It saereay pressed = seln supposed
70 eo9DuRieate directly with The heart
Iae third Gnger, on account q cersata
faneisd vistus With which it Is credited,
has always been selected as the one on
which - wear oElcial rings. To the
Greek ana Roman physicians Il vas
known - the medical - healing 1nseF,
Eud vas used g sir their mixtures.
from an idea that nothing Eoxiocs
co1Id e0mmunleAts with IL slthogt Civ
iny immsaiats warning by palpitation
of the heart IT. some parts % kngland
the ring-anger Is supposed 70 have the
power q curing any sore or wound
whieh 10 stroked hy II Also, II Is be
heved that any growth like , wart on
The skin nay be removed By rubbing
wedding ring upenis
Among the Purit@ns there were many
who desired 10 forbid the use Of the
wedding ring Is a Popish and super
stitioUs practice. Butler, Ia his "IIudi-
bras" refers % this:
"O.heFs were for aboIShing
Tsai tool q ra@tFimcay, ring.
With which IA unsanetincd bridegroom
Is married only q . thumb"
When the Venetian Republic was at
the height OF its power. there was en-
annual ceremony OF marriage between
the Doge and the Adriatic. On Ascen-
sios day, with much ceremony and re-
joisngs. ring vas thrown by tho
DOe>s into the sea, 10 denote that as the
wife IS subject 10 tho husband, so was
tho Adriaic sea TO the Republic OF
Venice.
So universal has boen tho belief in
charms, and SO various the articles that
have been used Is such. that il is not TO
b wondered at that rings should be IL
cluded among them. In tho Middle
Ages. rings inscribed with the supposed
names OF tho Wise Men OF tho East who
visited our Saviour-namoly, Melchoir,
Balthasar and Jasper-wero believed 20
act as charms against accidents 10 the
wearer while travelling as wcll "a 70
counteract secrecy and 10 guard against
sudden death. They were made Of sill
yer. and sometimes even of lead cast in
a mold. to be sold cheap to the lower
orders.
Silver rings are by no means uncom-
mon at the present day, worn as charms
against cramp and rheumatism. Tho
uso of rings in England. as charms
against cramp, dates from tho eleventh
century.
In Catholic times cramp rings were
blessed by the King on Good Friday.
Coming IN state into his chapel, he
found a crucihx laid upon a cushion
and carpet spread on the ground be-
the cushion, IS a sign OF his humility,
and there blessed tho rings (Which were
in silver basin), kneeling all the time,
with his almcner kneeling by his side.
After this was done, the Queen and all
her ladies' came in and crept up to the
cross.
OF the romance connected with rings.
pages might be written. Both Nathaniel
Hawthorne and Oliver Wendell Holmes
refer to the incident Of DR.. Harris, OF
Dorchester, Mass, who, when q poor
youth, trudging along one day, staff in
hand, being then in stress OF sore need,
found all at once that somewhat was
adhering to the end OF his stick, which
somewhat proved 70 be gold ring Of
price, bearing the words: God speed
thee, friend"
/ A curious anecdote concerning ring
and walking-stick is given in Notes
and Queries" A servant boy was sent
into the town with valuable ring. He
took it out OF its box 70 admire il, and,
passing over a plank bridge. let it fall
On muddy bank. Not being able to
find it, he ran away to sea, finally set
tied in colony, made large fortune.
cams back aftor many years, and bought
the estate on which be had been servant
One day, while walking over his land
with a friend, he came TO the plank
bridge, and there told his story. II
could swear" said he, pushing his stick
into tho mud. ''to the very spot on
which tho ring dropped" When nc
withdrew the stick, the ring was on the
end o, it--Once a Week.