New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

ception Of the little finger. which remained in
tact with this ring on it. the rings worn on the
third finger being completely destroyed Alex
ander III took it from his fathers torn and
manSIed hand placed it in the envelope anS hid
II away IN the drawer. where il vas found ~
his widow after his death
Empress Marie not thinking that Their. wa.
any i'll luck attached to the ring took II with
her 70 Copenhagen on the occasion Of her next
Visit to Denmark in the spring Of 1895 and left
1t there in charge of her mother who died a
the same year. Finding it among the effects
Oh the dead Queen Of Denmark he Empress
TOOK IL back with her TO Russia and presented
1t to her second son, George. whose sudden
death short time afterward. quite alone by
4 roadside near Tilis. in the Caucasus created
such sensation. CuriousIy enough this ring
mas dis ppeared since that time and was not
found among the Grand Dukes belonginFs attsr
his death.
Another opal ring has played an anaIosou,
role IN the history of the reigning house Of
SPAIN 1t was given by the late King Alfonso
All 10 MS cousin Mercedes when he was be-
pothed 10 her She wore it throughout her
snort married life as Queen. On her death he
removed IT from her finger and presented II to
ms grandmother, old Queen Christina who died
shortly afterward. Then it passed 10 the Kings
IaVorlte sister, the Infanta Pillar who at once
oeS"h 20 sIcken and in few days breathed her
'''S'- AHonso thereupOn handed it TO his sister
ln-l1w, the beautiful Infanta Christina younger
daughter of the late Duke OF Montpensier and
u sister of the Countess of Paris In three
months she too dead The King now re-
solved TO retain the baneful jewel in his own
possession But he also soon fell victim to
us mysterious malignancy, and died With al
most tragic sUddenness after only few hours
SICKNESS, at his shooting lodge near Madrid In
1850. His widow, Queen Christina determined
TO place the ring beyond the power Of doing
any more harm. accordingly las bad II
hung to the neck OF the statue Of the Virgin Of
Almudena, the patron saint OF Madrid In ths
grand old Church Of the AtOcca
Empress Eugene superstitious like most
Spaniards, both Of high and low degree. mani
Tested throughout her husbands reign = dread
of opals. and persuaded only with difnculty
by the Emperor to wear a superb opal pAru-e
with which he had presented her on Easter Day
in 1870 as her "oeuf de Paques" She mos,
luctanty donued it at 4 grand fete given IN the
month Of June at the Palace of St Cloud. and n
proved the last entertainment which she
ever had occasion 10 preside as Empress OF the
French. for Immediately afterward the var
with Germany broke out which swept ths
throne OF Napoleon II out OF existenc. and
drove the house Of Bonaparte into e1na-
Many more stories OF the same -racter could
be told. but those just noted while they may
fail 10 convince. will, at any rate. 70
count for the existence OF the superstition at
tachinS TO the mysterious and apparently super
natural property pertaining to certain inanfznats
articles, and l may add. widespread Is
the belief. even in this country. that books
printed here dealing with the cult of occult
ism. which has many followers in the United
States actually insist that evil is derived from
the consumption of those onions and other A.
ricuturaI products which manured with
powdered Egyptian mumnes
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