Show I STRANGE ENGAGEMENT RINGS During tho hearing of o a breach bronchi of promise case easo tried at the quarter sessions County Coun Cork it tran tian transpired that the engagement ring rillS which the defendant had llad presented to the tho th plaintiff was nos originally orl mode made mo e for tho time purpose of or putting through h pigs nose In another case heard some time back the defendant stated that ho did not consider himself called upon to ful Cu f Cum ul ill m his promise to marry malTY tho the plaintiff its time tile engagement ring on which much of the evidence turned came camo e from tho the interior of or a Christmas cracker crackel The Time Jury however while not traversing tho the truth of this statement showed by tho tit verdict that they the did not consider that the defendants meanness had Invalidated Invalidated dated the significance of or his gift girt PISTOL A AND J D SHOESTRING WINGS ICINGS No niggard spirit was It that prompt prompted ed eel n a young oung man to have havo his fiancees engagement ring made mado from a portion of ot an nn old horseshoe which he found when on his hi way away 0 to the tho ladys house hoube to put the tho fateful question Another Iron lIOn substitute was a section cut from the barrel of a pistol which many mon years ears previously had been tho the Instrument of avenging tho the outraged honor of or a 3 member of ot the time bridegrooms family In this instance however the I dull hue huo of ot the grim memento was re by b the Insertion of a ruby rub an opal opa a sapphire and an rul emerald tho the Initial letters of or which hick gems formed the brides Christian name By B tho the advice of ot a 3 lady o y on whom his affections were fixed a Liverpool pool gen gentleman gentleman gentleman was rash rah enough to engage In a law lass action Letlon Thought Though ho lie gained the tho day the tho nominal damages of ot one farthing left eft him limo a heavy pecuniary loser When subsequently ho he became engaged to tots Oils fair fall adviser he had the tho small bronze 1 coin that had constituted con his legal e al award made Into a ring which was a accepted by b his pops future wife in the tho same samo spirit of or humor In ho which it was wag offered LOST l A TOOTH FOUND A HUS HAS HUSBAND BAND DAND Distinctly novel noel is an engagement ring composed of tobacco Such was Wag the tho present made mado to his by b a member of a IL family that owed its wealth to the of extensive tobacco plantations The rhe fragrant leaf eaf so strangely enlisted In lam CupIds service ice was by b subjecting It to an process made to assume the thc consistency and appearance of ot iron tho the somber tone of or which was lit up by b a n single brilliant of oC consid considerable considerable erable value To be knocked over by b a bicycle ce even een though its rider bo be a n lady Is not I pleasant still less so when you OIL rise from front the time ground minus a 11 tooth Such some somo time timo ago was the time painful ex experience experIence experience which gained a 11 Brighton gentleman an introduction to his Iris fu future future ture tUlO wife On their becoming engaged he lie made mado the lie customary presentation of oC a IL ring which took the tho form of ot ofa ofa a 0 souvenir of or their Initial meeting being nothing less than his displaced tooth surrounded by b a circlet of or gents gems ems FROM FRo r AN AL EGYPTIAN MUMMY A grisly memento In tho the possession ion of 01 the tho wife of a London clergyman Is 19 a ring mado from the time blood of an uncle who was badly bad I wounded while fighting for Garibaldi and Italian freedom Dr of Naples the tho th 3 celebrated of or human re rc remains remains mains attended him hint during his ill lil I ness and on his convalescence conva present presented ed cd him with a 11 ring made mado from his own blood On his return to England ho fro gave this to his nephew then an un undergraduate undergraduate at nt Cambridge whoso whose whimsical fancy prompted him on his becoming engaged a 11 year ear or two later to use uso it as ns an engagement ring In preference to a 3 conventional Jewelers bauble a n actress selected as an an nn amulet that had erstwhile encircled the time finger of or an Egyptian mummy An outre choice certainly but not so BO ghastly as ns was that of or a young oung so 50 society society clety lady ael whoso lover over at nt her earnest entreaty entreat purchased for tor hor her engage a golden hoop that was re reputed reputed reputed In the course courso or ot a n couple of ot centuries to have havo been worn by b no fewer than seven murderers Tid Bits |