Show superstitions kings and queens aro not abao tho superstitions of their day nor havo ley ever been as la evidenced by wearing of talismans talis mans and magical ring the czar of russia Is it k paid greatly distressed at tho losa of a ling which ho regarded as a talisman and ot which a romantic story is told many years ago the princess charlotte of prussia noticed among tha jewelry or her swiss governess a curious little ring of gothic design y what a curious ring she exclaimed it reminda me of some ancient talisman do let me try 11 on tho princess put the ring on her fingor butto her dismay found it impossible to fake it off again tho begged her to accept it as a hee laten sh was able to remove the ring arid found to her amazement that inside it were faintly engraved tho words dussias Rus sias czarina years passed and the fair prussian princess became the wife of prenco nicholas who at the time had no hope whatever of a crown but who was to be nicholas I 1 czar of russia to her husband charlotte gave the mysterious ring which he wore to his last day as a talisman and which as been treasured and almost venerated by bis successors on the throne with such reverence Is il regarded by tha present czar that when once he started on a journey without it he returned several hundred miles to place tho tutelary ring on bis finger MISSING WHEN assassinated the too havo a ring which is credited with similar magical powers it Is of massive gold contains a dark colored square shaped elone and is caad to havo been bakan by a german knight from the hand of more than seven cen j ago it came later into the pos session of margrave of and has been handed down the h long line of hi descendants until it adorns a finger of the kaiser today the kings of italy have a ring which la regarded with similar reverence and ll 11 was noted at tho time that king humbert had for once omitted to wear it on the day of his assassination but sovereigns and princes in all ages have been no lees superstitious than subjects it will be remembered that at culloden prince chardio wore a ring containing a ruby bloodstone having on one face the figure of mars end on the other the figure of ills of this ring it was said that the super princa obtained lt on the continent as a charm and carried it adf a protection in the hazardous enterprise in which he was engaged Charle magnes talisman is famous in ln story it was of fine gold circular sn shape and set with gems with two and of the holy irosa at the center toils charm was lound attached ib the neali of charla anagno aken hisomu was opened and was presented to ahe great napoleon choln turn gaedt to hortanse fex queen of holland Henry VIII one of tho most credulous of monarch used to wear with religious reverence a jewel which had orce adorned the sarino of the murdered thomas abecket at canterbury lie geia been presented to beckems Beck ets shrine by louis VII of trance and before its association with the memory had been le as a charm of miraculous powers the belief tn the magic of rings blessed by the king was universal in england la the middle ages on good friday tho aung went through the ceremony of blessing certain rings to be distributed among alia people as infallible cure for cramp coming iu state into bis chapel ho found a crucifix laid upon a cushion and a ear yet spread on tho ground before it tho monarch crept along the carpet to the crucifix as a token ol 01 his humility and there blessed the didgs in a silver basin kneeling all the time with his almoner likewise kneeling by his side alter athla was dono the queen and her ladles came in and likewise crept to the cross TIME TO DIE H E A who states that h is a traveling salesman sends tn the following poem entitled the traveling mans dream we publish it with cat c at vouching for its originality mil walkee waukee sentinel A gay and handsome traveling man lay on a bed ot pain aja hope was past his life ebbed fast he neer would rise again have you no sweetheart fair and true they whispered oer bis bed whom you would tell a last farewell the young man softly eald theres daisy back in burlington and millie up at blair there s katie down in watertown and mary at eau claere and at green bay theres esther dear whom I 1 must surely see and annie too at waterloo please bring them all to mo tho watchers stared in wild surprise and then they said once more and tell us pray without delay the girl whom you adore the girl whom you have to love and bring both wealth and tame your promised wife and hope and lito quick let us know her name theres at berlin he said and maimo at antigo theres violet at maradette Mar iDette and may at old st joe theres hattie too in baraboo Bara boi and mabel at whitehall the man sighed its time I 1 died ivo sworn to lott them all A cmiel insinuation baltimore american mrs henpeck I 1 notice here in the paper that a young girl in new york con thees that she has been in the burglary business for a long time henpeck recklessly no doubt she the tendency from a mother who was to the habit ot making nightly journeys through her husbands pock WAGES ONLY OBJECT washington times lots of men are hunting easy berths sass a representative irom of laboring men who ara compelled to arn their bread by ali 0 perspiration ot the frontal grans ought to appreciate the simple of this advertisement which appeared in a new otleane paper employment steady work not so much an object as good wages C M D |