Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — Caring for Rings. [ARTICLE]

Caring for Rings.

Don’t wear your rings under gloves unless you remember to have them thoroughly examined twice a year, is the advice given by a jeweler. The constant friction wears out the tiny gold points that hold the stones in place, and unless strict attention is paid to them they become loose in a very short time. Small purses of suede leather are made on purpose for rings, or any soft pouch of skin or chamois may be used to place the ring in when desiring to carry them around with one. They should never be put into the ordinary pocketbook as the rubbing against coins is also bad for them. Diamonds can be cleaned at home to look as well as when done by a jeweler, if only a little trouble is taken. They should be thoroughly cleaned in alcohol and then dried in boxwood sawdust. Pine sawdust is too oily for this purpose. Silver filigree may be brightened by washing it in ammonia and water, using a fine brush and castile soap and drying in the same manner as diamonds. In case it is very much darkened and the stains refuse to disappear with ordinary treatment hyposulphite of soda may succeed. Hyposulphite of soda should be purchased of a trustworthy druggist and used only according to his advice. Origin of the “Old Dominion.” Few persons are aware of the origin of the name “Old Dominion” as applied to the State of Virginia. During the usurpation of Oliver Cromwell she declared herself independent of his authority, on which account the usurper threatened to send a fleet to reduce the colony. Fearing to withstand such a force, the colonists dispatched a messenger to Charles II. —then an exile In Flanders —Inviting the royal outcast to be their king. He accepted their invitation, and on the very eve of embarking for his throne in America was recalled to the crown of England. In gratitude for Virginia’s loyalty he quartered her coat of arms with those of England, Scotland and Ireland, as an Indi pendent member of the British Empire. These facts are established by the coin. This is said to be the origin of the phrase “Old Dorpinion." Few persons, probably, are aware that one of these States came so near becoming an independent kingdom, and yet only the restoration of monarchy in England prevented »qch a oqpsummation.