Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1899 — Rin[?]s Always the same. [ARTICLE]

Rin[?]s Always the same.

Although many Jewelers advertise “something new In rings,” the feet remains that they are but slight variations of the styles In vogue at the time Moses piloted the children of land out of bondage of Egypt. Rings are allnded to In the Bible, In the books of Genesis and Exodus. They have been found among the relics of prehistoric races, the stone age, the bronze age, and the age of the mound builders. Herodotus mentions that the Babylonians wore them, and from Asia they probably were Introduced into Greece. The rings worn in early times were not purely ornamental, but had their significance as signet rings. A king's messenger delivering a message ami exhibiting the king’s signet as authority was obeyed Implicitly. The Romans had a marriage ring of Iron with a Jewel of adamant, signifying^eternity and constancy. History mentions a magic ring possessed by King Bolomon of which the Jews and Mohammedans have abundant traditions. It was by means of this ring as a talisman of wisdom and power that Solomon was enabled to perform those wonderful acts and accomplish those vast enterprises that have made his name so celebrated as (he wisest monarch of the earth. The later Romans wore a profusion of rings, and the more* effeminate had rings for summer and winter.