Eureka Reporter | 1905-09-15 | Page 6 | Bracelet Emblem of Power

BRACELET EMBLEM OF POWER afterward it was a reward of brav ery shown in bat ie in the most ancient period ol 01 his tory the bracelet was an insign of royalty in later tinier it fias beeh ased in the east a A badge of power the bracelet ct mentioned in genesis 10 shekels or about five ounces among abe ancient the as nell as the brackets but abe latter never vore them till they were betrothed bracelets we oyt first properly luell tary ornament i or rewards frequent tre quent ly conferred amans the ancient by generals and princes on those bo be caved haved gallantly lu fight became afterward arbitrary decorations as fumed at pleasure the emblems says fosbroke 0 supreme authority among the kings were golden bands worn ro ind the arnis and liades ornamented bracelets of brass have been bound round the arms of skeletons in barrows the northan north Tn people used to swear on their bracelets 0 o render contracts more