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Show Their Marks. Ifl "Tho seal or signet ring," said a Jeweler, "onco had a very practical use. In tho Middle Ages, when no-body no-body but tho prlosts could write, men. stamped documents with tholr signet rings, as tho Illiterate now mako tholr marks. "The signet rings of noblemon bora the owner's crost or arms. The rings of merchants boro intrlcato mono-grams, mono-grams, trademark or tho llko. There are cortaln old continental firms that preserve In cabinets the seal rings worn by their foundors rings whoso seals nro inscribed with tho trade- marks still In use." H |
