The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-07

burnham, at his palace, Hyde Park, London. It is a rectangular block of gold, and is engraved on bothh sides with hiereglyphics. On one side is the cartouche of Thothmes II, the Pharaoh who was the friend of Joseph. On the other side the hieroglyphics have been translated and read: "Revealer of se- crets; preserver of the world; protector of Egypt" which were the titles given | to Joseph.
 This ring was discovered in 1924 in the Metropolis of Sakkara, near the ruins of the ancient city of Memphis, on the bank of the Nile, and many an tiquarians believe it>is the actual ring ! referred to in Genesis, xii:42-43: And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put gold chain about his neck, and he made him ride i'll the | second chariot which he had, and they | cried before him. Bow the knee, and he made him ruler of all the land of Egypt
 Martin Luther's wedding ring was discovered in 1929 in a secondhand | shop in Geneva by Madame Michael Girod and is now at Waldenberg. It is made of silver gilt and is believed to have been designed by the celebrated painter and goldsmith Lucas Cranach, | and probably was wrought with his own hands, for he was one of the three men selected by Luther as witness of his marriage. The design is complica- ted and includes the several symbols of the Passion,
 In the center is figure of the cruci fled Savior; on one side is the spear with which his side was pierced and on the other side the ladder used at the crucihxion The pillar to which he was bound and scourged. There is a leaf of l hyssop, the dice with which the sol- dlers cast lots for his garments, three nails, a crown of thorns and other symbols connected with the last act of the atonement, So grouped as to form a cross with a tiny ruby at the joint, which represents a drop of blood. It Is inscribed, ID. Martino Luthero- Catherinan Boren 13 June, 1589." Lu- ther's bride was Catherine von Bora, one of nine nuns who, under his influ- ence, resigned from their order and be- came Protestants
 Mrs. John w. Foster of Washington had a duplicate of this ring, which she bougrt in Madrid while MT. Foster was at the head of the legation there, It was contributed by the chaplain of the 1 German embassy, to be sold at a char 1 ity bazaar, Mrs. Foster brought 1t to Washington upon her return to this country and placed it in a cabinet in the drawing room of her former resi- dence on street. From there it was stolen several years ago by a guest at one of her receptions and never could | be traced.
 | Poison rings are as old as history l Demosthenes wore one, but did not use lit. When the police came from Athens to arrest him he asked permission to write farewell note to a friend, and sucked his pen aftetr dipping it in poll soned ink When Crassus, who was custodian of the treasury of Rome, was | detected in offering pile of gold that was concealed under a statue of Jupi- ter on Capitoiine Hill, he brushed the jewel of his ring in his teetr and died immediately.
 When the Roman ambassador com manded the King of Bithynia to sur render Hannibal, the latter committed suicide by sucking poison which he al- ways carried about in a ring.
 Solomon is said to have worn ring which possessed magical power, and Midas, the King of Phrygia, had one which when he wore 1t, made him in- visible.
 In ancient times there were many valuable rings. One worn by the Elm press Faustina, wife of Caligula, was worth two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the Empress Domicia wore