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September IOtb, 1914
By PRINCIPAL BOUCK of the ;Clinton, Model School.
There is an instinct' is the human.'
rade which delights in the flying of
.flags'; a sentiment; which seems Go be
inborn Tina is manifested in the
boy beating a banter at the /bead of..
his mimic batallion. The brave bear-
ing of the:boy color -sergeant is but
the forecast of the ;>' sturdyisoldier
who atduty's call rallies rormd the
,banner of their country in danger's
hour andperforms deeds of talon
that are inscribed on the tinily ing
page of a country's annals. The
love of home, of king, of ' count Lv is
Wrapped tip in the. love one bears for
his country's flag.
7;n. all ages and in all times has,
it been .the sane. The deeper Ave
go Into the records of the past the
more evidence ao we find that man,
however varied his race, or primi-
tive his condition, however cultured
his surroiutdings or: rude his methods
has universally displayed this inmate
characteristic: instinct of glorying in
some personal or.;national emblem.
To search for and disooveremblems
which they bore disclose to us the
eras of a people's historyi and there --
fore it is that the study of a na-
tion's flag is, something more that a
mere passing interest and becomes
one of real educational value, meriting
our closest investigation, for the
study 'of flags is really the treeing of
history by sight.
The fans and hieroglyphic standards
of the Pharoahs are the index of their
dynasties. The Israelites in the.
time of the Exodus had their dis-
tinctive emblems, and Moses directed
that every man of the children of
Isreal should pitch by his own stand-
ard with the ensign of his father's
house. The emblems of the whole
sraeiitish army was ropresentated
by a banner bearing a man, a lion,
an ox and an eagle, . A man repre-
senting integrity and understanding,
.a lion denoting strength and power,
an ox denoting humility and presev-
erence and the eagle typifying proirept-
ness and celerity. From the lost Cities
of Nineveh have been 'unearthed the
ensign of the great :Assyrian race,
the Twin Bulls. , The formidable
legions of the Roman Empire
'carried the Imperial Eaglele at
their head and set it in tri-
umph over many a subjugated
state, establishing its supremacy a-
mong the people as a sign of all -
conquering power of their mighty
'• r The
olden eagle of the
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French batallions, ortlhe Black . 4igle of
Persia, this White Eagle of Polland,
the double -headed Eagle of Austria
donee of his patriotic for:voi•,is
thus These sureoats with their accolhip- British navy, 'allowed to be carried
found to he all-prevading. The as
euraoy of its form may, not be exact,
it map indeed be well nigh indistin-
guishable in its outlines but 'whenev-
er it be raised' aloft the halo _ - of.
patriotic meaning with which mem-
ory! ;has illumined it is answered by
the flutterings'of the human heart,',.
A. country's flag becomes, therefore,
of additional value to its people in
proportion as its sinhboliera is het- a -jack. ' From this origin, too, the Shall yet terrific burn
ter understood and its •story is mora small flag , pole at the bow of the 1'fll danger's troubled night depart
fully known. Its combinations should ship is still called the jack -staff "and
similarly the short flag -pole at the And
the star of peace return,''
be studio/1, its story unfoldcil, for in
itself a fiat is ihotlhieg but in its stern of a vessel,- moon which the dis-
The Scottish Jack is a wbite ob-
meaning it is everything. So long tinquishing ensign of the nationality long flag on a blue field gA;l is known
then as pride of race and nation ex- of the ship is displayed, is called the as the cross of St• Andrew. Front
ists among mein so long' will a way ensign stats, ` • a very early period St. Andrew has
the' feudal period in Europe- been esteemed as the patron saint
ung with n them. all tha{, h strong- Duringof Scotland and held in veneration
est within them and stir thea na- an itistorya when. armed forces }veto
tional instincts ' to their deepest called into the field eachof the, no- quite as strong as that entertained
•bins end leaders as in duty bound,in England. for St. George.
depths• furnished to the.cause his quota of Tne most favored tradition as ' to
It is quite evident that national
flags are not merely , a haphasard men equipped with complete aroma- the date of his adoption; as a' patron
patchwork of colored bunting nor by ment, These troops bore upon their saint is that it occurred in A.D,987,
any means meaningless things. 'Fite arms and banners the heraldic or when I,Wilgus, king of the Picts was
combinations have a history and in coat -of -arms of their own liege lord being attacked by Athelstane,• king
man' cases tell a story, but of all as a sign of the company to which of the West Saxons. Achius; king
} the i belonged and in this way the of the Scots. with 10,000 of his men
the national flags l th so inone that S g'
bears upon.its folds so interesting e1 Particular locality from which • they. Dame to the relief of. IIungus and'
story, nor its history so plainly tante and the leadership under which the two' kings joined their forces to
written on^its parts and colorings as they were marshalled could be at repel the southern , invader. The
has our British Union Jack, once recognised. Scottish leaders, face to face with
Our present enterprise 'is to search The sovereigns also ',in their turn so formidable a foe, were spending
out where it got its name, how ' it displayed the banner of the king, the night in prayer to God and St,
was built up into its present form dons over which ire reigned, such as Andrew, when upon the background
and what is the meaning of its sev- the finer -de -lis of France, the cross of the blue sky there appeared form-
eral parts. This, is not only an inquiry of St. George, •for Englaad, the cross ed of white clouds, the figure of .the
of deepest interest but is of practical of St. Andrew for Scotland, and the while cross of the martyr saint.
and educational value, for. to trace banner of the king formed the ensign Reassured by this answering sign the
the story of the successive combine- under which the combined forces ser Scottish soldiers entered the fray
tions of our national flag is to fol- red- with enthusiastic valor, defeat -
low the history of the British race. As the forces collected together; ing the English and leaving their
In the earliest days 01 chivalry, caste to he more the national axmy Icing, Athelstane, dead upon the field.
long before the time of the Norman and less the personal adherents of Since that time the white saltire cross
conquest of England, both the their chief it was provided in Eng -
knights on horseback and the men on
foot wore a surcoat or Jacque, (jack-
et) extending _over .the body from, the
neck to the thighs bearing upon the
blazon a sign either of their lord. or
of their nationality. In the time of
the crusades, /luring the lith and
12th centuries, when the Christian
nations of Europe wore combined to-
gether to secure Jerusalem and the
e Lh M a
Tlol3
� Land frontthenulc of i-
hommedans, the warrior pilgrims, re-
cruited from the different countries,
wore crosses of different shapes and
colors upon - their surcoats to indi-
cate the nationalities to which theyh
belonged and to oridenCG the holy
cause in which they were engager].
The crosses worn by each of the na-
tionalities was of a different color.
and Russia and the American Eagle France, red, Flanders, green, Ger-
of the United. States are but under- 1 many, black, Italy, yellow. In the
studies of the emblem that stretched Iearlier crusades the cross worn by
its wings over Imperial Rome. I the English was white but in later
This instinct in man to attach a expeditions the red cross of St.
national meaning to some vital sin i George was adopted and worn upon
Merl and to display it as an evi- the jacgile as a sign of the English.
allying in , .crosses came m. -'time 1'o he
known as the Jacks of 'the' various
nationalities they represented and it
was front the raising of one of these
ullort a lance or staff at the bow. ,of
a ship, in order that the national-
ity of those on board might he known,
that a single flag bearing on it only
the :cross of St. George- or the 01900
of St,' Andrew 08100 to be known as
only by His' Malestp''s men -o -war.
']'hits is all honor done to the'Marin-
ers of JJngland wlho have worthily
won the poet's fame :
"Ye .Mariners' of .England
That guard,' 0115 native shores,
Whose 'flag has braved. a thousand.
years
The battle and the breeze.
The mieteor Gag of,I;ngland
upon a blue ground has been carried
land that the Ieige lord of each lo- I by the :Scots as their national en-
eal force should hear on the banner
the cross of St, George as well as
his own coat -of -arms.
The English. ,Jack is a white flag
having upon it a plain red cross.
The great Christian hero, St.
George, is stated to have been des-
cended from. ' a noble Cappadonian
Christian family and to have been
beheaded for his faith on April 23rd,
s
A.D.303, during the Ptoccation of
the Christians by the Emperor Dio-
cletian. The, anniversary of that
day is for that reason celebrated as
St. George's Day. Ile wasa soldier
of highest renown, a knight of purest
exploits 1115 hero-
ism
honor and many 1 +xp1ot
are narratedfn ancient prose
and poetry. '
About three miles nodal along the
shores of the Mediterranean from the
city of l3eyrnb there was in the time
of the crusades and still remains, an
ancient grotto cub into the rock and
famous as being the traditional place
where the gallant Knight, 5t. George
"Y'clad in the mightie arms and
silver shield/ as one for knightly
jousts and fierce encounters fell"
was reputed to have performed one
of the most clearing deeds by redeem-
ing the king's b
jaws of a dreadful dragon.
The memory of. St George has al-.
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why you find this store,
Always in the lead
"new things" first.
lf;l,, manufacturer
style in a ladies' suit,
dress we are the first
Clinton. Never in
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styles to choose front,
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to buy,
LADIES' FR11 SDITS.
Each bears the latest print of -
fashion, handsome materials, mod-
est styles and careful workmanship,
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the best roosuh e value for
.money, all sizes, .pt ices 315.00 to
$30,00,
FAL 'MILLINERY
Our millinery dept. reopened
August 31st end is in charge of
Miss Roche. Opening announced
later,
LR`D'IE5' AND
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SWEATER
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stock this wea k
beautiful range
class sweater coats
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toll the new
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bright red and
all sizes. A. good
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East, particularly by the Christian
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early accepted as the protector of
soldiers and sailors, • One of the.
first churches erected bp Constantino
and
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about 1 )
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the Great,
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other churches in 'the East were ded-
icated to 5t. George.
The form of the cross is that
known as the Clreek cross, the four
arms heing at right angles to each
other and in this form is displayed'
in the upper corner of the ,national
Cireek ensign, in this case as a white
cross on a blue ground.
The insignia of eight nations hear
the Greek cross of the St. George
shape but in four -, different colors;
Greece, white cross, on blue ground,
Russia, Austria, Derinark and Switz-
erland, a white crosson red ground,
Norway, blue cross on red ground,
Sweden, yellow cross' on blue ground
and England, a red cross on white
ground.
In 1350 on 5t. George's Day, the
most Noble of the Garter was . in-
stituted hp Edward III with magni-
ficent ceremony in St, George's Cha-
pel, Windsor C'tstic This is the
highest order of knighthood in the
kingdom. Its jewel, called the
"Cieorgc" is a representation of Sb.
George and the Dragon and in the
centre of ilei star of the order is
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the led cross of St, George.,
St. George represents the Principle
of Good the Dragon the Principle of
Evil. It is the contest between vir-
tue and vice in which the knight
by his virtues prevails — a splendid
emblem for a Christian people.
It was with the battle cry, `For-
ward St. George" that Richard I car-
ried, the rod cross banner, to the very
walls of Jerutalenl. Under this flag
Edward I claiined the lordship of the
Narrow Seas. French battlefields
resounded to the qty, `•'England and
St.' George," when the undying glor-
ies of Glossy and Poicteats were ac-
hieved, again; at Agincourt, Henry V'.
led on his pipe to victory, Under
it the,. Cabots discoveged Cape Bre-
ton, . Drake sailed around the world,
Frobisher sought tate north -weal Virginia, pas-
sage, and
sage; Raleigh Lounileil, � gtur
Elizabeth • carried emit/ikon into the
ill-fated Spanish Armada.
This is
a glory roll w
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land a
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the Seas" with,
this ,redc.oss
flag
flying above them the English •sailors
their white
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around vet
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swept
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ships 0
xis. and
'made the p
diifed coasts
all other nations do obeisance to it.
With it they
penetrated ated
distant
oceans planting it in previously un-
known lands- as a sign of the sover
eignty of their king, making the pow-
er of England and England's, flag
known the eircic of the world.
A single St. George's cross is in
the British fleet the Admiral's flag.
This is the 'distinctive• flag of the
of Boots Shoes,DryGoods,
Gents' Furnishings, Ladies di s and
Children's Wearing A. arr 1, Also
ph
line of Ladies' Milliner .
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sign.
The kingdoms of England and
Scotland had passed through centur-
ies of dissension and conflict when
at length is Marclh 1803, upon the
death of his second cousin, Elizabeth
Queen of England, James VI, King
of Scotland, became also James I of
England.
Before entering upon the subject of
the joining of the two national jacks
in one flag it might be well to con-
sider the changes then made in the'
Royal Standard, inconsequence of
this union of the crowns.
The Royal Standard is the special
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personal flag of the o veroi gn an
bears upon it his royal arms emblas-
oned wilt crevice and in3ignia
of the kingdoms over which he
rules. Ri0harci 1, Cour-de-Lion,
had displayed on his royal standard
the three golden lions an a
red ground, to these Henry V.
added three golden flour -de -lis on a
bide ground, tllpifying his right to
the throne of. France. This was used
to Elizabeth's time. A change was
now" made by. Janes to represent his
additional sovereignties, To the
standard; of Elizabeth he added the
lion rampant F Scotland and
alsorn an o
the Trish harp which had not preci-
ously been included in the royal arms.
When James ascended the throne
of England it was his great desire
Io be styled Ring of Great 13ritairt
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well as o
Judges and the Lords and Conunons
of England denied 1115 right Go a•ssinne
this title as the parliaments were
not united though they both bore
e sovereign.
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The additional jack of James's
I,
1006 known as the "King's Jack"
was not allowed to supercede the na-
tional jacks. The king's jack was
carried on the main mast and the
national jack on the foremost
utast. The white ground be-
came simply a !Imbrication to` the
cross of St George. This was our
first Union Jack,
On h'eh. 23r1.1 1048 the Revolution-
ary Parliament of England abolished
the office of king and subsequently
executed Charles, cancelling the alleg-
icnce of Scotland and dissolving the
connection between the kingdoms. By
an order in council signed by John
Bradshaw the English jack was re -
b clear out in four weeks re-
gardless of cost.
A few Specials
to let you see what bar;
gains we are offering :
2 dozen Ladies Shoes, to clear at $1.55.
1000 yards of Print at 9c per yards
Men's Work Shirts to clear at 49c.
1 dozen Men's Tweed or Serge Suits
to clear at $4.50.
CLINTON
BARGAIN STORE.
Next door to 1VtcTaggarts' Bank.
stored and the Royal arins changed.
UP to .1613 the nag flown at the
stern of fire uheu-o vvar had been the
royal standard, but parliament now I
to Common-
c th ;led the fleet of tl
on o�
wealth 'Floe Commonwealth ensign,
a red flag with a yellow Irish harp in
the fly, and St. George's cross in the 1
upper canton next the staff on; a j
white ground, was introduced,
Charles I returned
L
t lhed when Cita t,
In 1GG 0 vv
from lois travels the Union Flag of
James I was restored hut Ile retain-
ed the Ensign Reil of the COnhI1101r-
f he ensign,
"h lis t
t cairn. The 0 0
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Red signifies bile progress of consti-
tutional rule, the Royal Standard of
Charles I at the stern was the ex-
pression of absolute rule by the king
without parliament ; the common-
wealth ensign told of absolute ride
of parliament without tate king ; titch
Ensign Red at the stern recorded the
contintlency of constitutional govern-
ment by both king and parliament.
lit the year 1707, being the sixth
year of the reign of Queen Anne, the
Parliaments of England and Scot-
land were united. By the .same act
which gave sanction: to the union au-
thority was given to Queen Anne to
(Continued on page 5.-)
Coming to
Clinton
on
Wednesday,
Sept. 23rd
d
Prof, Dorenwend
of Toronto
will be at The
Rattenbury House
With a. special sample
of all the lateet styles
in HAIR -GOODS,
• urs. switches s trans-
' be shown
beautiful lila w
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etcor., othe
etc„ of the finest gnality.bale and workmanship that
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Come and have a free demonstration
Sanitary t Patent Toupee"
whish iA the only structure of its
kind. They are feather -weight, in-
detectable,hygunic and will make
you appear 20 years younger.
( Worn by men in all stations of life.
and over 250;000 in use.)
StockReduieing Sale
HavingIn5 bought ght outtheFUrn1tL10and, •
vLndertaking
business of Mr. Wesley
y
Walker,and in older to reduce stock, for
the next !fifty days, we put on one of the
largest sales of Furniture that was ever
held in,the county of Huron,
THIS STOCK MUST BE REDUCED AND THE
PRICES ARE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED.
All Goods Bought During Sale Will be Cash.
JAS. DtfFORD,
Night and Sunday calls answered at residence
over the store. Phone 28,
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Natio nal Portand Cement !
drand
carload the same old b
received a ca on t
'Pl o have just ece d
of Portland Cement Which haws e,llyays given you such c000-
plete satisfaction It always fills your requirements, Yon,
cannot make a mistake:using the National,
S. J. ANDREWS,
Clinton.
Western ` Fair
;LONDON, CANADA
Ontario's Popular Exhibition
September llth to 19th, 1914
INCREASEDa,PRIZE LIST
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OF ATTRACTIONS TWO SPEED
T PROGRAMME
MAGNIFICENT
EVENTS DAILY. NEW FIREWORKS EVERY A1CL
I.1T,
Come and .See
The Experimental FcirmExhibit and the Canadian Royal Dragoons,
The Con. T. KennedyShows will fill theMid wa .
tMusic by the es' available Bands. y
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a Rates co
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Reduced Railway commencing R e m g 5 p.
Special Excursion Days, Sept. 15th, 'Kith and 17th,
All tickets good till September 21st,
All information from the Secretary.
W.J. REID, President, EA. ,111. HUNT, Secretary
Antannevainmervieummumeremweit