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MANY SPECIAL FLAGS. Uncle Sam Has Some Which Are Very Seldom Seen. COLORS OF THE PRESIDENT. THE LINCOLN CENT. Mot Until 1882 Did the Chief Execu tive of the Nation Have a Personal j Banner, but Now He Has Three, the 1 Naval, Army and Peace Flags. As the United States grew and the government expanded many new de- jjai Ltutuis were auueu, auu wnn tuem many special flags have come into ex istence. Least often seen and yet most Interesting of these- twenty-five or thirty special flags is that of the jjiesiueui, ui me uuuea states. . tie has a wealth of them in fact, no less than three but they are seldom seen In public. There are two each of these flags, one of bunting and one of silk. They are exactly alike, with this ex ception, but the one of silk is called the "president's colors." i The president of the United States had no personal flag until 1882. If he went aboard a ship bis presence was denoted by the national flag hoisted at the main truck, and his presence in a garrison or post was denoted by the raising of the big garrison flag. These were not entirely distinctive, as denot ing the presence of the president, for these flags were hoisted on gala occa sions when the president was not around. The lack of a distinguishing flag for him was felt by the navy also. nnn rna Bwrprarv fir rnn 1 1 : i v v nv irpn. -eral orders, Aug. 19, 1882, established a flag for the president of the United States. The general orders described the flag as of blue bunting with the coat of arms of the United States in the center.: The flag was to be hoisted at the main of the vessel when the president was aboard and be carried at the bow of the launch on which he came aboard. In the army there was no distin guishing flag for the president of the United States until just before the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. Colonel Theodore Bingham, who was then superintendent of public build ings and grounds, called the attention of President McKinley to this lack of il UlSllllgUlBUiUg HUg 1UI UlLU O.L1U -Btated that he thought the commander In chief of the United States army and navy ought to have a distinguishing flag. President McKinley did not like the suggestion, but the secretary of war did, and a flag was made. . It was designed by Frederick D. Owen and is a beautiful thing to look at. The offi--cial description of the -flag is as fol lows: . -. -i'--'rhi '- 1 "The , president's flag is of scarlet -"bunting, thirteen feet fly and eight feet hoist. In each comer is a Ave pointed star of five inch radius to the tips. In the center of-the scarlet field is a large1 fifth star, also of five points, two feet nine inches in radius to the tips. In side of this star is a' parallel star, separated from it by a band of white three inches wide. The inner star forms the blue field upon which is the coat of arms of the United States. On the scarlet field around the large star are forty-six small white stars, one for each state, equally scattered in the re entering angles and all included with- in the ci-cumference of an imaginary circle three feet and a quarter in radius. In the upper point over the angle is .a constellation of thirteen stars, representing the original thirteen states Of the American confederation." Mr. Owen explained that iiuhe olive leaves, its berries and the arrows is symbolized the original thirteen. - It is also not a little singular that the offi- cial seal should bear in its motto ex actly thirteen letters and that the gen eral order which created the flag was also numbered thirteen. The magnifi cent siiKen colors or me presidents flag are of scarlet, and the design is embroidered upon this so exquisitely that it is impossible to tell right from wrong side when looking at the flag. The colors on the flag are what is called "proper" that is, natural the eagle being brown and the olive branches green, with red berries. This flag is to be displayed only in time of war. Yet another flag has the president. In 1902 the "peace" flag was adopted. This third flag differs in a good many respects from the other two. In the first place, the great seal of the United States is correctly depicted. On the other flags the design of the seal -Is seven red stripes and six white ones, which ' is correct, as the flag design was adopted by the Third congress, but when the great seal was adopted the designer, not knowing much about the flag, as the forefathers intended, and six red stripes. And that is the seal today.. There was a long discus sion whether the seal should not be changed to agree with the stripes on the flag, as the forefathers intended, . trat it was decided that as it had been adopted it should remain. .-This 'peace" flag thus has the seal correctly depicted. " The eagle is snow white. Its feathers being : outlined .In deep black. There is. a different . arrange?. tnent of the stars and of the sunburst also. The sunburst is exactly circular In form, with the rays radiating from the group of stars. The colors are of silk- with exactly the same design--. Washington Star. Design of New Penny Whose Coinage Has Been Stopped. The new Lincoln cent, the-coinage of which has been suspended by the order of Secretary of the Treasury Mac Veagh on account of the designer'.? initials appearing prominently on the coin, is of the same size as the fa miliar "Indian head" design. On the face of the penny is a bust of Abra ham Lincoln in profile facing toward the right. Above the head is the mot to "In God We Trust," and to the left of the figure the word "Liberty." In the lower right hand corner is the date 1909. . On the reverse, the words "One Cent" stand forth in bold type and beneath them "United States of Amer ica" in smaller lettering. At the top of the coin is the motto- "B Pluribus Unum." Two conventional wheat stalks extend around the lettering, and close to the base of the coin are the IilEUGLYRHINOCEROS Flabby and Stumpy, Yet He Is as Quick as a Flash. NOTED FOR HIS KEEN SCENT. The Stupid Looking Brute Has a Nose That Makes Up For His Almost Use less Little Eyes He Can .Wheel at . Full Speed Like a Polo Pony. ' -'" At first sight the African rhinoceros appears to be heavily handicapped by nature as regards his anatomy. His flabby, loutish body, short, stumpy legs, small, unblinking, piglike eyes and prehensile upper lip all combine to give him an air of stupid inactivity. Yet let him once scent danger, 'and ; how quickly is this idea dissipated. artist's initials, "V. D. B.," in minute j If ,yin down at the tlmft ne type. The circle of milled embossing which runs around the face and re verse of the old penny is absent from the new coin, and the entire design is noteworthy for its simplicity of line. The bust of Lincoln was designed from a photograph in the possession of Charles Eliot Norton and shows the late president with face relaxed and a benign expression. . It is said to repro duce his expression when talking to children. The designer of the coin is Victor D. Brenner, a native of Russia and thirty-seven years old. According to Mau rice Fishberg, an intimate friend, Mr. Brenner never sold matches, but has always been an engraver and sculp tor. "Some of the medals which he de signed fifteen years ago are excellent examples of his remarkable ability in this art," says Mr. Fishberg. "In the last seven years, the major part of which he spent in Europe, he has also done some excellent work as a sculp tor. While a noteworthy piece of work, the Lincoln penny is not the only nor the best example of his' ca nacitv as a medalist. His bas-relief of ex-President Roosevelt is considered by ' connoisseurs as one of the . best pieces of plastic art. . " - "The fact is that the Brenner fam ily have been engravers for genera tions. . Mr. Brenner learned engrav ing from his father; one-of: his broth ers is an engraver in Denver, and another is a promising young sculptor in Paris. . None of : them- has sold' matches, though In his earlier days in New York city Mr. Victor Brenner earned much less while following his art then some match peddlers." Mr. Brenner , always admired Lin coln's anti-slavery, policy and;, learning that the government, was searching for -a new - penny design, preferably . that of Lincoln, he obtained Dr. Norton's photograph and . soon . completed the present -: design. . This -: was : sent to Washington, where it was accepted. .- New dies of the coin- will be. pre pared as soon as possible, substituting for the initials of the designer the sin gle initial "B" In an obscure part of the design. How About That Fall .Suit : Come and get a PRINCETON -College Cut Suit The latest de signs in fabrics and styles! A. K RUSS Dealer in all Men's Furnishings '. We sell cheapest because we sell for cash. ' - -, . -; ; CORVALLIS. - i OREGON GREAT RIVALRY FOR PENS. Sereno E. Payne Got One With Which - President Signed' Tariff Bill. There was great rivalry among mem bers of congress and others for the pens with which the Payne tariff bill was signed. In accordance with cus tom, the pen with which the president signed the bill was presented to. Rep resentative Sereno E. Payne, author of the measure, but as Representative John W. Langley of Kentucky had begged the president for the pen Mr. Taft added the words "Approved at 5 p. m.. Aug. 5, 1909," with another pen, which he gave to Mr. Langley. Mr. Payne also put in a plea for the pen with which the vice president signed the bill, but Frank J. Stillman, a capitol employee, was beforehand. Therefore the vice president signed "James S." with, a pen which he pre sented to Mr. Stillman and . "Sher man" with a pen which he gave to Mr. Payne. Speaker Cannon signed the bill with only-one pen, which he pre sented ' to Asber Hinds, parliamenta rian of the house. " The Remedy. "Doctor, I'm troubled with a terrible buzzing In my ears." . "Get a divorce." Boston Transcript ... The secret of success In life Is for a man to be ready 'for his opportunity when it comes. Disraeli Hairworm to Kill Mosquitoes. A new" method to be emplbyed in the crusade against the mosquito, which. Is spreading yellow fever, is urged by Councilman Frawley of New Orleans, whose theory is to set the hairworm to catch the mosquito.,. He asserts that this plan has the backing of the United States marine hospital service. Coun cilman Frawley says that the hair worm has a famll; feud with the mos quito. He wants to place large quan tities of theworms in swamps, gutters and Cisterns and leave them to exter minate their hereditary enemies. - Exhibition of Clothes. The clothes show scheduled to open at Madison Square Garden, New York, on Aug.; 14 is the newest thing in ex hibitions, and, according to a wearing apparel association which is back of it, there will be more fashionable gowns on display than the historic Garden has ever seen. The exhibit is to run for a week,- and delegations from every man ufacturing city in the United States will be present Prizes will be offered for the most attractive model, the pub lic to be the judges. Shoe dealers have also made plans' for the -enow. his legs and facing the cause of dis-: turbance in a flash.;: If satisfied that the danger is real, he turns in a sec ond and is galloping up wind at a pace that compares . favorably with that of a good horse. To avoid obstructions he can turn and wheel at full speed like a polo pony and is capable of keeping np the pace for miles. In a straight race be tween a rhinoceros and a horse over two miles -of the average country in which the former Is met with, consist ing, as it usually, does, of black cotton soil and ordinary veld,, the rhino would be fully able to hold his own. ' Being very sure footed, obstacles, cracks in the ground and small holes which would cause a horse to stumble, if not come to grief altogether, have no effect on him whatever, and he will gallop down one side of a khor and up the other, leaving loose stones and debris rattling, but without one false step. ' His great physical defect is his sight, his eyes being of very little use to him, -and the hunter may-walk straight up to him in open country till within 100 yards and, without : exercising : very much care, can by stalking; should the ground be fairly favorable, easily get within twenty ryards before firing, al ways provided' the approach is made from- the leeward side. Any advan tage he may lose owing to his bad eye sight is fully made up to him by his sense of smell.. The phrase "a nose like, a fox ter rier" is often applied to keenness of scent. This should rather be "a nose like a rhinoceros."--There is very lit tle chance of getting on terms with him if the approach is made from windward. VV'v;.", ;; It .lying down, he almost Invariably does so with his nose pointed down -wind, ' consequently the hunter ap proaching, as - he : naturally. : should, from the- leeward side, has only the quarry's defective sight and hearing to contend . with. - : v: In the daytime the- rhino- bird,- or oxpecker (Bupbaga africana), acts as a protection to him, sleeping and wak ing. ;. There i Is a superstition-- among the natives that these small birds per form the duties, of sentry. To a cer tain extent this is true. They are '.'al ways flitting about and hanging on to him. feeding . on the ticks wit h -which be swarms, and on the approach of danger flutter about with little hoarse cries, which have the effect of ronsing him and, -If continued," cause him to rise up and look around It is almost impossible to calculate correctly what the action of a rhino will be on becoming aware of danger. No two of them seem to behave in the same way in similar circumstances. On the -whole, it is safe to say that if only disturbed Be will, retreat, but should be be actually annoyed and see his enemy he will retaliate and charge Serious loss and delay are often caused by a rhino charging a caravan. Yet this action Is nearly always forced upon him and occurs through stupidi ty rather than premeditated malice. The head of- a caravan, say, of 300 porters, extending over two or three miles of country; passes to windward of a rhino. He gets the scent and moves up wind "and perhaps nears the center; of the - caravan, " when,- being thoroughly alarmed, be turns off a lit tle.- only to strike the tail end. Being ' -now puzzled and seeing at last, as he thinks, the original cause of his annoyance, he charges straight through, on bis way horning a load or two hastily" cast aside by the por ters on bis approach. He then passes on to leeward of the caravan and,- be ing at last delivered from the annoy ing scent, moves on into more peaceful territory. Yet a person who had not watched his progress from the start would .think that he had come from a mile or more away .with the deliberate intention of exterminating the cara van. On the whole, it may be said that the disposition of the rhino is on a par : with that of most animals and many human beings they wish to be left alone, and- unless worried they will not make trouble. London Field. CHEW CADILLAC v- and KING CORN.. TOBACCO Always Good; not made by the Trust. 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