The San Francisco call., 1898-06-08

an there were tents. set apart for the care of the wounded. In the ninth century special corps for the care or the the wounded in battle were organized py sdoin- nfa- peror Leo VI The Red Cross Assocla- ton, the original of the Red cross noci- cities of the present day, had It's seo origln a III a proposal made in February. 1Sb5, py one Dunant at a meeting of the SocleIe Genovise to which he described the nor nor srors of the Italian battlettelds ana aske4 if it would not be possible Tn tlne o1 peace to form societies for the refer or the wounded when war should oreak out again. This led to a general congress as European powers were representeo;; aad ald treaty was arranged, which was SlsueQ by all. The terms Of the treaty are lneI ambulances and military hoSplt3ls pc , dc- knowledged as neutral, with all persons employed in them. as also that all lnnap- itants of the country who may prlhS He1p to the wounded be respected and protect ed by belligerents, and that wounded or sick soldiers be taken care of, WnateYer nation they belong to. May Z lS81' MISS MISS Clara Barton organized the Red cross Society in Washington, and on March 10 following the United States gave It's ad- hesion to the international Work or @ hu- manity. The uniform and dlsuncuVe nag bear a red cross on a white ground anu a brassard or arm badge Is provided TOT all individuals neutralized for neIa h oaa.l. ano hospital service. Turkey diplays the cres.' cent instead of the cross. The Amerlc;aIi Red Cross Society provides for the mlt- gation of suffering by var 1%e ResI1gnu. oTesn, ization of a Red Cross Society in this State was brought about through tLle San Francisco Call, and what IL iS ~'iAS is recorded daily.
 TYPEWRITER-S. A. M, City. The earliest record that has been discovered of typewriter is patent issued in TIA to Henry Mill, an engineer in London. III 17s4 a French patent was issued Tor a writer that produced raised or embosssSed letters for the use of the blnd III 1o4S d ofV MoCC patent, and two years later second one. but neither of his machines was or prac- tical value. In 1856 patent was lssueo chine that embraced the basket-llke dls- position of type bars now Tn use on @ stan. dard machines. T. W. Charles Ls6habn 1Se6 am tained a patent for a practical machlne upon which number of improvements have been made.
 GAS BALLOON-Reader, City. In the memory of the oldest living resident or the city of Sacramento, and according to the files of the local Journals, the first gas balloon ascension in that city was by James H. Whitesides and F. F. Mar tin, at Agricultural Park, on April 26, 1874. The gas was furnished by the Clti- in existence. It tapped it's main ana ear ried a pipe over Twentieth street to fur- nish the gas to fill the silken sphere. An attempt was made a few days prior 10 that date, but the balloon did not at that time rise The gas balloon ascension by which a boy was carried up in the air and remained there a long time was not from Sacramento but from San Francis co. It was in the latter part of the fftieS that balloon ascension was an- nounced, and after the balloon had been inflated with gas, a neWSboy named Yablonsky, who was playing around, got caugAt in the netting when suddenly the balloon broke from it's moorings; and riS- ing rapidly carried the boy with it. He clung to the netting for many hours, and was carried in a northeasterly direction. Finding that the balloon would not down,
 the gas to escape. and he reached the ground near Sacramento in safety.
 IRELAND'S FLAG-D. C., City A.
 MacGeorge in his work on Flags, Some Account of Their History and Uses says: What has come to be called the flag of
 Ireland Is a red saltire Cor St. Andrews crossl on white field: But Ireland, strictly speaking, never had, until lately a national flag. The Kings of Ireland previous to 1172 were not hereditary, but and continued to use his own standard. After the invasion of 1172 the standard of Ireland bore three golden crowns on a blue field, and the three crowns appeared on ancient Irish coins. Henry VIII re- linquished this device for the harp, from
 an apprehension, it is said, that the three crowns might be taken for the triple crown of the Pope, but the harp did not appear in the royal standard till it was placed there by James l." According to tradition one of the early Kings of Ire land was named David, and this King took for arms the harp of Irelands sweet psalmist. It Is thought that the harp has its rise from the triangle designed in the reign of John to distinguish the Irish coins from the English. The reason why a triangle was chosen may have been in allusion to St. Patrick's explanation of the Trinity, or possibly to signify that he was King of three countries. Henry VIII was the first to assume the harp positive as the Irish device. The green flag is said to be embIematic of the green isle, the harp being the device of the isle. If any reader of this department can furnish an account of the origin of the green flag this department will be pleased to pub fish the same
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