The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-24


entered plea Of guilty and the next
day her husband was convicted before
a jury of the same offence. An ap-
peal was entered for her husband to
the court of general sessions.
nice Of Constantine Palaeologus, and
thence assumed the arms Of the great
empire (the Russians embrace the
religion of the Greek church, On
the breast of the eagle is an escutch-
con bearing on its red field in silver
the figure of Saint George Staying
the Dragon-the whole being sur
rounded by the collar of the Order
of Saint Andrew. On the displayed
wings of the eagle are other shields
bearing the arms of Kew, Novogo-
rod, Voldermirz, Kasan, etc. The
flag of the Tsarina is similar. but
smaller. The Russian Union Jack
is very similar to that of England,
save that the principal crossbars are
blue instead of red. This is the we'll
known Russian war flag. The cross
is that of Saint Andrew, the patron
saint Of Russia.
The flag of Servia is the flag OF
the Russian merchant service revers-
ed: for, whereas that is white-blue-
red. the flag of Servia is red-blue-
white, arranged in three horizontal
stripes running across the flag. The
royal standard is similar, save that
the royal arms are placed in the CEN
tre of the blue stripe.
The well-known tri-co!or OF France
is made up of three stripes-blue,
white and red-running not the
length but the width of the flag. 1t
dates from the era of the French rev.
olution and came into existence in
.l7S9. 1t has been the national flag
since, with but slight variations. In
1874 the tri-color was also made the
jack of the French navy.
The Union jack of Great Britain
the flag known to all-is composed
of the three crosses of Saint George,
Saint Patrick and Saint Andrew.
That of the first was broad red
cross, dividing the white flag into
four white squares, the white
cross of Saint Andrew, on a
blue background, ran from corner
to corner diagonally, while the red
cross of Saint Patrick rain in the
same direction. If the Union Jack
be examined it will be found to be
composed of these three crosses, as
stated. Besides this, Great Britain
has, of course, the royal standard
and innumerable other flags-army,
navy, merchant, etc. The flag was
unfurled in 1901, ON the union, in
that year, of Great Britain (England,
Scotland, Wales and IrelandD
The flag of Belgium is composed
of a ri-color-black, yellow and
red-running up and down-that is,
the width and not the length OF the
flag. The royal standard has the
arms placed in the centre OF the yell
low strip. This was adopted as the
national flag in 1881. being original
" the colors of the Duchy of Bra
brant.
From 1477 until 1866 Belgium be-
longed to Austria, but on the latter
date it fell into the hands of Spain.
In 1895 and for some years follow
ing it was held by France, and in
1914 was handed over to the Prince
of Orange, but in 1880 the Belgians
rose against the Hollanders and es-
tablished their independence. The
flag which is now flown was then
adopted.
Japan, Nippon-the Land of the
Rising Sun-has adopted the rising
sun as it's emblem. Japan claims to
possess written history of more than
500 years: it's authentic portion be-
gins about the year $50 B. c.. when
the present hereditary succession OF
rulers commenced. 1t was only in
1853, however. that the country was
open to foreigners. The red ball
without the rays is used as the jack
when it is placed in the centre of
the white field. A golden chrysan-
themum on a red background is the
standard of the emperor