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tronomers have given much study In
recent years. Formerly 1t was believed
our systematic constellation of which
the sun is the center-was travelling at
incredible speed to far distant point
in space occupied by the constellation
Hercules. and that some day in the
nebulous future our sun, earth and all
the other bodies of our system would
smash in a world cataclysm into that
far-off group, which would be the end
of everything for us. Today, however.
astronomers believe our solar system is
travelling in an inconceivably enormous
arc. and that the curve of the arc will
carry it far away from the constella-
tion Hercules. so that no celestial col
lision can occur. All trouble-borrow-
ers can take comfort from this.
These modern astronomers with their
pestiferous demands for absolute ac-
fondly cherished belief They assert
nowadays. and back up the assertion
with mathematical proof, that the pole
star isn't actually the pole star at all.
but that it is several celestial degrees
off the mark. About eight centuries
ago, they declare, Bolaris. the pole
star. actually occupied a spot in the
heavens directly over the north pole.
The movement of the earth. however,
has caused the pole to swing away
from the pole star until at present. IL
the north pole was a huge gun pointed
straight into the heavens. and II that
gun was fired, the projectile. travelling
on straight line, would miss the pole
star by several millions of miles.
The earth in it's swing is getting back
toward the position where the pole star
would be directly above the pole. but
this isn't going to happen soon. be-
cause when the earth swings around
to a point where the pole star will be
within about three and a half degrees
of the pole. the swing will carry US
farther away again. Astronomical cal
culations prove that not until $4,000
years have passed will the pole star
again be true indicator OF the north
y,o1e
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set to work herself upon the great
-by-forty ensign. but also
pressed her young daughter and two
nieces into service. They have told
that so great was the haste for the
flag that they frequently worked upon
1t until midnight.
The house which Mrs. Pickersgill
owned and occupied at the time of
making the flag still stands in lower
Baltimore. at the corner of Pratt and
Albemarle streets. in what was once a
very good residence section of the city.
Opposite Mrs. Pickersgilrs smaller
abode was the more ambitious town
house of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
and from which. after ninety-six years
of eminent usefulness. he was carried
forth to his last resting place. at
Doughoreghan Manor.
Mrs. Pickersgilrs stanch little dwell
ing might yet be restored and kept as
a memorial of it's time -honored past.
AS it is. the old yellow brick building.
which was the scene of the creation of
The Star Spangled Banner" Is now
used as a drug store, and If not soon
redeemed will fall into early decay. for
the birds are even now pecking away
at Its gradually breaking bricks.
But for Its being corner house and
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ZODIAC LOSES ITS POWERS

ARosT persons have hazy idea in
IMl regard to the zodiac. knowing g
NVS after a fashion that it is belt
or zone, divided into twelve parts. each
part ruled by the sign representing a
constellation in the heavens. That is
about as far as knowledge extends in
this direction, though there are still
many who hold to the belief that af-
fairs of life are ruled by the signs Of
the zodiac.
For example, some old fashioned gar
deners still hold to the belief that
seeds must be planted when the sign
is right that fruit trees must only be
pruned when particular Zodiacal sign
Equally old-fashioned mothers would
not think of weaving their babies ex-
cept when the zodiac was propitious-
that is, when the proper sign. or
house." as the astrologers say. was
ascendant.
The zodiac, however. no matter what
its powers might have been in ages
long past. certainly has lost those
powers today. for the simple reason
that in the long flight of centuries
since the ancient Persian astrologers
charted the heavens and mapped the
belt of the zodiac. 1000 years ago, the
earth and the entire solar system has
proceeded in its celestial journey far
off the beat" That is, while the Al
manacs saw the sun-and the solar
system-enters a certain sign" June
ii, let us say, the actual entrance of
the system into that sign does not
occur until a full month later. Astrol-
osers Of the present day, 1t seems.
have not given a thought to this pro-
cession Of the solar system as they
continue to chart the life. of credulous
individuals according to the houses"
that rule according to the ancient lore,
these houses as a matter Of fact be-
ing just a month out Of the way.
This procession of the solar system
Is another matter to which modern as.
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having an additional window In both
first and second stories, the Baltimore
house in which The Star spangled
Banner" was made is almost identical
with the Betsy Ross house in Phila-
delphia. the accepted birthplace Of
"Old Glory"
1t was in her large, second story front
room that Mrs. Pickersgill and her
youthful assistants made the several
parts of the flag. When they came to
put it together they found the dimen-
sions of the banner too extensive for
the private room. and they carried 1t to
the mallroom of neighboring brew
cry, and there, laying it out upon the
floor, they sewed the fifteen white stars,
each measuring two feet from point to
point, upon the blue field, and then at
tached the great field to the fifteen red
and white stripes. which in that day
was the regulation number of bars
"It was a large piece of work." said
Mrs. Sanderson, one of the nieces who
lived to see the flag honored as 1t was
carried through the streets during a
celebration In 1880. but we children
light of our task"
When completed, the flag was handed
to the commander of Fort McHenry. It
was hoisted on a high mast not far
river in the fort The new nag did
valiant duty as a target for British
shelIs, for the Aembardment was fierce:
and in the attack one of the new stars
was torn away.
But 1t served it's noblest purpose when
its broad stripes and bright stars"
more clearly discernible. doubtless. by
their very newness. in "the dawn's
early light" inspired Francis Scott
Key to write his immortal words as he
sailed up the Patapsco on his return
from rescuing his friend, DR.. Beanes of
Maryland. who had been unjustly car
ried off as a prisoner by British SOL
diers.
When the flag had done full duty 1t
was presented to Col. George Armi-
stead. the defender of tho fort. Through
him it descended to his daughter. who
became Mrs. William Stuart Appleton
of Boston. and by her 1t was beQueathed
to her son. Eben Appleton Of New York.
who lately presented it to the National
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when Gen. Lafayette was the guest Of
honor at a reception given at the fort
to celebrate it's splendid resistance a
decade before.
The present Flagstaff at Fort McHenry
stands upon the identical spot it occu-
pied during the bombardment, and the
United States government has placed
tab blet upon it bearing the following in
scription:
THE National ensign which inspired
Francis Scott Key to write The Star
Spangled Banner was. during the bonn
bardment of Fort McHenry. September
13. 1914, flying from a pole occupying
this position.
The house which Francis Scott Key
occupied in Georgetown when he served
as attorney for the District of Colum-
bia and made his round of the waters
about Chesapeake bay in aid of his
friend is demolished. 1t was his home
to the last days of his life. but he died
in 1S43. while visiting his daughter in
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Baltimore, Mrs. Charles Howard.
He was buried in the Monumental
city. but was later laid to rest in the
cemetery near his early home. Fred
erick, Md. There, beneath the shadow
of the everlasting hills he loved. he lies
beside his wife. Mary Tayloe Key. and
an appropriate monument. erected by
the people of Frederick in 1898, marks
the place.
Francis Scott Key was one of the
many famous alumni of st. Johns Col
lege. Annapolis. He was the author of
numerous poems revealing an unusual
gift of beautiful thought and express
sion. 1t was from Key that the words
were taken which appear upon our
coinage as a national motto: In God
We trust"
He was a brilliant genius, a patriotic
statesman-a man from whom his coun-
try is proud to have taken that burst
of exultant patriotism inspired by his
country's flag.
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stripes. In hiding. they worked at
their task till at last it was finished.
1t was thrown to the wind once in a
place which was sheltered from the
view of the guards, then torn into
strips and divided among the men.
After the war. Regan. by persistent
effort. managed to get together all the
pieces and had them sewn again into
a flag, which is now at Roxbury.
The flag of the Maine, the ship whose
sinking precipitated the Spanish
American war in 1893, is kept at An
napolis. Nearby are banners captured
by Dewey at Manila from the Spanish,
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HAc Wli1cf1 WAS RA 1sED AT NOTeTH POLE By
ADM1RAl Pc Any TA1H1I ESPECIALLY foR This ARTIcL

as well as trophies of the battle Of
Santiago.
The banner which f1oated over the
north pole. raised there April 6. 1909.
by Commander Robert E. Peary, now
lies for safekeepng in the vaults of
a safe deposit company In Washington.
1t was made by Mrs. Peary, the stars
being worked in silk embroidery. 1t
was flown in the wind on the shores Of
the polar sea for more than a fourth
of it's circumference The bits of white
with which it Is dotted indicate the
fragments which the explorer left with
records at different places in his jour
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IoUGH as yet the baby Of ma
tons. Uncle Sam has many flags
Of which he has reason to be
x proud. Most Of them are In the
possession of the government but few
are owned by individuals OF army posts.
One of the mis- now kept at the state
house at Annapolis, Md. was carried by
the MARYLAND troops during the war OF
the American revolution. and is made in
accordance with the act of Congress,
June IA. 1T77. 1t is positively known to
have been the regimentaI flag of the
Sd MARYLAND Regiment. commanded by
Col. John Eager Howard. at the battle
Of Cowpens. S. c., in January, IT'S. in
which fight it was held by William
Bachelor. Bachelor was sent home to
Baltimore wounded and took his flag
with him.
After Bachelors death in March. 1871.
the flag remained in his family. and
when the British invaded Maryland in
1914 this same flag was carried by
William. Bachelors son. in the battle
of North Point. as a banner for the
e7th Maryland Regiment. This William
Bachelor died in 1885. The flag in 1907
was presented to the state of Mary
land and has since then reposed In its
capital building at Annapolis.
Another famous banner is the battle
nag of Commandant oliver Hazard
Perry. the same one which few sue
the Niagara and the Lawrence. In the
battle OF Lake Erie. September. 1913.
This flag had been made at Perry's ex-
press command. but at the suggestion
of Purser Hambleton. and the words 1t
bore. Don't Give Up the Ship" were
the last uttered by Capt. Lawrence.
killed In the fight in June. 1913. be-
tween the English and American
forces These words have enormously
been attributed to Perry. but are. in
fact. an adopting of Lawrence's SEN
bunting Of one solid color bearing its
famous motto in large letters across
its face. and is now kept at the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
In the same chamber at the academy
IL a gorgeous royal British standard
which was captured from the parlia-
ment house when the capital of Canada
fell. IN 1873. into American hands. 1t
IL a magnificent ensign with five quar-
terings. all in radiant tones, the her
aldic blazonry being such as was used
in the time of George III. In one cor
ner is a red lion poised in air. to denote
Scotland: in another is the golden harp
of Ireland: two other quarters contain
three golden rampant lions for Eng
lanQ, Wnlle IN the central QuafterlnS Is
a combination of the arms of Saxony,
Hanover. Brunswick and Lunenburg,
with some emblems of the Holy Roman
Empire.
In the National Museum in Washing
ton il the real Star Spangled Banner,
the same flag which floated over Fort
McHenry in September. 1914. when it
was attacked by the British. and the
one around which Key wrote his i'm
mortal poem. Being thirty-six by TWEEN
ty-six feet. it will hang from the sec
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6NHE making OF the first Ameri-
can nag is a subject of nation
wide knowledge and patriotic
q sentiment. the incidents con-
nscted with the creation OF the nag
which inspired the writing of THE
Star Spangled Banner" are less widely
known. although the interesting facts
have been told to the present genera
tion by those who actually took part
in the making of that honorable
banner.
The great post flag. now the property
of the National Museum, and ad-
nirably displayed there in glass
case agahtt the wall of its main
hall, was ordered Sor Fort Nc.
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Fashioned Which Flew Over c4en Her Daughter and
Wo-The Inspiration National Her Home Which
Still Standing Now Drug SoreTe Task Was Completed
Presented National Museum Historic Banner
Cen.W sTent
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TIE fAnoUs :;SrAnY TLAe
OF JOHN PAUL JONES

United States flag of which there is
of John Paul Jones. On the very day
the law was enacted establishing a
national flag for the United States of
America, June 4. 1777. Congress ap-
mander of the Ranger. History does
not relate, with authority. the exact
date OF the making of the Rangers
flag, but it must have been very soon
after the congressional enactment, be-
cause the War Department states that
The ship Ranger, bearing the Stars
and Stripes and commanded by Capt
Paul Jones, arrived at a French port
received. on February IA. 177s. the
first salute ever paid to an American
flag by foreign naval vessels"
Later, Paul Jones set his loved en-
sign high above the Bon Homme Rich
ard and it waved triumphant over
many a fierce encounter with the foes
of the new country. The most notable
of these was when 1t came in contact
with the British ship Serapis in 1879
and went down. Commodore Jones
rescued his precious starry flag" and
hoisted it over the captured Serapfs,
bringing it home covered with honor.
The museum authorities believe this
to be the first American flag that came
into existence after the enactment of
Congress. AS evidence of the theory
they point to the twelve stars instead
of thirteen. Had this flag had an Of
fetal predecessor the mistake in the
number of stars would hardly have oc-
Cured.
This historic standard. kept intact by
long and loving care. shows its age in
much-frayed edges and worn patches.
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Henry. the chief post of defense for
Baltimore. in a hurry. The woman to
whom the order was given was Mrs.
John Pickersgill, a resident of tho city.
She knew her business. having pre-
viously made flags of different sizes
for use in her home town.
Appreciating the fact that the Brit
ish. then pommeling at the gates of
Washington. would soon approach the
neighboring city. II was desirable that
a new post flag might faunt its bril-
liant colors in the face of the coming
foe. Realizing her part in the pa
triotic cause Mrs. Pickersg1u not only
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IlAe Of The nEeR1r1Ac, The FIRST 1RoN CLAD Xxx
Ever BUILT. ~

ond story of a building to the first
floor. In spite of time, it is well pre-
served. and the stars and stripes which
CLEANED through the perilous fight"
are still plainly to be SEEN
Mexican trophies are to be seen at
the Naval Academy. These flags are
all unique in design. bearing the Mexi-
can condor standing on cactus. with
a snake in its mouth. There are sew
eral of this war. one OF them being
the flag captured by Gen. Winfield
Scott and Commodore Matthew Perry
at the fall of Vera Cruz in 1S47.
In the ante-chamber to the room OF
the Secretary of War, in Washington.
is the famous flag which flew over
Fort Sumter in April. 1851. when 1t
was fired on by the Confederate bat
teries. This was the shot which opened
the great war between the states.
The flag of the Merrimac is now
owned by the family of the late Capt.
Beverly Littlepage. formerly of Wash
ington.
Another flag of the Merrimac Is In
the possession of Mr. c. +. Gunther OF
Chicago: this was the one first raised,
but was shot away. The flag owned by
the Littlepages is the second one run
up.
In the rooms of the Stevenson Post
at Roxbury, Mass, is preserved one of
the strangest banners the world has
ever seen. In a tobacco factory in
Richmond in civil war times many
Union soldiers were prisoners. among
them a Timothy ]. Regan. Regan con-
ceived the idea of making a flag of
Union Stars and Stripes even in the
close confinement of their prison. There
were about twenty men. and they Sc
cretly got together the material.
A flannel shirt made the blue ground,
a shirt of white cotton furnished the
white stars. and goods were bought
sufficient to make the red and white
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)X5[eamousAmQrioan )X5e JIa&s

Banners of Our
Country, Rich in His
tory and Honor-Flags
Which Flew in the
Revolution, the War of
1912, the Mexican War,
the Civil War and the
Spanish-AmericanW War.
Many Are Tattered and
Torn, but They Are
Authentic Peary's
Flag Which Flew at the
Top of the World.
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ney. Some were deposited at Cape
Morris K. Jessup, the farthest north
ern point of land on earth; one was
left at Cape Thomas Hubbard, another
at the starting point of the dash for
the pole-Cape Columbia-fve bits are
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IoTGH as yet the baby Of ma
tons. Uncle Sam has many flags
III OF which he has reason to be
x proud Most Of them are In the
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THIS TL-Ac, Was TRsT SIGNAL 10 The ALLIED To1eeEs
ONENTERneP PEKNG THAT The BEsEGED NEREALrvE
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
Harrison Dobins and Tresus Frank
Ign.
John W. Williams and Louise G. An
derson. both of Red Hill. Va.
George F. Baxter and Agnes NJ An
derson.
Frank E. Baptist of Richmond, Va.
and Marguerite NJ. Woods Of Anne
Arundle county. Nd.
William NJ. Grigsby of Fredericks-
burg. Va, and Mary d. Howle of Rich
mond, Va.
James B Cook and Dorcas E. Brown.
Charles F. Meyers. jr., and Mabel w.
Van Ness.
Christopher A. Leypoldt, jr.. of BELTS
vile. Md, and Ethel NJ. Nelson Of this
city.
John F. welty and Anna Marie Rup-
pert.
John Braddock and Anna Lyden.
Oden G. Clay and Catherine E. Lob
man.
Walter Mckinney. jr, and Jennie
Walter L. Evans and Olive E. John
son, both of Lynchburg. Va.
Max Kottler and Fannie Bass.
Emmett Starks and Esther NJ. Carter.
William c. Lederer and Cathryne M.
Harrison.
Edgar D. Embrey and Virginia E.
Reel, both of Keyser, W. Va.
Andrew F. E. Scheer and Margaret
L. Bell
William H. Denekas and Magdalene
A. May.
William E. Tucker and Edith c.
Burke.
Leon A. Bickser and Ida v. Martin.
both of Great Falls, Va.
Douglas Johnson and Frances Sinms,
both of Theological Seminary. Va.
Samuel Jackson and Velma Waller.
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Births Reported.

The following births have been re-
ported to the health department in the
Ia st twenty -four hours:
George A. and Mamie J. Wolf, boy
Wister NJ. and Ellie B. Sullivan, girl
Virgilie S. and Giustina NJ Sari. girl.
Thomas =. and Ruth Speake, boy.
Edwin and Ethel McClellen boy.
Harrison d. and Eva NJ Larkin, girl
Harry c. and Annie NJ. King, boy.
William and Violet Hutchinson, girl.
Charles r. and Cecilia Hamilton, girl.
Clifford J. and Sarah n. Gaskins, girl
Milton w. and Balbena brennan, boy.
Charles G. and Mary A. Dixon. girl
Joseph A. and Mary E. Doyle, boy.
Theodore and Levinia Davis, boy.
Carl L. and Sadie Davis, boy.
Benjamin and Katie Bretman, girl.
Harry S. and Ida N. Blaine, boy.
Harry D. and Helen c. Amiss, girl
Laurence and Adeline Ware. boy.
Isaac and Martha Winston. boy.
William H. and Fannie Tymus, girl
Thomas c. and Birdie Smith, girl
William and Nena Hill, girl
William and Elinor Forrest, girl
William P. and Annie l.. Foreman,
girl
William and Mary Dunmore. girl. girl
and boy, triplets.
Wallace A. and Florence E. Banks
dale, girl.
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UNWITNESSED PAPER FILED.
Said to Be Last Will of W. H. Rock
well-Other Wills.

A testamentary paper. undated and
without witnesses, has been filed with
the register of wills as the last will of
William H. Rockwell, who died recent
ly at the United States Soldiers Home.
On a slip of paper are penciled these
words: wv. H. Rockwell, Great Caca-
pom, W. Va. To Miss Nellie Smith, the
same address, in case of death, is to
have ALL
BY the terms Of the will of Jane
Elizabeth Steptow. dated May IL, 1913
her entire estate is devised to her
friend, Fannie Skinner. The latter is
also named as executrix.
The bulk of the estate of Cora B. An
derson Is left to her husband. George
L. Anderson, by her will, dated Sep
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have attempted to obtain such products
in a rounda bout way from Germany.
1T must be remembered that the con-
sumption of almost all peace products
IN all countries has undergone a
noticeable decrease during the war, and
that after the wa- 1t will be practi-
calfy impossible for England and the
United States to supply their domestic
demand by their own production"
The bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce has already received advices
that German exporters have planned a
vigorous campaign to secure South
American trade after the war.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been re-
ported to the health department in the
last twenty-four hours:
William E. Lentz. thirty-three years,
Government Hospital for the Insane
Robert H. Wright, 40 years, Casualty
Hospital.
Ada Simms, AZ years, Tuberculosis
Hospital.
Kilbourne street northwest.
Grace Garner, 20 years. Sibley Hospi-
tai.
Edwin r. Haight, seventy-four years,
$50 c street northeast
Edward Taubman, so years, 1888 n
street northwest.
Mary c. Reese, sc years, 49, N street
southwest.
William 0. Snyder. So years. 1928 7th
street northwest.
street northwest.
James c. Wheat, IS years. Providence
Hospital.
Edwin M. Clarke. 72 years. FOL I
street northwest.
Abram F. Barker, ~ years. Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane.
Charles Geesling, years. 1925 3rd
street northeast. ..
Irving c. Sauter, 40 years. George
town University Hospital.
Clarence H. Shaffer, ! day, Talbert
street, Anacostia, D. C.
Tinnetia Caphart. 9 years, Freed
mems Hospital.
Mary F. Moore. IS years. 1145 4th
street northwest.
Sarah Simmons. Sc years, 356 F street
southwest.
James H. Pennell, years. s27 5th
street northwest.
Joseph Holmes, 3s years. Freedmen's
Hospital.
Viola Marley, / month, 1922 18th
street northwest
Gladys Mutt, months, Freedmen's
Hospital. q,
Isetta Kennel, 9 months, Children's
Hospital.
SUSIE Boswell, months, 444 Prather's
court northwest
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TENDER Is. 1915. The husband Is also
to act as executor. ~
Cash requests are made to seven
nieces and nephews by the terms Of the
will of Clara ]. Clary. dated January
Is. 1911. The remaining estate is de-
vised to her friend. Sarah E. Fowler,
who Is also named as executrix.
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Michael F. Fahey. born at Govans
June 4, 1851. second oldest motorman
in point of service In Baltimore, died
in that city. He had been connected
with the city's railways nearly thirty
five years.
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Mrs. Paolina Schiaffino, fifty-two,
wife Of Giovanni Schiafino, Italian con-
sui, Spanish vice consul and senior
member of the firm of Giovanni Schiaf-
fino & Co. of Baltimore. died at her
home in that city of paralysis.
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The presidents of Texas colleges
have been invited to attend a con-
ference at Waco. Tex, October rs to
study the causes of mob violence and
means to prevent 1t.