PERPETUAL CALENDAR. This may be carried to an indefinite period in the past or future, by extending the table of years and repeating the same letter every 28 years. 1776] 200 YEARS. [1976 1776 1804 1832 1860 1888 1916 1944 1972 790735 63 91 19 47" 7 The 12 letters above the line, show the calendars to be used for 1876 and 1877 below. [Copyright 1875, by E. B. TREAT, 805 Broadway, New York. HISTORY OF THE FLAG. BY A DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN. MEN, in the aggregate, demand something besides abstract ideas and principles. Hence the desire fo symbols-something visible to the eye and that appeals to the senses. Every nation has a flag that represents the country-every army a common banner, which, to the soldier, stands for that army. It speaks to him in the din of battle, cheers him in the long and tedious march, and pleads with him on the disastrous retreat. Standards were originally carried on a pole or lance. It matters little what they may be, for the symbol is the same. In ancient times the Hebrew tribes had each its own standard-that of Ephraim, for instance, was a steer; of Benjamin, a wolf. Among the Greeks, the Athenians had an owl, and the Thebans a sphynx. The standard of Romulus was a bundle of hay tied to ▲ pole, afterwards a human hand, and finally an eagle. |