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THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEDRA8KA. MM Ml WWM W Mm, I I ww WHAT FLAG DAY r&tf& ft A V QDfW V nir Ail i ftik - & r & -& -kft it 4 T IS now 138 years since tho United Stated ot America was composed of 13 states, tho greater number of which had a population of ltttlo moro than that of tho nvorago city or today. Thoao 13 states have grown and multiplied until thero aro now 48 states, with a popula tion of noarly 100,000.000 of tho most vlrllo and strongest race of men on earth. It hns been demonstrated many times In tho past century that tho strug gles of tho patriots of 1770 wcro not In vnln. Tho words "United States of Amorlca" aro an Inspiration and a help to tho oppressed of all glands. Tho Union gleams out through tho world as a gigantic monument of freodom, and tho lowly and persecuted of all na tions have their oyoa turned toward America with tho hope that Bomo day thoy may reach the prom ised land. Tho American flag Is tho oldest flag among tho nations of today It antedates oven the presont omblomn of tho ancient omplros of China and Ja pan. Tho Stafr-Spanglod Banner has a history un Ilko tho flag of any other people It Is older than tho presont ling of Groat Britain, which datori from 1801; it Is older thnn tho German omplro Btandard of 1870; older than that of Franco 1794 or that of Spain 1786 Tho first logtslatlvo action of which there Is any record concornlng tho design and adoption of n natlonnl flag was taken In a resolution of con gress at Philadelphia on Juno 14, 1775, but Jt was not until October or November of that year that a commtttco of three Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Ilogor Shorman mot In tho old city of Cambridge and entered upon their duties. After long deliberation, this commlttoo adopted a design consisting of tho king's colors tho crosses of St. Goorgo and St, Andrew with 13 parallel horizontal stripes, nlternato rod and whlto. A most strango and unfortunate selection It would soem. Tho flag was unfurled for tho first tlmo over tho camp of the Continental array at Cambridge, on tho 2nd day of January, 177C When tho onslgn was flrat displayed at Cam bridge, tho British regu lars aBsumod it was In tended ns an indication of submission by tho 13 Btatos to tho king, whoso Hpecoh had JuBt been sont to tho Amorlcans. Tho commont of tho British Iteglstor of 1770 on tho now standard Is Interest ing: "Tho robols burnod tho king's speech nnd changed tho flag from ti plain bannor to ono bear ing 13 stripes, ns a sym bol of tho numbor and union of colonies." Isnbello Worroll Ball la tho woman who made tho American flag hor llfo's fitudy. Sho Is tho daugh ter of a veteran of tho Revolutionary war and. tho rounder of Flag day, which Is now observed all over tho country, Hor fa ther waB Capt Jamos P. Worrell, who aorvod through tho Civil war, and sho numbers among her rolatlvos many of the horoos of both wars. Many years ago Mrs. Ball became convinced that the real history of our flag was unknown. Sho determined to unravol tho tangled skein, and give to posterity the truo history and ovolutlon of tho American flag. "It was suggeatod by early wrltors that Georgo Washington's coat of arms wns tho model for our flag of today," Bald Mrs, Ball. "Those statomentB aro Bupportod only by tradition and legend, as all my search hns proved that Washington was not egotistical enough to present his coat of arms to tho nation as a model ror Its flag. I have dolvod Into history as rar as It Is posstblo to go. I have examined many manuscripts, and havo aoparntod tradition and logend rrom racta, nnd It Is my bollof that Washington novor thought of Ills coat of arms as a model for tho flag. In fact, thore Is grave doubt that Washington had any thing to do with tho doslgnlng of tho flag nt all. "A scntonco from ono of Washington's own letters seems to mo to clinch this statomont. Sir Isaac Heard, an eminent writer of tho early lays, wrote to Washington concerning his cont of nrms, which appoars upon tho doorway and mantels of tho old Washington manor hquse In Kngland, To this Inquiry Washington replied on May 2, 1792: "'This Is a subject to which I confess I havo jmld very little- nttontlon. Tho armB Inclosod In your lottor aro tho namo that aro usod by tho family hero. Aa will bo aeon, this was a lettor wrltton a decade aftor tho cIobo of the Revolu tionary war, and nearly two decades aftor tho adoption of tho Stara and Strlpos by tho congress of tho United Statos, If Washington, at that late date, had paid llttlo attention to his coat of arms, ho certainly paid loss In his younger days, and especially at a tlmo when ho was surrounded by onomlos, malignantly persecuted by thorn, and wan naturally dooply ongrousod In tho army and tho preservation of tho now-born nation. I do not Jlnd In all of Washington's writings a slnglo allu sion by him of any of his contemporaries that hla coat of nrms was usod as a modol ror tho flag. "Tho ovolutlon or the Hug waB gradual and un doubtedly grow out or tho doslro or tho poople who had como to this country to get away rrom iho tyranny of Old World moiinrcha. Of courao, tho first flag In this country wna tho rod and yol low flag of old Spalp, brought ovor by Columbus. Tio Cabots, with othor dlsooverors of England, planted tho cross of St. Goorgo up around New foundland. Podro Rolnal, for the. Portuguese, planted tho llvo-spottcd blue flag of that then great maritime nation. Honry Hudson, coming hero for tho Dutch, brought the yellow, whlto and blue Hug, uudor which ho sailed up tho Hudson river, This flag was tho flag or tho Dutch Kant India company, Theso may bo considered tho four discovery Hags, "Knglund domtnatod tho country, and tho Kng Ilah colors wore really tho Inst as well as among tho Jlrst to domtuato tho destinies or the evolving nation. The cross or St, Goorgo, with the added Wmk i ft Ski Tw MWrnr ksJD$F TWHIWi JJ W. -SVSL X? 4 y IZOKER. - " .'Zi 7 &j,&3RmirriZAGmY- -t ANTELOPES ARE VERY SCARCE Pronghorn Variety Is Being Hunted Nearly to Extinction Exceed ingly Swift Animal. Denver, Colo. It would Beem to bo something of a foit to climb such a desort boulders ss aro round In south ern Colorado. Tho men who climbed those rocks camped for several days at the baso of a pllo of them whllo on an antelopo hunting oxpcdltlon. Tho pronghorn antelopes which at ono tlmo abounded throughout tho great West havo been hunted of late years to such an extent that they aro becoming very scareo. They aro ex ceedingly swift animals, however, and In a straightaway chase It takes a horse 3f unusually good bottom to enable tho huntor to get within rlflo range. With tho black-powder rifles of 20 years ago, and their range of 250 to 300 yards, there was little danger of the oxtinctlon of tho antelopo, but with tho present-day high power smokeless powder rifles with telescope sights, tho poor antelopo is a much more frequent victim. Trusting to his groat speed ho seems to tako delight In keeping" "just out of range" and this ho could do to a nicety with tho older huntora who carried black-powder Winches ters, running ahead about three hun dred and fifty or four hundrod yards, and slackening his pace most provok Ingly when tho hunter slackened his. He seemed to delight In being ono of a party to many a "wild goose chase." But In spite of his extraordinary vision due to his great teloscoplc eyes, tho antelope apparently cannot adjust HENRT HOWLAND BEFCRE <tZ Q&3m?J&JFZAr8 cross of St. Andrew, nnd later on with the cross of St. Patrick, was the very last flag to bo sup planted by the Stara and Stripes. 'Tho people of Amorlca, with growing contempt for Old World flags, fabricated many or their own. Some ot theso were very odd, and without exception, all of them wore very ugly. This was true until 1620, when tho Mayflowor carried tho St. George's cross, but those stern old Puritans protoated against the use of tho cross upon the flag, bellovtng It to be sacrilegious, and In every way they could, used other devices and designs, only to bring down upon themselves the wrath of tho king's officers in the colonies, The first evldonco of this was when a Mr. Endlcott, mu tinying against tho cross, concludod to cut off one end of It. Roger Williams, for some reason, probably Just to get a whack at one whom he disliked, complained ot this. The king's officers took It up, and after a long discussion, decided that Mr. Endlcott had boen guilty of leso majosto, although that term was not known In thoao day's. Ho 'was doposed from office and a penalty Im posed that ho should not hold ofllco again for ono year, thus putting an end to the flying ot any flag othor thnn that bearing thef St. Georgo cross, "For a long tlmo a plain rod flag was carried by an organization called tho Sons of Liberty. Following this was a bluo flng with three cres cents, anothor with two, and Btill another with ono. Washington himself in 1775 suggested n whlto (lag with n pine treo, and this la only an other proof that tho story of Washington's cont of nrms wns falBo. About 1775 a striped green nnd yellow flag was carried by ono of tho militia companies. In Jnnuary, 1775, tho first rod and whtto-strlped flag was adopted. This wns known ns tho Cambridge flag, and consisted of 13 alter nate rod and whlto stripes, with tho king's colors then consisting of St. Andrew's and St. Georgo's crossos on a blue Held. "ijUor a Colonel Gadson proposed to congress our first naval ling. This was n great big yellow ting, with a Biiako collod up In tho centor. It hung over tho head or the apoakor ror soma years and then wont out or existence. Following thlB cixuin flags or rod and bluo strlpos, nnd red and whlto Btrlpes, each without a field, and each with snukes in thom. There were pine treo Hags galore. There wero flags with badgers, Hags with anchors; In fact, any old thing oxcept a St. George's cross seemed acceptablo to the colonists struggling ror light In tho darkness. In 1776 the Rhode Island colony ndoptod a ling or 12 whlto Btara on a bluo Hold. This Is tho very first tlmo stnrs appeared In tho flag "From tho dato or tho Declaration or Inde pondonco and ror a year or more nftorward tho colonies used almost everything that Hies In tho heavons or swims In tho water or grows on land aa n symbol for their Hag. Finally, ono bright duy In Juno, with no father and no mother, Old Glory wbb born. There is not a word or record of any kind to shONv'who designed tho flag, who presented the resolution, er how It over got Into ?zgry& mmnCR, ift&)oix&iR3H$r the congress of tho United States. Tho tact Is sim ply recorded as follows: , " 'Resolved, That tho flag of tho 13 United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that tho Union be 13 stars, white In a blue field, representing a new constellation.' '.'So far as tho vote Is recorded ' In congress it was unanlmoqB,:JSjld that Is how tho flag'Wau born. "About this tlm" the great seal- of tho United States camo iuto exist- once. On July 4, 1776, Benjamin Frankl'" John Adams and Thomaa Jeffer son wero appointed a com mittee to prepare devices for a giat Beal of the na tion. ThlB commltteo re ported on August 10 of tho same year and recom mended a design to con sist of a roso of red and whlto for England, a this tie for Scotland, a heart for Ireland, a fleur-de-lls for Franco, an Imperial eagle In black for Germany, and a Belgian Hon for Holland, tho Idea being to commemorato the countries rrom which the states had been peopled. In addition, ' it was Intended to have three escutch eons linked together by a chain, and each ot these chaliiB was to bear the Initial or each or the 13 Independent states. Then thero was to be a Goddess of Liberty In corselet and armor, with Bpear nnd cap and a shield of the Btates, with a goddess of justice bearing a sword In her right hand and In her left a balance. In the corner provision was made lor the eagle ot Providence In a triangle, with the motto, 'E Plurlbus Unum.' On tho other sldo of this unique seal was Pharaoh In an open chariot, with a cross and sword, pass ing through tho divided waters of tho Rod sea In pursuit of tho Israelites. Moses was thero, and the pillar of flro, with the motto, 'Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.' This design waa not adopted. "In March, 1779, another committee was ap pointed, and the roport they made for a great seal was worse thnn the first. On June 13, 1782, however, n William Barty or Philadelphia pro posed practically the present cont or arms, which was finally adoptod atter being modified by an other committed," Tho story or John Paul Jones Is intlmntefy associated with tho story or our first flag. Tho samo congress that created tho first flag ap pointed John Paul Jonee to command tho Conti nental ship or war Ranger nt the same time. When tho Hng was prepared and tho Ranger was about to go torth on her lonely adventuro tho naval committee made tho commander tho first official present or the flag or the United States. 'Tho achievements or the Ranger are a matter or tho most stirring ovonts or our history. All tho world knows how, In 1777, Jones made such gallant use of the Ranger and kept tho shores of England and Scotland In constant terror. The first military Incident connected with the now Hag occurred on August 2, 1777, when Lieu tonants Bird and Grant Invested Fort Stamwlr. Tho garrison was without a flag when tho enemy nppearod, but the patriots soon supplied one vory much on tho pattern Just adopted by the Conti nental congress. Shirts were cut up to form whlto Btrlpes, bits of scarlet cloth wero joined for tho rod, and tho blue ground for the stars was composed of a cloth cloak belonging to Cnpt. Abraham S'wartout, who was then In tho fort. Before Biinsot this curious mosaic standard, as proclouB to the beleaguered garrison ns the most boautlful wrought flag of silk and needlework, wns floating over ono of tho bastions. Tho Blego was raised on August 23, but It Is not known what beenmo of tho Improvised flag. In his statoment to Governor Trumbull, August 21, 1777, or tho occurrences at Fort Stnmwlx, Colonel Wlllott mentions as ono or tho results or his sally from the fort that he captured and brought oft five of tho enemy's colors, tho wholo of which, on hla return to tho fort, wero displayed on tho fingstarr under tho Impromptu Continental tlC smi Stay, you that proudly plan to dar And you that oek to dot Do fort) you hurry forth to try To proudly plant your standard h!h. An honest wont with you. Who nooks to ral3o lilraaolf above The lovel of tha crowd , Must draff through many a alougli ot woo And tuff or many a blinding blow And oft sit hum bly buwad. For ovary llttlo gain ha maica Who trlea to tako tho lead A hundred disappointments loavo Their Impress on him: to achlove Tho heart must often blood. ( i Stay, you that plan to gain renown Or play a uplendld part: Ten thousand soro dlscourasomenta Upon your heart shall leave their dentm Before you get a start. me $2?$$?' T A Doe Antelopo Tamed by Ranchman. his notions of safety to tho much moro deadly qualities of tho high-power rifle. He will scour across tho plain liko tho wind for a mile or bo and then, consumed with curiosity, ho will stop and turn to look at the hunter, well within rango of the good marks man. Tno. result is that tins beautiful animal is becoming scarcer and scarcer, although owing tq the vast extent of tho desert and semi-desoft land In the West it Is not probable that it will ever become actually ex tinct. Possibly, too, In a few moro generations of animals the instinct of Belf-preservatlon will keep it out of rango of oven tho dynamlto guns. The antelope Is a true desert type of deer. It never enters tho foreat and can. to for days without water. It has been found at such great distances from water that It had the reputation among some for never drinking, but theso failed to consider that tho ante lopo can easily cover 00 miles la much less than a day. Near some of tho rock piles In tho desert are salt lick, where, antelopes and other desert animals como to get the salt. Lovq'b Triumph. With a fluttering heart tho beautiful girl approached tho magnificent old duchoss. "I havo come," tho lovely American said, In low, awoet tones, "to speak to you about something that is very that is vory very1 " "There, there, sit down," tho state ly dame Interrupted. "Compose your self. Won't you have something to quiet your nerves?" "Oh, thank you, you are very kind. As you doubtless know, my father began his life aa a tin peddler, and my mother In her younger years had a job as dining-room girl In a board ing house. But you will not let theso things, prejudice you against mo, will you? Pleaso Bay that you will over look my family and Judge mo for my worth alone. I love Bortle so much. It would kill me if you wero to tell ma that ho cannot bo mine. Please please say that you will give your consent?" "H'm! Havo you and ho arrived at an understanding?" "Yes. L asked him last night to bo mine, and ho confessed that bo loved me. All that we need now to complete our happiness is your consent" "Well, if you can support htm In tho style to which ho has been accus tomed, I suppose I must yield." "Oh, you dear, sweet old thing! L will give orders tomorrow to have tho castle fitted up with modern plumb ing and an elevator." MADE ILL ,BY DOG'S DEATH Owner Couldn't Sleep for Thinking of Loss of Pet; So He Sues Chief 1 of Police. Pittsburgh, Pa. When Chief of Po lice William Haztett ot Tarentum shot and killed a dog ownod by John H. Huey, the latter wa3 Borely grieved. So much so, In fact, that ho brought suit against Har.lett asking damages to the oxtont ot $35 for tho loss of. his kyoodle. Tho bill of particulars la couched In terms ot endearment for the dead canine, and tho claim for damages ia based on the following grounds'. "That tho loss of the dog. has caused Huey much distress and discomfort, and that his hoalth haa been Impaired becauso of the death of the canine, as it caused him to lose sleep at nights, and also deprived him of tho animal's lovo and affection." Huey declared that money cannot assuage hie grief, but all things con sidered, ho should bo paid for tho dog. PERCY AND LIONEL. "Yes, It's pret ty hard to tell just how to name ba bies so their names will bo ap propriate when they grow u p. Thore was my Uncle David. Ho had two sons, and ho called them Porcy and Lionel. Percy ia a black smith now." "What'B Lionel doing?" "Lionel? Oh, he's doing welL Runs ono of the biggest sausage factories in St Joe County." DUST DIDN'T BLIND SLEUTH New York Detective Sees Man Beat ing Rug and Remembers Old Theft. Now York. Dotoctlve Martin Owona of tho West Forty-seventh street po lice Btatlon, waa walking along West Forty-third street when, on top ot tho tonement house at 203, he saw Harry Smith, a tenant, beating a Persian rug. Tho dust flew out of the rug at a rato that attracted tho attention ot tho de tective "That looks llko tho rug, by tha do scrlpttbn, that was stolen from Mrs. Dora Waller or 303 West Forty-third stroot on October 4, 1912," said OwenB to himself, pat as a walking encyclo pedia of records. Then he went up and arrested Smith and took him and tho rug to tho station. Lator Mrs. Waller Identified the rug as her property. The Last Hope. On Thespls woman e'or relies To be her willing benefactress; If ever thero should be the need She thinks sho could at onco proceed! To earn her living as an actress. For man there is another way; When hla best plan go to the dlckena He runs his fingers through his hair And thinks ot stttlng down somewhera And getting wealth by raising chickens. Good Cheer. "What makes you so cheerful today, Ophelia? You look as If you had Just inherited about a million dollars." "Oh, Alfred! What do you think' It has been found out that Mrs. Sim pleigh, that blonde the men have all boen crazy ovot this winter, was di vorced by her first husband on thla ono'a account" The Office and the Man. "Do you believe in letting tho offlco seek tho man?" "Well, that dopendB on whether tho man can get along just as well as not without tho ofllco." The Difficult Part. It doesn't tako a man very long to become wiao, but getting othor peo ple to recognize your wisdom, after you have It, Is a long and tedious job. Art. "I didn't know she had much of an Idea of art" "Ob, yes. She's bad all tho doors taken off and hung Navajo blankets In their places." A Hundred Years Hence, "She Is always boasting about hor family." Yes. Her great-grandparents wero arrested by customs Inspectors whoa they camo to this country." : -.is ,.1 wv " v ?"na ' V ,
