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French allies,
commendation
T P n t r 1 ' k ' s day
March tho 17th, be
longs to the Sons
of Kt f 11 by world
wide assent, but
few Americans, out
side of those de
scended from na
tives of tho Miner
aid Isle, pause to
c o n a I d o r w h a t
memorable services
wore rendered by
Irish during tho
Hevolutlonary war.
With the single ex
ception of our
they merit the highest
for their nld to tho
cause, of freedom; and only because
tho former people hulled from an al
ready established government are
their claims granted precedence.
Irish historic emblems, both in device
and tincture, are woven unalterably
Into tho fabric of the evolution of
American history. Here, for tho
first tlino. nrn sot forth Items of
great heraldic importance, giving the
proper credit to Kiln's emblems, as
they have formed an equation In the
development of tho present govern
mental devices of heraldic or sym
bolic inclining.
It is generally supposed that the
only Important matter which engaged
tho attention of tho first Continental
Congress, on tho fourth day of July,
was tho adoption of tho Declaration of
Independence; but tho records show
that no less essential national pioblem
a government signature, or seal
was a part of the consldcintlons of
that effcntful occasion. It was about
threo "clock in the afternoon, when
tho Liberty Hell was btill sounding
tho call to arms and proclaiming tho
dawn of freedom, that John Hancock,
president of tho Continental Congress,
arose from his chair and said:
"Wo are now a nation, and I ap
point Dr. Henjamln Franklin, John Ad
ams and Thomas Jefferson a commit
tee to prepare a device for a great
eeal of the thirteen United States."
The committee immediately proceed-
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PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.
Device Proposed by Benjamin Franklin.
glo. Six thousand Irish came to tulB
country In 17!. and dispersed nnd
settled throughout tho colonies, princi
pally in Maryland, Virginia and the
Carollnas. From among those devout
settlers sprang some of tho most
prominent and influential colonists.
Tho musical Instrument which "sym
bolizes the land of Krin was an at
tributive ensign of tho Goddess HI
hernia, the patroness of early Ireland.
As early as tho fifth century, the harp
was io common In Erin that hardly a
peasant house was without one. In
the old laws of Wales and Kiln tho
Triads specified tho use of tho harp
as one of tho threo things necessary
to distinguish a freeman or gentle
man from a slave. Pretenders were
Jected to aa an American emblem on
account of tho harp being representa
tive of Ireland.
Hut this, like many other devices,
was not reported from tho committee.
Thcro la good reason to bellevo that
tho following design caino as a later
proposal from Doctor Franklin, as no
refers to it In his writings:
"Supporters. In tho dexter side:
the genius of America (represcntea
by n maiden with loose auburn
tiosses), having cm her head a radi
ated crown of gold encircled with a
sky blue fillet, spangled with silver
stars, nnd clothed In a long, looso
white garment bordered with green.
From her right shoulder to her left a
scarf, setuee of stars, tho tinctures
the national banner was taken until
June II. 1777 Hut Jefferson was no
Impressed with the Idea of locognlz
Iiik the countries from whence Amer
ica w.is peopled, and to show definite
ly limitation for their patriotism in
the fight for liberty, that he placed bo
low the Du Slmltler idea tho motto,
"K I'liiiilius I'liiim." to Indicate "Ftoni
Mnn t People), one (people).' or
"Fiom Many Nationalities, ono na
tion," or "From Kngland, Scotland.
1 1 eland. Franco. Centum v. and the
Net hci landsthe Fulled States." The
motto does not meun"From many
Color les, one nation," as the basic
detltililou Is clearly Indicated in the
device and In Jefferson's description.
Still. Congress .ns hard to please,
and the icport of the distinguished
committer- was het aside and a new
committee assigned to the task.
Though Jefferson continued deeply in
terested In the matter and Mibinlttcd
soicial other devices, no less than
twenty designs were under discussion,
and four subsequent committees la
bored with the seal problem.
Then in 1781! a committee called to
their aid a certain Mr. William Har
ton, a patriot, soldier and heraldic ex
pert, and he designed a seal wnlcn
again Incorporated the emblems in
token of the Irish allies of tho lie
public. Ills design was elaborate aud
practically became tho basis of our
present seal. In the shield the Stars
nnd Strlnos annear and tho eagle and
eye of Providence Hut the special
consideration ot the Irish is found In
tho two figures supporting the pro
posed design. Tho harp aud the Hour-de-lys
relate to tho assistance ron
del ed by Ireland and Franco, and are
blazoned on a green banner. How
ever, this commltteoH report fared no
hotter than Its predecessors, and
finally tho entire question of evolving
an appropriate seal wns placed In tho
hands of the secietary of tho Conti
nental Congress tho Irishman.
Charles Thomson. He. with tho aid
of William Harton. gave to tho world
our present emblematic signuuue.
Americans In general, and those ot
Irish ancestry in particular, will be In-
NEWS FROM OVEK THE STATE
What it Going on Here and There
That Is of Interest to the Read-
rt Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Ami era -County Treasurer Wood
has ircelved $il by way or conscience
niotuy. The letter uceompnnlng tho
money was signed "A Tnpayer." and
stated that the writer had cheated
tho county ttruiuiior'ii olllco to tho
eMetil of JI! several yeaitt ago The
$i; npicscntod this $'! with compound
Intel est al 10 per cent Tor all tho In
tenoning lime. II Is thought that
this action Is duo to the Influence of
the evangelistic meetings conducted
here.
To Dulld Parochial School.
Sutton An Interesting meeting was
held in tho Methodist Kplscopal
church, tho men or tho church and
congregation entertaining the ladles
of the church and their families to a
four-course luncheon. There were
about 200 present. This was to cele
brate, tho tact that tho church was
out of debt, aud also as an acknowl
edgement of the help rendered by the
women of tho church in times past.
After the banquet tho company were
entertained by music and short
speochoit.
Particularly the Ladies.
Not only pleasant one! refreshing to
the taslc, hut gently cleansing nnd sweet
ening to the system, Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna is patticularly adapted
to Indies and children, and beneficial in
all cases in which a wholesome, strength
ening nnd effective laxative should be
used. It is perfectly safe at all times and
rlitnrJt rn1d. hf.irl.ir.lirs nnd the naini
caused by indigestion and constipation so
promptly and effectively that it is the ono
pcifcct family laxative which gives satis
faction to nil nnd is recommended by
millions of families who have used it and
who have personal knowledge of its ex
ccllcncc.
Its wonderful popularity, however, has
led unscrupulous dealers to offer imita
iinna ivliirti nri iHnntkfnetnrilv. There
fore, when buying, to gel its beneficial
effects, always note the full name of the
Company Gilifornia Fig Syrup Co.
plainly printed on the front of every
package of the Genuine Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna.
For sale by all leading druggist. Price
50 cents per bottle.
BroWsironlTroches
tlliet rrllnl forrrllPTlnHTIirimlTrnnlilr. Nnonlalra
buiiiiU f ri-o. JollH I. Huowh A Sow Huston Mm.
Ail oculist can do nothing for a man
who Is blind to his own Interests.
May Erect $20,000 School.
Fremont Catholics of Fremont con
template tho erection of a parochial
school costing from $20,000 to $:I0,0U0,
according to an announcement made
by the rector. Iter. J. .1. O'Sulllvnti, to
his congregation Sunday. Tliechurcl.
owns two lot. t adjoining Its parsonage
property and these aro to furnish thu
site for tho school.
G.it field Tea. tn1.cn rcHul.trly, will correct
both liver unit kidney disorders.
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of Bun
bhlne In tho soul, and lllls It with a
steady and peipetual serenity. Addison.
ggtKg.
Takes Life bv Unlciuc Method.
Hastings Patrick Hnrron wan run
over nnd Instantly killed by a switch
engine In tho yaida hero Friday. Ac
coiding to tho statement made by the
crew of tho engine, Hnrron crawled
tip to tho engine and stuck his head
nnd uhouldera beneath it beforo it
could bo stopped.
Trie Reason.
"This purse Is real alligator skin."
"1 suppobo that hi why it has such
snap."
Elegant Language.
"A poet speaks of himself na a
'blind voyager nciom tho bitter
seas.' "
"Perhaps an ovciindulgonco In fancy
food has given him un acuto oonsa
Hon of mill do iner."
Du Simitlere'B Design of Seal.
Thompson's Design, the Basis of Present Seal.
Plan for New School Buildings.
York Members of tho York school
board aro beginning to make plana for
the erection of Ihreo new school build
ings. Kfforts will bo made to have a
petition to vote bonds ready to sub
mit to the voters at tho spring elec
tion. Overton At a meeting of tho Mod
ern Woodmen lodge of Overton, reso
lutions wero passed declaring tho pro
posed new rates too high and unjust.
Tho lodgo will coopurato with others
In tho Btato to light tho proposed
rates.
NEWS FROM THE STATE HOU8E.
cd to perform ILs assigned duty, nnd
after six weeks of labor, during which
time many designs wero cousldered.
tt was announced that tho device ar-
One of the Proposed Harp Designs.
ranged by Jefferson, based on the com
pilation of a Huguenot named Du
Slmltler, bo reported to Congress ou
August 10, 1776. Tho design in ques
tion was qulto elaborate and Indlcnted
fundamental knowledgo of tho laws
of heraldry, besides containing primal
symbolic language, and ono Impor
tant element which appealed Btrongly
to tho Irish pride of race. The pro
posed shield carried an emblem to
ropresent tho six groat nationalities
nuino- nart In tho war for independ
ence, or those who populated tho col
onies and wero earnest In the light
for American freedom. Thus, for Eng
land appeared a rose, for Scotland a
thistle, for Ireland a harp, for Franco
a fluer-do-lya, for Germany a black
eaglo, and for tho Netherlands a lion.
Du Slmltler, who was tho heraldic art
ist, placed Ireland third !u this im
portant subdivision of that proposed
shield for tho Union, and It Is Inter
esting to noto tho reasons set forth
for this recognition of tho patriotism
of tho colonial Inhabitants who camo
bero from Ireland:
Tho third Quartering, green, with a
barp of gold, was to be the respected
symbol of Ireland, and was placed
upon tho shield ns a token to the Irish
patriots who took an active part In tho
war for independence; In fact, having
brought over with them a spirit of dls
I!!? and revengo against Kngland,
they 3u?nt most bravely in our Btrug-
discovered by tholr unski'lfulness In
playing of tho harp."
That tho heraldic devi.o of which
Du Slmltler was the author pleased
his critics Is proved by tl.o fact that
Franklin at once withdrew his design,
Adams abandoned hla and Jefferson
relegated his diagram to oblivion in
favor of tho compilation oTered by tho
French expel t. Also then- were other
iiosliriiK nlnced In evldonco by distin
guished colonists. Among them was
an emblem of Ireland, a "Harp" with
thirteen strings, and the motto, Mujora
Mlnoiobus Consonant, meaning "Tho
greater and lesser ones sound togeth
er." Tho strings of the harp wero ot
different lengths, yet they composed
one Instrument In n strong frame and
sounded In harmony. This appropri
ate dcvlcu wns Intended to represent
thereof the samo as In tho canton;
and round her wnist a purple glrdlo,
fringed or embroidered, argent, with
tho word 'Vlrtute,' resting her In
terior hand on the escutcheon, nnd
holding In tho other the proper stand
ard of tho United States, having a
dove argent perched on the top of It.
"On tho sinister side: a man In
complete armor, hla sword-belt azure
fringed with gold, his helmet encircled
with a wreath of laurel and crested
with one white and two bluo plumes;
supporting with his dexter hand tho
escutcheon, and holding In tho interior
a lance, with tho point sangulnated,
and upon it n banner displayed, vert;
(green). In thofess-polnt a harp strung
with silver, between a star In chief,
two rimirs-do-lys In fess. a pnlr of
swords In saltier, in basses, all argent.
Barton's Second Design.
tho now government under the Con
tinental Congress, as composed of
provinces of various sizes and
strength, but all working and re
spondlng hurmonlously for tho gen
rni pnmi made united in strength
and uurposo by tho framowork of Con
I gross. Tfcia doslgn uo doubt was ob-
Tho tenants ot tho cscutchoon stand
on a scroll on which Is tho following
motto: 'Deo Pavento,' which alludes
to tho eye In tho arms, meant for tho
eye of Providence."
The Congress evidently counted It
moro Important to possess tho eeal
than a ting, for no doflnlto action on
tcrcsted In tho following sketch of the
career of tho mnn who solved tho
problem of providing a seal for tho
Government of tho United States:
Charles Thomson was born at Ma
ghera. Irelnnd, November 29. 1729, and
cutno to America with ills threo elder
tirit.hfru In 1741. They landed at
Now Castle, Delaware, with no other
dependence than their industry.
Thomson was educated by Doctor Al
lison, tho tutor of several of the
signers ol' the Declaration of Inde
pendence. Ho had n groat passion
for reading and when yet n young
man he had gleaned nufllclcnt Knowl
edge to be counted among tho "Uteri."
Ho wns afterwards a teacher In tho
Friends' academy, at Now Castle, Del
aware. From thence ho went to
Philadelphia, whoro ho became nc
mt.'ilnted with nnd obtained advice
from Henjamln Franklin; ho soon be
camo tho Intlmato friend of tho
"learned Philadelphia!!" nnd their
friendship seemed to Increaso dally.
In 1772 ho served as negotiator with
tho Iroquois and Delawaro Indians,
and his good, conscientious work
among tho natives brought for him
tho worthy nickname, "Truthtoller,"
by which name tho Indians always
after called him. He was a man ot rare
abilities and had tho peculiar requi
sites to make and keep friends where
over ho happened to wander. Ho was
called to tho responsible duty ot keep
ing minutes of the proceedings of the
first Continental Congress In 1774, and
from that time until ho resigned ma
office in 1789 then flfty-nlno years old
ho was tho secretary of that digni
fied and Important body.
John Adams called him "the Sam
Adams of Philadelphia, tho life of the
cause of liberty." This certainly was
a compliment, coming as it did from a
tried and honest patriot. Thomson, It
Ib true, made a most diligent secre
tary, and in that position ho had tho
rare pleasuro of taking notes of nil
tho Impnrtnnt congressional actions.
For tho llrst year'B work ho rocelvod
no pay. Ho sorved as permanent sec
retary during tho eventful flftcea
years that followed. His seal was ac
cepted officially on Juno 20, 17S2.
Tho Btnto railway commission has
Indefinitely postponed the hearing
asked for by tho city of McCook In
tho matter of tho telephone rates In
that city.
Tho trial of Albert Prince, charged
with slaying Deputy Warden D.ivIb of
tho ntato penitentiary, will ho takon
up at next week's session of the dis
trict court at Lincoln,
Tho state orthnnedlo hospital at
Lincoln, which was established a fow
yearn ago, lias gradually grown until
there nrc now ono hundred crippled
children in tho Institution.
The Kearney Light and Power com
pany has applied to Stato Engineer
Prion for an adjudication of Its water
rights. Although this company Is
ouo of the oldest In tho state. Hi)
rights liavo never been adjudicated.
Nebraska was tlm first state to re
niilro bv statute that teachers In Dub
lin schools should qualify themselves
to teach eleinentnry principles of
agriculture, Iho same as to teach other
branches of learning In such schools.
A reappralsomont of moro than
half of tho 21.1,000 acres of stuto
school lands under lease In Cherry
county has beon reported to Iand
Commissioner Cowies. The nppralso
mont hns aB yet not been reviewed
by tho board of public lands and
buildings nnd whother nny changos
aro to bo made Ib not known.
For more than n yenr tho Lincoln
city Young Men's Christian associa
tion hns maintained an employment
bureau for the ubo of laborers and em
ployers of tho city of Lincoln. It Is
now proposed to extend tho scopo of
tho work to include all of Nobraska
and parts of other states In tho nilddlo
-west. Tho bureau's function will bo
to secure work for Nebraska laborers
either in this or other states, and on
tho other hand, to find men for vacant
positions, preference In this Instance
being given to Nebraska workmen.
Probably the Truth.
The diugglst in a small town died,
and his widow continued tho business.
A month later she arranged tho win
dow display so that It was very at
tractive. That week tho town paper
contained this Item of news:
"Mr Arthur Kdwards, a prominent
druggist of lllgfilnsvlllc. took In tho
sights or our city yesterday. Ho was
verv much Interested In our drug
gist's ntiraetlvo widow."
A Beautiful Decline.
Ollle James, the gigantic nnd genial
congressman and senator-elect from
Kentucky, wns in conversation the
other flay with a Washlngtoninn when
tho latter made certain Inquiries with
reference to a mutual friend whom ho
had not seen for a number of years.
"And how does Col. Prescott spend
bis declining years?" he nsked.
"Heaullfully, sir; beautifully!" an
swered James. "Ho has a fine farm,
sir. A string of trotters, sir. And a
barrel of whisky 10 years old nnd a
wife of Hie samo age, sir!"
Didn't Surprise Mrs. Flynn.
Dennis Flynn, while returning from
work, look refuge under n treo during
a thunderstorm. Tho treo was Btruck
by lighting and Dennis was blown
uome twenty feet away by tho concuB
clon and badly Btunned. A neighbor
found Dennis and began tho work of
resuscitation; another hurried to tho
homo of Dennis to inform Mrs. Flynn
of tho nccldoiit. Mrs. Flynn listened
n tlm nolrrhtmr's nccount of the acci
dent with mingled terror and Joy, and
when told that her husband was not
much hurt and would soon bo homo,
her pleasure was gratifying to behold.
"An' Dennis was twinty fato away,
did yez say?" "About that, yes."
"Och, my Dennis always was quick on
IiIh fnti." Mild Mrs. Flynn. with a
proud shake of her head.
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Wsc Quick to See That Coffee Poison
Was Doing the Mischief.
Honry Wngnor, who has been an
official of tho Btato ponltcntlary for
BBVeral years past, will bo named to
succeed the late Deputy Warden
Davl3, according to an announcement
made tt the stato house.
Robert La Follotto's name has boon
added to tho list of candWato3 to bo
votol on at Nebraska's presidential
primary by a petition filed by Socro
tary Corrlck of tho La Follotto Stato
league. Tho potltlon contained the
names of about 1,000 voters, wldoly
scattered ovor tho state.
A lady tolls of a bad caso of coffco
poisoning, and tolls it In a way so sim
ple and straightforward that literary
skill could not Improve it.
"I had neuralgic headaches for 12
years," bIio says, "and have suffered
untold ngony. When I llrst began to
have them I weighed 140 pounds, but
they brought me down to 110.
"i went to many doctors and they
gnvo mo only temporary relief. So I
suffered on, till ono day, a woman
doctor advised mo to drink Postum.
Sho said I looked llko I was coffeo
poisoned.
"So I began to drink Postum, and
gained 15 pounds in tho first few
weeks and am still gaining, but not so
fast as at first. My headaches began
to leavo mo after I had used Postum
ubout two weeks long enough, I ex
pect, to got tho coffeo poison out or
my system.
"Now that a few months have pass
ra nfncfi I bosaii to uso Postum, I can
gladly say that I never know what a
neuralgic hcadacho Is like nny more,
nnd It was nothing but Postum that
relieved mo.
"Ileforo I used Postum I never
went out alono; I would get bewilder
od and would not know which way to
turn. Now I go alone and my head
Is as clear as a bell. My brain and
nerves aro stronger than they have
been for years." Name given by
Postum Co., Ilattlo Creok, Mich.
"There's u reason," and it Is explain
ed in tho Httlo book, "The Road to
Wellvlllo," in pkgs.
Kver read the above Irtterf A w
one nppeara from time to time. The?
arc B-mulae, trie, aad fall of hnauus
latcrcat.
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