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    Hr.tr > .TF.Y THE OMAHA DAILY HflTS : SUNDAY , MAY 15 , 1808.
OUR FLAG AND ITS PROGRESS
Historical Eeview of the Foreign Wars
Fought Under the Starry Banner.-
TRIUMPHANT MARCH OF A CENTURY
How the Slant on the l-'ltiK llnvr Mul
tiplied from Due Wnr to An-
nlher KnnrmntiN StrciiKtli nml
of tbc Country.
If the revolutionary BtrtiKKlo be climcd
ai a contest with a foreign power the pres
ent conflict with Spain Isthe , fourth Impor
tant foreign wdr In which the United States
bus been cngiiReil. In addition there have
been three other foreign contests , one with
Franco during the .Adams- administration
unrt two with the Darbarr states , the first
when Jefferson was president mid the second
end under Madluon.
In all these conflicts , extending In the
aggregate over u period of nearly thirteen
years , the national emblem came out
crowned with victory. The stars and Btrlpe * .
In fact , la the only one of the world's great
flags which 1ms never been sullied by na
tional defeat , lloth on land and s n It hits
flown triumphant since that Juno day In
1777 , on which Mrs. Itoss of Philadelphia
showed Oeorgo Washington , who had taken
her the design for the flag , agreed on by ,
congress , how to clip out a flvo-polnted star
with one clip of her patriotic scissors. The
stars on the coinage arc all six-pointed , the
Ilrltlsh style In stars , and. so tradition nays ,
Washington drew them for Mrs. Uoss , but
nho stuck to the five-pointed Gallic star and
In that form they have ever since remained.
The resolution of the continental congress
creating the ling read as follows : "That the
flag of the thirteen United States shall be
thirteen stripes , alternate red and while ,
that the union be thirteen stars , white , In
n blue fleld , representing a new constella
tion. " When Kentucky and Vermont were
admitted , as states. In 1701 , two now stars
were added , nnd In 1793 the stripes were
increased to fifteen. By 1818 , when the
number of states had run up to twenty ,
the Inartistic effect of adding to the number
of stripes vVas perceived and congress
enacted that the flag for the future should
ho thirteen stripes with a star for each
state. Briefly this Is the history of the flag
and Its development. The fact that stars
. . . . . BANKRUPT
ORIOINAIj FLAG OF TUB UBVOLUTION.
form part of the heraldic emblazoning of
the Washington coat of arms docs not ap
pear to have had anything to do with their
adoption for the flag.
CurloUH Finir * Ilpfore 1TT6.
Before the adoption of the Stars and
Stripes , however , Americans fought under
many different flags. At Lexington , the em
battled farmers had neither ilag nor uni
form , but at Bunker Hill several ensigns
made their appearance. They were of dif
ferent patterns. Ono of them waT entirely
blue , bearing the motto : "Come If You
Dare. " Another was blue with a white rib
bon , quartered by a red St. George's cross
nnd a plno tree In the Inner corner at the
top. When Washington was besclglns the
British forces at Boston his floating batter
ies flow a white banner bearing a green pine
tree nnd the words : "The Appeal. to
Heaven. " A famous flag of 1775 was the blue
ensign of South Carolina with a white cres
cent In the upper corner. Sometimes It
bore the word "Liberty" In white letters.
While the basic principles of nationhood
which the flag represented one hundred and
twcnty-flvo years ago , Independence , Lib
erty and Union and those .which It typifies
today are Identical , the material resources
essential to the maintenance and preserva
tion of them have become so colossal that
they arc the marvel of the world. It was
Mr. Gladstone who said : "The United
States have a national base for the greatest
continuous empire ever established by man , "
and ho added , "Tho distinction between a
continuous empire severed and dispersed
ov < y sea Is vital. " That "continuous"
empire Is today a reality. When Washing
ton led "Tho Old Continentals In their
ragged regimentals" the treasury was' often
without means to buy the poor food that
fed them. The slender pay of men and ofll-
cers was far In arrears. Desperate expedi
ents were requ'lred to maintain the public
credit. Our diplomatic representatives were
suppliants for advances of money wherever
there was the faintest hope of obtaining It.
They were petitioners for clothes nnd arms
and ammunition , for almost everything re
quired by an army In the fleld. But the
courage of the people never faltered through
1'AUL JOKES' FIRST FLAG.
it - - _ _ .
the awlul ordeal and In the blackest hours
of the struggle they defiantly sang :
"Vain HrltnUH , boait no longer with uroud
Indignity ,
By land your conquering legions , your
strength ut sou. "
of III ifoI nlt > N.
At the outbreak of the revolutionary war
the population of the colonies wan about
2.000,000 whites and 5OT.OOO negroes. Agri
culture nnd commerce were the two leading
Industries. Third In Impottrnco wcro the
fisheries. Despite the hatih restrictions Im
posed on all the articles of export ami the
absolute prohibition gf mcaufaciiires , the
colonists were doing fairly well. Allowed
fair play , they would have bctomo the most
prosperous , as they were undoubtedly at
the time the most virtuous , people In the
world. In all the colonies there wore only
six cities having a population of over S.OOO.
Pauperism , as It is understood today , was
unknown ; so nlso was vice. This is mainly
why , when the struggle came , they were
enabled to muUo BO desperate a resistance
gainst the best soldiers and Bailers of the
old world. With their trade practically an
nihilated , their agriculture nearly destroyed ,
hostile flrcts on their seaboard , n.td savage
Indian * In HIP renr , they never quailed.
How they exulted when victory camel Sara
toga Inspired the rude chant !
"Sucre * * unto the congrcs of tin-no Unlteil
\Vlio Klnry In Iho comiucslH of Wnthlngtoii
nnd t-'atfx ;
To nil , both land nnd seamen , who Glory
In the dnr
When we Mhnll all be freemen In North
Aruerlcn. "
Another ropulnr bnllud of thu day wan
pitched on tlila Idfty key which wna almost
prophetic :
"Prowl Franco should view with terror
nnd hniiKhly Hpnln revere.
While r-very wnrlllso nutlnti should court
nlllunre hero ;
And Oeorfse. liU inlnlnn * trembling round.
i1e coiiulnr from his throne
Pay homage to America nnd glorious
WiiMhlnutnn. "
During the war upwards of sixty 1m
lortttit battles and engagements wVre
'ought Tno numlrer of aoMInM and fallen -
on ivf'iuil by Grrnt BrlfaH ' .vjs nlm it
: : . " > , M > ; To them the Colonists opposed l"'v
71 * . n" ; . i trs and lC-1,080 voli.iiteuM nnd inlll-
STATES . . -
POPUUT10N..flJOOO,000
SURPLUS , $10.000/300. /
OUR FLAO IN 1812 15 STARS AND 15
STU1PES.
.1.1. raakicr n total In round numbers of
iilO.OCO iDen.
According to other returns , however , the
nnntcr cl the revolutionary fort-03 Is much
arger. Thi- cost of the war * D the Colonies
wan over $135,000,000.
AVIiitt the I-11 n ir Covered In J.Slli.
Whtn thr- war of 1812 bdin there were
on'y fifteen stars In the flag although Ihe
Union comprised eighteen States. The ii'im-
tipr of stripes was fifteen. The principles
for which the flag then stood \veru tersely
embodied In the flvo words : "J-'ri'o Trmlo
nnd Sailors' Rights , " which mean' the sur
render by Great Britain of hev assumed
lower on the ocean and the abandonment of
doctrines on the questions of allegiance and
citizenship to which she resolutely adhered.
In the thirty-six years since the Declara
tion of Independence the country had grown
enormously. The national debt had been re
duced to $13,000,000. The population was
over eight millions. In matt-rial wealth the
Increase had surpassed all expectations. Bui
still the nation was only In Its In
fancy. It was the era of the stage
coach ; the first locomotive had not
yet been made by Stephenson In England.
Agriculture nnd navigation were the two
leading Industries ; manufactures , In a small
way , having barely started Into existence.
A second war with England was a tremend
ous risk ; but Its Insults and injuilrs had
become Intolerable nnd resistance was a
duty. The first step toward wur was the
authorization of a loan of $11.000,000 , nn
Insignificant sum now , but In those days
one of almost startling proportion * , 'fho
regular army , which consisted of not more
than 3,000 mcri , was IncreasuJ to "o.OuO , nnd
provision was made for the enrollment of
DO.OOO volunteers. In the way of a navy
there were about twenty frigates and sloops
of war , together with 150 contrivances
called gunboats , which , It was supposed ,
would be fairly adequate for harbor defense.
Measures were taken to Increase this force ,
but little hope was entertained that the
country would bo able to win any advan
tages on the sea. Great Britain at the
time had 1,000 ships of war of all classes.
STATES. . . : , . 4ft
POPULATION 71.000000
WCALTH.4 70POO.OOO 000.
"OLD GLORY" OF TODAY AND WHAT IT
REPRESENTS.
She was , In the words of Jefferson , the
"leviathan of the ocean ; " Franco ' under
Napoleon being the "mammoth of the
land. " According to figures on file at
Washington the "leviathan" had Impressed
0,000 American sailors ! n the years imme
diately preceding the war. Twenty-flve
hundred of them patriotically-refused to
servo against their country nnd hnd been
thrown Into Dartmoor and other English
prisons , when hostilities were commcnceil.-
The achievements of the American navy
In the war won for It the love of the country
and the admiration of , the world. The loss
of life In battle and from disease was about
30,000 men ; the expenditure of money $100-
000,000. And though In the treaty of peace
nothing was said about the cause for which
the war was waged Great Britain-afterward
refrained fr ( exercising her theoretic right
of search and Impressment During the war ,
which lasted three years , the regular army ,
at one period , was' ns high as 85,000 officers
and men , while the militia and volunteer
forces amounted to 31,000 ofllcera and 471C22
men , making a total of 576,622.
Tie Mexlfuii War.
When President Polk , in May , 1SIG , noti
fied congress that Mexico "hnd Invadcil our
territory and shed the blood of our citizens
on our own soil , " there were twenty-eight
stars In the Hag and the population had
grown to be 20,000,000 people. These fig
ures mark mi Imperial march In Industrial
development. The lone star of Texas In the
flag meant the acquisition of an empire In
Itself. True , she brought war with her ,
but she was worth It , and the same war
closed with another vast extension of the
boundaries of the republic by the acquire
ment of California nnd New Jlexlco. But
preceding Texas there wcro added to the
sisterhood of states Louisiana , Indiana , Mis
sissippi. Illinois , Alabama , Maine , Missouri ,
Arkansas. Michigan and Florida. And what
did their Incoming mean ? Well , among other
things , that we grow the magnificent crop of
2,100,537 bales of cotton In that history-mak
ing year of 1810 , , and exported products
worth within n fraction of $110,000,000. All
other Industries flourished In a proportionate
degree. The youngest of the nations was
beginning to enter the lists with the oldest
and the greatest of old monarchies ; Indeed ,
It had Bald to them years before that they
would bo relieved of the burden of attend
ing to the political concerns of'this con-
! tlncnt , almost as emphatically as wo have
notified Spain to pack her trunk and get out
of Cubx The expenditure that year of $20.-
413,450 for tin purpose of national govern
ment was heavy , but to ofUet It them was
i nn Income of nearly $30,000,000 , which left n
comfortable surplus of over 13,000,000 to put
up a flght with misguided Mexico.
Congress responded to the Polk call to
arms by placing $10,000,000 at his disposal
and authorizing him to accept the services
of 60,000 volunteers. Tho'military cnlhiut-
nsm df the country was aroused to eo great
n pitch that more than 300.0CO men pre
sented themselves for enrollment , although
for political reaming the war wn i not popu
lar with a largo portion of the people , who
condemned It ns In the InUrcst of the ex
tension of Hie stare power.
l > 9N'it < i of the Mexican Wnr.
But nil that Is now 30111 nnd the genera
tion of today reads the story of the Mi1 * I-
can wpr with a fecHng of prldo because c > f
the deeds of heroism performeJ by their
fathers. H covered the Amerlejn army ,
regular and \olunteer , .vlth on Imperishable :
renown. Although thu Hexlcntis fought
with the utmost bravery nnd very great
skill on the part of their lommuinlors they
failed to win n single Important buttle nnd
were unable to make any headway against
the far Inferior but Indomitable forces of
Taylor nnd Scott. The Anglo-Saxon blcod
told against' ' the Spanish In every encoun
ter.
ter.Tho
The war provided Eomo of the best pa
triotic poetry In our history. Charles Feuno
Hoffman sang of Monterey :
Wo wcro not many , wo who prejupj
Beside the bnive who fell that day
Jt'it ho of us has not confessed
He'd rnther Bhnro their warriors' rtHt
Than not have been nt Monterc ) 7
Bucnn Vista , . Inspired two noble poema ,
ono by Whlttler nnd another by Albert Pike ,
beginning with the lines :
Krorn the Illo Grande waters to the Icy
lakes of Mil I no ,
Let m exult ; for wo have met the enemy
nculn :
ncncath their stern old mountains we have
met them In their in-lde.
And rolled from llilena Vlstiv back the bnt-
tln M bloody tide.
And then there Is the Immortal "Bivouac
of the Dead , " to bo found In every collec
tion of patriotic poetry.
Tito XnUott Toilnjr.
In Us fourth foreign war the republic un
furls a banner of six and forty stars , with
nt least 72,000,000 of people to defend It , not
only against Spain , but against nil the
world. If need bo these forty-six common
wealths , ' bound In Indissoluble union , cau
put 14,000,000 of fighting men In the field
and nt the same time tarry on all the
agencies and Instrumentalities of their vast
and manifold Industries. The resources of
money and credit arc practically limitless.
Impoverished , bankrupt , decrepit Spain Is
a pigmy as compared with the nation
against which she has. In true Don Quixote
fashion , chosen to measure swords. The
total foreign trade nlono of the United
States last year reached the enormous pro
portions of $1,841,000,000. Spain's foreign
*
trade Is less than one-sixth this amount.
Her railroad mileage Is only 6,708 miles , as
against 178,000 miles of the United States
In 1S93. The statistics of the postoffico fur
nish a good gauge of the enlightenment nnd
prosperity of n people. In 1897 our post-
office expenditures were $01,077,212. S.win
expended for the same purpose $4,612,820 , or
$1,000,000 less than Japan.
Mulhall , the eminent British statistician ,
drew up n table three years ago , In which
he measured the strength of the natlom , "by
the number of foot tons of effective enoicy
devoted to the creation of wealth. " In that
table the United Stnten led the worlj tvith
the enormous figures of 129,300,000,0(10. ( Great
Britain followed with 56,110,600,000 and be
hind Germany , Frence , Austria and Italy
comes Spain with the pitiful showing of 10-
040,000,000. The revenue of the United States
Is two nnd one-half times that of Spain. At
the present time the United States manu
factures one-half the steel of the worldf'it
produces more than two-thirds of Iho rotten -
ton , nearly nlnc-tentha of the corn , ( Mid ,
leaving out wool , almost one-half of the
great staples of the earth.
In n word , the flag today represents the
strongest , richest , freest and most n sou je-
ful nation of 'all the centuries ,
"P'-r . , '
. , , ,
WIIITTIBIl TO A TOUMI3NT.
1,1 iii-M Ili > Wrote | ii the Album of 11
YOIIIIK Wuimm Who TfHxvil Him.
When Whlttler was 30 years old , some
what trained in newspaper work by editing
the Hnvcrhlll ( Mass. ) Gazette , he was
elected secretary of the American AntiSlavery -
Slavery society , relates , the New York Sun.
The next year he removed to Philadelphia ,
where he edited the Pennsylvania Freeman
during the years 1838-9. While living In a
boarding house in Philadelphia a young
woman fellow boarder was a great torment
to him , because he was possessed of an ex
ceedingly shy nnd sensitive temperaments
When she went away Whlttler complied
with the request to write In her album. A
friend of the woman who owned the album
has transcribed the lines from memory :
Thou art going hence. God bless thee !
Thou art going hence , farewell !
May the devil ne'er distress thee.
May the wide world use thee well.
Thou art going hence forever.
An thou sheddest not a tear ;
'TIs well , for tears shall never
Lament thy leaving here.
Yet some will not forget thee ,
A torment na thou art ;
And homo will e'en regret thee
Who do not weep to part.
They will mls thy merry laughter ,
AH Iho HChoolboy docs his rod ,
And the Jokes which followed ufter
Thy visiting abroad.
Farewell ; the Lo'rd be with theo
In thy future goings on ,
And the nlous shun and fear thee
As thy Quaker friend hath donei
Thy life , mny nothing vex It ,
Thy years be not n few ,
And nt thy final exit ,
aitiy thu devil miss his due.
TOM ) OUT 9F COUHT.
Over In Missouri the other day , says the
Chicago Law Journal , n coroner's Jury re
turned a verdict that "the decedent came to
his death by "being struck by a railroad
train In the hands of a receiver. "
A California Judge recently fined an at
torney $10 for contempt of court and forced
him to pay It by threatening otherwlno to
pay It himself. No one Is required .to believe -
lievo this.
Chief Justice Dohcrty of the Irish court
of common pleas , who hold office from 1330
to 1846 , was on ono occasion talking to u
friend , when a lady passed them wearing a
very low-cut dress. "Did you over see the
llko of that before ? " Remarked the friend.
"Never since I was weaned , " responded the
chief Justice.
A Washington lawyer recently appeared
as counsel In a case before a Justice of the
peace , says the Albany Law Journal , and
found It necessary to mnko frequent objec
tions to the evidence the opposing counsel
was attempting to Introduce. The Justice
looked first annoyed and then Indignant at
these frequent Interruptions. Finally he
could contain himself no longer and roared
out : "What kind of a lawyer arc you , any
way ? " "I nm a patent lawyer , " replied the
attorney with dignity. " "Well , " retorted
the Justice scornfully , "when the patent ex
pires you will have a hard time getting It
renewed. Go on with the case. "
The Irish papers tell us that nt the Kll-
larney quarter sessions the other day a
laughable Incident occurred. A prisoner
was charged with assault , but the solicitor
was temporarily absent when his case was
called. Judge Shaw , however , decided to
proceed with the swearing In of the Jury ,
telling the accused he could challenge any
one ho objected to. When the sixth Juror
was called the prisoner , who evidently
thought it was time to exercise his prerog
ative , objected to his serving , whereupon
the challenged Juror , with a look of con
temptuous disgust , called out : "Yerra , Tim ,
bad cess to ye , what d'ye mane ? Shuro I'm
fur ysl"
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The War Olon&'s # ilver Lining for Oamera
l0liTtiab.
LOVE AND LOYALTY HELPS BUSINESS
I'nit lip motwrnpli rin > in the
> 'ntloimH < | t * llr i Arontiil the
Flnn * M fl li < ft In the
il'Jrtnrr Mnis
The photographers are Inclined to think
Hint oven a war .nloud . has Its silver lining.
Since the president called the National
Quard and asked for volunteers the camera
artists have been struggling \vlth an over
whelming patronage. Every now made sol
dier must have his picture taken , to leave
behind as a souvenir with a sweetheart ,
wife or sister , and not only baa nearly all
the equipped fighting force of the country
passed In review before the lenses , hut thu
feminine friends and relatives of the war
riors have also gone and.done It ngatn.
Vows and tears nnd an exchange of photo
graphs play a part nt every leave-taking be
tween the army and navy men and their
families , and a photographer , who was In
terviewed on this question , readily admitted
that every man > vho poses In hU studio
wears a full dress uniform. Usually they
order two sizes of print ono giving the
figure on a boudoir or cabinet card and dis
playing the mnrftal figurent full length.
These are tor dissemination among families
and frlenda. Bui there Is another size
called for , a print not bigger than a dollar ,
showing Just head _ nnd .bust and struck off
for framing In lockets , , bangles , etc. The
women nil prefer to have their likenesses
taken In thc.wntch case size , too , and while
the men who conTe to pose ore one nnd alt
a very Jolly , cheerfully bellicose crew , the
feminine patrons are In u peculiarly moist
nnd melancholy state.
Two of n Kind.
' . 'Still they come , " sighed the photogra
pher , "and you can Invariably tell the young
married touples , or those Just engaged , by
their penchant for small double profile
prints. You know such a print shows the
two heads close togethcr , the woman's to
the outside and a trlffe tr > the i-ear of thi
man's , and whorq there Is time my patrols
always Insist .on * little tinting judiciously
put Into the face and uniform , Among the
women It Is a .fancy Juat now-to have these
little pictures taken In the dresses their
husbands or sweethearts most admire , and
In Eome of theseowna It Is next to Impos
sible to make -Woman look her best.
"Now let mo allow ydu some of the ways
we are framlqg the men's pictures In
lockets chiefly'and In the form of merged
double hearts raoAe-of gun metal. These
lockets are not > fojfj.i xterlor wear ; the sentl
ment of the th" tomands their being .slung
about the nee .if1' "ne Bo'd ' chajn , and
some of them ejijcculiarly beautiful and
costly. One I | nt national guardsman
chose a gun i [ heart , with a cupldl Ip.
brilliants on lutsltie. Master Cupid
stood In the nt j of 'present Arms. ' The
majority usua 'Mder , engraved pr out *
lined In Jewels I Kc lockets' covers , special
dates or Krone lijln or German i "
full of such set t as ' 'plou vpus ;
"Fla'o et Amo tu. , c'tc. Some1'of th.e ,
pictures we m T not larger'than * a 10-
cent"plecq "and are put Into tiny gold
hearts to hang gold chain bangles , i
. ,
"Hair or fou : lovers occupy ( uo Sides
of these ilockc JUj the plcttifes they
contain , though a good' many -women prefer
In place of lockets to have their husbands'
or lovers' pictures fitted in little frames
woven of gold military lace. To put on
their writing desks and dressing tables are
little easel frames , having the shape and
decoration of an' epaulette , and now "let me
show you some of the things women give
their lovers , for cspeqial wear in that inside
vest pocket that Is supposed to extend Just
over the heart.
"Hero are round bachelor pin cushions
wltj ) one sldo of silver engraved with a date
and motto ; on. the othcr ( side Is framed the
' . A wife
fair lady's .miniature photograph.
puts Into one of these cushions a pin for
ever year of her married life and a popular
Iccket for men Is woven In gold or silver
wire that Is very elastic and that , when
lying In the hand , most resembles a closely
curled tress of feminine hair. .By taking up
the locket at ono side the metal curl sprlnga
up and shows a photographed face on a thin
'
gold disk. "
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GETTING NEWS OUT OP MADRID.
Einniicrntlnjy DelnyN nml the Uncer
tain Whliim of CeiiHorw.
Spain's remarkable success In concealing
the movements of her navy Is not BO sur
prising In view of the censorship maintained
on newspapers and all avenues of news. The
details of this system , given by a Madrid
correspondent of the London Telegraph , are
of particular interest Just now and will en
lighten American readers on the difficulty
of tracing the Cape Verde armada. The
correspondent says : *
There Is but one post dally both ways to
and from Madrid. It leaves at 8 p. m. and
n letter confided to the letter box stands no
better criancc of reaching the addressee than
does one posted In Constantinople , Erzer-
oum or Treblzond. Indeed , the odds are
strongly In favor of the latter. I am speak
ing In the light of numerous and significant
facts. Of course one may register one's cor
respondence and then the letter may arrive
or It may not. If It does not you- enjoy the
right of demanding compensation ; but be
fore you have < "flon * with petitioning , de
manding , visiting , ) ii.'plalnlng , calling again ,
etc. , you will htivie'l ' worn out more boots ,
spent moro moU < Jyln pens , Ink and paper
and sacrificed more of your time than the
damages fixed rfor'ithe lost letters would
compensate , and i you give up the enterprise
in despair long < bbfore you see the color of
the money of tact ( administration. Besides ,
you cannot rcgltJU-n a letter after 5 p. m. ,
so that from thfttlbour your correspondence
Is practically at nn > end. If a packet U
sent to you bynpotjti you do not receive It
at your house , Uut are favored with an In
voice Instead , wlilqUllnforms you that there
Is but one houiiff..the twenty-four during
which you may cjalu\tho { package and wait
till it.
you get „ % 1C
But by far t\ufn \ pi/fat / interesting process
Is that of telegr'gpjiug ) political news to a
foreign journal. Hero , you pick up original
nnd quaint Ideas as to the "Way How Not
to Do It" which are bracing and refresh
ing to English speaking people. First of
all , of course , you must get your Informa
tion , then write your telegram , and , lastly ,
hand it in. Tbo mere act of forwarding It
seems n trifle , Inasmuch as Spain and Eng
land are connected by a direct cable. Now
It is extremely difficult to obtain any In
formation worth having before 3 or 4 o'clock
In the afternoon ; for the Spaniards those
at least who make history are by uo means
early risers , and ministerial councils and
other state gatherings occur generally be
tween S and 6 p. m. Yet n telegraphic mes
sage to London , handed In at the head of-
flco In Madrid at 3:30 : o'clock In the after
noon , frequently reaches London at the
same hour next morning , when U Is abso
lutely worthless. And the direct cable be-
ORCHARD & WILIIIIM CARPET CO.
A few seasonable suggestions of goods we are making
especially attractive at this time by prices.
Rur German Ingrain Carpets S
We are showing a very at
tractive line of wilton rugs ,
9x12 and 8-3xlO-C. These are
made in Turkish and Persian
designs and a most perfect
copy of the India Senna rug : * ,
colors mostly in red and
shades of green , they can be
used with good effect beside
the finest Turkish rugs , and
for durability have no superi
or in America goods. These
the large sizes wjo are sell
ing at $40.
Smyrna Rugs.
12x9 feet - - $16.00
10 1-2x7 l-2feet 12.00
9x6 feet - - 8.00
Kudah Rugs.
in large sizes , all wool face
reversible , made in imitation
of the Turkish pattern , the
most desirable rug we have
ever offered at the price we
quote them.
Id l-2x > 1-2 feet $18.00
12x9 feet - - 25.00
ORCHARD & WILHELM CARPET CO ,
1414-1416-1418 Douglas Street.
tween Spain ana England ? The cable plays
but a relatively small part In the delay.
The royal Inquisitor , known as the censor ,
Is the man mainly responsible for this woe
ful waste of time. Ho Is not always at
homo , nor Is he. perhaps , always In the
humor for censuring and criticising , and
the messages must wait until he Is disen
gaged and In the mood.
But why should there not be many cen
sors ? First of all , Indeed , one wonders why
there should be any. Spain Is a-constitu
tional country , and at present It Is governed
by the liberal party , which holds high the
honor of freedom and fraternity , nnd makes
war upon all the old world abuses of despotIsm -
Ism , conservatism , etc. Yet , for all that ,
there Is a censure nay , such a strict cen
sure .as baa been unknown In Russia since
the days of Nicholas I , nnd Is paralleled
only In the Turkish empire of today. A
.mere word , to which the censor reasonably
or unreasonably objects Is enough to ruin
a telegram of a thousand words to which he
assents. Thus I forwarded n most Impor
tant message yesterday , which with the ut
most difficulty I was enabled to hand In at
*
3p. m. The facts It contained dealt with
the resolutions adopted by the cabinet coun
cil. At the end there was one short sentence
to the effect that , according to a rumor
current In Journalistic circles of the capital ,
It was expected that the Spanish officers
would meet In the Puerta del Sol that evenIng -
Ing and walk home In silence by way of a
patriotic demonstration. This was abso
lutely true. The rumor was current every
where. I sent off the message at 3 p. m.
sharp , and mentioned the time In the tele
gram. Shortly after 1 o'clock next morning
I received a communication from the chief
of the telegraph to the effect that , owing
to the sentence about the projected manifes
tation , he had detained my message , but
that If , on reflection. I considered that I
could modify that particular passage the
telegram would bo duly sent ! After , ten
hours bad elapsed and the news was become
como utterly worthless !
Of course a censor Is only a man and can
not , therefore , do the work of ten men at
once. What ten censors could do in one hour
one censor needs ten , and It may be twelve
hours , to do it In. This would bo obviated
If the government employed several officials
to read the messages of correspondents to
their journals. Out Spaniards who under
stand , nay , who have an Inkling even of any
foreign tongue , are Incredibly few. Even
French Is Greek to most of the educated
classes of officials , journalists and politi
cians. Still , there are several who know
French , but very few Indeed who have even
a smattering of English , hence the length
of time It takes to censure an English mes
sage. In general , therefore , the matter
stands thus : There Is little news to bo had
befoie 3 p. m. and a telegram handed In at
3:30 : p. m. will most likely reach London
too late for the morrow's paper. That Is
one aspect of the matter. The Germans ,
however , are much better off. Their lan
guage Is given up as a bad job by all Span
ish officials and no attempt whatever Is made
to censure telegrams In that language. To
prove this the following experiment wa
lately resorted to In my presence. Two Iden
tical tclgrams were handed In at the office ,
the ono In German and the other In French.
Next day the latter was returned as stopped
by the censor , while the other was for
warded and duly appeared. Lest there
should be any doubt on the subject the ex
periment was repeated , with the same re
sult , another day ; and on a third occasion
an acoualntance of mine forwarded a most
sensational message In German to the effect
that the position of the queen regent wns
become precarious and the censor passed It
on without a remark !
The Spanish ceremonies which accompany
the handing In of a telegram would be
amusing were they not so Irksome and time-
killing. You approach a little window In the
one office In tbo city , and when your turn
comes , hand In your message. The clerk
counts the words a couple of times over ,
adds up the result of each page , refers to th <
Saxony Rugs
There really ia nothing
more deHirublo in heavy long
nap ruga than the real Ger
man Saxony elegant in
the only thing that can be
said of them. Our present
line is the largest we have
ever shown we have im
ported them ourselves and
they are a little late , but at
the prices they should go
readily enough a loop
hole in the tnriiE bill lets
them in much cheaper than
the Turkish the class ia
above the same , these are
real hand made Saxony
Kensington
Art Squares
9xOf it.-.48c-quX
9.x7ifect..6.00 "
9x71 feet 3.75 , ; ; ;
9x9 feet 7.20 quality lest
9x9 feet 4.50 $ j $
9x13 feet..9.00JjSX
9x12 feet..6.00
. written tariff and finds out what the cost Is
' In francs. Then ho takes another slip of
paper , finds out what the rate of exchange
Is at the moment , and reduces the francs to
Spanish pesetas. Finally , ho reads out the
result say , D97 pesetas 33 centimes
( $119.47. ) You engrave these figures on
your memory , and , leaving the hall , go out
there await your turn , repeating always the
to another window In a passage outside , and
number 597.35 till the clerk asks you what
you want. Then you explain that you are
come to purchase Spanish stamps for the
sum of 597 pesetas 35 centimes , and you
take out n note for 1,000 pesetas. The pas
sage Is dark on the brightest day , nnd you
accept the stumps and your change In a
spirit of true religious faith , for you ECO not
even darkly as In a glass. When you re
turn to the Inner sanctuary and help to
make queue , awaiting your turn again , the
chances are that you will find yourself
short of stamps , In consequence of a mis
take on the part of the clerk outside. This
happened twice to me , but I am bound to
say the Individual discovered'and rectified
his error , so that my only loss was of about
thirty-five minutes more.
Dut the most curious thing of all Is the
process of recovering your money If the tel
egram be suppressed. There Is no way of
obtaining It speedily. You must wait. Mes
sages of mine to the value of several hun
dred pesetas wcro stopped and I called at
the office for the money. In Russia , Ger
many , Turkey , Austria everywhere In fact
the money Is refunded nt once , nut not
EO In Spain. Here you have to make various
pilgrimages , from post to pillar , Interview
ing officials , dignitaries , clerks , porters. All
shako their heads , shrug their shoulders ,
purse their lips nnd assure you that the gov
crnment allows them no special funds for
the purpose. "Yes , but If you do not for
ward my message , for which I paid you ! n
advance , you have no right to keep my
money. " "Oh , of course not. Wo are not
t6 blame , you know. You had better see
our chief. He Is very busy now , but If you
call tomorrow I am sure you can sec him. "
I spent four days Journeying from chief to
subordinate and from subordinate to chief
and at last I received the following satisfac
tory promise : "If you wrlto a petition to
the chief of the telegraph , asking that the
money be refunded you for the suppressed
messages , ho will deal with it In duo time. "
"What Is due time ? " I ventured to Inquire.
"Well , we cannot promise anything , " said
my Informant , Scnor Perez , "except that ,
when the funds allow It , you shall have
your money back. " "But could you , per
haps , say approximately when ? " Ho could
not , but another official could nnd did
"Any time between two and four months. "
Such Is the specimen n tame , humdrum
specimen of the methods of procedure In
the constitutional kingdom of Spain , under
the most liberal of liberal governments , in
the cultured capital of Madrid. Spain has
truly fallen upon evil days.
Ono Mlnuto Is not long , yet relief Is ob
tained In half that time by the use of Ono
Mlnuto Cough Cure. It prevents consump
tion and quickly cures tolds. croup , bron
chitis , pneumonia , la grippe and all throat
and lung troubles.
Young women wl < o assume the title of
bachelor ore considered especially modern.
Yet , says the Chicago Times-Herald , the
term was applied customarily to them In
the time of "rare Jlen Jouson. " The poet
himself so used It In bis plays. Bachelor Is
derived from the Welsh word bach , which
means small , little , young. The kindred
Welsh word baches means a pretty little
woman. Therefore the brisk bachelor
malda of today do not ape their brothers ,
but go daintily tripping down the centuries
In the footprints of these fair bachelors
who coquetted with the gallants of the
Elizabethan court.
Maos of Cuba nt The Ileo office Omaha-
Council Bluffs or South Omaha. Cut a
coupon from page 2. Address Cuban map
dcut.
Our prices on Iri-
grain Carpets arc based
on enormous purchases
that are put on sale for
quick action you can
see a selection not sur
passed anywhere
our line of wool goods
at 55c priced every
where at 65c and 75c.
Cotton and Union
Ingrains 25c and
35c per yard plenty
to select from ,
OilCloth
4-4 , 6-4 , 8-4 ISc , 20c
and 25c a yard.
Porch Furniture
Settees , rockers and
chairs with or without arms in
a variety of styles , wicker rat
tan , , wood slat seats red ,
green and antique finish the
finest Porch Rockers we have
shown $2,60
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