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The herald., 1895-09-29

After the legislation OF 1777 no altera-
ton in the standard was made until 1874,
when an act was passed increasing the
number OF stars and stripes from thirteen
to fifteen. Vermont having been admitted
to statchool March 4, 1871, and Ken
tucky June /, 1792. The proposition led
TO a spirited discussion, considerable
mum Der OF the congressman regarding iG
rs much too trivial a matter to waste
time on. However. it was passed uti-
mately. to take effect in May, l795. In
lTJ6 Tennessee was admitted TO the
union; IN 1902 Ono became the seven
teenih state. In 1872 Louisiana was added
and in 1916 Indiana joined the constslla-
tinn. thus raising the number to nine
teen. Under the circumstances the flag
Of fifteen stars and stripes YVES meaning
less.
That year Peter Wendron, representative
Tor New York, offered u resolution that
a com mittee be appointed 10 inquire into
the expediency of altering the flag of the
United States The resolution was
adopted. The records are silent as to who
comprised the committee, but they re-
ported q bill January. 2, 1917. which
was not acted upon. While the subject
on Captain @. S. Reed, famous for gal
lantry il the navy, and asked him to make
a design for nag (which would repre-
sent the increase of the states without
destroying its distinctive character. +"
Captain Reid recommended reducing
the stripes to thirteen. to represent the
original states, the stars to be increased
to the number of all the states, bound in
TO one great star whose brilliancy should
represent their union and thus symbol
ize in the flag the origin and progress of
the country" He also recommended the
motto ''E Pluripus Unum," and that
there should be the addition of star
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80 Stars, 10 SUPPOSEDLY

ensign, prior to their adoption in 1777, is
found in the Massachusetts Spy hfor
March 10, TIT. in song written for the
anniversary OF the Boston massacre,
March 5. In the fight of poetic fancy,
the writer foretels the triumph of the
Am erican ensign:
A ray of bright glory now beams from
afar.
The American ensign now sparkles star
Which shall shortly wave wide through
the skies.
The earliest use of the thirteen stripes.
according to the same authority, lis
found upon standard presented to the
Philadelphia troop of light horse in 1775
by Captain Abraham Markoe." A s this
troop escorted Washington on ms jour
ney from Mount Vernon to take COM
mand of the continental army at Cam
bridge it is suggested that it may have
attracted his notice and influenced his
mind. At any rate il is generally recog
nieed that Colonel Joseph Reed, resi-
dent of Philadelphia, who was Washing
toms military secretary, had something
to do with the designing of the flag, and
it is conjectured that. after seeing the
insignia OF the Philadelphia troop he
may have suggested the stfires to WASH
ington, for however obscure that subject
is there is no uncertainty as to the maxi
ing of the first flag.
In June, 1776, committee of congress
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for each new state. The committee
sented them in an elaborate report. ao-
companied by Il bill which failed of
Passage. The subject was required to al
the subsequent session and passed. 1t
was approved by the president April 4,
1918.
1t was by this act that July was fixed
for the admission of new states, the Sec
mission OF every new state into the
union, one star shall be added tn the
union of the tiaS; and that such addition
to take effect on the Fourth of July next
succeeding such admission.
Mississippi having be,n admitted to
the union in 1877 and Illinois in 1918,
the new flag which was first raised over
the hall of congress April Is. 1918, con-
sisted OF thirteen stripes and twenty-one
stars. The new law went into effect Ju-
ly 4, 1918, and except for the fulhllm ent
of the provision for aiding stars as the
number of states increased and the rear
rangement of the stars made necessary bv
the same cumstance, there has been
no change since. The next addition to
the union was ALABAMA, ad mitted in 1919,
and then followed Maine, 1920. and Mis-
souri, in 1921. Fifteen years elapsed be-
fore another star was added to the group.
when Arkansas became state in 1896
anu M1cn.gan 1OllOW6Q IN 1901. rlOFlua
and Texas were both admitted in 1915,
Iowa in 1876. Wisconsin in 1913 and Cali
fornia In 1850. Then ano Their long period
elapsed before congress could agree on
the admission of states, though the SUBJ
ject was constantly under discussion and
provoked bitter contention at times.
In 1865 Minnesota was added to the
list and in 1859 Oregon was accepted in
the sisterhood. Kansas followed IN 1861
West Virginia in 1863 as war measure,
Nevada in 1864 and Nebraska in 1867.
There was no other addition for nine
years, when Colorado was adopted into
the family, more as an event of the CEN
tennial anniversary than because there
was any desire to increase the n umbe Of
states. In 1889 four states were added.
They were North and South Dakota
Montana and Washington. In 1890 Idaho
and Wyoming were admitted, and the
last congress passed the act admitting
Utah, which will be consum mated on the
Fourth of July next, according to law
and precedent.
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1875 providing for committee, to design
q flag or standard, but SO far as the evil
dence goes nothing came of it. Previous
to and during the early period OF the war
various flags were in use, and singularly
enough nearly all of them had some ref
erenca to the thirteen colonies, but
whether in commemoration OF the pro-
posed union has not been ascertained. 1t
IS also singular fact that five of the
fifteen flags used between 1775 and MI
rattlesnakes as the principal
feature of their design, and the snakes
each had thirteen rattles. An anonymous
writer. but commonly supposed to be
BENJAMIN Franklin, in letter pub.
lished inJBradford's Pennsylvania Journal
of December 81, ITS, defends this strange
fact by alleging first that the ancients.
considered the serpent as an emblem OF
sswisdom and endless DURATION" and
after observing that the RATHER is found
in no other quarter OF the globe than
America" adds in eulogy of the reptile !:
"Her eve exceeds in brightness that of
any other animal and she has no eyelids.
She may, therefore, be esteemed an en-
blem of vigilance. she never begins an
attack, nor when once engaged ever sur
renders. She is, therefore, an en- biem of
magnanimity and true courage. AS if
anxious to prevent all pretension of
ouarreling with the weapons with which
nature favored her, she conceals them in
the roof of her mouth, SO that to those
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This extraordinary Rejuvenator is the most
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TAINTED ELCOn-Impurc blood due TO
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who are unacquainted with her she ap-
pears most defenseless; and even when
those weapons are shown and extended
for defense, they appear weak and con-
tenn ptible; but their wounds, however
small, are decisive and fatal. Conscious
of this. shs never wounds until she has
generously given notice to her enemy
and cautioned him against the danger of
Whether It was these conside, ations or
some other causes that turned the inclin-
alton OF the early flag designers of the
country to the rattlesnake, the writer IN
question is eloquent in defense of their
action.
On SATURDAY. June IA. 1777. congress
passed resolution that the flag Of the
thirteen united states be thirteen stripes,
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EVOLUTION OF THE Ar1ERICAN FLAG
Department Preparing the Glory

lITJNG llIGlllI lGI
nIlel lrl 9rclIlGI[
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From the Chicago TiInes-Herali.

alternate req and white that the union
be thirteen stais white in blue field,
representing a new constellation" How
the matter came to BIO considered does
not appear in any of the records. Who
introduced the resolution. or whether
there was much, little or no discussion
OF it is equally unknown 1t was nearly
two years after the decl aration of inde-
pendence had been promulgated. and
during a time that standard was needed
every day. The resolution was printed in
the newspaper in the August following.
but it was not officially declared over the
signature of the secretary of congress un
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3S Stars, IS Strlpes-IS7S

accom- panied by Washington called on
Mrs. John Ross, widow, who was an
upholsterer conducting business at 239
Arch street. Philadelphia. land engaged
her to make the flag from rough draw
ing. which at he' suggestion was redrawn
py General Washington in pencil in her
back parlor.' William J. Candy. grand
son Of Mrs. Ross, is authority for the
statement that the flag thus designed was
subsequently adopted by congress and
became the first star spangled banner
Controversies of almost equal intereit
and energy subsequently arose concern
ing who first hoisted Old Glory on board
ship, and secondly, who first introduced
the banner OF freedom in English waters.
John Paul Jones seems to be entitled to
the honor of the first claim. though his
pretenses were resisted with much vigor
by such eminent authority as John
Adams, who insisted that the honor be-
longed to Captain John Manly, New
Highlander. The consensus OF opinion
favors the claim of Jones. however. With
regard to the first appearance OF the flag
buryport. Philadelphia, Nantucket and
New Bedford. On this point the records
of parliament are in evidence. On Feb
ruary Z, 1888, it is set down that Mr..
Hammett arose in the house OF commons
and "begged leave to inform the house of
very recent and extraordinary event.
There was," he said, at the time OF his
speech, ian American ship in the
Thames, with thirteen stripes flying on
board. The ship had offered to enter at
the custom house, Uut the officers were
at loss how to behave" His motive
for mentioning the subject, he added,
was "that ministers might take such
steps with the American commissioners
as would secure free intercourse between
this country and America" The ship
in question was the Bedford, Captain
Movers in command, from New Bedford,
Massac usetts.
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MILITARY.

DURING the DAYS when armor was
heaviest the cavalry was the slow NOV
ing army of the service, all movements
requiring CELEBRITY being executed by
infantry.
Hot shot as well as chain and grape
shot, when first employed, were de-
clared to be inventions of the devil. and
not to be sanctioned among civilized
nations.
In the fourteenth century the slaugh-
ter of women and children after town
or castle had been taken by storm was
one of the most common occurrences of
war.
CLEARCHUs, the Spartan, laid down
rs one of the maxims of war the state
ment that a soldier ought to fear his
own general more than he did the
whole hostile army.
DURING the war between Richard l.
of England and Philip Augustus of
France, prisoners on both sides were
blinded as means of intimidating the
besieged party.
CHEvALIER BAYARD made by his
ransoms during the course OF his mill
tary career more than four thousand
pounds, sum equivalent to nearly teo
times that amount nowadays
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PEOPLE.

LEMUEI. II. ANDREWS. of West Gads
den, Fla, has killed 1878 rattlesnakes
during his life.
DIR. MELLON. of Dublin, ireland
thinks that he is the heaviest bicycle
rider in the world. He weighs S7s
pounds.
IT is said that Bismarck derives ar
annual income of $4,000 from the
various industries in which he is in.
terested.
SENATOR MORRILL,. of Vermont, 1.-THE
father of the senate" is now S. years OF
age. and has always eschewed stimu,
lants. worry and late hours when pos.
sible.
THERE is a report that Mr.. Letter, OF
Washington and Chicago, intends te
buy a magnificent country seat in
England. Not for himself, however,
it is to be the future home of his beauti-
full daughter, the wife of G. N. Curzon.
the English author and politician.
THE duke of Sutherland has added
to his love for yachting taste fo1
engine-driving. He is actually having
a private train built for himself. He is
an expert engineer, and delights in
locomotives. On the first trip of the
new train the young duchess is to be
permitted to drive the enone.
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A GIANT FREELY.
Caed by the Natives OF tho West indies Is
an Illuminator.

O"S1
an Iluminator.
Tho great flrefy-elater noctilucus-
is an inhabitant of the savannahs of
most of the warmer parts of America
and the West India islands, 1t is said
to attain a length of eleven and half
inches. In the gloom of night, says
All the Year Round, these flies are ex-
tremely luminous, and the effect is
brilliant. The light chiefly proceeds
from four parts, namely, from two
glandular spots behind the eyes, and
one under each wing. They have the
power to cut off the light at will, in
which case the glandular spots become
perfectly Opaque. The light of this
wonderful insect by itself is such that
if the creature be held in the palm of
the hand, print or manuscript is as
easily read as by a candle. The abo-
riginal natives cage these creatures and
make use of them. it is alleged, as Ian
terms. Ladies adorn themselves with
this electric-lilze luminary.
1t is related of Don Domingo Condo,
of Colombia, that he would appear on
the evening promenade with large
FREELY ornamenting the buckle of his
broad hat, while a band of smaller
luminous insects surrounded it, The
same Spaniard lighted his palace with
frefies in silver cages. The display
must have been enchanting, for at one
time the light is ruddy, then there is
change to golden yellow. 1t is stated
that when the Spaniards were about to
land one of their expeditions against
Mexico, a panic was cauced by these
luminaries. The host of fitting lights
on land was supposed to be an indi-
cation of the enemy arousing their
camp to resist the attack
When the English were attacking
the West India islands the fireflies were
taken to be a Spanish army advancing
with burning matches against them,
and the upshot was hasty retreat to
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CHICAGO MAY BE DRY.

An Effort Making to ompeI the Mayor tc
Close Saloons on sunday.
CHICAGO, Oct. S.-The prospects are
said to be bright for the city to become
rs dry on Sunday as New York is re-
ported as being at the present time.
There has for years been a state law
prohibiting the sale or giving away
of liquor on Sundays, but it has
never been enforced. Mayor Swift
is reported to have said that it could
not be enforced and that the police
had enough to do without attempting
such thing. But there are others
who think that it can be enforced. and
who have been encouraged by the re-
ports from New York to make the trial
here. The initial steps toward compell-
ing Mayor Swift to enforce the law
were taken yesterday. 1t is the pur-
pose to begin mandamus proceedings
to compel the mayor to enforce the
law. This is something new in law
practice. but there are a number of
well-known lawyers here who assert
that it can be done. There is no doubt
but what it will be tried.
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FOREIGN.

ARIES has Roman theater In better
state Of preservation than the one at
Orange, and intends to hold opcn-air
performances in it in summer and to
become the French Bayreuth.
BRUeEs in Belgium is to be made a
seaport again by means of a ship canal
cut through to Heyst on tie North sea,
for which the chamber of representa-
tives has just voted the money.
LIVERPOOL has just received the gift
of one hundred and eight acres of land
at Wavertree. one of it's suburbs, for a
recreation ground for children. The
giver refuses to have his name made
known.
On the borders of Russian Turxestan
and Siberia the Dungans have risen in
revolt against the Chinese; the rebels
are encouraged by the reports of the
defeat of the Chinese by the japanese,
which have now reached them
PRINCESS PAULINE MErTERyIcH,
niece of the famous ambassador to
Paris and the more famous Princess
Pauline, his wife, has just made her
first appearance as violinist at char
ity concert at Marienbad. She is only
fifteen years old.
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Scarlet ReYer Settled in the Back,
An Operation Was Onsucce So.
fully Performed

The Patient Was Finally Restored, After
Eighteen Years.
From the Erening Ne,7s, Nerark, NJ
About eighteen years ago, when Mrs
Annie Dale, of So Bruce street, was bright,
merry school girl, she was taken ill with
scarlet fever. She recovered, but she was
a very different girl from physical stand
point. She was cured of the scarlet fever.
but it left her with an affection of the back.
AS she grew older the pain seemed to in
crease. Her sufferings were intensified by
her household duties, but she never COM
planned. and with one hand pressed tightly
home.
II was fourteen years old when I was at.
tackled with scarlet fever, and have now
suffered with my back for eighteen years
"Night and day l suffered. 1t really
seemed as if l must succumb to the pain,
and then, to make matters worse, my head
ached SO badly that could scarcely see at
times Finally went to st. Michael's Hos
pital, at the corner of High Street and Cen
trail Avenue, and there the surgeons per-
it did no good; it was like everything else
l was told at the hospital to return for an
other operation, but the first had left me so
weak l could not go back. Then again
had become discouraged and my three chill
dren needed my attention and care at home
The pain became harder to stand and nv
back was almost broken, it seemed. 1
thought would never know what it would
be like to be well again when was told to
try DR.. Williams Pink Pills. With many
doubts, faint heart aud an aching back 1
went to get the pills, and little dreaming that
they would prove the elixir of a new life to
me, l began to take them. Only a short
time elapsed before l began to improve
Could it be possible that DR.. Williams Pink
Pills were doing what everything else had
failed to accomplish! I asked myself the
question many times and before long was
enabled by my improved condition to an
swer the query with an emphatic Yes
Now the pain of almost twenty years is
cured by these Pink Pills in few months.
l have no pain of any kind now, but have
got some of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and while do not think it will
ever be necessary to use them again, shall
certainly never be without them in the
house."
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females,
such as suppressions, Irregularities and all
forms Of weakness They build up the
blood, and restore the glow of health to pale
and sallow cheeks. In men they effect q
radical cure in all cases arising from mental
worry, overwork or excuses of whatever
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never
in loose bulky at so cents box Or SIX boxes
for s. 50, and may be had Of all druggists, or
direct by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
COMPANY, Schenectady N. Y.
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BEES FORM FRIENDSHIPS.
Experiences Of o Young Man to Whom
They Took . Liking.

Experiences Of o Young Man to WhoR
They Took . Liking.
II always loved bees" said the youns
man in gold-bowed glasses behind the
dairy counter as he handed down .
honeycomb for the inspection of an idle
customer, according to the New York
Sun. when I was on the farm" ht
continued. II could go all about the
hives and not get stung, and none o;
the others dared go near tho bees. We
used to have an old farmer come around
and tend to the swarms, but one day
when l was boy working in the field
heard n great humming noise up it
the air and saw u swarm a-coning
Well, picked up tin pan that wns
there and hammered on it till tho beer
settled on the end of fence rail. Ther
thought could tend to the swarm a.
we'll as the old farmer, SO l got IN old
hive, washed it out with honey and wa.
ter, rubbed my hands and arms with
burdock juice and honey water, and
went at the bees. l got them off that
rail by the handful and they neve,
stung me.
After that regularly tended to the
bees. Whenever there was swarm I
rolled up my sleeves, took off my shoes
and hat, and went at them. l have
taken them from all sorts of places, but
l was never stung only once. They'd
light on my head by the dozen and
crawl through my hair. That used to
send cold chills down by back. Some
times my arms were so covered with
bees that from wrist to elbow you
couldn't see the flesh. The one TING
when was stung had found n swarm
on high limb and was saving it off, and
at the same time holding on to it that it
should not fall to the ground with the
bees. In doing this squeezed one OF
the bees. and it flew straight at my
temple and stung me just above the
eye. Since left the farm the folks have
given up the bee business. There's no
doubt about it, bees like some folks and
hate others, and don't know any rea-
son for the difference"