The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-13

She came home with downcast spirits and a
crestfallcn countenance. The very next
day. in looking over some newspapers, she
found the exact answer to the question
she could not aaawer Now she Will
never forget It. while had she learned 1t
at school twhich ! have no doubt she once
had) II would have been forgotten, as are
great many other things we learn in
school Fellow Haps, did you know we
We're gaining splendid reputation for our
solvesY Even the congressman praise us,
and ere long we shall be of National re-
nown Let there be no faitering., but let
us determine TO fight on until we shall
have reached the highest pinnacle OF glory
and win for ourselves that plaudit; well
done, thou good and faithful servant' Just
imagine the possibilities OF this bandl
What great work there is In store for
us. What great good we can accom-
plishl Maude Fondren, write again; yours
was splendid letter, l suppose ere this
you are rejecting as did Owen Meredith,
Eve may live without poetry. music and
art; we may live without conscience and
live without heart we may live without
friends; we may live without hooks; but
civilized man can not live without COOKS.
Caroline Elizabeth Shaw.
Sutherland Springs. Texas,--pear Hap-
hammer: AS before ! promised TO teil
YOU all about the American flag, III do So
The idea of standards originated with the
Egyptians at an early age. The Crusaders
added the cross TO their banners, The
union OF the three crosses of st. George,
ST. Andrew and st, Patrick marks, FIRST,
the union of England and Scotland into tho
kingdom Of Great Britain, and then this
kingdom of Ireland, this is termed the
great union dag of Great Britain, and was
fought by the colonists of America Wneh
the thirteen colouies began to feel the
pressure of British rule they placed upon
their banners a rattlesnake cut In thirteen
pieces, representing the thirteen colonies,
with the motto, "Join or Die" When these
colonies became more united In their pur-
pose of resistance to British tyranny they
placed upon their dag a well-formed rat
tlesnake IN the attitude of about to STRIKE,
with the motion, Don't Tread on Me.
DR., Franklin seeing this emblem on one
of the drums of that day, says. ION in
quiry and from study l learned that
the ancients considered the serpent an
emblem of wisdom and of endless duration.
Also that countries are often represented
by animals peculiar to that country. The
rattlesnake is found nowhere but in Amer.
lea. Her eye Is exceedingly bright, and
without eyelids, emblem OF vigilance She
never begins an attack and she never SUR
courage. She never wounds even her enc
mics till she generally gives them warn
ing not to tread on her which Is emblem
atlonl of the spirit OF the people who in
habit her country. She appears TO he
weak and defenseless. but her weapons are
nevertheless formidable. Her poison Is
the necessary means for the digestion of
her food. but certain destruction TO her
enemies. showing the power Of American
/ t,t. tiAa La
part which increases in n|mber, are dis
tinct from each other aId yet so united
that they can not be disconnected without
breaking them TO pieces showing the inn
possibility OF an American republic with
out n union OF States.
single rattle viii give no sound, but
the ringing of thirteen together Is suf
tioient to startle the boidest man alive.
She is beautiful in youth, which inereaseth
with her age, Her tongue Is forled as
the lightning, aud her abode is among the
impenetrable rocks
The next form OF the United States nas
was the Stars and stripes, Its proportions
are perfect when properly made first and
last stripe being red, with alternate stripes
of white The blue field for the stars is
the width OF seven stripes,
On the l4th of June, MI, the Continen'
tai congress resolved that the hag of the
United States be thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white. and that the union be
thirteen white stars on blue field, rep
resenting new constellation" Previous
TO this our National banner was union
flag combining the CROSSES of st. George
and 81, Andrew The Stars and Stripes
we're unfurled for the first time at the bat>
tie of Saratoga on the occasion of the sur
render OF General Burgoyne, The stars OF
the flag represent the idea taken from the
constellation Lyra which signifies har-
mony. The blue OF the field was taken
from the banner OF the Covenanters. On
January 49, 1894. by an act OF congress
the flag was altered to fifteen red and
white stripes and fifteen stars. On April
A. 1878, congress again altered the flag