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Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27
Evolution Of Our Flag.

Although the United States Is one
Of the youngest nations of the world.
Its flag is one OF the Oldest among
the powers. The country's standard.
with its thirteen stars and stripes.
which was FIRST unfuried June IL. l777.
Just i25 years ago. has remained prac'
ticaliy unchanged through the prog
ress and growth of the country of
which Il saw the birth. The star
spangied banner which cow floats
over Uncle Sam'f possessions on
lands and seas. Is unaliered. with the
exception of tho number and arrange
ment OF the stars. from the one which
Betsy Ross. at Gen. washinston's re-
quest. made at her home. No. $50
Arch street. Philadelphia
The device OF rattlesnake was
popular among tho coionists. and Its
origin as an American emblem 10
a curious feature In our national his
tory. Il has been stated that It's use
grew out Of q humorous suggestion
made by q writer In Frankiin's paper
the Pennsylvania Gazette-that. In
return for the wrongs which England
was forcing upon the colonists.
cargo OF ratticsnakes should be
sent to the mother country and dis
tributcd In ST. James Park and other
places OF pleasure" Col. Gadsden.
one OF the marine committee. pre-
scntcd TO congress on the sth OF Feb
runry. i77G. ian elegant standard. such
as Is to be used by tho commander.
in.chicf of the American navy" be-
.l.A Attf a
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27
GLASGOW oId.Foaylsh.

Glasgow is quite free from corrup-
ton, but there is considerable bosh
about the ideal municipal government
of the CITY," said a Glasgow man now
touring this county to an interviewer
the other Gay. The public improve
ments are far behind those of many
cities in the United States. The cleo.
trio lights are queer, old-fashioned
things. and the city permitted the
construction of overhead wires for the
street railways. Commissions were
sent to various cities to look into cleo
trio light systems and electric rail-
ways system. I can't imagine where
they went, for they brought back lot
of very old-fashioned ideas"
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27
The Flag As Altered In 1898.

were on his coat-of-arms. Betsy Ross
made her stars with five points-and
five points have been used ever since.
For several years Mrs. Ross made the
flags for the government
The first using. of the stars and
stripes in military service. 1t Is
claimed was at Fort Stanwix. re.
named Fort Schuyler, now Rome. New
York. 1777 Aug. 2 of that year the
fort was besieged by the British and
Indians; the garrison was without a
flag, but one was made in the fort.
The red stripes were OF petticoat
furnished by woman. the white for
stripes and stars were furnished by an
officer, who gave his shirt for the pur'
pose, and the blue was a piece OF
Col. Peter Gansevoort's military cloak.
Three women worked on the flag, and
1t was raised to victory on the ed OF
August. when the rednlen and the
English were defeated at the fort.
The next record of the using OF the
Stars and Stripes is on the first ami
v~~sary &c Amen Independence.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27
II Wa, the Proper Place.

An English member OF parliament
Of generation now past was not
noted for his habits OF personal clean.
illness. onco no was visiting sea
side place and one day while out In q
boat with n sailing party he was
swept overheard, but was happily
rescued. When the excitement was
over young fellow rushed down into
the cabin. by Jove!" he exclaimed.
we've been having such IN exciting
time on deck!" What is it," asked
everybody. mir. Blank was washed
overheard" I'm glad OF It," snapped
a fastidious matron. Everybody was
Mortified. well. 1 am" she cxclaim.
ed. Just think Of that man being
washed on board"
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27

Statues to the memories of De Witt
Clinton, Alexander Hamilton and John
Jay will be erected in the New York
Chamber of Commerce, adorning its
new home in Liberty street. The three
dead men were associated with the
early history of the chamber, and the
three living men to perpetuate their
names and looks are Morris K. Jesup,
John S. Kennedy and William F.
Dodge. present members. who defray
the expenses. The cost of each statue
is estimated at about $4,000. and the
sculptors doing the work are Daniel
French and Philip Martiny.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27

The kaiser is fond Of children, and
likes them to answer frankly the ques.
lions he asks them. While visiting the
Syrian orphanage at Jerusalem-one
OF the institutions that owes its ex-
istence to the German Protestant Mis-
sion-the emperor examined the little
native scholars in geography. He
asked one boy what those African
states were called that were not under
the sway of native rulers. German
colonies was the prompt reply. which
ELECTED from William II. the following
laughing observation: IF l were to
carry out this boys dangerous policy
of annexation it would. plunge me at
once into war with England and
France!"
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27

In tho praise and adulation that was
showered upon the successful man OF
the world.
that now. and It was well that he had
found no opportunity during the hustle
Of the day and evening to give her tho
written declaration he had found II In.
possible to make In spoken words. AZ
least he was saved the humiliation OF
q refusal. Let II be burned with all
the other useless things OF the day.
He ran his hand into his pocket. II
was empty. Tho letter he had penned
In q foyer OF hope and despair was
gone. He must have dropped It on tho
lawn. The thought of some one ind
Ing and reading II brought tho blush
to his cheek and sent him back over
the fields with impatient strides. He
left the beaten path aud climbing tho
snake fence that divided the pasture
land from the orchard hurried forward
In the shadow of the trees. Az no
came out upon tho lawn white bit OF
paper cleaning In the dew-wet grass
caught his eye and he sprang forward
and eagerly caught Il up. It WINS the
envelope that had held mis- letter. but
Il had been opened and tho letter was
gone.
1t Is said that every man has ono
murder In his heart which he will bo
ready to commit II tho proper moment
arrives. To the great majority this
moment never presents itself: only
one In ten thousand In therefore forced
to face the saiiows. Whether this DO
true or not Il was fortunate that the
person so suddenly to face tho young
schoolmaster Mt that moment was bc-
You'd the power Of his hands. A man
would have to be n devil indecd to
wish harm to finc young womla with
tho fresh color of tho country on her
checks. the light Of roguery In her
eyes md tho moonlight clothing her as
n garment. And then II she laugh
merriiy and the next instant throw
her arms about his neck and tell him
he is an old goose" he isn't likely to
wish harm to his worst enemy.
Il read your letter NIL through. you
silly old thing. and there isn't n word
OF truth In IL. II there WINS ! should
be caught up to heaven tnis minute.
tou Wctc uWhuhy he"Su ""Sh ySn
found some one had opened II? oh. !
could see your eyes flash even In the
moonlight. And you sworc. too. !
heard you: don't deny II. That's what
decided me. Up to that time I was
afraid you were too good to be human.
There's just one thing more you must
do before I'll promise not to refuse
you. You've got to admit that tho
Fourth OF July Is the grnndest day in
the year and promise to celebrate II
like a true American every year with
real fire-crnckers."
II shall always hold the day sacred
In my heart. dearest" he said. solemn.
ly. 1T has brought me-"
Slavery. sir. slavery. But. there.
I'll try to make your chains as light
as possible. and-Frank. l love you
better than all the rockets in the
world"
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27

Maiden Lady's Pet Has a LamsntabIs
Fall frorc Grace.

Fall from Grace.
a most estimable maiaen lady liv-
ing Dorchester has q parrot. which. by
dint OF great EFFORT. she has taught to
recite verse after verse OF scriptural
texts. The parrot became a sort of
animated Bible. until he fell into evil
ways. and there Is now much mourn
Ing on the part of the maiden lady.
who has decided that the precept.
EVIL communications corrupt good
manners" Is a true one.
She has niece who is very lively
young woman. and who also has =
parrot. The young woman lives with
lot of wicked brothers. A few weeks
ago she came on from New York to
pay her aunt visit. She brought her
parrot along. too. The birds on first
acquaintance soiemnly winked and
biinked at one another and both were
silent for a time but later were heard
chatterins together In a friendly fash
ion.
1t was few days later that the
maiden lady had terrible shock.
says the Boston Herald. She was
reused from her siumber by her good
Sunday school parrot talking. but
alas! instead of texts from the Bible.
slang OF the most modern description.
interminsled with few violent swear
words. issued from the good old birds
beak. The New York parrot had
taught Its quiet Dorchester friend all
OF this new language. and now all Bi.
bic texts are forgotten. and the maid
en- lady. In mingled sadness and an
ger. is looking for new home for her
corrupted Polly.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27

First Flag Made BY Betsy Ross
tho words, An Appeal TO Heaven"
Early New York records speak OF dit.
fercnt standards: indeed. tho rcgi.
mcnts from the different states. has.
tcning to wnshington's aid. Haunted
flags Of numerous devices. having only
local interest and being only used on
tho occasion tnnt originated them.
The nrst striped nag was flung to
the breeze In America ut Cambridge.
Mass. Washington. headquarters. Jan.
2, l77s. II had thirteen stripes. alter.
nate red and white. and the united
crosses of st. George and st. Andrew
on n blue field. When reported In
England It wns alluded TO Ms the
thirteen rebeliious stripes"
In 1875 navy of seventeen vessels.
varying from ten to thirty.two guns.
was ordered. The senior OF tho Ave
first lieutennnts OF the new Continent
nj navy was John Paul Jones. He left
II on record that the Flag OF Ameri.
ca was hoisted by his own hands on
his vessel. the Alfred. the first time
II was ever displayed by n man-of.
war. This was probably the same de.
sign as the Cambridge flag used in
January. 1916.
We now come to the time when the
crosses of st. George and St Andrew
were taken from the Union flag and
a blue field with white stars substi.
tuted for the symbol Of English au.
thority. One hundred and twenty-five
years ago this June IA the American
congress. in session at Philadelphia.
resolved that the flag OF the United
States be thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white: the union to be thir'
teen stars. white. on blue field.
representing q new constellation. the
stars to be arranged In a circle
Betsy Ross enthusiastically under.
took the work, and in few days a
beautiful star-spangled banner was
ready to be unfurled. She had made
one alteration in the design submitted
by Washington. The General had
made his stars six pointed. as they
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27
JOKE LOST ON ENeLIsHMAN.
Made Literal Interpretation Of Popu.
lar Slang Phrase.

Prof. Hinsdale of Hiram College is
a believer in expressive language.
even If It borders just little upon
slang. A short time ago the students
at the college were clamoring for
certain textbook which was more
popular than the one in use. Prof.
Hinsdale was opposed to any change.
and hints had no effect upon him.
Finally one of the professors of mathe-
matics, who was an Englishman and
graduate of Cambridge, was i'm
portuned to present the claims of the
class to Prof. Hinsdale.
In reply to the request of the pro
lessor, Prof. Hinsdale exclaimed:
you may tell the class it will be "a
cold day before will introduce that
book in this college"
The Englishman returned to the
class and announced, Prof. Hinsdale
says he win not introduce the book
Won ask for until winter"
He hasn't seen the Joke yet.-New
York Times.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27
Flag Of the Colonies.

national nag for tho Connecticut
troops used In tho army from their
own dresses.
As Ion. as the states remained thir.
teen In number the original design of
the circle Of stars was all right. but
when. In 1891. Vermont. and In l7ss
Kentucky were taken into tho Union.
II was decided to arrange the stars
In the form OF ono huge constoiia.
ton.
In 1875 II was decided TO add n
stripe ms well as stnr for each state
which came into the Union. consc.
qucntiy In that year Vermont and
Kentucky were marked on tho nag.
one by white and the other by n red
stripe: but so1:c wise prophet. look.
Ing ahead some twenty or more years.
saw that this plan of adding q stripe
MS well ms n star for each state added
To the Union would mean n constant
changing Of tho flag. which would. In
n few years. become so large and un.
calmly that Its beauty would be lost.
A committee In 1872 was elected by
congress to decide upon n permanent
design for the nag. and the result
was that the thirteen original stripes
were again used. the stars arranged
on the blue field in tho form OF n
square. with one constellation for each
new state. In 1878 this plan was for.
maliy adopted by congress. and tho
flag. with Its thirteen stripes and stars
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27

which was celebrated at Philadelphia.
Charleston. s. c.. and other places.
July 4. l777. The banner was used
at the battle of the Brandywine Sept.
II. l777: at Germantown. Oct. of
the same year. and II also fioated over
the surrender Of Burgoyne. This nag
cheered the patriots at Valley Forge
the next winter: IL waved at York
town and shared In the rcJoicings at
the close Of the war.
Some OF the first flags were made
under difficulties and at great cost.
the greatest Ingenuity being required
on occasions to secure the necessary
materials for the banners. History
tells ms that Madame Wooster and
Mrs. Roger sherman made the hrst
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27
AITAT THE NEW PEDAGOGY.
Physician Gave Excellent Arviee (,
The Dist e; c4ed Mnlner

the Distr; eted Mother.
Modern children. whose education is
in the hands of advanced" experiment.
talists. are the victims of every kin.
dergarten fad and new-fangled method
that pedagogy can devise. A boy who
had been the patient of some school
teachers nonsense was brought by his
mother to consult an oculist. The ply
stefan. says New York paper. went
about in the usual way to discover de.
fects OF vision.
He placed chart before the boy.
The first word was hat"
Now read this word" said the doc
tor.
"Hhhhuh.ah.tuhhh." gurgled the boy.
Then try this" said the doctor.
pointing to big"
"Buh-ih. guhhh.' was the sputterinG
attempt.
Madam" said the physician. there
is some trouble here that has nothing
to do with vision. The vocal organs
seem to be affected"
"Oh, no." answered the mother, "he
pronounced the words correctly"
pronounced them correctly"
yes; that was all right. That is the
phonetic method he is taught in
school. He used to speak and see as
other people do before he began to
learn this method"
Madam" said the doctor gravely,
.send him to good school or take him
out of the school and put him to read
ing good books in clear type. Then
there'll be nothing the matter with his
sight or his education. and he won't
talk like bullfrog.'
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27
Slam Crown Prince In Vienna.

The crown prince of Siam was re-
Gently made much of in Vienna. On
his arrival he wore a plain khaki uni
form of English cut. with tropical
helmet which had gold spike. while
gold cpaulets and colored orders con-
tras. ed well with the dull gray. Stand
ing close to the emperor the prince
scarc",y reached his shoulder. Mod
est. prevented his taking the place of
honor to the emperor's right offered
him by his majesty as they entered
the carriage to drive to the Hofburg.
The prince lost no time in repairing to
the tomb of the Capucins, where he
laid lovely wreath of hyacinths and
violets on the late empress sepulchre,
afterward depositirg wreath of
beautiful tea roses End lilies on
Crawn Prince Rudolph's tomb.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27

When Christ is the alphabet life
becomes Gods literature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
A GOOD BILL.

A good deal of wit is being wasted or late about the member of the GeofS'a I,egislature who has introduced bill for the protection of bull-bats, but the humorists might find a better subject for their jibes. If every bill introducea into the Legislature had the same sound foundation that this one has there would be much less freak legislation and more good laws on our statute books.
 It is not generally understood, but 1t should be, that bull-bats live entirely on mosquitoes, gnats and other pests and that but for such insectivorous hl1ds the situation would become intoleraole' Ihe indiscriminate slaughter of the insect eat ing birds has already resulted m many ,,ortions of the country in sucn an 'H- crease of their natural food that the s"l- fering people are praying the a" making bcdles for relief. Not only the bull t"ts' but the real bats, slong with SWALLOWS -oar+ins and few other varlties of tlrds' live entirely on the various Kinds "' troublesome insects, and If the ehen'les of these birds are destroyed the ohlS anu inevitable result will he soEeth'"s "'- nroaching the plagues of Egypt, ana there will be no mighty strong west wind to drive them off as It drove oi' the locusts which ovefrun the land oi the PhaPaohs,
 It is one of the 2vldcnce7 cf man short -sightedness or indifference that s1 many of us fail to lNaliLe that every cause must he followed by an enec'. anu that when we destroy one part Of the an imal kingdom we may be opening the way for something worse. We krow that tht plague of mosquitoes. s'uats, flies and other insects which anroy humanity Is bad enough at best but t may be mag nified a thousand rold throuSl the de- struction of the natural ere nias of these troublesome visitors. man. with al' his ingenuity and appliances. cannot catcf as many mosquitoes as one huil-h1t can and the Legislature If Georgia or any other State will Ne doing a service tC humanity if it passes ]he law in nucstiGr and provides for its ~trl't enforcement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
News ano Gossip Qf> Washington
BY Luo1EN JULIEN WALKER.
ssEeAke<G<EeEskssfsS SsEEeke<<sSfeeEE<ez<ek

might have to say thereafter would b first said to MT. Penfed 'in person is no; forgotten. MT. Bailey Is said to be | courageous man, but a man with :; temper at times unsovernable MT. Pen fields denunciation of the Texas Senate: appeared in the newspapers the secon6 morning after Congress adjourned. oi July 3rd. MT. Bailey had been out oi Washington, returning that morning ano leaving at once for the South. He. was quoted as saying that he had not read MT. Penfelds remarks, but what ne might have to say in regard thereto he would say to his antagonist
 MT. Penfield is a red-headed lndianian and is a cultured man of charming man ners in social intercourse. He doesn impress one as being a man who would break his neck running away from a personal difficulty. and just now ne IS naturally proud under the gracious burden of new-won honors. He was the im- mediate official representative of the gov ernment in the Pious fund case before the Hague International Tribune. and as we all know he was successful. His recent return to Washington has been made the occasion of much well-deserved praise. MT. Penfield is an able lawyer, an accomplished diplomat. and charm ing man of the world. In these last two particulars he is the antithesis of Senator Bailey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
AN UNCERTAIN QUANTITY.

The most cratic political community in the Union is New York City. The vote of no State, city or precinct Is more un- certain. The city is largely and certain ly Democratic, but nowhere is there such a large per centage of floating or inde- pendent voters. For example, in 1898 Van Wyck's plurality was trifle over s+OOO' This year Coler has a plurality of over 122,OOO. On the other hand. one year ago. Low, for Mayor, received a total of nearly 297, 900 votes, and his party claimed that 25O,OOO of them were Republican, but this year Odels vote was a little over 2O2,OOO. There has been a considerable increase in population. and it is but fair to assume that a fair proportion of that increase was Republican, yet we see that accord ing to their own figures they have lost not less than 10000 votes in one year. There are from fifty to seventy-five thou- sand votes in that city which cannot be depended on. Either they refuse to vote or they change from one party to anoth- CT.
 Of course there are plenty of causes as- signed for the Republican losses in the late election, one of them being that Mayor Lows city government has been so disappointing and inefficient that Re publicans desired to emphasize their dis approval by voting against the candidate for Governor. 44.-- strike most per- sons as being a weak argument but there is something in it. for that is kind of political revenge that appeals strongly to many. But whatever may be the reasons it is certain that the vote of the great city is decidedly cratic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
CAN REGISTER YET.

It appears from the figures that there have registered about 19O.oOO voters under the new Constitution of Alabama. There are about 240,0oO white voters in the State and it is apparent that 30 900 of these have failed thus far to qualify themselves to exercise the right of suffrage under the qualifications prescribed in the plan of registration laid down in the organic law.
 There does not seem to be any reason at all for this failure except that same apa- thy and Indifference which has suddenly seized upon the people of Alabama and keeps them from the polls on election day. It is alarming to think that so little in- terest is felt in the affairs of government that fully one half of the voters will stay away from the polls on election day after having qualified themselves to exercise that blessed privilege We cannot con- ceive of anything that falls so far short of the bounden duty of a good citizen as failure to arm himself with the right to exercise the ballot, so that in case Of emergency he can vote to save his State to the rule and government of her own capable and intelligent citizens.
 There is one more chance yet for the other 5O,OOO of the white voters of Ala bama to place themselves on the perma- nent life roll of registered voters and thus secure unto themselves the right to cast their ballot in all elections and to have a voice in the selection of those who are to conduct the State affairs.
 The Constitution provides that the Board of Registrars shall sit at each court house in each County on the 'six working days prior to the 90th day of December, 1902" and register all persons who have the proper qualifications under the article on Suffrage and Elections. The books of registration then will be opened all over the State on the 18th of Decem- Der, which is Saturday, and remain open including the next Friday. the 18th inst. During that time we again urge upon every white citizen of Alabama the im- portance of his placing his name upon the list and hope that every newspaper in Alabama will give notice to that effect and appeal to the people to register.