Kansas | 650 | 20,097 | 18,654 Tennessee | ... | 12,077 | 12,077 Arkansas | ... | ... | ... North Carolina | ... | ... | ... California | ... | 7,451 | 7,451 Nevada | ... | 216 | 216 Oregon | ... | 617 | 581 Washington Ter'ty | ... | 895 | 895 Nebraska | ... | 1,279 | 380 Colorado | ... | 1,762 | 1,762 Dakota | ... | 181 | 181 New Mexico | 1,510 | 2,395 | 1,011 | ------ | --------- | --------- Total | 93,326 | 2,688,523 | 2,154,311 ---------------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------- HISTORY OF THE FLAG. BY A DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN. Men, in the aggregate, demand something besides abstract ideas and principles. Hence the desire for symbols--something visible to the eye and that appeals to the senses. Every nation has a flag that represents the country--every army a common banner, which, to the soldier, stands for that army. It speaks to him in the din of battle, cheers him in the long and tedious march, and pleads with him on the disastrous retreat. Standards were originally carried on a pole or lance. It matters little what they may be, for the symbol is the same. In ancient times the Hebrew tribes had each its own standard--that of Ephraim, for instance, was a steer; of Benjamin, a wolf. Among the Greeks, the Athenians had an owl, and the Thebans a sphynx. The standard of Romulus was a bundle of hay tied to a pole, afterwards a human hand, and finally an eagle. Eagles were at first made of wood, then of silver, with thunderbolts of gold. Under Caesar they were all gold, without thunderbolts, and were carried on a long pike. The Germans formerly fastened a streamer to a lance, which the duke carried in front of the army. Russia and Austria adopted the double headed eagle. The ancient national flag of England, all know, was the banner of St. George, a white field with a red cross. This was at first used in the Colonies, but several changes were afterwards made.