THE KEY MONUMENT.
IN HONOR OF THE WRITER OF THE
GREAT NATIONAL ANTHEM.
Tbla I'onm of Francis Kcot t Ky*s Needt
No Organization to l*ult It Along—lts
Name and Music Wait t'xts Soul to tlid
Rklee. M
It was Fletcher of Saltown who said:
"Give me the making of a nation's
songs and I care not who makes Its
laws." It Is perhaps the irony of
fate that this saying was destined to he
contradicted In the circumstances of
Key's case. Sympathy remained a
barren abstraction untranslated Into
action. For eighty-four years while
distant California raised a monument
to Francis Scott Key his own Mary
land was silent and unready or failed to
see the merits and genius of her indus
trious son. At the entrance of the
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, there
has been these many years a splendid
monument rising to a height of flfty
one feet to commemorate the services
of the author of America's great na
tional lyric. It cost ICO,OOO and con
sists of a double arch, under one of
which is seated a bronze figure of Key
with the manuscript of the "Star
Spangled Banner" folded in the hand.
However late in the day, therefore,
Maryland honors herself and contrib
utes to the gratification of the national
feeling, by observing the obvious pro
prieties in respect of her national
songster. Five thousand dollars was
recently appropriated py the Maryland
legislature, and the balance of the pres
ent monument was subscribed by the
generous and patriotic hearts that were
quickened by the famous song which
has now become the national anthem
of America. It is usually sung at the
close of public meetings and never
fails to awaken in audiences that in
tense thirst for the spirit of freedom
which is the country's chief safeguard.
The present monument Is to be erect
ed in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Balti
more. It is tbe design of the famous
Now York sculptor Alexander Doyle,
and It is a design befitting the subject
and the solemn environments. It con
sists of a circular pedestal of granite
on a series of unusually wide spreading
bases. Its height will be thirteen feet,
and at the base fifteen feet. It will be
devoid of floral elaborations but will
throw into strong relief the figure of
Key who is represented on shipboard
with that anxious look upon his
gathering brow indicated by the first
line of his immortal poem—"Oh, say
can you see by the dawn's early light!"
His attitude is one of exultation and
cf Joy, as with his right arm he proud
ly points to the flag, manifestly re
joiced to find that it is "still there,"
and with the other waves aloft the pa
par on which he is writing the poem
that thus records the inspiration of his
enraptured discovery.
The chisel of our American Praxiteles
has eloquently perpetuated the beauti
ful and patriotic inspiration which
Key's lyric awakens in every Ameri
can breast. At the base of the pedestal
is a bronze group emblematical of pa
triotism. The figure of Liberty is seat
ed and is in tho act of teaching the les
son of patriotism to a youth standing
an her left, with the American flag
resting on her shoulder, and upon
which the youth reverently lays his
hand. Liberty's left band extended,
grasps tbe sword of defence, while her
arm embraces the figure of a little
child, indicating at once a disposition
to protect the weak against the strong
and that martial readiness to defend the
flag which Is ever the duty of a free
people. Beneath the group on tho face
of its base Is carried tbe seal of the
State of Maryland, while under the cor
nice is a cluster of stars. In the rear
of tbe monument and resting on its
base, is a tablet bearing the text of
Key's poem. Upon the whole there
fore the Baltimore memorial is a more
realistic work and more symbolic of
the circumstances and better calcu
lated to inspire the observer, than the
earlier and more expensive monument
in the tar western city, and which owes
its existence to the philanthropist
James Lick. Maryland has redeemed
herself by this timely and beautlfui
work and thus does much to crystalize
the principle for which the Bong stands
in the living memorials of to-day.
Francis Scott Key was liie son of a
Revolutionary officer whose father
came to this country with the poet
Dryden's brother. When the British
forces inva.'ed Washington in 1814,
Key was takon prisoner on board the
frigate "Surprise," from which he wit
nessed an attack upon Fort McHenry.
Owing to the fcsltion tbe flag of
Fort McHenry vas distinctly seen
ikrough tbe night by the glare of the
battle, but before dawn the firing
ceased and Key's feelings when he
found that tbe British had not
triumphed, and that the Stars and
Stripes had not been bauled down,
found expression in the "Star Spangled
Banner."
There are other great national songs,
but the one which seems intended to
supercede the Star Spangled Banner is
"America" and which Being the work
at a clergyman, a persistent attempt
has been made, particularly at re
vival meetings, to elevate It into the
dignity of a national antnem. But the
t Base of the latter can never convey the
name feeling as Hop's burning song
which has not a hurt or commonplace
line throughout, a.'>d which breaks like
a flashlight upon tbe mind, holding the
attention and the uul enraptured from
beginning to end. It is said that no
•adoring song was ever written that
limit not a strong personal Inspiration
gg its foundation and that for the pro
doctiou of a striking national song the
and must overflow itself if "it another
aool would reach." The circumstances
Kay's capture, and tha anxiety with
which he looked far the Stars and
yp m the
ish guns censed were surely sufficiently
exciting and tragic In the life and hla
te:; - of the writer to establish the truth
01 ibi? statement. His soul was pro
loundly moved by the battle of FortMc
lipuiy anil bad Key himself not told the
printer, who first set tho song in type,
the circumstances under which be com
pound tha "Star Spangled Banner" and
had tbe words been only disentombed
after the lapse of ages, the very setting
of the lines would have themselves told
of an attack on a fort displaying a flag
amidst the smoke of a great battle.
They would have revealed a captive in
quiring at the break of day in tones of
intense patriotism and of tremulous
emotion whether that flag, which meant
for bim liberty or death still waved
from the battlements of the beleagured
fort. It would, even, were we to know
no more about its author or its origin,
have revealed its inspiration as effect
ively as do the words of the "Marseil
laise" betray the stirring scenes of De
Lilies' war song in Paris at tbe end of
the last century.
The "Star Spangled Banner" there
fore originates from a noble inspira
tion. It comes from the American
heart and appeals to the American
heart It was written rapidly in obedi
ence to strong feelings and while the
author was under martial conditions.
There is therefore a glow, a freshness
and a sparkling spontaneity about
every line and phrase to which not even
"My Country 'tis of Thee." while
chaste, melodious and tender enough to
be a church hymn, can ever hope to
compare. One is only half-American;
in the other patriotism glows through
the lines. Ono while affecting to laud
liberty is redolent of that meek sub
mission which saps liberty; tbe other
breathes a ravishing love of liberty in
terwoven with the spirit of Mars. The
music, too, of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner" set to "Anacreon in Heaven,"
more powerfully appeals to musical in
tellects than a poem which seems to
have been written to that of "God Save
the Queen" and therefore little likely
to rank with "Hall Columbia" or
"Dixie," or even "Maryland," or "Yan
kee Doodle," or the "Bonnie Blue
Flag," or to inspire tHe strong national
sentiment of the Star Spangled Banner.
This poem of Francis Scott Key's needs
no organization to push it along. Its
name and music waft tbe soul to tbe
skies. It springs into the minds of age
and youth alike upon all occasions, and
continues to move as with a divine
pathos all loyal American hearts as the
immortal and undying chant of Ameri
can independence rod freedom.
There is no otbor national hymn
needed while American States raise
memorials to the sublime genius of its
author.
French Supcmtltlona.
The French superstitions regarding
deaths and funerals are all but num
berless. *Tf you meet a funeral while
driving you will have an accident be
fore your drive is over unless you turn
back," they say. Many a gambler en
route for Monte Carlo will not gamble
that day if he meets a funeral; others
will bet only at rouge et noir, and per
sistently on the black. The peasants
bave at least a hundred superstitions
about bees. They believe (and did not
Virgil, too, or did he but chronicle it
of his contemporaries?) that Ibees are
bred of dead men's bones and flesh.
This seems to be one of tbe oldest of
tbe current French superstitions, for
on a very old tomb at Aries (found
in the world-famous Alyscamp) is this
inscription: "This has become the
home of unhallowed bees."
The peasant pharmacopoeia of
France is wonderful —most wonderful.
Wine is an ingredient of every pre
scription. In fever casee It Is always
the predominant one. The French
peasant's faith In fermented grape
Juice is truly beautiful. If his children
are stricken with the measles he gives
them beakers of wine, well sweetened
with honey and highly spiced with
pepper. For a severe cold be admin
uieis a quart of red wine and a melted
tallow candle mixed. For scarlet or
brain fever he gives eggs, white wine
and soot, well beaten together. Not
all their superstitions are curious—
some are pathotlc. A mother, lor in
stance, often buries her dead child
with its favorite toy or her own beau
tiful hair in tbe coffin, "that it may
not feel quite alone."
A Historical Dell.
Hardly of less historical Interest
than the famous Liberty Bell of Phila
delphia was the old clock bell which
announced the hour on July 4, 1776,
when the Declaration of Independence
was promulgated.
The bell had been used In earlier
days to call essernblages of the cltlzons
of the Quaker City, but after tbe Revo
lution it was lost.
Recently tho Philadelphia Press dis
covered that the relic had been de
stroyed. It had been bought for a few
hundred dollars by the Roman Catho
lic Cburcb of St. Augustine for Its
steeple. The wuole clock machinery
was bought, but the question is yet un
answered as to whether the dials were
sold or not. The church was burned
down in 1844.
Several of the firemen collected from
the mass of bell inets! pieces broken
off by the fall of tbe tower and carried
them home as souvenirs. Several of
the fire laddies had these moldaflOnto
buckles of their organisation, thjWlu
mane Engine Company, and one Wthe
men promises to bequeath to some
museum of Revolutionary relics his
belt and buckle, so that tbe country
may have another remembrance of the
crowning point In our history.
A Clever Rue.
King Alexander of Servia, when only
eighteen years old, summoned hie Re
gents to a dinner-party, rose aa If to
propose a toast, drew a revolver from
his pocket, proclaimed himself of age,
and dismissed the Regents, whom he
locked up all night In the dinfhg-room.
while hi want round to assure himsell
of the fidelity of his guards.
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A Woman*s
Burden.
This is a story of a woman addressed to women. It
is a plain statement of facts too strong in themselves
to require embellishment, too true to be doubted, too in
structive to be passed over by any woman who appre
ciates the value of good health.
The women of to-day are not as strong
as their grandmothers.
They are bearing a burden in silence
that grows heavier day by day; that is
sapping their vitality, clouding their hap
piness, weighing them down with the woe
of ill health.
Mrs. Alexander B. Clark, of 417 Michi
gan Avenue, Detroit, is a typical woman
of to-day. A wife with such ambition as
only a loving wife can have. But the
joys of her life were marred by the ex
istence of disease.
Suffering as thousands of her sisters have
suffered, she almost despaired of life and
yet she was cured.
To-day she is well 1
She wants others to profit by her ex
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to be as happy as she is.
"For five years I suffered with ovarian
trouble," is Mrs. Clark's own version of
the story. "I was not free one single day
from headache and intense twitching pains
in my neck and shoulders.
"For months at a time I would be con
fined to my bed.
"At times black spots would appear
before my eyes and I would become blind.
My nerves were in such a state that a step
on the floor unsettled me.
WAR OHAT-
Frisco wants a gun plant.
Negroes may colonize Cuba.
Spain has 600 physicians in Cuba.
Grant's swords are at Washington.
Italy's Lepanto is the largest battle
ship.
The Franco-German war cost $12,-
000,000,000.
Santiago bombardment powder
costs $1,000,000.
The Civil War has thus far cost
$12,000,000,000.
England's ordnance survey map
cost $20,000,000.
The army of Germany boasts eight
women colonels.
Yellow fever killed 11,500 Spanish
soldiers in Cuba.
A member of the Strategy Board
termed Dewey a dude.
A Red Cross nurse won a husband
among her patients
Spain has sent to Cuba 1000 tons
of medicine, etc., ih three years.
Our oldest vessel still in service,
the shooner Polly, was built in 1805.
To escape from Centa jail a prison
er must swim the Strait of Gibraltar.
The demand for cavalry horses has
revived the equine industry in Wyom
ing.
Our coast signal service system ex
tends all the way from Bar Harbor to
Galveston.
The Constitution forbids the Presi
dent leaving the United States while
he is President.
Profanity is forbidden by both the
army and the navy regulations of the
United States.
"By the sword of my father" is one
of the most convincing oaths a
Frenchman can use.
Frisco Courts and Circles of For
esters have organized to help soldiers
Foresters and their families.
Survivors of the crew of the U. S.
ship Kearsage are to have a reunion
in Portsmouth, N. H.
The sword of Napoleon was laid
unsheathed on the pillow where rested
his lifeless head.
Father Tom Sherman, son of the
late General Tecumseh Sherman, is
chaplain of the Fourth Missouri.
During the siege of Paris no fewer
than 22,000,000 letters sailed out of
the city in the fifty-four balloons.
P. J. Finn, of Philadelphia, argued
against an Anglo-American alliance
at Pawsucket, R. 1., last week.
An annual appropriation of $18.25
per year is made by Uncle Sam for
each cat employed in his store houses.
F. Eranz Arnold, a Hamburg mer
chant, says the great mass of Germans
sympathize with this country in the
war.
In Montenegro, when a man is re
jected as too old for war, he breaks
his sword at the feet of his prince and
goes home to die.
General Custer was during the war
the recipient of a sword which was so
large that no other arm in the service
could wield it.
At Camp Alger 95 per cent of the
Seventh Illinois regiment are Catholic
and Irishmen. Father Kelly says
mass daily in a tent.
Frank I. Morse, an Oakland lad of
13 years, claims the proud distinction
of being the youngest seaman of the
victorious fleet at Manila.
The war will not be permanently
terminated until a treaty of peace
with Spain has been signed ratified
and proclaimed by both countries.
This is the second time in the his
tory of this country that an army has
been landed on foreign soil. The
first was at Vera Cruz, Mex., in 1847.
There is one place in camp every
good and thoughtful woman is inter
" Eminent doctors, skillful nurses, the
best food and medicine all failed. Then
I consented to an operation. That, too,
failed and they said another one was nec
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than ever and the world was darker than
before.
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" They cured me I They brought sun
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''The headache is gone; the twitching
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" Health and strength is mine and I am
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ested in. It is the hospital. Perhaps
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John F. Finety now correspondent
of the Chicago Times-Herald, writes :
"Out of 30,00 c men, or thereabouts,
in this (Camp Alger) corps at least a
third are of Irish birth or origin."
The breaking of the sword in halves
and throwing the weapon at the feet
of an enemy is the expression of in
subordination, the spirit that admits
defeat, but remains unconquered.
Searchlights are such good targets
for the enemy's guns that the Ger
mans are arranging to throw the light
first on a mirror and thence on the
enemy, thereby concealing its real
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At Santiago.
Girls smoke.
No trolley cars.
Forests of mahogany.
No wild animals except dogs.
Everybody takes a nap at noon.
Here is the highest land in Cuba.
Lottery tickets on sale everywhere.
Most of the houses are onestory
buildings.
Inhabitants, 40,000, less than most
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The people of Columbia county shoeM
patronize the agency where losses, if aaeu
are settled and paid by one of their owe
citizens.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
B. Stohner, Prop. C. F. Stohner, Assiateet
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Large and convenient sample rooms.
and cold water, and all modem convenicecsa.
The hotel has been lately refurnished.
CITY HOTEL,
W. A. Hartzel, Prop. Peter F. Heldy/Kaav
No. I2i West Main Street,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
®"Large and convenient sample
| rooms, hot and cold Water, and modern COB
veniences. Bar slocked with best wine ni
liquors. First-class livery attached.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
G. SNYDER, Proprietor,
(Opposite the Court House'*
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Large and convenient sample rooms. R-**i
rooms, hot and cold water, and all
conveniences
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JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE
COLUMBIAN OFFJQB
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