~ “OF THEE 1 SING.” DR. SMITH TELLS HOW OUR NA- TIONALHYMN WAS WRITTEN. First Scribbled on a Scrap of Waste Paper, Sung on July 4, 1832, in Boston, and Since Then in All Parts of the World. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes ams were the best known were him- self, one Smith and one Brown. The one Brown he had in mind was the Mrs. Brown who wrote ‘‘I Love steal Awhile Away The one college classmate Samuel Francis to as his old long time friend, DD. D., the author of Country, "Tis of Thee.” Dr. Smith is still among the living, one of the of that of Harvard '29 men which beside the late Dr. Holmes, James Freen ‘lari min Pierce, J us low and a nu: known in beyond them. In October, 1804 Dr. was years old. He recently told a contributor of the New York Herald the following the birth of the national hymn [ did not know that I a national hymn till the conviction was forced upon me. While I was a student in the theological seminary, in Andover, Mr. Lowell Mason, through whose efforts the study of music was introduced into the public of Boston and elsewhere in this country. brought me a number of singing books which Mr. Will C. Woodbridge, who had visited g h to the Smith, famous class included, the Rev 3 3 6 Benisa- J 1 iast her « Massachuse Smith RG story of had written schools i many » school there, home with and put into Mr. Mason’ Mr. Woodbridge had be impressed with the German of teaching music in the s inspect 8ySs brought x } W |S DNands. meth *Nools, an [ was books and ns American seeme od Save whic Danes ¢l which the 1 Iaim th whiel Germans claim sm, and of the } pelieve no as real one is rertain. The music i plicity and m- movement, and I vas at once moved to write a patri- hymn of my own, which Ameri- an children could sing to this same tune, which I did on a scrap of paper, finishing within half an That February, 1832, 1 gave the hymn to Mr. Mason with others—some translations, others my own—and thought no more of it- The following Fourth of July I hap pened into Park Street church, i Joston, where Sunday school ren were enjoying a patriotic festi- val. It was at this children’s Fourth July celebration that America’ was first sung, the words of which 1 had written a few months before. Since then I have heard it sung all over the world. As to the story which has been told of the sending of the original of ‘America’ to the pope, it is not An autograph eopy was sent, framed, by a friend of mine, as an in- lividual, to be deposited in the Vati- san library at Rome; the original is still in my own possession. It was of Dr. Smith that Dr. Holmes wrote in his poem to ''The Boys,” Harvard class reunions: mpressed me by its si Cassy fips SLAC waste ¥ halle is prooabily iv hour was in n bil chili mn trie, And there's a nice youngster of excellent pit Fate hed to conceal it Smith; But he shouted a song for the brave and the free, J ust read on his medal," My Country, "Tis of Thee.” Speaking of the difference between college life to-day and in his own student days, Dr. Smith says the chief difference is the decrease class spirit owing to the largely in. creased number of men in the classes to-day. “Our class at Harvard,” said Dr. Smith, “numbered sixty when we graduated, and we all knew each other well. We had the chance to measure, mark and weigh each other, and were almost like brothers of one family.” For the last fow yeas of Dr. Holmes’ life the remnant of the class of '29 gave up holding their annual reunion at one of the hotels and dined at his residence as his per- sonul guests. These occasions lasted from4 in the afternoon till late at night, and the reminiscences ex. changed were peculiarly entertain. by naming it jing, saddened only by the dwindling { numbers. Dr. Smith has led too busy a life | to sentimentalize over his work, until this year not even taking the trouble {to hunt up the manuseript of his | famous patriotic poem, to whieh he always referred when questioned as “scribbled upon a bit of waste paper somewhere.” Only a Few Moonshiners Left. In an interview the other day the commissioner of internal revenue Kentucky and with on lect ed. whisky was col- less expense than other revenue due the federal government The commissioner is, of course, correct, but this has been the popular opinion Says not The the Louisville taken such a literature MAagnz numbers have of that sorry set at- tacked the brave Sir John Falstaff on Gad’s hill Ambitious dialect writers and a horde of cheap humor- ists have added their contribution to the prevailing Ambi- tious revenue led and abetted by ze reporters they take into their confidence, break out at irregular peri with their prowess in raiding ill tilleries and capturing bloodthirst revenue outlaws. Many hairbreadth the battles engaged. These stories of moonshining are has prominent part in the ines books—that his of scoundrels who impression, officers fl BI10US Wis stories fei t i 1CIC Adis~- escapes are in moonshiners the respor demand. the bein : Six wermanent horoughly non is said be very learned and e it sounds co absorbent. process readil great deal of as easily method of tan bark, a disinfecting er of any disease germs that night by accident be lodged : the skins to be handled. it is ns is managed k. and Process as well n Wood Going Out of Use. The enormous increase in the ca- pacity of iron and steel works has its justification and warrant inthe wide variety of new employments found for those metals ns wood. The German Iron Trade asso. ciation has lately taken the pains to point out, for the benefit of all con- cerned, the many advantages to be gained by the resort to steel; and it would seem that there is barely a single use left for wood in construct. ive detail, and not much in orna- mental finish, except in genuine carving. The modern edifice is according to the which metal has ex- It is now proposed tirely in the framework of railway rolling stock, and this means some- i vehicles, exclusive of locomo- In mines metal is doing away with wood, and the use of iron pit props in France has shown that they need to be renewed only half as often as those of wood. At the same time metal has its own special risks, and it is suggested, for example, that un less carefully insulated a large building full of steel und iron might be as susceptible to electrolytic act. jon by stray currentseating it up as though it were rail forming part of an #lectric railway circuit, or gas or water pipes adjacent thereto. If this new danger exists its remedy should be readily discoverable, —— ra An echinoderm that inhabits the West Indian -sens has over 10,000 arms. { ! | NOTES AND COMMENTS. has be- NEw Yorg's tution corgi ing the forest | new a clause mal ands to ennnot hanged without a new amendment constitution, and the over them. therefore, now rests with the people. Ar a Chicago newspaper banquet the other night one of the toasts offered was Woman; mly to the press in the disseminacion ff news. The 108 yet quite decided w longing the ‘State inalienable. They be sold Jens | or ex- o the power men’s second ladies. present are hether totake this as a compliment or not. CHINES) peror swords for | Chang, Ii H Ho, Kang Yi ten. With t without papers ordered say has 81x rince ung uncement DOI Die oD e : i inhonit Sinnan was born she has in Robin son, Elder cach of her six de soldier in the late war ried the first 1868, when she was 17. It is hardly (fair either. that these husbands were ex- actly six, for not one of them had all of himself left when he succeeded to the title of husband to f the military. Three bands had only one ad husband is had and $he mar- been a one in tO Sa this admirer of the leg apiece; NUS One had only seven fingers, beside being short u leg; another wooed and won the widow with one leg and one arm, and the sixth was minus an eye. This one died three years ago last May. Her present husband is not a veteran of the war, and haz all his legs, arms, fingers and eyes. Mrs Bailey is not yet 49 and is the mother of twelve children, two each by her soldier husbands. A Frexcumax who has been trav- eling in this country says in Le Temps that what struck him most in the United States was the American habit of filling the teeth with gold. About $500,000 worth of gold is thus used every year, ho says, ail of which, of course, is buried. So he figures that at the end of three centuries tain gold to the value of §150,000,000, will prove too tempting to the prae- ereted in the jaws of dead ancestors. ’’ The writer then goes on and figures on the average amount of gold in the teeth of each dend person. He has evidently been consulting the record of vital statistics, for he says that 875,000 people died in the United This would bring poerson’s teeth to an average of about 6h4 cents, and he thinks that in well crowded cemeteries the mining of this gold could be carried profit ably, despite the small average value, on Usirep Srates Coxsvrn General De Kay, at Berlin, forward in un report to the State department, with a novel proposition that should command immediate attention onthe part of social of has come well as He says the abundance and excellence of venison cannot fail to impress persons who live in man cities, It is a common dish all the vear round, and moderate that only the poorest classes fuil to taste #t now and th wason for this is the hi economists as sportsmen. (yr its price is Symbolical Jewelry. r 41 aavoeral thie several tri vw to f jewelry, women, who, upon id, assume a encircled by and Des 2 ! ne + first chi brooch t t nobs of metal. i this ornament is w oir sri on the breast ; if a boy it is placed on the forehead Thess women, ¥ and old, are foud of trinkets, and wear a multi- jeity of bead and coral necklaces, as well as those made of spices and a ¢ paste said to be com- posed of pressed rose leaves. Brace. lets and necklaces of the latter kind found gale in large bazars, and are desirable not only curios- ities, but on account of their pleas- ant and lasting perfume une ung sweet sellin nie on ns Costly Cigar Ashes. A certain Hans Weber, of Stettin, sells and advertises largely a powder which, it is claimed, will cure the dropsy. This marvelous specific offered with medical tions and numerous cures, is sold at a price which amounts to 140 francs the Kkilo- gramme (less than one and one-quar- ter pound avoirdupois). Dr. Hoff man, of Stettin, bought some of this secret remedy and had it analyzed by the director of the laboratory of an alysis at Darmstadt. The director found that the powder was composed, chemically, one<haif of carbonate of lime, 12 per cent. of carbonate of pot- ash, with variable portions of coal, clay, phosphate of lime, magnesia, and some other things, recommenda testimonials of Some Fine Writing. A postal eard has recently been bly inseribed with an ordinary steel pen. difficult to decipher with the naked eye, but a powerful glass brought out each letter clearly. umns and took the writer six and a halt hours to finish, THE LATEST PANACEA. Cold Wateras aCureall For Society Dames. Cold water as a cure has at length been formally insugurated as a fad by the gentle indies of New York's smartest society One of the gay- ety loving who went abroad lust year a hollow eyed, romantically pale wreck of her lovely self, the vic- tim of suppers over dainty for a delicate and frivolity for so fragile an American frame, rosy, liv cold water matrons, digestion, of too much back a the virtues of has come exponent of and preaching nn earnest yhetess to her aff =o effective has been her i second woman one ¢ not absent from nome ito a rest cure Chioral Inebriety. VY power crs is less- liness is the In some confirmed cases there isa feel equivalent of nervous instability ing of ger weak ness, cardiac debili reduced iar tension e is motor disturbance, coldness and bilueness the t of 100, here Vasc. SOME YAS0- witnessed by the nose, dull, of the is 1 extremities ete. Often, listless lack of energy. iD Remarkable Will Count Victor Bawarowski, of Lem. bere. who committed suicide in his study about three weeks ago, has, the Vienna correspondent of the London News tells us, 1aft a remarkable will. He declares that his brother is not to inherit anything from him. Hissole heir is to be Galicia, but his fortune to be left untouched until it amounts in value to 20,000,000 flor. ins. when it is to be devoted to the foundation of literary academies, schools of pain ing, ete. in Cracow, Tarnapol and Lemberg. If there is anything to prevent these institutions from being founded, the property is to be divided equally between the British Museum in London and the The Count died worth about 6,000,000 florins in money and land. 18 Bees and Algohol. Dr. Bulhoer has published an inter. which he has recently earried out for the purpose of ascertaining the effects of alcenol on working bees, By placing them on a regimen of al. ing effect was produced. He discov. ered unmistabable signs that thoy revolted against their queen, avd gave thamselves entirely over to idles nee and to habits of pillaging and piltering, until they werd cass out by their fellows. GANDER PULLING. A Strange Sport of the Early Days of Missouri. wor Fletcher inter of a who old times, When I was a boy.’ the pioneers ne class of people r inew, and au the Ocepsion- wns wooimaster iths subscrip- uster was cin- physical quali the big boys It was belore Gibraltar and its Defense, he plais Rie represent ries ndred strong was and The and ir upward, it was fully an h before any of the were h after the ex. munition. n Ixiion dummies penditure of much actual warfare, the British rifle sharp shooters must have picked out their foes by firing downward from the galleries Bomb proof barracks and hospitals are potent factors against t horrors of bom- bardment, and there little doubt of COUTrse, 3 1 ue is i for some amendment on this head, Seven Years Disapneared, Seven years ago Miss Jennie Mor gan disappeared from her home in nothing was konwn by her family of her where. abouts. Five months ago her father went into court and asked to be appointed administrator of her estate, as it was known that she had about $1,500 in a local savings bank. The other day there was a hearing in the matter, but further proceedings were stopped by the appearance in court of the young lady hersell. During these seven years she had been employed ns a domes. ticin an East end family and had kept her identity concealed. She gave as a resaon for her action that her father had ill treated her. New Orange Disease. Orange trees have been attacked by a now disease in Spain, It resem: bles mildew and affects fruit, branch and leaf, which it turns yellow. The disease has been named gorpeta. A commission of agriculturists, bota- nists and chemists is engaged in studying it, and as a preliminary de- fonsive measure orange growers ave counseled to give their trees a coat of petroleum. Chicago Herald,
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