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The National tribune., 1902-11-13
A story o, ex-senator McKenna.

/ A pointed story is told Of Romeo II.
Frcer, exCOngrcssman from the Fourth
Congressional District of Wfst Virginia.
Ex- United States Senator Kenna is also
implicated. Freer was well known as a
lawyer and had many cases that brought
rural districts. One Summer afternoon he
was riding along country road. bent on
arguing case before a rurhf magistrate
who had already decided the cnsc against
him. Senator kenna was riding by his
side in silence. when Freer siiq abruptly:
'Senator, in this case Of thine am a
little to the bad. / know that the stat
utes and precedent have the best of the
argument but you can helix me out. I'll
probably find the squire in The field, just
over this hill, and I'll get. him to hold
court right there. You stat behind and
give me 4 few minutes ieewiyJ I'll qI0.e
a famous case. with the volhme of re-
ports and the number of ffcp page and
then you ride along i'll and bear me out"
This was agreed upon. Frccr rode
ahead. He found the squire .plowing. lie
was a rough customer, but he dropped
the reins. strollcd over to big tree, threw
himself down on the ground. lighted a
dingy-looki.lg corn-cob pipe and drawled:
Courts now in session.
Frcer began his argument. His we'll
rounded sentences were worthy of Il bet
ter audience and after brief period OF
c!ocution lie threw ont his chest and i'm
pressed upon the placid magistrate the
fact that his argument was borne ont in
a decision to be found-and he named the
place.
"Unfortunately," he continued, "ihere
is no law library here. but" and he
glanced up the roadway. Waving his hand
with dramatic gesture toward the APP
proaching horseman, he added: Here
comes one of the finest lawyers in West
Virginia, Judge. Here comes Senator
Kenna. He will undoubtedly bear me out
in this. I'll rest my argument on his de-
cision on this point
The magistrate seemed much impressed.
The Senator rode up and confirmed Freer's
statement and the two wayfarers waited
for an instant judgment in behalf of
Frcer's client.
The squire slowly collected himself and
drawlcd: "The court will take 10 days
to think this matter over"
Then the Court thrust one hand into his
trousers pocket, drew out something that
looked green. and added: "YOu think I'll
reverse my decision, but. by heaven. Ken
na, I'll just bet you 10 that l don't"
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"Hurrah! Hmrah!
We bring tile jubilee" !"
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"a CONTRABAND,"


written by soldier Of the 10Th Ill.
Cav, about the close of the civil war. be-
came very popular, both North and South
among the negroes.
Say, darkies, hab you seen de massa, wild
de mustache on his face.
Go long de road sometime dis mornin',
like he gwine to leab de place;
He seen smoke way up de ribber, whar
de Linkum cunboats lay;
He took his liat and lef' berry sudden, and
l spee' he's run away.
Chorus:
De massa run, ha! ha. de darkey stay, no,
Il must be now de Kingdom am acomn',
and de year of jubilo!'
The compiler of this work has always
admired the verse of maryland, Nv
Maryland" but as tire sentiment is local
and bitterly disloyal, she has written new
words to the air, which originally was
taken from the German Christmas song
'Thy Leaves are Evergreen
We laud thy name on land and sea,
America, America!
Where floats the banner of the free,
America, Amer ca!
Peoples oppressed in every cline
Look unto thee in stress of time,
And find help almost divine,
America. America!
In times of war thy sons march forth,
America. America.
To fight with might and native worth,
America, America.
But when DER all peace gently broods,
And past are all intrigues and feuds,
Then work in cladness each pursues,
America, America.
OLD GLORY.
Eugene F.. Ware, of Topeka, Kan, has
paid i most glowing tribute to the Stars
and Stripes in his poem entitled "Old
Glory that deserves to be set to stirring
martial music and claSsed with our pa
triOtic songs.
He says of this poem:
Il cannot say how | came TO write it,
except this: One morning in May, 1896,
for some reason l wrote it. / left it in
ceived Il letter from Mr.. Riipath, the his
torian, who was at that time editing
magazine called 1.-The Arena" asking me
to write him something of a patriotic char
acter for July 4. l then took the poem,
changed it slightly. and sent it to him as
it now appears. 1t was published by him
some time after.
"OLD GLORY"
By Ironquill.
Flag of thousand battles;
Beautiful flag of the free;
Waving from lake to ocean,
Waving from sea to sea.
Outward and seaward ever
Daring the restless wave;
Upward and skyward ever
Pride of the true and brave.
Chorus:
Old Glory, Old Glory,
The wcrld awaits thy story,
Float on, float ever on Ger land and sea.
Old Glory, Old Glory,
The world awaits thy story,
Float on, float on, thou emblem of the
free.
Flag of thousand battles,
Cresting the pillows fire;
Whelming established evils,
Raising the lowly higher,
Challenging ancient error,
Silencing tyranny dumb,
Gladdening and inspiring,
Hope of the years to come.
Chorus:
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'TENTING ON TILE OLD CAMP GROUND"
was written and composed by Walter
kittridge, native of New Hampshire, in
the year 1864. He called it peace song,
because he embodied in it the "wcariness
of heart, wishing for the war to cease"
with which the whole Nation was groan-
ing. Mr.. Kittridge, being of delicate
constitution, did not enlist in the ranks,
feeling he could do his country better SER
vice with his pen. But finally he was
drafted. He went one evening to tell his
friends, the Hutchinsons, about it, who
comforted him as best they could. On
his way home he thought of himself upon
the battlefield, and by the time he reached
home, the melody 'Tenting on the Old
Camp Ground" was running through his
mind. Picking up his violin. although he
was not in the habit of using it in compost
ton, the melody and words of the song as
it now stands formulated themselves, and
were SO set down. 1t is pleasant to state
right here that Walter Kittridge met the
draft at the proper time but was rejected
by the Surgeon because of physical dis
abilities. -...
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AMERICA.

AMERICA.
What American heart has not been
thrilled with
My country, It's Of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
OF thee l sing"
Written in one-half hour by the Rev. Sam.
uel Francis Smith. of the famous Harvard
class of 1929. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in
his ode, The Boys" thus speaks 5f this
man:
And there's a nice youngster cf excellent
pith-
Fate tried Se,!ts to conceal him by calling him
But he shouted song for the brave and
Just read on his medal, My country, of
thee.
This song, by universal consent. is called
our National ode. although no legislative
enactment to that effect has ever been
passed; but it is with songs as it is with
Governments, if they are ''Of the peO-
pie, by the people and for the people"
they will live. SO, for nearly three-Quar-
ters Of a century now, to the gray-beard,
the youth and the lisping babe, native
horn and naturalized American citizen. in
school, church and public assembly, this
song has individua]ized patriotism by its
personal sentiment of My Country"
The following story is told of an Irish
man who had come to this country, in
fact had lust landed in New York. He
could see by the enthusiastic waving Of
flags, marching OF Give bo1.es headed by
brass bands. that something unusual was
going on. So he asked an on-looker what
all this might mean. ..Why, don't you
know" exclaimed the American, I'VE are
celebrating Evacuation Day, the day we
drove the British ont of this country,
never to RETURN" Presently an English.
man. recent arrival, said to the Irish
man:
Say, Pat, what's all this hullaballoo
about, anyway"
Faith" exclaimed the now thoroughly
excited Son of Erin this is the day we
Americans licked you red coats and sent
you skedaddling across the waters" and
straightway he began whistling Amer
ica. that the band was then playing. 1t
is to be regretted that this song of ours
has the same orchestral form as the Eng
lish one of God Save the King"
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' Ia.nerA,i Issat dasstee&qpA-le4safA6a' :
HAIL COLUMBIA


Was written by Joseph Hopkinson, a
brilliant young lawyer of Philadelphia, in
the summer of 1898, who responded to a
call for new song to suit the conditions
of the times-a war with France being
imminent. Indeed, some acts of hostility
had actually been committed, and Con-
gress was even then in session deliberating
upon the state Gf affairs.
Between England and France the war
was raging, and the people of Amer
lea wanted Congress to take sides;
some desiring that republican France
should be favored, while others urged that
conservative England should be upheld.
Party spirit has never risen SO high as it
did at this time. The theater was then
running in the city. A young man, tai
ented as singer, was about to have a
benefit. He was very much discoura ged
over the prospects; but lie believed if lie
could sing a good, patriotic song that the
success of the benefit would be assured
The theater poets had tried to compose
such an one, but it had failed to please
the young man. So he called on Mr.. Hop
kinsOn one Saturday afternoon and begged
him for song. Monday eyening, the
young, actor sang Hail Columbia writ
ten by Mr.. Hopkinson the day before
and set to a march called the President S
March, composed by Philip Roth, Ger
man music teacher, and used Oh the oc-
cdSlOn OF w aSningtOn 5 nrSt Inauguration
as President of the United States. The
words of Hail Columbia" although con-
faining no reference to either England or
france, or the trouble between them that
was in danger of engulfng America in the
contest. were so full of American spirit
that both parties heartily indorsed them.
and in this common bond of sympathy
both belligerents were forgotten and the
Nation was united in maintaining its own
Eonor and its own rights. Night after
night, citizens, members of Congress.
street urchins and Others sang this justly
popular song Of Hail Columbia.
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Francis Scott Key, n native of Mary
land, won for himself enduring fame when
be composed the most inspiring salute the
flag has ever received in
THE STAR spANGLED BANNER.
In its composition it betrays the
cultured taste of the man of let
tiers. The circumstances which gave
it birth was the drawing up in line
of battle of the British feet on Sept II,
1914, in Baltimore Bay, for the purpose
of advancing upon Baltimore
Mr.. Key and Mr. Skinner were sent in
a vessel. under a flag of truce, to the yes
sci Of the British Commander to obtain
the release of some American prisoners.
As the attack upon Fort McHenry was
about to begin they were detained unwill-
ing spectators during n most terrific bonn
bardment. Throughout the night "by the
rockets red glare and the bombs burst
ing IN air. Key watched to see if the
floating of the STARS and Stripes pro-
claimed the fort untaken. When the early
dawn dispelled the shades of night, and
the battle smoke rolled away, and he saw
that 'our flag was still there" he was
seized with patriotic, poetic frenzy that
would not be Ignored, and drawing from
his pocket an old envelope he wrote upon
il the first stanza of The Star Spangled
Banner The rest of it he wrote after he
returned 10 Baltimore. A friend to whom
me read the poem was so pleased with il
that he had it published, and before long,
set to the foreign tune of "Anacreon in
Heaven" it was sung from city to city.
and as il has ever been, so il ever shall be
inseparably associated with "Old Glory"
The National tribune., 1902-11-13
THE NATIONS SONGS.
How, by Whom, and Where They Were Written.
By JOSEPHINE HAvERNEK wEArhERBY.

Wordsworth defines music as the uni
Sersal language of mankind. The s;ory is
told of two men travelling together in
railway compartment in Europe, who, be-
coming lonesome, tried to strike up an
acquaintance through conversation, but to
their utter surprise, a or trying various
languages until they hid seven between
them. they found they could not under
stand each other After wearisome 81
lence, the one who was an American be-
gan whistling, Little Annie Rooney"
The other jumped up and with beaminS
face and glistenng eye grasped the Amer
lean by the hand. \ common bond OF
sympathy had been established between
them through music. the universal Ian
guage. If a mere tune is capable of so
much, what must be the power Of n song
when not only the music is the common
vehicle of communication. but where the
words convey some patriotic sentiment or
relate some heroic incident. To this class
OF powerful agencies belong our patriotic
or National songs. Earliest among these
we find Mrs. Hemsns's
LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS.
You remember the opening stanzas,
with their bold, descriptive ring:
''The breaking waves dashed high
On 4 stern and rockb0und coast.
And the woods against a stormy sky,
Their giant branches t0ss'd.
s'And the heavy night hung dark
The hills and waters Ger,
When band of exiles moor'd their
bark
On the wild New England shore"
This hymn. although of English origin,
has so grown into the hearts of the Amer
ican people that today by common con-
sent il is known as our National Thanks
giving hymn.
Especially is the closing stanza prophet
ic of the great religious freedom which all
inhabitants of America at the present day
enjoy:
"Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod;
They have left unstained what there they
found
Freedom to worship God'
The American Revolution brought forth
many short songs containing more or less
the satirical vein intermiXed with the mar
tial spirit. For some reason these songs
died with the struggle that gave them
birth.
YANKEE DOODLE
Alone survives to this day. perhaps be-
cause of its catchy tune. 1t was said to
have originated among the Norman
French, and was sung in England after
the Conquest of William of Normandy.
Later OH. during the troublous times Of
Charles H.. the Cavaliers sang it in de-
risiOn when Oliver Cromwell, the Great
COmmOner, rode through the streets of
Oxford upon stunted, scrubby horse.
Just when it was introduced into this
country is not exactly known: but it was
very popular just after the Declaration of
Independence, especially the second stanza,
which reads:
'.And there we saw George Washington,
Upon n snow-white charger,
He looked as big as all outdoors,
Some thought he was much larger"
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In times of great National sorrow other
songs S.tinna tnan patriotic ones may be eassed
As the cortege of our late martyred
President passed through the streets and
the bands throughout the procession took
up his favorite hymn, IA
"SrAnEn. NJ GOD. rosr4rr."
did it not seem as if they voiced and re-
voiced the sentiment of the whole Nation
in its desire to also be Nearer, My God,
to Thee" and may We not, therefore, be-
cause of this solemn occasion9in our Ma
tons history, class this grand hymn. writ
ten by Sarah F. Adams. With our Ma
tiOnal songs:
Nearer. My God. to thee. hass
Nearer to Thee!
E'en though it he cross
That raiseth me;
- Still all my song shall be
Nearer My God. to Thee!
Nearer to Thee"
.'HoME, SWEET HOME"
will bring to the heart and mind Of an
American, wherever he may find himself,
memories of his glorious country, his
noble State and his beloved home, be it
palace or cot. 1t was written by an
American, John Howard Payne, actor,
dramatist and poet, about the year 1915:
''Twas Christmas night in Paris,
Rainy and dark and drear;
But within one gilded mansion
Was happy Christmas cheer.
"NIerrily, in the perfumed air
The Christmas carols rung;
Then softly. slowly. swectly,
Dear Home, Sweet Home, was sung.
without, against the windOw-sill
To shield him from the rain,
With streaming eyes and breaking heart
Crouched lonely Howard Payne.
My song he cried in anguish deep,
is sung in every home,
While, i, without q single friend,
a homeless, -wand'rer roam.
80 Yes, it, was on this self-same spot,
Without Il crust of bread,
With not. one place to call my own, -.
Nowhere to rest my head.
" Il sat me down and wrote that song,
! That O'er-the world doth ring;
They little think who's listening now
Those happy ones that sing ,
!" Twas true: before that window once
Friendless amid the thrOng,
And yearning for the joys of home,
He wrote his worId-famed song"
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CALIFORNIA,

J. Fl. Mitchell, Sergeant. Co l. 47th ILL.,, Veterans
Home, Cal.
We sing of CalifOrniaS skies.
Her vinec,ad hills, her laughing waters,
And whesc on earth is aught SO fair
As CalifOrnia's lovely daughters.
On the firing line her gallant sons
Battled for Country at Manila.
With Dewey and Otis warriors stern,
To lead against the bold guerrilla.
The Oregon, great battleship,
Renowned for war in song and story
Has shed new luster on the State
That launched her forth to fame and glory.
Then, hip. hurra. for the Golden State,
Her yineclad Hills, her sun-kissed waters.
And three more rousing, lusty cheers
For her gallant sons and lovely daughters
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And well-a-day, nay Captain, and ne'er
turn down your hat,
To hide tear that answers stirring tune
like that;
A soldier is soldier, but in the light of
God.
No tune has ever thrilled me like that on
Northern sod.
I've heard it on our battle fields, where
Lee has led the way.
And the Federal guns were cleaning at
breasts that wore the gray.
1t stirred the ranks of Stonewall, but now,
from land to land.
They cheer it when they hear it come ring
ing from the band"
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Ell Sabio must think it salt mine from
the quantity OF salt he gets TO eat nova
days: and Francisco. now foreman Of one
Of the shifts, never tires OF telling how he
saved my life by sending the wise little
animal to bear me company on the road
to the mine-The ArgOnaut
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"An exile from home, splendor dazzles in
vain; -
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage
again;
The birds singing gaily, that came at my
call; . =.
Give me them. and that peace of mind,
- dearer than ALL" >
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Beginning at the Beginning.

"But can you cOok?" asked the prosaic
young man.
Let us take these questions up in their
proper ORDER" returned the wise girl.
The matter of cooking is not the first to
be considered"
"Then what is the first?' he demanded.
Can you provide the things to be cook
ed:"
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o. ,Sy eAas0s s<S tie darn; cry AYAs

In the year 1913 David T. Shaw wrote
the first song that may be called purely
and wholly American: in that the words
and melody were both the product of
American genius. We refer to
COLUMBIA, THE GEM OF THE OCEAN,
known also as the Red. White and Blue"
Our country, by this time, had well i'm
pressed its importance and power upon
other nations, as is shown in those lines
OF the song. "A world offers homage to
thee and THY banners make tyranny
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Our fathers God. to thee,
Author of liberty,
To thee We sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedoms holy light,
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King!
SONGS OF THE WAR.
In days of great National excitement
what power is equal to patriotic senti-
ment clothed in music! Some one had
said: IF l may write the songs
of people, l need not care who
makes the laws" And who can doubt but
that those men who wrote such soul-stir-
ring songs as Were Coming, Father
abraham" and Tramp, tramp, tramp,
rally round the flag, boys" and John
Browns Body" and 'OId Shady" did not
as truly aid the cause as those who fought
upon the field of battle.
One of the most popular of the songs of
the rebellion was John Browns Body
with its cheering refrain of GLORY, Glory,
Hallelujah.'
VIM. Dressler, popular song writer of
this period, was supposed to be its au-
thor.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. however, gave
this song and chorus lasting fame when
she wrote
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
to the same melody. The story of how
she came to write this may properly be
related here. She was one of party
who were attending n review of the Army
of the Potomac OH the Virginia side In
the midst of the manuvers the enemy ap-
peared and a return to Washington was
made impossible just then. The party
amused itself by singing patriotic songs,
John Browns Body being among the
number. Mrs. Howe remarked upon the
excellence of the tune as compared with
the words and hoped some day to
be able to write more suitable ones.
The next morning she awoke much
earlier than was her usual sustom,
and Mine eyes have seen the glory of
the coming OF the Lord" formulated it
self in her mind. For fear she might for
get the poem, if it were left until her reg
ular time for work, she arose and wrote
down the five stanZas as they are now
published, saying when she had finished,
Il like that better than anything | have
ever written. l believe it will live" And
being the inspiration of cultured, patri-
Otic mind, it will live.
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But of all the songs that have ever been
written none has ever been able to put
life and courage into tired, disheartened
boys, whether in blue or gray, as when
the fife and drum took up y
'TIIE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND Me-
played by the corps, which reached the
very soul. ='- s--
And down the veterans cheeks the tear
drop stole. ..t5-
Men who would march to very cannon
mouth, 49,, - =.
wept like children from both North and
South" t-.'.
1t is fact that while the so-called poets
of the country failed to write war song
which moved the masses, Connecticut
boy Of ordinary education, printer by
writer of the period just previous to. DUR
ing and after the war. l refer to Henry
Clay Work, who wrote such songs az
''Grandfather's Clock" .'The Ship that
Never Returned" Uncle Joe's Hail Co
lunibia," Babylon is Fallen," Wake
Nicodemus.' Grated into the Army
"COrpOral Schnapps,' God Save the Ma
tion," end
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA.
The aforementioned song, commemorate
ing as it did that famous march that about
wound up the war, was seized upon by
the veterans as the only sOng,-- which by
its words and ringing melody thoroughly
expressed their triumphant enthusiasm,
until every hamlet and town which can
boast of single Union soldier has re-
sounded again and again with,
"Hurrah! Hurrah!
We bring tie jubilee
There is very little. Wagner or Beeth-
oven about this music. 1t is very Ameri-
can and very expressive of Northern
triumph. And so the veterans have
adopted it for their very own and yell and
roar it throughout the length and breadth
of the land at every campfire and army
reunion. Indeed, it is said that Sherman
used to be afraid to show his head on pub
lie occasions so inevitably was he greeted
with it's familiar chorus.
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An Item in Demand.

He was cutting an item from a news
paper.
ut tells how house was robbed and
l want to show it to my wife," he ex-
planned.
What good will that do?" friend in.
quired.
"a whole lot" was the reply. "You
see, this house was robbed while the man
was at church with his Wife"
Say" exclaimed the friend excitedly,
you haven't got duplicate copy Of that
paper, hare youfs
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The basis of the signals is the arrow
which is in universal use in danger signs
and is therefore easily understood by all
cyclists.
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tremble," '.Three cheers for the Red.
White and Blue"
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"CYCLISTS TAKE HEED!"
Code of Warning Perfected by International
Tourists League.

An international code of warning sig
nails for the benefit of all cyclists, and
more particularly for those travelling in
foreign countries with whose language
they are unfamiliar, has just been COM
posed. The series of danger signs is of
great simplicity, and has been unanimous
ly adopted by the 10 national cycling as
sociations which comprise the Ligue In
ternationale des Associations Tourits.
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