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he was a prisoner of war at the time
has been published far and wide. Both
these impressions are romeo The
wording of the poem itself proves that
the latter part of it was written at
least some months after the event
which evoked the glorious national
lyric. Furthermore, the third stanza
contains conclusive internal evidence
that a good lawyer. such as Mr.. Key
is rcputed to have been, did not write
that part of the poem, at any rate.
While he was in the enemy'S custody,
During the conflict known in u his
tory rs the war Of 1912. the year in
which 1t began, the British assembled
the Potomac, occupied the city Of
Washington, burned the national CAPT
tol, destroyed most wantonly many of
cur priceless documents and public
treasures and then retreated down to
salt water. That was in the summer
of 1914. On their way back to their
ships the enemy captured and carried
away Or. William Rcans, II prominent
citizen of the town of Marlboro. Nd.
DR.. Beans was held a prisoner on
board one of the English vessels in
Chesapeake bay.
Near the end of August a citizen of
Upper Marlboro, William West. called
at the office of Lawyer Key and en-
gagged the attorney to use his efforts
for the release of DIR. Beans. Key was
Il young man of thirty-five. with 4 lu-
crativc practice and some little local
reputation as Il writer of verses. It
was proposed that Key obtain the sane
ton of the American government to go
out aboard the flagship of the British
commander under a flag of truce and
intercede for the imprisoned doctor.
The lawyer obtained the necessary au-
thority and started ON his mission. He
got aboard the ship ut a critical time.
The British We're preparing to bonn
in securing the release of DR.. Beans.
but both he and the doctor We're held
aboard one Of the vessels until the
bombardment was over lest they re-
veal the British plans.
Key watched the bombardment from
this highly interesting vantage point
And the rockets red glare, the bombs
bursting In air.
Gave proof through the night that the
flag was still there.
Then the poet-lawyer returned to the
home which nearly a century later
patriotic Americans propose to rescue
from the low estate into which 1t has
fallen with the advance of the Capital
City. The little law Office n has
been used as an Italian fruit and pea
nut vendors stand. while the end walls
Of the residence itself have been pro-
famed with large. lurid and ludicrous
letters advertising cheap groceries and
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the Cincinnati symphony orchestra.
She believes in the higher e.rr,.ion
for both men and women. and it is ier
proudest boast that all her ch;lfren
are studious. Her daughter, Miss
Helen Heron Taft, now sixteen, has
elected to take a full college course
and is at Bryn Mawr. The eldest son.
Robert Alphonso Taft, is nineteen and
is a junior at Yale. He took two en-.
trance prizes when he entered the uni
versity. He has chosen the law az his
profession. The other child is Charlie,
a boy Of ten. who o dreams of West
Point.
Il am old fashioned enough" says
Mrs. Taft, "to believe that woman is
the complement of man and that what
is most feminine about her is most at
tractive to man and therefore of the
greatest utility to the world. 1t does
not seem to me that a college course
makes a girl unfit for domestic obliga.
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tons or masculine in her tastes. All
women are not called on to preside
over Il home or to rear children, but !
think that all broad minded women con.
cede that this is the Hottest type of
usefulness"
Mrs. Taft says she never has had
time for fats or to cultivate eccentrici-
ties-she has been too busy. She de-
lights in travelling and in studying for.
eign tongues. During her residence in
Manila she studied Spanish very dill
gently, and also some of the Tagal dia-
lects. AS Mrs. Taft has accompanied
her husband on most of his long jour
neys, she. like him, is an exceptionally
experienced traveller. She is still a
young woman, having been married
but twcnty-one years, and is the most
youthful looking lady in the cabinet
circle. Until the accession of Mrs.
James II. Garfield she was, in fact, the
youngest.
The home life of the Tafts is de,
scrihcd as ideal. Miss Helen. like her
mother. is bookish and intellectual.
Robert, like his father, is ambitious to
excel in the law. 1t is remembered
that up to Il few years ago Judge Taft's
great ambition was to become Il mem.
Der of the supreme court. He has
turned aside from two opportunities to
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they went back to work. Taft investi-
gated their claims and after due o n
sidcration determined not to grant
them the increase until such time as
all other classes Of labor employed on
the canal could have a proportionate
raise in pay.
Though MI. Taft's home has been in
Cincinnati oil his life and he still votes
in the city where he was born, it is
probably a fact that no man ever con
sidered for the presidency Of the United
States has been such a globe trotter.
Mr.. Taft has been nearly everywhere
He is essentially a world citizen, hav.
ing hobnobbed with kings and com.
mons. with princes and peasants. In
various countries. 1t Is estimated by
a careful statistician that in his official
capacity since his appointment as
chairman of the Philippine commits.
sion Mr.. Taft has Travelled approx.
mately 10000 miles, or half a dozen
times around the earth. It seems rs
easy for him to undertake a journey
halfway around the world as it is for
the average person to make a hundred
mile trip. And Mr.. Taft always works
hard right up to the last minute. When
he was about to start on the journey
to the Philippines which became ia.
nous as the matchmaking trip be,
cause the presidents daughter and
other young ladies' found their life
romances en- route the secretary OF
war was exceedingly busy. He had
much work to do in his office in the
war department. A messenger mott.
fed him that it was but twenty min.
utes to train time.
"All right" cheerily responded Taft.
continuing ut work.
Five minutes later the messenger an.
nounced the flight of time.
"All right" said Taft.
When there were but ten minutes to
spare a second messenger rushed in
and tried to hurry up the chief person.
age connected with the journey.
Train leaves in ten minutes. Mr..
Secretary"
Every WELL" said Mr.. Secretary, still
working ut his desk.
About eleven minutes later the first
messenger walked in and remarked:
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A Fourth Of July Sketch by
Robert Donnell ~ Copyright.
1905. by c. N. Lvrie.

other articles of trade not commonly
regarded us poetic. In the lower front
room a cobbler's shop has been in
stalled.
The outer walls are two feet thick.
Even the inside partitions carry a
width Of eighteen inches of brick. In
the days when that old house was
really a mansion in comparison with
the average dwelling of the period
families of means built houses to stay
built. 1t is said that there is enough
brick in the big chimneys and fire.
places Of the Key mansion to construct
the walls Of an ordinary briclNhouse
Of the present day. There is still an
aspect of old time elegance in the old
house despite its outward shabbiness.
Washington ~antiquarians will point
out to the visiting pilgrim the lower
window at the front Of the house, to
the right, through which young Francis
Scott Key, Jr., son Of the songster,
climbed with his fair girl cousin when
the devoted pair ran away to be mar
ried.
The clipping pair had a large family
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reach that exalted position owi.g 10
his devotion to the duty immediately
before him. He declined to quit The
Philippines until he had completed Me
work for which he was sent to the
islands.
In religious matters the Tafts are di-
vidc0, but not at all inharmoniously.
The secretary is 4 member of the
Unitarian church, Mrs. Taft is an
ardent E~piscopalian, Miss Helen has
been confirmed in her mothers church.
while young Robert Taft is a parish
Toner of Al Souls Unitarian church in
Washington along with his father.
Little Charles religion at present has
to do chiefly with forts, ~arScnals and
guns, but that may be due to the fact
that his father is secretary of war.
Mrs. Taft and her daughter attend st.
Johns Protestant Episcopal church in
Washington.
Secretary Taft is a hard and svs
tematic worker. He is accredited with
doing an enormous quantity Of work
every day in the war department.
When he Is absent from Washington
he usually carries great packets OF
public documents along upon which to
work en- route. When in Washington
he frequently takes public papers home
50 that he a work in the privacy Of
his study.
MIR. Taft has been considered ALWAYS
by his friends as a remarkably lucky
man. He has not known the bitter.
ness Of defeat in any Of his endcayors
toward distinction. As a matter az
TACT, with the single exception Of his
election to he Ohio judgeship, all his
preferments have come to him by an.
pointment, 1t is a remarkable fact
that when he was but thirty-two wears
OF age his lame was considered ser,.
ously for appointment to the suprem.
bench Of tn United States, and it was
only his youth that caused the presi.
den to reconsider and finally name an
older man.
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any, perhaps as all the others cow
bined. t." l.ahr the Eilipuus tdolize
him. rs they certainly do. far Iulg,
Tar i ia tho best sense # The teraI y
delNaerv, He is as free from race and
class nra'"@i 'cs It every description as
any r0&n | have eyvr known. lie is a.
thoroughly . believer in the motto. a
mans 4 El1H Tor a that"
Those VII know Mr.. Taft cithrr IN
timaiyly or casually testify to his un
failing good nature. his spirit of com
radcshjp lie is a nan who likes q
joke and upon occasion can crack ono
himself, The Taft smile is famous bc
cause Of its reproductions III ncwspn
per and magazine pictures. The Taft
laugh cannot be reproduced thus. but
a recent caller 1T the wal department
said after having heard the big cabin,,
officer laugh "A great. deep voiced
lauGh-the Taft laugh, ir !inc-whic,,
ought TO be put on 4 phonograph rec
ord and sen to all those sad places on
this earth where folks never smile"
But Mr.. Taft can be stern when
SSCA AAASSs 40 lcIulicu. Ike KNOWS how
to enforce discipline in the army or
out Of it. When Taft was placed in
charge Of the Panama canal work rs
secretary Of war he received a delega-
tion Of steam shovel engineers VINO
were threatening to strike for more
pay. The spokesman said:
We'll strike right now If you don't
agree to give us this raise"
DO l understand you rightly, gen.
tlemen?' inquired the secretary. "Do
You mean to say that you want that
raise before I have decided and that II
you don't get it you'1l striker
YES; that's right" replied the other,
with a swagger.
"Then. gentlemen" said the secre.
ary. Twill you kindly step over to that
table and write out your resigna.
tions?"
The men didn't want to resign. They
Teconsidered. The upshot was that
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iNf1 cN The PUTTING GREEN
Your train has just pulled out of the
station, Mr.. Secretary
"Fine!" cried Taft, with the Taft
laugh. He knew very well, of course,
that his train would wait for him, and
he was not worried. Twenty minutes
later he bundled up the department pa,
pers on which he could work en- route.
stepped into his carriage and went to
the railroad station.
"a train can watt he remarked to
his private secretary. 'but the United
States war department business can't"
Though Mr.. Taft is a very busy man
he finds time to keep we'll acquainted
with his family. He is Il fine family
man. with a fine family. Mrs. Taft. the
first lady in the land in the event of
her husbands election to the presi.
dency. is a daughter Of John W. Her.
ron. who was President Hayes law
partner. The Hayes and Heron fami.
lies were on terms Of close intimacy.
During the Hayes presidency young
Miss Helen Heron, now Mrs, Taft
spent the Christmas holidays in the
White House, the president being "un-
cle' to her and Mrs. Hayes AUNT
Lucy" This visit remains Mrs. Tafts
pleasantest recollection of girlhood
umes. Nothing in my life." she has
said, reaches the climax Of human
bliss which I felt as a girl Of sixteen
when ! was entertained at the White
House,"
Mrs. Taft is handsome, intellectual.
taiented, witty and vivacious. She has
oeen. student Of music all her life
and tor seven years was president ,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
FRAiI,iGS SOIT KEYS HONE N GEORGETOWN
Historic House Where Part of
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Was Written.

~ the shrines to which Ameri-
cans go in patriotic reverence
~ none is more sacred than the
house which was the home of
Francis Scott Key. author of THE
Star Spangled Banner" For some
years funds have been accommodating in
the hands of officials Of a memorial as
ISOLATION the purpose of which is to
restore the old key mansion and
preserve it to posterity as one of the
nations shrines. The old dwelling
stands close to the Potomac river in
Washington in that part of the ma
tional capital which was called
Georgetown until its consolidation
with the greater city.
Francis Scott Key lived many years
in this quaint old house. 1t is quite
probable that within its walls or in
the little n adjoining. which he
occupied as a law office, he wrote a
part of his famous song. For many
years the popular %supposition has been
that the poem was written while Key
vas aboard a British vessel Of war in
Chesapeake bay. The statement that
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

bleness far above the average Of their
fellows William II. Taft is one of
these. Personal magnetism''-he has
it in great abundance. An old darby
In the south was discussing Mr.. Taft's
chances for the presidency. He was
for Taft because Taft is popular.
''What makes Mr.. Taft so popular,
uncle?" asked a bystander.
His pussonal magnitude" promptly
replied Uncle Rastus.
1t cannot be denied that there is
much Of personal magnitude about Mr..
Taft, who weighs in the neighborhood
of 300 pounds when he Is in fighting
trim. He is n big man, and he was a
big boy. Somehow men of extra avOir-
dupois usually enjoy a greater degree
Of popularity than do their brethren
of the shrunk shank and the lean and
hungry look. Most large men are good
natured and jolly. When bigness runs
to frame, to head and to heart the com
bination is irresistible. That is the
Taft sort of bigness, for the secretary
Of war combines with his big frame a
large and active intellect and a heart of
human kindliness that beats for all.
The Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott says:
1T is this intensely human quality in
Mr.. Taft that gives him his popular
sobriquet of Bill Taft. He likes men,
and he likes all sorts Of men except
those that are dishonest or disloyal.
He was the most popular governor the
Fil.iDinOS have ever had. This WAS not
wholly because he was absolutely just
was loyal to their interests, urged the
earliest possible substitution of civil
law for military law and offered an in.
vincible opposition to all schemes Of
exploiting the islands for the benefit Of
INSCRIPTIONS American pioneers. He
was the personal friend of the Fiji.
pinos; he believed III them, defended
them. bcfrieuucd them. trusted them
a~nd-danccd with them. This last fact,
] am inclined to think, went as fin, AS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
Ert Versus Nature,

I sew her floating down the street,
A vision Of delight
A fellow with but half an eye
Could see she was all right
And every move suggested youth
And loneliness and grace,
Although from where I viewed the
queen
I could not see her face.
Upon a bunch of nut brown hair
Quite daintily there sat
In dignitied but roguish pose
A stylish summer hat.
Her waist was trim, but not too small,
Her feet Well shod and neat,
And from my point Of view the. lass
Seemed good enough to eat.
Alas, one cannot always tell!
Things are not what they seem.
I would nave sworn her face must be
A bright and radiant dream.
I fel! dead when she urned around
Her features were SO coarse,
So like a Ratchet in their form,
They would have scared q horse.
We hear Of beauty unadorned,
But where would 1t be at
Without~the dress designers touch,
Without the stylish hat?
Yes, nature is a kind old soul
And tries to Go her part,
But how she would fall down at times
If not backed up by art!
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On all shall a new
day be risen,
With justice the
sunshine thereof,
And man shall go
forth from his
prison.
Made free by the
angel of Love.
The glow from these
dawns unbehold-
en-
OF happier eras to
be
Falls most With Its
retluence golden.
My on
thee.
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Thy mission shall,
never be ended
Till all men are free.
The day Of thy glad
publications.
OF thine and Of
Liberty's birth.
Shall Yet be observed
by the nations.
Till heaven shall
come on the earth.
Till all men with
luminous faces
Shall send up the
reverent cry.
It's Liberty's day
for all races
The Fourth Of July!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

In BethleheIn dreamed.
A promise is. heard in the nations,
A prophecy thrills through the earth.
That frecdOm brings new generations
OF equals and helpers to birth:
That each in the service Of others,
BY science and wisdonl's increase,
Shall learn what it means to be brothers
Through asses of peace.
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If you keep smiling all the time you
will get the other fellow boiling after
awhile.
A painfully administered snub that
isn't effective is exasperating to the
last degree-to the unsuccessful snub-
Der.
Good deeds are valuable assets and
certainly a great comfort in hard times.
1t sometimes looks as If the idler a
rich man the less pernicious he is.
1t is easy enough to find a cheap hat
that's suitable-for somebody else.
Critics are people who know how a
thing should be done.
All beauty doctors practice a skin
game.
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She's Bound to Have It.

No use - say you're busted fiat
Or lose your pocketbook,
For wifie'S going to have a hat
II she let's &c the cook. ,
You say that you're about to fail,
Some one has robbed your till.
She'll buy 1t at a credit sale
And send around the bill.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
The Fourth of July
For the World Republic.
BY j. A.

from the flu
ture is calling
The world to diviner
estates.
y light on the present
is falling
From some fuller
~splcndor h a /:
waits
\ light like the glory
supCrnal
Der Gods golLen
stairway that
strGanicl
\ hen Jacob, with
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
The Modern Way.

IF l had money, would you marry
me?"
"Of course"
''Then?"
Spend the money"
"After which?'
Sue for divorce and more money"
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BY thee Freedoms word was first spoken.
Thy hand wrote the gospel of man.
Until every shackle Is broken
Thy place shall be Yet in the van.
Go on till in union are blended
All nations and isles of the sea.
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Whv,

Women never use any reason"
And they don't have to-"
"Why:"
Because"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
Strictly Modern.

"Wondertul are the improvements in
every line. Women used to curl their
hair. for instance, by hand. and now
they Go it with q machine"
"a machiNc?"
Yes, indeed"
"Must be Il switch engine"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
Qualified.

"My son positively cannot under
stand grammar"
"Cheer up He may make a success
as a popular song writer"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
The Horrible Example.

This slaughter Of the forests
To lumber barons gorge
Came after the example
First set by little George.
When with his Ratchet he made free
With daddy's favorite cherry tree.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
I..ul1,o1 m3 Philosophy
BY DUNCAN Nj. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

YOU i make Il man Of any boy II
you give him time and plenty to eat.
Some pessimistic writer would have
US believe that this glorious country Of
Ours is the home of the knave and the
land OF the guy.
Marriage is Il voluntary association
for the suppression Of Irritation.
Small harm comes to people calling
you names if you fail to respond to
the same.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
BY ROBERTUS LOVE.
copyright. 1905. by Robertus Lowell

DInSoNAA pop
r ularity counts
for much in
this world. Partic-
ularly does it bear
weight in politics.
No unpopular man
ever was elected to
Office. Still, there
are degrees Of o p
larity, and there are
men who possess
fha nua1itv If 1ik0.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
Scr Good Excuses.

When the baseball gets in action,
Say. would it be q crime
To get a bunch Of grandmas
To die from time to time?
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-12-03
Local News

North Star Drug Go. has Them all
<'frazzeled.
Abel Anderson. of West Valley.
was a Warren visitor Tuesday.
A. D. Ralston, of New Solum. was
4 Warren visitor Saturday.
House for rent. Inquire of Albin
Young & Co.
Elias Haarstad. of Marsh Grove.
has been here this week disDosing OF
another carload of fine wood.
Mrs. A. M. Shaw and Mrs. Geo.
Johnson. were at Grand Forks last
Saturday.
Andrew HolaD. who has spent the
past three wears at Holbright. Sask..
is back for a visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. Holan. of McCrea.
Licenses to wed have been issued
to Louis Grund and Anna Amelia
Hogberg. Christ Evenson and Clara
Kindlev.
Ole r. Linrud. who has spent the
past wear on his claim in the RAINY
river country. is back shaking hands
with Warren friends.
Call at Farrell's and inspect Iii
Christmas goods. consisting o
Watches. clocks. jewelrv. silverware
cut glass. novelties etc.. etc. Price
right and quality as represented.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-12-03

See the Red Sign of great slaughter
sale at Golden Rule. sE* II
Born: A fine girl to Rev. and
Mrs. G. J. Running on Tuesday Nov.
oath. r. r..
r. g. Mathwig returned Tuesday
morning from a few days business
trip to the twin cities.
Majestic Ranges bake the bread
and roast the meat that makes the
man.
John Azure. the genial MANAGER of
the K. J. TaraIseth Co. 8 hardware
store at AIvarado. spent Tuesday
evening in Warren. /.
Miss Martha Moruenson, who
teaches at Oslo. spent her Thanks
giving vacation at her home In this
city. 49,.
The Misses Selma and Christine
Enqelstad visited friends at Crooks
ton for few days the first of the
week.
Putnam Spauldlnq. the grain buy.
er for the Spa2lding Elevator Co.. at
Oslo. was in the city Tuesday eve"
ming.
Misses EVELYN and Estelle Grinde'
land. lnga Taralseth and Lena N.Y.
land were at Argvle last FRIDAY
visiting at the home of H. l.. Mel
gard.
A. E. Franklin. returned SATURDAY
from Plumer. N. D.. where he ha
spent month or two visiting at tn
home of Rev. J. P. Schell. He re
, ports all the Schell's doing we'll II
the ir Dakota homes.
Throughout our stock are man.
choice and desirable gifts from tn
| finest to the most inexpensive. We
all grades. The best of their kind
Remember that we represent a.
things as they are and regulate tn
price by the true value of the article
at Holm's iewelry store.