The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1896, Page 17

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1396. You may call it a nightmare, lads, if you will—my stars! ’twas a rare old dream To be dreamed 1n this played-out hulk of a ship stuck fast in the mud of the stream— True, anchored forever and aye, my lads, till she rots on the scum of the tide; For never again will she cut the brine or the waves of the tempest riae. But the dream put life in her corpse, my lads; put youth in her olden frame; Put voices of death in her speechless gans, that'll never again flash flame. I dreamed that a fleet from the Eastern world was blocking the Golden Gate; jished the doctrine of sage Monroe, and had roused up the foreign hate. We had br Came a call for ships, and a call for men, and an order of quick attack— And the Independence was mustered in for the lead on the foeman’s track. Like magic, dressed in a glory of When the old craft welcomed the eager wind, as the mother a long-lost child. sails she seemed, and the seamen smiled And never they recked of the wooden walls, and never the decks of pine, And never they recked of the smooth-bore guns, though the rust had eaten their shine, But in every seaman’s soul there When the despot 'roused the patr burst the fire that blazed of yore, iot wrath on Liberty’s Eden shore. They felt the pride that Decatur felt when defiance his squadron hurled, 'Neath Gibraltar Heights, when this same old ship drew the wonder of all the world. They felt the pride that a Bainbridge felt, as he gazed from her deck that day, When Barbary’s pirates vanquished knelt, and bent was the haughty Bey. They felt the pride that a Shubrick felt at Guaymas and Mazatlan, ‘When the Aztecs bowed to the conquering flag that the free winds love to fan. They felt the pride that the victor feels who nevzr has known defeat— The ship had a soul, and her soul Oh, a freeman’s fight is not one man’s fight, for there comes with the rush of the flood The strength of heroes of eld to hi was men that the world can never beat. is soul, their hero-fire to his blood; And the single freeman becomes a host; his brand is a dozen brands— Not a foe but shrinks from the blade that drinks war’s wine as it turns in his hands. [The Independence, now used as a receiving ship at Mare Island, was launched at Boston in 1814 first cruise was to ‘the Mediterranean, and when she arrived at Gibraltar, were not permitted to build skips of the line. 'Tis a phantom band that fights at his side, and no more can perish his cause Than steel can shatter the deathless shade that scorns the flesh and its laws. For God, truth, justice and freedom, all—these phantoms lead in the fray; In peace, on history’s page aligned, they are guarding our glory’s way. It was so that the Independence sailed—she was manned with a double crew, And one was phantom and one was flesh—and swift o’er the waves she flew. Oh, never she stopped till her broadside guns on the foeman’s fleet glared prime, Then shot and shell poured out of her sides like the flow of the seconds of time. The enemy’s iron missiles sank in the sponge of the wooden hull, Yet the ship rode fair, while the phantoms worked:the guns with never a Iull. Oh, the men in the flesh were blind with smoke, and the heat was the heat that slays, But we knew from the start that the odds were ours in the ola ship’s day of days. Oh, we knew the fight'would be fierce and short—we felt it, lads, in our bones— And we felt that God had a hand with us, and we laughed at Davy Jones. But lo! the phantoms have-left the guns, and the clouds have cleared away; The foe that remains in the wreckage lies by the gate of the Golden Bay. Now cheers from a hundred thousand throats ascend from every shore, As the wondrous ship,.with her wondrous guns, glides back to her home once more, Till she moors again in the muddy flow, and vanish the shroud and the sail; Till the phantoms fade, when the need is dead, at the close of the fiery tale. And all that remains is the big, gray hulk, like the ghost of an era past, And the rust is devouring his iron ineal in the guns that have pealed their last, But the flag waves over the wooden mass, and her glories for aye are fresh, Though the best of her crew is a phantom host, and a handful those in the flesh, You may call it a nightmare, lads, if you will—my stars! ’twas a rare old dream, To be dreamed in this played-out hulk of a ship stuck fast in the mud of the stream; Yes, anchored forever and aye, my lads, till she rots on the scum of the tide; For never again will she cleaye the brine or the billows of ocean ride. She was @ 7j-gun ship of the line, the first of that class built by our Government, carried 800 men and cost $£500,000. Her bearing the broud pennant of Commodore Bainbridge, she created no little sensation, as the British oficers there had reported that the Americans In 1836, she was razed and her armament reduced to fifty-four guns. The Independence was always a favorite with scamen, being a fast sailer and a comfortable ship.] IcE BouND ON THE GREAT SALT LAKE. CURIOUS INCIDENT ON A SHEET OF WATER THAT- NEVER FkEEZES. The large percentage of salt in the Great Salt Lake prevents its waters from ever freezing over, and yet a curious incident was related to me of how a small pleasure steamer got icebound a dozen' years ago off the east end of Antelope Island. My in- formant was the captain of the cattle-boat that makes irregular trips back and forth to carry stock to and from this largest of the Salt Lake islands, I will give the story as nearly as possible in his own words: *‘It was a cur’ous thing that once hap- pened to me an’ Cap’in Dahls,”” he began, | with a preliminary undoing of the knot of his soiled neckherchief. “I wa'n’t much used to sailoring at the time, an’ the cap’in ofter took me with him on short trips he made with his small steamer, The Susie. One day he got word & boat was becalmed off North ' Antelope. We steamed out to see, an’ found a sheep-boat’ boun’ for Carrington Island.- There was three men ‘aboard an’ 200 sheep, an’ they’d ben out ten days an’ hed no food an’ scarcely any water left. We give 'ema fair divide o’ the grub aboard the sieamer, an’ taking 'em in tow, made our way out in the main body o’ the lake, where we left ’em close in to Carrington. It was getting late when we started back, an’ just op'site Bear River Bay we found ourselves in s stream of ice which come down ~from the swolien Tivers that empty-into the lake hereabout. At first it was only provoking to, be hin- dered by the broken sheets of ice, but fin'ly it got so we couldnt *make no head- Wway. The cap’in said he'd sailed roun the world four times an’ never wasice- bound before—an’ that, t0o, in a lake that’s 100 salt to ever freeze. He was acting as | green hand fur crew.’ I was pretty riled | an’ said something back 'bout a fool of a | cap’in, who thought himself at the north | {:o e. We'd always ben good friends, | but after that neither of us spoke | more'n we's ’bliged to all that day an’ the next night. When the second morning came an’ we saw it was still calm, we got reckless an’ piled in the | wood till we got up steam, an’ commenced bucking ice at a great rate. We saw the glassy sheets give way to right an’ left, an’ fin’ly we was clear of it so we could go right ahead. It'was Sunday morning, an’ the sea an’ mountains looked so bright an’ cap’in’s for'ed smooth out, an’ he com- menced to whistle soft an’ ole hymn tune we both knowed. I struck in where the line repeats, an’ when we'd ended up he said: ‘Say, Duffy, you don’t mind my peaceful that 1 saw the pucker in the | having ben sharp with you in that blamed ice, doye?' ‘1 upan’slapped him on the back an’ answered hearty-like, ‘Cap’n Dahls, I never served under a better cap’in than yoursell.’ “‘We shook hands, an’ his big voice was a bit husky when he blurted out: ‘ ‘Say nauthing ’bout it, my boy. I'm certain sure I never hed a- more able sea- man than you’ve showed to be.’ ”* NiNerra Eanmes, —_— . Lunches for Schoolboys. An investigation of the question of schoo runches has been made in Boston recently, and arrangements have been made for the furnishing of cheap lunches in the high schools at a cost ofrive and ten cents, A delicate point under consid- eration is how to furnish lunches to those children who are unable to pay for them. In serving lunches atthe noon hour it is found that there isa decided tendency io eat too fast. One visitor kept tally on the boys, and fourd a boy who broke the rec- ord by getting away with three sand- wiches, a piece of cake and a enp of choco- late in four minutes by the watch. FAST - IN engineer, an’ at last got so mad that he cussed an’ swore an’ complained o’ o Steering. At last we had to give it up till morning, an’ thea it wa’'n’t no better. There Was no wind to break up the ice 2n’ it kep’ closing "bout us till we could see nauthing but it on all sides. The cap’in’s temper got worse when the bread an’ Pncon was all gone an’ he growled out: Ketch me ever going to sea again With & THE ICE ON GREAT SALT LAKE. ; INTERESTING STORY OF A FAMOUS SONG. A BALTIMOREAN TELLS HOW STAR- s There have appeared during the last few years in various periodicals and - daily papers articles purporting to give an abso- lately truc account of the circumstances under which the words of the “Star- spangled Banner” were written and’ the occurrences which led to their comyosi- -tion by youne Prancis Scott Key of Mary- land, says K. D, Lawrence of Baltimore in the New York Post. Each of these articles has béen mote or less correct in its state- ments, the best of them having appeared the Youth’s Companion several vears ago. No one of them, however, gives the story in its entirety as it is held in the two fam- ilies by whom it is treasured with pardon- able pride, as linking their names with the far-off past of their country’s struggle for independence and with the composition of what may be called her National song. As a direct descendant of the family to a member- of which the song was dedicated by Francis Key, I have bad the story told me many times by those who knew well and delighted in relating every incident of it; besides which I possess family papers and letters giving many little items, in- teresting and amusing, connected with it, which ‘have certainly never been pub-. lished. 3 £ There resided in Upper Marlborotgh, Prince Georges County, Md., in the early part of this century an oid gentleman—a physician—Dr. William Beanes. He was 2 member of one of the oldest families in Maryland, a family whose estate was held under deed of gift from Lord Baltimore in 1604. That deed—a quaint old paper—is still in existence. Dr. Beanes was a man known throughout His State for his ster- ling qualities and large-hearted hospitality, as well as for many eccentricities and'a somewhat quick temper. He .is thus de- scribed to me bv a very charmingaged lady wno as a child knew him well, and who is yet hving, Ske adds: “Dr, Beanes was_my. father's physician, He was the kindest and most lovable of men and wonderfully patient and gentle witn litile children, to whom he was devated, SPANGLED BANNER WAS WRITTEN and he was the anly gentleman I ever knew who invariably wore ruffled shirts.”” The doctor’s hospitality was, perhaps, the best known, as 1t is to-day the best re- membered, of his traits. Even in those days when hospitality wns—esgecially in Maryland and Virginia—so marked a char- acteristic -of the people, Dr. Beanes was considered remarkable for the heartiness of the welcome which he extended to strangers as well as friends. A doubt was often merrily expressed by his intimate friends whether if his Satanie Majesty him- self had presented himself at his door the old gentleman might not have asked him to walk in and rest and take a glass of wine. They entertsined, however, no slightest doubt that had the fiend proved a genial and gentlemanly personage Dr. Beanes would have joined in the proffered refreshment, would have chatted and joked and might so far have forgotten himself as to invite him to call again. Beyond question Dr, Beanes loved the land of his birth. There are instances in his Jife which evidenced this fact. Yet it was guite impossible for him to be any- thing but courteous and hospitable to the officers of the British vessels lying at anchor in the river near the family planta- tion whenever they came on share. They were gentlemen, they were genial com- panions; they liked a’joke, enjoved a good story, and they also' greatly enjoyed the doctor’s rich dinners and fine old wines; and in spite of such trifies as differences of political opinions and existing warfare be- tween their respective countries the old man liked and cordially entertained them, It came to pass one afternoon —the memorable 14th of September, 1814—that a party of officers from Admiral Cockburn’s ships, then lying at the mouth of the Petuxent River, whose waters washed the shore of the Beanes family plantation, were dining with the doctor, Over their wine these gentlemen lingered longer than usual, and must have indulged rather freely and talked somewhat reck- lessly. They were aware that the bombard- ment of Fort McHenry was decided on for that very night, and after leaving Dr. Beanes’ ‘house to return to the ship it occurred to them that they had very nearly, if not quite, betrayed what was to | master-General Wanamaker. 17 take place. - To say the least, they felt that they had talked more than was prudent. Ii they had done so, however, the doctor had not fully understood the matter, for he had taken no alarm asto thator any immediate action on the part.of the’ British. ; & . They returned to-the house where they had so lately been entertained and made the old gentremsn their prisoner. It is a fact that finding him preparing to retire they gave him scant time for redressing. and actually carried him off without his wig or his spectacles. Now, Frank Key, a young lawyer, one of his near neighbors, and a relative by mar- riage, was one of the first notified of his dilemma. He lost no time in sézplying— under flag of truce—to Admiral Cockburn, on board his vessel, for the doctor’s re- lease. Instead, however, of securing his old friend’s liberty he was himself detained a prisoner during the bombardment, then just beginning, and which lasted beyond midnight. The doctor and he were per- mitted to be together and but for their re- straint they were treated with perfect cour- tesy. I have never heard that either one of them ever bore the least personal re- sentment to their captors. Frank Key watched as far a8, in the darkness of the night, was possible the bombardment of the fort; but Dr. Beanes, with his.aged sight and deprived of- his glasses, was as one blind indeed. And all through the memorable night his oft-re- peated question touched his young friend most deeply. *“Is the flag vet flying?” were the words with which the old man constantly appealed to him; and when at earliest dawn it was seen that the flag did indeed still wave over McHenry, on a serap of paper torn from his pocket note-book youn!.'1 Key wrote the words of the “Star- spangled Banner,” and gave them to his old friend. Later on, when first published, they were dedicated—as indeed seemed appto- priate—to Dr. Beanes. The following morning both gentlemen were put ashore, and returned to their homes. It is hardly necessary to sdy that from this adyenture Dr. Beanes leained to re- strict his love of entertaining, to some ex- tent, to friends, and at any raie not to extend hospitality to British ‘officers until ace should ‘be declared, however de- ightful as'dinner companions they might be. His experience was, as long as he lived, the theme of many a jest, which he always seemed to relish heartily, It 1s related of his wife, who is described as one of the gentlest and sweetest of old ladies, that she particularly delighted to remark, whenever thereafter the .doctor seemed about to indulge his slightly pep- ery temper, My dear, I think I shall Ea\'e to send for Admiral Cockburn.” MR, MUBPHY OF SALEW The Bank Defaulter From Massa- chusetts Identified in the Prison. City Marsl;al Hart of the Eastern City Will Come to Take Him Back. It is now considered almost certain that Private Detective Chappelle made no mis- take in arresting the man on Friday after- noon on suspicion of being Clarence Mur- phy, who stole $60,000 from the Salem (Mass.) Savings Bank. Yesterday morning John D. Eaton of 410 Van Ness avenue visited the City Prison. He formerly lived in Salem and was a member of the Board of Aldermen. He had known Murphy from his child- hood, and after studying the appearance of the prisoner for a few minutes he ex- pressed the opinion that the man was Murphny. “It is seven years ‘'since I left Salem,” said Mr. Eaton, ‘‘and, of.course, seven years makes some change in a man’s ap- pearance. When I last saw Murphy he was boyish in appearance and the beard he now wears makes him look decidedly older. 1t was my first impression that Murphy was not as tail as the prisoner, but I must be mistaken, for I see the de- scription sent out by City Marshal Hart, an’ old friend of mine, gives Murphy’s height as'5 feet 11 inches, which tallies with the height of the prisoner. **As I remember the case, the bank lost | $100,000 through Treasurer Simons and Murphy. Simons died after the discovery of the shortage by his own hand, as every one believed. The bank never recovered a dollar. Murphy’s escape was a most sen- sational one.” The police received a dispatch yesterday that John W. Hart, City Marshal of Salem, would start on Monday to take back the prisoner, and asking that he be. held pending his arrival. Another man, who did not want his name mentioned, saw Murphy in the prison-and asserted that he was the man. in Alameda, and he knew he was a bank defaulter from the East. Murphy is as silent as a clarz. He posi- tively refuses to make any statement, and answers any question by the reply, *‘I have nothing more to say.” He limped in his gait yesterday from the effecyv of his jump out of the window of the detectives’ room. Policeman Brophy, who overtook the fugitive, was the recipient of many compliments yesterdav. Ign is_a bright young patrolman and has already an em- viable record. It isargued that he should be entitled to a portion of the reward offered for Murphy’s capture, as if*it had not been for him the probability is that Murphy would have effected his escape. AN ACUTE ADVERTISER. Sets the Press of Australia Objecting and Has an Issue of Post Cards ‘Withdrawn. One of the clerks of the City delivery department at the main postoffice has a renny postal card of Austraiia which is worth a half crown though it was issued less than three months ago. Its extreme value is due to the fact that the entire issue of- many millions was suppressed be- fore it had been out three weeks. This action was taken in deference to the ob- jections of the press. = The post cards were not immoral. The objection was wholly a matter of esthet- icism. The entire public was shocked b: the progressiveness of the Antipodean ad- vertiser. -A man with the inventive faculty largely developed offered to supply the province of Victoria with all the necessary postal cards, free of cost, gn condition that he be allowed the space of about one and a half inches on one side for advertising.” This meant a saving of many thousand dollars to the Government and the offer wasac- cented. The result was that when the postal cards appeared they looked as if the Gov- ernment ran a grocery. The stamp was hardly visible in contrast with the heavy blue ink in an ad of some “pure American leaf’”’ chewing tobacco and somebody else’s lager beer. The effect can be under- stood from the following note received here a few days since on one of the ob- jectionable cards: 2 MELBOURNE, Noy. 2, 1895. Dear —: This post card was issued less than & month ago and caused such a howl that the; were withdrawn this week, and are now. wort sixpence and_will probably soon be worth a hngetmwn. You may find it useful for your collection. v s This is only one instance of the progres- siveness of Australian advertisers. Not long ago a series of stamps were issued and sent an extra time through the presses, so that when a letter writer picked up a stamp to lick it his eyes fell on “Use Somebody's pickles. They are the best,” The idea of the advertisin, tal card issaid to have originated with ex-Post- Murphy and his wife had lived with him NEW TO-DAY. NEVER T00 LATE Premature Old Age Made Impossible. A Life-Time Habit Easily Broken—It's Easy if You Only Take the Right Road. [From the Press, Evereit, Pa.] 5 A number of our great and most in- veterate _tobacco smokersand chew- ers have quit the use of the filthy weed. The reform was started by Aaron Gorbor,who was .a coufirmed slave for many years to che use of tobacco. He tried the use of No-To- Bae, and to his great surprise and delight it cured him, Hon. C. W. Ash- com,who had been smoking for sixty vears, tried No-To~ Bac, and it cured him. Col. Samuel Stoutener, who would eat up to= bacco like a cow eats hay, tried this wonderful remedy, and even Samuel, aiter all his years of slavery,lost the desire. J. C.Cobler, Lessing Evans, Frank Dell, Geo. . May, C. O. Skillington, Hanson Robinett, Frank Hershberger, John 'Shinn and others have since tried No-To-Bac, and in every caso they report, not only a cure of the tobacco habit, but & wonderful improvement in their general physical and mental condition, all ot which goes to show that the use of tobacco had been injurious to them in more ways than one. ‘All of the above gentlemen are so well leased with the results that we do not hesi- ate to join them in recommending it to suffer- ing humanity, as we have thoroughly investi- gated and are satisfiea that No-To-Bac does the work well and is & boon to mankind. The cost is trifling, and three boxes are guars anteed to cure any case, or money refunded, One box in every instance stated above effected & cure, with one or two exceptions. No-To-Bac has a wonderful sale upon its merits alor { and can be secured at almost any drugstore | this “country or Canada. It is made by the Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago, Montreal or New York. Our readers are warned against purchasing imitations, as there are several on the market. Besure you get No-To-Bac. Then you're all right. 2 X S %f.,, (RS lt\\:a.,ll:\. DOCTOR SWEANY, San Francisco’s Leading Specialist, UCCESSFULLY TREATS ALL CHRONIC s of the head; throat, lungs, heart, stom- troubles, s | ary organs, rupture, piles, yaricocele, hydrocele and swelling of the glands. Loss or partial i0ss of sexual powerTn either men or women, emissions, sle bashfulness, falling memory ing ills resuiting from nervou: | an1 permanently cured. | ture and that terribie and loathsome dis | 11is, thoroughly and forever cured., WRITE your troubles if 1i { city and advice will be given | Address . L. SW 737 Market St. (opposite E an Francisco, Cal ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE OF Kings Gm@y Bonds NOTICEISHEREBY GIVEN THAT & Proposals will be recelved by the undersigned up to 12 o'clock 3. of; the 7th day of February, 1896, for the purchase of thirty-two (32) Kings County Courthouse Bonds, numbered consecutively from one (1) to thirty-two(32), both Inclusive, of the denomiiation of one thousand ($1000) doliars each, and payable on the first day of* Januay 906, or at any time before that date, at the pleasure of said county, in gold coin of the United States; with interest thereon at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum, payable semi-annually,on the first day ot January and on the first day of July of each year. Bonds and interest payable at theoffice of the County Treasurer of said Kings County. Sald bonds having been issued in conformity with Orders and Resolutions of the Board of Super- wvisors of Kings County dated December 3, 1895, and January 6, 1896, and under authority con: ferred upon said board.by the provisions of and in accordance with an act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled “An Act to Est Uniform System of County and Township Govern- ment,” approved March 24, T898. None of said bonds will be sold for 1éss than face value and accrued interest, nor shall any sale thercof be final or valid until approved by said Board of Supervisors, and the right is hereby ex- pressly reserved 10 réject any and all proposals. Mark envelope, “Proposals for tha purchass of Courthouse Bonds.” By order of the Board of Supervisors of ‘said Kings County. W. H. SLAYV County Treasurer. GRATEFUR-COMFORTING. 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