Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-11

estry horticultural, agricultural, mines and
mining manufaetures; IN 1aea CT IN every ae2aF s
souris products and industries are fully and
completely shown.
Gov. Stones Speech.
Once more the young ladies OF Kansas City
twanged the strings most tremendously. and
then Gov. Stone was presented by Mr. Frank.
The governor said:
Time lis one of the mysteries: it is without
beginning and without an ending. In the inn
like unto microscopic atom compared to the
boundless universe. Indeed. they represent
but brief span in the path OF human history.
If the history of the world should be divided
BE written for each period, the fifteenth and
last would begin with the discovery OF the
American hemisphere. Previous to that
we have no record of the events that
TRANSFERRED on this hemisphere beyond the
conjectural story unfolded by the arch8ologist
and the oft improbable traditions of the ma
tive savage. The mighty events that had be-
dawned and set India and Egypt. on Greece
and Rome. on Europe. Asia and Africa. had all
teen cnronicled. Abraham, Isaac and jacob
had communed with God. The children of
Israel had come with Moses and Aaron out of
the land of bondage. The decalogue had been
had been lifted in shining spiendor at Jerusa-
lem. The sphinx and the pyramfdal tomhs OF
the Ptolemies. still reckoned among the most
rearedupon the banks of the Nile The gar
dens OF Babylon had been hung in all their
and the Of Rhodes had
the waters at Racus. Marathon and the rugged
hills Of Thermopy@ had been shaken by the
the Great had Haunted his victorious banner
in all Of the capitals OF the world. and Demos
themes had swayed multitudes and directed the
policies of state by the overmastering force of
his majestic eloquence. The skill and enter
prise Of Athens and Rome had brought forth
the acropolis and pantheon, the mauSoleum
and the amphitheater and other creations
scarcely less wonderful of the structural ART.
encounter accommodating misfortune until the
returning wave swept up against the walls OF
Carthage and destroyed his beloved city. The
veteran and invincible legions OF Caesar
had borne their conquering eagle into every
| land and had made Rome the acknowl-
edged mistress of the world The star OF Beth.
| lehem had risen and the pathetic and awful
tragedies of Gethsemane and Calvary had teen
enacted. Attilla. the scourge OF God and BIS
barbarous hordes had poured out OF the north
ern wilds upon Italy. The dark ages had swept
| like pail across the waning SUI of civiliza
to1ious Normans into Britain ard wore UPON
| his row the Saxon Giadem. The rise and fall
tory OF men Of many nations for nearly 500!
years had been chiseled in stone or written IL
| books long before the actors in that lengthen
| ing chain OF mighty events had dreamed ct .
| new world away toward the setting sun. The
| fleets of Athens, Carthage and Syracuse had
e Spit.in. France and Holland had spread thei,
white sails above the blue Atlantic Tor cen
| turtles.
| REMAINED FOR COLUMBUS.
| But not q mariner among them all dreamed
| OF this fair hemisphere until Columbus. only
/ 400 wears ago with splendid courage and match
! less genius. forced his way out through the ter
rifying mysteries of the sea and unfurled tht
banner of his sovereign before the wondering
ewes of the savage and untutOred natives OF ths
/ virgin shores OF San Salvador. Then tegan
/ new era the most marvellous In the history @
| mankind. The English, the French. the Ger
1 man and the Spanish, the Dutch the white
| races OF Europe, which have always been. a
/ they are to-day. the dominant people Of tn,
earth poured into the new world. New states
/ new nations were created: new experiments II
/ human government were undertaken: new
conditions and new civilization
were brought into existence Thil
perimentation are all best typided
i America. The United States Is the best ex
| civilization. fApplause.l Here has arisen tn,
| greatest popular government. the miEhtiest re
public Of ancient or modern times. Forty-fo
sovereign STAGES are combined into one tnd1e
i soluble union. Within their vast areas Of con
i tinental extent are $500 600 freemen. The re
| public perhaps Is the most powerful nation
the world. II certainly II the richest
| stands first in quantity and value OF it, me
| chanical, mineral and agricultural products
| Nowhere have men and women attained
| higher standard Of social, intellectual an'
| moral culture.
this continent, and now 100 years SINGS the q