The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-13

Gov. Stones Speech.
Once more the young ladies Of Kansas City
twangcd the strings most tremendously. and
then Gov. Stone was presented by Mr.. Frank.
The governor said:
Time lis one OF the mysteries: il Is without a
beginning and without an ending. In the i'm
memorable sweep of the centuries 100 years are
like unto a microscopic atom compared to the
boundless universe. Indeed. they represent
hut a brief span in the path OF human history,
II the history of the world should lie divided
into periods of 100 years. and n volume should
lie written for each period. the fifteenth and
last would begin with the discovery Of the
American hemisphere. Previous TO that
transpircd on This hemisphere beyond the
Cnnjcctural story unfOlded by the ~arChaolO"i>t
Ind the oft improbable traditions Of the IA,
tive sava-e. The mighty events that had he,
fore that come out Of the centuries as they
dawned and set on India and Egypt. on tircece
and Rome. on Europe. Asia and Africa. had all
heen chronicled- Abraham. Isaac and Jacob
had m with God. The children Of
Israel had come with Moses and Aaron out of
the land Of bondage. The dccalogue had lccI
written on Sinai. The temple NJ solomon
had been lifted in shining Splcndor nj JeruSa-
lem. The sphinx and the pYramidal tomt 5 of
the Ptnlemirs. still teckOned among the most
marvellous of human achievements. had been
reared upon the hanks OF the Nile. The gar
dcns Of Babylon had heen hung in all their
lcwildeiing beauty of flowers and yer.
durc. and the Colossus OF Rhodes had Straddled
the waters at ItacuS. Marathon and the rugged
hills of Thermopya, had lcen shaken Ivy the
martial tread of contcndinga armies. Alexander
the Great had Haunted his victorious banner
in all If the capitals Of the world. and Demos,
themes had swayed mUliitudeS and directed the
policies of state by the overmaStering force of
his majestic eloqucnce. The skill and enter
prise Of Athens and Rome had brought forth
the Icropolis and pantheon. the m1uSoleum
and the amphitheater and other creations
scarcely less wonderful Of the structural art,
Hannit ri had led his armies across the Alps tn
encounter accommodating misfortune until tho
returning wave swept up against the walls of
Carthage and destroyed his beloved city. The
veteran and invincihle lcgiOns Of Caesar
hal iOrne their Conquering eagle into every
lani. and had made Rome the acknowl-
edged mistress Of the world. The star OF Beth
lehem had risen and the pathetic ard awful
tragedies of Gethsrmanc and Calvary had cen
enacted. Attilla. the scourge OF God. and his
barbaroUs hordes had poured out OF the north,
ern wilds upon Italy. The dark ages had swept
like a pail across the waning sun of %CfviliZa'
tiOn. William the Conqueror had led his vic
torious Normans into Britain and wore upon
his row the Saxon diadem. The rise and fall
Of empires. philosophers and systems. the his
tory Of men Of many nations for nearly GOO
years had been chiseled In stone or written In
books long before the actors in that lengthen'
ing chain of mighty events had dreamed OF n
new world away toward the setting sun. The
fleets of Athens. Carthage and Syracuse had
covered the Mediterranean. Those of Great
Britain. France anNaiolland had spread their
white sails above the blue Atlantic for cen
turtles.