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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1913)
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' No ono knows Just when thlH second crack occurred, and opinions differ; but compared to tho old craclc it Is of recent origin and Is dis tinctly visible Mr. Jordan, how over, was tho first to call attention to a long and almost InvlBlblo mxtonslon of tho second crack and finds that It now roaches one-third way around tho boll, from tho end of the old original fracture, which wan chiseled out in IS 16 In an attempt to make tho boll sound properly. rutting an end to tho boll's pilgrimages would In no BciiHu at all bo duo to u disinclination of tho people or councils of Philadelphia to allow tho west to view and possess tho sacred rollc oven for a short time. Indeed Philadelphia would bo only too glad to sond It, for since tho bell has already helped by Its travels to lessen thu sec tional feelings between the north and south, so U vould help unlto the citizens of our lepublic who live on the Atlantic seaboard with those who live on tho Pacific l.lttlo do eltliei sections realize how Intimately thu bell Is connected with the consummation of our nation, curly political Ideals and with tho fondest of its impulses In Colonial days. This old bronze rollc not only helped to proclaim Inde pendence, but for years beforti 177G rang loud to oulebrato tho hopes of tho pcoplo and rang low .to liitono tholr woes! Upon Hb sides Is this Inscription. "'And proclaim liberty throughout all the land ninto all tho Inhabitants thoreof." Lsv, 25, 10. A tBtiango Providence indeed wioto that Inscription on its crqwn many yeuis befoio its tluobblng clangors and melodloUB eloiiuenen had aught at Jill U do with liberty! .Announcing proclunmtiouB of war and treaties of peace; welcoming thu arrival and bidding Ood speed to departing notublos; proclaiming some accession of tho English royal family to thu throno and tho secession therefrom of thu Ameri can colonlosl Its moro customary ubo, howovor, was to call tho niombuiB of tho ussumbly of Pom Hylvaula together nt tho morning and afternoon Hessloua and to announco tho opouing of tho courts,- '".. Despite the fact that the Liberty Hell Is one of tho most treasured of national relics, It Is not originally an American product, but a foreign im portation: and impoited from England, too, whore it wa llrst cast according to tho order given In October, 17G1, by tho superintendents of the stnto houso of tho Province of Pennslvania now lnde pomlenco Mall, Thomas Lester of Will to Chapel, London, ca3t thu boll, and by August, 1752, it arrived in Phila delphia and was erected on trusses In the statu houso yard. While being tolled and tosted early In September of tho samo year It was cracked by tho clapper, though by no unusually powerful Htioko. Concerning this accident. Isnac Morris vtroto, March 10, 1703' "Though tho news of our new belljcracUlng is not very agreeablo to us, wo concluded to send it back by Cnptaln Hudden. who had brought It from Iondon last August, but ho could not tako It on boaid, upon which two Ingenious workmen under took to cast it hero, and I am just now Informed they havo this day openod the mould and havo got n good boll, which, I confess, pleases mo very much, that wo Bhould llrst venture upon and suc ceed In tho greatest bell cast, for nught I know, in English America. Tho .mould was finished in a vory masterly mannor, and tho letters, I am told, aro hotter than (on) tho phi one. When wo broko up tho metal our Judges hoio generally agreed It was too high and brittle, anfl cast sev eral llttlo bollB out of It to try the bound and strongth, and fixed upon a mixture of an ounce and a half of copper to the pound of tho old boll, and in this proportion wo now havo It " llorman Pass, from tlo Island of Malta, and Jacob Stow, a son of Charles Stow, tho doorkeep er of tho assembly, wero the two Ingenious work mon referred to in tho above letter. Aftor tho second casting of tho bell It was ngaln hung and tested In tho s.iring of 17M. More defects woio soon found, however. The American castors, Pass and Stow, who wore not bell founders by tiado nt all. Itad put too much copper In the motal so that Its Round waB Impaired. Disappointed with that fRlluro and also nettled al the gibes of their townsmen concerning It, they asked permis sion to oast tho bell a second time. Thomas Los tor, tho original maker of It, alBo oltorod his sorvleoe, but tho authorities decided to allow Pass and Stow to proceed again, and thus tho third and prosent casting was made, and again tho bell was raised, this tlmo In tho state house steeple Itself. That operation was completed by tho end of August of 17C3, when tho American castois wero paid 00 13s. fid for their labors. Thou began Its chimes, Augimt 27, 17GH. when it' oallod tho assembly togothor, ringing out tho old, ringing In the now ; sounding Its melodies for Innumerable public and private oonta during moro than four-score of yuars. Tho first individual for whom it rang was. Frank lin; sqnt "homo to England" to ask rudross for tho grlovauces of the colonies la. February, 1757. Tho bell echoed the hopes of tho people's hearts and its melodious "Hon Voyage" sounded over the Delaware as ho sailed away. When tho planing and splitting mills were closed and the manufacture of iron and steel prod ucts was prohibited by acts of parliament in Pennsylvania and tho king's arrow was aillxed upon pine trees mid tho tiado of tho colonies in nil parts of the world restrained, tho bell was again tolled to asscmblo tho people in tho stato hoiiar- yard to protest against such outrages. Thus did tho bell, long beforo tho ltovolutioji, become tho beloved symbol of truth and freedom, leluforcing with pugnacious and violent peals, tho cry of determined citizens, in the largest political mooting hold up to that tlmo In tho stato houso yard, that nono of the ship "Polly's detestable tcu," that had Jiiht been brought into the port, should bo tunneled down their throats with par liament duty mixed with it." When tho port of Poston was closed in May, 1771, and tho heart of the country was growing heavier with Its affliction, the bell was once moro caicfully muffled and tolled In a solemn and pro phetic manner, both to announce tho closing of tho port and, a llttlo .later, to call a meeting to relieve sufforlng In Hoston on account of the restriction of Its trade. As tho conflict with England approached tho boll was rung moro and moro; Its uso became a mattor of course, and then, on April 25, 1775, Just nfter tho reports came to Philadelphia of tho Battle of Lexington, it rang wildly to assemble 8,000 peoplo In tho stato house yard and to in spiro their souls to a resolution pledging their all to the cause of liberty. It rang also to asscmblo tho Continental con gress to its dally Bosslono, both at Carpenter's hall and Independence hall, and, finally, Us crown ing nchltueinont, tho ono wild, defiant and Joyful ringing that, more than all-the previous roverbera lions it made, gavo it the sacred name of "The Liberty Hull," occurred on July 8 (and not tho 4th, aa Is gonornlly believed), after tho Declara tion of Independence had been udopted. This greatost of its Jubilues called tho citizens together in the ard to hear read In tho stentorian tones of John Nixon the llrst public proclamation of tho Declaration, and never did tho old wooden rnftors of tho stato house stecplo rock and trom bio with moro sympathetic vibration than at this tlmo. Whon returned to tho old stato houso steoplo again one of ita firm ueus was to ring upon tho announcement of tho surrender of Lord Cornwal Us, In October, 1781, nnd In tho following month to toll In welcoming Washington to tho city. A year and a half later It helped to proclaim tho treaty of pcaco with Groat Hrltaln, and In Decem ber, 1799, it was muffled for tho llrst tlmo In many years, though riot to mourn for lost Hburty or over tyrannical deeds, but to lend Us almost hushed music to the funeral solemnities of Wash ington himself. When John W A. Lelshman be came envoy extraordinary and minis ter plenipotentiary, ho concealed two things from tho American peoplo. Passing over tho unsolved mystery of thoeo double mlddlo initials, tho Important secret that Is now being let out for tho first tlmo beforo any audience Is tills startling fact: Mr. Lelshman seems to havo entered tho diplomatic service in European Holds to obtain titled husbands for his two marriageable daughters. It is dllllcuit to undorstand 'how ovon Mr. Leishnmn himself could deny tho truth of this assertion, since one of his daughters lias become a countess and tho other a duchess. It has been eight or nine years since Martha Lelshman was married to a French nobleman, the Count do Con-taut-IHron. Notwithstanding tho younger daughter, Nancy Lelshman, has hi ought no hyphen into tho fam- i uy, uur murriugu 10 a uorman uooie- man, Duke Charles (or Karl) of Croy, which took place a fowdays ago, is full of romantic Interest. "v. Even beforo her father bocame American ambassador in Berlin Nancy had a train of suitors with handles to tholr names. She had been able to pick and chcoso carefully. When tho season of winter sports was In full swing at Oberoff, in Thurlngn, where the Lelslmans spent February and March, it was noticed that Nancy had eyes for none except Duko Karl. SEP MARSHALL AND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS For xi few days after Inauguration tho offices of tho newly created ofli cials of tho federal government in Washington wero overrun with photog raphers from other cities who had been sent by their papers to "cover" tho affair nnd to bring back a stock of pictures of the now mon in the high places Sometimes there would be six or sovon In a cabinet officer's office at ono time, all requesting him to pose for "Just ono picture" at his desk Two came in to seo Vice-President Marshall in his office at tho Capitol. They entered and explained their er-rands-rsimultaneously. Tho vlc,o president consented, and the two set ip their cameras. "Now. look right into the lens," said ono. "Now. look right into my lens," echoed tho other. As a result the vice-picsldrnt's eyes shifted fiom one to tho other. Both photographors wero trying to got the picture at tho same time. "Wait a minute." laughed the vice-president, smiling "You "fellows re mind mo of tho story of it cross-eyed butcher, and If you'll wait I'll tell it to you. This cross-eyed butcher was about to kill a steer. A hanger-on about tho place was persuaded to hold tho animal while the butcher hit it between tho oyes. "'Are you going to hit whero you're looking?' asked the helper. " 'Yep,' replied the butcher. "'Then you hold tho durned thing yerself!' exclaimed the helper, as ho walked away." ADVOCATES CORPORAL PUNISHMENT "Back to the basswood ruler, tho dunce cap and tho larrupings of tho good old days of grandfather," adviso tho foremost educators and child training experts of Now York. That mildewed ballad the nation hummed and whistled but a few years ago, "Iteadin' and Wrltin' and 'Hithmotlc, Taught to tho Tuno of a Hickory Stick," Is coming Into its own again. New York's bad boy has had his day. Troublesome Tommy must bo taught to too tho mark, says Dr. Frank McMurry, professor of elemen tary education, Teachers' collego, Co lumbia university. The crap-shooting, cur3lng, fighting scions of old Knickerbocker havo their teachers buckling on their lifo belts. And it's all because the "rulo of reason" and n diadactlc codo of moral suasion havo too long been in voguo in the public schools, says Dr. McMurry. In effect, putting It blunt ly, he'd trot out tho rattan' again. trim fiom the stately sjcamoro a choico collection of "rods of Justice" and prepare for a wholesale "tanning." While Dr McMurry arraigns both tho quality of Instruction and tho courses of study forced upon the pupils, It Is, according to him, the ques tion of tho discipline of unruly children that most urgently demands atten tion. Both he and tho committee ndvocato a return to corporal punishment. jMgm v i JANE ADDAMS AT BUDAPEST At the board meeting of the Illi nois Equal Suffrage association tho other day a cablogram was sent to Miss Jane Addams appointing her of llcial delegate fiom Illinois to tho Congress of tho International Suffrage Alliance- now In session nt Budapest Miss Addani3 was tho principal speaker there oh Juno 16. Delegates fiom every voting state In thy Union had been chosen to speak beforo tho congress, but as Illinois is so nowiy born to tho right of tho ballot, no piovislon for an olll clal representative had been made. Ono of tho most interesting of tho ;100 delegates from twenty-six nations at Budapest for tho opening today of the second session of the Interna tional Suffrugo Congress is Ma Ma Oung, a loader of tho Buddhist women in Burmah. Sho is accompanied by her two ilaughtors. Thnt suffrago has popotrated to the four corners of tho earth is mani fest In the quaintly garbed men and women of many climes and races ela, India, Qhlna and Australia ate represented, as woll au Europo, tho States and Canada. , Por- United )' h&
