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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1905)
' ! f . . . ( . . . . . . . , - - - - " - - TUf lAIr J. SIfRlING MORTON A Monument to His Memory Unveiled - veiled at Nebs"asl < City. 4 MANY DISTIN'GUISUfD MfN ATTfND rXfRCISfS fx.Presldenl Cleveland , Governor John H. Mickey , Hon. . Hilary H. Herbert , Hon. David It francis , Ex- Vice-President Adlai Stevenson and Dr. . I Geo. L. Miller Make Addresses. - NEBRASKA ClTY.-ln the Vresonco CD ! the most notable gathering of at.\tesmon ever In Nebraslm . , or vossl- . , : : > " " , . bly in the entlro wesl ; wltnossed by thousnnds of people from all over the entire country : dedicated with loving eulogies from old colleagues of form r daYB In pUblic lire ; consecrated by the humid eycs and tender hearts of hundreds drods of old vloneer friends and comrades - rades , tlle Arbor day memorial monument - ment to the late J. Sterling Morton , "author of Arbor dlty , " was "unTcllet1 bore Saturday In Morton park. The unveiling ceremonies were simple - ple but Impesslvo and touching. Pre. eedlng them was n. program which was a rcmarlmblo trlbuto to the memory of R. man . who made such a signal record 1\8 a sta'tesman and who was the fa. thor of a quartet of sons , two at least f whom have become IlS notable as their illustrious father. Ex-President Grover CJIeveland was the speaker of the day , and his address - dress was ono of the best ever , made by the ex-president. Other spealters were two old cablnot confreres of the late Mr. Morton-Hon , Hllllry A. Herbert - bert , former secretary of the nllVY , and Hon. David R. Fancls , former secretllry . of tllO Interior. Gov. JohIr"'H. Mlcltey of Nebraska delivered the address of wecomo. Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson , ex-vlco president with Mr. Cleveland , was [ mother speaker. Dr. George 1. . . 1.1111er. one of the late 1\11' . Morton's dearest and most persona ] friends , was the lasL The oxerclses were held In Morton park , a beautiful bit of natural wood. land , sltullted just out of Nebraslta City , and on the east stope of the beautiful - tiful grounds 'of Arbor lodge , ' the ma - nUlcent country home of the Mortons. Morton park Is the girt of Mr. Morton to Nebraslm City. Fully 10,000 people - ple , from all parts of the country , as- Gembed ] In Morton parI , . They cllme trom New York 'Vashlngton , Indianapolis - apolis , Chicago , SL Louis , Louisville , , . . Memphis , and from all over Iansas , Nebraslta and Iowa. A specla ] .traln from Lincoln brou ht In Governor Mickey and his staff and 100 or more Llncon ] people. All regular trains were crowded with passengers , 1\11' . Cleveland appeared on the plat.- form with 1\Irs. Cleveland , and was Ireeted by II. storm of cheeFs.Ie bowed Ilnd smiled , as did 1\Irs. Cleve. land. Governor 1\lIcltCy , accompanied by 1\Irs. 1\lIcy ] , was last to arrive. The governor made an address of we- . . come , In whlC'h he paid a gowlng ] tribute - ute to the life and distinguished serv- fees of the founder of Arbor day , declaring - claring that "ho did muC'h In develoJ' ing the two fundamental resources of what Is now our state , and the efforts of himself , and his compatriots along lhese lines attractel [ settlers from the east , and thus shortened the territorial - rial days , Ho blllzed the way that oth- fIrs might follow. B " the power of ox- ampe ho demonstrated the posslblll- , . [ 1 - , The Late J. Sterling Morton. ties of the land and encouraged the 1 > loneers In subduing the refractory conditions with which thay had to deal. Ho wns the apostle of cvolu- tlon , the Inspfratlon of 11 largo fo ] . lowing of home hullders who loolted to him as their natura ] leader. " Nothing More to Say. "Is she pretty ? " they aslted of the young man who was f1peatng ] ! of his t1ancle.'ell , I don't wnnt to hoast , " he replIed. "but she ahays gets a seat In a crowded street cllr.-8tmy . . .torles , Tobacco an American Plant. Tobacco Is 11 natlvo American IJlant. and WaS first observed on the Island of Cuba. It was used h " the Amorl- can Indians before Sir Walter Raleigh lntroducoll It In Enlland. - The governor was followed bY' ex- President Cleveland , who spoke In a clear tone Ilnd WIlS dlstlncU ) ' heard to tHe outsltlrts of tl1e largo crowd. He closed by exhorting 1111 who were fellow-citizens of the late .T. Storllng Morton , and who Imow his life , to heed his example , "to the cnd that our wort may bo more unselfish and more loyal to the purposes of God and the betterment of our , fellow-men. Let his sons , In whom was centered all his worldly pride , remembor'that the only success that Is satisfying and honorable - able Is that achloved by their fathcr's , spirit and high resolves. It Is fitting _ _ . _ 4 _ _ _ _ Morton ] J\111 ( I 11 thl ( 'onls which he1l11 the dmpt'r ) ' nbout the brouzo statue of the deml set'rt'tnr ) ' . The dmpery i fell In n h'l\1 ] nbout the foot of the monument nnd 1\ { ) ft 111umur of 11.1)0 pIlIiRO ] rlpiliod ever the crowd. J..or 1\ . moment the three brothers stood gnz- In ! ; at the et11ry or 'hell' fllther , then , with bowed ht'nl . . . ther rejoined the Cleveillm ] pnrtr. The 1110nll111ent wns mndo by Rudolph - dolph gmns of New \"orlt. A semicircular - circular atone bench sltulIls nt some distance back or the IJedestal , nnd forming 11 frlezo nround It nre the words "Pioneer , Statesman , Scholar , Tree Plnnter , " The cental figure , the stl\tuo of Mr. Morton hlmselt. which stnmls upon l\ mnsslvo ) 'et grncefu ] lledestal , In an nttlh1l1e charllctorlstlc of hJs otrong , franlt lite. Ills right arm hangs enslly hy his side , aUII In his left hnnlt ho lightly holds 11. Illlper , ns though or recent - cent reference : n brnnch of a tree restl\ easily at his feet , whllo n rlow- shllrJ , slIghtl ) " In the rear , suggests the ruggc < l ] lloneer dn's of his early lito. lito.At At the foot of the peltcstal otands a grnceful wood sprite , her left hand tenderly protoctlng a young , grO\vlng tree , thus Iymbollzlng the 'splrlt of the wlso. , ll\\bllc-splrlted Ideal cx- pressed by Mr. 1\Iorton's slmlilo for- mUIl , "Plant trees , " " The lower II1\rt or this bench bears the InscrlllUon , "Erelted : by the Arbor - bor Un ) ' l\femorllli assoclntlon In Memory of J. Sterling Morton , ] 903. " Upon the pedestal Itself the followIng - Ing Is Inscribed : "J. Sterling Morton , Fllther of Arbor Day. l'lant Trees. " . . > , . + " . . , , ' < " ' : ' " , , , ' . , : : : < : ; ; ' : " < / " ' ' : , ; . ' . , . . ; , ; , > ' , t > , . , " . , " . . , . y- " ' . . . . , . , . , , ' . , . j. , - ; " , ' . : ' " J : ; ' .t . . ' t > , . : , . 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He has reared his own monument - ment , 'more durable than brass or ' II stone. FollowIng 1\11' . Cleveland was Hon. Hilary A. Herbert , ex-se'retary of the nnvy. lIe. In turn , was followCll by Hon. David R. Francis , ex-secretary of the Interior , ex-Vice President Cleve- son and Dr. George I. . . 1\1 III er , the latter - ter a lifelong frlond and allmlrer or ! \Ir. Morton. lIe expressed thanlts for the great tl'lbute that had been paid to the companion of his early daYR In Nehrasm ] , He wont Into the h ! tory of Mr. Morton's early IIfo In the f-Itato. and told man } ' of the hanlshllH ! Ilnd trlas ] endm'ell by the ] Jloneers. DurIng - Ing his speech tears came to his eyes. Mr. C'leveland sepmed deep ] " touchel ! . The Morton hrothers were deep ] ) ' Ilf. fected , and 1\1Iss Morlon , the l1ead man's sister. wept contlnuallj' , The 11llvt'lIIng ceremony was slmpe. ] lr" Ceve ] > lllt1l1 , accompanied by Irs. Paul : \lorton and the remainder of the > party , wa11ell Inside the enclosure where the monun1t'nt stands and toolt places along the sides. The hand pla'cd sortly , Ilnd after n moment the three Rurvlvln MOI'Ion hrotlwrs- Paul , Joy \Iarlt-accomlanlel ! ] ( by Joy ! \Iorton'l ! son , Sterling 1\1Jrton , wal1ted slowlj' acrpss the gmss to the monument. Sterling J\lOI'ton was hare- headed , Th.e others liftcll their hats and , with 11 qul'lt tug , the younger - - - - - - - - - Some men have su'h had luclt that I ( the ) ' get a rallroall pass tlu'y are sure to get 1lIlell In a smash-up. It ] H1zzles n l11an n good deal o como homo late at night and tr ) " to set haclt a cloett that has stopped. The 1lng of Italy Is presented C.I nually h ' the emlleror of Austria witI. 10,000 AmOl'lean cigars. Whell 11 man hoas's of his mrrallty , th ) ' olrSOUlO of hit tcrews a'e loose , . - - - The reverse or the pedestal bears a conelso slwtch of 1\11' . Morton's lIfo . and ] lu.bllc sen'lces. The platform around the monument Is about sevonty-fivo hy finy fcet , and , excepting for the brlct ] used In the platform , the entlro monument Is of granite and bronze , The fund with which the monument wa ! ! eroctetl was raised by the Arbor Day Memorial association , which was organized shorlly after the death of Secretar " ? llorton , ellrly In 1902. This nssoclatlon had aR Its president ex- I Governor HohertV. . FUrlla ! ! ; H. D. Wilson of Nelmulm Clt " was I11lldo treasurer , anll .Tohn Nodhouse was elec.ed s'retary. 'rhe Al'hOl' day memorial monument slands as ! 1. < , ol1letel ] ) ] ] wor ] , . e > very cent of Its cost contl'lhuted hy popular - lar suhRcrlJtlon ( f'Om the ] H1hlc' ] . Ne. i l/raHlm City , his homo town , contrlh- 1I10re than any other clt ' ; No- brllsm ] his home state , more than any I other tate : the west 11101'0 than any I olher ! eographlcal division of 0111' I country ON EDUCATION , ET CETERA. , There Is gl'eat power In beaut ) ' , and greater powel' In love. In rare families as In rare hoolts , I the editions are Ihnlled. lany men stO < ll1 to conquer , and some of them stoOl > very low. Llherty mellns I'ltillOnslblllt ! ) " , and responslbllltr tests the man and the race. London Bill of Fare. The acme of cn ( ! senoss Is b lIevell to ha'l' heen attained by n London - don rostllurant , which dlsplll's this notlC'o : "S. 0 , S , 4 , " ' 1'hat means I that a ) mtl'on can have sausage and I anlonH , vllh two slices of hread , for 'ou" ] Ience. Good Intentions Gone Wrong. ITolI Is ] Jf\\'cd \ with those good Intentions - tentions which hllvo never heen' ' a'hloved , hut , moro solidly , with these wblch have heen achlevcd amts ! ! . I - - r J..4. .l.l l I . _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . ' " _ . . . . . . . . .u. _ t. . . . . . . . . . .J. _ . , . . . . _ . . . . . . . . - . . : . : . . . . _ _ 1 _ _ . . , Prepare to Celebrate Two I-Iundrcdth Anniversary of Frankl rl.s Birth . : : , { 4 ' . ' - 0. A commltteo of prominent clt.l7.en8 recently appolutell to 11roparo for the coobrlltlOI1 : on Jnn , G of the two 11\'n- d\'odth nnnivorsary of the birth ot Donjamln l rnnldln In Boston Is nt worle upon nil nmbltlous program. gnough hns atread ) " been clnbo"lltod to make It certnln that the forthcom. Ing n alr wl11 bo 11 thoughttcst or the kind tlmt Dos ton so denrly 10ves-ol10 comparable , perhaps , to the Emerson centenary of two years ngo. The an- nh'eraary Is nlao to be commomornt- cd In New Yorl" nnd Imrtlculllrly In Philadelphia , tbo scene of the mnjor I part of Frnnltlln's life worlt. Yet 1101'- haps nowhere will Ulero bo a more 11 tablet marl < s the houo ! In which Snn1\1t'1 I , ' . B. Morse , the Inventor of the tolegrnl1h , nnll the first to make practical use or olcctrlclty , Was born. ' In the coming colobratlon there Is cortnln to he ! \ Ilttlo surmlso ns'to the plcnsure l.'randln ] would ha vo exporl- onced could ho have lived to Bee the outgrowth In his natlvo town of bls . own dlscovcr-tho vast d'namos providing - viding power for the tranBllorlut1on of mllllonB , the wireless messageD I thrown throulh the nil' from shore stations nnd ocean atenmshills , the tel. ephonlc Instruments on every busl. ness mnn's desk , nnd In tbo houses. Imnglnc , If : J.'ranltlln hnd been nblo to . . I Where Franklin Was Born. The Spot Is Marked by Bust and Tablet , on a Modern Business Block _ spontaneous outburst of popular sentiment - ment than In the town of the philos- opher's blrlll. l"rantlln ] was . so many-silled ! \ man - statesmlln , diplomat , scientific In. vestlgator. educator , journalist , moral- Ist-that It would bo bard to lay ono's ! lnger on just the sldo of his char- acter which Is lll < ey ] to be emphasized In the comIng anniversary celebration. Not unlll\Cly , however , cmphasls will be put In Dos ton 1I10n his sclentl(1c ( achievements. As the first American to attain any reputation abroad In scientific pursuits and particularly as the father of modern electl'lclty , Frnnlt- IIn , aside from the fact of bls having been born In the puritan capital , ha a peculiar claim upon the remom. brnnco of that city , which has been the center of so many of the 1m. portant electrlca ] developments of the celltur ) ' ; where the telephone was de- velopcd and where the Jlosslbllltle of the overhead trolle ) ' were first worl < cd out. It was , so historians recnll , durIng - Ing a visit to Dos ton made long after ho had become established In Phlla- dolphla , that the great commoner acquired - quired tha t first Interest In electrical suhjects which led to the discover ) ' of the nature of eectrlclt ] ) ' . The civilized - ilized world at that time was just be. ginning to grope for Imowlmge ] of the mysterious force , Only a ahort tlmo before had Du Fay formula tell his Illc. ory or thc two kinds of eectrlclty ] which , from the nature of the substances - stances from wblch : he ] Irolluced them , he called \'Itreous and resinous but to which FranlIn ] later gave the name of positive and negative ; Ilnd only a IIttlo while hefore that had Gray , an English ] Iensloncr at Charter ] IOUSO , first noticed that different substances ha ve different electrical conductlvlt ) " . The Leydcn jar , an entertaining de. vice or the Dutch expertmt'nters , hall been discovered a year 01' two hefore an(1 was being displayed throughout Europe h ) ' wanderIng mountobanles as a scientific curiosity , It hal > poned , therefore , In 174G , whllo I ranllln WIlS in Boston visiting l1)l11hers ) of his family , that aL the same time u Dr. Spencer , of Scotland , was exhibiting semo of the new electrical appal'atus 11'1d lecturing Ulon It , 'rhe 11hlloso- pher , at that tlmo In the prIme of his achlevemonts , uttendell the lectures , saw Immense ] JQsslhlllllt's In the Ley- den jar and other IJleccs of mechanIsm - Ism , and detNmlned upon his return to Philadelphia to carryon Investlga. tlonR of his own. That was the bo- sl"wlng of Franl < lln's great accomplishment - plishment In mal < lng ohsoleLe the Id'a thnt electricity Is an obscllro tlulel , producing curious manifestations , nnll In causln ! ; It tf ) he studied as a force capable of being applle1 ! to'er.day problems of living Ills sub equent studies , Inchllilng the famous ! Ite-fly- : Ing eplsodo. falrl ) ' entiLled him to be called the father of modern oectrlclty. ] Unless some ono of Ilcnetratlvo and ] Iractlcal mind hacl malIc them , the telegrnph , telephone and trolley car and the numerous other utilities de. Ilendont upon electricity coulll hardl ) ' have como Into belm : . So that nos ton will natllrall ) ' la" stress upon the 'man's sclontlfin ' 1ttalnment : , . mlnc1ful : a1so of the fact that 1n C'\arlestown ' I - call up PhlladellJhla by long dlstanco telephone and bid Collinson or other of his associates In sciontlllc worlt , to loolt Into this new matter of electric. It ) . . Iu Frantlln's ] day the qulcltcst menns of communication was by slow- moving coach 01' chalso , and the jour- ne ) " between the two tOWlIS occupied wees ] or wear ' trnvellng. Suppose that ho could have foreseen the tlmo when , with the Illd of electl'clt ) " , the sonnd of the human volco was to be cnrrled ever hundreds of miles of cOl\ntr ' , when the wires were to stretch to remote fnrmhousos and lumber cnmps In the wlldorness as well n8 to populous towns and cities , and when the number of telephone usera was to bo so largo that the Bllb. scrlbel's to ono system aono would would oqllal In number the popuatlon ] I L ' , \ lightning 11:1 ono of the mellns or vun- Ishlng the sinD of mllnklnd , nnd or , \Yarning thom from the commission or " sin , It la Imliiolls to prevent 1t8 lull oxoclltlon. " Toda ) ' Frantlln ] would fil111 electrclty used In every houso- i hold , anll ns highly nvprcclnted 118 It was drended 150 ) 'cnrs ago. That Frnnl < lln WaS able , .though . Ih'lng In a provincial town , moro thaD 3,000 miles awny from the center of the world's nctlvltles , to becomd ODO or the most noted snvants of the olghteonth centu ! " ) ' will , no doubt , bo l > roclnhned ever anlt ever again In the approaching festivities as ono or the , : ; wonders of his careor. The QUAker Clttholgh moro tolerant of Frank- : q IIn's personal limitations than Dos. ton wo\l11l hnve been , did not recognize him socially , and took no great Interest - est In his scientific ( lIsco\'orlco , which were tor more hlghl ) ' npprcclntcd abrond thnn horo. Thus , la 1744. Franltlln startell the American Phil- osophlcal socletr , of which ho woe the first secrotnry , nnd he soon after com. . . , ' plalned In a letter that "tho members of 0\11' soclet ) . here are Tery flae ren- tlemen who will take no pain ! ! . " That this society Jllter became co-equal with the learned bodies of Europe Wall " . almost entlrel ) " Franldln's doing. Th'en now there Is , porhnpe , amolL : some professional. scientists Q dlspo- altlon to somewhat mlnlmlzo Frank. lIn's nchlevements. Ills slnnillng 'U nn electrician Is sometimes question. od. Undouhtedl ) " , he dill not , after hlB memornbl'3 discovery , JO much further - ther wllh his Investlgotlons Into elec. trlcal phenomena. At the same time , probably o\'ery American , nnll cortaln- ly ever ) ' nostonlan , lII < es to fee ] that Franclln. ] ns the first Investigator to get on the Iract ] of the true explanation - tion of elcctrlclt ) . , , It'servcs Immenst crel1lt for the wonders that h11\"o " rillc- coed ell , Rnl ! that ho deserves to stnnd In the same rRult with Wott , Ncwlon , IIerschol , LnplacQ anll Voltn ( ) r his own centur ) " , and with Morso. Dell nnrl - I : dlson of the nineteenth. ven tlibu 1t to 11 greater mtont than on1 of the resl of them ho gave up ] lls tlmo and attention to problems of JlTnctical statesmnnshlp nnd the Application of Inventions to e\"errday ] Jrobems ] ot living. The mon ) ' sldos of Franklln' complex nnturo will , or COli rae , Jet l1uo attention from orntors 01\11 S8a1- Ista. Nor will lhero bo nn1 disillusionment - sionment of his prlvato character Fortunate ! ) . Cor his slIbseQllent repu. tatlon , the worst Is nlreal11 known. There Is no moro to como Dooks o. the real Benjamin Franltlln nnd klnct. rell topics have In the IORt ton year. tolll all there Is to bo told nbout th wealmesaes or the man. Indeed , bo himself hns been so surlrlsln ( ly franle In his rovelntlons that Iho world l\a9 como to accept l"ranelln ] , marC' than Jlerhals ( any olhcr of the 11proos or the Amerlcon Ht'volutlon , at hIs true vnhle.-Drooll'n Eagle. How to Say "Saghalln. " A writer In Noles anll Quorles discusses - cusses the ] Ironllnclatlon oC Saghnlln. 'rho word , It seems , belongs to the Manchu language , nnll mcons "blaelt. " I < : ngllsh gazetteers mnrlt the RtrO ! s on the final syllable , wblch the ) ' Bar : , Franklin's Grave. He Sleeps In a Qu let Corner of a Philadelphia Cu h- I yard. of the thirteen AmerJcan coonles ] ! It the time when Lhe ] lhl1osol1er ] sent up his famolls lello. 81n1llarl ) ' , ] Ilcture Franltlln's feel. Ings If ho could sers the rapldlr-mov. Ing trollo ) ' car , the glittering electric light which hns talten the place of the tullow candles of hiB own lime , ami the manifold other uses to which clec. trlclt ) ' Is put. ] n his own lifetime. when ho propos(1Il to protect bulllllngs hy lightning rods , his undertalelng was dcnounced us "an Implou9 attel11llt to control the urtillory of hea ren , " and the rensons glvcn for dlscounto. nunclng his unde\'taltln \ wethnt " ' 15 - - should bo sounded "leen. " The German - man pIonuncllltion : Is Cllchalln , accentIng - Ing tlw penultlmlte ! 11)'llablo , which the writer sa's Is wrong. The only doubt- fill point ( nccordlag to him ) Is whether - er the lost \"owel should bo "I , " as the Russians sound It. or whether It should lie the diphthongal "Ie , " as In alesta. ( Blit surelr this "Ie" Is not dlphthoru- Ill ? ) What. however , appears t. . de. cl o the qllestlon Is the stlltOIT , t ho Iluotes from the "Vo 'aco" or La Pe- 1"01l8e , wh re we are told that the lIa. tlves ) Jronollllced the lIame of the COUll' tl' ) ' exnct ) ' ds the French pronoun "Scaallen. " . . ' . . . . . . , . . .