Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-03-25
NEW-CENTURY CLUB.

Selections we're read by Mrs Emma
| Groyes before the Current Events
| Cluss describing ways of converting
unelghtly back yards into objects of
beauty and pleasure, the first essential
being the disposal in various suggested
ways OF the waste material which
usually disfigures them. A grass plot
should be made in the middle, no
matter how small the yard, and fowers
and vines planted, especial care in the
the selection of these being necessary
whore space 10 limited, and careful
study OF their needs being necessary to
insure success. Where there is not
room for flower beds or the fences are
SO high that the sun barely reaches
the ground, shelves or brackets may
be put around the yard near the top
OF the fence, and the flowers planted in
boxes or pots set upon these. These
hints might be adopted in the
humhlest back yard. Even soap box
might be converted into an object de
lightful to look upon IL messy bark
were tackled on the outside and flowers
and vines planted in it.
In speaking Of the extreme measures
of the French Revolution Mr.. Belloc
said they were due to the foreign inter
ference which sought to destroy the
French ideal. IL was the foreign
aggressor who pulled the trigger for
acts at Paris which seem SO inexpli-
cable. For the cause Of Revolution is
a nation taxed to its last penny and
accommodating an enormous deficit. The
King called in his ablest men as
Turgot and Necker to raise revenues
without attacking the established
| prTlA NJ *, tf,.,a 10 Ind ha
notables who gave the answer tho
privileged always givos--that some way
must be found without disturbing their
privileges, which were the root Of the
evil. Then he had to resort TO the old
way, OF asking the people what they
could give so the States general, that
had not met for $50 years, was called,
and the history of Western Europe was
changed thereby. 1t represented nearly
tho whole of France, all the taxable
element, but it came together for
something more fundamental than
voting money. for forming cousti-
, tuition. 1t was moderate in the ex-
IRENE till the time for moderation was
passed. 1T was not until milder
measures failed that Mirabeau said:
1--WE are here by the will of the peopls
| and will only leave by force OF bayo-
. nets Mirabeau's moral character has
been tarred with blacs brush. 1t was
as good as that of Fox or Pitt. The
Whole OF the first part OF the Revolution
turns on his character its history would
have been different had lie lived
{ The Bastile was no longer political
: prison as Louis was mare liberal than
bis predecessors, but the people de-
stroyed 1t as remnant OF the Middle
Ages, symbol of what should be
,, swept away in the march Of ideas
l which three weeks later declared in
the assembly 1.-The Rights of Man. I"
There was not ghost of Republican
sentiment in the mob that marched to
8 Versailles. They only wished to bring
I the King back to Paris where he could
. see the people he governed and do his
duty. Mirabeau did his best to per-
E suade the King to place himself at
D the hoad OF bis people, but he was pos.
. sesaed Of great physical inertia, a change
: of habits was odious to him, and he
. was afraid Of the mob. His chief ad-
wiser was Marie Antoinette, who viewed
. the national demand as a metaphor.
!. She said This is madness induced by
I the teaching of the philosophers; give
2 them just laws of your own accord
q seem 10 give way, but call in foreign
|. armies if necessary" She reckoned
9 without the knowledge that a people,
thoroughly reused, is the strongest
Q thing on earth. Mirahsau couuaoled
u the assembly 10 be moderate, to form,
y with few jars as possible. new
France, and the King to put himself
8 at the head Of the reform. Prussia
= and Austria were menacing; Mirabeau
. Urged Louis "Show yourself the mill.
y taryshead of your people. Louis was
" too feeble TO take the advice, though
he was rot unpatriotic and would
q have disliked foreign aid. In thit
y emergency Mirabeau died, worn out
q by what no ten men could have borne.
J. With splendid vanity he said "Wher
Is am gone nothing can save the
l. monarchy" IL was the truth. In two
l. months Louis fled and took the wors
10 direction, right toward the great CAM
of allies and emiGres, formed fo- in
yading France. Thomas Paine, who
was, in the Assembly, said. 1T is {
A, virtual ahdication. let us declare thu
al Republic. Z"
If The allies still menaced; they pro
,e posed TO establish one man on hi!
IN throne by the destruction of all the
co families of France. France said, 18th,
nt kings OF the earth call the Republic tt
a battle, We will throw down as gag
n tho head Of king"
to Lafayette's course in these emergen
TX cies was hesitating one, he was tori
10 between two ideals, his love for tn
r. governing principle, and love 10
a the person OF his monarch.
Mr.. Belloc recommends for readn,
1.-The Diary of Citizen in the Reigl
RS. of Terror" by Bret. and Mors
ol Stephens on tho Revolution and it
at orators lie warns against Taine, a
an writer who popularizes history at th
vi expense of truth. THEIRS gives the hes
It's criticism of Mirsbeau. Louis Blan
,r. lost his father by the Reign of Terro
ug and wanted to prove it bad thing
,ol but in examining into it he blesse
by where he came to curse. Carlyle give
Of strong picture in bad English whe
,rs ne stumbles up against great fac
like the Reign of Terror. He doc
justice to Miraheau and Danton, blu
his point of view, on the whole,
nh false. lie is always looking for tn
I'M strong man when the whole lneanin
by Of the Republic is to destroy stron
n men. A. S.
" sale OF Stocks.
W A public sale OF stock took place 9
y; the auction rooms of l.. ". Stidham
n. Son. Thursday morning and was well al