The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-30
THE REQUESTS OF THE NINE
TENTH CENTURY.

I, The Nineteenth Century about to
die of old age, and being of sound mind
and memory, do make and ordain this
to be my last will and testament
II give and beaueath to my successor,
the Twentieth Century, all the steam
engines and telegraphs and telephones
and electrical apparatus and steam
presses and reaping- machines, and other
useful inventions that l have made, and
all my wonderful scientific discoveries
for the use and benefit of my son and
heir. the aforesaid century. .-.s
HI give and bequeath all the valuable
and instructive books that [ have writ
ten, to be widely scattered and care
fully read; but all the corrupting, ms
chievous and obscene publications and
pictures inspired by Satan, L order to
be destroyed by the Society for the Pre-
vention of Vice.
ILL., give and bequeath a free and
honest ballot-box for the protection of
liberty and popular rights, and the Sc
curity of public order; but all those de-
testab1e contrivances known as political
machines" invented and managed by
bosses for the enrichment of themselves
and their ''heelers,' [ order to be burned.
and the Civil Service Reform Bureau
will execute this mandate at the earliest
possible date
W. commit and intrust to the United
as negro freedmen whom 1 have
emancipate ted by the hand of my favorite
son, Abraham Lincoln, and l direct that
all their rights be carefully guarded, and
all their children educated in good schools
and fitted for seff-maintenance Like
wise, [ intrust to the said United States
of America all the surviving Indians
and the inhabitants of newly acquired
possessions
VI also bequeath.. to my heir. the
twentieth Century, all the missionary
societies and numerous benevolent as
and all the 2sylUcns and ''homes" and
nc spltals, and other charitable institu-
tlons, that 1,haEe.. built for the relief of
honest sufferers and the disbursement
of id1ers and impostors.
VII also bequeath To the new cen
fury all the immense assortment Of
krupp: guns and Mauser rifles and ma
chine gums that have been produced in
my lifetime for the rapid destruction
Of human. lives, and ali other death
dealing cont1ivances, and direct that al
the earliest possible day they be either
sold for old iron; OF turned into ploW-
shares and other. useful instruments: this
work intrpst to the Arbitration League
gained at The Hague.
VIII give and bequeath to the Ameri-
can People a glorious Federal Union, con-
solidated end strengthened and enshrin-
ed in: the hearts of the nation; the sixteen
states ct the time of my birth increased
to fcrty-dve; tie national area extended
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the
United States become the wealthiest ma
ton on the globe
VITI-FinaIIy, Il give and beaueath to
my son and heir that priceless revelation
from heaven known as the Bible. with
its exhibition of divine love in the person
of Jesus Christ, its wise precepts
and it's adaptation to all the peoples on
the face of the whole globe. 1 exhort
that it be spread and be read every
where, so that the, twentieth century by
wiser and purer ana stronger and
grander than all its nineteen ancestors
AS executors of this my last will and
testament I appoint all Christian
churches and ministers. all conductors
of a fearless and truthful press, all
faithful parents, all righteous rulers all
levers. of humanity. ana all who practice
the golden rule. Done under my hand
and seal, on this thirty-first day of De-
cember. 1900 NIX
Rev Theodore L. cuyler in Leslie's
weekly