The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-15

see it is q serious problem as to what
disposition l shall make of the WORK OH
which have been engaged.
Further than that he continued
| I have utilized my study of the conal-
! tons Of the present to amuse myseif
with speculations concerning the future.
At the rapid rate with which inventions
are multiplying the inhabitants Oh TINS
earth in 1000 will be surrounded by con-
venienees Of which we have not more
| than dreamed. Steam advanced the
world a thousand years In hundred
! Electricity has advanced it two thou
sand in less than half century Some
new discovery, the propulsion OF ma
! chinery by ether, the diffusion OF light
without heat or power, and so on may
advance it q thousand years III day.
| Based, then, on a study of the etIectS
| which discoveries and inventions nave
had on the human race up to GATE J.
have ventured to peer into the future
and frame the map of the world nun
dred years hence predict its several
forms of government, and give my lpeaS
of the life, comforts and pursuits OF
citizen of this country In AID. 1000. or
course | would not think for an instant
of publishing such a romance at the
present time, any more than issuing my
unpublished "reminiscences But L
would like to feel that some day, say
about the period am describing, my
work would come out fresh, as voice
from the nineteenth century to the
twenty-irst, the politician, statesman,
philosopher, if you will, Of this time and
L tA the of hum
dred years hence. They could then
weigh the facts l have collected in re-
gard to the unwritten history of this
country, our secret understanding with
other governments, the animus behind
the assassination Of Garfield, the true
causes which led up to the civilwar, and
other matters, and perhaps they might
derive considerable Information cor
corning events which otherwise must
pass as they are accepted by us to-day.
Again, they might amuse themselves by
comparing things as they will be then
with things as | imagine they VIII be,
and should my prophecies be any way
near correct, | may possibly, VINO
knows? derive some manner of post
norton satisfaction
1.-THE dinner party broke up shortly
afterward, and in the rush Of succeed
ing events the members of the party
soon forgot the discussion of that even
ing. IT was recalled to the mind OF one
of them, then a senator, some years
later. when he was suddenly summoned
to the bedside of lir. x. After review
ing his statements on that occasion, Mr..
X. said Now, John, you know have
the greatest confidence in you. | have
completed the work on which ! was en-
gagged, and | have determined how I VIII
dispose of it. / want you to take
charge Of 1t and keep it as long as you
can, and, when you feel you are about
to join me beyond, pass the trust to
some one else. Deposit II In bank,
with q trust company or university,
or some other institution reasonably
certain to exist a hundred years, but
with the stipulation that 1t must not be
opened until after the close of the twen-
tieth century. BY that time I believe
all possible damage which might hap
pen in case it were made public will
have vanished and no one can be
harmed by the publication Of my me-
moirs. 1t is possible. Of course, they
may attract no attention whatever.
1nPY may even HbNSl see pIlllti LUZ iC~
main in manuscript form or be thrown
away as rubbish. My name may even
be forgotten entirely, and certainly IL
remembered, 1t will be more probably as
a disappointed politician than as
once honored and popular statesman.
BE that as it may, however 1t Is my re-
quest that you crafty what you may
call my whim, and promise me this
manuscript will never leave your hands
until it's safety for the period set is as
sured.
1.-THE senator gave the promise as re-
quested and accepted the trust. For
several years he kept 1t in his home In
Washington. He had often pondered
over the difficulty of insuring Its careful
preservation. After considering the
matter deeply he was about to decide on
giving it in charge of Harvard univer-
sity, the Oldest in the country and one
as likely to be standing in 1000 as In
1901. About that time, however, he was
impressed with the magnificence and
stability of the new Congressional Lii
brary and the impression that here
above all others was the proper reposl-
tory for this precious document. lie
was growing old and could hope to live
only few years longer at the best. and
the sooner he found safe place for 1t
the better He had retired from public
life, but he knew the librarian, Mr.. John
Russell Young, quite well. So he made
the request. 1t was granted, as you are
aware, and there in the safe Of the LII
brarian of Congress, rests the box with
it's contents. Even the man who de-
posted it knew not its contents further
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