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 ind testament:
IL 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. ,-es
HI give and bequeath all the valuable
and instructive books that. l have writ
ten, to be widely scattered and care
fully read; but all the corrupting m s.
chfevous and obscene publications and
pictures inspired by Satan, L order to
be destroyed by the Society for the Pre-
vention of Vice
III.I give and bequeath a free and
honest ballot-box for the protection of
liberty and popular rights, and the Sc
cur1ty of public order; but all those de-
testable eontrfvances known as political
machines, invented and managed by
bosses for the enrichment of themselves
and their 'sheelers,'' [ 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
States of America all those people known
as negro freedmen whom have
emancipated by the hand of my favorite
son, Abraham Lincoln, and 1 direct that
all their rights be carefully guarded and
all their children educated in good schools
and fitted for seff-maintenance Like
wise, [ fntrust 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
Soclatfons to whom | have given birth,
and all the 2sy1ImS and t'homes'' and
nc spltalss and other charitable institu-
tons, that l. haXe built. for the relief of
honest sufferers and the dfscoura gement
of Idlers and impostors.
vi also bequeath to the new cen
fury all the immense assortment Of
krunp:. guns and Mauser rifles and ma
chine gums that have been produced in
my lifetime for. the rapid destructio
Of human lives, and alt other 1earh-
dealing cont1ivanees, and I direct that at
the earliest possible day they be either
sold for old iron: OF turned into ploV-
shares and other useful instruments: this
work intrust to the Arbitration League
of Civilized NATIONS, which recently or
ganized at The Hague
- VIII give and bequeath to the Ameri-
can Ee6pIe a glorious Federal Union, con-
solidated and strengthened, and enshrin-
ed in the heart of the nation; the sixteen
states ct the. time of my birth increased
to ferty-fivei tie national area EXTENDED
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and the
United States become the wealthiest ma
ton on the globe.
VIII.-FfnaIly, Il give and bequeath 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 preeepts
and it's adaptation to all the peoples on
the face of the whole globe. I exhort
that it be spread and. be read every
where, so that the twentieth century by
wiser and purer ana stronger and
gEander than all its nineteen ancestors.
AS executors of this my last will and
testament 7 appoint all Christian
churches and ministers. all conductors
of fearless and truthful press, all
faithful parents, all righteous rulers all
levers of hETaanitys and all who practice
the golden rule. Done, under my hand
and seal on this thirty-6rst day of De-
cember.. 1900. NIX.
Rev. Theodore L. cuyler in Leslie's
Weekly