Chapter D: Da Gama, Vasco, 151

Dalton, Mass., 144

Danish Islands, 22

Danville, Va., 107

Dead, great, respect for the, 490

Deal, square, for all, 481

Debtor, poor, former hard lot of, 502

Decency, cause of, 497
spirit of, how applied, 482
strength and, 461

Declaration of Independence, 243, 349, 627

Dedication canticle, 446

Deeds and words, homage in, 491

Deficit, how to avoid, 555

Delivery, rural free, 600
benefits of, to farmers, 635
increased, 635
land values and, 635

Demagogic influence, 763

Demagogues, 9
courtiers and, 472
danger of, 25, 175
evil influence of, 533
reckless talk of, 533

Democratic office-holders, 517

Democrats, Gold, 512

Denver, Col., 361

Depression, periods of, 606

Deroux, Señor, speech of, 723

Desert-land law, 636, 680

Desert reclaimed in Utah, 436

Despotic monarchies, independence of, 65

Despotism,” “Gloomy Night of, 534

Despotism and republics, 257

Details, four-year, in Army, 588

Detroit, Mich., 185

Development, industrial, recent, 100
material, conditions of, 539

Dewey, George, Admiral, 401, 402, 465
fame of, 465
ships under, 402

Disaster, national, sure road to, 584
prophets of, false, 217

Disappointment of office-seekers, 11

Discontent, aimless, 533
righteous, 500

Discrimination, railroad, laws on, 322
un-American, 273

Dishonesty and cowardice, 494

Dissatisfaction, causes for, 9

District of Columbia, 511, 642
charities in, 688-689
classified service in, 592
commissioners of, 688
factory law in, 547
merit system in, 644

Disunion, spirit of, 17

Divisions, staff, in the Army, 588

_Dixie_, United States ship, 727, 734

Doane, William C., Bishop, 495

Domination, equal, of law, 481

Door,” “Open, in China, 98

Douglas, Stephen A., 505

Doves and serpents, 496

Duke, Basil, 517

Duncan, James, 522

Dutch Reformed Church, 44, 447, 505

Dues, “liken” and transit, in China, 674

Durbin, Winfield T., Governor, 523-528

Duties, Christian, 495
common, importance of, 412
earnest performance of, 412
Everyday, 493
home, vital, 493
importance of common, 55
life, 493
national and personal, 86
national, urgency of, 408
tariff, unnecessary, 552
to family and friends, 498

Duty, aim of life, the, 478
ideal of, 16
imperative, 31-32
infractions of, 59-60
national, our, 269
of the present, 43
responsibility of, 498
service and, 447

Duque, B. G., quoted, 721

E

East, growing commerce with the, 98

Economic conditions, complaints on, 214
conditions, facing, 111
evils, civilization and, 100
evils, treatment of, 101
evils, wisdom needed in treatment of, 100
forces in our affairs, 608
policy, stability in, 99, 193, 550, 613, 616
problems, 85-86
questions, 25
system, stability of, 302

Economy in expenditures, 555

Education, American, meaning of, 405
false ideals of, 290
importance of, 368
private benefaction in, 405
responsibilities of, 407
twofold, 289
twofold work in, 293

Educational body, significance of an, 287

Edward VII., King, 78

Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 516

Efficiency and honesty, public, 488

Efficiency in Army, efforts for, 587

Egean Sea, the, 391

Egypt, 374
war in, 80

Egyptians, the, 384

Ehrman, Consul, 698

Eight-hour law, enforcement of, 547

Electricity, “Centrifugal effect” of, 339
factor in civilization, a, 170
steam and, 339

Elimination, process of, in Army, 586

Eliot, Charles W., 78

Elk, senseless slaughter of, 636

Employer’s Liability Act, 643

Energy and prosperity, 99

England, 78, 260, 365
Lord Chief-Justice of, 666
Prime Minister of, 2
Sovereign of, 1

Enterprise, individual, benefits of, 539
successful, benefits of, 538-539

Enjoyment, benefits of, 452
capacity for, 452

Envy, evils of, 103, 173, 472
excited at prosperity, 98
foolishness of, 434
meanest form of admiration, 407
spirit of, 99

Euphrates, the, 391
valley of the, 384

Everett, Edward, quoted, 704

Everett, Washington, 426

Evil, forces of, 226
warfare against, 496

Evils, appearance of, 783
combinations against, 100
dealing with, wise, 608
economic, and civilization, 100
economic, treatment of, 101
social and economic, 99

Evolution _vs._ revolution, 148, 172, 611, 653, 780

Examinations, written competitive, 592

Example, force of, 461

Exchange, International, Commission, 655

Executive action and economic evils, 101

Expansion, critics of, 347, 422
destiny of United States, 422
first step in, our, 344, 676
greatest instance of, 596
immense, our, 393
national, 51
Roman, 346, 396

Expansionist, reasons for being, 390-391

Expansions, United States territorial, 454

Expenditures, dissatisfaction at, 8
economy in, 555, 655
management of, 7
national policy on, 555
purposes of, 8
revenue and, equal, 654

Export trade, great growth of, 647
with Cuba, 552

Extradition for bribery, 662
treaty with Mexico, 662

F

Factory laws, wise, 307

Faith and works, 448

Family, the, and the Nation, 493

Fargo, North Dakota, 310

Farmer, American, education of the, 305
Government help for the, 305
qualities of the, 128, 306, 466

Farmers, aid to, scientific, 641
standard of living of, 467
wage-workers and, 466-467
welfare of, important, 641

Farm life and rural free-delivery, 676
plants and cereals, new, 641
products, 303-304
in commerce, 557

Farm-owners, prosperity of, 608

Farming, advances in, 127
as an applied science, 128
lands in Alaska, 677

Farms, wealth invested in, 467

Farragut, David G., Admiral, 37, 203, 223, 230, 465

Federal Courts and anarchists, 535
Government, 141
grand jury, New York, 660
interference, instance of, 416
Library, 598
office-holders, 515-517
service departments, 3
service, high standard of, 518

Federal Salt Company, case against, 284

Federation and combination, era of, 652

Federation of Labor, American, 521

Federations of capital and labor, 618

Federations, reason for, 618

Fellowship, human, 355

Fighting and talking, 269
edge of Americans, 487
ship, use of a, 672

Filipino insurrectos, 571
ladrones, 571
insurrection condemned, 318
officials in Philippines, 95

Filipinos, advances among the, 96
beneficent government of, 96
Constitutional rights for, 207
co-operation of, 629
cruel wrong to the, 312
disadvantages to, some, 569
duty to the, our, 312
insurrection of the, 217
legislation favorable to, 315
measures used with, 571
officials among the, 314
prosperity of the, 218
rights of, 627
self-government for, 207
training of the, 679
treatment of, 60-62
unfit for independence, 204
war methods of the, 62
welfare of the, 314

Financial integrity preserved, 236
laws, suggestions on, 617
policy of Cuba, 646
situation, needs of, 655
system, reconstruction of, 617

Finland, 677

Fire claims, Hawaiian, 623
protection in forest reserves, 560

Fish and Fisheries, Commission of, 424, 639

Fish, Hamilton, Secretary, 705

Fisheries Commission, Alaskan, 678

Fisheries of Alaska, 424, 677

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 137

Flag, American, 21, 22, 36, 37, 42, 49, 59, 93, 94, 167, 205, 222,
230, 454, 464, 488, 495, 571, 572, 577, 588, 591
duties to the, 22

Flanders, Republic of, 471

Floods, prevention of, 251

Fools, virtuous, harmful, 290

Forage crops, new, introducing, 641

Foreigners and the patent laws, 684

Foreign nations, our trade with, 552
powers, friendship of, 270

Forest policy, United States, 249, 256

Forest preservation and land-reclamation, 683
duty of, 390
importance of, 441
need of, 327
object of, 387
scientific, 636

Forest problem, the, 251

Forest protection in Alaska, 638
not an end in itself, 558
wise policy of, 558

Forest reserves, additions to the, 558
as recreation camps, 560
as game preserves, 560
fire protection in, 560
for popular use, 560
injured by grazing, 560
lands for, 559
object of, 441
policy on, 440
situation on, 557-562
usefulness of, 558

Forest resources, need of preserving, 683

Foresters, Society of American, 249

Forestry, 426
aim of, 251
and lumbering, 253
and mining, 252
and water supply, 426
benefits of, 384
Bureau of, 559, 681, 684
practical, advance of, 559
progress in, 683
question of, 438
training in, need of, 254
work, division of, 684

Forestry work, Government, 683

Forests, Alaskan, 677
depletion of, 253
fire protection in, 683
Government and the, 250
injury to, by grazing, 439
natural reservoirs, 561
preservation of, necessary, 558
preservation of the, 305, 371
preserving, importance of, 250
public sentiment on, 558
rapid growth of, 427
value of, realized, 558
water supply and, 327, 418, 444, 559, 561

Forethought and preparation, need of, 580

Fort Leavenworth, school at, 689
Riley, War School at, 689

Fortune, good and bad, 98
success wrested from, 607

Fortunes, great, benefit of, 608
great, making of, 608
growth of corporate, 100

Founders of the Republic, spirit of, 396

France, 342, 668, 669
President of, 1

Franchises, corporate, 609
in the Philippines, 572
perpetual, evil of, 565
realty, treated as, 765
taxation of, 760-769
value of some great, 764
value of, varying, 766-767

Franchise taxation, bill on, 765-768
great advance in, 774
State right of, 762

Franchise Tax Law, 476
New York, object of, 775

Frankel, Lee K., 657

Franklin, Benjamin, 57

Frauds, appropriations on, 660-662

Frederick, Empress Dowager, 605

Freedom, 483
anarchy and, 529
and greatness combined, 287
has no discriminations, 528

Free government, requirements for, 488

Free list, anthracite on the, 296, 617

Freeport, Illinois, 444

Free trade, effects of, 180

Freight rates, discriminations in, 278

French cable lines, 626
Panama Canal Company, 623, 711

Friendship of foreign powers, 270

Fundamentals, Cromwell’s, 499

Future, confidence in the, 423
facing the, 607

G

Gamaliel, 29, 442

Gambling, danger of, 537

Game preserves, grazing and, 560
preserves, national, 636
protection, legislation for, 636

Gardiner, Montana, 324

Garfield, assassination of, 529

_Gemüthlichkeit_, capacity for, 452

General Allotment Act, the, 594

General Staff Law, 319

Generals, Civil War, 489
types of, 489

Generations, allotted tasks of, 502

Genius and all-around development, 288

Genoa, Italy, 151, 391

Geological Survey, United States, 559, 681

Georgia, 18, 164, 515, 516
appointments in, 517
Federal officers in, 517

German Ambassador, the, 261
-American citizens, 507
associations, debt to, 452
element, the, 506
Emperor, 262, 263
government, the, 262
immigration, 507
Reformed Church, 447
societies, 506-508
steamships, 656
strains, importance of, 506

Germany, 260, 365, 667, 669
Empress Dowager of, 605
first immigrants from, 450

Glacier Creek, Alaska, 667

Glory, ideal of, 16

God, fatherhood of, 449
service of, 447, 495, 497

Gold Democrats, 512

Gold standard, the, 476
advantages of the, 554
assured, 215
established, 554
vindicated, 236

Gompers, Samuel, 521, 522

Good, forces of, 226

Good roads, advantages of, 676
Convention, International, 336
question of, 305

Government, administration of, 26
American, genius of, 430, 434
and its employees, the, 522
and the people, 494
bonds, price of our, 554
by the mob, 470
by the people, 663
Chinese, the, 603, 674
class, 470
Constitutional powers of, 620
difficulties under our, 104
employees, standard of, 546
for all men, 434
free, 469
functions, how separated, 2
good, conditions of, 620
industries, reforms in, 547
National, the, 118, 309, 319, 493
nature of, 145
needed changes in, 152
of liberty, a, 474
popular, and bribery, 663
printing, limiting, 643
printing office, 518, 520
publications, useless, 643
receipts of the, 654
self, art of, 224
stability of the, 468
successful, 493
United States, the, 671
what the, can do, 443
what the, can not do, 145-146
what to expect of, 145

Governmental unit, the real, 109

Governors and State treasuries, 8

Graduate, college, prime quality in the, 29

Grain-raising communities, 335

Grand Army of the Republic, 14, 377, 482, 484
debt to the, 485
principles of the, 16

Grand Canyon, Arizona, 369
jury, Federal, on frauds, 660

Grant, Ulysses S., President, 18, 19, 137, 142, 166, 230, 232, 289,
329, 331, 399, 446, 452, 487, 489, 492
and the French cable, 626
messages of (1875, 1879), 626
soldiers of, 58, 487

Grass crop, the, 384
on ranges, the, 438

Grazing, forest reserves and, 558, 560
industry, importance of the, 366
injuries of, to game preserves, 560
injuries of, to forests, 439
injuries of, to water supply, 560
lands, large holdings in, 680
lands, question of using, 637

Great Britain, 78, 259, 667, 669
and Alaska, 664
canal negotiations with, 574
convention with, 622
friendliness with, 574

Greatness and freedom combined, 287
essentials of, 350, 354
lesson of true, 492
of the Nation’s destiny, 422
penalty of, 220
virtues of, 492

Great Northern Railroad, 281

Grecian colonization, 345-346

Greece, 151, 345
ancient, republics of, 471

Greed, cunning and violent, 307

Greek,” “The Americanized, 379

Greeks, ancient, 406

Greene, Francis V., 484

Growth of good and evil, 608

Guard, National, 319

Guard, National, training for the, 589

Gulf of Mexico, 202, 243, 257, 304, 351

Gun practice in the Navy, 631

Guns, men behind the, 464

H

Hague, The, Court of Arbitration, 264, 623, 669, 670, 673
Arbitration Union and, 673
Mexico and, 623
Peace Conference, 575
United States and, 623

Hamilcar, galleys of, 579

Hamilton, Alexander, 57
College, 80

Hancock, W. S., 489

Hanson, Major, 516

Happiness and usefulness, 478
and work, 356

Harlan, John M., Justice, 221, 505

Harmlessness not a great quality, 496

Harrison, Benjamin, President, 10, 119

Hartford, Connecticut, 85
frigate, 465

Harvard men, services of, 78-79
University, 78

Hatred, class and sectional, 334

Haverhill, Massachusetts, 118

Hawaii, 393
American community in, 566
an American Territory, 566
cable to, need of a, 573
cheap labor in, 566
large estates in, 566
legislation needed in, 566
light-houses in, 678
situation in, 566-567

Hawaiian cable, 625-627
fire claims, 623

Hay, John, Secretary, 79, 261, 263, 503, 504

Hay-Herran Treaty, the, 709, 712, 714, 715, 746,
-Pauncefote Treaty, the, 87, 259, 712, 714

Help, grudging, 497
to self-help, 549
true kind of, the, 130

Helpfulness, value of, 146

Henderson, D. B., Speaker, 40

Herbert, Sir Michael, 263

Herkimer, Nicholas, General, 507

Heroic qualities, need of, 68

Heroism and common duties, 412
nature of, 54

Herrera, Benjamin, General, 720

Historic associations, charm of, 455

History, great examples in, 408
great crises of our, 119

Hitt, Robert R., Congressman, 444

Hoar George F., Senator, 79

Holidays, significance of, 57

Holleben, Baron von, 261

Holy Name Society, 458-462
work of, 459

Homage in deeds and words, 491

Home-builders, public lands and, 680

Home life, highest joys of, 509

Home-making, importance of, 436
national upbuilding, 563

Homes, creation of, 441

Homestead Law, the, 567
and prosperity, 637
commutation clause, 636, 680

Homestead laws, good from, 389

Homesteads and ranges, 439

Honesty, common-sense, 138
common-sense and, 493
courage, common-sense, and, 488
efficiency and public, 488
importance of, 499-500
militant, 500

Honor, deserving, those, 479
National and personal, 396
rugged ways to, 395

Honor roll of our fathers, 492
of the Nation, 479

Horses, cavalry, worn-out, 631
in the arid region, 438

Household affairs, importance of, 648

Households, National and private, 648

Houston, Samuel, General, 203

Howell, Clark, 514-518

Hubbard, John, Commander, 724, 734
letters from, 731-740
services of, 740-744

Humbert, King, assassination of, 535

Humorist, an American, 496

Humphrey, C. B., Captain, 724

Hynes, Thomas W., 657