Cuban congress, 295 Government, 645 market, control of the, 622 market, greatness of, 647 policy, critics of the, 296 Reciprocity Treaty, 294, 296 treaty, advantages of, 647 war, Virginians in the, 457 Cumberland, army of the, 40, 42 Currency and domestic trade, 555 Currency, honest, advantages of, 190 integrity of the, 655 laws, 335 legislation, good, 477 sound, benefit of, 477 system, national, 476 values, permanent, 335-336 Customs, receipts from, 654 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