Show rules rues jeff efferson e L lived ived by oc the hundred and sixty eighth anniversary of the birth ot of thomas jefferson was waa celebrated with a big ban in hi indianapolis april 13 in intili this connection jeffersons ten rules rulea ol 01 life which follow will be of interest 1 never put off till tomorrow what you can do today 2 never trouble another tor for what you can do yourself 3 never spend money before you have it 4 never buy what you do no not want twant because bec it Is cheap it will be deal deai to you 6 5 pride costs coats us more than hunger thirst and cold 6 we nevor never rep repent ant of having aten eaten too little 7 nothing la Is troublesome that wit w do willingly 8 how much pain have cost us tha tb evils which havo have never happened 9 take things away by theli smooth ammoth handle 10 when angry count ten becort rou speak it if very angry a hundred here are some of the great prin caples of government advocated by mr ir jefferson in his first inaugural ad dresa ois march 4 1801 equal a and nd exact justice to all men lot whatever state of persuasion ro re julous of political peace commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none 1 the support of the state governments in all their rights as the most competent administrations for ou our r domestic concerns and tho surest bul barks against anti republican tendencies the preservation of the general government in its ita whole constitutional vigor as the shoot sheet anchor of our peace at homo home and safety abroad A jealous care of the right of eleo tion by the people I 1 A mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword 01 ol revolution where peaceable p remedies are absolute acquiescence in the alono of the majority the vital plea pies of republics from which there As aa no appeal but to boroo the tha vital principle and Immediate parent of doo I 1 1 r A well disciplined militia our boo best f reliance and for the first moments moment s 0 ol 01 I 1 war until regulars may relieve them tho the supremacy of tho civil over the military authority economy in the public expense that labor may be lightly burde burdened nedi the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith the diffusion of information and arraignment ment of all abuses at tho bar of public reason freedom ot of religion freedom of the press and freedom of person under the protection of habeas corpus trial by juries impartially elected those principles form tho the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an ago age of revolution and reformation too wisdom of our and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their at they should be the creed of our political faith the text of civic instruction the touchstone by which to fo try the service of those we trust should wo we wander from them in moments no indents of 0 error or of alai alarm in lot let us hasten to retrace our stops steps and to regain the road which alono alone loads leads to peace liberty and safety 11 c C ot tf IN EVER EVEH GROWING SPLENDOR when freedom from her mountain height unfurled hor her standard to the air she tore the azure robe of night and set tho the stars of glory there joseph rodman drake the croakers tho the american mag flag st 1 I the fourth A century and more has passed and as the foundations of this government are more firmly settled as the structure reared by tho the fathers now spans ans the continent from ocean to 0 ocean can a and nd has victoriously establish ed e 4 d its right to be political liberty has ceased to be the mere dream of the enthusiast and has become the every day aay fact of the men of thought and ac tion in the world this was the first step and we are here to glory in it and to boast of those ancestors who suffered buffered and tolled and fought to ac com comp lt it david J drewer brewer |