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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1905)
"r fv www wvn X" The Commoner. VOLUME 5, NUMBER tj t 111 Keep on Doing Thoro Is lots o Joy In living If you strike tho proper gait; "If you always come up smiling in tlie face of cv'ry fate. If you're keeping step and whistling some good lively little tune You'll be living gay aud happy as a sunny day in Juno. i Keep a lovol head, don't jvorry, help your brothers on the way; Lot tho sunshine of good humor shine upon you cv'ry day, Speak a cheerful word at all times, never "knock" your fellow man. And you'll surely bo rewarded just keep doing all you can. If thoro's ono above all others that tho world hates it's a "irrouch." "Who Is always seeing trouble and forever volline "ouch!" Always "knocking" on his fellows who are working with a will Doing ov'ry duty blithely as thoy journey ui the hill. For tho "grouch" there Is no pleas ure and it fills his soul with woe When he sees a fellow worker with tho joy of life aglow. So keep sweet and do your duty, standing by your fellow man, And you'll surely bo rewarded just keep doing all you can. When you see a brot&er stumble, grab his hand and hold him up. When he's hungry give him plenty, if athirst. hand 'round the mm. If tho clouds of.trptible-low-or-o'of His 'head, tlien ston and sav. "Como on, brother," and your greet ing will heln drive thn nlmuis nwnv Scatter good cheer like the thistle scatters seed before the wind, And the petty woes and troubles soon will bo left far behind. Bo a "booster" ov'ry minute, help along your follow man, And you'll surely be rewarded just , keep doing all you can. shqriff foreclosed and shut down his factory. The old chump wouldn't give up ,till he went broke." "Serves hjm right. What business had ho standing in the way of our making a pile of money out of a monopoly on that branch of the mar ket'" "Everything is lovely now, sir, ex cept that the employes are asking for more pay." "What's that!" shouted the Great Magnate. "Send them in here!" Shortly after the private secretary had bowed himself out a committee of employes came in. "We came at your request,' said the spokesman, "representing the em ployes of this factory." "I'll not treat with you as an or ganization!" shouted, the Great Mag nate. "I will run my business to suit myself, and without any interference. I'll not have unions bossing me around. Hereafter this will be an 'open shop,' manned by free and in dependent workmen who are not coerced. Your demands are outrage ous and I'll not grant them. This labor trust is getting altogether too great, and I'm going to fight it. No more unions in mine hereafter I'll employ free men. Good day." Slowly the committee withdrew, and at 6 o'clock the workmen returned to their little cottages while the Great Magnate, free and independent, climbed into his automobile and start ed blithely for his country seat. It will be noted in this connection that the definition- of "free and inde pendent" varies according to the posi tion of the definer. The Iceman When morning dawns with chill and damp Upon the back porch gently lies A chunk of ice clear, smooth and hard That's usually about this size: There is lots of joy in living if you live your life aright; Lots of sunshine and of roses, keep your eyes turned to tho light, Look behind tho clouds of trouble; there's a silver lining there, And you'll find it if you're only liv ing life upon tho square. Never falter on the journey, but keep going all tho white, And you'll find the pain of sorrow ban ished by a cheerful smile. Don't give up, but v keep on going; never be an "also ran;" And you'll surely bo rewarded just keep doing all you can. But when the' morn is scorching hot And all things seem to boil and hiss, The iceman leaves a chunk of ice That sizes up alongside this: O. Free and Independent Touching tho electric button tho Groat Magnate called his private sec rotary into tho ofilco. "Have wo compelled that independ ent company to join us in our trust?' he queried. "Yes, sir; the papers were signed this morning." "Has that obstreperous merchant at Burgoo seen tho wisdom of not hand ling that independent refiner's oil?" "Yes, sir. This morning he called and bogged for mercy, and signed an iron clad agreement to handle only our product." "Has the X. Y. & Z. .railroad's man ager had enough of tho fight?" O, yes. This morning he called and said he would grant the rebate if wo would give him a share of the freight." "What about that stubborn comnotl tor at Podunk?" "He had to give up yesterday. The Misunderstood Witticus "I was at my best when I called on Miss Angular last even ing. Everything I said seemed to amuse ker-greatly, and she kept laugh ing all the time." Cynicus "0, Miss Angular heard a man say 'laugh and grow fat,' the oth er day, and she is only trying it." ought to be tagged in a big town like this." A thoughtful young man who learned of the trouble, quietly stepped to the nearest 'phone and called up the police station. "Hello! There's a lost baby over here at 327 South Twelfth and" "Good," came the answer from po1 lice headquarters. We've been look ing for it." Ten minutes later the patrol wagon called, and in ten minutes more the sobbing little one was nestling1 in its mother's arms. And then the tide of human travel surged onward again, and those who knew of the trouble and saw the lit tle one restored to its mother went about the rest of the day with smiles on their faces and a better feeling in their hearts towards all the world. The babies, bless 'em! We just have to stop and give them attention when they get into trouble. And we are glad of it. Wise Deftly stealing the minnow from the hook the big bass backed off and waited. Soon the hook descended with a fresh minnow thereon. "Not for me," chuckled the big bass, backing off. "I am not to be caught by the rebate game." Not yet having perfected his pisca torial trust the fisherman was com pelled to accept the inevitable. The War Game Said the Mikado to Nick "I have trumped your last trick. Shall we play the game out, my dear Russia?" Said Nick, "If you please, Now, my dear Japanese, Let us quit ere I'm tempted to Crussia." Took Him Out 'What makes you'i6cuV"&! tagged out, Biggersly?" "Jaggersley took me but automo biling this forenoon." "Well, did taking you out in his auto wear you out?" "No! the taking out was all right. We had to walk back." The Babies Bless 'Em When a baby is In trouble every body gets busy. Tho little one falls, and immediately all work stops until tho baby is comforted. The other day a two-year-old baby wandered away from home and be came lost. In time the little ono be gan crying. Instantly attention was attracted to it, and as It was a strang er in the neighborhood, it was known to be lost. A dozen women mothered xu aim u-iou 10 , comtort it. Men stopped as thoy hurried down street to inquire tho meaning of the commo tion. Advice was thick. i Tav?oyoi In(luiret m the neigh borhood?" asked one. "Anybody know whoso it is'" "Lot's divide the district and search for the parents." tu "Any tag on the baby?" Everyone Brain Leaks ' Luck is crystalized pluck. Sanctity is much more than stand offishness. A wrinkled forehead is no sign of deep thought. Jealousy furnishes big grists for the divorce mills. The man who achieves his ideals is to be pitied. Gossips' tongues find inspiration in listeners' ears. The honeymoon wanes when the sweethearting lags. A father's example is very apt to outweigh a mother's advice. Those who talk most of ancestry usually do least for posterity. Giving a little is better than wish ing you could give a great deal. We would all be reformers if re sults were sure on the morrow. If you are a real Christian you do not have to tell your, neighbor. The size of the sacrifice counts for more than the size of the coin. The men who get the most out of life are those who put the most into it. This would be a better world if the men who have lived in it had lived up to their obituaries. It is impossible to join a good plat form and a poor candidate so close ly as to conceal the joint. The real patriot is not always the man who throws his hat in the air every time the Hag is unfurled. The man who wrote a magazine art icle on the "Joy of Work" received more for it than the section hand makes in a year. The wise merchant should not ba superstitious enough to believe in signs. He should try the newspaper advertising columns. THE FORGOTTEN ISLAND A Porto Rican, who signs himself D.Collazo, writes the following art icle to the New York Sun. To the Editor of The Sun. Sir:, Your spirited paper has been so gen. erously outspoken toward the "forgot ten island" and so gallantly hospitable to all her numerous friends, that I do not doubt for a moment you will per mit a faithful admirer to recall a famous incident apropos of the argu ments in your editorial of yesterday. The Question of the Porto Rlcaus' political status, trivial and trifling in the estimation of many Americans, is more real, more earnest to us than even the economical one, taking Into consideration that, right or wrong, we look" at the latter as the natural off spring of tho former. Judging by tho nonchalant way in which our learned mentors treat the subject of the Porto Ricans' lack cf nationality, we draw the inference that it is unimportant to them whether we have it or not, but for their benefit we let them know that on that dolorous question our country's dignity is at stake, as well as our purse and personal interests. The question of the nationalization of Porto Rico does not belong to the ab stract class, as you will see by the following occurrence in connection with the workings of the United States immigration laws in conflict with our undefined status. During the summer of 1902 Isabel Gonzalez, a niece of my wife and a native of Porto Rico, arrived at the port of New York. She was detained at Ellis Island and anybody who has been detained in that pen knows what it means as an "alien" liable to be come a public charge and excluded from admission into the United States in spite of my American citizenship and my guaranteed assurances of her support as a member of my family. At the eleventh hour, and when she was in danger of deportation to her native island, I enlisted the legal ser vices of Former Assistant District Attorney Charles E. Le Barbier, who, through a writ of habeas corpus, got her safe from the grasp cf the immi gration board of examination onto the soil of Manhattan. They were going to send her back to Porto Rico, just as they would send her back to Austria-Hungary or Turkey if she had come from there. She was taken before the United States Circuit Court of New York, and Judge Lacombe gave an adverse de cision, holding that she was a "lor eigner." As the case involved the status of thousands, possibly millions of people who, whatever else they may be, were and are subject to the Amer ican laws and the American will and government, the case was taken and partially won before the United States Supreme Court, by Messrs. Coudert and Le Barbier. That tribunal, from the lofty height of its judicial wisdom, decided that it had not decided any thing. It left the nationality of the Porto Ricans in suspense. There is another case that shows in a very unmistakable way the om barrasslug situation confronting "Messrs. Nobody from Nowhere," the Porto Ricans, In the matter of na tionalization. Some of these unfor tunate people went to the Unite" States Commissioner and asked It thoy could be naturalized. The Com- THE CAUSE Tho first causo of Indigestion. Bilio'is noss, Loss of Appetite. Headache, wit ness, etc., Is constipation. Don t tuK cathartics, as thoy irrltato tho llnlnff ,the bowels, and are only a temporary1 Uof. Dr. Miles' Nerve and Liver Ul, permanently euro by strengthening, i" nerves of tho stomach and liver. iu' effect a mild, natural movement.