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OUR WEEKLY COMMENTS It posts practically as much to live iu Canada as in the United Slates. We have quite as cheap labor in this country as they have over the line. There never was anything to pre vent labor in Canada from coming to this country, provided live oportuni ties were better here than in Cana da. The door to labor has always stood wide open between us and the Dominion. '1 In: . i,. if ,\i. ri an farmers have emigrated to Canada of late to 1>. (ter their conditions Whoever a m about the reciprocity treaty as though it meant competi tion with pauper labor and degraded living conditions either i dishoni at or do 's not know what he is talking about. The real question at i Hue l:i the treat.' U not one of like or un like conditions. It la a question of whether we want tariff reform or not The treaty offers an advance stop in tariff reform To reject It will be i to strengthen the petition of tli■ • j stand pat protectionist To talk of, tile treaty a ruinous to the American farm, u is tool I ah to u.% tin* least . r." i fro Canada to the United States at pres- j out. Put wo know that the opposite; Is true just now. And there are good reasons why they are doing so. • • • Many rich Americana are adopting the very sensible plan of giving away their wealth while they are alive. This is vastly wiser than to wait un till after death and have tile relatives fight over it and have the bulk go into court fees. Those who have honestly tried the scheme say that it is great. They find more real fun in giving away a million of dollas than they ever experienced in earn ing it. Unfortunately, the average matt by the time bo has amassed a fotune, lias become so dulled to tlio sense of humor that It Is quite im possible fo hint to see the point and he plods on to the end piling up his wealth and never realizes the far deeper and greater Joy that is to bo found in the work of giving. It will seem odd to most people to think that there can be any real fun in giving, but that is simply because they have never really tried it. There are many ways of extracting joy out of this life, of which the av erage perron knows little or nothing. Hut that, does not alter the fact that there is fun of a very high type to bo gotten in this way. The proof of the pudding Is in tile eating. There i are other ways of thrift than those usually accepted as such. Try Them • « • While the politicians are laying low and the grafters are waiting for j the next act, while all is quiet in Palls City why not turn up something new to offer diversion for the fellows who want something to do but who hate honest work. It's quite a while since a real live sensation lias been sprung on the people of the town.' Why cant some one wake up in the morning with a definite scheme for landing the now union depot before the ground upon which it must be built is so overgrown with weeds again as to make further progress along that line impossible. Or there is that matter of thenow clay works. The dredges are slowly approaching. The day of the opening of the big ditch Is nearer than when op rations were first begun. With the the op ening of the channel and the control of the flood waters there will he' a demand for. underdrainage to carry off the excess water from the low places. This will create a big de mand for common drain tile. Some; enterprising young man can find a good opening here for a big business. ; If we bn k enterprise for undertaking anything so strenuous, why not or ganize a company for tin* manufactur of cob pipes. Great quantities of corn cobs go to waste each year in Richardson County because we have no ust* for them, it is not known that the mat lo t is overstocked on cob pipes. That there is good money in the pipe business is vouched for 1) the recent reports of a number of manufacturers wl.o have grown in dependently rich at the business. Where are our enterprising spirits? Out here in the west where wo have no big factories, wo have little conception of the largeness of the labor problem. In the clothing facto ries of New York city th'ero are 250.000 hands, who are turned out with about as much ceremony as the gas or electric light are turned out. The cloak makers’ industry embraces 2.000 factrles, with an average of forty employes in each. These, with their families, constitute an industrial community of some 170,000 people, men women and children, which is comparable to a town of the size of Providence or Indianapolis. It can readily be appreciated, therefore, bow serious is the effect upon the city when the greater number of the wage earners upon whom those people are dependent ar suddenly deprived of their source of Income. • * * As spring approaches, and tlio tiino for open air sports draws near public amusement concern® are bring 'in* their plans to a (lose in order to be ready for an early season ami to start when the season opens. This is mactlcally true of base ball. The different b agues are inpldly being manned and the work of putting the men in the best physical trim po. slide is in many cases begun. Be cause of the new law relative to it .inlay base ball In Nebraska the situation will be considerably chang ed for this season. • » • With the approach of warm weathei if is Important that attention be given to the clearing away of all Waste that tends to decompose and thus taint the atmosphere. A lit11< closer attention to sanitation would n i doubt go a long ways towards pro . untie;; 11111-li of Hi lllu <s in town li should not be ne. 1 ■ miry for tin mayor to is ale Ills proclamation no1 for lhe ) oiid of health to compel) I ho el* ailing up of waste and gar tinge heaps. A decent regard fot the community's welfare should a 1 • any one lo do all in ids power to prevent Bieknot n and promo!, tin public health. m m * Our represenfhtives set in the hn!Li of legislation, endeavoring to make men tetter by law. And Its a thankless chore lliey are delegated to do. It's the very multiplicity of laws that constitutes our greatest menace, today. Laws are of no account unless obeyed. And few people have the grace to obey unless constrained to do so. What we need is fewer laws and more obedi ence. Fewer legislators devising now laws and more people who respect th sanctity of law and aid in its en forcement. The place lo teach law enforcement Is in the home and the school. Children properly trained in obedience to the orders of their parents and superiors, will not need an Intricate mass of legislation to direct them through life successfully. There was a time when all law was comprehended in the injunction to love God and serve men. The sys tem was admirable, but two simple. It left nothing for the doctor and the lawyer. Men began to improve up on the simple teachings of the Muster and today we havo laws with a venganee. Their very num ber is the despair of those who havo occasion to study them. Why not return to the first principles, n child with the law of right and wrong well grounded in his heart will make a law abiding citizen any where, while a child grown without moral restraint will bo restive in spite of many laws thrown about him for his restraint. * * * The big dredge boat working on th south fork to the west of Salem is now making good headway. Tills dredge seems to havo been followed by a streak of bad luck or whatever those most concerned may be pleased to tall the almost continual hold ups. Now that the machinery has been thoroughly overhauled and apparently an open way is before the dredge tiie men in charge are making a siren uous effort to make good. As a consequence they have been pushing I heir way down the valley at a good rate, reconty, and if permitted to continue without interruption they will soon reach Salem and make connections with tile ditch opened a year ago and which leads down the valley and beyond Falls City, The two boys who planned to wree the Burlington flyer near Holt, Mo,, Saturday night are a type of lrrespon sible and morally degenerate youth of whom wo are raising altogether loo many for the peace and security of society and government. It is almost unbelieveablo to think that there are boys so utterly void of the commonest feelings, ns at least the one was. When asked about bis plan he admitted with brutal frankness that lie knew that there would bo a big wreck. That many people would he killed and that-it would be easy to rob those who had been hurt and killed. What must shock every one who stops to consider, is the possibility of boys growing up in our midst with all the advantages usually offered for their instruction and refinement, who still are capa ble of deliberately planning and car rying out such a diabolical scheme. A trip through the country will convince any one who is capable of using his eyes to some effect that the prospects for a good wheat crop never were better at this time of the year. There is a fine stand in all the fields. Th recent rain has start ed it growing and it shows up nice ly. While thero is some risk still from cold and frost, the danger sea son is well nigh passed. Farmers in South-eastern Nebraska can look for ward with confidence to the gather ing of a good wheat harvest. This will be peculiarly welcome after flat failure a year ago. T rebellion in Mexico is gaining in voiume and in ferocity. Many ..mpi lean adventurers aro taking * I part. The ftghflr. is becoming gee j t'lHi :*.’H • olii * i« ' •• * »* * ini) U. *»» otm-nng every Inel ol tne gro mil. Direct legislation lb the rock upon which Nebraska Ieglsiaiors aie found mg, Nebia.ha though a western state 1ms a la.ge nactionary de ment ia it. Uh'tber to the dam ig of tin i tie ui not, Nebraska is .01 the at ove rt aeon slower to ake up with tile i.iorc advanced 1 - g - illation titan other states. PretiiJem Diaz, iii order to crush Mte growing reb ilton in Mexico is . u ni ting to t to most brutal mid bar mrous method... The r beis are riot low to retaliate) in kind. As a eon pan, <• tit, . u iij gie is likely, if oug ill awn out to be one of the tv- : t and mi,si blood thirsty n recent y.aiu. Though our near i -i hl.er , the Mexicans are still a mi-1 ni l arous people iti many res ■■its, they have not 1* anted the ino are of being kind to (lie enemy, u ti will 11- no uuarler given, no prisoners taken. Every soldier will light to the death. Tito mobilization of United States troops on tlie Mexican boundary may mean the placing of the Springfield armory, temporarily at least, on a war time basis Should orders of suc h import lie received from Wash ington, tho armory wliicli now ranks as tlie finest small arms plant in tlio world, would be able to give a good account of itself from the out set. In the event of actual hostilities, the foes of Uncle Sam would he like ly to receive a series of unwelcome surprises in tho actual demonstration of tho deadly weapons the Springfield armory produce. The improved U. S. army rifle has an effective range of five miles. At a distance of a mile a bullet from this weapon after passing through the bodies of half a dozen soldiers standing in a row would still have sufficient penetra bility to bury itself beyond recovery no wi.u .{.nmjp.to tin jo rptn.n *np ui ly smokeless powder is used in this rifle and if Maxim's “silencer” is at tached an enemy half a mile distant would be absolute ly at sea as to tlie course of a withering fire, x x x — Clouds will move across every sky but what of it. Clouds have their mission. They bring tbe pictures que into life’s background; hut be S hind the cloud there must be the I sun, else no silver lining, Longfel ! low says, "Tho ray of happiness, like j those of light, are colorless when i unbroken.” The practical outcome of I this truth should help us every day, I The good book says, “The joy of ! the Lord is your strength," but ihat does not mean that we are to j exercise that joy only on the Sab bath, or in the church, or when talk ing with those who are pious. It means that cheerfulness should en ter into every activity of our lives. This happiness does not always show itself in the witticism or joke, al though these, when clean and apt, are seldom out of place. The genial nature, the cheerful personality, is ! a'ways quickly recognized by man | or beast. A cross man cannot make i friends with a dog. Many have not let the sunlight | through. The majority of their I days are rainy days. Life has be ; come a sort of drudgery. Associates see their faces bearing frowns more often than smiles. Even the small boy who hopelessly says, “cheer up" gets a provoked reply. If this is you case why not clear the sky. It will strengthen and lengther life. The old adage, “Be good and you’ll be happy," can be reversed and still l.o equally strong. “Be happy and you’ll be good—and one might add, "you’ll bo good for something." Hap piness is the blue sky of a con sistent and diligent manhood. The sun is always shinii g; and, even cannot hinder is light.—Sel* What To Do -for Sickly Children Letters from Mothers “ I wish I could induce every mother, who has a dedicate, sickly child,to try your delicious Cod Liver and Iron Tonic YINOL. It re stored our little daughter to health and strength after everything else lud failed.”—Mrs. C. W. Stump, Canton, Ohio. Mrs. F. P. Skonnard, of Minne apolis, Minn., writes, ‘T want to recommend YINOL to every moth er who has a weak or sickly child. My little boy was sickly, pale, and had no appetite for two years. I tried different medicines and doc tors without benefit, but thanks to \ IXOL, he is a well and healthy boy to-day.” C. Allen, of New Bedford, Mass., writes,“Mytwo punychildrengained rapidly in fleshand strength in a very short time after taking YINOL.” \Ye positively know YINOL will build up little ones and make them healthy, strong and robust. Try one bottle, and if you are not satis fied, we will return your money. IT’S THE EVERGLADES’ SECRET One of tut; strange facts about the lOverglades region of Florida in that i is really a decayed mountain top. rho crest is foi ni< e l of massive liiue ..onee, usual!;, covered by a mantle of asnd. In this formation are num berless pot-holes, which vary in size from a few feet to thousands of a res; also countless lakes of fresh water, springs and frequent subter ranean streams, and pools. A few miles rorth of Cape Sable is an outcrop of limestone which pro jects to Lake Okeechobee. In this outcrop is an < cl n ive shallow basin extending KiO miles north and south and south and about seventy miles least and west, while the. altitude of I its i i'ti i twelve feel abov e mean low tide in hi- ; i Bay and a little less above the Gulf of Mexico, As it result of the weather and | flowing water the rim has been | worn Into fantastic shapes. The ■depth of the la in varies from nm | foot at the rim lo twelve feet in ! places, but generally the rock floor ; is from a depth of one to six fo< t i And here is the secret of the fert.il ! ity of the Everglades. Above the entire rock floor rises n layer of muck, formed of an alluvial d'-posit and of decayed vegetable nm: to; Tills deposit varies from a few Inches to several feet In thickness The water covering this deposit come from springs that in turn have their source in the lake.—D. Willey In Cassier’s Magazine. AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION ‘Now that the legislatures of more than two thirds of the states have de clared in favor of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of senators by direct vote, *the pos sibility of procuring such an amend ment, in spite of the objections of the Senate, becomes an interesting factor in (he situation. If two-thirds of the states, through their legislatures, formally apply to congress to call a convention for the proposing of constitutional amend ments sik It an application becomes mandatory. The constitution makes no provision as to the election and composition of such a convention, the procedure and other details being, therefore, lift to the discretion of congress. There has never been a constitu tional convention to consider amend ments—all those act: d upon having been submitted by congress—but the | original constitutional convention was composed of delegates elected by the respective legislatures by order of engross. There are also tv o ways by which* toiisti i Uonal amendi.unts may be i alifled the ratif'eat'on of threfl lourths of the states being necessary Ratification may be by state legisla ture or by state conventions called especially for that purpose. The latter method has never been em ployed. The senate, in defying the will of the people in the matter of sena torial elections, is inviting resort to the constitutional convention. And if such a convention were called its d liberations would not necessarily b confined to any one proposed amend ment. It might be a busy conven tion, for doubtless a goodly number of amendments would be proposed to it. And whattever the amendments approved by the convention might be, and regardless of their number, con gress would bee compelled to sub mit them to the legislatures for ap proval or rejection. The sudden orders for the army folks to pack up their belongings and i move upon the border of Texas with ; out delay lias a disciplinary value I that may be worth its cost. If we | are to have an army at all it is well I to keep it. in perfect trim, and noth ing is better for this purpose than ; to play at the war game exactly as if ! hostilities were impending. If in : tile meantime the government can j do a good turn for a friendly neigh ! bor, and incidentally protect a hun I died millions or so of American in vestments across the Rio Grrande, the demonstration will prove satis-, factory all around. * * * BRIEF TIME FOR STUDY One of tlie haunting fears of the ; opponents of the working initiative and referendum ammendment is thai (ho dear people will have so many measures thrust at them on the ballot that they will we swamped and unable to digest everything in the sixty days allowed. It is pertinent to inquire if our legislators digest everything upon which they have to pass, and further to ask if they could digest every measure present ed even if they tried. At this ses sion of he Nebraska legislature a total of 1,098 bills have been intro duced. Supposing that the legislature i adjourns within ninety days after it I convened. Take out of this time 1 twelve Sundays, none of our Nebrask solons would think of working on Sundays, nad there are left 78 days. Now supposing that each member studies bills two solid hours every day (which they don't). That would be a total of 156 hours of study for the session, or a total of 9,360 mil utes. Divide the number of minute by the number of bills and you wi find that a member who set out t study every bill would have a fra< tion over eight minutes for ea bill. Go away with your objection to the initiative and referendum tha H would give us too many measures. N'ebraska Farmer. In Germany compulsory vaccinatioi at birth and at the age of 12, ha .stamped out smallpox. In genera tho disease flourishes in proportioi to the neglect of vaccination. Ii Turkey, for instance, a few huudrec miles away from Germany, it is still; regarded as one of the great rcourgen—much as diphtheria was in tho United States before the dis overy of tin* antitoxin treatment. In every community there are a few persons who will ret ard vaccina-1 ‘on with distrust, in spite of the vcrwhelniit g weir! t of medical -pinion, just, as there are a few >• r one who object to antitoxin in dip itheria. But these persons can ot regard it as a hardship if the omniunity protects the children in •ublic schools hy barring from attend nee pupils who have not been vac illated. The community, of course, has he right to take any measures sane ioned by the best experts of the ay, to safeguard the public health. A company of friends will give a 'arewell party to MisB Viola Ltppold t Wahl's ball tonight. LaGrippe Coughs Strain and w aken the system and if not eli rj; d may develop into pneu a ■ : :a. No da: r of this when Fo Fu ey and Tar is t.ik-’n prompt ly. it is a nTable family medicine f • all < i t:pi s and colds, and acts n • if] S- ,1 C-f:iM tiyidy in cases of cron j Ref 1 itut A. G. 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