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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
Wanner
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