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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 198, 5 September 1901, Page 3

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The natural rights of eaoh man are derived from his own nature. Statutes can give him nothing, Through forms of statute men play at government, but in the long run these count for little in human development. Government by the people can bo successful only aa it b-comes at lust government by law and not by statute* No Government is good except the ■- elf. government of the individual. The character of the government depends ou the character of the people. But some governments! forms tend to make the people of the future worse: t-omo help to m ike them butter.

G vet ament can only make itielf j.ist by removing the injustice which is itself a creature of government. It has m> way of helping a man permanently by making conditions easier* The only w*y to help a man is to direct corn! tiona ao as to improve the quality of life and 'o relieve him from uuuo ;.saary obstructions.

There can he no greater injury to iho cause i'f labour the > that arising from movements which aim to destroy both fair treatment and loyalty, The “ Sympathetic strike,” for exampl *, takes no account of fair play, biiug directed agaimt v.hcmr who have given no grievance*, It breaks up the feeling of loyalty, aa it forces men who have no grievance of their own to rise in insurrection against those in whose service they are.

THE MAN HE WAS LOOKING FOR. A recruit, being one of a squad of three on fatigue, accidentally broke one of the barrows used.

The corporal in charge of the party inquired who was responsible for the damage done. The first said ha didn’t know, the second said ho wasn’t aware there wss one broken, and Muldoon said nobody broke it.

Tho corporal said if he only knew whore “ Nobody ” lived he would give ten shillings. Muldoon, being equal to the occasion, volunteered to show him. After their dinner the four left the barracks, and Muldoon marched them to an empty house close by and commenced hnocking at the door, when tho occupant of the next house came out and kindly informed them that “ Nobody ” lived there. “ Thank ye kindly, mum,” said Muldoon; “ sure, an that’s the very man I'm looking for.” ALL HE COULD DO. One day a gentleman went to the editor of a certain newspaper and raid. “ Sir,—lt is announced in your that lam dead.” _ _ The editor replied, “If it is in our paper it is correct.” “It is not correct, for I am alive,” answered the other “ Well, it cannot be helped,” wrote tho editor on a postcard. “ I expect you to contradict it,” was the injured rasa's answer. “ I cannot do that,” replied the editor, “as we never contradict anything that appears in our paper. I will do the only thing I can do. To-morrow I will put you in the list of births.”

THE BAR HE MEANT. A dirty-looking, gravey-eyed stranger entered an hotel in Sydney the other day. “Where’s the bar?” he asked of a youthful waiter who was standing at tho door. “ What kind of bar V asksd the latter, “ Why, a liquor bar, of coarse; what do you supp iso f mean ?” “Well,” d>-awle ( th.* hoy, “ I didn’t know but what you migh,. mean a bar of soap.” TRUE COCKNEY. A Cockney, on a vi»it to Shropshire a few days ago, came upon a man planting potatoes. The Cockney watched tho yokel for tiutne .time, until at last he shouted out: “ What do y-'Q want a-hiding them potatoes thnre for, you idiot? Don’t you know the blooming things are worth £6 a ton in London ?’* WHAT’S YOUP. BIRTH MONTH. If a girl is born in January aha will be a prudent house wife, given to melancholy, b it good tampered. If in February, b humane and affeo'ionato wife and tender mother. If in Match, a frivolous chatterbox, somewnat given to quarrelling. If in April, inconstant, not intelligent, but likely to be be good looking. If in May, handsome and likely to be happy. If in Juno, impetuous, will marry early and bo frivolous. If in July, p issahly handsome, but with a sulky tempor. It in August, amiable and practical, and likoly to marry rich. If in September, discreet, affable and much liked. If in Oc obar, pretty and coquettish, and likely to b« unhappy. If in November, liberal, kind, and of a mild disposition. If in December, well-proportioned, fond of novelty and ertravagaut.