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273 The Indian Advocate. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that divorces are valid only when granted in the States where the parties have lived. This is a severe blow to Western divorce mills that have been supplying the Eastern market with grass widows, quack-grass widowers, and candidates for tandem polygamy and polyandria. There seems to be a lot of unnecessary space wasted in the newspapers in harsh criticisms of the action of Mr. Wood, the young man who drew the lucky first choice at the the drawing for claims in the new country. He simply exer cised the right which the Government conferred upon him to take what he considered the most valuable piece of land and nine-tenths of his critics would have did the very same thing. We are inclined to the opinion that personal envy of the good fortune which chance bestowed upon him prompts the major ity of his critics in their utterances. Say, young man, there is one thing you cannot do. You can't make a success .unless you work. Better men than you have tried and failed. You can't loaf around the street cor ners and saloons, smoke cigars, tell foul stories, drink whisky and sponge on some one else without making a failure in life. You should learn a trade or go into some honest business. If you don't, you will become a chronic loafer, despised by all producing nothing simply making yourself a burden on your parents or on the State. There is no place in the world today for loafers. The riper fruit is always at the top of the tree; you must climb to get it. Smarter men will jump up and pluck it all. Move! Do something, no matter how small. It will be a starter. Help yourself, and others will help you. There is no royal road, or short cut to success, for visionary idlers. Toil, grit, energy and perseverance these are the requisites. Wake up and see what you can do.