The independent., 1907-03-07

3 DRIFTWOOD IS
Why do you insist that the other fell
low is prejudiced and that you are not
When robins are about as plentiful as
at the present time it is none too early to
sow oats.
II sou i,ehave yourself whsn you are
young you won't be cnlcklehead when
ycu are old
1t is easy enough to see where you
missed it, but what's the use of frettiDg
over it now?
Don't try to excuse yourself for ped
ding gossip because somebody told
you 1t was so.
Why is it that every little snow furry
gives the merchant a pretext for raising
the price of eggs?
If the world comes to an end before
warm weather sets in what joke it
One of the signs of old age is that
you have to hunt around in every pocket
to find your railroad ticket.
No matter what your financial circum-
stances, If you are narrowmindec anc
selfish you cannot be happy
The family hens are laying again as
hard as they know how, but it takes
the merchants several days to find it out.
Most everything that happens to US
is for the best, but sometimes we re
fuse to admit it uutil many years after
ward
Don't complain at the price of milk.
1t ought to sell at Is cents quart to
keep in time and tune with the hay mar
ket
II the laps ever D9ake a hostile move
az San Francisco anC ge- caught In a
destructive earthquake IL will serve them
right.
II you want an example cs what the
alienists call "explosivo fulni.nations'
jug. step on the foot of fellow. wha
has corns.
General Stoessel did everything but die
for Russia at Port Arthur, an1 Tow a
cold blcoded court martial is trying him
for c0wardicS,
For his own professional glory the
average prosecuting attorney would con-
vict an accused man of crime whether
guilty or not.
A word to the boys: Dont Kill the
birds; they are the best friends we have
and do much 10 make che earth CHEEKY
dwelling place for nan.
Don't let tho temptation to shed your
fannels overcome your oetter judgment,
The normal temperature of the season
is still one degree below freezing.
Nebraska had touch of spring
That made us all feel gay;
Last week | heard a robin sing
Where is that bird today?
IF the average law-maker can intro
duce bill and secure its passage he
thinks he is great stuff whether the
measure that goes through amounts to
anything or not.
Last week John Reynolds died in Osce-
ola, Iowa, at the ripe age of eighty-hve
years. In his long and entirely honorable
career he was the husband of four wives.
He was great sufferer
How would you like to be a sparrow
and during such weather as we have
been experiencing of late have to go
roost at night with your bare feet cling
ing to an icicle?
A writer on a Chicago paper, who
halls from Missouri says that he feels
sorry for the man who was never driven
yoke of oxen or been kicked in the
stomach by a mule.
We know a Nebraska man who got to
be very wek off by having himself APP
pointed administrator of a large estate.
In this wicked world all fortunes are
not secured by industry and economy.
Writing for the Cosmopolitan magazine,
Lord Dunmore makes the statement that
he hasn't taken drop of medicine In ten
years and yet is in the enjoyment OF
perfect health Does that strike you as
anything wonderful?
This Ammunition is from the Hogwal
low Kentuckian and has a purely local
significance. During the postmaster !