The independent., 1907-03-07


where the Knot may be unfastened while
you wait. Preliminary to contracting a
matrimonial alliance it is good thing to
get acquainted so that either may call
the other by the given name without
elushing. 1t takes a wise student of
human nature to interpret character by
the handwriting or the tone of the cor
respondence. Know ye one another be-
fore you call in the preacher. If this
thing happened as the Minneapolis paper
said 1t did, the woman probably has good
reason to be thankful that Johnny was
not on the spot when she alighted from
the train. Aside from the humiliation OF
having been turned down because he
failed to turn up, and the financial loss
entaiIed, there is little for the lady to
grieve over. There is ever hope while
life endures, and there are better men
than that man now single and available,
in every town in this state Stand up
for Nebraska
Colonel Douglas of the Osceola Record
writes good poetry every week Here is
stanza that gives a splendid insight
into the present economic situation:
We want railroads--sure we do
In Nebraska.
We appreciate them, too
In Nebraska,
But we've passed the day and date,
When the roads, however great,
Can be greater than the state,
In Nebraska"
This morning awoke and heard
The singing of that dear old bird
By which my neart has oft been stirred
1t was a robin red-Jrea st-he
Perched in a friendly cherry Tree
For half an hour, and sang to me.
And there was such an easy flow
OF tones harmonious, high and low,
A melody of long ago
In Minnesota, far a. y,
Along about the first of May
And then I thought, my friends will
hear
That same sweet tone up there this
In eight weeks more, or mighty near.
| pray 1T won't be thought amss
To mention here the perfect bliss
OF living in a state like this
Where winter Is trifing thing
And you can hear the wild birds sing
AT daylight in the early spring
1t is a crime here to sell tobacco in
any form to boys under sixteen years OF
age and yet there is not "a boy in town
or in the country either for that matter,
but what has all the tobacco he wants
and great deal more than is good for
him. From the number of boys who are
forming the tobacco habit the question
naturally arises as to whether or not
laws for the prevention of this very thing
are In reality of any force or effect
South Sioux City Record.
Laws to prevent the boys from follow
ing in fathers footsteps are and of right
ought to be a miserable failure Fathers
ought to be proud of the fact that the
boys think they are all right, and one
would think it would be an inspiration
for them to do right for the sake of their
offspring. 1t is a safe proposition that
what father won't do the law can't do
in the salvation of the boys. Every man
knows that the tobacco habit is filthy
and pernicious to. the limit. II fathers
haven't enough interest in the welfare OF
their sons to set them the right example
along moral lines, even at the sacrifice
of few months of physical discomfort
in breaking away from the vice that
has enthralled them they shouldn't ex-
pect their sons to be kept clean by
statute.
It is worth living In this latitude and
longitude to enjoy the varied~experiences
that relieve the monotony of existence.
Yesterday the roads were dry and the
breeze from the south almost fragrant
OF voiets growing in Southern Arkan-
sas; today it IS raining and freezing as
it falls; tomorrow, look out, my boyl
let him that thinketh he standeth, take
heed lest he fall Ask Homer K Bur
kett or any other man of eXperie1
how about it. 1t is agreed that the con-
siderate man carries in the coal that Is
used for the kitchen range. We stepped
out on the back porch with two buckets
in hand. and no other purpose than to
be helpful about the house and make
home happy 1t was thre steps to the
walk Why publish the narrowing de-
tails: both feet went out at once and
neither seemed willing to stop until -e-
quested to do so in writing The journey
was quickly completed. and with con
siderable nolse-an exaggeration OF John