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ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Publkx WHEN OCT OS" TOWN. . Safceoriber leaving- tn city ten. permrlly shnnld kare Tk Be anil t then. Addraaa will 1 Welcome, Gently Spring. Fire Insurance companies are not fighting for business in Kentucky. Governor Sheldon Is getting In trim to be something of a globe trotter himself... "Single women should pray for hus bands," says a Buffalo bishop. Most of the husbands need It, all right. Senator Klklns is to give his daugh ter's hand to an Italian. The senator has a fine Italian hand of his own. The fleet made a bit ali the way around South America and Is repeating the performance in ICIagdalena bay. "" Would Americans take kindly to a movement in China, Japan and India to raise money to send missionaries .to Kentucky? "P. Wealth" is a candidate for office In Montana. His first name Is not given In the dispatches, but we pre sume it is "Predatory." Leslie M. Shaw would still make as good a favorite son candidate for the presidency as ever if he only could get some state to adopt him. A hot finish is predicted in the New York to Paris auto race. That would even thing up a little, as the start was certainly cold enough. "Senator , Tillman is passionately fond of roses," says an exchange. If he is, he keeps them to himself. He never throws them at anyone else. Governor Hughes' emissaries who went to Iowa to gather any crumbs that might fall from' the Taft table were compelled to return home hungry Bourke Cock ran has left the demo cratic party and former Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas has Joined it The party muBt decide whether it has gained or lost. American people who have admired Admiral Evans' success In fighting the nation's enemies will regret that he Is compelled to retire to private life o fight rheumatism. Prince de Sagan announces that he will not follow Mme. Gould to this country. Could she have been cruel enough to refuse him the price of a steamship ticket? Congressional appropriations for the coming year will amount to only about $900,000,000. In other words, the "Billion Dollar Country' has been marked down. The populists are threatening to nominate La Follette for the presl dency. While Senator La Follette may have made some serious mistakes, no one belleva he merits such a fate. Senator Tillman says that President Roosevelt Is planning a truce with Harrlmaa and Rockefeller. Doubtless Harriman and Rockefeller wish the senator knew what he was talking about ' After all Is said, It Is generally con ceded that a postal savings bank sys tem will give Just the people who need it a perfectly safe place of deposit for their bard-earned accumulations with out carrying with It any of the valid objections urged against all the other proposed plant of safeguarding bank depositors, ' TILIPIKO SKLF-'oOVKRttittnT. The question of Independence for the Philippines, proximate or remote, is sure to occupy public attention as one of the Issues between political parties In the coming national cam psign. What may be said in party platforms or from the stump about the rapacity of the Filipino for self-government too often passes current at a political discount, but testimony on thla subject In advance of the cam paign by a careful student of political science, rather than by any candidate for office, should carry more than usual weight Such testimony is to be found In an article on "Filipino Self-Government" contributed to the March number of the Political Science Quarterly by Prof. E. W. Kemmerer of Cornell uni versity, whose conclusions are based on an exhaustive study of the history of the Island and the experiments of Its Inhabitants In self-government In thla article the author re-emphasizes the truth of the commonplace prin ciples, "that a people cannot suddenly break with their past; that democ racies are evolved, not made, and that capacity for self-government is not like Jonah's gourd, the growth of a day, but Is a sturdy plant of years of growth, and that only In the soil of experience." He goes on to show that the most successful government In the world today Is that of the Anglo- Saxon races, which passed through eleven centuries between the time of Tacitus and of Magna Cbarta and through nearly six centuries more be fore the ratification of the American constitution, while it was but three centuries to the battle of Manila bay from the time the early Spanish mis sionaries described patriarchal institu tions of the primitive Filipino people, thenyJust emerging from barbarism. The final word of Prof. Kemmerer is as follows: The Filipinos are still deficient In those moral qualities which are the foundation stones of popular self-government. The masses, of the Filipino people have yet to learn the lessons of political honesty, of thrift and of self-reliance; they have yet to learn that political office Is a publlo trust. Possibly the United Btates Is not th beat teacher of this lesson; It must b learned none the less. They have yet to learn that mutual concession, the graceful yielding- of the minority to the will of the majority, and respect for th rights of others are essentials of successful democ racy. Not until they have developed these homely civic virtues can they expect to hav an efficient self-government. In tellectual education Is an important factor In capacity for self-government; It la not, however, the only one, nor th on most difficult to develop. The great work now before the Filipino people Is th develop ment of these sturdy clvlo virtues. . It Is at best a herculean task for a Malay peo ple, living In the tropics, with the historic training of the Filipinos. " They must not expect to accomplish It In a day. Contrast this with the Bryanlte de mand for an immediate proclamation fixing an approximate date tor the in dependence of the Philippines "as soon as a stable government canibe estab lished," and with the position of the republicans, that our guardianship over our Philippine wards must con tinue until they are thoroughly capable of governing themselves. DOES IVROPB BATE VBt Former Comptroller of the Currency A. B. Hepburn, now the president of a New York bank, has started conver sation In the diplomatic circles of the world by declaring that all this hands-acrosB-the-sea" talk is sheer nonsense, that the United States la cor dially hated by all the nations of Eu rope and that "nothing could be con templated with greater complacency by the continental powers than a war between the United States and Japan." He believes the growing Importance of this nation as a naval power and Its commercial aggression in Europe have aroused the enmity of the foreign powers until they wish Japan and the United States would go to war and wear each other out On this feeling Mr. Hepburn places the origin of the repeated rumors from Paris. Berlin and St Petersburg of our Impending difficulties with Japan. He concludes that the wish is father to the thought and that constant prediction of trouble Is In the hope of Inciting It Americans will not be worried greatly over any commercial Jealousy that our particular activities may have aroused In European countries, but Mr. Hepburn touches another proposi tion which reaches a raw spot He ssys: We are regarded on the continent there s a bumptious people who ought to be spanked Into soma sort of decoram, and they would welcome and rejoice in any In ternational complication, not Involving themselves, that would bring us Into diffi culties. We ar their commercial and flnan clal rivals. Whatever feeling European nations may entertain for the United States, they may as well take notice right now that we will object to being "spanked into some sort of decorum." We may be whipped in an open fight and take our medicine with what grace we may, but we will never submit to being the object of one of those humiliating spankings that brings up memories of home and mother and places our na tion in the naughty boy class. Mr Hepburn was in Europe right after the panic and it Is suspected that he was wearing his blue goggles. Noth lng in the International exchanges war rant his apprehensions. The courts of Europe, unless they are . woeful pre varicators, profess ' sentiments of strong friendship for us. Scholars, scientists and leaders In the world's most progressive thought and senti ment unite In common causes with our American thinkers and the thousands of emigrants from all parts of Europe m ho make their living and their homes In this country certainly bring no hint of hatred from their native lands. While there la no Immediate dinger of & war between the United States and Japan, there Is some truth, never theless, In what Mr. Hepburn says. When a nation becomes a world power Its neighbors feel Its competition. When it has a surplus of farm or man ufactured products It sells In competi tion with the farmers and manufactur ers of other countries. Its success Is in constant conflict with rivals. The results of this rivalry may make Eu ropean nations feel a little envious of the United States, but so long as we keep out of their Internal troubles, their "concerts of the powers," the United States will retain the respect, If not the love, of all the world. Bump tiousness may be a vice, but it is not a crime, and it will not by Itself start a war. llVZZLViO TUB BOO TIT ft. President "Ban" Johnson of the American league has undertaken a task compared with which the labors of Hercules were child's play. . He an nounces that the obnoxious base ball rooter Is to be suppressed in his league. Discussing the proposition, President Johnson says: No one opposes legitimate rooting, but when a spectator use a megaphone to In sult and taunt a visiting player until that player Is angered Into making replies which are audible In th grandstand and ar an Insult to th men and women who ar within hearing. It must be stopped. Any player should be punished for aiming In sulting remarks at the spectators, but the player, too, deserve some measure of protection. Genuine lovers of base ball and those who do not' come under that description are in a hopeless minority will applaud Mr. Johnson's decision and encourage him in every way In squelching the rooter, who has more enthusiasm than sense. The spectator who taunts vlstlng players Blmply dis plays a lack of good breeding where he thinks he la making a fetching show of loyalty. The majority of men and women who attend ball games have the attractiveness of the sport marred by the effusiveness of so-called "fans" who are as obnoxious to players as they are to spectators. The difficulty will be to draw the line between real enthusiasm, which often finds expression in a very tumult of nolBe, and the- outbreaks of the ill bred rooters. The temper of a base ball audience is always an uncertain quantity. President Johnson will be entitled to a special pennant It he succeeds in eliminating the rooter nuisance. BVRQLARY AND GOOD MORALS. Three ex-convicts are held by the Chicago police on a charge of burglary, caught in an effort to rob the desk of Mayor Busae In his office. The bur glars say they were employed by a committee of Chicago ministers, who paid them $500 to rifle the desk of the mayor. The ministers say that the desk . contained .private documents which might support the charge that Mayor Busse and others of his admin istrative family have been grafting on coal contracts, and publicly Justify the attempted burglary on the ground of its service to the cause of good morals. As an ethical proposition thla situa tion lf certainly novel, and might easily admit of much drawing of fine distinctions as between the lesser and the greater evils, and a good deal of purely academic discussion concern ing the points involved. But how does it appear to a busy man, who has little time to devote to sophistry? Does it not seem that the holy zeal which has inspired the Chicago ministers in their efforts to purify the city's moral atmosphere has led these devoted evangels of good citizenship a little beyond what might be, deemed wise and prudent conduct? It will not be suggested that the church should in any way abate its efforts for the uplifting of mankind, or should be anywhere more tolerant of vice or crime. But it is doubtful if such measures adopted in Chicago and In other communities are doing any service for the church or mankind in general. Enthusiasm in the support of a good cause Is essential to Its success, but when enthusiasm degenerates Into zealotry and bigotry it becomes dan gerous. Unless the cause of good morals and religion is to suffer, it must be divorced from burglary and kindred methods. PAY OF LETTER CARRIERS. In face of a protest from Chairman Tawney of the appropriations com mittee the house of representatives has incorporated a provision In the post office appropriation bill raising the limit of compensation of letter carriers of a certain grade to $1,200 a year, in place of the $1,100 now fixed. The amendment calling for a similar In crease in the pay of postal clerks of a corresponding grade was voted down. The increase affects about 10,000 let ter carriers throughout the country. Under the bill as passed by the house the carriers of the fifth grade will receive $1,200 a year, the same as the sixth grade. The former law divided the letter carriers T Into six grades, with salaries ranging from $600 for the first grade, $800 for the second, $900 for the third, $1,000 for the fourth, $1,100 tor the fifth, to $1,200 for the sixth. Promotion of more than one grade was prohibited in any one year. The law provided, also, for antomatlc promotions to the fifth grade, but made no provision tor promotion to the sixth grade. The new bill puts the entire fifth grade to the $1,200 salary. Practically the only opposition to the measure was offered by Chairman Tawney, who based his objection on the ground that the revenues of the government And of the Postoffice de- partment had fallen off In consequence of the recent financial depression, but the house took the position that It was false economy to pinch, the pay of let ter carriers deserving promotion by years of faithful service. The senste will doubtless concur in the action of the house In recognising the claims of the men In one of the most important services of the government. a rnzariAit tragi kdt. Mirth and laughter are not the only productions of the vaudeville stage. Most of the acts, it Is true, are de signed to agitate the risibilities, but many a cankering sorrow la concealed by the grease paint and many a laugh provoking quip 1b hurled at the audi ence only after it has triumphed over the actor's desire to groan. At least, that is the way Percy Halleran evi dently feels about It. according to hla story told to a New York police magis trate. The Hallerans Percy and Maud were vaudeville performers. They had an act in which they collaborated with a trained pig, some pet chickens, a parrot, a duck and a goose. The panic came on and the Hallerans were com pelled to return to New York. Maud caught on with a road show and left Percy to take care of the live stock. Booking offices were always crowded when Percy was hunting for engage ments. The live -stock had to be fed and Percy himself got hungry. With raw material for roast pig and apple sauce, baked domestic goose, chicken fricassee and other comestibles of that kind in his backyard, Percy reached the point where the lack of a nickel for beer kept him beyond the pale of the free lunch counter. He resisted temptation to the limit and then weakened. He killed the goose that won the golden laughs from vaudeville audiences and the rest was easy. While he waa not able to find work, he did not have to go hungry. ' He ate the whole act, from overture to cur tain, when Maud returned with news of a vaudeville engagement for the team, only to find Percy picking the last bone of the trained pig. who was the star of the act Maud bad Percy arrested on a charse of malicious de struction of property, or something of that kind, and Percy unburdened his tale of woe to the judge, admitting all his heinous offense, but pleading hunger as a mitigating circumstance. The good Judge discharged Percy, holding that while his conduct was unprofessional,- perhaps bordering on cannibalism, it was not criminal. But Maud refused to be consoled and has gone back to the road company, leav ing Percy in the breadline and 'the vaudeville stage to recover from its loss as best it may. , A CHECK OJV SOCIALISM. The House of Lords, for whose abolition' the liberal parfy In the Brlt- Uah Parliament has been making an active crusade, has become more strongly entrenched than ever in the confidence of the British people by the action of the House of Commons on the unemployed workmen's bill. .This measure, one of the most radical ever offered in Parliament, and avowedly a socialistic scheme, caused such dissen sion and disruption in the ranks of the liberals that the party Is now rapidly approaching the parting of the ways, with the prospect of having to appeal to the country. Under proper leader ship, It Is predicted, the socialist meas ure would undoubtedly have passed the commor.s and only rejection by the House of Lords would have headed off the proposition. The defeated bill was confessedly a socialistic measure. It required town and county authorities to provide work for all unemployed persons, or, if una ble to do this, to provide maintenance for them and their families. When brought to a vote, 28S liberals dodged the Issue by remaining away. The bill was finally defeated by a vote of 265 to 116. This result, it is said, was brought about by John Burns, leader of the labor party, who stoutly opposed the bill, contending that he English government had already gone too far in "exalting fustian and corduroy above the frck coat and the top hat." He argued that the adoption of the bill would make it necessary ultimately for the government to control the whole machinery of industry and would work out as an Injury to the workmen rather than a help. British sentiment has been aroused, since the defeat of the measure, to the socialistic principle embodied in it. There are no constitutional limits on the power of the British Parliament and no judicial authority to declare any of its acts Invalid. The passage of the law would have practically placed the socialists In power in the House of Commons. As a bulwark against such legislative possibilities the House of Lords is in a fair way to recover much of its lost prestige. Speaking of Omaha voting $5,000, 000 for a power canal, that reminds us that that is a trifle under the valuation the appraisers put on the water works, which little Item is still bung up In the courts awaiting adjudication as to whether the city must pay it in full or not "Among those who have been men tioned In connection with the presi dential nomination," says a Denver newspaper, "la William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska." We have been suspicious for some time that some thing of the sort was brewing. "Under Governor Johnson's admin istration," says the Kansas City Jour nal, "butter made In Minnesota has taken first irlie in a national butter makers' contest What has Mr. Bryan to say to that?" Mr. Bryan will prob ably say that Minnesota has been mis branding Nebraska butter as well as trying to rob Nebraska of the demo cratic leadership. Walter Wellman has discovered that Bryan la going to accept the demo cratic nomination at Denver and then resign in the Interests of harmony. A moving picture show of Bryan in a re signing attitude would capture all the loose coin in the country. In all this publicity about the per sons engaged in the? New York to Paris auto race it ia simply a shame that the humble citizen who Is distributing gas oline to stations through Alaska and Siberia should be compelled to" travel incog. " . The annual bout between the "wets" and the "drys," with the varying out come In the different Nebraska towns and cities, is the best proof of the efficacy of the local option principle as the basis of our Slocumb license law. Although the populist national con vention is only ten days off, St Louis hotel keepers are ready to entertain all comers without raise of rates above everyday schedule. Fremler of tke Tribe. Baltimore American. A western woman claims that her hus band came home late seventy-eight times In succession and gave a different excuse every time. This man should make quite a fortune writing fairy stories. Hard Knocks (or Wealth. Philadelphia Record. It was not enough that the poor multi millionaires have been compelled by hard times to give up the purchase of African diamonds. Now comes the. announcement that many of them are disposing of their luxurious pleasure yachts. Thus It appears that the possession nf predatory wealth Is not a continuing joy. A Prince In be Chaae. Baltimore American. Impecunious barons, counts and other small fry of foreign nobility will be con siderably perturbed at the entrance of a royal prince Into the field of competition for the favor of American heiresses. They will have no chance whatever with a real thing like that, and the outlook In th near future for gilding 9t tarnished coronets and fixing up dilapidated castles Is simply ap palling. A Transcendental Issue. New York Tribune. Massachusetts loves a transcendental Issue In politics as well as philosophy, and she seems to have found one In the ani mated struggle now In progress In the Bay state, to determine whether the delegates to the republican national convention ought to take instruction from the voters or the voters take Instruction from the would-be delegates. Does political wisdom ascend from the mass or descend from those who offer to represent the mass to Us ultimate profit and enlightenment? Fir Drill In, Schools. Philadelphia Press. Since the Colllnwood disaster the fire drill Is being practiced In rural schools where It was never thought of before. In most cities with a population of 60,000 and upward the fire drill has been a part of the regular school discipline, but there are many smaller places with quite as largo school buildings where It has never been Introduced. It should be neglected nowhere. It has demonstrated Its effectiveness In getting children out of a building speedily and without confusion on so many occa sions that no further argument In Its favor Is needed. The fire drill adds nothing to the expense of the school, does not really Increase the teachers' burdens and should be universal. TUB KA1LHOADS AND THE ri BMC Suggestive Statistic for Edification f Railroad Managers. New York World. In the last ten years the people ofthe United States have paid to the railroad companies more than 117,000,000,000. Of this sum 15.500,000,000 represents earnings In ex cess of all operating expenses. During these ten years the public, through the medium of freight and passenger rates, has paid over 12,000,000,000 In Interest to the holders of railroad bonds, and $1,600,000,000 more has been distributed to stockholders in dividends. These statistics are respectfully com mended to the consideration of those rail road managers who are forever whimper ing about the inestimable service that the railroads render to the country. It Is true enough that th American people could not get along without the railroads, but It Is even more true that the railroads could not get along without the American people. All the obligation to be' Juet, fair and con siderate is not on one side. BKYOM) POWER OP CONGRESS. Bills Llmltlae; Interstate Commerce In Liquor Declared I'nconatltntlonal. Chlego Record HeraiJ. Senators Ivnox, Rayner and Fulton, as members of ' the subcommittee of five to which had been referred for study th vari ous bills dealing with the shipment of liquor In orlglnalpackages Into prohibition states, counties or districts, have submitted an adverse report on all of these propositions. Though some are milder than the Tillman bill, which simply renders all liquors brought Into a state subject td the laws of that stat?, the senators named find that all are open to the same fundamental and constitutional objection. That objection Is this, In a nutshell: While states have the power to legislate the sale of lluuor out of existence, they have no power to Interfere with luteratale commerce, and congreaa cannot, without violating the constitutional provision In re gard to such commerce, grant them that power. It should be understood that all the bills Intend to place certain limits to "Inter state commerce," to say where It ends and makes state jurisdiction supreme. The effect of the bills, or of any one of them, would be to say that certain transactions which th supreme court has culled Inter state commerce should be taken out of that category and treated as stat com merce. The senators apparently believe that congress cannot say what shall bo an" what shall not be Interstate commerce. Its power to regulate such commerce Is exclusive, and no grain of it can be sur rendered. Of course, ultimately th Courts would determine In any case whether a given transaction was or was not within the protection of the commerce clause. Tu adoption of none of th bills would oust th federal courts from their Jurisdiction Cut Prices On x Never before- was it possible to buy 3S. typewriters at the price we are offering , Tu them. vu? Do yon want a typewriter for your '"ijk office? Do you want one for your son or daughter! Jfji Do you want one at homo to use evenings t ' ",T y Don't allow anyone to work you into paying $100.00 for a typewriter when you have the opportunity of select ing one from our stock. Eemingeon No. 2 , ' $23.00 Kemington No. 6 ... ....$35.00 Remington No. 6 ..." $55.00 Remington No. 7 15.00 Oliver No. 2 25.00 Oliver No. 3 32.50 Oliver No. 3 ' 50.00 Smith Premier No. 1 ,....25.00 ' Smith Premier, No. 2 ' 40.00 Smith Premier No. 2 50.00 Densmore No. 4 22.50 . Blickendorfer No. 5 '. . . .15.00 Bliehrndorfer No. 7 25.00 Chicago 15.00 These machines are second hand but have been put in condition to give satisfactory service. Nebraska Cycle Co. Corner 15th and Harney PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. This is the first official day of spring. Don't frighten the robin. Madame Anna Gould declares she has had enough of marriage. That is the usual conclusion of heiresses who go awsy from home for husbands. The conviction of the Pennsylvania state house looters Impresses ex-Governor Pen nypacker that justice moves with "cejerlty con tempered with cunctation." "Be sura you know what you are about before you shoot off your mouth," declares ex-Oovernor Vardiman In his new paper. The MIssiaslppian la using a pencil. Hooslers breath naturally once more. Jim Riley's "Old Swimming Kole" has been rescued from the Impious hands of land grabbers and dedicated to the kids of Hancock county. New Yorkers observe with soma grief that Lenten services In the churches at tract pickpockets, who take up collections under "dim .cathedral .lights" before the ushers pass the - basket. Under the prohibition law of North Caro lina 39,616 prescriptions for whisky were made out by the doctors of Charlotte last year. The treatment did not check the epi demic, but .was satisfactory . to patients, doctors and druggists. Who els has a kick coming? The English clergyman who proved to his own satisfaction that George Wash ington was a descendant of the first Ed ward Is discounted by a Scandinavian who traces the forbears of "the father of his country" back to a Swedish family named Waas. The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick are entitled to the floor. A courteous Immigration Inspector at Boston, baffled by the appearance of an Incoming family, sought to discover . the nationality of the group by talking German, Bohemian and Italian. Thereupon the be wildered mother spoke up, "Why don't you talk United States. I'm from Mis souri." The Inspector took the elevator for the roof and dropped off. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "Socially fastidious. Is she?" "Yes, Indeed. She even returns telephone calls." Harper's Weekly. "He doesn't treat her as If she were his wife at all." ' "Abuses her, eh?" "No, he's as polite and nice to her as he can be." Houston Post. "Was It a casa of love at first sight?" asked the sentimental girl?" "It couldn't have been," answered Miss Cayenne. "When they first met he was wearing foot ball clothes and she had on her motor car costume." Washington Star. , "George!" whispered Mrs. Krotchett, In the dead of night, "I m sure there's a burglar down in the dining room." "Good!" replied her husband, sleepily, "If we keen aulet may be he'll take away that chafing dish of yours." Philadelphia Tress. Mrs. Lottaklds. who had been Invited to attend to opening session of the mothers' congress, was sending her regrets over the telephone. It s awfully Kina or you 10 bsk me, iurs. Ondego," she Bald, "but I can t come. 1 m too busy looking alter tne emmren. v-ni- cago Tribune. "f have read." he remarked, "that the test of a gentleman Is association with him for a year without Knowing anyining aooui hla Income." "But do you think." ah replied, "that a gentleman would keep a girl In suspensa that long?" Thus a new phase was projected Into the situation. Philadelphia Ledger. Drina-Time You and all of us have turned over the calendar leaf to spring spring Is In the air; the flowers are awakening to Its call, the birds, are tunlns their voices for their glad spring song. And it's sprlug In this store, too. You'll find It manifest !n our remark able display of Pianos a gathering more complete and representing more famous manufacturers than any in the west. Spring is the season of music.- It should cause you to think of that piano you have Intended to buy many many months. What of the children? If you had bought the piano a year ago they would now be well advanced In their mastery of it. Don't put off the purchase of it another year. You want the boy or girl to grow up a re fined, well educated man or woman Al. HOSPE CO. 1513 DOUGLAS ST. EIVAXCn HOVSES: Council Blnff's, lowi; Lincoln, Kearney, Neb Typewriter SERMONS BOILED DOWN. He who does not doubt at all is doubtless damned. It Is always safe to be sorry for th self sat 1st led. If you would find folks you must first be yourself. It's not the things laid on It that make the life larger. A crooked path Is the stralghtest road to the traps of sin. Helping always brings happiness, and happiness always helps. Any man can talk roilgion, but only those who have It can teach It. There always Is some character being de termined by your conduct. It Is following the stars we have that will lead to the day to be. It's the dally dull grinding that produces the keen edge for some crisis. The field of this world Is not to b worked by digging at your neighbors. The man who can carry all his religion In his head never lets It bother his hands. It Is simple Ignorance of ourselves that makes us harsh In our judgments of others. The poorest hypocrite In this world 1 th roan wno tntnics to be a saint by spying or the sins of others. Chicago Trlbuhe. . March In, Nebraska. Skies of June above, April winds a-blowlng, February's patient fields Follow for May's sowing. Blue birds fluting call, ' Sparrow's sweet replying; High above the cottonwool's, Hed-winged blackbirds flying. On the uplands- wide Swelling buds are glowing, "March Is here, he'll soon be gone;" Swift the word Is going. ' The Harris Sparrow' Bong. Faint, from a wayside thicket, Near frozen .waterways, I heard bird voices crying .1 Through sullen autumn days. ' "Oh, dear," they sighed, and then, ,,Oh, dear, The Spring's so long a-coming here." Now, In the willow thickets. Through all their marshy ways. Are tiny voices calling. Shy btrds. In browns and grays, "My dear," they cry, and then. "My deaf, The Spring's not long a-coming here." EMILY BINGHAM WOOD. Omaha. Watch this space for a series of talks to Investors. . One Good Investment Is Worth A Lifetime of Labor. One keen stroke of - judgment has placed many a man In comfortable cir cumstances for life, and has Insured his future beyond all Question of doubt. ' A new and very productive enter prise now offers opportunity to a few investors and at a small figure to enter Into a conservatively managed business proposition a distinctly pro ductive investment, the success of which Is fully assured beyond the question of speculation. - Sharehold ers have an unequalled chance to get In on the ground floor of a straight forward and genuine investment You will be amply repaid by quickly investigating. Address your reply to W 268. Bee. , . Is Piano-Time well then, a knowledge of muslo Is es sential. There, is always a store where the best is. sold. Hospe's Is that store as far as pianos Is concerned. That is said not as a boast It Is the -truth, absolutely. You can find better pianos here than anywhere else In the United States, and lower prices. Names that stand at the toy of the plano-maklng Industry are in the llospe stock room, an assemblage of such character and scope as la un known outside of Hospe's. We are factory distributors for KranlcU & Bach, Krakauer, Kimball, Hallet & Davis. Bush & Lane. Cable. Nelson, Burton, Melville-Clark, Weser Bros., Cramer Bros., etc. You can buy here for a few dollar monthly. Come to see us first. i