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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
Getting the Most
Out of Life
SEALED ORDERS.
BY Bishop samuel Fanows.

SEALED ORDERS.
How wildly 1 recall my sensa-
tions more than fifty years ago.
when. having put my regiment
aboard their train, I found myself
career a recipient Of sealed orders,
This envelope" I read. lis not TO
be opened until the train reaches
Milton Junction"
Where were we going? In what
part of Dixieland were we expected
to bring up? Which OF the con-
federate armies were we 10 en-
counter? Right in my hand l had
my orders, but sealed.
Right in your own hand, so 20
speak, you have yours. and those,
too, are sealed.
A baby is born. Sealed orders.
A girl is graduated from school.
Sealed orders. A boy enters bust
ness or a profession. Sealed orders
A couple are married. Sealed or
ders. And so it goes; sealed orders
all along.
People sometimes try to break
the seal by consulting a fortune tel
Ter, but it takes more faith to swal-
low a fortune teller's prognostica-
tions than to trust in the wisdom
OF sealed orders and leave them
sealed And sealed they remain.
at best. No fortune teller can open
them.
1t is well that no fortune teller
can. Not that we dread to foresce
the sorrows that await US We do.
but that is not the point The point
is that we dread TO foresee the joys
or at all events the wisest OF US
do. 1t would take half the thrill
out of living
Not knowing how the play is to
end, an audience sits enthralled, but
the fun is quite spoiled for the
players. They know. They fore
see everything, and II is a wonder
that they so rarely fall asleep dur
ing the play Would you have your
life made as uninteresting TO you
as a play as TO the players? Most
certainly not. and yet how often
have heard people say. "Oh, if we
could only see ahead"
Well. suppose they could? There
would still be sealed orders. Sup
pose a truthful fortune teller should
say to a young man, you will be
happily married 70 the girl Of your
choice You will have three chill
dren. You will succeed in your pro-
fession and live 10 a great age"
Even then, love would be a sur
prise; il so far exceeds all the bliss
our poets have credited il with.
Married happiness would be a sur
prise: nobody has ever begun to
tell how sweet IL is. And father
hood-only fathers can guess its
delight As for success and length
Of days they bring satisfactions in
comparably richer and more splen-
did than those predicted for them.
Sealed orders. Leave them sealed.
They fiji our life with glad sur
prises. They take us unawares. and
test US unexpectedly. and bring out
the noblest there is in US It is not
mournfully that the darkey in the
song says. 81 don't know where
I'm going but I'm on my way" 1t
is with Joy overlooking.
You will call me an optimist, and
so I am, but I have lived in this
world a very long time, and, the
older I grow. the more optimistic
times are in His hands, who is too
wise to err. too good to be unkind."
am not afraid of sealed orders, for
! 7 trust my commander-in-ch chief.
And so may you.
Copyright, 1879
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
FOR STUBBORN
COUGHS and COLDS
DR.. Kings New Discovery
has a fifty year record
behind it

Il built its reputation on its produce
ton Of positive results, on its sureness
in relieving the throat irritation Of
colds, coughs. grippe and bronchial
attacks.
CDR. Kings New Discovery Why,
NY folks wouldn't use anything else!
That's the general nationwide esteem
in which this well-known remedy ia
held. Its action is prompt, its taste
pleasant, its relief gratifying.
Half a century of cold and cough
checking. All druggists. 60c and $40.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12

their bunderngs our reference by way OF COMPARE
sons. is to the late Theodore Roosevelt. quite
Samuel b. Pettengi IT in his address Cham
Der OF Commerce luncheon Monday only Mr. Pettengill
might have gone farther While Roosevelt would
everybody. particularly the proletarat with
iron hand, Lncoln's plying would have lift
ed them Of their slough OF despond" in a SYM
pathetic way. leaving the plutocrat-more of a minus
quantity then than now.-to about in his mire
a he had made it.
And the for the distinction is obvious Had
Mr. Roosevelts birth been humble as was that OF
and the hardships that Lincoln felt his i'm petuous
exaggerative. determined nature would have made OF
him an l. w. w leader, for this all know any
thing that stood the way OF the Roosevelt nature
given corner. was asked for none-.direct
actonism" being outside his category only
Of his OF birth. his education. training political
acumen, and consequent lack of lowly feeling
Lincon's was the simple Ife:" RooseveIt's the
strenuous life" That is among the differences and
perhaps accountable than any other one thing.
for all the other differences And old Honest Abe -
out Of that life has shed a radiance that perhaps
other American will equal Prest Wilson has been
held up in comparison with him. but there is no
comparison particularly in this respect Wilson being
cool calculating student and indomitabIy indepen-
dent, waging his for humanity yes but more in
school mastery fashion, than a father brother
compares with Lincoln mainly in the re-
spOnsbilities that have been thrust upon him. the
hardshps that he has undergone; in the amount of
sneaking. snarng insensble copperhead criticism
that has his swallow ainngly; and
his final determination TO ahead and do the right
he it. keeping faith with his promises ignoring
his critics, quite Lincoln did, often
comfort.
Wherefore again, Roosevelt differs from the enamel
in that has among the virulent OF
critics Of in trying a position, instead OF
being the Roosevelt compares better Sumner
Chase and Stanton in the cabinet Sumner in the SEN
ate. Horace Greedy his York Tribune the
men of opposite partisan faith who could good
whatever in Lincoins doings. 1t is splendid Of the
Roosevelt eulogists overlook this phase last
days. recounting his virtues. He may been
coupled with bad judgment have jeopardized many
much needed reform
Accordingly Lincoln will continue alone as
character in American life and history He him
self. Happily those who have compared him
here lived their lives have characters
their That is the kind of life to live even
though in the spotlight Of history, there may others
ABE Lincoln came nearer to a rencarnation of the
man Christ, reiteratpg nature any other
that has ever lived" and the dictum still holds good
HE only since the Christian era Col In
gerso continued who ever attained greatness
without abusing it, and perhaps that dictum holds
toO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
A DEMOCRATIC TAX.
good too.

Petitions have been circulated in the big New York
department protesting against the proposed
luxury tax" incorporated In the federal revenue bill,
which high priced commodities Of many kinds.
According those protests the proposed legislation
imposes a direct burden class OF the consuming
public and is therefore, contrary the democratic
principles o republic"
Why so? Hasn't it always been a good democratic
principle to tax republicans?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
The Melting Pot
CONES TAKE PorIUCK
WITH Us

South Bend, Ind,
Feb. 11-191e.
Editor South Bend News Times
Dear Sir
In the Editorial Column of Feb.
you referred to the Anti Tobacco
peopl as Fanatics nav 1 don't think
these people are Fanatics at all
they are just every day Grafters ex-
pecting TO bleed the Church peo-
pie out of several Millions of Dol
lars every year the same as the An
ii Saloon League have been doing
so as to pay themselves a big fat
Salery without doing any work and
control News Papers and Leguslat-
ures. They don't care whether il
injuries a man to chew or drink il
is the easy money They are after.
If you would read the Editorial
Columns OF the South Bend Papers
think you may have discovered
some real Fanatics before this But
you amt a good Suort you would
deprive some. people Of things that
they enjoy but when they want TO
get your smoke you hollar Fanatics
just like all Reformers.
Now really don't you think it was
time that these Anti Grafters got a
real job and produced something
that is required to maintain life
instead Of living off some else all the
time.
Yours truly
George Mueller
7OS w La Sale ST.
Perhaps il is the youthful appear
ance of Councilman Maurice Ven
net that caused a big policeman to
take the member from the Third
ward for something he never was
and probably never will be.
The police brought in a man at
police headquarters Monday night
Just before the city council met in
regular session. The prisoner, who
was charged with the unlawful pos
session of liquor. happened to be a
Belgian.
Councilman Vennet speaks the
Belgian language fluently, and he
also was acquainted with the man
under arrest The man was tell
ing the councilman all about how
he got arrested and everything, the
two conversing in Belgian.
One OF the officers az the station
became FESTIVE under the prolonged
conversation between the council
man and his companion. The of
fcer stood on one foot and then on
the other. Finally it became toe
much for him so he walked up 70
the councilman, grabbed him by the
arm. swung him around and bel
lowed,
Don't you know that you Cant
talk to prisoners that away"
Councilman Vennet loosened. his
arm from the grasp OF the officer
looked at him a moment, wonder
ing what it was all about and then
told his friend under arrest good
bye.
AS the councilman walked up the
stairway leading from the police
station. the officer who had inter
rupted the councilman's converse
ton turned to Dean Wilhelm, a re-
porter for The News-Times with a
Disguised look on his face.
Did youse ever see anything to
beat the nerve Of these reporters
he asked, pointing his thumb at the
retreating form of Councilman Ven
net.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
No. Next to Something.

The Bolsheviki held up a fashion
able dance hall in Berlin and Sc
cured a valuable haul. Fashions
must be different there. In this
country they would have got next
TO nothing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
Taking Chances.

New Orleans States.)
Girls by the hundreds are marry
ing the returning marines in spite of
the fact that the slogan of the Ma
rine Corps is First TO Fight"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
Bowels Out of Kilters

That's nature calling Tor relief.
Assist her in her daily duties with Dr..
Kings New Life Pills. Not purgative
in the usual dose, but mild, effective,
Corrective, laxative that leases the
bowels into action. 25c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
THE RRUTE

Il haven't thing to wear" said
Mrs. Oldwed, when her husband in
vited her to the theatre.
Well" replied the heatrless
brute. Then why don't you get a
lob in the chorus with the Follies p"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
Healthier. Anyway.

Although the former crown prince
of Germany is said TO be having a
dull time in Holland. he doubtless
prefers such dizziness TO the sort Of
excitement he would find in Berlin.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
That Steak Again.

tChattanOOEa NtWS.J
If Mr.. Mann enjoyed a $3.50 steak
at the hands of the beef trust while
the balance of the country was on
meatless days, we are not sure that
a firing squad is not in order.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
Failure Comes High.
Chattanooga News.))

A Chicago judge compelled a
woman to fork over the promised
$50 for introduction to a husband
prospect. Notwithstanding that, aft
err inspection, she decided that he
wasn't worth il.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12

books from the teetota viewpoint it's think
what will happen Omar Khayyam and Robert Burns.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
Should Listen In.
Cnetrnit NewsN

IUtITUIL -NtWNT
Portugal acts as though she had
not heard what Mr.. Wilson said we
were fighting 10 make the world
safe for.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
No Mnnotony Hero.

Baltimore American-)
4 woman in Philadelphia married
the same man twice and then had
him arrested for desertion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12

From the New York Worlds frenzy prohibit
ton, gathers that the World is equally concerned
with the rights of nations their destiny
and the right of individuals to drink beer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
Strong On IL.

New York World.)
The story that Villa has embraced
bolsheviki doctrine does him inJus-
tice. He was the originator Of it on
this continent.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12
Of Coursc. But viz?
lMcClure's.l

Transparent frocks that cover the
neck and arms have been chosen as
the best Of all theatre and restau-
"a NJ dinner gowns
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12

The government is planning t. poison gas ex-
terminate the flu. Well if it worked with Germans it
ought o with germs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-12

No Turkey for US. thank you!
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19
COMMISSIONERS : ALE

BY decree OF the Drew Chaacery
Cout, / a. commissioner Of sid coart.
will sell at public outer., TO &c high
est bidder, on 4 c.edit OF three
months, at the East door OF the coan
t. courthouse in Mont;cello. Drew
comfy. 4 kansas, on Friday, January
lG, 1920, between the hours of ten o.
CLOCK, A. NJ. and three o'clock 2. NJ.
the following described land, the
properly Of Z. S. Vawter, lying IN
said Drew county. torit:
The f. IL OF Sc IA and the SW'
Ia of the Sc IA Of Section 2S in
Township y, South, Range ., West,
120 acres.
The purchaser will Re required to
gne hi1 note with aPprovei security
and lien viii be retained on the land
to secure payment of the purchase
money.
=. Henry, Commissioner.
". &. ". Attys. 12-19-3t.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

new idea. or rather the old one
revived, was TO make tn
Christmas festival real CO.
ebration Of the birthday Of
Christ, the King. Getting an in
spiration from this old legend of
Cathay they prepared for a
White Christmas, which would
be celebrated with song and tn
bringing of white Gifts =
the King"
1t is a lovely thing to re
member at the Christmas season
those who are dear to us with
gifts that are tokens of our low
Unfortunately this can be car
ried to such an extreme that
Christmas becomes a burden.
But it is undoubtedly true I'll
greater sanity in Christma
celebrating was one of the g
results that came to this cou
from the war. A realization of
the universal woe in this old
world the Christmas of 1917
made all feel that gifts should be
to those whose need made then
little ones of the king. Pr
ably there were mora oh =
gifts" that soraber Christm.
than this generation had ev /
presented.
This does not mean by any
means that sorrow auj 4
ness Of heart are prop
accomplishments for the Christ
mas celebration. 1t is a joyous
season. About two thousand
years ago the angels first Gel
brated it with glorious out
burst of song and the wise men
of the East brought their gift
with JOY and gladness.
Joyful all We nations rise.
Join the triumph of the skies !;
With angelic hosts proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Remember He said "Inasmuch
as We did it unto one of the least
of these We did it unto me-
There are then many chances to
bring our gifts to Him, whose
birth we celebrate. A contribu-
ton to the sufferers in the near
East, to the Red Cross Seal
Fund for tubercular victims. to
our local Charities, to the work
for the needy anywhere if given
in the right spirit will be white
gifts. Nor doth the great king
regard one gift above another
50 long as all be white"
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19
CELEBRATING CHRIST.
MAS WITH WHITE
GIFTS FOR THE KING

There is a legend of the east
that is wonderfully beautiful
and suggestive at this season
of the year when every one is
fgiving more or less thought to
Him whose coming brought the
first Christmas morn.
The legend tells how centuries
ago in Cathay they used to
celebrate the birthday of Kub-
lah Khan, that mighty warrior
whose valor as soldier and
wisdom as a ruler so endeared
him to his people that they ever
spoke of him lovingly as "The
Great Khan" Both rich and
poor alike were eager to present
their gifts each year when the
nation celebrated the anniver-
sity of his birth. So it came
about that on the kings birth
day the people observed what
was called the white Feast"
The king and his court would
assemble in one of the great
rooms of the palace which was
all white. The floor was of
marble and on the walls were
hung curtains of white silk. All
were in white apparel and they
offered to the king white gifts
to show that their love and
loyalty was without stain. The
rich brought to the king pearls,
exquisitely carved ivory, white
chargers and costly brodiered
garments. The poor presented
white pigeons or handfuls of
rice. But the king did not re-
gard one gift above another SO
long as all We're white.
Some years ago some serious
thinkers, who felt that our
Christmas festivities had come
to be almost entirely lacking in
the real Christmas spirit, at
tempted to institute change.
The emphasis had come to be not
on giving but or receiving. The
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19
CHRISTMAS BELLS

Hank! the Christmas bells are ring
ing
Ringing through the frosty air
Happiness to each one bringing,
And release from toll and care.
How the merry peal is swelling
From the gray old erumbling tower,
To the simplest creature telling
OF Almighty love and power.
Ankle-deep the snow is lying,
Every spray is clothed in white.
Yet abroad the folks are hieing,
Brisk and busy, gay and light.
Il v fresh helps and aids are offered
. the aged and the poor,
And rare love-exchanges proffered
At the lowliest cottage door.
Neighbors shaking hands and greet
ing
% one sorrowing, no one sad,
Children, loving parents meeting,
Young and old alike are glad.
Then while Christmas bells are ring
ing
Rich and poor, your voices raise,
And-your simple carol singing
Watt to heaven yuor grateful praise.
Unknown.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19
NOTICE OF STOCK.
HOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that
the regular Annual Meeting of
the Stockholders of the Union
Bank & Trust Co., Monticello,
Ark, will be held in the Di-
rectors Room of its Banking
House on T L SDAY, JAM
UARY 18th, 1920, at ten o'clock
a. m. for the purpose of elect
ing Directors for the ensuing
year and for the transaction of
any and al other business that
may properly come before the
meeting.
James Jackson, Cashier.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

The question for each man to
settle is not what he would do
if he had means, time, influence
and educational advantages, but
what he will do with things he
has-Hamilton Wright Mabie.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19
Here's Wishing One And All
q Merry Christmas.
uREE1iSGS FROM

.IUliDA. uREEliSNiS FROM
IL .ho.tLI. dor STORE
we N,lsi. t..ol lne uOvd VII and
Oheer "a die fiondays may Prevail
InrCugi.ou, The ear, und Mark your
enterprises and 1ndeaN0r with Tx
t.aOroinary success.
we WISH that this Year may be
the Realization Ui ali Good Things
that Come From Cooperation and
Trust and Good Fellowship.
We Wish that We may have the
Same Opportunities and Pleasure
of Serving YOU in the Future as We
have been Allowed to enjoy in the
Past And when all is said and done
we Come Back to the Time old beard.
ed Toast which is just that
EVERY BODY in cur Place Wishes
EVERYBODY in your Place very
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAP
Ply NEW YEAR.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

We should rot allow the
Christmas giving to become a
burden. Love IS worth more
than expensive gifts.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

lis the songs you sing and the
smiles you wear, that makes
the sunshine everywhere.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

What do we live for if it is
not to make life less difficult for
each other?
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

The end of the world prophets
must be disappointed but they
have mighty little company.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

Greatness is to take the COM
mon things of life and walk
truly among men.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

Entered at the Post Office at Mont
icello, Ark, as second class mail
matter.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

To have joy one must share
it, happiness was born a twin.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

Happiness is found in great
love and much serving
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

! 20, Gti4liSTMAS.
TIoli% ia The window. tarkeE
in the oven. presents 'yeightin"
down tn gii,eoring tree. Ch~ist-
i mas ci.elr ia the ali
. C@:e yGu make I1a.n for one
4 more Ga in }olr Cmistl1a3
J hear.-eaoe efal!g. i !. happans
I to be q little chilo whose eyes
1 are big and lonesome, and who
has been hungry for a good long
! time?
For Just 10 cents you can
! feed th9 hungry stomach Of such
child or Christmas Day. For
$500 you can care Tor It for the
/ whole Of the Christmas month.
and L yol can Dig down IN
your Christmas pocket-Dook and
! pull out $56.50 al in oae lump,
you can be godparent to a little
boy or girl Tor a whole year.
being put IN touch with it
through correspondence.
What kind Of q child? Well,
what do You think ABOUT a little
ten-year-oId boy VINO for three
years worked every day from
] sunup to shutdown, saving up
branches Of trees for fuel? He
must support one crippled leg
!! with a huge stone while he
worked. One end Of a huge
eIoss-cut saw was pressed a
| gaipsf MS tiny chest, the other
braced against the ground, as
with outstfetehed arms he drew
toward him the branches which
wee 10 make fuel and earn 80
cents week for himself and an
old grandfather.
CIR how about q little siX-year-
Old girl who, when the Germans
carried away every boy baby
from her town was thrown to
the pavement by a burly Ger
man when she proved to be
girl? She IS permanently Grip
pied. fer mother was taken
away D. tie Germans, her
father Was Killed IN the war.
These are Just two OF the
100000 French orphans of the
wal. They are being taken care
OF now, but thousands OF others
are without help or friendship.
All are fathefless, many have
lost mothers, either taken away
by the Germans or dead from
exposure, prlVatlons, or in the
: commandments. The Fatherless
Children OF France, an Ameri-
: can organization cooperating
with similar one IN France of
| which Marshal Joffre is the
head, is trying to furnish Ameri-
en- aid to the extent Of ten cents
day per child, to the tiny pen
sion the French Government has
, been able to grant orphans of
the war. Every cent contribut-
ed for q child goes directly to
it. Not one penny is used
either in this country or in
France for any other purpose;
Il expenses of the work are
Torn by generous friends.
Can't you add one of these
Gren to your Christmas list?
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

Merry Christmas and Hap
~ New Year.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

All the worlds akin at Christ
mas.
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19

Mrs. r.
of Texarl.e
former
w. S. Nee
The Monticellonian., 1919-12-19
A. T. WELL

Mrs. A. M. Bell of Crossett
formally of this city is spending
the holiday at the home of her
son, Levert Bell, of this city.