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Show I i I . I I ! i _ I III Jottings From Froma II IIa a Prodigal SonDear Son SonDear I ' Dear Bish BlSh The journey of life IS ismade ismade made up with joy , , happiness happmess , sorrow sorrowand sorrowand and oft-times oft times oft-t1lnes t1lnes oft-tunes tunes - with bitter remorse Joy Joyi Joyand Joyand and happiness happmess come to each and all allI allof allof allof of us ue : ; when we give that to our feHow fellow fellowmen fellowmen men as we make the trail down or upthe up upthe upthe the path of life hfe Remorse comes to us uswhen uswhen uswhen when we v . wrong rong om Oill out fellow man WIth WIthImpumty withimpunity withimpunity Impumty impunity and malice aforethought aforethoughtWhen aforethoughtWhen aforethoughtWhen When we go to bed af- af at afnight - night andthink and andthink andthink think over the go good d or bad things thmgs we wehave \ wehave \ e ehave have haveTought wrought \\Tought Tought \ \ during durmg the day tothose to tothose tothose those . "with with v.1th v1th " whom we live and assochte associate associateand , , and find , , perchance , , \ we \ e have takenundue taken takenundue takenundue undue advantage advant3ge of some fellow m in mom inout inom om out daily dally transactions of life , , then thencomes thencomes thencomes comes the remorse rem'orse ' of not having havmg lived livedup livedup livedup up to the Golden Rule on 011 the date inquestion m in mquestion inquestion question We VIe cannot go to sleep wIth witha a clear conscience But . why v.hy vhy rumm1.te rumm1te ruminate rumm1.teand ruminateand ruminiteand . and tell those whom we meet our in- in inmost inmost in inmost - most thoughts ? I meet people pe0ple eeryday e'lery elery eery e'leryday everyday ' , day in ill m my rambles , , and listen to some sometales sometales sometales tales of woe and sorrow ; then again Ihear I Ihear Ihear hear the good word spoken with a asnule asmile snule smile of joy en nn n their thelI " lips Did you ou ever everst everstop everstop stop st p to think thmk just lust how much a plea- plea pleasant pleasant plea pleasant - . sant smile is worth9Nobody \ worth9 worth9Nobody \ orth ? Nobody has ever added upThe upThe up upThe The value of a smile snule , - Wte We % know how much a dollar dollars s worthAnd worthAnd worth worthAnd And how long bng is a mileWe mile nule nuleWe mileWe We know the distance to the sun , , The size and weight of earth , , But no one here can tell us JustHow justHow just justHow How much a smile snule is worthAuthor worthAuthor worth worthAuthor Author unknown to meWell me meWell " Well "VeIl VeIl , if a smile is isorth w \ \\orth orth \ \ orth so muchthat much muchthat muchthat that its value cannot be computed computedhy computedwhy , \\hy hy why \ not . give gJ.ve gJve gave one to our friends fnends be- be beI because because be because - cause they cost us nothing in 111 dol13rs dollars dol13rsand dollarsand dollarsand and cents You can . show a fnendly friendly fnendlysnule friendlysmile friendlysmile snule smile , if nothing more , , and what JOY JOYit joyit joyit it may bring bnng to your sorrowing sorrowmg friendSince friend fnend friendSince Since Smce the outbreak of the ItaloEthiopian Italo- Italo ItaloEthIopIan Italo-Ethiopian Italo Ethiopian - EthIopIan war away down in m Africa Afnca 1 I 1have Ihave Ihave have followed the dally.reports dallyreports daily jeports reports . ' ; of the thestragglmg thestraggling thestraggling stragglmg straggling notes of news that have havetncJ.led havetrickled havetrickled tncJ.led tncJled trickled . through the daily press , , and andI andI I confess it is a jumble of f truth and anduntruth anduntruth anduntruth untruth , mostly latter One day you youget vouget ou ouget get something that the league of na-ticns na ticns na- na natIens nations - tIens tions are going gomg to do to Italy by wa way wayof wayof ' ot of . sanctions , then the next day you youget youget youget get the reverse One day you read readthat readthat that 52 nations are going gOillg gomg to do some some- somethmg something something - thing thmg tremendously great , the next nextday nextday nextday day it is reversed I 1 confess that I am amat amat amat at sea , without a compass or chart , r : rcan 1cant f fcan can t believe anything anythmg I read Why Whyput Whyput Whyput put out a lot of hooey one day and andre andreverse re\ re reerse reverse \ erse it the next ? 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The press mayknow may mayknow mayknow know , I 1 do not Why Vlhy not gn give site e us thefaetc thefacts the thefacts facts faetc ; and then stick by it itSome Some one ga\ ga gave gae gage \ e out the followmg following followmgverdict followingverdict followingverdict verdict the other day which Impressed impressedme me greativ g-reatlv g reatlv greatly - "Anyone Anyone " who profits b by bywar bywar ' war \ ar is a murderer Whoever deals m in mwar inwar inwar war stocks-steel stocks steel stocks - steel , , copper , aircraft aircraftchemicals , chenucals chemicals , with an eye to profit , is a amurdelel amurderer amurdeiei murdelel murderer He who traffics in matenals materialsas , as cotton or petroleum products , withan with withan withan an eye to the extra , products to be bemade bemade bemade made from war conditions condlUons , , is a amw amm ammderer mw mm derer The workman who acceptsemployment accepts acceptsemployment acceptsemployment employment in plants preparing preparmg war warmatenals warmaterials warmaterials matenals materials to be shipped slupped abioad abroad and andused andused andused used ! in n the butchering butchermg of human humanbemgs humanbeings humanbeings bemgs beings for fer fcr profit , is 15 a murderer . . The Thepreacher Thepreacher preacher , , editor , , educator wh whq who sup- sup supports supports sup supports - ports war is a murderer The states states- statesman statesman statesman - man who votes , , or makes war , is a amurderer amurderer murderer : . . " ' statesj j "A A " 'A A ' little bit of patience often makesthe makesthe makes makesthe the sunshine suns1une come comeAnd , And veryhappy eryhappy cryf a little bit of love makes aery a \ very \ery ery , cry happy home ; ; A daylook ylook little bit of hope makes a rainy d day day y look gaY . gayAnd : , . And ta a Q , little bit of chanty charIty makes glad glada a \ weary eary dayGordon day . . " ' -Gordon Gordon - - GordonWell Gordon GordonWell Well Bish Blab , I fully sully realize that I am amnot amnot amnot not atthis attlus atthm a very interesting entertainer at tlus thm writing . Sometimes Sometlmes I can't cant ' ' get getthe the -worthwhile worthwhile anythingworthwhile knack of saying anything worthwhile worth worthw1ule - w1ule while . . I just rust know that my mind seems seemsa 3 a . perfect blank in every way wny . . Today I Ihave have 1have tried to say something , , but with 1 poor success Hope 111 Ill give gne you a bet- bet better bet better - ter story next time I sit down to try tryto tryto tryto to tell you things thmgs that I see and hearin hear hearin ' ' it's its it'sgettmg it'sgetting it'sgettmg itsgettmg ' ' 111 in my rambles Guess it's its because gettmg getting cold and I am just feeling it itill itin itm ill in my veins Will try and adjust my- my myself myself my myself - self to the climate clnnate and times if 1f such suchcan suchcan suchcan can be done So as the fellow said byway by byway byway way of apology , so long , , . ' I'll Ill ' ' be seeing seeingyou seeingyou seeingyou you again if all goes wellYOU well goesYOU YOU KNOW MEA ME MEA A paper copy of the prized pnzed Guten Guten- Gutenberg Gutenberg Gutenberg - berg Bible , of which only 41 are Imo"n Imon known Imo"nto knownto knownto " to exist e'ICist eICist ' , , was sold at auction for $100- $100 100 $100000 S100 $100-000 $100 100 000 $100000Iowa $ , ; - 000Iowa 000 - 10\\ 10 Iowa 10a \ \ a has a smaller percentage of ofI of11111ter.ates ofilliterates ofilliterates I illiterates . than any other tate , , lessthan less lessthan lessthan 11111ter.ates 11111terates than one per cent of the populatlOn population populationbeing populatlOnI populatlOnI populatlOnbemg populationbeing I bemg being unable to read and writeDaniel write writeDarnel I I Darnel Daniel Lambert , who died in m Eng Eng- England England - I IDarnel land in 111 1909 , weighing 730 pounds , ! , isbelieved S Sbel1eved bel1eved believed to have Pen been } ) b en the heaviestman heaVIest heaVIestman heaviestman heaVIestI I man who ever livedThe lived livedThe The Methodist Episcopal churchGreenwich church ill in ini illGreenWIch inGreenwich i GreenWIch , , Kan , is 50 years old , but bu butit : It had its first wedding ceremony Just justlecently bujust j jrecently i I IIecently Iecently recently , when Eldon Eidon M Hagan mar mar- marned marned married - ried ned Effie Louise Borg I I |