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The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
AT LEAST MEN FOR A TIME
Story of heroism in the "Underworid" That Is Calculated to Set
 Person Thinking.

"The underworld ' That word has been bandied about so much of late. It is used to hint at poverty, crime, vice, the potrifaction of am- bition, the utter extinction of no- bility of character, and sodden deg radiation without a redeeming trait. Some even use 1t with a CoN sheer. But listen to what happened when a ramshackle old lodging house in New York's underworld caught fire.
 "A crowd of Park row human fot sam and jetsam and boys of the neighborhood bent their backs and punched themselves together 10 break the force of the jumps made by seven women from the third floor of the burning building. The jump was more than thirty feet, but the women were saved.
 "Only one needed Il surgeons at tpntlon, but some ot the men walked away with bruised backs, with heads cut by flying heels and arms strained by the impact. Mo of those who made up this human life net said grully they had no names when ln- formation was sought. Others were willing to say Johnny di Martino Patsy James, Bogo, Johnny Pasola, Kid Iimbino, Chinkie the Wop, and such like The addresses were Oh. around here. 7"
 Which means "Nowhcre at all" How many seIf-satisied bousehoIder- who take their comfortable homes a, a matter of course, who snugly re gard themselves as pillars of tn" community, could have done better Golfers Weekly.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
GOOD ROADS
WORK ROADS IN THE SPRING
or September When Surface Ia Dry. Declare Experts.

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 It is a great mistake to put of working roads until August or Ser tember, according to road experts oi the United States department of agri culture. The roads should be worked when the soil k damp so as to make the soil bake when it dries out II the roads are worked when they are dry. 1t takes more power to draw the machine and besides dry earth and dust retain moisture and quickly rut after rains. The use of clods. sods weeds or vegetable matter in build Ing earth roads should be avoided be cause they also retain moisture.
 If the working of the roads Is de ferred until the latter part of the sum mer when the surface is baked dry
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17

ties will be shown. The populat- ion of the states for each year under consideration will be used and the per'. capita hebt less sink ing fund assets will be given.
 An;inspection Of the tables in the bulletin soon to be issued shows that ..onlytbiennial reports were.received for Arkansas. In this state 1.-the amount of out standing bondssdecreased mater tally during the period. while the floating debt of $3. .36O, 900 in 1890 disappeared altogether in 1908. In the case jof funds and investments the securities show a small general increase, the cash changing more or less rom year to year, reaching the maximum of Sl, 168, 900 in 1904 The sink ing fund assets, though varying greatly during the period, were at no time large, hence the bebt less the sinking furd assets did not differ materially from the total debt. Tte debt per capita decreased perceptibly from 1890 1910 due largely to the marx d reduction in the floating debt. In 1880 the total debt of Ark. ansas at the close of the fiscal year, September 30. was $6, 845. : GOO, in 1890 it was 5, 452, GOO, and in 1612it was Sl. 25l 900, the decrease being almost holly due to the marked decline observable in the floating debt. The pop ulation of the state increased from 803, GOO in 1880 to l. 580, 900 in l9- 10, thus assisting in bringing about a very decrease in the p>rI capita debt. In 1880 the per C ,plUa deDt amounted 10 $8. 46 ten years later 1t amount ed to $4. S2; in 1900 it had gone down to $1.Ol and in 1902 it h, d been reduced to $O.87. Since that tin the cnanges have not been so malk- ed, tue per capita :debt amount ing to so. 76in 1912.
 In contrast with the state ot Arkansas. we find that, taking the entire debt, le $ sinking fund assets for the 4S states, the aver age per capita for the V hole | country according to the latest report is s 52, CT slightly uo. t than four times the per capita debt tor Arnansas tell from $S 46 | in 1880 to so 76 in 1912 the D. capita debt for the whole Uuitt |. States fe.l oaly from S5 AS t s 52 duing the same petiJd
 A lae ar> ,tGt t.as @a}a T oet cen; ,A ,i.c o,4a a,,,4a,A4l, O.
 I'.i ,d States viii be found nj t'", ,taie of Artan.as. anu 04
 ner cent uf tl- lAf-. u.nl l.. q
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
FINE WORK.

"Thcrc is machine that can be graduated 10 measure the mllllnth part of an ,nch
 Il know, sad tbe @caY youth. They use 'cm in making ham sand- wiches."
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
IN THE HOSPITAL.

"I found the directory in tn, sur gical ward.'
 "Ah, noticed they have relaoyeI its appendix"
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
When Lisutenant-Gove to Act as
 Govsrnor

Section [. In case of the Impeachment of the Governor. OF his removal from office. death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office resignation. or absence from the State the powers and duties of the office shall deyo'Ne upon the T.ieuteuant-GoVernor for the residue Of the term, or until ths disability shall cease. But when ths Governor shall with the consent of the E.eeislature. be out Of the State in tims of war, at the head of a military force thereof. he shall continue commander-in- chief of all the military force of ths SflIa
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
Executive Power
Election of Governor and Lieutsuant-
 Governor

Section 2 The Governor and Lieu tehant-GoNefnor shall be elected al the times and places of choosing members of the Assembly Tine persons respec- lively hayiug the highest number Of votes for Governor and LieuteEant- Gov ernor shall he elected but in case two or more shall have an esnIal and tI. highest number of votes for Governor. or for f.teutenaut-Gnveruor the tw" Houses of the Iaeislatme at it's next ballot choose rue of the said persons. so having an equal and the highest u'ln1. ber of votes for Governor and Eie#tea-
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
HORSE SENSE.

City Resldent-Mr. CornJassel, why do your horses slobber so after eating green clover?
 Mir. Corntasset - Because they can't spit.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
HANDY AROUND THE HOUSE.

Mrs. Watts-That Adams girl seems quite proud to speak of her new husband as a "horny" handed man.
 Mrs. Batts-Guess she thinks he'll be able to hook her up without swear ing.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
THE CAUSE.

"Young Mrs. Bings has but s b9 excuse for staying home so mucA.' What is 1t t?'
 "Iier baby"
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
A CONTRARY RESOLVE.

See here, my boy, l am going to take a stand
 What about, pop?'
 Your running expenses"
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
SIMILAR MtsFoRTuNEs.

"l went out motoring and the car turned turtle"
 That's funny. l went out rowing and caught a crab"
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
fund assets is attributed to the state.

Money to loan on real-estate, Good rates, easy terms. no delay R. L. Blakely. phones, 339 & 167 Advt If
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
THAT WAY.

Did your vaccination take?" "ln one way"
 "Whsi de vnu tfr hv that t' 'It too~ u last donar.'
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
POOR MAN

The life of man has been divid- ed into seven stages. Here is what one has to say about the
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
PROPOSED AMENDMxXT TO E11 CoNaTIrUTION or THE STATE
 OF ARKANSA9.

Notice is hereby given that the following joint resolution, proposing tuition, was passed by the General Assembly at it's regular session or 1913. and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the to be held Monday. September 14th, 1914, for adoption or rejection.
 Proposed Amendment No. 16.
 That the following Is hereby pro- posed as an amendment to the Constitution Of the State of Ar kansas. and the same being submit ted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection at the next general election for Senators and Representatives, if majority of the electors voting at such cleo tion adopt such amendment the same snall snail become part of the Consti- tuition of the State of Arkansas
 That Section No r of Article ! Of the Constitution of the State of Arl<an- sss De amended so as to read as follows
 Executive Department.
 Section l. To amend Section 1 or Article of the Constitution of the state or Arkansas tc read as follows: The Executive Department of this State shall consist of a Governor. Lieutenant ernor, Secretary at state Treasurer Of State. Auditor of State and Attorney General tdt. all of whom shall keep thetr offices in person at the seat of govern meut and hold their offices for the term of two wears and until their successors arc elected and qualified And the Gen efai Assembly may provide by law for the establishment of the office of Com missioner of State Lands
 Executive Power
 Section .. The Executive power shall be vested in a Governor. who shall hold office. for two years. a Lieutenant-C Coy ernor shall be chosen at tho same time. and for the same term. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected next preceding election the time when this section shall take effect. shall hold office until and including the second Monday of September and their suecessors shall be chosen 3t the general election in that
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
Qualification and Duties of Lieutenant
 Governor; Succession to the Cover

Section s The Iieutenant- Governor shall possess the same qualifications ot eligibility for the office as the Governor He shall bs president of tha Senate but shall have only a casting vote therein in case Of tie vote, If during va cancy of the office of Governor the Lieu tenant Governor shall be impeached q $ placed, resign, die. or become incapable of performing the duties of his office or be absent from the State tn. President of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be ruled or the disability shall cease: and fr tll. President of the Senate for any Of the above causes shall become incapable Of performing the duties pertaining to the office of Governor the Speaker of the Assembly shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cNaSA
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17

seven ages: First age: Sees the earth. Second age: Wants it.
 Third age: Hustles to get il. Fourth age: Decides to h| satisfied with only about half di| 1t. Fifth age: Becomes still mora moderate. Sixth age: Now content d possess a six. by-six strip of 1t. Seventh age: Gets the strip
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17
Salary of Lieutsnant-aoy.rnor

Section z. The Iieutenant-GoVeIno shall reiVe for his services an annual salary of Two Thousand Dollars and shall not receive or be entitled to any other compensation. fee or prequisite. for any duty or service he may he re- quired to perform by the Constitution or by law
 Section :. That all laws and parts or laws that are in conflict herewith. be and the saJoe are hereby repealed and that this Act shall be in force and er- feet from and after the second Monday in September 1915
 The above resolution was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 6 1913.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment
 Witness my official signature this iath day Of February. 19l4
 EARLE ". HODGES
 fSe1b Secretary or state
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-04-17

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of A2riculture) \
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
" A APOLEON.
By HERBERT CANTON.

TT HE coup by which Napoleon seized the d
 rectory and made himself First Consul
 dates at least from his setting out from
 Egypt if, indeed, it had not been his object for longer tme Once in office he boldly put himself at the head of affairs and launched out into his career of mastery which brooked no ri valry.
 With him were the other two consuls, Camba. ceres and Lebrun, but they were no more than 6g- nreheads> so completely did he dominate every thing pertaining to the government of France
 The council of state which he chose selected the material upon which the corps legislatif worked. He alone controlled all executive matters He could promulgate laws; he could appoint and dis miss members of the council without consulting the other consuls; all foreign representatives were selected by him. As time went he absorbed the powers and functions of other bodies and men, mal- Ing himself absolute dictator and preparing the way for the crown he shortly to assume
 The first military operation of the consulate was to declare war against Austria and to invade that country with large army The victory of Ma rengo was a. lucky stroke for him as opposition was rapidly concentrating at home against the dictator Then in the same year, 1900 followed the victory of Hohennden, the result of which was humiliating peace signed by the Austrian emperor. By this France regained much she had lost in territory since the peace of Campo Formio
 Napoleon now outwitted his enemies bv Franco-Russian entente the effect of which. bov- ever, was almost nullifed when the czar was as sassinated at home and Nelson won the battle os the Baltic About this time the force Napoleon had left in Egype when he came home to mahe his coup d'etat, capitulnted to a British army This was followed by a stroke of diplomacy on his part when he concluded peace with England. He had found the British invnsible on the sea and be gave up his idea of conquest anywhere but on the continent This was the treaty of Amiens o often referred to in history. It was a fine stroke of business policy and it strengthened the opinion of most continental statesmen that they now had to deal not only with military leader of consummate ability, but diplomat the equal of any.
 Now he began his secret campaign for perpetu- ation in office By trick the senate, which wished to elect him only for ten years, was out witfed and the propoSal which went to the people was to confirm him for fife The vote was over whelminsly in his favor and he took office in 1902, using the kingly Napoleon" instead of his family name. Things went rapidly forward. and not only England but all Europe soon saw that there vas no bound to his ambition. His influence was seen in the crippng of British trade and in his policy towards Italy, Germany. and the Dutch re- public. In the latte, country he had been able to enangs the constitution so that the government
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tenn, which Napoleon knew how to frustrate.


 After Austerlitz Napoleon compelled Austria to eede to Italy Venetia, Istria and Dalnata He took certain lands in Swabia and gave them to his South German allies. Austria, likewise had 10 recognize what Napoleon had done in Italy.
 During this campaign the French had crossed Prussian ground in Anspach. The angry Prussan king sent an ambassador to protest. Napoleon gave no answer until he had won at Austerlitz After that the Prussian monarch was glad to let the matter drop Austerlitz having been settled Na. poleon decided to invade Prussia to punish the king for his presumption in objecting to the viola tion of Anspach
 The Prussan force lay from Mayence to Ores. den with force at Weimar which it was intend ed to move into Francoha. On Oct. the French swept out of the mountains and forests, the cav airy hidden behind the infantry for a surprise. The enemys outposts overwhelmed and driven on to the plain. The main force of Prussians how eyer was not located until Oct. 12. and the battle at Jena did not begin until two days later.
 First the French under Soult and Augerau al- though badly placed, succeeded in routing the Prussans on the Landgrafenberg, and before noon the latter were in hopeless confusion and by mid afternoon Napoleon threw his cavalry upon them and the victory was complete
 At the same time the French under Davoust also defeated with great loss Prussian army at kosen. The tactics of the French were much su- perior but there moment when their defeat seemed certain had not the Duke Of Brunswick sbeen slain and the of Prussian defeat at Jena came in time to demoralze the enemy and put them to flight. This is called the battle of Auerstadt
 The defeated force spent the night in retreat towards Lubeck. The pursuing French were well comed by the inhabitants of the country through which they passed so greatly was the Prussian army hated by the people, This was even true of Berlin when the conquerors reached that place, on Oct. 26 Meanwhile Hohenohe's army had capitu- lated to the French under Murat at Prenzsu. leav- ing Butcher, the only other Prussian commander in the field.
 Prussia was made to demobilize her army, to occupy Hanover, and keep English vessels out of Hanoverian ports Anspach and Baireuth were given to Bavaria. Napoleon now launched out as Hymen. He had Eugene Beauharnais married to the Bayaran princess, and insisted that his brother Jerome. whom he had set up king of Westphalia. take for wife the daughter of the elector of wur- temberg stephanie Leauharnais. his wife's niece. was promised to the of the Duke of Baden.
 Then he interfered in Naples, where the king had, so' he said broken his treaty. The king lied to Sicily at the approach of French army and Joseph Bonaparte put on the throne in 1S06 Eugene Beauharnais ruled at Milan. Louis Bona parte installed king of Holland, the repuI- lie having been dissolved. Murat Napoleon's brother-in-law was established in the duchy of Berg, to which had been annexed a part of Cleves
 With other petty Germanic states he played
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
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chess, moving the mannikin rulers about as suited his purpose, which was always to strengthen his power by geographical shufng, marriages or the appointment of rulers.
 He now had Austria weakened and so sur rounded with kingdoms and states of his making that at last he announced the Holy Roman empire was at an end, and it was.
 While Napoleon was in Berlin and his troops were overrunning Prussia he learned that Rus sian army was gathering the eastern frontier to aid .the Prussians. Napoleon advanced into Poland to meet it, encountering conditions different from those be had heretofore met TLere were no Polish roads and the country was poor.
 But by Nov. Davoust had pushed on to War saw, with the remainder of the army following closely behind Warsaw reached on Nov. 30. Napoleon pushed forward troops as fast as they could be organized, many of them militia regiments thrown together in Prussia. Skirmishes and even battles were fought around Pultusk and then be- gan what is called the Eylau campaign in which the Russian army with Prussian troops num- bered about 10000. By February Napoleon pre- pared to cut of the enemy's communication with Russia The French closed in the allies but Ney had been delayed by bad roads and severe wenther, and when Augereau delivered the initial attack the Russians, reinforced by the Prussian allies, gave battle and Augereau's force was nearly annihilated. Both sides exhausted. drew of. Le- fevre, who was besegng Dantzig, compelled tho Prussians to cepitulate.
 The Russian commander made southern move and attacked Ney pushing him backwards Then Napoleon took hand and cut the Russians off from the seaboard. and, great endorsements com ing up the Russians gradually retired into Eried- land, where Napoleon with the main body of his army, encountered him in a battle which resulted in victory for the French The Russians crossed the AlIe and the Prussians surrendered.
 Napoleon compelled the czar to sue for peace, which concluded at Tisit. He had already de- creed the Prussian coast in a state of blockade and ordered the arrest of any English found on French territory. British trade forbidden to any con- tinental port on the Baltic or North seas
 He had now humbled Russia, Austria, and Prus. sia and he determined 70 ruin if he could not con quer England But England ruled the sea. and his hopes for the conquest of her Asiatc colonies were far from realization ever. He then turned his attention to Portugal, which he occupied with Spanish aid, the royal family flying to Brazil on . British warship. Internal dssensions in Spain. he took his brother Joseph from Naples and placed him on the Spanish throne. The Spaniards rose seized the French fleet at Cadz and their land forces captured the whole French force under Du- pont on July B, 1908 This upset Napoleon's plans and.h he still more dsconcerted when tho English and Portuguese forcss Under Sir Arthur Wellesley compelled Junofs French army to leave the country
 Things now began to turn asainst the conquerue. Austria was arming Napelspu,s rs,stions vitk
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control was in French hands and that French sol diers manned the Actresses. He had himself de- clared president Then with stupefacton Europe beheld Napoleon's troops once more in Switzer- land.
 The English awoke to find that he had designs on their possessions in the Mediterranean This led to strained relations eliminating in his prepa- rations for war. He proposed to invade England For funds he using the money he got for Louisiana, and still other funds exaced from Spain Hanover, Portugal and Naples.
 Whether or not there was a royalist plot at this time to kill him is settled fact but his police arrested several supporters of the Count d'Artois brother of Louis XVII Among them was the Duke d'Enghien, who was executed in 1894. Napoleon in later years acknowledged his responsibility for this act In May of that year Napoleon received the title of emperor, which was made hereditary In the whole empire but 2,569 votes were cast upon this change of government.
 Having now almost by bound attained this great imperial dignity the man who only few years before had been an obscure artillery officer set out to justify his elevation by series of m- tary campaigns the like of which in ambition and scope tne world had never beheld.
 He crowned himself emperor in May 1SO5. and the fact that he used the iron of Lombardy told Europe something of his intentions, and this and acts of reprsal and offense caused break with Austria and Russia. Napoleon cooIly annexed Genoa to anger Austria, which it did, and war broke out. Napoleon struck suddenly Throwing huge army across the border he found the enemy at Ulm. He discovered also that the Austrians had c1p arod If orch thing the army needed on which to subsist It had moved so suddenly that the French force suffered for wearing apparel as we'll as for food The ad- made in disorder and almost in mutiny The suffering dreadful. The start was made with only four days provisions and the emperor refused to forward more supplies. Besides. it was now too late
 Actions took place at Albeck and Elchngen. With great bravery in the face of fire the French rebuilt destroyed bridge at the latter place, crossed it, and drove the Austrians before them, capturing 5000 cavalry By Oct 15 Mack. the Austrian commander was entirely surrounded. and by trick of Napoleon who of course in com. mend, was compelled to surrender. Before the end of the month the Austrian force opposing him were prisoners in flight
 No time was lost by Napoleon, who advanced with his combined force towards Vienna. After fights at Durrenstein. Holabrun. the French force of 9I,0OO, confronted the army of the allies. now numbering about 80,000 Perceiving that ir was their intention to cut him of from his ad vance on Vienna, Napoleon disclosed to his men his own plans and then gave battle at Austerlitz his first great struggle in which he commanded The result was the complete defeat of the allies who persisted in fighting according tq the old ys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

Things now began to turn aeainst the conquerue. Austria was arnins, Napelspu,s re,stos vitk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

control was in French hands and that French sol dlers manned the Actresses. He had himself de- clared president Then with stupefaction Europe beheld Napoleons troops in Switzer- land