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The Nevada County picayune., 1920-12-30
JAMES MADISON

S JAMES MADISON made great "A name for himself before entering the presidency and added nothing to | while In the White House, it must be that he was good deal of man hu not much of a president.
 Like all the more famous Virgin. HIS. Madison was not of the highest aristoeracy, but the son of a plain, well-to-do farmer in an outlying coun- ty. His early life was passed at Mont pelier the farm which his grandfather had wrested from the Indians; from f he drew his. only private income and at last he was buried in its soil He was dependent on his father until he was fifty. when the latter died an, the place became his own with lW saves, who continued always To ad dress him simply as Master Jimmy.
 Standing only five feet six inches md one-quarter inches, he was Wttl rant the smallest of our presidents Naturally thin and fraH his zeal fol study nearly wrecked his health while Il student at Princeton college where #af months it time he slepl only faree hours out of the 24. Limited for military duty when the Revolution ame, he went to the Virginia Iegisla ture instead. Yet this seemngl, broken-down young man was destined to be the longest lived of all the presi dents, with the single exception o John Adams.
 When candidate for reelection t' the legislature. Madison revOltet
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My husband suffered terribly from stomach and liver trouble, which cans- ed such bloating of gas as to seriously "ffee. Eis h art Doctor warned him 'rst - sht lroa deed at. any time from this trouble \ friend in Gleve- land advised him To take MHar'S Won derfu Remedy. and since t4king ii, ponth~ ago he k feel na like T young man again. All his .riemiS are surprised at hls appearance. Ii k a simple harmless preparation tha1 re-
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'' TIT S
 ed States.

Wrights Liquid Smoke for fiay0rin and pereseryng meat. si.00 at Guth- rie Drug Store. We pay postage. Phone 101.
 Mir. NJ e Walthall who was with the Picayune for eight years will be with it again next year We expect to give the reading public better pa per in 1921 than we did in 1920.
 Chambers Skipper Compound will positively prevent Shippers One pack age costs you $l.25 and treats 300 pounds of cured meat Guthrie Drug Store. We pay postage. Phone lOl.
 The many friends of Judge ]. w. Franks regret to know of the serious illness of hiS wife She k not getting along as we'll as expected after her return from St. Louis. where she un- derwent an operation.
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 We wish to thank every one that contributed 10 the success of the busi- ness of this paper in 1920 Every sub Scriber and every advertiser has hte best wishes of the editor of this pa per for happy and prosperous New Year
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CHAMPIONSHIPS CONFERENCE

\ conference of United States De partment of Agriculture specialists and representa- tives of State agricultural colleges and experiment stations has been called by the Bureau of Plant Industry, to be held at the University of Chicago. December 20 to consider potato disease in the Western States. The denar ment has recently completed a survey of the pota to growing dis tr cts of the West with particular reference to losses from disease. Fusa- rum blight among other q seases. has caused scuch heavy damage as to threa ten entire suspension of potato growing in some sections.
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Notice of Postponement of the Conssli' dation of the Land Ohiee At Camdca With That at Little Rsc& in the State of AFkansas.

Notice is hereby given that the con solida tion of the land office at Camden. Arkansas, under authority of Executive Order of March 26, 1920. is hereby postponed from December 31, 1920. to June 30, 1921.
 The land office at Camden, Arkansas, will therefore be permanently discon tinued at the close of official hours on June 30, 1921, and its business and archives transferred to and made . part of the land office at Little Rock on July l, 1921.
 Given under my hand in the District of Columbia this sixteenth day sf November, A. D. 1920.
 C. M. Bruce, Acting Commissioner of the General
 Land Ofice 16w2 Help light the plague tuberculosis by buying Christmas Seals.
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Buy Christmas Seals.
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NOTICE

have been appointed administrator of the estate of J. II. Brown, and A. P. Jones has been authorized by the Pro bate Court to make settlements and collect accounts due for ginning. He has the books, so please make settle ment with him and do not come to se" me about the accounts due for ginning, for know nothing about them.
 This December 10th, 1920.
 w V. Tompkins, 1.-Two Administrator
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HE WON'T DROP DEAD ANY MORE.

growing in some sections
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that at the next session of the legislature which convenes on the 10th day of January, 1921. I will introduce q bill to repeal the law creating Road Improvement n strict No. ? of Nevada county; also fol the repeal of the law creating the Pres, ott and Whites Ferry road dis trict; also to repeal the law creating the Prescott and Gale road district ; also to .epeal the law creating the Prescott aud Willisville road district.
 Dated De, omhpr 1 ( l"2o
 CARL MUNN. Representa- tive.
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About 12oo0oo0 boys and girls. com posing Hearls aaff tie school PepuIa ton of the United States. are members of the Junior Red Cross. which k help ina the children of Europe while tt the same time it k de as an important work here at home kalitau GbetWoH, who wears the easaSins smile shown in this picture k fae son of all h. dian guide and trapper He is the youngest Junior lisinz=in the neigAbor hood of Juneau, Alaska-aud he sends greetings 10 fellow Juniors of the Unit ed States
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WANTED-Houseke white, at once. Apply Newths Studio, 3o3 West Main St. n
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APPI1S-APPLH-APPIES

Another car sf Ans appisa. An ns~ loes ted eA East Front street. thFss doors south sf posto0ce.
 Henry Neineyor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
CHRISTINE.

Christine. Gaming Christian.
comes from the Greek verb chrio,
meaning to touch or anoint In
carly times it was tranIated to signi-
fy the Old Hebrew prophetic Mes
siah (the anointed) and became the
title for the Savior the very touch
stone of faith.
The FIRST person known to have
been baptised under the title is 81.
Christina. a Roman virgin Of patri-
clan birth, martyred in 295. Tradi-
ton declares that she was thrown
into Lake Bolsena with a milestone
around her neck. but it floated 10
the surface supported by angels and
she was finally shot to death with
arrows Naturally, she became "A
patroness OF BOlsena and OF the We
netian states. where Christina is a
popular feminine name.
Her fame travelled through Greece
and Hungary and was brought from
the latter country 10 England and
Scotland by the Atheling family in
the person of Christina, Abbess OF
Romsey. The Scotch promptly alb
breviated the name to Kirstin. Ger
many preserved the original Chris
tina but has several diminutives.
among them slime and Tine.
Through John Bunyan's Chnstiana
as the femin ne Of the allegorical
hero Of pilgrim Progress, this
form became popular I'm England.
Christine is Kirste or Kirstine
throughout Scandinavia. Chussie.
Xina Christiana and Christina are
English fav0lites. France faVors
Christine only. and italy calls her
Cristina- In Germany she IS Chris
tame or Kris-el. Portugal has an
odd form. Christina
Christine talismanis jewel is
Jade. whose potency FOR good for
tune and health seems limitless. II
is n sacred stone 10 the Chinese wno
believe that all good things come TO
her who wears it and evil can have
no power over her. Given 10 a newly
married couple it is said 70 assure
the birth Of ar heir within the year.
Christine's lucky day is Monday and
Isl her luck number.
Copyright. 1879
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
Other Editors Than Ours
LYNCHING THE WRONG MAN.
New York GlObcl

y quaint remedy for the newsprint paper short
age that proposed by Rep. Anthony.
This Kansas legislator urges congress TO pass
law prohibiting the of the mail to all nswspa
pers than "A pages insisting that by so do
ing paper surplus could be created for the benefit
of the newspapers in obtaining paper for their
rather small needs
II Mr.. Anthony doesn't know. he ought to be told
that the so-called paper shortage IS child OF the
brought into being To artihcially raise
prices.
And his proposed law in the light of this knowl-
edge. is simply plan punish the victims and let
the criminal so right ahead in tie pursuit and en-
toynent OF his crime
II is specifically class ,, lislation-an attempt
Circumscribe and hamper -ae progress Of all news
papers. which by energy, initiative expenditure OF
large of money, honesty enterprise and genius
have grown great.
tul but the whine OF the failure against the legi-
timately successful
Environment and public need create conditions
that only the ignorant could seek to alter by egs
cation.
II would be just as sensible TO limit, declare by
law that The waldorf ora hotel could only buy
"a hundred eggs "a day. because the Squeedunk no
tel is short of it is TO try to limit the size of
a metropolitan journal because the 'BtnsViie
Buele' is short OF white paper.
Under any conditions the size OF "a newspaper is
not a legitimate matter for legislative regulation
The newspaper is not, in legal sense. public
utility a puElic necessity IL is possible for
pie TO live without a daily newspaper. although
most of the JOY would evaporate from life with the
newspaper absent, there is no such call for reg
ulation as in food and fuel and railroads.
there any need mt All for nleddling with the
white paper problem by congress. IL should be di-
rectcd toward the pernicious activities the paper
trust. and not toward the newspapers, the victims
OF the trust.
As a matter OF fact there is actually such pa
ptr shortage rs the trust would have the world
believe IL is the high price OF paper, which
The dIfHcuIty for both the small and the big pa
per and il is the trust which is back OF the Excess
sIve cost.
II Rep Anthony must get into the limelight with
the paper problem. he should inform himself 20
the facts and employ his energy and his talents
give the paper trust the drubbing 20 deserves.
Punish tn criminal not the victims
Don't lynch the wrong man.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
FINDING OURSELVES.

10 was inevitable that the vast upheays OF the
world war would be followed by a period OF great
unrest and discomfort slowly. but surely. Ameri-
can people are noT finding themselves. and them
depends the determination 20 the length OF the
duration Of tins period As great bodies move slow
Iy the nation as a whole VIII reach the desired
conditions sooner If given proper Individual support
and encouragement That there is such effort IL
shown in a letter from reader of this newspa per.
suggesting the following "the creed of a man who
would be content who would pacify his mind
keep 1t calm amid the general turbulence and dis
order or thought and act"
Il believe that cannot alleviate by worry
the which part Of the heritage Of the
gigantic conflict but 6y worrying i can magnify
these woes out Of all proportion to their true
significance.
'T believe that true enjoyment and peace rest
i'm riches OF gold but in riches of content
nent which free 20 She poor
the rich After all. If we have enough 10 eat,
clothing to wear and shelter over our heads
are these sufficient for the day? These
unusual times. the world is bearing tremendous
burdens Each OF must carry share OF
these burdens We cannot escape IT, Only a fool
or a bolshevist imagnes Let face
like men with determination to overcome
present obstacles and with confidence in flu
ture blessings of peace and plenty. Let us cease
worrying and wait with easy minds until these
disordered conditions have been adjusted Re
member, time is the great and inevitable ad-
juster. Sooner later. most of our present
viii be assuaged and all Of our worrying and
fretting VIII not hurry the natural course Of this
process"
Each must bear his share of the burden and thus
help Fastening the return of peace of mind
body. That is the central thought Of the proposed
creed and the sooner that thought meets with
general acceptance and practical application the
better will be for in dividual and for the
ton.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
JANUARY 10. 1920.
HOURS AND WORK.

There has been good deal OF loose discussion
Of hours AID wages apparently with no relation
whatever TO work cone. The coal miners demand
last November for greatly increased wages along
with short hours simply example OF many
similar suggestions two the larger cities u
the country brickiayer used TO consider 500 10
200G brick laid in the wall per day a. fair days
work. In those cities now, it is said, only 500 to
900 bricks are laid under the same conditions
and the same time. It the same in many other
lines Of work The hour" or day no longer means
any oehnite Of the amount of work to be
turned out. It is simply time spent on the job and
only frequently the total output OF production
or work Is greatly reduced
Samuel Crowther. giving some r Cs for
Capital and Labor in the January worlds Work
points out the folly of this attitude We talk about
p new world" since the war. in which everything
is changed. But no one has yet been able TO dem
onztrate that Mother Nature has changed her ar
rangements. tie says:
"If you viii look about you will discover
that fish are just hard TO take from
the sea that grain does not grow any more
readily quickly than it did. that
the mines do not give up their contents By
tapping them with a wand. there are
fairies about ready 10 clOthe and feed the
multitude"
in other words. the work is still here to be done
An increase in wages or salary should mean an
Increase in efficiency It provides the means for
wholesome food suitable clothing healtAful rec
reation proper medical care. 1t should then inn
prove the workers ability both mentally and ply
scaly, and make him able to do more work or bet
ter work than ne did before in given time But
IL the increase is received and the money spent.
and there is gain in efficiency but a decrease
in production, there follow higher prices and
eventual suffering worse than before.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
More Truth
Than Poetry
TT MAKES \ DIFFERENCE.
BY James J. Montague

IT MAKES \ DIFFERENCE.
When 'Omer smote is bloomin' Tyre
Ed card men sing. by land and
sea
And wot 20 thought e might require
Z went and took-fOr wot cared 'e2
'E never gave the credit due
For stolen rhymes or borrowed wit
For, bein' 'Omer, well e knew
That he could get away with IT.
When Bobbie Burns wrote lyrics for
The tunes ed card the bagpipes
skirlin'
r didn't care for rhymes no more
That Apgood Burt or Irving Ber-
lin
f used the words that came TO and
Nor worried if they rhymed or nor
And people said "Now amt that
grand D.
And canonized the canny Scot
II we should steal a line or so
We mighty soon would come 20
grief
Most everybody that We know,
Would spot the theft. and 'oller
Thief
III we should pull a sour rhyme
The slip would never be forgotten,
Henceforward. 10 the end Of time
Wed ear folks say our STUFF was
rotten
We've thought about this quite a
lot
We've seen bad breaks by men o.
fame,
And we've concluded that there
not
a chance for us 20 do the same.
Us guys who merely toll for pelf
Instead OF fame. can't pull O. bone
The right 20 make your rules your
self
is always for the great alone!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
A Long DeSired Boon
By Winifred Black

cult 10 get partners Husband is
downtown earning the money 10 pay
for all the massaging and manicur-
ing and lingerie buying-she can't
expect him to bother with the one
step-not with her. Son prefers
dancing with his sister or somebody
else's sister. so poor mother puts on
her smartest frock and her tightest
pair of shoes and waddles down to
the tea dansant. and tries TO en-
courage the first shiny haired man
she sees TO ask her to dance
Business Il Business.
Sometimes the shiny mar
turns out TO be thief. and some
times he's a blackmailer. Tn that
case he makes a fool of poor
mother and gets her to give him a
kind, motherly kiss OF sentiment.
while one of his friends takes a
snapshot Of the situation. and then
poor Mother is in real trouble This
thing happens again and again. why
not follow the example of Paris d?
Look facts i'm the face i'm the French
fashion and pay for them. cash
down and no heartaches and no
scandals.
Business is business when it is
business-why not keep if business
and let il go at that?
saw "a woman so years old hav-
ing the time OF her life at a dance
the other night. She romped down
the room like a 1G-year-Old, and she
had all the partners she wanted.
Her three sons were among the
number
But she didn't have to pay her
partners with anything but good
natured fun and natural high spirits.
And of course that alters the
case-really it does-doesn't it?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
THE SIBERIAN PROBLEM.

One OF the most perpleNing the international
problems involving the United States is that of
attitude siberian affairs. For considerably
more than year we have been maintaining armed
in conjunction with the Japanese and Czecho
sIovaks for the protection of that part Of the
rrsns-Siberian railroad over which supplies were
carried TO the troops and people ruled by Admiral
Kochak's all Russian government. While engaged
IN this work OF mercy. however we have not ac-
lively interfered in the between Kolchak and
the bOlsheviks
Apparently underestimating the strength of
Lsnine's armies, KOlchak has suffered a severe re-
Omsl his seat of government. fell the
autumn; TOmsk later taken. and now IrSutsk
threatened. The admiraIs armies are demoralized
Many Of his soldiers have mutned and joined the
bolshevil--- Those who remain loyal appear steadily
10 be retreating eastward In the event that the
debacIe becomes complete. as seems probable. what
to be the attitude of the United States? Shall we
remain in Siberia and actively resist the advance of
Lenine's forces the Pacific shan withdraw
and leave the Russians to settle their fate.
did I'm the ArchanEcI area
The Czecho- Slovak forces in Siberia are TO be
evacuated shortly. leavin the Americans and Jap
anese TO carry the burden. The prime minister OF
Nippon asserts that his country has no intention
or leaving the reds in undisputed possession of east
Siberia. The Japanese viii continue main
tain what the French call "a sanitary Gordon"
keep the bolshevik influence from touching their
border. Before the soviet armies are permitted
advance eastward beyond Lake Baikal, it init
mated they will have 10 defeat two or three Jap
anese divisions now in Siberia and Mongolia. and
may have to face 5apans full military power.
There is some sentiment in this country in favor
% removing our forces from Siberia. The question
rises whether IL would be good policy leave Japan
sole control OF the situation The Nipponese pre-
mer asserts that his nation has no siberian terri
torial ambitions and viii withdraw every soldier
the minute the red menace Is settled, but If she
shosld be compelled To engage in hard struggle
the boIsheviks, is possible that her
may be amended
Al an events the situation wu bear careful
watching. and can be watched more carefully ON
:he spot than from This side OF the Pacific We may
have Ions stay in Siberia ahead of MS. but OF
the principal reasons for complaints has been re-
moved in the withdrawal Of drafted troops from
siberian forces and the substitution OF regulars
therefore.
Sb not y pleasant task this policing siberia.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
LOCAL BRIEFS

Hurrah, It's down TO a business
basis at last All the old women
and all the fat women and all the
ugly women and all the dowdy
women and all the women who wish
they could dance and can't. and all
the, women who are sure they could
dance beautifully if they could only
get a decent man 90 dance with. are
saved.
They're going 10 have partners.
good partners, too.
Fine. tall broad shouldered deep
chested. fiat-backed. good-look.nE
young men with shining hair and
patent leather pumps-men who can
bow and say Thank you, like "a
prince in a play
Men who never stumble when they
try 10 "hesitate''-men who never
side-step when they ought 10 go for
ward-men who wouldn't dream Of
stamping on your foot just because
IL happened to be in the way.
Men with the best of the one-step
in their very blood-men who dance
because they can't help it-men who
look unutterable things into the eyes
of their delighted partner and never
compromise them by an ill-judged
word or look.
All this the ladies wSlo have never
had partners enough are going TO
get-at 50 cents a whirl.
They've started it in Paris-all the
tango palaces have corps of good
looking. light footed young men. and
these men stand in a row for in
spection and the ladies look them
over and choose their partner.
A taxi man stands at the end Of
the room and keeps tab-one round
80 cents: two rounds "a dollar. and
so on and so upward and so forward
and so forth And when the lady
is ready 10 go home the taxi man
comes and collects the money-so
there is no vulgar making change
and counting francs. and sous, etc.
into the hand OF the dreamy-eyed
darling who has been whirling her
through the voluptuous mazes Of the
waltz.
There now-thats what I call
common sense of a certain kind.
I'm Every City.
II you must dance or die. and no
body will dance with you. why save
up your quarters and your nickels
and your dimes. and go and hire n
good looking partner for so much
uhirl and be done with IL.
French? Yes. the plan has come
from Paris, which is nothing if not
practical but the need for il did not
originate there.
III were a nice. fat. old lady, with
tight corset and pair Of shoes
that hurt my tootsies. and I was
simply dying TO make myself think
| / was young again. ! would rather
hire a man TO dance with me at so
cents a. whirl. than TO hire him by
/ invitations 10 dinner. or a ride in my
motor car. or intrOductions TO all
the pretty girls / knew-who didn't
happen 10 be dancing just then.
New York and Chicago and San
Francisco and every city between
are fun OF elderly women who don't
/ feel elderly
So is London and Paris and
Shanghai and Constantinople-so I
have no doubt is Greenland and
/ LapIand. If we only had the facts
from there-though I don't know
The primitive life tends 10 make
women realize that they are no
longer mere infants when they get
4 10 be 40.
The modern woman OF the Well
TODD classes is an right as long as
she keeps busy.
She's fed and petted and mas
saged. and marcelled 20 the last de
gree-for what
To sit around on the edges and
watch the girls do the one-step2
Not at ALTO do the one-steI
herself. or course. she 1nds il dim
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
A Gro7oing Rug and Drubery Dept for Gro50ing City
WHAT'S IN A NAME

Facts about your name. its
history: its meaning; whence il
was derived; its significance;
your lucky day and lucky Jewel.
BY NH DRIED MARSHALL.