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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-18

Of Hawaii. July Fourth, which now
has double meaning in Hawaii, has al
ways been the American residents
great day.
"One learns to skate in summer and
to swim in winter" and one learns pa
triotism in a foreign land. At home.
save in stirring times of war, ones
heart is not apt to quicken its beat
at the sound of THE Star-Spangled
Banner" at home in midsummer one
does not often brave heat and crowd
to listen to the reading of the Declara-
ton of Independence; at home one
does not fiaunt red, white and blue on
hatband and with badge; but we all
know how the American in London
and Berlin comports himself on this
day. which when at home he tries to
run away from. In the little land Of
Hawaii the citizen born in "the
States" is not behind the American in
London and Berlin. All muster to
make of the day glorious Fourth. and
no one Is in the least blase OF indif-
ferent about the celebration. The ma
tional songs rise Justify. way up above
the palm fringes; the clearest voice
in the land reads the immortal words
Of when In the course of human
events" and reads to reverent listen
'ers; the most inflated American glory
ing is accepted az the days due. very
genuine feeling swells the volume and
intsrprets the meaning of MY coun-
try, 'tis of thee"
November 20 is Hawaiian Independ-
ence day, holiday to commemorate
that on the twenty.eighth of the elev-
enth month of the year 1853 France
and England announced, In a joint dec
laration, their consideration Of the
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Sandwich Islands as an Independent
state" Close to Independence Day
comes Thanksgiving, which is cele-
brated by all, the divers races in Ha-
wall uniting to make holiday Of the
New Englander's harvest festival.
And now for the one great holiday
Of all the year.
With US islanders, as with you Of
the States, Christmas is the holiday
Of all the year, is long looked forward
to, long kept in recollection. No man
SO hoary, so superstitious, 80 clothed
about with the old Hawaiian fears Of
evil, but that has heard of the magi
and the Child; no little one in all the
land but feels some influence of the
spirit of the giver.
Though there Is much Of real Christ
mas in the air in the way Of unselfish
giving Of pleasure and Of renewal of
youthful feelings, to you the twenty
fifth of December in Honolulu prob
ably would not seem very much like
Christmas. The gowns are white, the
hats summery; many feet are bare,
aud at the beach considerable Of the
body of the native fisherman Is also
bare. The hibiscus hedges are aname
with blossoms. while the odors of
roses, violets, stephanotis. heliotrope,
plumarias and carnations make the
air heavy with fragrance. There are
no sleigh bells. but many merry horse
back parties: there IL no skating. but
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are invited, to all the church portals
are flung wide on Christmas eve. Cen
trail Union church, the stately cathe-
dral. Kawaiahao, as well as the chap
els at Makiki, Kalihi and Palama,
bring them into the charmed circle of
the Christmas tree.
Little All OF and All Ooe, Sahto and
Yokomitso. too, are not forgotten o.
treated unfairly. Queues and kimonos
have their trees. their gifts, Christmas
songs writ in their tongues, patrons
to 2ct for them the part of st. Nicho-
las. When we peep in at this church
and at that, see Saxon and Hawaiian,
Portuguese, Japanese. Chinese, South
Sea Islander. care for. happy, rejoic-
ing, we seem to find some real mean
ing in "the brotherhood of man." we
repeat softly:
THE angels song rings everywhere
And all the earth is holy land"
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Ans fishing; fev indoor dances. bst
many picnics 1t waikiki. vhere tAs
seaside residences arc and the beach
which Is the great water playground
for the people of the city.
In Hawaii We are made aware of tho
approach of Christmas day all the pre-
ceding night. All night the Hawaiian
warblers are abroad. all night the toy
cannons boom. the iirecrackers pop.
The newcomer feels the midwinter
holiday has changed places with the
midsummer one. and wonders il q per-
son can stand two -Fourths" in q year.
Where live in Honolulu sleep on tho
night before Christmas is impossible.
Fortified. not for resistance but for .
show OF truce. with scores of oranges
and innumerable sacks Of candy. 90
to my room and await, with n good
grace as possible. the coming Of my
visitors. About midnight ! hear the
sound Of many footsteps on the gravel.
stifed mirth. the testing OF strings.
and then burst forth. "A ruby lip
to kiss. love-" and other songs of that
ilk. The newcomer is surprised and
asks II these be Christmas waits: says
she is reminded rather of crowd Of
Romeos besieginE q Juliet. The Ro-
meos at the particular balcony Of
which l speak. never found Juliet un-
responsive, and into outstretched
hands always fall = rain of goodies.
There are hearty thanks called up to
the windows, and many pleasant
voices raised in Merry Kreesmus!
Merry Kreesmus!" The giver feels
repaid, and philosophers that the loss
Of one nights sleep is not SO very seri-
Gus.
On the islands there is an attempt
made to copy the Christmas of the
lands where the white man abounds:
gift-making, church-going, plum-pud-
ding and greens are used to help 1t
out. Many of the gifts are such ~
you Of cold climes have-toys, games.
books. flowers. pictures. dolls, jewelry,
finery; but, as was suggested above,
there is no call for skates. sleds. muf-
fiers. furs or velvets. The church.
going is as it is with you; early mass
for the Catholics. early service for the
Episcopal church folk, church festivi-
ties for the little ones and the poor.
The going out into the highways and
hedges is literally followed in Homo
lulu at this season. Brown babies
from novels hid at the foot of Diamond
Head, big-eyed Portuguese girls and
boys from the slopes of Punch Bowl.
children sheltered in huts dotted
among the lantana thickets Of Kalihi
valley, little aquatics from Waikiki. all
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she soon became very anxious. when
her uneasiness suddenly gave place
to rage on receipt Of an anonymous
communication, telling her of her faith.
less lovers flight and informing her OF
his address. Next lay. accompanied
by her brother. she left for Berlin, only
to find on her arrival that Dreher, no
doubt scenting danger, had fed south
ward.
Through Austria she traced him to
Italy, where he was found in Rome,
employed as waiter at a cafe. Over
awed BY the brothers threats. he con.
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sented to accompany the couple u
England. but contrived, on landing n
Dover, to give them the slip. Oncs
again was the hue and cry raised. but
Dreher managed to reach New Yorh
with his pursuers on his track m,
a second time did he avoid capture,
and succeeded in reaching San Fn.n.
cisco. where he had the misfortune
to break his leg. Crippled by the 20
cident. his means almost exhausted
and broken in spirit. he no longer at
tempted evasion. but allowed himself
to be taken possession Of by the vfdow.
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of pretty silk you have In the house.
Crochet. with mercerixed silk crueohst
thread. . chain of 100 chain stitched
For the second time round take ssven
stitches and 90 into evssy fourth
stitch Of the first row. Keep On
crotcheting in this manner until your
bag is ten inches long; then ssw ID to
the cardboard base. Run . pretty
draw ribbon finished with bows
through the top At each corner Of
the bottom Of the bag place . bow.
Rama Collar Button 0ox.
How the children love rama work!
And 1t is wonderful what beautiful
things even very little children can
make. The rama box in this picture
was made by . six-year-old youngster.
1t is for fathers collar buttons. In
the middle of 1t cut . tiny hole. WinA
rama evenly around this circle from
the center to the edge. Cut = piece Of
cardboard . inches wide and long
enough to At the base. Wind the rama
around this piece and with q piece Of
rama sew 1t to the bottom Of the box.
Braid three pieces of rama for . han
die. Punch one hole on each side Of
the basket near the top and run the
ends Of the handle through them.
You can sew smaller bows where the
handles Join the basket II you wish.
Any one who has ever made Q RAT.
fla basket knows how much pleasure
it is and how glad one is to receive
1t for gift. Soak = reed in hot va
ter. Thread = needle with rama
Make = point 1T one end of the reed
with a knife. Wind the piece Of raf.
fla around the reed. Form this end
into coil and sew tightly. Wind the
thread over the reed and place the
needle through the coil Of reed and
rama In starting . new thread, hold
it along the reed and work over it
until the end IL fastened. The do
! signs are worked In colored rama.
When the bottom Of the basket 10 nm
ished begin the sides by placing the
reed right on top of the last coil.
When the basket 10 finished sharpen
the end Of the reed to point. finish-
ing the coil gradually.
DOLLS Raflia Hammock.
Take q piece of strawboard 10
inches long and inches wide Along
the longest edge make notches 4
inch apart Fasten two brass ripSs
in the middle Of back Of strawboard.
Garry a cord from one ring on the
back through the corner notch in
front across the length Of the board,
through over the back. and loop It
through the other ring. Do this un.
til the thread passes over each
notch. Then weave across Weave
once across the back close to the
edge. Work over this last row and
sew between the strand SO that when
you place your dolls in the hammock
it won't ravel. Unfasten the rinxs
and break away the cardboard.
Dolls Cord Hammock.
Here is a picture OF a hammock
for dolly. made of macreme cord. A
ten-year-old child made this ham.
mock for her little sister. It is about
one yard long and made o. the Solo
mons knots. You csn also have
mamma show you how to crochet ona
too.
Copyright. by W. G. Chapman,
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WIDOW MEANT TO HAVE HIM
Remarkable Story Of Worldwide Chase
for Man Who Sought to Evade
Matrimony.

Regretting an engagement into
which he had entered. a young German
named Dreher, an employe OF large
Lancashire (England) firm. threw up
a,ts situation and left for Berlin. No
news of any kind reached his fiancee.
a widow OF some means. and. as her
rapeated lsttsrs remained unanswered.
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the glue is hardened. With your
light. careful blows over the board to
decorate 1t.
Thread and Needle.
How glad mother will be to receive
this useful gift! 1t is made of bass
wood Y inch thick. 81 inches wide
and 14h inches long (See picture)
This must be given coat OF shellac
Bore a hole in the middle of the board
one inch from the top by which to
hang It. Two. four and six inches
from that bore holes and place in
each Of them 4 peg " inch thick
and inch long. which holds the spool
OF thread. Two inches from the low
est one glue a velvet pin cushion.
This cushion 10 ~ inches square. 1t
is stuffed with cotton batting One
inch below the cushion screw 4 brass
hook to hold the scissors
Thermometer.
Any one is glad to have a pretty
thermometer for his or her room
Look at the picture and cut . design
like it out of Eastwood. Bore a hole
near the top for hanging. Sand paper
the board the same as you did the
match strike. Shellac both sides. II
you put q coat on only one side the
board will warp. Stamp the back
ground to make it look pretty with 4
carving punch and hammer stamp
Cut out background like picture for
the thermometer. Glue 1t In place.
Tack on a thermometer with the brass
escutcheon pins that are used for that
purpose
Cardboard Work Basket.
And here 10 . dainty basket that
does not require the tool chest. and
big sister" will be glad to have It.
1t is useful as we'll as pretty. Cut
out Of heavy white cardboard four
pieces shaped like the picture. They
should be inches across the bottom
and 4 inches across the top. On each
one embroider several spider webs
with mercerized silk. Cut out of
cardboard square. trifle less than
2 inches, for the bottom of the basket.
Fit and sew the sides to the bottom
and then sew the sides together to
form a basket. Run a ribbon. about
an inch wide, along the edges of the
basket Sew it firmly at the corners
At each, top corner place . pretty
bow.
A Pretty Bag.
This is q crash bag IA inches lons
and Z inches wide when finished. Al
the top a piece inches long is turn
ed over and III inches of 1t at the
bottom is ravelled for a fringe. Az
Inch from the top Of the bag eight
small embroidery rings are sewed
each IN inches apart. Through this
silk cord is drawn. You can make
up your own embroidery design, The
one In the picture is worked with Z
simple chain stitch.
crotehet Beg.
This bag was crotcheted with a verJ
simple stitch and was made by little
girl only nine years old. Get ou
your crotchet needle and see what yol
can do. This bag may be used fol
many different things and If we'll mad,
will last for years. For the bottom
OF 1t, cut piece Of cardboard I inches
by inches. Cover 1t with any piect
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Oy KATHERINE Pope.

A 3 in all other Christian lands.
n Christmas 10 the greatest Of
~ the many holidays in Hawaii.
. = To realize the importance of
the religious festival as compared with
others l will mention a few of the
others first
The birthday Of Kamehameha ILL.,.
ON the seventeenth of March. is cele-
brated by = display of bunting and the
wearing Of gay leis (wreaths) of how-
ers. Decoration day is made much Of.
by both the white and the brown folk.
Kamehameha day. June eleventh. is a
big day with the natives. day in
honor of their great king. Kamehame-
ha l., sometimes styled the Napoleon
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What He Wanted to Know

Millionaire Ito his daughter)-Tell
me. child-that young man who wants
to marry you this Christmas, has he
got any money?
Miss Innocence - Money, father?
Why, he has just given me a cluster
diamond ring studded with pearls.
Millionaire-Yes, l know. Has he
any money left?
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AS Christmas draws near, the little
folks are wondering what they shall
make this year. They should know
that something made by themselves IL
appreciated . hundred times more
than anything money could buy.
Doesn't mother still use the needle
case given her two Christmases ago.
and isn't father as proud of his desk
calendar as the day he found it hid
den under his breakfast napkin!
Remember. whatever 1t is. wrap 1t
neatly in tissue paper when finished.
tie 1t with ribbon and stick a piece Of
evergreen or holly through the bow.
A carefully wrapped present always
adds to the pleasure of receiving 1t.
Here are some ideas that will help
answer the question of What shall
make this year," The first five sug-
gestions are chiefly for the boys, be-
cause to make these presents they
will need their tool chests. although,
OF course. many girls are as handy
with tools as their big brothers.
Ring Toss.
Make a base or stand of wood nine
inches square, and two inches thick.
Bore flve holes in the top Of this. ono
In the center and one In each corner,
one inch from the edge. In these holes
ut rounded sticks about an inch thick.
Paint or shellac the wood. Shellac
can be bought at any paint store. II
It is too thick. thin 1t with little
nlnphal ThA 30 <{-lr
g1lded for about an inch.
Six rings are made Of reeds formed
In circles. Soak the reeds for about
90 minutes to make them bend easier.
Cover them with rafia This game
will give much pleasure during the
long winter afternoons.
Neck Tie Rack.
Eastwood should be used for this
rack. because 1t is soft. easily cut and
light in weight Saw out of the wood
a design as shown in the picture. 1t
is Y inch thick, 5h inches wide and
13 inches long The rod is Y inch
thick and II inches long. The posts are
Y inch by IA inches. The rod and
posts should be made out OF birch or
maple wood because 1t is harder
Give the rack an even coat Of shellac.
Place two screws and two screw eyes
on the top Of the rack so it will be
ready to hang up on Christmas morn.
Ing.
Match Strike.
Out OF piece Of bass wood tha,
measures Y inch thick, 6k inches
wide and inches long. cut with a
scroll saw match strike like in the
picture. Place piece Of sand pape,
around small block of wood and
sand paper it in the direction of the
grain Of the wood Never work agains,
the grain. Give the board a coat oi
shellac. Gu: square Of sand pape,
and place 1t on a thin layer Of glue in
the center Of the panel. Place some
thing heavy on the sand paper unit
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-18
N0uDAYSIN HAWAII
Christmas Ranks First IN uss
Minds Of the Island People.

A Interesting Medley Of Little Fsiks
q Many Races and From Many
Lands Participate In the Joy
fui Vuie-Tide Celebrations.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-18

s Christmas draws near.
the little folks are wonder
ing what they shall make
this year. They should
know that something made
by themselves is appreci-
ated a hundred times more
than anything money could
buy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
WEEKLY WEATHER SUMMARY
UNFAV0RABLE TO ALL CROPS

WASHINGTON, Sept 16-Mean tenn
peratures were below normal during the
week. except there was slight excess
in Tennessee, northern and western
Alabama, the greater part of Mississippi,
extreme northern Arkansas and central
Florida.
The greatest deficiency was 8 degrees
az Fort Worth, Texas, Weekly mean
temperatures ranged from q to so de
grees over the eastern belt, from 10 to
78 degrees over the central and from bS
TO rs degrees over the western part of
the belt.
The lowest mean temperature, 81 de-
grees, occurred at Asheville, n. C, and
the mean was 6S degrees at Raleigh,
N c., and oklahoma City.
The highest mean temperature was
so degrees, at Tampa, Fla
The week closed with cool weather
prevailing over the greater part OF the
cotton region.
Light frosts occurred at Clarendon,
Texas. Precipitation occurred generally
throughout the cotton region, but the
amounts were generally light in Ten
nessee and the CarOltnas and they were
less than one inch over the greater pOr-
ton of Georgia. the northern part Of
Alabama and in a few other localities.
The precipitation was unusually heavy
in Mississippi. Louisiana, Arkansas.
eastern Oklahoma and the eastern part
of east Texas. where the amounts were
generally in excess of four inches. and
there was considerable area in south
eastern Oklahoma, northeastern Texas
end southwestern Arkansas, where the
amounts were between s and 10 inches
There were a few other scattered local
tiles with more than S inches, namely:
Galveston and Mobile. 1l20; New Or
leans $50, and Marble Falls, Texas,
$50
The heavy rains caused some damage.
The drOuth continues unbroken in Ten.
nessee and more rain is needed in parts
of western oklahoma, western North
Carolina and in the central part OF
South Carolina.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
STOCKS JUMP ON
RENEWED BUYING
Canadian Pacific and Reading
Purchased Heavily. Causing
Sensational Rise.
BY CHARLES w. STORM.

NEW YORK. Sept l6.-There was a
renewal Of buying at the opening OF the
stock market to-day and Amalgamated
Copper and Canadian Pacific made
gains Of a point on first sales. There
was unusually heavy Jradng in all the
active issues and a brisk demand was
shown for Reading. United States Steel
common and Union Pacific.
81. Paul was firm and made a frac-
tlonal gain on the strength Of the earn
ings report. Among the other advances
We're Steel common 3. Union Pacific a IL,
southern Pacific a. Reading =, Peoples
Cas- "a. Northern Pacific Il Erie =,
L, American Can u
At The end Of the half hour. the buy
ing fell off and there were some reac-
W W9in,. The losses include Norfolk and
Louisville and Nashville 3, Great North
ern u
Pittsburg Coal issues were active and
strong.
The curb market was steady.
Americans in London were steady.
There were number OF overnight buy
ing orders for Reading Union Pacific
and United States Steel common ca hled
from New York. The belief here is that
certain powerful interests are co-operat-
ing TO reduce the floating supply.
A weaker tone developed after the
hrst hour and fractional losses were re-
corded In many of the leading issues
Reading and Steel were active and
moved up sharply, the former gaining
p Steel lost It's early gain and was
selling unchanged. Copper declined a .
Canadian Pacific was up 4 with New
York Central, Southern Pacific and
PENNSYLVANIA. The tone remained IN
changed
Call money loaning at 3 per cent.
Canadian Pacific advanced about 4
points, crossing 235 in the last hour.
Reading was also in demand, both in
New York market and the London ex-
change. 1t rose point TO 1884, Union
Pacific was up a on the day, selling
around SS3s, and Amalgamated Copper
and Smelling were also fractionailV
above the noon range American Can
sold off
The tone was firm
The market closed steady Govern
ments unchanged; other bonds steady.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
Grain Notes

The Chicago Inter Ocean SAYS. "Sent-
ment among corn traders is moderately
bearish and they are, talking decline
below 70 cents for December and May
Their theory is that the bun side hat
grown stale, and while there will be
rallies from time to time they believe
in selling on bulgeS
Most OF the local traders are disposed
to work on the bull side OF wheat. al
though the news yesterday was against
them. The belief Is thar prices are to
work higher, although at the moment
many of the commission houses are not
encouraging buying, except on good de-
clines"
Minneapolis wheat stocks increased
$4,000 bushels in one day
a prominent Western authority est
mates the spring wheat crop at 253 900
600 bushels, Government basis.
Several houses are expressing the be-
lief that the movement of spring wheat
will not cause the pressure generally eX-
pected.
Grain crops Howard. Of The Chi
cago Trade Bulletin says that taking
the Governments acreage and condition
figures by States the corn yield is only
2.2If 600 600 bushels. oats. 026. 900
bushels. while wheat tSpringl is 1000
Geo bushels larger at 252 600 600 bushels
Corn IS $4,000 0O1 bushels under the Gov
eminent estimate, and oats 34.00O.0JO
bushels below.
Bartlett Frazier 60. says: wheat:
Map shows cloudy I'm northwest. general
rains in southwest Illinois and Ohio val
ley Look for rather dull but steady
market
Corn. New buying is Of rather small
volume. sellers continue to press sales
b 1. .
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16

HAYWARD & CLARK's
"


NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-LiverpOol
shows weakness, particularly in the spot
department, where sales to-day were
only 1000 bales at 2 points lower quo
tatiOns There are further reports Of
looms stopping in Lancashire owing to
poor trade
Weather conditions overnight were
favora BILE with practically no rain in the
Western States, but general rainfall in
the Central and Eastern States. mostly
under half an inch, except in Memphis
and Mobile sections. Indications are for
clearing in the Western and Central
States; further light showers in the
Eastern States; warmer generally
Our market opened slightly lower and
showed an easing tendency with trad
ing much quieter. The small business
in Liverpool, improved wea Their Condi-
tons with consequent anticipation OF
freer offerings and heavier movement
checked support and prompted realizing
by longs
Feeling. however. is still friendly to
the market, as shown by confident pre-
dictions coming daily from New York Of
a further advance.
NEW OIL EANS COTTON