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United States Citizens Marooned
at Various Points in En-
rope Remain Cheerful.
DIVIDE UP PROVISIONS
All Dangers and Diseomforts In the
European War Zone Met Bravsly
by Those Unfortunate Enough
to Be Caught In the
Maalstrom.

Misunderstanding on what probably
will be the last boat for soma time
from the Hook of Holland. w. T. Metz
,rath Of New Brunswick, N. J.. reported
that the harbor at the Hook was being
mined and that countless Americans
were stranded in the Netherlands. He
said:
AT Hanover, Prussia. where l
stopped while on my way to Berlin. !
saw a woman and her two children
with $500 in checks. but without any
cash.
Americans, however, are showing a
splendid spirit and are dividing their
last crust. We travelled for twenty
-four hours without food. locked In the
cars all night IN cramped positions
There was great suffering. but the
children and the women remained
game.
Germans Anxious for War.
1.-THE Germans" Mr.. Metzrath con.
tinued. ARE enthusiastic for war, the
men and women joining patriotic dem.
constructions. A rumor that Russia had
decided on peace was received with
regpet."
wellesley Harrington of Albany,
N. Y, saw q German who was said To
be trying to escape service dragged
from a railroad car by soldiers. Later
It was reported that the man had been
shot 3
On leaving Berlin Mr. Harrington
was on the train for thirty hours with.
out food. He had hard work proving
his citizenship. One American, he
said, was arrested because he had a
kodak, and he was detained until the
Aims developed to show II he was
Spy.
Many Get Funds.
Herbert c. Hoover. a Californian,
opened an ONCE today In the Ameri'
can consulate and advanced amounts
of $25 and upward to persons unable
to get money by other means. Alto.
gether Mr.. Hoover gave assistance to
300 Americans who were absolutely
without cash and announced that he
would continue to aid them as long
as his currency lasted" rs
Hunger Menaees Paris.
Paris.-The scarcity OF provisions
in Paris and the Withholding of money
by the French banks increased the Sc.
siousness of the situation In SO far az
1t affected Americans. -
Henry w. Diedrich. the American
consul general in Paris. sent cable
gram to Washington asking the state
department to send ship to relieve
the distress of American citizens.
Ebert H. Gary and H. H. Har1es,
chairman and secretary. respectively,
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covered with inlays Of car
nelian and bearing the
name and title OF Ame&
emhat III.
Bracelets were Of much
the same style. only with
out a loose slider. the
edges sliding one into tho
other. Five little motAo-
pendants were worn by
strings Of gold beads
round the arm: each
pendant has a sliding
clasp at the back, to fast
en- the string Of beads.
Four wristlets each
have a pair of gold Lions.
face to face. upon stringS
of beads of gold, carne-
liam and turquoise.
The toilet was provided
for by a large silver mir
ror, with a handle Of OBJ
sidian, and gold head OF
the goddess Hat-hor; q
r,tr oS razors With gold
handles: and three jars
for ointment made OF
black obsidian with gold
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Sure Enough.

The three young Borden children
were visiting their Grandma Borden.
and the occasion was enc OF great
merriment for them. After . while It
proved a trifie too noisy for grand
ma. and she said reprovtngly:
Good gracious. children. why are
you SO noisy today? You are making
my head ache"
Now. grandma" said little six
year-old Dorothy. you mustn't scold
US. You see, II 1t wasn't for us. you
wouldn't be a grandma at all."-Every-
bodys Magazine.
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NOW IN AMERICAN WATERS
England Has Seven Vessels and Ger
many Four Cruising Near
United States.

Washington.-Follo are the To-
cations of foreign war vessels in Amer
lean waters, according to the latest
reports from the navy department:
German-Dresden, sailed from St
st. Thomas July 2s to coal and return
to Port au Prince in five days; karis-
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property of Mr.. A. M. Wilson of Stow.
langtoft hall. Bury st. Edmunds. Two
Brussels panels of the same period.
signed F. ". and belonging to Sir
Luke Fields, B. A.. fetched 35,775, and
another earlier panel from the same
Dutch looms. representing classical
scene. fell to bid of $1,000.
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Circumstances Changed.
when l started In business" said
Mr.. Dustin Stax. Il worked IL hours
q day
Its different now?"
Yes. Now l have so many things
to look after that work 1e hours .
day."
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tunes hiSht up.
'Dobbs has Joyous disposition. you
say?"
Yes. The moment he hears a cork
pop he begins to sing"
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0n|5

ty or a hundred years of the burial.
This King Senusert II, had no immu.
nifty; his pyramid was entered. his sar-
cophagus broken open: no trace Of his
burial remained. Likewise the tombs
OF his family-all were attacked. Five
empty tombs STAND along the south
side Of the pyramid. without a bone
left In place. When the British School
Of Archaeology in Egypt began work
there last December, q complete clear
ance was planned out. to lay bare
every inch Of the site. and clean the
rock. so that no passages or tombs
could remain unsearched. In that
clearance the five tombs Just named
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TALL gray pile of brick
work stands high on the
desert edge at the entry
to the Fayum. some sixty
miles south of Cairo.
Here was buried a great
sovereign OF the land
with all his family. Two
hundred generations Of
the descendants of his
subjects have come and
gone since then. Nearly
all the tombs' of Egypt
were ransacked in early
times, probably within fit.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

There is Betty and Lefty and Hetty,
and Netty, and Bessie, and Jessie, and
Tessie and May; Amelia and Celia,
Cornelia and Della, and Milly. and
Tilly, and Lily, and Fay; and Dora
and Nora, and Flora. and Laura, and
Dolly, and Polly. and Belle; and Lima,
and Nina, Christina and Dinah, and
Hattie. and Patty. and Nell. There
is Eddie, and Reddy. and Teddy. and
Neddie, and Benny, and Denny, and
Hennie, and Tim; and Ronald, and
Donald. and Clarence, and Terrence.
Sylvester, and Lester, and Chester,
and jim. These names-I am con
stantly saying them over, at business,
and breakfast, and dinner and lunch;
dare not forget them, for Christmas
is coming, and ] mus buy presents,
alas, for the bunch!
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
CHRISTMAS IN SYRIA.
THE Rev. DR.. d. G. Howie. the well
known Palestine missionary, de-

IL u HeV. DT. ~. ". dOWle, Tue wen
known Palestine missionary, de-
scribes a Christmas celebration
at midnight in a mountain village in
Syria:
''From different directions men. wom
en- and children bearing their flickering
hand lanterns wound their way through
the muddy. sushy. crooked and dark
lanes under the falling sleet and over a
thin layer of snow already on the
ground. Men and boys entered by a
huge door in the middle of the south
wall and occupied the body of the
church; women and girls entered by
another south door and stationed them
selves in the western division of the
immense building, which is screened
from the other divisions by wooden lat
ticework. All stood erect, motionless.
In the cold. comfortless and very dimly
lighted and too airy building.
"A few had umbrellas. but water
proofs were unknown. and consequent
ly many of them must have stood in
partly wet clothes. The question did
occur TO me at the time as to whether
many British people could be drawn
out of their beds. out of their homes,
at that hour of night in that kind of
weather. fasting. to attend Christmas
service amid such dismal. comfortless
surroundings" Tit
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
BEST Way TO PUT up
A CHRISTMAS TREE
THE best and easiest way to pu,

THE best and easiest way to put
up Christmas tree has never
been patented or published-in
fact, 1t is SO simple that 1t could not
be patented. Having failed one Christ
mas eve to provide a suitable foot or
base for the family tree. necessity COM
PEELED me to invent one. because the
two youngest members of the family
would not hear of Christmas without
a tree.
So l sawed the butt of the tree
square. then trimmed of a few of the
lowest branches and set the tree in a
good sized stone jar. The jar was then
n1led with stones. pebbles, pieces of
brick and coal. All this material was
packed down firmly and the position of
fectly straight
When the tree was in position little
Gretel had a happy thought Let us
give the tree some water" she said,
~just as II it were a big flower" And
We filed the jar with water. Then
we covered the stones with bits Of Sill
yer tnsel and artificial snow. and now
our tree looked as If 1t was actually
growing In a big jar.
From time to time, as the water was
drawn up by the tree, we refilled the
Jar, and the result was that we kent
our tree green and fresh for a month.
Since that year our Christmas tree is
always put up in that way. and we
can keep 1t as long as we wish. A
tin pail, tub or any deep vessel can
be used to take the place Of the stone
Jar, and pieces Of coal or coke can be
used instead Of stones to hold the tree
in place.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
LIVE STOCK PRICES
ATS0UTH OMAHA
Cattle Trade Active and Strong
to Toe Higher.
HOG MARKET FULLY IS HIGHER

Light Run Boosts Sheep Market
Prices Generally 10 to is Gents
Hisher-Trade Fairly Active-Ne
Change In Feeders.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha
Dec. 9.NCattle receipts were agair
moderate yesterday, about 400 head
arriving. Trade in corn-fed cattle was
active as far as it went and prices
ranged from strong to q dime higher
than Monday. Prices are all OF ESQ
40c higher than they were at the Low
point last Wednesday and the tone to
the market is healthy. Grass beeves
were scarce and strong and anything
on which the killers and feeder buyers
came in competition sold readily al
strong to somewhat higher prices
Cows and heifers were in active de
mand and stronger. although tho can
ming grades were rather dull and in
most cases a shade lower. In stock.
ers and feeders the demand holds up
we'll and prices continue to harden.
Cattle quotations: Prime yearlings
$9.50@10.50; good to choice beeves,
$s.5069.5o: fair to good beeves. $7.75
6S.25; common to fair beeves. $3.50
6750: good to choice heifers. $500
67.25: good to choice cows, $500
$40; fair to good cows. $500 q $50;
Gamers and cutters. 34.50Q5.00; veal
calves. s7.o0@10.00; bulls. stays, etc,
s5.25Q7.1O; good to choice feeders,
$7.40G7.S5 fair to good feeders, $6.75
Q735: common to fair feeders. S5.75
06.50; stock heifers, ;475G6.25;
stock cows. s4.5o@6.O0; stock calves,
s6.00@7.50; good to choice range
beeves. s7.75@s.25; fair to good range
beeves. s7.25@775; common to fair
beeves, s6.OO@7oo.
Some 5,400 hogs showed up yester-
day. The market was active, with
prices generally 15c higher than Mon
day. Bulk OF the supply moved at
$6.75@6.s0 and tops reached $6.s5.
Mondays decline was more than re-
covered and prices yesterday are so
10c above last Saturday.
Sheep and lamb receipts amounted
to 3.400 head. The big decline in
prices here and elsewhere. particularly
at Chicago, Monday shut of the re-
ceipts yesterday to considerable ex-
tent. The market was active and both
aged sheep and lambs were fairly ac-
tive sellers, on basis Of 10615c high
er. The wheat-field grades from Idaho
brought $7.65. and native lambs sold
up to $7.s5. Ewes moved at a range
of $450@5.00. The demand for feeder
offerings continued strong and active.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs, good to choice. $785@8.1O:
lambs. fair to good. s760@7s5; feed
ers, good to choice. $6.9o@7.7O feed
ers, common. $6.6O@6.90; yearlings.
good to choice. $6.75@Zo0; yearlings.
fair to good. $6.50@6.75: yearlings.
feeders. s5.50@6.,0; wethers. good to
thoice. $5.5o06.U0: wethers, fair to
good. s5.25G5.5O; wethers. feeders,
$4.30@4S5; ewes. good to choice, $3.50
G5.10; ewes, fair to good, $4.30G4.60;
ewes, feeders. $3.85@450.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
Over the chrlstmas cider.

See the steaming sleighbells
Smoking on the platel
See the luscious icicles
Blazing in the gratel
oh, the Joys of Christmas.
Driving Off dun carel
Hear the mince pies ringing
On the frosty air!
Hear the turkeys Ginning
On the distant lea!
Christmas is the season
Best of all for me!
Success Magazine.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
! Because It's Christmas

7ES' because it's Christmas
60 smilin' on my way,
| An les because it's Chris'mus
am kindly-like an gay.
I'm full O. human kindness
An as thoughtful as can be;
/ develop total blindness
To the faults / used to see
Jes' because it's Chrism
/ forgot that I'm depressed.
An I say whatever happens
Is, by all means. for the best
An my thoughts for every brother
That l meet are sweet an good.
An wouldn't skin a rival
Even II / thought could.
Jes' because it's Christmas
l don't think about my debts,
An the biggest of my worries
Bring to me no vain regrets.
I am sort O. tuned to gladnesa,
An / go upon my way
AS though nothin' ever happened
Worth a minute of dismay.
Now. my burdens are no lighter
When come to Chris mus day,
An my troubles are no fewer.
An no smoother is my way.
Than they were in bleak November.
Yet / seem to think 'em so.
An jes' because it's Christmas
I am smilin' as go.
II can laugh at Christmas
An cheer my fellow men
Why can't i laugh in April.
Why not be merry then7
II ! can bear my burdens
When it's Chris'm mus with a smile
Why can't face my troubles
In the same way all the whilef
Why must i go repinin'
An whimperin' along
An blind to all mems goodness.
Seem only what is wrong.
Till the year is slippin from me.
An then suddenly declare
When it gets around to Chris'mus
That there's goodness everywhere
Detroit Free Press.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

We seldom learn anything in one
lesson. Twenty years ago the bust
ness men of, Denver petitioned the
governor to permit gambling houses
to reopen because business was de-
pressed. A year hence they will be
wanting the same sort Of relief for
saloons and on the same ground.
And yet nobody but an idiot Will main
tain that open saloons are a business
necessity. They draw trade, of
course, but they draw 1t away from
the other stores.-Fort Collins Re-
view
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

An old German was delivering an
address on military science. MY
son, Otto" said he. goes off to war
and wears high hat. Along comes
a bullet-right through the middle of
It. Had he been wearing a cap. Mein
Gott, Otto would have been killed"
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

The world generally don't like a
kicker" That is one reason the
amendment concerning the special
taxation for state roads carried by a
large majority. II looked like pro-
gress; but it is going to be expensive
progress. 1t will give the state high
way commission nearly S2,000,000 BIZ
ennially Well, we hope the money
will not be wasted.-- Longmont
Ledger.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

Give Colorado the short ballot, re-
model the primary election law,
change the percentage to at least 25
per cent of the voters to initiate
measures, abolish all useless commits
sions, and lift some of the straws off
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

Just because fellow is on the wa
ter wagon is no sign he is on the safe
side of life. Just the other day a
fellow was thrown from the sprink-
ling wagon at Fort Collins and SER
iously injured-Milliken Mail.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
THE PHUNNYsoNE

This is a case in which the office
seeks the man." That so?" Yes,
he's wanted by men from the sheriff's
office"
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

The foot disease does not seem to
be troubling many people of Crowley
county, but that dysenteric running
off at the mouth ought to be quaran-
Call.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

That Teller county voted for state
wide prohibition is one Of the sur
prises of the year. Even the miners
are beginning to realize that booze
and prosperity won't mix-Debeque
New Era.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

The Progressives who came back
include few California congressman.
million who returned to the Republi-
can party.-La Junta Democrat.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

Hungry. suppose?" said the sharp
faced woman as she opened the door
just little bit wy no." answered
the ragged wayfarer I've clean for
got how to be hungry. But I'm out
and out lonely" Lonely" Yes,
you see. | haint had nothing to eat
can't cast no shadder. and you amt
no idea what company mans shad-
der is to him while he is travelin'
along the road
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
A Christmas Wish.

That love may light the eyes OF them
Who keep the season of his birth
Till to the starry hosts our earth
Shall be the star Of Bethlehem.
Edward Eyre Hunt in Atlantic.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

Why not? We will do your family
washing cheaper than you can do It
at home-Delta Steam Laundry.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

Five hundred vacant store buildings
in Denver and 5000 vacant houses as
a result of the work of Creel, LAT
ferty, Lindsey and Costigan. reform
ers. and their henchmen, Poor old
Denver, our Queen" city. we mourn
her demise.-Brush Republican.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

The headless ballot is sure a death
cept the Democrats-they stick to or
ganization whether or no. Pagosa
Springs Sun.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
HOT FROM THE STATE PRESS 4
80 80 >.>>> 80 .

One of the hardest tasks which con-
fronts Governor-elect Carlson is to
live up to the prospectus issued by his
fool friends.-Lamar Sparks.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

Its good plan to mind your own
business" admonished the wise guy.
Yes. If you don't somebody else wili''
added the simple one.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

notwithstanding one of the meas
ures had special merit, every so-called
Ben Lindsey amendment was defeat
ed. Fact is. the people of the state
will take no chances on any propo-
sition backed by Lindsey. He has
double-crossed Colorado so often his
name means defeat.-Durango Herald
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

In a fifty-page brief Roady Kenehan
departing state auditor, attacks the
members of the public utility com
mission. We don't think so much of
this commission, but the fact that 1t
has been attacked by Roady will pop
ularize it in the minds of the public
Pueblo Chieftain.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
StOCkhamBrOS. .&CO.

the camels back.-Leadville Herald
Democrat.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
For the Boy

He's getting to be fine lad, isn't he?-
soon be a man, as large as his f-6ut that
isn't the idea now. He must have some
thing for Christmas that will be just right
in every respect. Get an idea below and
pin il secretly in your hat: Pocket Knife,
Skates, Air Rifle, Target Rifle, Shot Gun,
Safety Razor, a good servieeabIe piece or
full set Of Carpenter Tools, and many other
articles which we will mention when you
come to the store, all useful, all appropri-
ate, all articles of merit-something that
will PLEASE the lad and more firmly es-
tabIish in his mind the idea that Santa
Claus is jolly good fellow. ehock full Of
wisdom, as we'll good cheer.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18

The Denver News is getting to be
"a grim joke in the newspaper world.
John Clean" Shaffer is following T.
NJ. P.'s policies of ignoring the coun-
try press. Tom got his at the last
election and John Clean" will soon
come into his own.-Brush Repub-
lican.
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
A Personal Appeal to You
REGARDING YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

We going be Persistent keeping before you this
ea Buy Practical and Useful Gifts for the loved ones this year
The continued and of such articles will prove so
actoy that you bound be truly thankful that you adopt
ed the policy Of Useful Giving Whether you feel that you
spend much little, you will find something this big
store that will just fill the bill nicely and will spare pains
help you any way You have the assurance too,
that your purchases backed by Of the largest and oldest
business establishments in Delta county,
The Delta independent., 1914-12-18
Mother and Girls

have been we'll provided for by our buyers
this Christmas, and you will find hundreds
Of items here that will please them. Some.
thing they can use every day In the year
and feel truly proud Of, with ever an appre-
citation Of the good Judgment and taste Of
the siver. Just to remind you:-Faney
China, oinnerware, in Pieces or Sets, Cut
Glass, siIverware, Carving Sets. Roasters,
Eieetroliers, Vacuum Cleaners, Shears, Etc,
Etc, in endless variety. Come in; we'll
help you. The price will be right and every
articles goes forth with an absolute guar
antee as 20 its sterling worth.
Evening star., 1914-09-29

in this country. A few classes Of Ameri-
can goods may be a little higher in price
because Of the better wages paid to
otic duty to give these the preference.
and usually their equality is superior.
Every article of cosmetics used in .
beauty parlor is manufactured in this
country in quality equal to any Of the
travelling in Europe last year was sur
prised to find that the hiyhest-priced
soaps and creams were manufactured in
New York. She went to a chemist in
Liverpool to have her bottle of toilet
water replenished. The toilet water had
been manufactured by a well known New
York firm. The bottle had been empty
for three months. but the odor still chung
to it strongly. and the English chemist
admitted frankly that he had nothing SO
fine in his stock. A large retail drug
store last week published a cut-i ate
price list Of we'll known toilet goods, most
Of which had French names. Yet the
words "American-made" followed each.
and also the name Of the city in which
1t was manufactured.
The department stores have readily
taken up the movement Of exploiting
American goods. The Sunday newspapers
are beginning to show page advertise
ments offering articles Of every sort,
each introduced by the words Made
in America" The crusade to edu-
cate the American public into a better
appreciation of the products of their own
country is well under way. II the war
European resources should be open as
before. the American trade will still be
greatly benefited by the exploitation
already given to our own products.
Evening star., 1914-09-29
Jenny Wren Has an Idea.

Jenny Wren had been gossiping with
Jenny Is one of the greatest gossips in
the Old Orchard. OF course the thing
they gossiped about mostly was the
unpleasant state Of affairs in the Old
Orchard since Bully the English Spar
row had come out from the city to
make his home there.
Something ought to be done about
It," sputtered Jenny Wren. Did you
ever see such quarrelsome, unpleasant
people?"
Drummer slowly shook his head
NO." said he. 'I never did. While ]
don't wish them any harm I do wish
that they could be made to leave the
Old Orchard. Why. II things keep up
this way next year Well all have to
look somewhere else for homes. No one
will want to come back here. I sup
pose you heard how Bully was whipped
yesterday by Scrapper the Kingbird."
Heard about It" exclaimed Jenny
why. 1 saw 1t, and I never was SO
tickled in all my life. It served him
just right. wonder II we can't get
Scrapper to drive Bully out Of the Old
Orchard altogether"
Drummer thought this over for a few
minutes. Then he shook his head. Il
don't believe It's the least bit Of use
to ask him." said he "Scrapper is al
ways ready to fight when he sees any
real danger or some one comes poking
around his home as Bully did yester-
day But Bully isn't likely to bother
him again, and as he lives way down