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The Delta independent., 1919-11-21
Notice Of sheriffs Sale

Notice Is hereby given that by vir-
tue of certain writ of special exc
cution on mortgage foreclosure, to me
directed from the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Delta County, State Of
Colorado, in a certain action wherein
M. B. 10y is Plaintiff, and William F.
Crowley, James r. Filson, s. X. Red
man, The Grinnell Vehicle Company.
a corporation, Mary ]. Redman, and
o. G. Arnold are Defendants whereby
I am commanded to sell the following
described premises to satisfy decree
in favor of Plaintiff and against De-
PENDANTS. to realize the sum of $2002.36
debt and s14S.70 costs, with interest
Saturday the 29th day of November,
1919, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. NJ. at
the south front door of the Court
House in the City of Delta, County of
Delta, and State of Colorado, sell
at public auction to the best and high
est bidder for cash the following de-
scribed premises situate and being in
said County Of Delta, State of Colo
RADIO, to-wit:
The South half of the Northeast
Quarter, Section %, Township IA.
South Range 80 West Of the 9Th p. NJ.
and all bitches and water rights used
in its irrigation including 40 shares in
the Stewart Ditch Company and the
Stewart Ditch Extension Company.
Dated at Delta, Colorado, this 2Sth
day OF October, 1919.
r. B. WILSON,
Sheriff of Delta County.
(First Published Nov. Z; last Nov. 21.)
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21

Even at this early date we hear talk
of prospective persons to fill places
in the 1920 election. The day of plac-
ing man in office because he needs
the position is fast being discarded,
and rightly it should. Government,
whether county, state or national is
nothing more than it is made by the
party which places the candidates be-
fore the people. Weak men, even If
elected, make weak officials, and in
more spots we have cropping of weak.
ness. 1t is time for new deal with
new timber of proper bigness to fill
the peoples wishes.
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21
Notice of Final Settlement.

Estate of Thadeus c. Harnbrick. deceas-
ed.
Notice is hereby given that Monday.
the 18th da of December, A. ID. 1919.
will present to the County Court of Delta
County, Colorado. my accounts for final
settlement of administration of said estate,
when and where all persons interested may
appear and object to them IL they SO desire
e. s. CORBIN.
Administrator.
(First Pub. Nov 81; last Pub. Dec. 12)
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21

Professor Foster of the city schools
says that if he enforced the law in
regard to making school age children
attend he would require four addition
al Instructors in District No. 1. Should
he enforce the law? We emphatical-
1y say yes! Every child should be
compelled to read and write the
American language or else go back
to Russia
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21
Notice of Adjustment Day

Estate of Elias j. Bowers deceased.
All persons having claims against said
estate hereby notified to present them
for adjustment to the County Court of Delta
County Colorado on the 9Th day of Decem-
ber. A. D. 1919.
ALTA BOWERS,
Administrator.
First Pub. Nov. IA; Last Pub. Dec. 81
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21
STATE BANK OF AUSTIN

pupils work to the parents. 1t is
hoped that by this method, the par
ents will understand fully the exact
standing of their children in school,
and will aid the teachers by co-opera-
ting with them more closely than in
the past.
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21
LEGAL NOTICES
, . . . . - o. . .

Notice Of Adjustment Day
Estate of Ellen voorhees,, deceased
All persons having claims against said
estate are hereby notified to present them
for adjustment to the County Court of Delta
County, Colorado on the 18th day G. De-
cember. A. d. 1919.
BERTHA v. BROWN,
Administrative.
First Pub. Nov. 2I Last Pub. Dec. 12)
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21
Notice Of AdIu,tment pay

Estate of Mary A. Page deceased - Il
All persons having claims against said
estate are hereby notified to present them
for adjustment to the County Court of Delta
County, Colorado, on the Sth day of Decem-
ber. A. ID. 1919.
HORACE B. PAGE.
Administrator.
(First Pub. Nov. IA; Last Pub. Dec 81
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21

FOR SALE OR RENT In North
Delta, eleven and quarter acres with
good four room house, barn, sheds and
good well. See w. H. Burnett, Delta,
Colorado. 47-8p
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21
With pcrfccf Safely
Thanksgiving Day

here and the holiday spirit of joy and thankfuness is
rigfuy prevalent everywhere is, therefore, proper
that should express ourselves with unbound thanks
Thanksgiving Day this year for what this country has
compshed during the past year.
In looking back the year that is past, give
thanks to business have received for the staunc
friends have made and for the have enjoy
ed
On November 9th, we will observe the legal holiday
and remain closed all day
The Delta independent., 1919-11-21

seal Of the said Court at Delta, in said
County. this 81 day OF October A d.
1919.
GUS SCHLAPP,
Clerk OF the District Court.
MILLARD FAIRLAMB,
Attorney for Petitioners.
tSEAL)
(First Pub. Nov. I. last Pub. Nov 2s.)
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

the court ladies. At once they focked
around Eugene.
The civil marriage took place at
the Elysee Palace January 20, 1853,
and the religious ceremony was held
in the Cathedral of Notre Dame the
next day. The Emperor and his
bride drove to Villeneuve pEtang,
near St. Cloud, and spent there the
first week of their married life, re-
turning at the end of this brief
honeymoon to the palace of the Tui-
leries.
Still, though an empress in name,
Eugene was not treated as an en-
press in fact. Neither she nor her
husband knew exactly what was the
reason so little respect was shown to
them. Their court was gorgeous and
extravagant, but it was slovenly.
Immense sums of money were spent
in great entertainments, beautiful
women and gallant men gathered
there from all corners of all the
world, but the atmosphere was Of a
plebeian familiarity, and liberties Of
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
An Actiue PIotter

"The whole expression of this
waxlike countenance, with its en-
chanting blending of the Moorish
and Germanic types, displays some
what of Southern languor. But if
she were to smile, if words were to
pass those exquisitely carved lips,
the coldness Of this face would melt
away, the eyes would open to their
full size and sparkle like stars in a
tropical heaven. At present she
seems poetical and gentle, but she
would be enchanting were she to
burst into passion and all the feel
ings she possesses display themselves
in their might and fullness. At such
times there flashes from her eyes
something unexpected-a look of
hatred, contempt, triumph and craft
which forms the most wondrous
contrast with this St. Cecilian coun-
tenance."
This was the heyday of her power
and glory. 1t was also the time
when the malady which ultimately
caused Napoleon's death began TO
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
twice that evening and later said he
knew he should meet her again.

twice that evening and later said he
knew he should meet her again.
Eugene took care that he should
not be mistaken. Here was her
quarry. Here was the fulfillment Of
the gypsy's prophecy. She put her.
self in his way. She sympathized
with him in his plans and ambitions.
She helped him in his dangerous and
complicated plottings, and on the
night of the coup d'etat stood beside
him at the telegraph instrument that
bore the message Of success.
But there were yet obstacles to be
overcome. Louis Napoleon was Ma
poleon III, Emperor Of the French,
and wildly infatuated with Eugene
de Montijo, Countess Of Teba, but his
throne was extremely insecure and
Ihe and his advisers and supporters
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

always of the company. Prince
Jerome Bonaparte was moved to
write to Napoleon:
Zone may admire and love the
daughter Of the Countess de Montijo,
but one does not marry her."
The ladies of the court said the
marriage was impossible. They in
suited Eugene. When she sought to
join them at the gatherings of the
court they withdrew and left her
standing alone. One morning she
stood with tears in her eyes on the
terrace at Compiegne. The other
ladies of the court were in group a
short distance away. Napoleon went
to Eugene and asked her what was
the trouble. She told him of the
latest insult that had been heaped
upon her.
The Emperor took spray of ivy
and plated it into crown, which he
placed on her head.
"Wear this" he said, in a voice
which carried to the watching group,
"until the other is ready"
Not another murmur arose from
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
Lacked Royal Dignity

Eugene dazzled Madrid, but she
did not gain the royal favor. There
was too much of the gypsy in her
conduct. Looking back on this part
Of her career, one sees foreshadowed
the criticism Of Won Moltke, when he
visited the French court in 1867:
Her delivery is fast and fluent
and her bearing is hardly that which
one expects to find in such high sta
ton"
The denouement was inevitable.
BY request of Queen Isabella the
Countess de Montijo and Eugene
ie1t the Spanish court after the mar
rage of Paca to the Duke of Alba
and again went to Paris, where they
TOOK a small apartment in the. Place
Vendome, near where the Ritz Hotel
now stands. At first Eugene was
well received in French society. She
had met the French princes in Mad
rid at the time of the royal weddings,
had ridden with the Due de Mont
pensier, danced with the Prince de
Joinville and visited museums with
the Due d'Aumale. She was quickly
taken up in Paris and renewed her
acquaintance with Merimee.
But it was not long before gossip
began, and she was then dubbed
"the Spanish adventures" It was
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
Eugene " anders i'm Gardens Where Once She Reionf
"The Spanish Woman:'' Is Re.
visiting the Scenes of Her
Departed Glory

and marrying her. But few wears
later the count died childless and
Don Cypriano succeeded to the title
and the estates.
There is no question that Don
Cypriano de Guzman married Ma
nuela Kirkpatrick any succeeded to
the title and estatAs Of the Count de
Montljo, but, According to official
Spanish recorda, ho is said to have
died October 80. 1923. The pages of
the register of the parish of Arevalo
that contained the statement of his
death are said to have been mutt
lated and removed, but official rec
ords of the Madrid law courts con-
tain frequent mention of the date of
his death in connection with several
lawsuits brought by his brothers
against his widow.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
France and the Former Empress
Are Both Revenged by the !;
Downfall of Germany !

cause him intense suffering. and
Eugene took advantage Of this To
increase her ascendancy over her
husband, always marked. 1t was
she who led France to back the
hazard of Macmillan in the Mexi-
can venture. 1t was she again who
led France to stand with Prussia
against Austria and thus not only
estranged Austria from France, but !
helped to raise up the power that
was to overwhelm France and herr
1t was she who was the center Of
the pfottings over the succession I'd
the Spanish throne, and when it
came to the final act that meant war
with the growing power of Prussia
it was she who, when the forebod-
ing Napoleon was seized with an
acute attack in the midst of a coun.
Gil of ministers, where he was con-
stantly repeating, "We do not want
war. We do not want war;" gave
the orders that left it open to Bis-
marck to force war on France.
In early August, 1870, Eugenie
was boasting Of the Franco Prussian
War as "My little war" The after
noon of September she received
this dispatch:
"The army is defeated and taken.
am a prisoner. Napoleon"
At 2 o'clock next morning a lady-
in-waiting announced the proclama-
tion of the Republic, and the en-
ragged mobs surged around the
palace of the Tuileries. Eugenie's
courage failed her. Hurried plans
were made for her to ride through
the streets and appeal to the gem
erosity of the rioters, but she took
the advice of two foreigners, her
worst enemies, against both of whom
Napoleon had warned her, Meter
Mich, the Austrian Ambassador, and
Nigra, the Ambassador of Italy.
Metternich and Nigra advised her
now to fly from France. They
smuggled her out of the palace and
then deserted her in the streets.
leaving her to find her way as best
she could to the home of the Ameri-
can dentist, Evans, who escorted her
to Boulogne and there persuaded an
English yachtsman, Sir John Bur-
goyne, to take her on his yacht, the
Gazette, to Ryde.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
The Official Record

The description given of Eugene
by the Royal Almanac of Spain when
she married Napoleon III was:
"Dona Maria Eugenia de Guz-
man Porto-carrero y Palafox,
Countess of Teba, Marchioness of
Ardales, of Osera, of Moya, Count
ess of Ablitas, of Banos with
grandeeship of the first class),
Countess of Santa Cruz de la ST.
ezra, Viscountess of Calzada."
Whatever may be the facts of
their birth, Eugene and her sister
were taken to Paris by the Countess
de Montijo and educated in the
Convent of the Sacred Heart. Their
education completed, the two girls
were taken back to Madrid and there
made the acquaintance of Prosper
Merimee and Henri Boyle, who en-
tertained them and fired their i'm
aginations with tales of the First
Napoleon.
There was little to choose between
the two girls for beauty, but there
was vast difference in the spirit
they displayed. Paca captivated and
married the Duke of Alba. Eugene
refused all suitors. When she was
little girl a gypsy had prophesied
that she would one day be a queen,
and Eugene at the court of Spain
set out to dazzle the world. She rode
through the streets of Madrid on an
unsaddled horse, attended the fenc-
ing school, led the applause at bull
fights, f1irted with toreadors and en-
broidered caps for them in gold. A
writer Of the time said of her:
"Her slender figure is we'll defined
by a costly bodice, which enhances
her beauty and elegance. Her dainty
hand is armed with a riding whip
instead of fan, for she generally
arrives at the arena on a wild An
UoiuSlStlI IOISc, ana Ill loT DolC SnS
carries sharp pointed dagger. Her
little feet are encased in red satin
boots. Her head is crowned with
broad golden plaits, interviewer with
pearls and real flowers; her clear
brow shines with youth and beauty
and her gentle blue eyes sparkle
from beneath the. long lashes which
almost conceal them. Her exqui-
sitely formed nose; her mouth fresh
er than a rosebud; the perfect oval
Of her face, the loveliness of which
is only equaled by her graceful
bearing, arouses the admiration of
all. She is the recognized queen of
beauty. 1t is she who crowns the
victorious toreador, and her white
hands present him with the prize
due to his courage and agility, while
she accompanies the gift with her
most captivating SMILE"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
Sent Fortune to England

Eugenie's foresight Napoleon
called it her stinginess-had led her
to place large fortune in England.
She went to live at Chislehurst and
there was Joined by the Prince I'M
perial, lad of sixteen, who had not
followed his father to Sedan, but
escaped to Belgium Thither also
came Napoleon after his release
from Imprisonment at Wilhelmshohe
and the plans were ripe for another
return from Elba" when the
schemes were brought to an end by
Napoleon's death, January 8, 1873.
at Chislehurst in the arms Of
Eugene.
The ex-Empress now lived ONLY
for her son, the Prince Imperial.
But she still treated him as a boy
and, though she had an income of
100000 a year, allowed him only
$40 a week for pocket money and
took possession of legacy of $780,
600 year that had been left to
him. Fretting under the maternal
restraint, the young man joined the
British expedition to Zululand in
1879 and was there killed, stripped
and mutilated by the savage war;
riors June l, 1879. When the body
was recovered it could only be iden~
tilted by locket with portraits o1
his father and mother that had been
left by the natives in the belief that
it was a magic charm.
Eugene never recovered from
this blow. She sought a suitable site
for a mausoleum for her husband
and son a>d bought Marlborough
Hall, near which Sire erected q me-
mortal chapel at cost of $500, 900.
Napoleon III and the Prince Inn
perial are buried there and a place
is left for her. She assumed the
title of Comtesse de Pierrefonds
after the death of the Prince I'M
perial and under that name makes
periodical visits to Paris, where she
occupies rooms in the Hotel Con-
tinental, overlooking the Gardens Of
the Tuileries, the site of the palace
destroyed by the Paris mobs in their
rage against her.
The gypsy who prophesied that
she would be a queen also prophe-
sled that she would live to be 100.
"a little more or less" She nearly
approaches that span of life, and
she is still the enigma she was to
the gypsy fortune teller, who replied
to final question:
II cannot tell, for she is a woman.
Spanish woman, and a princess Of
fortune"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
Her Origin Disputed

Even the facts of her origin are
now disputed, and a legend has
grown up that gives her left
handed splash Of royal blood. May
5, 1926, is the official date of her
birth and the place Granada, but
the legend says her father had been
dead three years when she was Of
fcially born, and that her birth
place was not Spain, but Italy, while
her mother was a Bourbon and not
the daughter of Scottish wineshop
keeper in Malaga. 1t would be in
keeping with the wonderful ro-
nance Of her career that it should
have begun with a romance of
birth.
The story is that before Chris
tine, daughter Of Francis l of Ma
pies, became the fourth wife of
King Ferdinand VII of Spain she
had been secretly married to an.
English painter named Ward and
by him had three children-two
girls and boy. The marriage to
Ward was no obstacle to the royal
Union in the eyes Of the law, as 1t
had never received the royal as
sent, and the children were con-
veniently ignored. Queen Chris
tine disposed of them by giving the
two girls to the Countess de
Montijo, who brought them up as
her own, while the boy was left as
founding at the gates of the pal
ace of the Duke of San Fernando
IN Madrid.
The boy was adopted by the Duke
and his wife and brought up as
Don Alessandro Soler; and, while
ne was not a grandee and there
lore had no recognized position at
court, ne was always treated bv
the entire royal family of Spain as
c non-royal relative, and waen he
died, few years ago, left .sis ex-
tensive fortune to King Alfonso.
OF the two girls the elder. Paca
became the Duchess of Alba and
the younger, Eugene, Empress OF
the French.
Hardly less romantic is the of
fetal version. This begins in thu
wineshop in Malaga kept by the
brohen-down Scottish exile, William
Kirkpatrick, who was for man,
years American consular agent il
that city. He had married Span
ish woman, and his daughter, Ma
nuela, was dancing on the table,
FOR the amusement of the custom
ers when Don Cypriano de Guzmar
became frequenter of the place
Don Cypriano was one-eyec
veteran of the First Napoleon's wars
he angered his brother, the Count
dc Montijo, by fighting for Ma
poleon against Spain, and now COM
pleted the estrangement by falling
IN love with Manuela kirkpatrick
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
By Fred B. Pitney

rs IT more bitter for a naelon
to lose province than for an
l. Empress to lose crown? Is re-
venge sweeter to a nation than
n an individual? Does revenge mat
Tor at ninety-three? Nations may
h. chastened and learn by bitter
experience. France has proved
this. What about an Empress?
Eugene, ex-Empress of the
French, ninety-three years old,
walking with cane, wanders
through the Tuileries Gardens,
plucking withered autumn flowers
from the beds that were once laid
cut at her command. Fifty years
ago, through her folly, France lost
Alsace-Lorraine, and she lost her
crown. France has had her re-
venge on Germany, and Frances
revenge is Eugenie's. Frances
joy over victory was delirious.
Eugene walks through the Tuile-
ries Gardens followed by a single
maid. She speaks to no one. No
one knows her thoughts.
"The Spanish woman" the peo-
pie of France called her when the
glories of the Second Empire began
to fade after the catastrophe of
Macmillan in Mexico. "The Span
ish adventures, the great ladies
Of her court never failed to call her
behind her back. "The improvised
sovereigns' was the kindest word
of the rulers Shy divine right" for
Eugene and her imperial spouse.
To-day she is an aged and mys-
terious figure. Enormously wealthy
and more than half forgotten, she
vanders unrecognized through the
scenes of long past glories and tri-
umphs.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
Compelled Difference

The court went better after that,
and the period Of its real magnifi-
cence began. A writer in "The St.
James's Magazine" in 1862 said:
Luxurious and yet elegant splen-
dor, most refined judgment and a
poetic temperament are revealed in
the arrangements of the boudoir of
the Empress Eugene The doors
are made of ivory, inlaid with gold !;
the furniture is rosewood, Of grace
full shape, and inlaid with gold ;
mirrors of ivory; the sofas and
chairs are covered with pale red
silk; the walls hung with a dark
paper and the ceiling is an exquisite
fresco. A magnificent Smyrna
carpet voluptuously deadens the
sound of footballs. Around hang the
most valuable paintings Of the old
masters, borrowed from the Louvre
and Versailles. On the writing desk
lie splendid portfolios and books,
bound in tortoise shell, inlaid with
gold. Nothing is wanted which a
sense of complete luxury can devise,
not even the toning of light. The
red silk curtains, heavily edged with
black velvet, throw a subdued hue
over every object, and any one who
enters the room may imagine he is
inhaling poetry"
Describing Eugene, the same
writer said:
"She leans back on the cushions
as if fatigued, so that her light mus
lin dress with it's countless lace
edged founces is gently raised and
exposes her dainty feet, in the white
silk stockings and shoes, as high as
the ankle. She has thrown back
her beautiful head, surrounded with
the pale golden hair, and appears to
be in a reverie. The soft azure eye
is only half visible beneath the in
imitable eyelid and her entire ap-
pearance indicates exhaustion and
fatigue. The lines of the face are
so fine, so noble and run into each
other so harmoniously that it seems
as if sculptor had incarnated his
ideal. But the color of the cheeks
is no longer that of youth. The
forehead, broad and slightly arched
displays those fine ripple marks
which the woman Of thirty fears
and the woman Of thirty -six-for SC
old is the Empress-endures with a
sigh.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
But Not Marry Her

Napoleon.s ambassadors met with
nothing but rebuffs in their search
for a bride for the Emperor, while
Eugene and her mother received
constant invitations to Compiegne
and the Elysee Palace. Napoleon
gave hunts like a sovereign at Fon-
tainebleau and Compiegne; and the
beautiful Spanish girl, fearless
horsewoman and tireless dancer, was
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

intended to make it secure by mar
riage. He had no thought at that
time Of marrying Eugene. His am
hassadors and agents were sounding
all the courts of Europe for an en-
press for Napoleon, while he was
pursuing Engenie and gossip was
growing clamorous.