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Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Our Mutual Girl has been found by
ne worlds greatest detective in the
bands Of the kidnappers, and you will
zee her Saturday night as they bring
Ier in at the Peoples Theatre. Don't
forget, Saturday night, November 2lst.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20
Fer Sale.

noes Silos. Call on me and save 20
ISent Also Chas. A. Cyphers Buffalo
SScOoatOru, Breeders and Poultry sup
~ EGBERT GATES,
'~ Up Lincoln, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20
Notice

Books repaired at lowest prices. All
tofk guaranteed. Printed and blank
'Ork a speciality. 11-20.4t
CHAs. L. MALsEED, Milford, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20
Frulls. Vegetables, Etc.

Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Fresh
Eeen Vegetables always on hand.
VIZ. MURPHY, IA North Walnut St
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Get Cunning Notices at Luther Cal
bOun's, at Bridgeville.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20
Wanted.

5000 bushels of New Crop Buckwheat,
eIvered at my mill in Lincoln.
%l66t w. H. CLENDANIEL.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Legal Blanks-Deeds, Mortgages,
Notes. Bonds, ETC., at Luther Calhoun S
Store in Bridgeville.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Minee Meat, Saver Kraut and Picked
Hg Feet at Davis Meat Market.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Hesdouafters for Bicycles and Bicycle
fires. and other repairs, is at John F.
Housmans, opposite First National
Bank, Milford, Del. 5-Stf
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Its a Boy" or Its a Girl" Cards
can be had at the Chronicle Office. Tell
be news nicely and quickly. Only 20
cent per dozen cards.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Richardson & Robbins Co., Dover, will
1mmence buying poultry on Monday,
November 23rd. They will pay 13 cents
per pound for good, fat, dressed chick
.ns and fowls delivered at the factory
b good condition any day except Satur-
Day, 1t
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Youesn get your Galvanized Corrugat-
Al Iron Roofing at /. D. Short.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20
Musical Instruction.

Miss Causey, No. 2O2 South Walnut
Sreet 9-11tf
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Homemade Sausage, Scrapple and
Lard at Davis Meat Market.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20
Frssh Sausage Daily.

Homemade Scrapple and Lard at
Alu W. H. DAVIS Meat Market.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Frankfourters and Sauer Kraut at
Days Meat Market.
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

For Sale. The most desirable home,
edge town. about 6 acres, the best land.
Splendid g room house. Barn. chicken
house and wagon shed, good as new.
Beautiful young shade, some fruit. PO-
essiOn, Bargain. Perfect title guaran
hed. G. Chester Marshall, Milford,
Delaware. 11-20tf
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

Try sterilac Milk. T. A. Ruddell.
Phone 2O9-3.
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FpFRIDAY. NOV. 20. 1914.

Mrs Annie Lord HYnson, Piano Les
.,ns 10-9-tf
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

FOR SALE-Four good Tin Roofs: size IS 70 81
feet long 10 70 u feet wke Window sash NJ
light frames j. Harper. Milford Del io-2tf
FOR SALE-Nce Home. Good location larFe
rooms. reception hall hot water heat, all modern
eonveniences. Barn and stable, large lot Mr.
X A. White North Walnut Street Milford. Deh-
ware. Q-I1tf
Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20

FOR SALE-One Saw Mil. in good oonditio
WiH sell very reasonable. Apply to s J. War
rington, Harbeson. Delaware lO-23-5tp
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Evening star., 1914-10-25
PRAeuEs STATUE To lrs RATRoN OA1r1T;
WImI CATHEDRAL IN BACKGROUND

fair July morning in the year 1929 the
little maid of Orleans, flushed with vic
tory, stood beside the high altar with
her sacred standard in her hand to
witness the crowning of the Dauphln
as King Charles VIII Of France.
Today many of the statues which
have so long graced the famous por-
tails are known to be headless, and
caused by the fire which swept the
medieval sanctuary and which may
have destroyed the sacred relics Of
which it has been the repository for
the fourteen pieces of the celebrated
DE Loncourt tapestry" representing
'The Life of Christ" were very for
tunately removed to place of safety
apprehension is still experienced in
art circles in both Europe and America
regarding the safety of the magnifi-
cent paintings and other art treasures
the Is ost 10
Tintoretto's Nativity" "christ and
Angels" by Zucchero and Titian's won-
derful canvas, Christ Appearing to
doubt of the costly gold reliquaries.
church plate and other ecclesiastical
heirlooms known to have been in the
cathedraIs treasury. Among them are
a monstrance of the thirteenth. used
at the coronations Of the different
French monarchs for moro than 100
years.
With the fate of Rheims in mind. the
cathedrals in the war zone acquire
greater interest and Importance. In
France no cathedral takes precedence
over that at Amiens. 1t is most i'm
posing and beautiful Gothic edifce.
and was erected in 1920. The massive
grandeur of the building Is relieved
by the lofty and extremely graceful
slender spire over the transept. The
facade has lofty porches which are
richly adorned with reliefs and
statues, and above the door. in the
tympanum, is a fine relief 80 '""'he
Evening star., 1914-10-25
. DANE, CATHEDRAL
.AMHNS FRANeEA

the escape of the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph. in 1853, from death by the hand
of an assassin. The empress and her
adored son Rudolph are not buried in
of the Capuchin Church, where also
are the mausoleums of Marie Theresa,
Marie Louise. second wife of Napoleon,
and L'Aiglon: their son, as well as
tombs unpleasantly crowd the entire
crypt.
In the cathedral stone in front of
the vestry closes the entrance to the
Austria: but for the last 200 years all
the members of the imperial family
have been inferred in the Church Of
the Capuchins.
Cathedral are the beautifully carved
choir stalls of the fifteenth century. and
the splendid altar piece by Book, over
the black marble high altar in the CEN
ter choir. At the west end of the ca
thedral are the "reisenthor" (giants'
door,.
The cathedral of Berlin. compared
with that of Cologne and other splen-
did cathedrals, is insignificant. 1t was
erected in 1747 and restored in 1917.
1t contains the handsome sarcophagf of
the Great Elector, who died in 1888;
and that of King Frederick, who died
twenty-five years later. Beneath the
cathedral are the imperial burial vaults
In which the relatives of the kaiser's
family are inferred
The Berlin Cathedrars chief claim to
popularity rests upon its splendidly
trained cathedral choir, instituted by
Frederick William " for the promo
the church are always we'll patronized.
for the Berliners love music, and the ca
thedral choir are picked professional
singers who give concerts frequently.
Koln, or Cologne, is the largest city
of the Rhine provinces. and is also a
fortress of the first class. 1t is the CEN
ter of the Rhine trade, one of the prin-
cipal commercial places in Germany,
Evening star., 1914-10-25

oraz. The huge statue is surrounded
by five enormous metal stars, which
are suspended around him.
A tablet Is fixed nearby, upon the
balustrade Of the bridge, which duly
explains that upon the very spot the
good st. John was attached by i'm
pfous men, who threw him over the
bridge into the river far below. There
days, with five stars doing him rev.
erence by their presence about him.
From the spot where St. John of
Nicoraz was thrown over the bridge
politar Church of st. Vitus. begun in
the year 1874.
While the cathedral Is dedicated to
st. Vitus. St. John shares the honors
with him, having an enormous shrine,
which has little artistic value or beauty,
but which Is pointed out with pride be-
cause 1t weighs a ton-and-a-half and Is
made of solid silver. Prague's cathe-
dral contains the manument of the
kings, a fine tomb in marble and ala
the sixteenth century over the hered-
itary burial place of the Bohemian
monarchs. Prussian bombs. way back
in 1857. badly damaged the cathedral.
pended on a chain from pillar, which
Is one of those which injured the
church in the seven years war, the
damage 1t did still being discernible
of Austria-Hungary Is undoubtedly st.
Stephens Votive Church in Vein, or
Vienna, as we call it. It fronts on
the fine Maximilianplatz and Is one of
Gothic architecture in Europe. AL
though erected from 1900 to 1910, por-
tions of the original building dating
from the twelfth century were util-
cross and the cathedral is built Of
limestone.
The richly groined vaulting is borne
by eighteen massive pillars adorned
with more than a hundred statuettes,
shrine. each to different saint. The
roof Is covered with colored tiles, and
there is fine glass. but the cathedral
is SO enormous in size that it seems
(adlerthor) gives entrance to the lit
tie chapel OF st. fBarbara, which con-
tains a rich votive altar in memory of
Evening star., 1914-10-25

Last Judgment" while in the vault
ing are $50 statues representing the
celestial hierarchy. with large statues
on each side of the Apostles and other
holy personages.
The doors of this central porch are
the most famous portion of the Amiens
cathedral They are separated by a
known as lie Beau Dieu d'Amiens.'
His right hand Is raised in blessing
and In his left he holds the gospels,
while under his feet he tramples sin,
In the form Of dragon and lion.
The side portals are richly adorned
with numerous fine statues and orna-
mented with sculptures showing the
window. above the porch Of the south
tune"
The interior of the cathedral is we'll
aisles and choir all flanked with hand
some little chapels. The first nave
reaches the unusual height Of lat feet,
WI which Is surpassed in this respect only
walls. of the choir have alto-reliefs
which are colored and gilded, repre-
sen senting the history Of John the Bap-
e1.a us. ana "a other saints. Behind the high
Enfant Pleureur," lovely marble
angel by Blosset. the noted artist, in
Amiens cathedral also contains a
a gilt robe. And Its exquisitely carved
cnoIr stalls are world famous. The
stalls are ITO in number. and are said
to contain no less than $3.50 separate
ngures. all executed in the sixteenth
century. the finest examples Of the
wood carver's art being seen on the
nand rails. Scriptural subjects are the
favorite. but worldly occupations are
also to be found.
Back of the cathedral Is the bronze
statue of Peter the Hermit, known In
Amiens as pierre de Amiens," who is
revered as the holy promoter of the
first crusade. the hermit and monk
who in 1896 led his followers as far as
Asia Minor. dying at Huy. Belgium.
some nineteen years later. but always
known as Peter Of Amiens.
One of the finest of the modern cathe-
drals, not only OF France likewise. but
of all Europe, is the recently conse-
Grated edihce upon Montmartre. In
Paris, the Cathedral OF 5acre Occur. 1t
Evening star., 1914-10-25

is Of colossal proportions, and in the
RomanesQue Byzantine style. It Is
one of the famous landmarks of Paris,
towering over the great city upon the
historic hill. the Mount Of Martyrs.
where st. Denis and his two compan.
ions are reputed to have suffered mar
tyrdom. The foundation of the Cathe-
dral Of the Sacred Heart was laid in
1874. just after the Franco-Prussian n
war, and the basiliea is said to have
cost 24.o00,0oo francs.
The hill of Montmartre played an i'm
portant part in, the war between
allies in 1914. and again during the
siege of Paris in 1901: and it was
here, also, that the gory-handed COM
munists seized the cannon of the
comte, and bathed Paris in the bloody
horrors of the commune.
The Cathedral of Sacre Coeur is not
only imposing and possesses magnifl-
church is also particularly beautiful
and impressive. The lovely stained
glass windows, particularly on the
west, Hood the immense cathedral with
figures painted on the glass stand out
with startling realism. No one who
has ever visited Sacre Occur when the
sun was shining through the gorgeous
ly colored windows can ever forget
the beauty of the scene and the amaz-
ing effect of the rainbow hues which
light up the innumerable chapels.
In the sanctuary of the newly beau
tified Maid Of Orleans, so dear to the
French nation, is an exquisite shrine to
the new st. Jean dare. in which Is an
exquisite white marble statue of the
maid, clad in armor and with her bat
tie standard. but looking up with a
most seraphic expression.
All over the cathedral at frequent in
tervals are tall stands with many rings
of burning candles, and, high above all.
priests, acolytes and worshipers, smiles
down the fair-haired Good Shepherd
with the little lamb on His shoulder
and followed by His flock of woolly
sheep.
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In Belgium the finest church is the
splendid cathedral of st. Gudule at
Brussels. 1t is Gothic structure and
was erected in 1920, the same year as
Evening star., 1914-10-25

deceased members the amount Ansae
would have been due had the congress-
man lived to fill out his term. In one
case it was proposed to allow the pay
ment to the father. as the member had
no nearer relative, being unmarried
There was a great deal Of discussion
pro and con for some time. and the
debate waxed hot as to how far the
privilege could be extended. Donovan
wearied of the talk. for the weather
was warm. So he rose to the occasion
with his Irish wit:
gentlemen" he said impressively.
"I see no need for extended discussion
regarding the measure for making
navments to a deceased members fam
ily. I say this in view Of the fact that
every month see dead ones on the
aoor of this House drawing their reg
ular salary"
Evening star., 1914-10-25

ne was the honored guest and the pr1n-
oipal speaker:
There was young couple. man and
wife. out in my state who were most
jubilant over the arrival of q baby
boy. Their home was on the outskirts
Of a small town. and they had not all
the conveniences of city life. Among
the inconveniences they suffered at this
particular time was the lack of either
scales OF steelyards to weigh the baby.
"a number of possible substitutes
were discussed. but none seemed fea-
sible. ''They were about to give up In
despair when the iceman drove up.
Evening star., 1914-10-25

the good old days when he represented
his state in the House. 1t seems that
he. while at home during the summer
recess OF Congress, made an unexpect-
ed Trip to Washington and left with
only small bag with a few necessary
articles Of wear. Finding that his stay
would be prolonged he wired home to
have q trunk of clothes sent on at
once.
The telegram reached the house dur
ing the absence of Mrs. Blackburn, but
one of the daughters opened the mes
sage and carried out the order On
top Of the tray she put q note which
read as follows:
Dear Papa:
II send you all the clothes I oan find and
hope 700 are weN."
The trunk contained seven white
shirts, six ties, a toothbrush. one bowie
knife and two revolversi
Evening star., 1914-10-25
Maybe He Did!

"The tceman can
fool. some Of the
people all the time
and all of the peo-
pie some of the
time, but he can't
fool all the people
all the time"
Speaker Clark OF
the House of Rep
resentatives says
that he knows
8 O m Q of t h .
tricks of the
trade" and to IL
lustrate he told the
Evening star., 1914-10-25
Different Viewpoints.
R e pr esentative

r e pr esentative
Walter M. Chand-
Ter of New York Is
a lawyer, as are
probably a b o u {
three-fourths o t
the members OF
the House. Once
when he was to
address an audi
ence. the man who
was to introduce
him opened the
evening in this
fashion: Gentle
men and ladies, I
Evening star., 1914-10-25
A Kentucky Wardrobe.

Joseph c. s.,
Blackburn Of Ken
lucky, the resident
commissioner o +
the Lincoln me-
mortal, has for al
most forty years
been a conspicuous
figure in political
life in Washing
ton-fiirst as a
member and later
as a senator.
A story Is told
of him of what
happened back in
Evening star., 1914-10-25

wish to present to you Mr.. William M
Chandler of New York, the author of
the well known legal book called The
Trial of Jesus From a Lawyers Stand
point 1t Is needless to say that you
all agree with mo that it IL better to
have the trial Of Jesus from q law
yer's standpoint than the trial OF Q
lawyer from Jesus standpoint"
Evening star., 1914-10-25

marked by simple but noble prepor-
tons. and it 10 rich in splendid old
stained-glass Of different periods.
tury down to modern times. The
very finest of all st. Gudules windows
are the Ave in the Chapel of the Sacra-
ment. which were presented to the ca
full Catholic rulers of the time. in
honor of the dogma Of the stolen
hosts.
Each window bears the portrait of
actly as in the works of the old
masters. the great artists have painted
the portraits of their rich patrons as
worshipers at the feet of the celestial
honor. The second window is the
finest, showing the work of John
Hack. after the designs of Michae
Coke. On the fifth window Is mod
ern reproduction of the wonderful old
glass. which was unfortunately de-
stroyed: the upper half shows a rep
resentation of the story Of the famous
miracle Of the stolen hosts. Close to
the University in Brussels is the Cha
pelle salazar Cor the Chapel Of the
Expiatfon), erected in 1895 as an ex-
piation for the theft committed in St.
Gudule, but by whom it is not made
clear
In the olden day the Jews had hard
time all over Europe with their pious
Christian brethren. In Prague (Praha)
the quaint capital city Of Bohemia. in
the Emperor Francis Joseph's domain.
there is an old bridge with picturesque
antique gatehouses at each end. which
crosses the Moldau river and joins
bridge boasts thirty-three large stat
ues OF saints, and, besides, has q huge
crucifix, which bears an interesting in
scription, which reads:
This cross was built with the money
paid by a Jew, who was fined for
reviling the cross, in 1906" AS the
figure of the crucified Son of Man Is
of colossal proportions. the sum ex-
acted must have been also excessive
in size. A little further across the
bridge, upon the same side of tho
thoroughfare, is the figure Of Prague's
favorite patron saint, st. John Of Mic
Evening star., 1914-10-25

The proud father. quick to see the ad-
vantage, suggested to his wife that
the baby be weighed on the ice scales.
So an improvised scale pan was hung
to the scales, and. do you know" con-
c!uded Speaker Clark, that one-day-
old baby weighed exactly twenty
poundsr'
Evening star., 1914-10-25

The great loss Of art in the shelling
Of Rheims Cathedral is painfully evil
dent and it's mutilation emphasizes the
imminent danger in which the war
places all of the splendid heirlooms OF
the middle ages. any one OF which may
be destroyed or irreparably mutilated.
by either accident or design.
Not until July IA. 1902, the day when
the famous old Campanile in Venice
fell, was the ancient tower, begun in
500 A. D., which stood before the west
ern portal Of St. Marks Cathedral fully
appreciated. The writer happened to
be in Venice the day it collapsed"
and the grief and despair of the popu-
lace was painful to witness; for, witk
its irreparable demolition. came the
realization of what the hoary heir
loom of centuries meant to the people,
their city, Italy. and the whole world.
And when, just ten years later, the
new Campaniie was dedicated-an ex-
act replica of the old in which every
particle of brick. bronze, stone and
marble of the old edifice was utilized
the Venetians exclaimed sorrowfully:
Yes, yes. it is good copy, but the
Campanile no one can rebuild" And
this is true also of all the other antique
treasures in Europe which are endan-
gered by the war. and which as un-
which has overtaken Liege. Louvain,
Malines. Dinant. Rheims and scissors.
correspondent in a recent London
Times dispatch states that "Soissons
has suffered terribly" and declares that
the Cathedral and Church of ST. Jean
have both been badly damaged by the
daily bombardment the city has suffer
ed. The Church of st. Jean mentioned
is the ruined thirteenth century abbey
Of st. Jean-des-Vignes, of which only
the magnificent facade f1anked by two
beautiful towers survived the damage
wrought by the German bombardment
during the Franco-Prussian war. The
abbey Is the place where Thomas
a Beckert spent his exile of nine years.
The Cathedral of scissors is. or was.
a hne example of mixed Romanasque
and Gothic style of architecture, and
the fine proportions of the interior.
with the purity of its carved capitals.
made it a close rival to its more famous
sister church at Rheims, recently de-
faced. II not destroyed, by German
shells.
The Rheims Cathedral is priced not
only as "the most beautiful structure
of the middle ages" for its exquisite
western facade. with its three recessed
portals embellished with $50 statues
and s.atuettes, its lovely rose-window,
and for its sculptured towers; but also
for its unique historical value. as the
church in which the French kings have
been crowned for 700 years. Here on a
Evening star., 1914-10-25
"Dead Ones. !"

r e p resentative
jeremiah D o n o.
van of Connecticut
Is recognized as q
ready wit of his
ancestral country.
though he 10 the
third generation
born under the
Stars and Stripes.
Not long ago
there was consid-
erable discussion
in the House anent
a bill for paying
to the families OF
Evening star., 1914-10-25

adequately replace.
Already the city of Louvain has
ceased to be and its cathedral is only
q heap Of ruins. Further reports con-
firm the irreparable vandalism accom-
plished by the well aimed German
siege guns fired at the magnificent old
thirteenth century edifce which tower
ed for centuries over the city of
Rheims.
Evening star., 1914-10-25

ISPATCHES from
w a r-r idden Eu-
rope have told of
destruction or in
jury of the an
CT e mt cathedrals
which are tn.
worlds most val
ued specimens Of
m e di eval archt-
. lecture and which
neither time nor
money can ever
of Louvain has
Evening star., 1914-10-25

In Belgium the finest church is the
splendid cathedral of st. Gudule at
Brussels. It is a Gothic structure and
was erected in 1920. the same year as
Evening star., 1914-08-07
GERMAN WARSHIPS NEAR
u. S. MENACE COMMERCE
NavaEO Officers Here Expect to Hear They Have
Captured Many Belligerents'
Merchantmen.
Merchantmen.

Naval officers here are expecting snort
ly news of the capture by German
cruisers. understood to be lying of
the North Atlantic coast, of number
Of British, French and Belgian mer-
chant steamers.
Unless that is done, it is not perceived
how these German cruisers. supposed
to be the Dresden. the Karlsruhe and
Strassburg, can retain their station
much longer. for lack of fuel.
Given calm weather and smooth sea
the experts say it is possible to trans
fer coal at sea from the bunkers of
merchantmen to warship. although
the work is attended with great risk
and consumes much time under the
most favorable circumstances. The
usual coal bunker is easy to fill from
the top. but slow to discharge through
small traps at the bottom.
May Coal Once Here.
The only other recourse fo- coal
would be a shore port. The German
cruisers may take coal once only at
Evening star., 1914-08-07
Threat of Treason.
HOW TO AID FRIENDS ABROAD.
u. S. Treasurer Burke Issues Ex-
plicit Instructions.

Further explanation of how friends Of
Americans stranded in Europe may de-
posit funds in their behalf with the
Treasury Department was given today
In a statement issued by John Burke.
treasurer Of the United States.
1T will save time and avoid confusion
and errors" said Mr.. Burke. If deg
positors will furnish a written memoran1
dunn giving plainly their name and ad1
dress and the name, address and q BRIEF
description Of the persons to whom II
is desired payment shall be made. giving
if possible, the age, height. weight, COM
plexion and color OF hair and eyes or
the beneficiary. This will facilitate iden-
tiflcation of the payee and lessen the
possibility of payments being made 10
the wrong persons. as deposits are &C
cepted only at the risk of the owner
Mr.. Burke explained that deposits may
be made with assistant treasurers of tie
United States at Baltimore. Boston. Chi
cago, Cincinnati. New York, New Orleans.
Philadelphia. st. Louis and San Fran
cisco or sent to room No. 1S. Treasury
Department, Washington.
On the arrival Of the cruiser Tennessee
in Europe payments will be made to the
various beneficiaries on cable advice Of
the department.
Depositors were warned to keep re-
ceipts for their payments to insure a re-
fund II the beneficiary is not found.