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Milford chronicle., 1915-02-12
RECEIVED SEED CATALOG.

The Chronicle received a handsome
catalog from the 7. w. Wood & Sons,
of Richmond, Va, which contains some
valuable information for planting etc.
The company are advertising Clover
seed and other things in the Chronicle,
and it may be well to look up the ad.
The catalog will be sent free to any who
will write them for it. m
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-12
A SHADOW SOCIAL.

Mrs. Robert Jones' Bible Blass at the
Williamsville Church gave a shadow
social at the new School House. A
pleasing program was rendered and ice
cream and cake were served. A nice
sum Of money was netted for the bene
fit of the church. Mrs. Jones has shown
deep interest in the welfare of the
church.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-12
OBITUARY.
MAYHEM.

John Mayhew, Jr., infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Mayhew, of CLAYTON,
died on Saturday, January 30th. Funeral
at residence on Monday by the Rev.
Neice and burial at Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Milford, by w. G. Powders.
HANDY.
Wallace B. Handy, Jr., the eleven
months old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
S. Handy, of near Williamsville, died at
his parents home on Tuesday, February
9th, 1915. Funeral services were held
on Tuesday and interment made at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford,
PARKER.
James A. Parker, son of the late
George Parker, of Milford. died at his
home in Farminnton on Friday. January
22nd, 1915. from prolonged illness of
tuberculosis. aged SO years. He leaves
a wife, two sons and one daughter. The
funeral was held at his late residence
on the following Sunday, Rev. o. E.
James officiating. Interment was made
at Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington.
KIRBY.
Charles H. Kirby died at his home
three miles northeast of Harrington at
noon on Wednesday, February 10th,
1915, of pneumonia, aged so years.
Deceased was prominent farmer was
brother of Thomas A. Kirby. present
Sheriff of Kent County. A widow and
two children survive him. Funeral ser
vices will be held at his late home at
noon today, and interment will be made
at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Milford. w.
G. Powders, funeral director, will be in
charge.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-12
BASKETBALL SATURDAY NIGHT.

Two fast games of basketball will be
played at Armory Hall tomorrow (Sat-
urday) evening, when the Milford High
School Girls will play the Smyrna High
School Girls, and Company B will play
the Silent Workmen of Dover. The
Armory will probably be packed for the
game,
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-12

The work for the day will be in the
hands of Mrs. E. D. Varney, the chair
man of child hygiene, and will relate to
the life of the child up to the school age.
The closing number will be a solo by
Miss Kline. All the parents, and those
interested in the school, are cordially
invited
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-12
ARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION.

There will be a meeting of the Milford
Parent Teacher Association in the school
house, Tuesday the 10th, at $50 p. m.
The student entertainment will be given
by the Eighth Grade
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-12

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Milford chronicle., 1915-02-12

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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-31
treasury to recompense It.
SAN AiARINO PROUD OF
CLAIM AS OLDEST REPJJBLIC.

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San Marino is proud of Its claim
as. the Oldest republic: AN around
its thirty three miles of frontier one
can see monuments, marked ITALY,
on one side and THE Republic of
San Marino" on the other. But
while 1t claims to be a republic, IL
Is oligarchy in fact. The govern
-ment is a Grand Council of sixty
elected for life in equal numbers
from the landed proprietors; and
the bourgeois The Council elects
its own members when vacancies
occur An. inner council Of twelve
chosen from the sixty forms a kind
OF a Senate. 1t has two Presidents
or Captains Regent as they call
them. They are elected every six
months alta grand public gathering.
The main reason for the frequency
OF those. elections ssthat is the. prin-
cipal amusement the citizens have.
There Is only one level spot In
san Marino. That Is a plaza N
front OF the National Palace. It Is
used as a parade ground for San
Marino's citizen army Of $50 men
and thirty-eight sofAcets.s San Ma
rino's army Is not q professio
one. sIts soldiers all make their iiv-
ing at some other Occupation. Thus
the command ding officer oflths army.
rs also librarian Of the National
Library and b professor In Belluzi
College.
The people generally work Ia the,
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Marine wireless station was inter.
cepting his messages.

Marine wireless station was inter-
cepting his messages.
San Marine. literally. Is noun
tain and three little villages. Its
total population is 1900. JEFFERSON
City or Moberly would make a more
populous nation. It has no railroad,
the visitor having to ride four hours
In a diligence from Rimini, an ADJ
riatic resort city.
The founding, Of San Marine is
somewhat Of a myth. The local ira
dition is that Marinus, a Dalmatian
stonecutter, fathered the nation. In
the fourth century. He, was work!
ing on a gateway at Rimini. The
nearest rock quarry was Mount IT,
tanus. AS, a reward for faithful
work Marinus was given the noun
tain.. where, he Established a refuge
for Christians. Since that time San
Marine has maintained Its independ-
ence.
In the seventh or eighth century
It's monastery was turned into fort.
Many invaders marched by without
attacking the republic, For. one, rea-
son. 1t was difficult to attack. and
I. for another, 1t had no wealth to at
tract the cor,queror.
Once a Pope attempted to collect
tares In the State. San Marine
appealed to q Judge In Rimiui. who
held that It was an ind ependent ma
tion. ana theretore no taxes could be
collected. italy has never tiled to
a. -. a.. Az = z d. IL
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ON the Moon.

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Writing on how the other heav-
emily bodies would appear to US II
we. were on the moon, Frederick
Campbell observes: I'VE should
readily recognize the sun by day
and the stars by night: all would
look perfectly familiar at remove
from earth of less than a quarter
Of million OF miles. Yet 1t would
be apparent how different the
moons daylight sky is from that Of
earth. AS. there IL no atmosphere,
the splendid blue rays of the celes-
tial vault would be wanting. and.
owing to the absence OF rejecting
power, no light would reach ussex-
cept directly from the iuminaries
concerned. Hence the sky would be
black, and, even by day, we should
see countless stars cleaning, as
we'll as the sun: and, when the sun
had set, the night would be glorious
beyond description. away down to
the horizon.
TN aimoment of forget ulness we
might look for the moon, but in its
place we should see the earth dis
playing a diameter nearly four
times that of the moon. and an area
nearly fourteen times as great,
hanging in the sky day and night
never rising, never setting, turning
on its axis nearly thirty times q day,
showing the continents and oceans
as we are accustomed to see them
on maps, and. when examined with
great telescopes, exhibiting even its
largest slsyscrapers and its electric
lights on city streets. We should
also see the earth passing through
the familiar pl1ases of the moon.
But on the moons other side we
should lose the earth altogether and
be RECALLED only by the splendor OF
the familiar stars.
Were we on the moon when ter
restrials are witnessing an eclipse
of the moon we should find our
selves watching a total eclipse OF the
sun, the earth,s huge bulk com
pletely covering It's face for an
hour, surrounded not only by the
usual solar corona, but also by a
nearer twilight halo. where the suns
scattering rays. struggling through
the earth's atmosphere, bend about
and fall back to irradiate the lunar
gloom at the time. So far as an
eclipse OF the earth Is concerned,
we should simply see the moons
shadow, not more than 1877 miles
in diameter, speeding across It's SUR
face at the rate Of 1000 miles an
hour.
All these things would be witt
messed In perfect silence. AS there
is no air to breathe, 30 there IS
none to carry word or anthem TO
a listening ear. Though from the
summit Of some towering mountain
we should roll a great boulder down
into the depths. no answering crash
would reach us any more than Il we
had dropped a feather"
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ing. Assthe expense OF maintaining
the government is small. taxes prac-
-tically amount to nothing. san Ma
rino5 has diplomatic force Of
eleven Conslls. Three are In italy.
one in England, one In France and
the others in neighboring countries.
Their only pay is fees San Marino
onceSthoughtsi 1t would send Con-
sui to the United States. Not that
It needed one here, but 1t was
happy thought that the Oldest re-
public should be represented In the
largest republic, The Captains Re-
gent Of that date investigated the
matter. They saw a way to make
the venture profitable by having
the Consul sell lottery tickets. When
they learned that lotteries were not
allowed in the United States the
idea was abandoned. se 3
San Marine Gas some salt mines
which It uses to pay the Captains
Regent a salary. The Regents have;
the salt monopoly during their term
OF office.
Two names are revered In the.
history; of the republic. One Is
Napoleon, who, sent an Ambassa-
dor; to San Marine and guaranteed
them independence. Another Is
Garibaldi. who took refuge there
after the Austrian War and came
near involving San Marine In q war
I with the dual monarchy.
Since San Marines streets all
run ct some .precipitous angle drain.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-31

the conquest Of Sardinia and the
Balearic isles. Pisa was, the first to
introduce into Tuscany the arts that
ennobie wealth; her dome. her bap-
tistry, her leaning tower. and her
Campo. Santo, which the travellers
eye embraces at one glance. but
does not weary OF beholding. had
been successfully built from the year
1868 to the end of the Twelfth Gem
tury. These chefs-d'oeuvre had ani-'
mated the genius of the Pisans: the
great architects of the thirteenth
century were. for the most part, pu-
pills Of Nicolas di Pisa
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down stairways 70 get their daily


pasturing.
INDUSTRY CIIARACTERIZEs Il
PEOPLE OF LITTLE LANDS.
Both Monaco and San Marine are
part of the group of Italian repub-
lies and principalities which MAIN
tanned their independence until the
middle of last century. The other
little nations were united as Italy,
but Monaco and San Marine kept
their independence. The little re-
publics and principalities Of North
ern Italy were noted for their thrift
and industry.
j. g. I. de Sismondi says in .'The
Italian Republics:
''The .nayiglio grande' OF Milan.
which spreads the clear waters Of
the Ticino over the finest parts of
Lombardy, was begun in 11Ts. re-
sumed in 1857. and terminated
few years afterwards. Men who
meditated. and who applied to the
arts the fruits Of their study" prac-s
ticed he says. that skillful agricul-
ture OF Lombardy, and Tuscany
which became a model to other
nations"
He says that ! the cities. SUR
rounded with thick walls, terraced
and guarded by towers, were for the
most part paved with broad flag
stones; while the Inhabitants of
Paris could not stir out OF their
houses without plunging into the
mud. Stone bridges Of an elegant
and bold architecture were thrown
over rivers: aqueducts carried pure
water to the fountains. The palace
of the podestas and signorie united
strength with majesty. The most
admirable of those of Florence, the
Palazzo-yecchio. was built in 1898.
The Loggia In the same city, the
church tof Santa Croce. that Of San
Ia Maria del Fiore. with Its dome.
so admired by Michael Angelo. were
begun by the architect Arnolfo.
scholar Of Nicolas di Pisa. between
the years 1884 and 1900.
1.-THE prodigies OF the first-born OF
the fine arts multiplied in Italy; q
pure taste. boldness and grandeur,
struck the eye In all public monu-
ments. and finally reached even
private dwellings; while the princes
of France. England, and Germany.
in building their castles. seemed to
think only of shelter and defense.
Sculpture in marble and bronze
soon followed the progress OF archi-
lecture; in 1900, Andrea di Pisa.
son Of the Archttect Nicolas, cast the
admirable bronze gates OF the Bap-
tistry at Florence; about the same
time, Cimabue and Giotto revived
Z the art OF painting. Casella music.
and Dante gave to Italy his 'Divina
Commedia,' uneaualled in succeeding
generations. History was written
honestly, with scrupulous research,
and with graceful simplicity. by Gio-
vanni villani. and his. school; the
study Of morals and philosophy be-
gan; and italy. ennobled by free
dom, enlightened nations, till then
{ sunk, in darkness"
THE Republic of Pisa was one OF
the hrst to make known to the
world the riches and the power
which q small State might acquire
y by the, aid OF commerce and liberty.
Pisa had astonished the shores Of I'll
Mediterranean bys the number Of
vessels and galleys that sailed under
( her nag, by the suceor she had given
the crusaders; by the fear she had
inspired At C6hst ntfnpple. and ~
Z aIt - " ~
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John H..sing

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An unsung hero whose Exploit
deserve place in The iitefatufe o.
tne world was John 5aEing 9 sine
PIE 5Dutcn pnrgner q = ORR M the
late years Of the ixteenth century,
He rose to no high Office Hts only
honors We're the sword cuts Of enets
mics. His fame is q l1rief mention
In the most detailed iiietorits Of his
country. s
tredertck. son Of the Duke Of
Ava, the cruel Spafilsi, g overnor 81
the Netheriands best eyed tho to Wn
OF HARLEM in the winter 81 f572.
7a. The sturdy btire hers. mindful
OF the massacres that had taken
place IN other towns that had snrs
rendered, stood on the inxader with
remarkable courage Time affSr
time ASSEMBLING columns were re.t
pulsed. The defenge held out be.
cause Of Harden Lake In covere
Ing OF ice enabled the FOLLOWERS 81
William Of Orange 10 send pro-
Visions to Haarlen1. 4;
The approach of spring cfaided
disaster to Haafleiii fhless mo
Dutch fleets could command khSS
sea. There seemed small hone 81
this. The only Alternative WaH to
cut the dtlkes and Aood out lis
Spanish army lillian Of Orange
decided that should be done.
He dispatched II force 10 cut III
bikes: The Spanish main "a ined d
guard there. The Dutch forces
commanded by Sanoy. made reVsrai
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HYPER 1ef The Princes.
~ palace. Upper right
The Prince watc ching for Wis
|sitors: coming by yacht in the
earlier days. Portraits
The Prince and Princess.
Center-The Casino. Be-
low Drawing of a game Of
roulette.
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athletes come to participate in the
great games played there.
This winter there are still games.
played In Monaco, but the greatest
athletes are with the colors. This
winter there are still plays in the
theaters, but the actors are lighting
and the actresses are nurses. Visit
ors tors still come. but they are. few.
Some American tourists are there
hoping for the war to end and
afraid to go home or stay away.
With conditions as they are Monaco
declared for war. The people flew
to arms in the hopes Germany would
be beaten, SO the business at Monte
Carlo could thrive again.
Now that Monaco. the smallest
principallty in the world, has de-
clared war on Germany. San Marine,
is shaking its fist at the Kaiser. San
Marino is dot Of thirty -'eight.
square miles in Eastern Italy. It's.
quarrel with Germany is the result,
Of the Kaiser's protest that the San
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-19
300 CHILDREN FROM
 THE FIRING LINE
 BROUGHT TO PARIS
Many Tots Separated From Parents by the War and Some Are ln- iured-Pittied by Soldiers
 in the Trenches

Paris, May 1S.-t5:15 D. m)-rhree hun dred children of Belgian farmers living near the fighting line-152 girls and l4S boys-arrived in Paris today. They made a total of 9000 children brought here from Belgian. French and British camps in recent months. Many are orphans or have been separated from their parents by the war.
 Numbers of the waifs had been cared for by the soldiers, who call them trench rabbits Some actually have been shell tered in bombproofs. Nearly all were carrying toys made for them by their soldier guardians.
 Many children have been wounded by shells during the fighting in northern France. About 90 have been treated fn one hospital near Armentieres. Some have lost legs.
 One small boy, who was special fav- orite of n detachment of the American ambulance, had more toys given him than any other child in the neighborhood. He has now been brought to the American hospital in Paris. This boys mother was Killed by smell. His father is a French soldier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-19
 ENGLAND WARNS NAVIGATORS OF
 MINE FIELDS

Washington, May 1S.-New admiralty di- rections for navigation in the North sea designed to safeguard commerce from patch to the state department today from Consul General Skinner at London. The announcement, superseding the admiral tvs regulation of ovember s0 strongly urges shipmasters to obtain latest official notices before sailing from British ports. ?
 Mined areas so far as they are known are described in the regulations. Ships entering the North sea from the English channel, the announcement says must pass between two light vessels off Folke- stcne, proceed to the Downs, keeping in shore of an imaginary line joining the southernmost of the two light vessels to South Goodwin light vessel.
 Vessels sailing up or down the east coast in the North sea are advised to keep within three mile limit when consistent with safe navigation.
 Part of the route outlined from the east coast ports to Dutch ports passes between British and German mine fields. and ves- sels proceed at their own risks
 Neutral vessels seeking to use the northa bout route through the North sea are required to apply through their for eisn representatives for permission. and if that is refused, they must proceed noutha bout.
 Sailing vessels from Atlantic to Scan dinayian ports pass eastward of Ireland md St. Kilda, thence Fire Islands to des- tinatlon, passing northward by 50 miles of Shetland Islands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-19
S7peepine Changes In
 British GOUernnent Likely
The Resignation of Lord Fisher Because He Could Not With Winston Spencer Churchill Forerunner of General Reorganization Is Belief
 Coalition Cabinet Probable

chancellor of the exchequer, and MT.
 Churchill probably will take new positions.
 Of the conservatives Andrew Bonar Law, opposition leader in the House of Com
 mons. former Premier Balfour, Lord
 Derby and Austen Chamberlain almost
 certainly would enter the cabinet and
 either Lord Curzon, Lord Milner or the
 Earl of Seborne. from the conservative
 leaders in the House of Lords. The labor
 party probably would be represented by
 the Right Hon. Arthur Henderson, its
 chairman, and there is talk of both of
 the Irish leaders, John Redmond and Sir
 Edward Carson. becoming members
 For nine months the liberal cabinet has conducted the war government with loyal support from the leaders of the conservative party in Parliament. Since i the month of May brought the most critical days of the great struggle upon them the British people of all parties have become more and more convinced that the management of their destiniea l by one political party cannot bring the | full strength of the nation into the strug- l gle Consequently a reorganization of 1.-the forces. 1t IS thought. would meet a growing popular demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-19
cHAGAs WILL RECOVER

Lisbon, May ls.-(yia Paris. s:10 r. m.)--Joao Chagas Is recovering from a wound in the head, IL is said the bullets did not penetrate the bone. Chagas still hopes to as sume the premiership, in which for the time being, he has been replaced by Jose Castro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-19
THINKS j.
 WAR WITH ITALY INEVITABLE
CHURCHILL MAY BE REPLACED
 BY BALFOUR

London, May 1S.--t6:06 D. m) Persistent reports were in circula- ton in the lobby of the House of Ccmmons tonight that a coalition government was about to be formed.
 Unionist leaders held a confer ence with Premier Asquith this evening and it is stated that the question of a coalition was settled.
 According to these reports the Rlocation of offices has not been finally determined. It is rumored that A. ]. Balfour. former premier, will succeed Winston Spencer Churchill as first lord of the admir- alty, the latter taking some other office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-19
Addresses Reichstag on In
 ternational Crisis-Says Vienna Has Worked
 Faithfully to Avoid War
SEVEN CONCESSIONS OF A TERRITORIAL
 NATURE OFFERED
Would Cede Part of Tyrol and Isonzo and Make Trieste an Imperial City With Italian University

Amsterdam, May 1s.-(via London, SIP D. m.)-A dispatch to the Tele- graff from Berlin says the impress sion received by majority of the persons who heard the speech of Dr. yon Bethmann- Hollweg, the German chancellor, at the opening of the Reichstag today, was that war With Italy was inevitable.
 Berlin. May 1s.-tyia London, 75s n. m.)-eYou are aware said pr. Von Bethma mn -Holweg, the imperial chan cellor. speaking in the Reichstag today, "that the relations between Italy and Austria Hungary within the last month have been strongly strained.
 "From the speech made yesterday by Count TisA you will have gathered that the Vienna cabinet in a sincere effort to ensure enduring peace between the dual monachy and Italy, and to take into account the lasting great vital in- terests of both empires, had resolved on far-reaching concessions to Italy of a territorial nature.
 T consider it proper to indicate these concessions to you
 First. part ol the IT roi inhasited by Italians was to be ceded to Italy.
 vrhe western bank of the Isonzo. in solar as the population was purely ltai- ian and the town of Gradisca likewise was to be ceded to Italy
 ..s. Trieste was to be made an inn perial free city, receiving an admin jstration which would insure the Ital- ian character of the city and to nave an Italian university.
 "4 Italian sovereignty over Avlona Ca seaport of Albania) and sphere oi interest belonging thereto, to be recog- nized.
 a. Austria Hungary declared hel political disinterestedness regarding Albania.
 .e. The national interests of Italians in Austria to be particularly respected
 ''7. Austria Hungary to grant am nestv to political military prisoners be- longing to the ceded trerritorye
 ..S. Further the wishes of Italy regarding the general question to be as sured every consideration.
 s.9 Austria Hungary, after the con clusion of the agreement to give solemn declaration concerning the concessions
 '10. Mixed committees for the regu- lation of the details of the concessions tc be appointed.
 ..l1. After the conclusion of the agreement Ausfro-Hungarian soldiers. na- tives of the occupied territories, shall moi participate further in the war. 7s.T can add continued the imperia chancellor, that Germany in order to fur ther strengthen the understanding De tween both her allies, undertook, with thu full agreement of the Vienna cabinet t' give a full guarantee for the loyal fulfilt ment of these offers Germany ana Aus tria- Hungary herewith formed resolu' ton which, if it should lead to results would, I firmly believe, find an over whelming majority in the three nations Look to Italy sWith it's Parliament the Italian peo nle will now decide whether it will reaeF the fulfillment of all national aspira tions in the widest extent in a peacefu manner, or whether it will plunge th' (Continued on Page Tweive)