The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-11-09


tb was 'erraced, and there the vines ,rov n,1o -
Ett1o b Sln2e was his life! What sanctuary his
he c I'll what rich embroidery of wheat and coro
sngy tb,5rt ':I l'l'S' tie was prudent without being
age with one ba @ Gelhg mean He saves against old
other ''" distributes to his children with the
house % @ ng a'shed all their love upon the little farm
grapevnos @ and the barn; having pruned these
@ " seemed like FRIEND dear as tbat nJo, uilIll
to no puGS ana Philemon, having at last made evorv |
and beauty "0ilo was invested with affection
10 you remember how that Forentjne artist of+or his
the cani1 ~ zone toled upon his studio slowly CARVING
old nannst 1"techg f little terracoa from Cyprus an
Fnb from Athens, lovely head Of Ano1o fr wv,
rreSuS ana deScen glass from Persia with bt Of 1
fftIo Put"e ehdlng spot of fame in one corner and
end was neoGs coored another when he saw the
bo n} S approaching, while visit to Eovnt asked +b+
IIgn De carried home to die in the stnd,p h '''o %
mace l}ch with his soul? '' "'"'" "e
what the Hideous Hun Has Done
toir % % SQGh way as that the French peasants loved
9 th "" ylen oSt It, One morning the enemy stood
{" lIe gate The farmer with his pruning knfe was no
nlch TOR German with machine qm and down M a1 4 4
] II 1G plum tree he was pruning The devastated re-
n S2r ., france are like unto devil world All the pear
@ pi0h trees nave fallen under the stroke of Gov
n" axe and are dead and dry Here and thera one so
~" occasional Tree where half inch Of bark remains and
'p"ng with the peasants sorrow, the roots have sent
Iooo OF sympathetic tears and SAP out into ono 1tte
Fimch amidst the death of hundred other bonchs that
nea IN May its rose and pink of bloom then in Aueus
Is ,IS tea goT OF clustered food But for the rest it
~ "eSOIIon Gone all the beautiful bridges-thev have
zeH "anamed d Gone all the lovely and majestic thr-
elNh century churches Gone all the galleries. for every
g G 2ooo people in France has its quarterly exhibition Of
paintings sent out from Paris and some of the finest art
treasures IN the world have perished The land has benn
put back to where it when julius Caesar Described #
bornS y years 3Goa wild land and waste growing up with
loIS ana thlSIeS That proclamation on wall tells the
whole story: LET building stand no vine or troo Pn
aole reIe"mg let each we'll be pentifully polluted with
CpseS and with creasote The spirit this "snce we
'ernanS cannot have this land one else shall"
Your eyes saw more exquisite biz Of carvin f
e corner Of root than this "a spray Of myrtle leaves
carved IN stone after he Germans had DESTROYED the Cathe
"laI OF AIaS Look at this frebrand Every German
company OF soldiers carried automobile lorry filled with
neSe 1rebrandS with tank Of gasoline hanging beneath
ne aMeS one OF he historic chateau is that of Avricot
cn IN ncfIe associations Of history It was one of the
buildings specially covered by clause in the international
agreement between England GERMANY France the United
States and all the civilized nations safeguarding historic
bUIdngS For many months it was the home of Prince FIJI
tel, the kaSeT'S second son.
Forced to retreat the aged French servants, who un-
deStood the electric lighting and the gas plant and served
teI during his occupancy, when the Judge and iuv held
the trial at the ruins Of the chateau stated that they heard
the German officers eIIngEie that he would disgrace the
German name if he destroyed building that had no rela-
on to and could be Of practically aid or comfort to
he French army and he would make his own name of
shame and contempt of oboQuy and scorn. But the man
would not YIELD He brought in great wagons and moved to
he freight cars at the station absolutely every object that
|S IN the splendid chateau And. having promised to
the building Wnniured he sopped his car at the en-
rance and exit gates of the ground back to the historic
mIdng with Of oil that he had secreted filled the as
pstos in this ball OF perforated iron through the halls
md waited until the flames well in progress and then
rInred his men to light the fuse of dynamite bomb
All the testimony taken immediately afterward
aged servants and from the little children and the de-
0eacy revealed has not been surpassed since the first
hWer Of Romans written on the unnatural crimes of
he ancient world There the copies of the affdavits
the ruins had beside the black marble steps picked up
his ireMUnd with which Prince Eel assasSinated build
ne that belonged to the civilized world hope to live long
nougb Germany forced to repay at least one debt in
dNion 10000 Others Conceived by the Gothic archi-
after 100 wears Of neglect the Germans, about 1875
rmpeted the Cathedral of Cologne. When this war is
ve every in that cathedral should be marked Ger
IAN prisoners should be made to pull those stones apart;
cnan be made to transport every stone to Louvan
nd German hands made to set up the Cathedral of Cologne
Touvain or ATas For Judgment day is coming to Ger
ANY, and though dull and heavy minds doubt it. of
Son perceive its incidents and outlines already taking
lapc.
But the ruin Of his bridges his schoolhouse, his church.
his farm houses his vineyards and orchards is the least
his sorrows. In little village Ham dwet a man