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Show A Swedish wood carver is completing complet-ing a singular emblematic set of chessmen for the centennial, designed to typify the present religious-struggle between Germany and tho Vatican. One of the contending parties represents repre-sents tho Emperor William as king, the Empress Augusta as queen, Prince Bismarck and Dr. Faulk, author of the new ecclesinstical laws, as bishops, a party of Uhlans as knights, and another of Landwehr-men Landwehr-men s the pawns. The other party is led by the pope as king, an abbess as queen, cardinals as bishops, monks mounted on asses as knights, and monks on foot ns pawns. |