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MTI.LET 235 MILNER MILLET (mi-la') , JEAN FRAN9OIS, ■a. French painter; born in Gruchy, near Cherbourg, France, Oct. 4, 1814. He worked with his peasant father in the fields; studied drawing at the academy of Cherbourg; from thence passed with an allowance from this town to the atelier of Delaroche in Paris, and ex- hibited at the Salon in 1840. In 1849 he left Paris and settled among the peasants of Barbizon, on the edge of Fontaine- bleau Forest, and devoted himself to transferring their simple everyday life to his canvases, which he did with great truth of sentiment and subdued poetic charm. Of his paintings may be men- tioned "The Sheep-Shearers," "The Gleaners," "The Sower," "The Shep- herdess with her Flock," and "The Ange- lus." The last was sold by auction in Paris, in 1889, for about $115,000. He died in Barbizon, France, Jan. 20, 1875. Among his paintings in the United States are "The Sower" (Vanderbilt Coll.), "Harvesters" and "Homestead at Greville" (Boston Art Museum), "Po- tato Diggers" and "Breaking Flax" (Walters Coll.). "Man with the Hoe" (San Francisco Museum), MILLIARD, the French collective name for a thousand millions. MILLIGRAM, the thousandth part of a gramme; 0.154 English grains, MILLILITER (mil'li-le-tur) , a French measure of capacity, containing the thou- isandth part of a liter, equal .06103 of a cubic inch. MILLIMETER, a French lineal meas- ure equal to the thousandth part of a meter, or .03937 of an English inch. MILLING. See Flour Mill. MILLS, ALBERT LEOPOLD, an American military officer; bom in New York City, May 7, 1854; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1879 and commissioned 2d Lieutenant of the 1st United States Cavalry; pro- moted 1st Lieutenant in 1889; served at the United States Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1894- 1898; appointed Captain of Volunteers May 12, 1898, and served in the war with Spain, being conspicuous for bravery at Las Guasimas and Santiago. He re- ceived the brevets of major and lieuten- ant-colonel for gallantry, Congress Medal of Honor 1898. Command Dept. of yisayas (1907-1908)^ of Luzon and the Dept. of the Gulf (1908-1910). He died in September, 1916. Hills, HOGER QUARLES, an Amer- icp-3, politician; bom in Todd co.. Kv., March 30, 1832. In 1849 he removed to Texas and was a member of Congress from that State in 1873-1892. He served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. While chairman of the Ways and Means Committee (1887-1889) he in- troduced the Mills Tariff Bill. He rep- resented Texas in the United States Sen- ate from 1892 to 1899. Died 1911. MILLS COLLEGE, an educational non-sectarian institution for women in Seminary Park, Cal.; founded in 1871; reported at the close of 1919: Pro- fessors and instructors, 53; students, 312; volumes in the library, 6,000; number of graduates, 535; president, A. H. Rein- hardt. MILLSAPS COLLEGE, an educational institution in Jackson, Miss.; founded in 1892 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 15; students, 320; president, A. F. Wat- kins, D. D. MILLVALE, a borough of Pennsyl- vania, in Allegheny co. It is on the Allegheny river, and on the Pennsyl- vania and the Baltimore and Ohio rail- roads. It has important industrial in- terests, including the manufacture of iron, saws, stones, and lumber. Pop. (1910) 7,861; (1920) 8,031. MILLVILLE, a city in Cumberland CO., N. J.; on the Maurice river, and on the Pennsylvania railroad; 40 miles S, E. of Philadelphia. It has a high school, public library, electric railroad to Bridgeton, waterworks, electric lights, a National bank, and daily and weekly newspapers; extensive manufactories of glass bottles, other glassware; cotton goods, water pipes, iron castings, etc. Pop. (1910) 12,451; (1920) 14,691. MILMAN, HENRY HART, an Eng- lish historian; bom in London, England, Feb. 10, 1791. He was Professor of Poetrjr at Oxford, 1821-1831; Bampton lecturer 1827; canon of Westminster 1835; dean of St. Paul's 1849. His "His- tory of the Jews" (1830) excited intense antagonism. He wrote "History of Christianity under the Empire" (1840), and published in 1855 his most impor- tant work, "The History of Latin Chris- tianity down to the Death of Pope Nicholas V." In verse he produced "Samor" (1818), an epic; "Fall of Jeru- salem" (1820) ; etc. The drama "Fazio" (1815) was performed in 1818 by Charles Kemble, and by Madame Ristori in 1856. He died near Ascot, Sept. 24, 1868. MILNER, ALFRED, 1st Viscount, an English colonial governor, bom at