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Show The Old Log Cabin ms In It beauty Ilea tha prairie, tiia cloud above a swiftly passing , train, (Tha tn-iupon tha distant hilla ara waving. I A rammer ham la mating on tha plain; (Tet memory reialls u lalivr valley, far to mi, j And a emit within ll dmrt-lA vimsay knnll a a indirig river. ' Wbera a Utile old lug cabin used to bo. (when daylight dlea behind Ilia dlatant mountuin. And the mint haa hid tha valley from my eight. 'Then memory returna to acanea of child- --AND-TflEIEt We wondered why they never could agree The fiH!hst probbrn of our early child htfer a WTOlc5 hood. Where ihe little old log cabin used to be. r The ellent Indian glanced ; within tha duoiw-iy- Ilia squaw laid down her burden In (he glHVH, And, looking o'er her gaily colored bas- ket. How tiuickly would a summer evening pa mi. Tbe twain enjoyed the white man's ample auiiei'; A brine oume in across tha distant lea; The biictiHtrlng disappeared, the day was over. Where tha little old kg cabin used to be. hood. And on ilfea aummrr morning aheda tta light. )Tha aunllght gllmmera out upon tha wi- -i ter, Where, undiaturbed, the mlmuiwe aport-- i ed free; rrba diramy yeara hut added to their I number, I Where the little old lug cabin uacd to j The far be. off whip-poor-w- hla muxlc. The crieket joined commenced tha evening Tha moonlight glistened on tha leafy maple And in and out among Ha branches ployed; Tha night wind stirred the vlnea around The world, to ua, was bounded by the foieat, That atrelrhed away, wo recked but little The winter but foretold a brighter aea-non When roeee gave their fragrance to tha the window air. And whispered In Ite dreamy lnllabjr. In aprlng there on me the children1! aonga While all within was wrapped In peaceand laughter. ful Hhiinlier Tha atjuliTul auainpered up tha neareat Where the little old log cabin used to tree lie. And chattered to tha wildly barking collie. Where tha little old log cabin uaed to When the fitful dream of tble abort Ufa lu-r- bo. above the clover bloc-OB o'er Bang again hie song of rammer joya; And "Hob White." from hla perch betide the meadow. Kept watch upon tha collie, and tha boya. river, the crooked pathway to tho chick-a-dAlong r The twittering blue-bir- d and the View In and out among tho fern and willow a. Where tha little old log cabin used to be. Tha timid doer looked In across tha wheat Held, The partridge bid her fledglings In the in k. aera-nad- e. American League Notes. Barry McCormick is hitting the ball well this year. Freeman Is still tha great hitter hs has alwavs been. Kip Sc! Iiat-- Is playing a fine gams In left field for the Senators. Detroit's pitching staff la now dowa In Kltso.i, Donntpn, Mullln and Kill ian. Cassidy, tbe young Washlngtos third baseman, la keeping up hla fast work. HKldN Nichols, the dean of the National League pitchers, Is Just as effective with the Cardinals now as ha was a dozen yeara at Boston. Pat Moran la tbe life of the Boston team these days. He plays any position they place him In and really has made a fine third baseman. He la hitting the ball, too. The story about friction in tbe Pittsburg team la denied by Manager Fred Clarke. He says that lack of pitchers haa been the team's undoing; not lack of harmony. Catcher Bowerman la one of the quickest big men In the National League, lie has a powerful yet simple back, and hla arms and legs are like great steel springs. Catcher Tom Needham la fast winning a place in the hearts of the Boston fans hy hla exponent work. He works hard and la remarkably atsady for a new man In a big league. Manager Joe Kelley of the Reds la on record as saying that those who have tears to shed over the demise of Barney Drcyfuss three-tim- e pennant winners may as well prepare to shed them now. Three pitchers are doing all the work for McGraw and the New Yorks are at the top. Same of the big leagues teams work so many pitchers that they don't pilch often enougn to do their best work. The Cleveland critics complain that men lack ginger and aggrea slvencss. Tia ru mured that Ned Hanlon woull like to become owner of the Washington club. Clark Griffith has not abandoned hope of ultimately landing pitcher Mullen of Detroit. la over. Manager Barrow presented pitcher And wearily we lay Ite burdens down. What wUl wa cars for earthly fame or Mullln with a suit of clothes for shut-tfrglory? Washington out. What matter If tha people chew or frown? I)avla never, even in tht George Leave wtmt remains of this old, worn- days of 1895, played auch a game at out body la putting up this season. High on a mountain top, or In tho aea. abort as Out let my longing spirit once more wan20 games at Chicago1! Isaliell played der Where the little old log cabin used to second base while Callahan was out of be. the game, accepting all but eight out Ava, let the dairies blossom by tha river. of 111 chances. The frngmnt lilies deck Its quiet breast, Chesboro Is doing the beat work of Tha giant maple ahape tha humble doorany American league pitcher. He b way. Inviting every wanderer to rent. holding them down to four and fin There let the panting collie alt beside me. hits right along. And listen to the eliouta of childish Griffith wants to get outfielder glee; For backward on Ufea pathway Ilea my Hulseman from American Association News. Cumiskey. Commy heaven. Where the little old log cabin need to says he doesn't think tbe man will to is one of the best twlrlers Wright be. sold or traded for a while. on the Louisville staff. Albert Greenwood. The St. IxhiIm grounds seem to ne a Charley Chech of St. Paul Is one of hoodoo for Conroy. When he wis the best fielding pitchers on earth. there last year he was spiked and In The St. Paul club has transferred the game of June 16 he turned hla Shortstop Sweeny to the Toledo club. ' ankle. has sent Shortstop Indianapolis Walter Clarkson has been barred Hess to Fargo, of the Northern from about everything in sight it league. roniclence the clerk has to get ready for tho Inauguration of about $18.43 PAT DOUGHERTY. worth of fuss over It For himself he doesnt dare to go to bed for a abort nap until be baa got rid of hla five cents' worth of responsibility to the government for tbe action of the fool person from whom the nickel was parted. He digs np his printed form for such occasions printed and provided, and at oncq fills out a long blank, describing tha coin, telling tbe circumstances of Its being found and whether It landed bead! or tails on the table, naming tha pouch from which It was emptied, the number of the train carrying It, tha date, and a few other littll details any one of which In ho weather would have cost a mug oi beer. This report, with the nickel, goes U the headquarters of the postal division In which the car was operated, and from these bonded officials, bj the same general red tape route, thi small coin finds Its way to the seat of national government and to the fund representing the great constituency of the postofflee department, which persists In sending money In envelopes through the unregistered mails of the service- - Chicago Tribune. ) Tha e ec brush, In tho orchard, Was mingled with tha singing of tho thrush; ITha crow and marten quarreled o er the clearing, (The voice of Robin Redbreast, Ordinarily no man la rich enough to capo that certain sense of elation which cornea from picking np a nickel on a aidewalk; but when a railway 'postal clerk flnda such a coin In a dnall pouch where It baa worked out Xrom Insufficient wrappings, not only does he miss, this elation, but It may .provoke profanity. For a nickel lost In a pouch of mall na(In transit becomes a matter tor to cornea view, concern. It tional la (perhaps, Just as a pouch of mall (emptied upon a sorting table; and when It has broken away from the .bunch of letters and cards and clrcu-llarrolled to an open apace on the (table, and there settled down, heads ;or tails, with a noisy spinning dance, (the clerk who first sees it la TL" A necromancer could have no more ldea than the man In the moon as to (what particular package It rolled out of, and If he had and should tell tha postal clerk, the clerk wouldnt dare try to restore the coin to tbe original (Package. That would be too easy j altogether. ' No, it la a lost nickel from the no-intetbe clerk haa to see it staining there before bis eyes; and ae-- I cording to tbe tender governmental s, nt Tale of the Armada visions supplied to the Spaniards had not been paid for. Sir Lauchlane remonstrated with the don for hla Injustice and satisfaction waa promised. On tbe strength of thla the men were sent back, but MacLean, not relying entirely on tbe captain's promise, retained three of the soldiers as hostages till tho debt should be paid. At the same time he sent one of hla own men, Donald Glas MacLean, oq board the Florencla to receive an addemands of hla peojustment of ple. Donald Gum. when he went on board the ship, was disarmed and madd prisoner, and no communication waa allowed between himself and hla friends. But Donald Glas conceived a plan whlrh, though It meant certain death to himself, promised a speedy and terrible retribution to hla captors. Finding that the cabin In which he was confined was close to the magazine, he forced hla way Into it and, laying a train from It to the outside, ho fired it. The ship waa blown to plccs, killin-- ; the three or fonr hundred persons who were on board. Three hundred and fifteen years ago a vessel of the Spanish armada was blown up in Tobermory bay, off the coast of the Island of Mull. Recently numerous relics have been recovered ifrom It by divers. They Include old tcannon, swords, pistols, plate and (coins. The vessel was the Florencla. a Florentine galleon which came from (the Levant, one of the Italian posses-salonof the king of Spain, and was ieommended by one Perelja. After the .defeat of the armada the Florencla (was forced by bad weather and lack jof provisions to put Into Tobermory ibay. There Sir Lauchlane MacLean, (who, because of hla feuds with hla neighbors, had been made a "denounced rebel" by King James of Scotland formed an alliance with the Span-HardWith the aid of a hundred soldiers from the ship and of hla own war on neighboring clans for some .time. At last be received a message from s te s. CapL Perelja requesting that the Spanish soldiers be sent back at once, as be was preparing for sea. At tho ama time be beard that the pro The Inhabitants of California In the days of Mexican rule had a litilqiio way of c.'piiirirg the Mark hears that Inf sled the foothills near the coast. B.uin is n..r:rul!y a vet-- :ir::ui. hut j tree and walk out on the limb to w I: icii it was r.niW. Tien, In order to n r.ch 'he morsel, he would i.:ie to iivr aside tho stone with the meat could .vst wlu.u lie car. get n l ieeo nf fr. sh meat he turn off. the stone would swing he devours it greedily. The Mexicans bark, hitting Bruin a hard blow. This was enough to arouse hla knew this and pri pared their trap temper, so he would hit hack with his thus: An oak tree was found with two paw. But tie stone did not mind; It horizontal limbs, one above the other. only swing out iind came hack with On the lower limb n piece of irrsh a harder whack. Then Bruin would From the llinb get "ft al mad" and begin boxing tbs meat was nailed. above a rope was suspended, at the rock until It would fetch him a bio md of which a heavy rock was attach- hard enough to knock him out of (he ed, the rock hanging some Inches tree. Underneath there would be a deep hole to catch him, and the fall Above and Inside of the meat. At night Mr. Bear would come would so disable him aa to leave him prowling around and. smelling the completely at the merry of tbe Mexup the icans next morning. ynraf, he would -f ODD . (Special Correspondence.) The pride of Santiago and of Chili is the wonderful hill of Santa Lucia. It Is a towering pile of volcanic rock so covered hy trees and vines and flowers that it looks like a great garden hanging in tbe air. Its sides are seamed by walks and roads that coll about it like the clinging folds of a serpent, and to follow them is like turning the pages of a book of views. Hero Is a spreading tree with a vine about its stout trunk, and a flower in full bloom among Its thick branches; there Is a white fountain with goldfish leaping about the feet of the stone mermaid reclining in the water; in that grotto the marble Image of a saint has been bending over its prayer book for so many yeara that a cushion af moss haa grown about its knees, and a coat of dust has settled upon Its shoulders. Below Is the vista of the city. Its many blocks looking like tiny squares in a great checker board, split here and there by long, slender streamers of green, which are rows of trees at home, so he had to seek another-marke- t for his craft. They say he la as full of tricka' aa a Latin diplomat, and that he baa earned $4,U00 in six months. Did an eavesdropper ever hear good of himself ? 1 have to take refuge behind my napkin aa the talk turaa to foreign newspaper correspondents. The American reporter la too brazen. He tackles a king with as much confidence as a book agent would approach a factory manager. He fear hla editor, but after him, haa no respect for God, devil, or public opinion. I desperately order my waiter around' aa some of my fellow writers are verbally torn limb from limb. The band Is playing In the Plaza. The Sousa two-ste- p sounds miles' away. Instead of being a full band It might be a phonograph In a barreL The arc lights wink solemnly among the trees, and then flare up aa they signal back and forth along the avenues. Tbe waiter clears away th plates and brings the coffee. What to all this hubbub at the table on the right? A Yankee drummer and a native are threshing out a hot argument ou the systems of their respective countries. The American says he shipped a horse from Chili to Argentine, and the railroad people pasted a big tag on his hip. It tixik an hour to wash the glue out of the animal's hair. A Yankee would have tied that tag on the halter. Some of the carts In use are almost as heavy as box cars, and' the animals are hitched to them a loosely as lxtys would harness goats. Why not have fewer pounds of cart ard more pounds of cargo? Some day when tho raw product that la hauled in these Kg carts comes into competition with similar stuff from North America. It will he undersold, because the Yankee makes a constant study of simpffylug and cheapening his methods of production. The waiters are brushing up th crumbs and counting their tips. A hazy mist of cigar smoke swirls Portico House of Congress. There Is a last through the cafe. lining the avenues; and to the cafe clinking of glasses and pushing back on the summit people are always com- of chalra. Buenas noches" to th ing and going the people who pro- way to say good night In Spantoh. t vide the tone which Is the life of the linger to take my last look from Sant picture. It may he Impolite to repeat what one overhears at dinner, but I cannot resist telling some of the Interesting things I beard as I sat In my corner of the old cafe on Santa Lucia. At a table a stranger is being told the history of Santa Lucia. In the beginning It was merely a barren rock lifting Its bald head above the dusty plain. In Its bosom there were numberless caves where robbers fled after committing their nefarious acts. It was a safe retreat for thief and assassin. And many a maiden was forcibly carried to captivity In thla rookery of devils imps. Now the robbers are gone and their haunt has become one ef the fairest garden spats in tbe world. arrival of another party The arouses jew Interest, and the little gossip bees begin to buzz. Tbe robbers and their dark deeds are soon forgotten as the dowager seats hef-seand begins her study of the wine list They say her thirst Is quite In keeping with her size, and that after her third glass of wine she always tells stories that make the men laugh and the women blush. The slender little girl In pink belongs to a good Archbishop's Palace. family that Is very bad off financially. at daybreak I The girl Is pretty and sweet, and It is Lucia, for The night is well to be hoped she will marry well. A am going away. rich foreigner has called upon her sev- along and dank smells are in the air. eral times. Every one hopes he will The flowers are wet with dew and propose. If he does, the roomers the vines shine strangely In the moonwill be turned out. and next year light. I whirl downward past the monuthe mother will have a new gown ment erected to those hapless souls when the president entertains. who have no place in heaven or earth' supposed to mean suicides, then unJ dor the poised figure of Victory holding Its trumpet to the heavens. The Alameaa iR deserted save for street cleaners, an occasional beggar, or priest. One may travel far, he may traverse all lands, but the memory of rare old Santa I.ucia shining in the moonlight will go with him. lf Boston American League Player Swapped for Unglaub. Columbus la drawing like a conflagration because Clymer's team la winning. George Tebeau la hunting for a pitcher and first baseman of major league caliber. Dexters work behind the bat continues to be one of the striking features of the Colonel's play. Toledo has signed Catcher Bill Wilson, last season with Peoria. Also a Paulding (O.) school teacher-pitcheTeal by name. Manager Phillips of Indianapolis haa made the choice for his fifth pitcher. He named Allotnang and released Williams. It is reported that Pitcher Steele and Catcher Wolfe of the Milwaukee club will be sold to the Dubuque team oi tbe Three-Ey- e league. Herman Long la out of the game. Sweeny, a shortstop recently witb St. Paul, baa played sensational ball since Joining with Toledo. The Minneapolis club is negotiating with Duluth for Catcher Dan O'Leary, National League New. offering Pitcher Bailey, Catcher LesBresnahcn is improving consider- lie and an lnflcldcr in exchange. ably as an outfielder. Minneapolis has secured Fitchor Aa a base runner Chance, of the Ezra Morgan from the St. Iritis Chicago team has no suprror. American club, and has traded PitchTho Boston club has returned pitch- er Harvey Bailey to Newark for First er Stewart to the St. I nui.--s elub. Baseman Mi lb r. Boston has bc'':i n.oro Wertern Winncwlnos. against C! Icnao thai any oil.tr Bast-erLam. The Omaha club signed a colthe tuainstny ef th Pi- lege pitcl-ePhiiiii r.aiiit-Brown. rates on the rubber, is far irom The Cciiora.m Springs club lxjs rebeing a well man. leased ritoker CVuns and CIuTi nt:.l The i iu tree's f George R IViltse Outfielder Conroy. and Wiil'am U. Marshall with New Thomas Burns, owner of tho Colobeen promulgated. York rado Sprincs club, 13 confident that Noodles llahn will enter the Uni- his team will win the pennant. versity of Pennsylvania thla fall to The Colorado Springs Athletic assotaka a course in horse medicine. ciation haa been Incorporated with a Kruger Is one nf the most useful capital of f3P.f'0n to run tho Colorado utility men In the business. Pitts- Springs baschall club. The incorpoburg in lucky to have such a man. rators are Thomas F. Burns, owner of Joe Kelley says the man with the the Colorado Springs baseball club; gold brlek Is now beginning to make James F. Burns, president of the PortTwaa over thus ta hose land gold mine, sml J. Elmer hla rounds balL Harvard. Foolish boy he could have waited to sign professionally for two weeks, couldn't hi? Holmes i ever played such great ball. This man. a discard from abont a dozen teams, is hatting finely, running bases like a cat, and doing simply superb fielding. There have been five games in tbe American League 0 0, 11 Innings; 9 innings; two games, each 83, of 13 innings; S B. 13 innings; 66, 10 Innings. Curiously enough, Detroit has participated in two of these five games and Washington In three. Patsy Donovan Is the same old aggressive player. He works all the time, and makes the best of a hard proposition. He says he Is not going to buy the Washington team. In young Osteon Griffith appears to have found a most promising player, and If be can keep tip the gait that be baa shown to date he will more than hold hla own in fast company. 44 r. n i Thibet's Huge Bible. or Thibetan Bible, The consists of 108 volumes of 1.000 pages each, containing 1.08:! separate books. Each of the volumes weighs ten pounds ami forms a package 2d inches lo'ig. 8 inches broad and 8 Inches let p. This Bible requires n dozen yaks for its transport, and tho carved wooden blin k from which it is printed need rows of houses, like n city, for their stiniue. A tribe of Mongols paid T.uhii ovn for u copy of this Bi'd.. in i If ion to the Bible there e:' .'2.1 vo;iii;ii'- - of rommentarfea, wi icii are try for its There is also a large collection id rev-'- it:ons which supplo ment the Bible. Kah-gytt- r. under-standin- ! Cathedral Tower. As the mis. n climbs over the rim Saw Three British Sovereigns. of the maintain, ami lights up the Tho wi low of the late grand duke placid face of the xta'.ue of the first archbishop of Santiago, many car- of M crklfii hit t relit z is the only riage wheels grind in the gravel of snrvivirg sister or the late duke of the roadway, and more people come Cambridge. She is 82 years old and to their evening meal on lofty Santa has witnessed the crowning of WillLucia. Every now and then there iam IV, Victoria and Edward VII. She is the !a: remaining link in the oyal Is a foreigner among them. That dapd per little chap is an Amerlran jockey fnmilv between fit urge IV and VII. who lii'earnc juM a trifle heavy to ride rp-S- Erl-nr- |