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Show AAAAAAAAA J In Norways Old Capital lights i l (Special Correspondence.) to-da- y Fit we, J ih 'ody a half a4 Jwn theft. he 1 tha baling J in the t, lace? i!t into bt: tes. fl en-Tb- ed a seosi other rarette i on tt lece. ay." he o arettej ng band." nvy all a, 'f All. Jglnse Pe. I vis t an. talk; you abroad id th8 Mnt it; there i . they wet ifldence. ased a the then led. There the house.' land 'Ugh, The number. Relics. was rich in relics, and browsed in odd corners wa Rich in town Matron inner in four tows.' won its man? felloi up twisted candlesticks brass, and wooden flatirons three it long, guided by a crank, which ist have slid over the table like a Dwshoe, while its deep carving of In the ole scenes was Imprinted Pewter uhlng. rries iy. the d A mu icatlon for photograph e takes it to grafter Mike. i Plodding patronage 9 wardens de accoo- - mighty Samson who pulled down "The Pillars of Society, yet stood firm as the mountains amid the social devastation. While accepted theories swung back and forth like cobwebs caught in those tottering pillars, he stood like a battering ram, lunging again and again his front into the face of mock modesty, of cowardly sham, of hypocrisy. He was fearless and terrible, he was scathing and shocking, but he was honest, and we loved him for his loyalty, bis courage before conviction, his right about face to duty, as be saw it. Many a craven who had long bent the neck to the yoke of soclety-as-lt-l- s knew that the mighty Ibsen had uttered truths long ringing in his own heart The head had reasoned them.-bu-t the cowardly self had not dared speak them. It was Ibsens wont, at midday, to read the papers and sip his coffee at tbe Grand, unless curious eyes became too many. In which case ho shied away for intermittent spells. He does not like publicity or scrutiny, and the trio was warned that he had tbe manners of a grizzly bear. He would not speak nor be spoken to by the hoi polk) 1. But the general had an Irresistible way of her own. and fearlessly would she walk up to the cannon's mouth, or beard tbe lion In his den. In very pretty words she aired her summers study of the Norse, and rock-base- depicted plates never before dreamed, and Matron will go mourning to the e at Street Corner In Christiania. fcrnlty out of Lethean slumber; that Ashed I a certain grand platter, luxury, and stabbed with e date 1784, which grinned at her hind closed glass just before train ae. All Christiania has an idle ij of locking its doors and going une to dinner between 2 and 4. The j to practically dead. No power earth could uproot a proprietor, this trying hour she spied the using figures which exulted with rdonie Joy in their antiquity. How e beat and clamored at the case-cut- ! How she longed to smash the ass window! How she sees today, are, for rved in II always see, :h it conslstent one who '8 win hr id be one ce. boarding gilt-edge- d that battered pewter, fondrous Viking Ship. if one's soul Is lost to such suble, what sentiments must over-helthe beholder as he stands be-rthat wondrous viking ship whose story runs back 1,000 years, whose But t when ytn and thwarts lapse of ages, and rudder defied as they lay wrapped centuries In their mantle of blue W Now exhumed, the ragged 'm read us ancient history. The :e sr . . .a Vt. 11 i v?" d hard-heade- giddy scenes, and staggering nre on the margin, 1784. i' .K ;u . X V cathedral church of 3 i'lU-'- t, - Y l j;', W a ;(' '.v ; Notre iv Mii Facade of Notre Dame. remained almost unaltered in outline and general effect The storm of shot and shell that has beat upon it has seemingly destroyed only the detail, and the revolutions that have surged around it have receded leaving It like a mountain in the midst of the sea. Notre Dame cathedral is no less written about than others because It Is less picturesque, It does not so much excite the imagination. The intricacy of Rouen, the richness of Reims, the fortress-likgrandeur of Bourges, and the elegant variety of the Chartres, these are wanting. Most casual observers know it only as rather a squatty looking building with two unfinished towers, and it is in its sculptures and classic architecture that Its greatest charm is found. The Interior is unique because of its double aisles, a feature which is not seen in English' churches, even on so vast a scale as Ely or Canterbury. Tbe stained glass was originally the glory of the church, and the long Bbafts of color that streamed in from every window roust, in the early days, have been almost a marvel, if we are to believe tbe writers of those times. These were destroyed, not by an infuriated mob, but by those in authority, who removed this priceless material and replaced It by sheets of dull color ornamented with the fleur de lis. e Scene of Splendid Ceremonies. It has been the scene of many magnificent ceremonies. Perhaps the most splendid was the coronation of Napoleon and Josephine In the winter of It 1804, a century and a year ago. was on this occasion that Napoleon took the crown from the hands of the Pope and placed It haughtily on his own head, a proceeding which must have been rather startling to his Holiness. A great service a as held there In 1840 to celebrate the restoration to French soil of the remains of this great leader. It Is natural that the whole French nation has for Notre Dame a feeling 4 v ,; iCIIllll's'Y y ; -. - - . , V. . , s, 'A Karl Johan Gads. dashed through the wa- ,hp,r foaming dragon r ortlgn ahores. They ;'MinMPethe K'B wl,h fury an M ,n tholr path. Far l)0' tbe great Charles wept j, ,k roc im I...M 0U,1which these northern bring to Southern iw, Tta rrophecy was fulfilled. PY iP-- K er rou kno taAr 11- - w 7 ce. hl oni bachelor without y jwwbarka hoae old that U . fn.r rl,m nd hardy pirate, buttonholed the mighty Ibsen quite he were her If should be honored by her With quHlnt slips In Ing. tha told she hulling speech Hon how sell he had hls lanhow well she liked hie stories, The himself. and guage, his country before stood aghast Professor The Matron was nlute1 Thvlctlm was brave, and re UMated with other kindly ipeeches. as 'and and robbing waa ch,pf was laid B brm crft which had skill In the language did bom and die, ultJH! I!ld watera. To ua America. See Ibsen awlft greyhounds 'tbs memory of Cbrlstlanlai yacbt how clumsy and vallng SHb,P of th, many . of the tea. glorious harbo , world, ft iJm!L thli ,hVlm and need. Th ?h7Um?moi of the ahattered e taYt rlMPd to the central of ccn. th n lL?44,r r,uni to the right, m.TTs the trlautld thought rowlocks were of modern Isia . of that towering Goliath ay, Cofl J)'1 blank. W should wild man who ct literature, ever tht tiur.kei1 lf T th. f vrdy v,kln jnturera, K i 1 Jo J T8t pi- - dm ' h1' V-- 1 . ; ; National gray-whit- ? - : Dauphin was celebrated here, and many have been the Te Deums that have echoed Its aisles for the as is the Abbey of Westminster with victories of through A the French armies. tbat of tbe English. The e great Thanksgiving service was once buil(ling with its feet nearly washed held. The King, Charles VI., had been by tbe waters of the Seine, has seen dressed as a satyr at a palace fete. grand Pageants and lurid tragedies The Duke of Orleans curious as to sucb as even Victor Hugo could not his Identity came near him with a rite- torch, accidentally setting his clothes But no one who had read this au- - on fire. Four of his companions were ,hor8 kraPbic story, Notre Dame de burned to death, but the King himParis, can ever forget the Archdea- self was saved. con clinging to its roof and at last One of the objects shown is a part falling to a terrible death on the of the Crown of Thorns which was pavement far below. placed on the brow of the Savior It It is strange that where so much almost white and is evidently a has been changed, this building has long and very slender tendril of some thorny bush. It is contained in a glass ring which has been very ingeniously made in such a manner that it Is without seam or Joint and completely encloses the crown. This is an object of extreme veneration by the faithful, and was brought from Jerusalem by the Empress Helena. Notre Dame was begun In the year 1161 on a site occupied by a fourth century church, and the first stone was laid by Pope Alexander III. In 1185 mass was said for the first time in the high altar. The nave was not the; The AAAAAAAAAAAAAj Dame is almost as closely connected with the history of the French people d igic A8 History of Grand Old Cathedral in the Capital Is the History of the French Nation l reeret for the loss of pleas- forth on stormy seas In such with a clumsy contrivance; in lovely Stockholm, but 1,000 the joye of a town un- yar back tkis same contrivance was Ration across ride the proud queen of the a solid nights waters, the the easy conqueror on a we three emerged from mighty mala, Interest the to and the lesson she reads us, of wide awake capital, re-- a power and present progress alonepastis novelty of Norways for its busy shipping port,, worth the northern trip, even though arms and the tomb chamber which fair harbor of long buried the un-e- d a lend beauty viking king was pillaged of its hero wS( which earth. of this cen-guild the glories 1 Prince paid us a visit, flock-thSmiles away the country city. Peasant and farmer The Mighty Ibsen. and curb Two mighty monuments, au ancient .,n till Sidewalk humanity, and a modern, has Christiania, and surging with cafrhed cot-th- e at dally noontide, the trio hovered In floated from palace and rat-t- f the cannca. of the salon of the Grand Hotel, for but booming advance of the a glimpse of that Goliath of modern hoofs, and the e times, whose weighty sledge hammer proclaimed the noble i nard ba-- . a nailed to the walls of The Doll's held charity ladies radiant House" a verdict which startled mod- and signs honor, his in The great fced out their greeting. never had more than push-Z- l, for the crowds which center, nt on to this Interesting In na--- I wavs fairest girls, arrayed the buyer to emblems, allured in flamed which booths, r dainty Stalls outside satisfied ,rs gay. coarser taste for fries, for yards of beer, sausage and Bchooners from choose could the buyer hln, or st that included an iced cake art wheel. Many of the heavier loan-a- s ds took their chances, being advertisements by the city rchants. And a mint of money This was the made in lotteries. riveted the It magnet. wegian away, iron till she was dragged Kroner after h purse depleted. ner she passed over to the beguil-maiwho encouraged her weak-is- , one more as she took Just well-filleince deep down in the mawash the in or revolving irn, draw up only a blank, ne, to ere one in scores might find a AAAAAa Notre Dame de Paris ri of Christiania Will Repay Traveler for Time Taken in Journey to the North AaAAAAAAAAA AAA i I vem rutlon and nffectlon similar to tVestmln- hBl of English hearts for of Henry marriage Tbe ater Abbey. with Marguerltte or King of Navarre, at the entrance to took place Valid th as King was a Pro-Latthe cathedral, the Catholic nobles tegUnt, to fight this same altar th ,t he be-,i,,nrv to the bitter end, but 1583 and attended In Catholic a throne as th wj hrt he t0ok the n)onarch of he Bourbon line arrlnre cf Vrv Ftuart wtth the Tbg f W i 1.'" - iVis (j .i; v.-v- y- Jr5' League Newt. Pitcher Jake Weimer has at last signed a Cincinnati contract. The Brooklyn club has sold shortstop Frank to the Toledo club. The Brooklyn club has sold outfield- er Dobbs to the Kansas City club. Inflelder Harry Arndt of St. Louis, has been coaching the Notre Dame team. Pink In Hawley will manage a team the Wisconsin State League this season. The New York club has turned Clyde Robinson back to the Milwaukee club. Fred Tenney Is temporarily assisting pitcher Joe Harris to coach the Tufts College team. Pitcher Mike Lynch has been at Boston University all winter studying like a hope-to-b- e professor. Outfielder Fred Houtz of the Pacific Coast League, has gone to Texas for a trial with the Cardinals. Outfielder Johnny Siegel of the Reds, has been running a paying bowling alley at Urbana, Ohio, all winter. Catcher Mike Grady has been reengaged by the St. Louts club at Manager urgent enMcCloskeys treaty. During the week third baseman Strobel, catcher ONeil and pitcher Pfeiffer slgnfed Boston contracts. Catcher Charley Street, late of Cincinnati, Is coaching the Condor Training School team at Huntsville, Ala. Mike Donllns younger brother, Joseph, has signed to play with the Whitings of the Chicago City league. Pitcher Briggs, transferred by Chicago to Brooklyn, threatens to hurdle to the outlaws unless Brooklyn raises the ante. Pitcher Frank Ferguson of Stock-ton- , Cal., refuses to answer any of the letters that the Cincinnati club has sent him. The Cincinnati Reds on Saturday started for Marlin Springs, Texas, where they will do their preliminary spring work. The St. Louis club has released The veteran catcher, Charley Farrell, last with Boston, announces her permanent retirement, as he has entered a partnership with Frank W. of a hotel Leary In the management at Marlboro, Mass. New England League. Haverhill wants to trade pitcher Connelly for A1 Weddlge. Manager McDermott Is thinking it over. Manager Sayer of the Haverhllls, has signed Fred Gibbs of Merrlinac, who pitched last season for the Bidde-for- d (Me,) nine. Jesse Burkett of the Worcester team, has sold all of the season tickets that he had printed and there Is a demand for more. Manager MdDermott has received the signed contract of Cy Swanson. The latter is weaving worsteds and yarns at the mill and grocery at Squeevlllage, R. I. George Henry of Lynn, one of the veteran outfielders of this league and a member of the Nashua team last year, has been appointed a New England league umpire. The league's official staff will consist of John Stafford, John OBrien. F. J. Sullivan and George Henry. John Murphy of Cambridge, who pitched great ball for the Institutes of Cambridge last season, has been signed by Fred Lake for the Lowell club. Last spring Lake gave him a try-oubut had an abundance of pitchers. Lake thinks Murphy a very promising t, boy. Manager S. D. Flanagan of the Manhas received notice from Secretary Farrell of the National association of minor leagues that Frank J. Eustace has been awarded to Manchester. The Haverhill club was also negotiating for the services of the player, but Manchester was the first to file acceptance of terms. The fact that Jimmy Collins Is associated with Jesse Burkett In the Worcester team, recalls to mind that Frank Selee was once connected with a Worcester venture. Walter Burn- - chester team, - completed till the thirteenth century, the western entrance waa finished In 1223 and the towers under St. Louis, The history of Notre Dame Is In a great measure the history of France. Among the sculptured figures of this cathedral is one collection unique tc this structure, it Is called The Devils of Notre Dame. These weird beasts scowl from the high parapets on the people below. They are unlike the gargoyles on other buildings In this, while they have the faces of beasts or monsters, they are positively diabolical in their expressions of ferocity and cunning. They Have nothing In common with the crude figures usually seen, for they are possible creatures, you can Imagine that they live and breathe. They fascl nated the great etcher, Meryon, and Joseph Pennell in hls recent series of has made them of even drawings more Immediate interest There they sit above the open air flower market that Is so charming a part of the Paris of and grin and scowl on the people below. to-da- Demons and Fiends. The one most noted through Mer-yon- s etching is a muscular demon with high cheek bones, hls lean chin resting on hla hands, he sits licking nls lips over the sins of Paris. Looking westward Is a grim fiend throttling a rat, the embodiment of cruelty, One monster grins with the very horror of a laugh, another la in a sort of comic despair, and near him a beast howls furiously at the city that There is a dog beyond hls reach. tearing at the bullock's throat, a monstrous bird, apes, elephants and slimy brutes with scales, dragons, and There is but one shapes of evil. buir.an,form among them, a man who twists his fingers In hls beard, and strains out over the city as though longing for release from all these horrors. There is a legend of the ruined churches In Provence which the poet Mistral has told which gives a most vivid pen picture cf these strange monsters at the hour when the lust day Is dead and the next one has not been born. Then the shadows become alive, and these chimeras In response to tho deep peal of the bells, snuff tbe night air. and strile, shttfilo or walk, each with hls own peculiar gait toward the summit of the bell tower. Through the thick darkness are sounds of hollow laughter, of grinding claws, and clapping wing, mingled with the wall of the wind. Then the first ray of morning blazes upon the house and the river, and the weird shapes creep back to their own places; with a murmur of returning life the etty wakes, and once more the cathedral dies. Grand old unfinished pile. No one can overlook the stately grandeur of the Arch of Triumph, tbe splendor of the Louvre, the beauty of La Satnte of the Chappelle, the fascination Tomb of Napoleon, but for vital historic episodes this cburch stands alone as a symbol for the whole city In si! its memorable experleacea. Los Angeles Times. . Japanese Baer Bill. The Japanese drank 3.800,000 -. lons of bee" gal- In M. W. Fitzgerald, Manager of the Giants believes be has picked up a Catcher who will become e jewel. Fits, whose home Is in Albany, played baseball for the first time on the Sharon Independent team. Several times during last season young Fitzgerald was recommended strongly to McGraw by a personal friend and those recommendations Me-Gra- were so much in the lada favor that McGraw finally determined to give him a chance, and signed him for the Giants for 1906. Fitzgerald is 23 years old, 6 feet 11 Inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. He Is active, rugged and strong, and, while he has not had any major league experience,' Johnny McGraw hopes to make of him a first-clasalternate to Bresnahan and Bowerman. s pitcher Swan to Kansas City; third ham, Maluchl Klttredge, Jim now prospering In Lowell, and baseman Suter Sullivan to Louisville and Hickman to Denver. Frank Leonard, now In Lynn, have all managed clubs In Worcester; also C. A. Marston of Fall River, American League Notes. Cud-wort- h, Second baseman Gua Dundon with Chicago. Detroit's crack southpaw pitcher, Ed Killian, has at last come to terms. Pitcher Chesbro and catcher Mcwith New Guire last week York. Frank Kltson has changed hls mind about quitting the game and will sign with Washington. Umpire O'Lotighlln and wife have returned to Rochester, N. Y., from their bridal tour of the Pacific coast. Manager Stahl has definitely decided to 1 lay Charley Hickman in Washington's left field In Huntsman's place. The Washington club, as a corporation. has presented Manager Jake Stahl with a handsome and costly sliver tea set as a wedding gift. Billy Lush, the Yale baseball coach, probably will be with the Cleveland club after July 1, when he Is through with the collegians. Catcher Lou Crlger, now at Hot Springs, is reported as being but a shadow of hls former self. He suffers from inter-costneuralgia. Mr. Somers of tbe Cleveland club, complains that since the bringing out of Joss the Cleveland teem has not developed one star pitcher. Pitcher Townsend of the Clevelands, Is dissatisfied with the sulary offered him and, while he will go to Hot 8prlnga, will not algn until he geta what he wants. George Rohe has signed with the Wtolt Sox for the coming season. That would make It appear as though the Cincinnati boy would he with Cotiiskev'e team for while at least American Association. Murphy, the best ground-keepe- r Toledo ever had, has resigned and left for hls home In Indianapolis. Ills successor Is William Rogers. The majority of players on the Columbus (O.) team this year have done time In the big league. There are comparatively few youngsters in the aggregation. It la intimated that Kansas City will have a new ball park. The town Is to have a new Union depot and tbe chosen site Isn't far away from the present bull lot. President Grlllo of Toledo, reports that Chairman Herrmann, of the National Commission, has ruled that under the National Agreement of the American Association must throw out the Victor ball and play with either the 8paldlng or Reach ball. President llnvcnor of Milwaukee, says that he will fight any commission attempt to coerce the American Aswxlatlon In this ball matter. This question thus adds fuel to the faction fight Tom Western League, 8loux City may take catcher Charlie Hawkins of Rochester, on trial. Out fielder Nate Randall has signed with Denver. The DrsMolnes club has transferred Herman lain to Toronto In exchange for rash and second baseman George Magoon, Catcher Freese of Omaha, threatens to jump to an Independent team owing to a row with Maaager Rourko over advance moov, |