The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
NYE AS AN EIRUsCAN.

Croft. However, up to the time when
the Romans became the dominant nation
in Italy and prior to the trouble in the
New Orleans dynasty, the Etruscans had
extended their influence over South
western Europe and managed to
undersell many of the Jewish cloth
ing merchants of that country. They
were bold in war and enterprising
in business. Their standing army
rarely sat down and their navies
were seldom seasick. All this was the
case up to about $50 B. C.-to the best of
my recollection. After that they had
the air of having been checked up too
high. Their pride prevented them from
sweating and they perspired very little
too Finally their letters were all "dic-
tated" to stenographer by private sec
rotary, and century or so later we find
the Etruscans suffering from brain flag
before their whiskers broke out. They
sat for hours trying to remember back
to when they were young people, but
finally gave it up. They did not marry
outside of their set at all, and so man
aged to confne all the broad heritage Of
antique and ancient diseases, which many
generations of incidence, insolence and
rich victuals had engendered, to their
own proud but bilious race.
And SO at last. Wanda, they petered
out, to use the glowing words Of Livy,
and the places that knew them once now
knows them no more forever.
Think of it. Seven hundred and fifty
years before the boom struck Rome the
Etruscans were powerful nation, with
e glorious history, heritage OF liberty
fo- the purpose of forking over to poster
ity and war debt.
Later on trouble broke out with the
Romans themselves, many Etruscans
having been skinned, it would seem, by
INSCRIPTIONS real estate dealers, who
sold the Etrdscsns lots in Uncle Re
mus addition to Rome which after
ward turned out to be IN another county.
This precipitated upon the Erruscans
war which was most disastrous, many
Of the choicest and best dressed EJEuscan
officers Of the regular army having been
killed or overhet in their fight, 80 that
they were no good after that, or their
uniforms were so unused up that they
were ashamed almost 70 go to large
place like Rome, where the next battle
was advertised for.
Eighty-nine years before Chris. the
Etruscans were admitted TO tbs Roman
franchise, but still even as agubordinste
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their conquerers that they were very
old people, and it was indeed raw, dise-
greeable day when some EFTuscan did
not go home with beautiful Swiss sun
set under each eye and tell his wife th2.
he got it while reaching the tail Of 4
casual mule.
The Etruscan writers were rot of
high order generally, but they excelled
in all the arts. As a people, they a.
lowed nobody 70 Guido them IN ar.
Sculpture. painting, etc, etc. had a
great hold On the people, and home deco
ration was run into the ground. Ever
lasting flowers and dried grasses with
powdered alum On them were IN their
full meridian when the Etruscans curIet
up and died a. 3 people. leaving their
glittering bones to ornament TIE shores
OF time
The 50 called Tuscan architecture IL
modification of toe Doric. and looss vss
On Al unencumoered pisce Of property.
TIE Cloaca Maxin2, 81 Rome, which
many travellers viii remember has seen
uEoccuPied Tor 80 nsauy years, Is st:rib
utel 20 the Etrzsczns d,rfEg their don't (
nation They showed IN this building /
tnat they were acquainted WITH TIC pTia- I
cipIss involved IN IEs coastEuctioa Of re f
&-ca, and tie rluEs4rx i ed 70 b. /