The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-02
EPIS7LES TO 81. PAUL.

phesants. He thought he had himself, and
intended to give them back to st. John.
Mr.. George had heard the judge plead many
time without feeling a culver. But this
time the Saltwater jurist made it so strong
| that finally Mr. George broke in:
-1E1oid on. Judge, and Walking over to
the coal box he lifted the lid and pulled out
three pheasants.
While the judge had been telling st. John
that he didn't take the birds man Just
as clever the judge took them from his
satchel and placed them in the coal box.
Aid. Bell was talking to some friends in
a Robert street cigar store the other day
when a stranger came in, walked up to the
alderman and put out his hand.
! ''Howdye do, major" he said. Bell shook
hands and they chatted for q minute Pres
emily the stranger called the alderman to
one side and asked for the loan of a dollar
and half. Bell put his hand in his pocket
and handed out the money. When the other
had gone one of the party remarked to Bell
that he gave up pretty easy.
"Well" said Bell. che took the wind out
Of me by calling me major. The fact that
Is, came out of the Civil war with the
! title Of major, but 1 haven't heard any one
! call me by the title in twenty years. / hg-
ured that a fellow who could go back far
| enough in my acquaintance to know that
| Was uldJOT OuC0 anu W Call ul6 ny luS
title was entitled to the loan Of that much
money"
"How are things going?" remarked the
man with the pink shirt to the elevator man
in the city hall.
"Slow," remarked the other and he Won
dered why Stan Donnelly should think some
thing funny had happened.
| Louis Panchott, whose beloved Stradivarius
violin was stolen from him Friday Of last
week, is very happy man, now that the rare
instrument has been recovered. 1t was
found in a Minneapolis pawnshop, where it
had been taken Immediately after the theft
Mr.. Panchott combines violin repairing with
his duties as janitor of the Franklin school
annex, on Eighth street, and the "Strad" was
his rarest treasure 1t came down from the
hands of its illustrious maker, and 1t bsars
the mystic legend IN. Ill, which Mr.. Pan
chott believes indicates it to have been the
third instrument Of its kind made by the
great violin maker. It's authenticity as gen.
uine "Strad" is undoubted. It bears on the
inside the stamp Of Stradivar;us, and the date
of It's manufacture 17G8. Burned in the wood
inside are the Inscriptions
"Francscus Stradivarius Cremonensis"
'Pllius Antoni Faciebat, Ammo 1908"
Francesca Stradivarii Cremonensis."
"Orabono Stradivarius."
Following these Is a record of the instru-
ment in English, old and torn, from which
may be deciphered the information that the
sons Of Stradivarius received it from their
father.
Mr.. Panchott told the reporter that the his
tory of the violin was inclosed in the case
and was lost by the thieves who stole the in
strument 1t was complete history, and was
valued almost as highly as the violin itself
He adds that after the instrument passed from
the sons Of the maker it was taken to Russia,
and afterwards had many adventures aid vi
| cssitudes.
Il bought the VIOLIN" said Mr. Panchott
from traveller who wanted to dispose of it,
1t was badly broken, but l could repair it.
and l saw it was precious instrument So
l paid price for 1t and pieced 1t together
! so that 1t is as complete as when it came
| from the hands of Stradivarius
| The violin has many pecularities that dis
! tinguish it from other Strads. 1t has a beau
| tifully formed body, with full back and grace
fully curved front. The holes are entirely
different from others. They are all the same
! width and are longer than customary. The
| instrument Is longer than usual. 1t is a long
Strad. but so perfectly proportioned that it
! seems short 1t is constructed with the incest
science. Every tone vbrates in the instru-
ment. The neck is made of a peculiar maple
wood, and the scroll is short and crooked
Ysaye.
Many musicians have seen the violin, and
all pronounce it the finest they have seen or
played upon. 1t holds the tones so long and
the music rushes from 1t in a rich stream that
fills a building or hall. 1t is worth $1,000 at
! the least valuation
Mr.. Panchott kept the vioin In room In
the school, and on Friday night some one
broke into the building and stole it. 1t was
| traced by split bow and by the case which
Is the original one made by Stradivarius 1t
Is queer shaped case and is constructed Of
small pieces of wood, so that it is flexible
| like leather.
Detective Hallowell, of the St. Paul force.
| traced the violin and returned it to Mr. Pan
chott. Why the thieves did not dispose of
the instrument to better advantage is a mys-
terry. 1t was claimed by the pawnbroker that
he only gave So on it. Mr.. Panchott will now
keep the violin where thieves do not break in
! and steal.