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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

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when I used to travel almost con-
stantly, some thirty odd years ago,
through what is now called, 1 believe,
the middle West" said the gray-haired,
young-lool1ing man, the general drift
of things was very different from what
/ understand it to be nowadays.
Existence on this side of the Allie
ghanies was unquestionably larger.
freer, and less orderly than in the Cit
les of the Atlantic coast; and one par
ticular symptom of this was the OPEN
ness with which gambling was carried
on. don't mean to say that there
was any more gambling done out here
than there was there, but there was
less concealment or pretense of con-
cealment.
las remember it, there were only
two games that were played to any
great extent in the ordinary gambling
house at that time. Faro and poker
were the staples. And the poker was
sometimes of a kind to take your
breath away, even If you were only
looking on.
There was one game that 1 saw at
La Crosse, Wis, that 1 never forgot
1t was for big money, but that wasn't
what liked 1t in my memory.
never played poker myself, for
hao wholesome dread of the profess
sional gambler, and knew enough Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
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for a show for my pile and he threw in
the odd chiDs and money he had left.
DO you think it strange did not inter
fere when l knew what was going on?
Well, 1t wasn't the least bit strange You
may not know what sort OF place a
gambling hell was in those days. / did.
well. of course, Calvin had his fourth,
and Dinsmore's queen full was beaten.
He took it very CALAMITY. Without
CULVER and with even a smile on his face.
he pushed back his chair and quit the
game without a word.
Then he walked steadily into the bar
room through the open doorway between
the two rooms, and, stepping up TO the
bar, called for some whisky and a good
cigar. AS he poured out the whisky
heard him say in a perfectly even voice:
- You'll have to chalk this up. SAM
''And Sam said: That's all right. sir
Then nc lighted his cigar carefully and
stepped outdoors.
II was more agitated by n good deal
than he appeared to be- and as soon as.
could do so without seeming to follow
him / stepped out also. / saw nothing Of
him. however. though l walked as far az
the brink of the river, only little distance
away / stood there quite while. fascin-
ated as / always am by the sight OF
great swift running food that. like the
sea- swallows up so many things and hides
so many mysteries.
But the next day when called at Dins-
more's store he was not there. And when
j went 10 La Crosse year later and in
quired about him they said he had not
BEEN heard from since was there
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM AND SOON TO BE EXHIBITED

nave been positively respondent when
II was new, when the eyes of the god
dess and the warrior in the central
panel, the eyes, lips and tongue of the
medusa, and the eyes of the animals
IN the scheme, were all enameled. 1t
seems not improbable, either. that
tnese reliefs We're gilded, in which case
the cnar1ot must have had an aspect of
sheer magnifcence. 1t is magnificent
as II stands, for the passage of time
mas enriched the boldly modelled sur
races with beautiful tones of green and
black, accented here and there by the
CLEAN of gold. All over the plates. in
the ornamentation of the casque and
shield in the central panel, in the cos
tunes of the figures, and, in fact.
wherever the sculptor could find a Ie-
ultimate opportunity, the bronze is
fa1ntly scored with graceful designs,
conventional, but adapted in the hap
pleSt manner to the forms embellished
over the symbolism of the three panels
there is not unlikely TO be debate
among the specialists, but of the his
torical and artistic value of the chariot
there can be but one opinion. 1t is a
masterpiece of Etruscan art, a monu-
ment of Unreasonable Importance in
the scanty records of Etruscan civili-
cation, and for it's acquisition by the
Metropolitan museum we cannot be too
grateful.-New York Tribune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

When a private view for men,
bers of the Metropolitan Muse
UNI of Art, of New York, is
held, on Oct. &c, and recent additions
to the collections there are shown for
the first time, the salient object of In
terest will be a souvenir of antiquity
unequaled in any of the galleries or
the world. This is an Etruscan char
lot of bronze, which will be shown,
practically intact, surrounded by doz-
en- or more utensils of metal, which
were found with it in an ancient tomb
in Italy about a year ago. These pre-
cious relics of a bygone civilization
are of unique value, having a signifi-
canoe for psychologists which, in the
case of the chariot at least, should
make this museum more than ever a
fitting place of pilgrimage for students
from all over Europe. In the past we
have heard much thoughtless criticism
of the trustees of the museum, who
have been blamed for playing too mod
est part in the auction room, the au-
thors of these animadversions forget
ting how narrow the resources of the
institution have been. With the Rog-
erS bequeSt new regime of expendi-
ture was inaugurated, and among the
several important purchases which
have since been made, the one of the
today, shows with peculiar point the
advantages by which We are now to
profit. OF this superb addition to the
body of EtruScan relics it is no eXag-
geration to say that the director of
every European museum would give
his eyeteeth to possess it.
1t came to light by the merest acct
dent Some peasants were digging for
the foundation of a farm house at the
foot of hill called III Capitano," be-
meath which the road from Monteleone
laeds to Norcia, the ancient Etruscan
city of Nursia, about fourteen miles
distant from Viterbo. Their spades
suddenly revealed traces of a sepulchre.
and though even these humble exca-
Vators must have instantly anticipated
an interesting find, since the uncover
ing of the Metropolis at Norcia and of
the tombs at Castel D'Asso is nearly
century old story, their surprise must
nave been great when they disclosed,
lying collapsed amid a litter of earth,
RI pbish and scattered utensils. this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

was nothing surprising to know that
anybody played poker in this part of
the country in those days, but it struck
me that, for business man who was
trying to establish himself in a new
community, Dinsmore was not going
about 1t very sensibly.
Il learned afterward that he had
been a heavy player previously and had
quit it for a time, but had been playing
pretty heavily for a week before / saw
him that night. and had lost consid-
cradle money.
He saw r 4 entered the room,
but he made sign of recognition,
and, as a of course, 1 did not
speak IT, him " lie he was playing.
/ strolled over 10 one of the faro tables
and bought So stack, and began bet
ting, as l was in the habit of doing, a
dollar at a time.
1T happened that three or four other
men We're playing at the same table,
one of them very heavily. That is, he
was betting fifty or hundred at every
turn, and he was losing nearly every
bet.
More in a spirit of mischief than
anything else. I began coppering all
his Sets. AS l expected, 1 won right
along, but 1t was not long before, I
could see that he was annoyed, and I
instantly stopped. If 1t had been only
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

masterpiece of the bronzeworkers' art.
In due course it found it's way to
Paris, and there, while rumors of the
treasure were flying about and buyers
were preparing to compete for it's pos
session, our own authorities snapped it
up. The incident is one in an ever
frightening list of momentous discov-
cries. Excavators on the sites of an
Gent towns and cities are constantly
at work, recent years have even wit
messed the recovery of antique works
of art from the bottom of the Mediter-
ranean, and sarchaeologists are always
In expectation of some new thing. But
custom never Stales the charm of the
revelations that are made year after
year, by the enthusiastic scholar fol-
lowing up some definite trail, or by
the casual farmer turning up the soil
on his estate. Especially in Etrtiria
does the bringing to light of some old
survival touch the Imagination of the
enlightened observer, for there is the
past most ShadoWy there are its Sc
crets hardest to solve.
We know that the Etruscans were n
civilized people long before the rise OF
the Romans: that they DEVELOPED n
great commerce on sea and land. and
that in the employment of their re-
sultant riches they showed marked
taste and refinement, bringing the in
huences of art to bear upon the forma-
ton of society already well versed
In the principles of religion, govern
ment and education generally But 10
this day their language is a mystery
and, while much has been learned Of
Etruscan life from existing monu-
ments. the question of the origin of
the race Is still matter of argument
among scholars. Some have held that
the Etruscans were indigenous to the
soil, others have traced them to an
Eastern source, and, indeed, there is
hardly any point of the compass from
winch one archaeologist or another has
not attempted to derive these early
inhabitants of the peninsula. The bal
ance of argument is in favor of their
having come from the East. Certainly
the Semitic type recurring so frequent
ly, both in their plastic and pictorial
art. offers powerful testimony in this
direction. To what do we owe the lit
tie that we know about them? We
owe it largely to their rock-hewn
sepulchres, in which were deposited
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

cards even then to see that there was
a lot of crooked play going on. But L
used to chip in a few dollars at faro
whenever / was in La Crosse, just to
pay my footing, and then sit around
and watch the play. If you kept your
mouth closed nobody would object, and
there was generally something worth
seeing going on.
"A big man named Ben Willis was
the proprietor of the place. They said
the landlord of the hotel was his part
ner; but If he was he never interfered,
and seldom entered the room, so far as
l know. Anyhow, Willis ran the place.
Il had gone to La Crosse on this oc-
casion that 1 speak of with the ex-
pectation of selling tolerably big bill
of goods to a merchant named Dina
more, who had recently set up in bust
ness, and who was rated at $4,000 to
$20,000-a fair capital then for mer-
chant in "a place. of that size. I had
only seen him once. but had been quite
fayorably impressed with his appear
ance, and 1 knew that his reputation
was more than fair.
1t was, therefore, considerable OF a
surprise to me when / entered the
gambling room, after arriving on a late
train, and found Dinsmore playing
poker with four men. two of whom
recognized at once as professionals. It
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
Side Panel of the Chariot.
(Hercules Killing One of Laomedon's
Children.)

vehicle it adorns. tramping under the
feet of his horses a defeated enemy,
who may be one of Laomedon's chill
-dren, the myth stating that Hercules
killed all the children of his foe with
the exception of Priam. This, at all
events, is the most plausible reading of
the three compositions, though it is
possible that the subject of the work
may have been drawn from the actual
military experience of the unknown
warrior to whom the chariot belonged
and with whom it was entombed. A
small nude figure is placed at either
side of the central panel, where the
joints with the others occur, and a
sculptured band, parts of which have
disappeared, runs around the chariot
below. The wheels are without decora-
ton, save for tigers heads at the term
nations of the axle. The pole, which
issues from the boar's head mention
ed above, ends in the head of an
eagle.
The entire scheme shows the archaic
but eloquent treatment of form, the
decorative felicity and the remarkable
technique of an early but very accom-
plished schoolaof art, dating from as
far back as 500 B. c., or even from a
remoter time, and it reflects keen
sense of beauty. This chariot must
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
GIVES HIM AN OBJECT LESSON.
Young Official Cured of Liking for POM
pous LANGUAGE.


pous Language.
A few months ago the son of a railway
director was. through his fathers inf1u-
ence, given a position of some Importance
on large railway. He was fresh from
Cambridge, and in the orders which he
from time to time issued to the men under
him, always made use of the longest, most
unusual words. This habit led to some
rather expensive plumbers, and the mat
ter coming before the general manager.
he wrote the young official the following
letter:
In promulgating your esoteric cogita-
lions and in articulating your superficial
sentimentalitieS and amicable philoSophi-
cal or psychological observations, beware
of platitudinous pon6erosity. Let your
conversational communication possess a
clarified conciseness, a compacted COM
prehensibleness, a coalescent consistency.
and q concatenated cogency. Echew all
conglomeration of fiatulent garrulity. je-
june babbement. and asinine affectation.
Let your extemporaneous descantings and
unprecedented expatiation have intelli-
rhodomontade or thrasonical bombast.
Sedulously avoid all polysyliabic profund-
ity, pompous prolixity. psittaceous vacu-
ity, ventriloquial verbosity, and vanilo-
quent vapidity. Shun oouble entendre,
prurient jocosity and pestiferous profan-
ity obscurant or apparent In other
words, talk plainly, briefly. naturally. SEN
sibly, purely and truthfully. Don't put on
airs; say what you mean; mean what you
say. and don't use big words.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
" Central Panel of the Chariot
(ercules Presenting His Shield and Helmet to Minerva

inferred in the heart of Etruria, going
far to compensate US: for1-the loss of
the native annals of the country" An
English poet, now Mime. Duclaux, has
written some charming lines on the
feeling toward the dead Of these "'wise
Etruscaps. faded in the night" some OF
which we cannot forbear quoting: qae
Beneath the branches of the olive yard
Are the roots where cyclamen, and vio-
let grow
Beneath the roots the earth is deep and
And there king was busted long ago.
The peasants, digging deeply in the mold,
Cast up the autumn soil about the place,
And saw a CLEAN of unexpected gold,
And underneath the earth a living face
With sleeping lids and rosy lips he lay.
Among the wreathes and gems that
One moment; then a little dust and clay
Fell shriveled over wreath and urn and
ring.
A carven slab recalls his name and deeds,
Writ In language no living man reads.
The identity and the rank Of the oc-
cupant Of. the tomb in which the cha
riot was found are unknown, but that
he was person of consequence lin his
day is clearly indicated by the vehicle
in question. 1t is of very rich work
manShip. 1.-THE thin plates of bronze
with which the chariot is covered bear
not cSly elaborate reliefs, but minute
1decoration-too minute to- be exhibited
clearly in a photograph a--nd the whole
character of the work points to a lavish
bestowal Of time and money upon what
must have been more of trophy than
thing of constant use. The size of
the chariot is ample, it is true, for
man to drive in it; the wheels in their
original state must have been strong
enough to carry a considerable weight
and horses indubtablY were once har-
messed to the stout pole. But If we
measure distance from the point near
the head of the pole, where the yoke
must have been placed, to the body of
the chariot, 1t seems probable that only
small, light animals eotiid have been
driven with it, perhaps ponies; and,
Furthermore, if it had been intended for
hard usage, it is doubtful If the ears of
the boar's head at the base of the pole,
and other bronze details near the hoofs
of the horses, would have been made as
delicate as they are. Il The bronze
throughout, in fact lis hardly thicker
than a sheet of heavy paper. 1t Is
highly probable that this was designed
as a triumphal chariot, destined for
formal use on purelyzeeTen1oniaf-- occa-
sions, and at last placed in the tomb
of It's owner asa statue or other votive
offering might have been placed there.
The three panels which rise from the
floor of the chariot contain designs i'll
Illustrating the old Greek mythology.
The central panel, curved, and rising
to a greater height than those at the
sides, represents Hercules presenting
his shield and helmet to Minerva. The
panel on the left side represents Her
cuies fighting Laomedens fatheFs4efa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25
Hercules Killing Laomedon, Father of
Priam)

beneath painted walls. all manner of
furniture and articles of personal use,
as though the departed soul were ex-
pected to hover about it's last resting
place and would want to be surrounded
by the tangible evidences of it's earth
ly sojourn. 1T was the great reverence
for the dead" says George Dennis, the
author of 1.-THE Cities and Cemeteries
of Etruria," that invaluable book, land
the firm belief in a future life. which
the Etruscans possessed in common
with most other nations of antiquity,
that prompted them to store their
tombs with these rich and varied
sepulchrai treasures, which unveiled to
us of the twentieth century the arcana
of their inner life, almost as fully as
though a second Pompeii had been dis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

tnsli1isa.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

Priam, and killing him, a raven fiutter-
ing over the latter to point his fate. In
the third panel Hercules stands in
chariot closely resembling in shape the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-05

he who plants trees in front of his
property is not merely contributing
to his own individual profit and TO the
beauty of his place. He is contributing
10 the welfare of the entire city. In
the Southern section there are here
and there streets that for blocks show
either no trees or an inadequate sup
ply. Let these omissions be rectified,
and let uniformity in the varieties of
trees planted be followed. On some
of our streets their whole length is
planted with trees of one variety, while
often blocks are encountered where
this plan has been followed. Plant
now for the future. and the Southern
section Will become as attractive as
the older residence portions of the city.
The fall is the tree-planting season.
There are men who make it their bust
ness, for reasonable compensation. to
secure and plant trees. The Park and
Tree Commission, too stands ready to
aid property owners. 1t will plant
trees. charging the actual cost to the
owners of the property, with a guar
antee that if any die they will be
replaced. Seek out these men or the
Park and Tree Commission. See that
those ugly, vacant spaces before your
property are filed in.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-05
CANADIANS COMING SOUTH.

The announcement is made that a
colony of French Canadians is shortly
to be planted near Summerville, in
Dorchester county, South Carolina,
some twenty miles west of Charleston.
We congratulate Summerville, Charles
ton and the Canadians; the colony will
be a good thing for them all. The
Canadians are now living in Quebec,
where they are engaged in farming.
They are thrifty, frugal people. A
large tract of land has been secured
for them. This will be divided into
tiers will devote themselves to farm
ing, stock and fruit raising. A church
and a school house for the use of the
immigrants are already in course of
erection at the colony site.
The planting of this colony of desir-
able newcomers in the South is said
to be an outcome of the distribution
by the Southern Railway a year or so
ago of a mass of literature descriptive
of Southern resources printed in the
French language. Other literature of
similar character is to be printed IN
German. The departure ought to in
clude the Scandinavian language as
well. If we can induce a number of
French, English, German and Seandi-
navian immigrants to turn their
footsteps in this direction, when
seeking homes in America, we shall do
well. They are the kind of people we
want to swell the population and as
sist in the development of the country.
And there is no other manner of pre-
senting arguments to them that is so
good and effective as to present them
in their own language. The West long
ago discovered this. and literature de-
scriptive of the West in about every
language of Europe is distributed at
the ports of entry and in foreign coun-
tries.
Nearly two years ago an analysis OF
the census figures showed that there
was a greater movement of whites to
the South than from it, while at the
same time there was gradual scat
tering of the black population over the
whole country until at that time up
wards of one-eighth of the latter pop
ulation was found outside the South.
The drift of population has been along
similar lines since the enumeration of
the census, with the influx of whites
from the North, Middle West and West
increasing in volume. This is the thing
that in the near future is going to
make the South the richest section of
the country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-05
BRIGHT BITS.

Johnny, you may dedne
the first person. Johnny-"Adam." -
Town and Country.
Mrs. Flatleigh-"I see you still
have the same cook Mrs. Urbanite
Yes indeed. We have been with
her nearly six months now."-Chicago
Daily News.
Didn't you have a pleasant voy-
age?'- he asked. ''Oh, yes" replied
Mis- Greatblood, except for the vul-
gar trade winds we encountered. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
-"JaCk proposed to me this morn
ing" Die you accept him?" Yes"
Then your prophecy has come true?"
What prophecy" why, last night
you said Jack was foolish enough to
do anything !'-Brooklyn Life.
You haven't held public office
very long have you?" asked the
stranger. What makes you think
so?" returned the new incumbent. Il
see you're working just as though you
expected your salary to be cut off if
you didn't earn it."-Chicago Record
Herald.
They were trying to tease the girl
with the outrageous pompadour con-
corning her newest young man..
Whats his politics?" they asked her.
Sort of Fusionist, isn't he?' NO"
she said. Middle of-the-road Pop.
We were taking a buggy ride when
he proposed. Chicago Tribune.
Now, my sister-in-law," said the
stranger, has led more women to
become regular attendants at church
than - You don't tell mel" ex-
claimed the Rev. Mr.. Priestley. 80
she is an evangelism" mo, but she's
the most fashionable milliner in
town. "-Philadelphia Press.
-Hicks-He says he has perfected
plans that will enable him to build
low-priced automobiles, placing the
machines within the reach of ALL
Wicks-The idea! That means a
great business undertaking.
Hicks-H'm! 1t also means a great
undertaking business.-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.