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.sauustiani, where this group Is supposed
70 have been hidden. has never been eN-
actly located
The beautiful gardens known as the Hort
,yamiani. cxcavated by Prof LauCiani be-
tween 1e73 and 1876. yielded a rich archae-
logical harvest and gave an approximate
,dea 81 what a Roman garoen must have
been In the palmy days Of the empire.
There is every reason to believe that when
the exact locality Of the Horu Sallustianl
is found The yield In statues will be quite
as important as that collected from the
Horti Eamiani. The superstition that the
Niobede recently uneafthcd belonged to the
Hort Salustian may therefore be dis
cardcd.
The process Of Identification of any statue,
especially in the case of an isolated discov-
cry. when one example cannot be compared
with another is extremely difficult, and al
though the subject represented by a statue
can generally be ascertaiued at first blush,
stlll the views of archaeoloCists are liable
to modification, and sometimes to serious
revolution. This can be said with more
reason In the case Of Rome, where the re
production OF Greek statues was encouraged
and where the rage for works of art OF
every sort contributed to the spoliation Of
Grecian temples of many statues, which
were set up in the palaces and public places
OF Rome. Thus, for instance. statue of
Apollo. by Scopas, was brought by Octavius
after his victory at Antium and placed in
tho temple on the Palatine hill, while Sylla
despoiled Athens and Olympia, and Verres,
as Cicero accused him, took many works
OF art from Sicily and Asia Minor.
Nero is said to have adorned his golden
house with no less than 500 statues brought
from Delphi, and in the baths of Titus,
still in existence 0hey were built on the
ground of the house and gardens of Mae
cenas). many valuable original Greek
statues have been discovered. 1t is not
improbable, therefore, that the Niobede in
question may be either an original Greek
work or a copy of great excellence and in
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estimable as reliable evidence q nne Greek
sculpture. But apart from all considera-
lions about the ultimate Identification OF
this statute from a historic or archaeology
ical standpoint. the fact remains that II Is
undeniably one Of the most perfect speci-
mems Of classic art. The discovery OF this
statue which had evidently been carefully
concealed by its owner, will very
likely reopen the discussion about the rea-
sons which determined the concealment
OF works Of art. instances of which are fire.
quently met with during excavations in
Rome. The most plausible explanation ap-
pears to be found in the barbarlc ;nvasions
but these invasions were as a rule sudden
The sack Of the city was invariably fol-
lowed by FIRE, which undoubtedly dam
aged the architectonic sculpture Of tenn
pies and palaces. but 1t is unlikely that
the barbarians carried away marble stat
ues as part OF their spoil. The terror OF
barbaric invasions can explain the conceal
ment Of precious metals, and also to some
extent Of bronze statues, but certainly not
of marble ones
1t seems more likely that such statues
were hidden i'm order to escape the fanat-
ical rage of the Christian iconoclasts. The
history of this period of transition from
paganlsm to Christianity is obscure, but
that paganism did not die out without a
long struggle may be gathered from the
study of the legal measures taken against
It. The harshness of a law proves the fire.
quency of the crime it is intended to repress
and the difficulty encountered in such re-
preston. We know that some imperial
DEGREES ordered the coniscation OF houses
where incense had been burned before
idols and that statues representing the old
gods were destroyed 1t is not difficult to
connect the burial of statues with the re-
liglous transformation of Rome which
began under Constantine. The skilful Sc
lection of such hiding places and the care
bestowed in building vaults or galleries for
the reception of the buried statutes tend
to show that their owners intended that
the concealment should be a permanent
one
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ton past the public gardens and on out
toward the oasis of Old BisIIra which is
two miles off; and upon it is street car
line over which one can ride the whole of
that distance for . cents Another car
line will take him TO the hot springs three
and a half miles away for the same
money. and this is far down in the Desert
OF Sahara, in the very backwoods of the
globe. The 2-cent rate is made without
tickets, and it is less than half the nickel
which we pay at home.
shall send this letter to the United
States for a scent postage stamp, and l
can telegraph from here across the Med
iterranean to Paris for less than you can
send a message from New York TO Chi
cage. My cab rides cost me 80 cents a
trip or 50 cents an hour, and If prefer TO
move about on a camel the rate will be
about 81 per day.
When 1 take a Turkish bath i'm the
United States have to pay ST. with % or
80 cents extra for fees. had Moorish
bath here today for 20 cents I'm a bathing
establishment which would be considered
fine in any American city, and this in
cluded a thorough massage and a cup OF
delicious Turkish coffee at the close The
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as the state of Ohio. and it has a popula~
ton Of less than 10000. all told. The ma
tives live in a number OF GASES scattered
here and there over the desert. Bisl<ra
itself is commanded by major, assisted
by a captain, three lieutenants and mill
tary Interpreter In the other GASES there
are captains, lieutenants and interpreters,
The town has electric lights and it has
schools for both French and Arabs. II
has negro quarter as we'll.
The French city is made up of fat
rooted white houses CT one or two stories
Many of the roofs have walls about them,
and the women and children play on the
roofs in the evening and the people often
sleep there at night
I wish I could take a walk with you
through one of these Sahara towns. Even
I'm French Biskara the scenes would seem
strange There are Moors who sit right out
in the street or upon the sidewalks. upon
mats which they have laid down for the
purpose, and play dominoes. They have
little tables about as high as a footstool.
and thus sitting, with their bare feet uu-
der them. they will move the blocks for an
hour or more without saying word. Many
Of the players are gray-bearded and gray
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Some BIbIe Chnrncters.

Everywhere I go here meet the charac-
ters of the scriptures. AS / write these
notes I can see in one group an old Abra-
ham with the aged Sarah beside him and
his buxom Hagar behind That little baby
in Hagars arms might have been young
Ishmael. and observe that Abraham looks
upon him with love. At the same time
Sarah seems to be jealous, and glares at
both baby and mother out of the tail OF her
eye.
That Moor coming down the street might
be Joseph, the friend OF King Pharaoh.
Observe his costly raiment OF fine silk and
wool: he walks with a strut and is evil
IDENTIFY a man of authority
On that donkey trotting toward us is an
old man whom one might easily imagine
TO be Balaam. and 10! the donkey stops
and opens his mouth and brays His mes
sage, however, we do not understand, for
he has not the power of speech as had the
ass OF the scriptures. And so I might go
on, finding character at eL,-step which
would correspond to one in the Bible This
is the simon-pure orient where the ma
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Early Roman Art Uncovered on Supposed Site OF Sa

Medici for about 1850 Roman sccudl or
dollars. and they we're placed In the V.u.
Medici at Trlnita del Monu. In lTs The
Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo OF Tuscany
had them removed to Florence and bllIt
the so-called Hall of Niobe In the UiHz
gallery for their reception
The statues are only part OF the copies
and probably were made not direct FROM
the original group, for some do not be-
long 70 the subject and have merely been
supplied TO make tho number Tho Peda-
gogue ard one Of Niobe's sons are ct the
Louvre. while two daughters Of Niobe
from another group are at the Vatican
museum. very fine nude figure In Parlau
marble. much injured the arms ana head
los. of the Ereeling sJn Of Niobc loJkos
uo called lloueIs,' is ~ the Munich
nuser'.. -E-r- there IL all, one OF ;Es
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Garden Of Allah.

Biskra has been rather voluptuously de-
scribed In the novel called 1.-THE Garden OF
Allah Under another name It Is made
the chief scene OF that story and all OF its
surroundings are painted IN more or less
glowing coiors They are, as a rule greatly
overdrawu and the tale itself has a mawk-
ish, sensual sentimentality which leaves a
bad taste In ones mouth. According to II.
the Derert OF Sahara Is the Garden OF
Allah and Biskra It's capital IL is the
European wild waste OF sand which can
he safcl- and comfortably reached BY
Europeans and every winter tourists and
abh seekers by the thousands come here
Der the railroad witch the French have
built Large hotels have been erected for
them ana o.e can live "ere comfortably
az from two 10 five dollars day There
are Altogether a half a dozen ~ and,
IN addition. a casi-o aHd theater. >>re
are frequent concerts and cafe chantan
while tho casino steadily runs its roulette
and rouge et nqir tables so that the place
might be called the MoRte Carlo Of the
sahara IS we'll
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sons lying on the ground. still another
of the kneeling sons is at the Capitol mu-
scum, Rome. 1t is not decided whether
the statues belonged to the same group
and whether they formed a pedimehtal or
merely a semi-circular arrangement.
During the recent building operations in
Rome, entailing the pulling up az old streets
and the razing to the ground of old historic
houses, some workmen engaged in laying
the foundations of a modern building on
the supposed site of the Horti Sallustiani,
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discovered in specially constructed crypt
or cellar nearly thirty feet below the street
level a marble statue representing a Mo-
bede or one OF Niobe's daughters. .,~-..
The statue is of Grecian marble warmly
toned from the effect of dampness, but
otherwise in perfect condition and with
out a blemish, excepting the finger tips Of
the right hand. The Nlobede is represented
in a lSneeling posture, just struck by one
of Diana's arrows. while she presses the
folds of her chiffon, which has slipped of
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one OF the figures composing the group
OF Melodies in Florence, and the similarity
of subject can be seen at glance, But
it has been suggested that while the Floren-
tine statues have all the characteristics Of
faithful reproductions from Greek orlgi-
mails, this one appears to possess all the
true features OF real. Helenistic sculpture.
1t is a well-established fact that no trace
has ever been found of the original group
which adorned the temple of Apollo
Sosianus while the site of the Hortl
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her shoulders, TO stancn the flow Of blood
from her wound.
The modelling of the figure is bold, but
perfect and graceful, the intention OF the
sculptor evidently being that of fulfilling
his conception of the stricken, Niobede
sunk on one knee, in the act OF seeking
safety from the arrows of Diana. The
nude parts of the figure are beautifully
modelled. ....
The general impression among archaeolo-
gists is that this recently found statue is
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But let US go out to the oasis and visit
the people who live under the palm trees.
We drive along the Rue Bertha by wallis
of yellow mud inclosing date trees which
rise high above them and are loaded with
ripe yellow fruit The walls are as high
as my head and on their top dried thorn
bushes have been set In while the mud was
still wet, protecting the fruit lire so much
broken glass.
The gates 10 these gardens are rude doors
OF palm wood, and the only other openings
are through drains seen here and there
where the water flows in or out This
oasis is fed by springs from the River
Biskra. which is dry the greater part OF
the year. Wells have tapped the springs
and there Is a flow of several thousand
gallons a minute. The water is somewhat
alkaline, but il puts the sugar into the
dates and the sun IS so hot that the fruit
is delicious According to the Arabs. to
make good dates the head OF the tree
must be in the burning sun the greater
part OF the year. The thermometer here.
even in midwinter, never falls below 90.
and the climate seems just right, although
1t is not so at Kantara, which Is thirty or
forty miles farther north. Biskra Is an
nually producing something like 100000
pounds OF dates, enough to furnish hand
full to every boy in the United States and
leave some to spare.
As we ride on into the oasis we, can see
men picking the dates, or rather cutting
them off. They are IN enormous punches
and a good tree win produce on the aver
age about l2O pounds annually. The fruit
is not good until It is dead ripe bit into
some green datcs today and they puckered
my mouth like unfrosted persimmons.
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tiN beauty and number Of her children.
Slapislng her less fortunate sister Latona,
Yho had but two, Apollo and Diana, and
tas turned to stone when Apollo kills all
kber sons and Diana her daughters.
N According 70 Propertius QIN l. 80 the
statues numbered at least fifteen, and might
have numbered even twenty or twenty-five
= ~ the figures of Apollo, the two Sagittarii,
the Pedagogue and nurses were included.
Prince Altieri sold the statues found in
his vineyard to Cardinal Ferdinando de
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nnr.e nnh CnmrI no..

The season begins In November and lasts
until May. II Is al its nveliest in Feb
ruary. at the time OF the races. when
horses donkeys and oamels take part. Al
that time there are long distance camel
races run by Arabs on meharis or fast rae
ing oamels. which can make twelve or M.
teen miles an hour. These camols are 80
tail and lean that they seem 70 be ali legs
They have saddles with high supports In
front and behind. and the rider hobs up
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In French Dislzra

The city of Biskra is composed of two
towns. One is known as French Biskra
and the other Old Biskra. The former
contains about 800 Europeans and two or
three times that many natives, while the
latter is altogether native and is num-
bered more by the number Of palm trees
It owns than by the number of it's In
habitants. 1t is comprised in six little
mud villages scattered throughout planta-
tions which support about 10000 date
trees.
The French Gown is surrounded by walls
and entered by gates. 1t has several wide
streets, the chief of which is the Rue
Bertha, which runs from the railroad sta
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and down with a seesaw corresponding TO
the ticking of your watch. The starting
point is supposed to be the oasis Of Tou-
COURT, which is 30 miles away, and a
fairly good camel ought to cover the
ground in less than a day.
The horse races are with Arabian stock
and the riders are Arabs, who in their
skill might even rival President Roosevelt,
and who delight in cross country going,
jumping everything on the way.
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nt OF the Sahara. This oasis lies
SaS l75 miles south Of the Mediter-
rAnean sea, in the midst Of the desert. At
one side of It great sand dunes roll on and
on until they are lost in the yellow horizon.
On the other are the we'll worn stones OF
the Oued, or dry river, Biskra, which be-
comes a flood during the short rainy part
OF the year. but which is now so uarched
under this African sun that It would Bills
ter your bare feet to cross it.
Biskra is situated on a low plateau. a
little more than 800 feet above the river
To the north of It is the mighty wall Of
the Atlas mountains. which here rise a
thousand feet higher than Mount Wash
inKton. In this African sun they ara now
OF pale yellow, the color OF the lime7tone
OF which they are made. A li,tl" later
they win turn 20 a hazy blue, changing a.
the sun drops to primrose anI So. daI
then dying out through dark purple into
the night.
Blskra is an island in this mighty sea
OF the Sahara The mountain wall Is a
part OF the shore OF that sea and the great
one had glass and would cast his eye
along those mountains he would find a
break at the right known as the Gorge
OF Kantara. 1t h there that a river has
burst through the wall, forming golden
gate TO this greatest desert on earth. One
comes right out OF the mountains into the
desert and as he does so goes through the
little oasis OF Kantara. which serves, as
it were, as the green key to that great
golden door
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Blskra is under military government. 1t
is the chief station of the eastern Sahara
and Il rs called the Territoire de Com
mandement. One sees French soldiers
everywhere, and there are French officers
at the hotels and on the streets. They
are fine looking and far different from our
ordinary idea of the French army. They
are straight. broad-shouldered bronco
faced men. who have seen fighting with
these tribes OF the desert, and show IT.
Some of the officers have the appearance
OF dudes. and they are noted for their
politeness but no one dares TO presume
upon their weakness
The territory Of Bskra is about as large
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men who bathed me we're brawny Arabs,
They were as yellow as gold, naked to
the waist and they spent something like
an hour on the job. l do not by that
mean to say that it took that much time
to get of the dirt; but the hour was
used up in massage and other extras.
Blskra was famous bathing place in the
days of the Romans, II had Roman
name which meant baths, and which prob
ably referred to the hot sulphur springs
outside the city.
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In old BiskFa.


have already written OF the GASES Of
Figuig and TARA Biskra is somewhat the
same It's area is about that OF an Ohio
township, and II is altogether about six
miles in length. II is divided up into little
fields OF garden patches, each Of which is
surrounded by these mud walls Of sun
dried bricks There are no pavcments The
streets are dirt roads. with here and there
a wide irrigation stream running through
and with bridges OF palm wood crossing Il
at intervals OF every few feet.
There are villages scattered throughout
the oasis Each Of these Is entered by a
low gate made OF mud bricks and palms
and this gate is always closed at night.
The houses are mostly mean mud huts
with fiat roofs. There is some rain here,
and the water runs from the roof through
popes which extend out into the street.
giving one a douche on the turban or
down the neck Of ones gown.
understand that the water supply IL
comparatively scanty: that water rights
are sold In perpetuity and that there are
also leases at so much per year. and even
at 80 much per hour. Not long ago one
paid 500 for a perpetual stream half an
inch wide and as deep es the rainfall
would stard and $500 for a stream OF four
inches. Where the water is let out by the
hour so often per week an Arab watch
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tives are about the same today as they
were three or four or more thousand years
since. They are all Mohammedans and
believe only In Allah and the prophet
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Life and Nature Capital Desert Sahara

headed. but age does not seem to affect
their love for the game.
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sage built about hfty-four feet below the
level Of the high road TO Ostia, fifteen mar
bic statues. several Of which were recog-
nized az copies Of the group which adorned
the temple OF Apollo Sosianus at Rome
and referred 10 both by Horace and Pliny
as the work Of either Scopas or Praxiteles-
This group originally exhibited in some
temple OF Asia Minor, probably the sar-
pedon iu Clicia, is known TO. have been
brought 20 Rome by Cljus sosius. the
friend 90 Mark Antony. 80 trace OF the
original group has ever been found. The
statues composing the group rrpra tented
the SAD -'ory of N,ohs 1hr Soastod o.
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ONE, April'1i-Some peasants who
we're working IN the vineyards Of
Prince Jerome AltieTi. near the
Porta di San Paolo In 1888, dis
rnunrna IN a sunterrnnenn paa-
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1t, 1907, by Frank g. Carpenter)
Desert Of Sahara. May g.
Especial Correspondence to The
Bee.)-I am at Biskra, the Paris
OF the Sahara. This oasis lies
I7b miles south of the Maditer-
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LA ADOLESCENCIA

ridiculas y conmovedoras que un alma enamo-
rada puede en- su amor.
Y la Illusion natural en- tOd0 enamOradO Sc
veia centuplicada en- Crist0bal por ese poder de
la fantasia innate en- tOd0 artista.
Una sonrisa de Ada tenia para el la signi-
hcaci6n mas profunda una palabra carinosa
era la prueba de la bOndad de Su coraz0n.
Amaba en- ella todo 10 que el universe con
tenia de buenO de hermOso
Llamdbale suyo, su alma su ser; lloraban
juntos de amor
No los ligaba solamente Ell placer sino una
poesia indifinible de recuerdos de suenos -
llos suyos2 10 los de los seres que habian anna
do antes que ellos que les habian precedido?
Conservatism, sin decrSelO sin saberlo tai
vez, la fascination de los primerOs minutes EN-
en- que Sc hablan enCOntraCO en- el bOSQue, de
los primeros dfas, de las primeras noches que
habian pasad0 juntOs, de aquelos suenos, pa
sados brazos de otrO, inm0vles sin
pensamlento, y como ahogadOs Ell un torrente
de amor de silencioso regocijo.
Rodeabanlos como Zumbidos de abejas brus-
cas- evocaclones, imagenes, pensamientos va
gos, cuyo roce les hacia palidecer en- secreto
experimental el mas vivO delete -
Luz ardorosa y tierna. -.
FL coraz6n desfallece sc caa abrumado
por el exceso de dulzura.
Silencio, languidez de fiebre, sonrisa mis-
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1UAN'CRIsT0BAL

ia le cumpmentaban con aire socarr6n, pero
Cr1st0bal NADIA respOndla, porque no admtia
que Sc neZClaSen en- SuS aSuntOs.
En- palacio censuraban su falta de sere-
dad.
Toda la burgesia uzgaba con severidad
su Conducta.
Perdi0 sus lecciones de musica en- ciertas
familias.
En- otras, las madres Sc creyeron obigadas
q asstir en- adelante las leCCiones desus hijas
como ST Crist6bal tuvese la intenci6n de rap
tar q aquelas interesantes personals.
Dabase por supuesto que diChas senoritas
no sabian NADIA de 10 que pasaba y, natural
mente, todas sabian que atenerse; aunque
censpraban Crist6bal por su falta de gusto,
deseaban con ansia tener mas detalles.
Solo era Cristobal popular entire e' peque-
no comercio y entire los horteras, pero no 10
sigulo slendo mucho TEMPO
Moestabale tanto la aprobaci0n de los
unos como la censura de los OtrOs; Y, no pu-
diendo evltar la Censura, Sc arreglo para ena-
enarse la aprobaci0n, 10 Cual no era muy di-
ficil.
Indignabale Ia indiscrec6n general
Los mas irritadOs Ell contra s11va eran Ius.
to Euler y Ia famie Vogel
La escandalOSa Conducta de Crist0bal les
parecia una ofensa personal
Sin embargo no habian fundado en- el min
gun progect6 serio pues desconhaba, = Ell
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