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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27
SOLUTION OF CURIOUS PROBLEM IN BIOLOGY

from a commercial standpoint. Incl
dentally, it opens up now and prohta-
BILE industry in the way Of watcr farm
ing. There is, and always will be, q
large demand for pearly mussels Of good
quality for button making and for GER
tain other branches Of manufacture
which utilize mother Of pearl. Why
person q while to propagate tho. bi.
valves If he has at hand q convenient
pond or strenm9
The answer is that no important diff
culties are involved. Now that the
problem of tho mussel'B life history
has been worked out, the rest is easy.
1t 1s not necessary to whit until the
government has inoculated fishes ready
to distribute to applicants. ALL that
the ambitious water-farmer needs to
do is to hunt up bed Of frst-class
them to his own place, and stock the
latter with perch or sunfsh. If a
stream is concerned, barriers placed
above and below the place where the
mussels are planted will, IL suitably
built, prevent the fishes from getting
away, while allowing the water free
passage.
It Is very important, however, that
ns 1''s SasS sSs9 Of ss sssn streams be Ds sSsd
large areas in the United States, and
particularly In the Mississippi valley
and along the tributaries Of that great
river, Contain beds Of musaslB; but
in nine cases out Of ton they arc in
ferior-that is to say, of poor color,
and with shells too thin to furnish
good mother of-pearl for industrial
uses. There arc, it should be realized,
not less than 900 species Of pearly mus
coll -
huge in size, and they vary in hue
from copperg to salmon, pink, straw
berry, Glowing red and silvery white.
The Fairport station WAS not estab-
lished until very thorough investiga-
tion of the whole subject had been
made. Not only was the problem stud
led out on its biological side, but a spe-
cial expedition was sent out to explore
for pearly mussels the entire area wa
tered by the Mississippi and its tribu-
taries: With the help Of the informa-
will be able to draw its supplies of
seed mussels from the finest existing
beds, planting in its ponds only the
most desirable varieties.
Such being the case, tho nnussel seed
distributed from Fairport, when the
station is in active operation, will pro
duce only the finest kinds of pearly
blvslVes. There is literally no limit
to the number that can be bred-one
method contemplated being to put
fishes into the mussel ponds at spawn
ing time, and. when they are loaded
with mussel fry to transfer them
to other ponds until the young mus
sells drop Off. Then the latter can be
selected from the bottom and used for
planting like seed oysters.
The prospect is, then, that before
very long the pearly mussels, which to-
day are threatened with determination,
will be restored in plentiful numbers
to those streams in which formerly
they hourished Also, they will be
propagated in extensive beds in many
river and lake where hithert9 they
have been unknown. 1t will BET (neces-
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cred which of the bivalvcs have pearls
in them. The answer is that this may
be done very easily by means Of tho
Xray-that is to say, by brief exam
nation with the horoscope.
Unfortunately, under ordinhry cir
cumstances it is the exceptional mus
seI that contains o. pearl. 1t is be-
lieyed, however, that the percentage
Of pearl bearers can be greatly aug
mented by artificial means The cause
of pearl is minute worm, which, in
vading the flesh of the plollusls sets up
an irritation, causing the. mussel TO
inclose it in an envelope Of pearl-stuff.
The pearl grows by the deposition Of
series of layers Of this pearly ma
terial, which is the same as that used
In the making of the shell.
It appears, however, that this worm
is q parasite Of the muskrat. The lat
ter eats the mussel and thus becomes
infected with the parasite. The lat
ter natures in the body OF the musk
rat, and lays a large number of eggs,
which find their way into the water,
and matches out the worms that attack
the mussels. Thus it is that the cycle
Of the worm g life history is made COM
plete. And the conclusion drawn is
that the way TO multiply pearls in a
mussel bed is to encourage muskrats,
and to plant in the bed mussels that
arc already infected with the worm
condition indicated (if the mussel
contains no pear) by pink spot in
the flesh
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sary, Of course, to protect the planted
beds by law, else they would be raid.
cd and soon wiped out by pearl hunt.
ers. These mugsels produce the finest
and most beautiful Of pearls, aurpass-
ing those Of the orient In both color
and luster, and tho destruction of the
natural beds has been attributable
largely to attacks upon them during
pearl hunting e1citements started by
the accidental finding Of q few fine
specimens.
While the prime object Of the work
at Fairport will be to preserve and
improve the pearly mussel crop fol
the sake of the button industry, CON,
siderable attention will be devoted to
the production Of pearls on a scien
tific. basis. The mussel pearls neces
sarily correspond in color to the mus
sells themselves. Sometimes they are
silvery white, and sometimes salmon
colored, light green, or purplish. A
skyblue specimen, found at Cancy
Fork, Tenn, few years ago, sold fol
Inasmuch as only selected individ
unls of the choicest species of mus
sells will be planted in the ponds al
Fairport, it follows that the pearls
they produce will be Of extraordinary
beauty. Furthermore, they viii all be
large ones For, when it has been as
certained that mussel contains q
pearl, the latter will not be removed
but will be allowed TO grow. One
might we'll ask how it can be diecov
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our First Name

this arose the custom Of giving "valen-
tines.
Ealerian was contemporary Of ST.
Valentine. He was a rich young Roman
nobleman. and he fell in love with
CIcllY, or Cecilia, young woman of
wealth and position. Although she had
pledged her life to her religion, her fam
lily persuaded her to marry Valerian.
Although he was q pagan, he promised
Cicily TO respect her religion; and be-
fore long she converted him.
So strong was VaIerian in his new
faith that he. with his brother. whom
Uned and maItyrcd Cecilia, rejoicing Z
in their slcadfastness, recovered their
bodies, and buried them in the ccmc-
terry in which she herself WAS shortly
buried. Both Cecilia and Nalerlan were
canonIzed.
st. Bridget Of Ireland lived about two
centuries later. She was born about
4J3, and many wonderful stories are
told of her life. her piety and the mira
cles which she performed.
One day when she was q baby her
mother was from home The neigbbors
noticed that the house was burning
Knowing that the sleeping child had
been left in ths house, the ncighbors ran
TO rescue her But when they drew
near, the child appeared not,' and
they knew that she had been miracu-
lously preserved from harm,
When Bridget grew Older she became
a nun. and lived in Il cell under a tree
n was said that she had Il fire, asb)css
perpetual, watched by twenty nuns and
surrounded by Il hedge which no man
saint Bridget gained so great popu.
laritv among the Irish that she shares
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FRANCES MARSHALL,

|Yirgiuia, Bridget aud Brian in
d today, and all the famous
women Of these names, and of
names in this class-Virgil,
. and Valcriau-bear witness
flaming of their names to the
e desire for health and
past fSmous Virginia who ever
fprobably the maiden Of lcgen.
nian famc, whose father killed
she might not fall into the
Appius CIaudius, Virgil, or
ieecyed its greatest fame when
p name of one Of Rome IS most
'De, Valerlan and Bridget are
falnes; and Brian received its
lame from a pluclsy king OF
!lnc Is about as obscure as any
p ever gained popularity. And
qm which keeps him in mind
10 Year, when everybody hon.
~ least with 4, thought, on the
70 OF each February, has In
uothinG TO do with him.
'apposcd that be lived in the
elnrry There is u legend that he
blindness of Il Young girl who
oy the emperor to convert him
pagaulsm. This action enragcd
for, who ordered the saint i'm.
,or,nrcd and finally bchcaded,
% for the saint. The custom
conDectcd with his day is q
Hun and adaptation OF an old
sliyal which occurred in Feb
- Tins day the names OF young
'ere put In a box, and young
" lhem out by chance. From,
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with ST. Columbia and st. Patrick the
honor of being one OF Ireland's patron
saints.
Brian, king Of Ireland, did almost as
much 10 make his name popular In Ire
land as Bridget did TO make her name
popular there. He was born about 96o
and after struggle and warfare he
gained supremacy oyer many of the
other petty chiefs Of Ireland and was
made king.
Brian lived in the Dunn of Gem, in
Leiuster, and probably his house was no
more imposing than u PEASANTS hut of
the present time. il bad an carthen
floor. and close thatched roof; and the
hearth was so wide that huge caldron,
big enough to accommodate whole OK
could hang and boil there,
Until Brian 8 time the mon Of bein-
ster had been forced to pay unfair trib
ute each year TO Tara. This tribute
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27

time is full Of baby bivalves, great
to the fms and gills of single fish.
The principal object of the work at
Fairport viii be to stock streams and
lakes in various parts of the country
with pearly mussels. Evidently The
easiest way to- accomplish this will he
to inoculate fishes in the manner above
described, and to ship thcm by rail or
otherwise to any desired point-iust
as nowadays the fisheries bureau ships
fishes of many kinds for hundreds and
even thousands Of miles Once arrived
and deposited in new waters, with the
fnny hosts that carry them, the para.
sitic mussel larvae will attend TO the
business Of planting themselves and
starting beds of mussels.
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received: Ct. r.-,. ,i,,.l - ord
tcurht bottle OF druggist JC ~
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~ haven't bad spell with my stomach since 'akms n
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and expect wonders overnight put INC lu. a. ~ m
II had new lease on Hic =
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the Introduction OF
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your sample bottle Of syrnp 1 wsp pt ahs ihd @
have taken nearly that and WIN get anGher bo,ae
snnn anything inc Rno nave ever
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a., an The Tribune.

"A Wira TO The IF'pu'ie
poRT Iowa, Nov. 26.-The new
,I,o government fisheries bu-
Fairport will soon be in full
An extensive system of ar
,ds has been established for
and rearing pearly mussels,
,he Incidental production Of
.,,]s on n large scale-this
! novel purpose to which the
,se station is to be devoted.
:, largo numbers Of bass and
v;Il be propagated, but morely
j cultural purposes, For it
!. understood that the pearl
= nussels can exist only where
sshe+the bivalves being ac.
..,sdtes of tho latter during in
When newly Matched, they are
iaring creatures (like oysters
III. and their prospect of sur
,sends entirely upon the rather
,ssnce of getting hold Of a
~.
aby mussel is provided by ma
A a psir of hooks, somewhat
fg ice tongs in shape. With
rasps the gills OF a fin of n,
fsh and hangs on like grim
'lts presence produces en- irri-
shicb causes the fish to build
h sort of capsule. Just as,
. ane purpose of self-protec-
4 oak leaf covers up the egg|
In insect that has been laid
|En this way cyst is formed,
and water proof. in which
hr. mollusk is safely carried
h seventy days. 1t then drops
falls TO the bottom. having as
he form of an adult mussel,
bill very tiny.
Idnlt mussel, when grown to
i PRODUCES eggs which are
Inside OF IFS shell-that is TO |
bfooding pouches in the outer |
IL throws out into
b dozen or more triangular |
each of them half An inch |
containing several thousand
These brood packets look like
yes Of pearl. After living on
ON for while they 90 to
berating tho young larvae.
mn about aud seek an oppor- |
attach themselves TO passing |
the life history of the pcarlv |
Ilt viii be understood, there |
Y the work of the Fairport |
NJ involve the incidental rear !
lDfsh and bass. These fishes
need IN ponds containing beds
'ls at the season when the |
spawning. and will thus be-
nocnlAtcd' with the mussell
Irials have already shown that !
leans fishes may be SO heavily !
Ith the larvae that thew can
nm The water in the jmme-
Ehborhood Of the bed at such !
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27

reign the Germans crossed the Rhine,
the SaXons ravaged the coast, the bar
bnrian Picts ravaged the inland portions
of Britain and the Moors encroached on
Roman civilization in Africa. All that
Falentinan could do, though be was an
able soldier, was to help Rome hold her
own. Just "A hundred and one years
after his death the Roman empire in
the west was only q name.
Later famous bearers Of these names
of health and strength are Valentine of
Milan, married in 1889 to Louis, brother
of the French king, Charles vi, who
has been called 'fan angel of goodness
in wicked COURT: Bridget Bendish,
Oliver Cromwell s eldest daughter, SO
much Of republican that she objected
even to her fathers title of lord pro-
tector; Bridget Treton, daughter of
Bridget Bendish, a woman of wonderful
ability, who could work like slave
all day at her salt works and shine like
queen in society in tho evening;
Bryan Proctor. better known by his pen
name Barry Cornwall, a nineteenth cen:
tury English poet of good deal Of
note, who wrote over three hundred
songs, and Virginia Harmed. the popu-
lnr actress.
Virginia comes from q Latin word
meaning flourishing. Sometimes, how
ever, children are named IN honor OF the
state, which was itself named for tho
virgin queen Of England, and therefore
has nothing TO do with the old Latin
name. Valentine and ValerIan and
Valeria come from the Latin word for
health, as Bridget and Brian come di-
rectly from the Kettle word for
strength.
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VIRGINIA
BRIDGET
BRIAN

!. The Latin and Kettle Names Of
Health and Strength Include Viz
ginia, Bridget, Brian, Valerian,
: ValcDtine-Where the custom of
: Sending Valentines Came From
. Brian. the Irish King, and the
: Heavy Tribute lie AboIished--Th
: Saint Who Made Biddy so Popu-
!. lar in IreIand-What Each Of The
!. Names Means.
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Miss Marshall will be pleased to an
swer by mail all inquiries addressed to
her concerning the origin and history
of first names. In addressing Miss Mar
shall in care of this papor, please en-
close stamped and self-addresscd ell
yclopc for the reply.
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ing DIR. Caldwell for free sample
bottle He will bc glad to send IL
to you. You cannot do better than
rend the letters printed here, ana
then act on their suggestions
Or. Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase OF his remedy ends his ob''-
cation. He has specialized in etom-
ach, liver and bowel diseases for over
forty years and Will be pleased 10
give the reader any advice on the sub
Icct free of charge, All are welcome
to write him. Whether for the med
lcai advice or the free sample address
him Or. w. 3. Caldwell, 54f CaldwcIi
Building, Monticello, III,
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way With Pills and Purgafves

N uul,t Of taking salts or strong cathartlc pills
u'ne you want to loosen the bowels is a bad one,
"me YOU will destroy the activity of the digestive
.sad you will have TO rely entirely medicines for
= lhis is pleasant thing to look forward to-
NANCY to old age the use of strong purgatlVes
ls w. avoided This can he done by the use OF a
nIa niIiuYe like DR.. CaldWells Syrup Pepsin "hlo
IN - !. enough for baby To use yet IL is stronS
'ESlo give action in tho most robust constitution.
sIsi OF endorsement the doctor gets are from no
= a1 mothers who take it, mothers who give 1T 10
e Is successful with them I'll. II is in truth the
turn tseay Tor constipation. indigestion, biIousneis,
ens on the stomach stomach and al! otn-
"a sa ,aa'ons Of stomach. liver or bowel trouble
Ip, ge obtained of any druggist at fifty cents or
Npu 81 d hy
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ural beds of pearly mussels, which are
relied upon to furnish the raw mate
rial Thus the work of the Fairport
station will be of much importance
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4 timely suggestion to many would 1- to read the lives and sayings of great men who lived out in the open
 ug and mixed a whole lot of sunshine
 into their lives Don't get into the labit of reading old musty books writ len by people who had soured on the world. and in some damp. gloomy. old .ellar where Gods given rays of sun shine Were never allowed to enter and lisrel the gloom worked out a theory for the government of mankind.
 One of the best methods of studying the way to rule Is in the families of growing young children. Visit the homes where all Is ruled by love, then those governed by fear minus the love. Also watch nature and See the love and affection exchanged in every living natural thing where all is harmonious.
 Rampant. not to be Outdone by Nome and Fairbanks in the stampede line has started one all her own over to what k known as the Hosiana dis trict and We hope that those who mush over to the new diggings will have greater cause to shout "IIosfana ,t'
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Initial Paper Lor,en Pres
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.rau tn rr~or, ta Cue u-u0l language the m.ncrs da after tb,s have -,am- -Ivd far many miles tr.a fae, rrs
 sg
 Young f1dy who had pt~srd through evcral seasons without catching "a trady. coming iu with partner from room where progressive whist Is being H1ayed "oh mummz. r,r captured as ba1hy'
 Fond Mother Well my dear d1ugh- Ter. come and Kiss we. both of you.
 
 out in state of Washington they arr irving to cltminat, politics from tb, supreme ruurr uf tho ~t1tr which is n nest sxygHyat move and coming ae 1t tae< from tae extreme Narh,.stsra =tate in thr Uuiou speaks ueu 5ar tu. West and what are termed tho young states
 
 Several rcupl, after reading tbs ac- #auat uf Mcintosh being shot. or mt hy Che stray bullet. said | would dear Y like ta know what ,hc Seateham HHHft hJyg done t' gGt SWgdg if Ha Hfu found hiw
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 The freezs.up at bg-t cant h. worry aans days away for this .e the ar-t af  October. anal in the past ta ..a-ar femh.r thtH in this month.
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WHAT MR. TAFT WILL HAVE TO
 FIGHT

tNAff
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 If tr4aas made Ia. rH.. IT IT. Uau 'r fixing an Inc .E,T..# rle same timr
 WH-a Senator Gureeuh,im. lot us
 aHf. m..H.rs- 1l's au u- IHuans < load '. -,.- 10 the NaN
 r-7T.r Hrr --rk t, shut out r.HraH m maH a,rurrf w.ala .sfE .f-H TN1 uas, Il trad. ai tt- .-t.sa.a If The a.a-uH.r and -a # E -- a# aea.... u- 1T sau rla AL mn. .... .-t.lr .I- n-Is ,alacr es f=a#a ea# corruption tunhlss 4oI .--H feHtfr schedule must stand oh l.. aaa n.rt. TH, s,audpa,ters win f#f #mr,aa.r This practice as .auo -~ 'tes j. 4 shot m thr locker
 Ha- Nea Y.tk Journal of Comm a~ secs taa sl4atou uu.
 IT Pr .Ira' Ttff should be wiling and l.rs.EIard ts.atrry {, the ultimate ant The Ia.., uf breaking win the esd tar leaders which he thus auar -at. distinctly e.uteupatr- he wHl taf .a.s And himself facing a task of al.aaHan dlalaalte and disaEreeabI.. H--- Ht h- #tl al~u have to cucouu- taH -a- inevitable e,u-rqucuc~- of a ,et, nat naa contemplated II wiu not Ea Iaz~4bly ta nm with the hare and hunt steh rHe hounds and there ts tuta ar la. pta-p-ct that the executive can a.t The aid and support of the "Ir'er. --ig,-- for any such plan as he irIa-e- unIe-- he Is at least willing r. ea- them some recognition per hai~ la admit tl,m to his couneels in E .tartt- degree m other connections thtn la fau1 matters This might asaH a nre-~~ltv af accepting the inc =arlslt program uu certain topics ae [, which # has heretofore been a-atheH-a at the White House Such ssHesszfsHs would unquestionabIy b- demanded hg the insurgents and could ura.,-Ianahly be forced by them. as the success they have thus far had Hileate-.
 Nh. shau.d not AIr. Taft make al aaas. HIth Inc tn~urgentso That h- eH da go is the obvious inference f-.m his recent letter for campaign a-- The doctrine of piecemeaI revis- ..a I. which he stands pledged. is good
 lEe--.se gospel for the insurgents asl e'e~-~i as rank heresy by the 3faftrr- The American protective .aaa league is ready 10 burn MT. Taft a' ,L -tas- because of the position -aH in Ills letter Doubtless the ise-ti-Ht ntl get few concessions from fas present congress. but the life of ,Haf ho1E i quite short
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OFFICIAL PAPER
NAME ALASKA. OCT I. 1910.
ROAD TAX.

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 aaH 1T .n. mu.r- nla are e.rccd a- E=a= 4 H- k .s.E -ssem for a =Ha a< y never u-. tuy of tho s-a= constructed here anal there over -as a#rr.r .sh.e other. may com. seaaea ae Has.ung back and forth s=zsss aa #8s. Ss eu the general .#.fa4. r#.t. .- t nl.l, .., at g1ad Hs....# ..H -., ,a.t that g.aI rrad- .l. maintained t..a.t from the mines H.a1- tr. essential L. d.. as.# .1r-.rt .. t country l- water i= a.ta perform an iutr-eai
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aihg machines are getting beyond the toy age for when an aviator can aaE-r 1h- distance between Chicago and Springfield with two stops and ac- oai piish the feat in seven hours. means that he must do a little better thaa forty miles an hour and keep = uH
 Railroads Were many many years in reaching such a perfection that a speed of thirty miles per hour could be
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maintained for any number of hours It won't hc long before the geese flying south nr North as the ease may be will have ta get out "f thc way of the air line express as 1t goes living through .H- blue ether