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demned block from the abbcy-which We
know to have been built on tho western
wings, adjoining the baths. North and
south the little block il bounded by tire
Boulevard ST. German and the Rue de
Sommerard. anciently the Rue des Ma
thurins, unde~ which two great yaulted
halls were discovered I'm Napoleon ITIs
time They can be seen only on specia,
permission.
The treasure vaults are somewltere
there. deep down. Since the middle ages
they have been protected by legal
specter-Drivate property rights. Ia fhe
midst OF a populous city, tho land pan
ceied and built IN no one has had the
right 10 undermine his Geighbors foln-
dations For the first time in the col-
turics syndicate has had the o7port1i-
nity to buy tho block and tear il down
The treasures are theTe-deep down Er
low the antique level OF the city, Nhich.
tourists soc. is twenty feet below tie
present Boulevard ST Michael
the rich men who will make the search
have months OF splendid eNrteneni he
fore them. When the block is down and
they got to digging. they viii take turns
watching. nditng-for the secret Of the
antique palace. dornus aGla degum-for
the treasures OF the ha thS Of Julian
STERLING HELLO.
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Franks and Normans in their influence
on Paris:
What shall | say of Paris that
capital city. formerly so celebrated by
its glory. riches and the fertility Of its
territory. whose inhabitants lived in
perfect security so that il might justly
he called the treasure Of kings and the
rendezvous of the nations. is il not
now but heap of cinders rather than
a famous city: mum magis ambusto o.
cineres guam urben nobilen potts est
cernere?"
II is the night of the dark ages. yet
the old palace. or Palace of the Baths
Of Julian. still stands. uninhabited or
partly Inhabited As late as the year
1850 Jehan de Hauteville said Of ii:
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The Martinez.

HTHE martinez never succeeds.
typical martinez vas the well
known one who. having ordered his men
to change their shirts. aud then having
learnt that they had 10 shirts 10 change.
said in that event they must change
shirts with each other. beard yesterday
Of still another t,pe 81 martinet.
The speaker was eol. Hugh Lenox
Scott o. West Point. lie continued.
This chap, a captain, s;roGe ~ To one
Of his men AID said with 2 fearful
frovr.
= Who's tho idiot that ordered you -
leave that mess of empty meat cans ght
here in front Of headquarters.
1T was the colonel. s.r.' The man
piled.
VERY we'll then. said the captain
sharply let il stay there. And you-
leaves stopped for a week, my man, for
calling your colonel an idiot
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force Of habit. When the mystery Of the
most romantic palace of antiquity has been
cleared up, when they have demolished
the block. probed every cubic yard OF its
foundations. torn apars the venerable
subtcrranssu masonry and dug deep TO
End lost vaults. tAcy will erect palatial
American do-Iaitory huird.nSs-badiE
needed for the students OF the neighboi
inG Soroonue.
Tive Americans, they sat, are in the
learned adcvnture-James Ilazen HYDE
o. international university extension use
fulness and Edward Tuck. friend Of j.
r Morgan and patron Of Malmaison.
home villa of Napoleon and Josephine.
With these. the names Of wealthy French
rnSn like the Due dues and the Perriers
show tic high interest Of the search.
II IS the mystery % the Latin quarter
slttering with gold and Jewels lost treas
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its gardens and hid their loot in its
deep Roman treasure vaults.
Did they discover Julan's cache" OBJ
yously no. or history would record il.
The. neye~ found the treasure OF Sol
omon's Temple. hid by Alaric at Carcass
some. Only a few al a time knew the
secret of any single vault. and a they
regularly died violent deaths. they st
hid more trea sIre-and forgot it.
Da2ooert did. 1t is patent history.
Adolphus, Gothic king, having forcbly
married Placidia, daughter OF the great
Emperor TheOdosius. al the house of
Ingenuus one Of the most illustrious cit-
zens of Narbonne. in Gaul received as
her dover what became known as the
Gothic treasure, the spoils Of her rav-
aged country. Fifty boys in silk bore
each two gold platters. full OF gold coins;
fifty girls III silk bore gold cups. full of
diamonds. rubics. emeralds. sapphres,
ca rbuncles and topaZes. There were
heaps of costly and curious ornaments.
ropes of pearls. earrings. chains, sixty
gold cups or chalices, fifteen patens fol
communion, twenty gold boxes to hold
tine gospels and the famous missorium
or banquet dish, 800 pounds of solid gold.
jewel studded. 1t had been given BY
Aetius. the patrician. to Torimond. an
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trogoths oVerrunnng Europe. pil1agins
Rome. fighting among themselves, and
setting up Kingdoms in fair cities
The night Of barbarsm was setting over
Europe; but il came gradually. The bar
barians did no; always burn and destroy.
or even kill. Sometimes their chieftains
married into TIE imperial family. They
became Christians. They thought them
selves fine fellows. set up housekeeping
and reared families in the palaces and
villas of the empire: and they even took
baths in the Thermes of Julian at Paris.
The palace of Julian became the palace
of invading Franks. Childeric. Clovis.
Childerbert, caribert, Chilperic. Clotaire
and Dagobert took their pleasure by its
fountains, cooled their hot coppers in
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The Very Worst.

CLEMENT j. DRlSCOlL, at A dinaer
- in New York, told a number of anus
ing stories about his strenuous life as
commissioner OF weights and measures
last year.
~ friend OF mine. said Mr. Driscoll.
noticed one morning that his grocer
looked very sad
What's the matter. old man? nv
friend asked. jc!;ingiy. The weights and
measures man hasn't been dropping in
on YOU. | hope"
Yes. he has, snapped the grocer.
But YOU don't really mean to say,
exclaimed my friend. that he caught YOU
giving only fifteen ounces 10 the pound
Worse than that groaned The
grocer. I've been giving seventeen ("
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This palace OF the old kings whose
summit rises 10 the skies and whose
foundations attain down to the realms
Of the dead. In the center one dis
tinSuishes the principal pile whose
wings. spreading, seem to embrace the
mountain II is the Mount ST Gene
We've, where the pantheon is today.
What happened 10 the Palace of the
Baths in the l50 years between 1880,
when il was intact, and 1340. when the
ground was acquired by Pierre de
Chalus for the monks of Cluny". Ger
tainly nothing rema med of il a century
later, when the present beautiful abbey
rose--tEe baths were its wine cellar.
IL had been dismantled in the hands
Of fayorites: but the majesty OF old
kings protected it from degradation
until Philip Augustus himself cut
through its grounds 10 build his nex
wall of Paris.
We know the eastern limits of the pal
ace. II was the present Rue ST. jacques
antique high road to Genao oum. the name
OF Orleans when Paris was Lutetia. In
Julians time. the palace protected this
route south.
The western limit for excavations is the
tiny Rue dc Cluny. separating the con-
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TULIAN'S Spoil of the
Churches and Dagobert's
Loot of Narbonne Lie Un-
derground in the Latin Quar-
ter-In Lost Vaults of the
Gallo-Roman Palace = Ro-
nance and Mystery of the
First Beautiful Paris Called
Lutetia-Made a Cinder
Heap by Barbarian Hordes.
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Megaphones in Oil.

DORERT HENRI. the well known
- painter. was discussing in New York
very mediocre old master" for which .
Chicago promoter had paid an exorbitant
sum
The man is content With his bargain"
said Mr.. Henri. I'm sure OF that. To a
millionaire OF that type, YOU know. an
old master is merely a megaphone Tor
his money to talk through.
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other Gothic chief who actually got
away with it later to Spain There was
also a large table, whose top was sim
gle emerald tthe wonder of the empire,,
circled with three rows Of pearls and
supported by 36J legs of gold. jeweled
everywhere, and estimated at 100000
pieces of gold coin.
This treasure stayed al Narhonne, in
the palace of the Goths. King Da colbert
happening down that way from Paris.
took charge of it when he sacked the
stronghold Missing the missorium. he
started off to Spain TO get il, but the
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1t was the antique City of Light, the
Gallo-Roman Paris of the great peace,
following on the conquest Of Julius Cae-
sar The conquering Romans gave more
than they took. They showed the igno-
rant but artistic-tempered Gauls how to
build roads. villas. forums. public build
ings. great baths. theaters and the whole
beauty Of civilization as it already eX-
listed in perfection in Italy.
All over central Paris remains of this
old culture have been dug up Under
the Paris Notre Dame-carefully pro-
tected when the modern pavement was
lad-are the marble and mosaic floors of
eight rich Villas. 1t was a beautiful in
spiration to leave them there rather than
put them III a museum. IN the garden of
the Luxembourg have been found mosaic
no>rs. frescoed walls. an ala baster box
Of jeWclry and precious stones. two leal
safes. containing Mo gold coins from tire
t.mperors Galba to SeveruS and from AH-
eustGs to Nolusian: bronze and marble
statues. and decorated pottery. with th;r-
ty different artists signatures
In particular tho antique world ad-
nlrcd the Paris palace of the Caesars .
kind of Niceroys governing Gaul for Rome.
These Cluly baths were its extension. IT
was vast. with marble columns noble
and menaeer!es. Built by Constantine
Chorus. father Of the Emperor Cons:an-
tine the Great, about A. D. :fS, it grew
in extent and ma9nifcence
:. :.
TO this first Paris palace came the Vice
roy Julian. in \. ID. $50. philosopher ma :
sician and pagan 10 the core, determined
enemy of Christianity. then fiouris' ins
although the world was still divided
Roman protec,0rates were also threatened
the Franks OF Germany had invaded
Gaul: and Julian was great general
Franks. made three expeditions beyond
the Rhine. restored The cities of Gaul and
enriched Paris. where personal luxury
attained height hitherto unknown.
The next year Julian. vicc~oy threw off
the mask. In this Paris paace-some say
i'll The vast hall Of Tie athS, which still
r"man-his generals proclaimed him en-
neror of all the Roman dominions And
q. cnce Ee set to work to sack the
churches.
He : called Julian the Apostate for
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Not Literal.

COy DIX at a dinner in Albany. said
~ of a disappointed political wor ger:
He made the mistake of taking his
leaders promises literally. He was Ike
The puzzled young wife. who said:
- always understood that George
was very fond OF the turf, and vet all
summer long. I haven't been able 70
get him to touch the lawnmower.'
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Tourists walk over il when they seek
the Cluny museum. in that jewel of an
artistic Gothic-renaissance abbey where
French kings of later date took board be-
cause tuc luxury was perfec.
From one room they 20 down fifteen
steps through a barrel-arched door-anJ
cool air strikes their sgeterinc tourist
brow. WHAT changed architecture. The
vast hall is deep down. on the antique
level of the city, twenty feet below mod
cru streets. Its massive walls rise ~ a
round Roman arch We are in Rome,
In cool twilight the tourist realizes ths I
he stands in the baths Of the antique
Roman palace from which the successor :
o. julius Caesar governed Gaul. The
abbots ot Cluny. building on tho ruins,
Kept the baths for their Gine celldr-So
had the level bf middle age Paris already
risen Here q door led TO the Sweatn.;
room. another 70 the bathtubs: and the
good ,bbots briched them up. Here we
still see the swimming pool. and the
inches whore patricians lay on couclcs.
At one end, still deeper down, they have
cleaned ovt the Roman furnaces for heat
ing water, just beneath the sweatn-;
room. with great system OF terra-cott.s
pipes and heat flues.
The good abbots knew none Of this
Or cared none. When did men stop bath
ing IN the palace baths Of Clunya
II is tho story of another Paris laugh
ing capital Of white stone amid greerery.
in 4 fair plain threaded by white. level
hi:hroaGS. smooth and wide. 1t is a
Paris of fountains, gardens. roof terraces.
fiowery Villas. vast stone circiSes and
thcaters in tho cpen air. forums, public
games. promenaGes and groves.
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ICII msn have
bought q Paris
nlock-to tear 1t
down and seek for
antique treasure.
1t IS pure cultured
curiosity not a
IN ouev making
proposition. Yet il
will make money !.
even the fancies of
the sober rich pro-
dIlce 1 PEI cent by
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Tie gushing fountains Of this other
Paris were fed By an aqueduct nineteen
miles long and fifty feet high in some
parts. al OF massive stone and brick.
F. en- the city smoke was perfumed-th"r
burned ONLY wood. 1t was the frs lovely
Paris. called I.atetfa. II delighted tine
vo.ld-and disappeared like dream.
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Inspect before you reject 1t isn't fair Judge mans
IDEAS works until you've taken much find
him uDrong as he devoted to proue himself right.
You don't gain distinction through blind and bullying crt
csm merely distinguish yourself bunptiou De-
sion discloses ignorance oftener than it imposes it.
The gift Of destruction Evidence of superiority the
Vandas razed more of Rome than her genius had raised
In
The unusual is seldom Dubious hy it's unusual In
uentions inevitably crude BIRTH but you-so
the uniUeyse.
There's generally fault in every proposition percent
age of upenkness doesn't eliminate all merit.
Perfectionis a matter of Development
The first talking machine couldn't speak half loudly
could squeak.
The telephone a toy.
Success possibility until it has been shaped by
painstakng endeauor and heartbreaking labor
We longer believe "what can't can't be-" We've
heard of many who walked straight gold
they behed only the rock and the which held
thousand generations Of black danced and fought
above the dirt that hid the koh-LNoor.
Peer little and little less. Lnuest few
cheering been known yield ncalcuLabe interest
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Don't Be a Smart Aleck.
-fopp,rsxHt nm. y n.s>.-e xsus.s>

Encouragement is the fertilizer of ingenuity and daring.
You can't possibly lose than time and generosity by helping
another hope harder.
The loan of the right uord the right prove
Uorking capital to the strugger
The most that is expected of any Of us good try.
If think that succeed don't bele
The rdicule of your peanut soul only delay
progress it can't aLay determination.
The doubt of superficial thinkers the unfair unconsidered
of the saou finally lend force confidence.
After detect the faaces Of critics. cling all the
tighter 70 on opinions
Before you fools for head be that
you aren't trimming piece of personal millinery.
AS contemporary of Marconi the Wright Brothers, Madam
Curie Nicola Tesla, VIM. McAdoo Submarne Lake and An
drew Carnegie the habit Of deciding any finish solely the
evidence of his start appeal you Dasted
bray.
Bgotry can't iue in the atmosphere with mile
tunnels and and fifty Met
ropoGtan towers and oversee telegraphy.
You tell the ultimate product of inspiration
than decide the colors of tail by gacng
at the egg from which he will hatch.
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ures Of 2 Roman emperor and king of
song and story who put his pants on
wrong side front in the last red glow of
classic twilight, before the dark age
night
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the harm he did to Christianity. Vast
wealth was promptly torn from the al
tars. Christian patricians were fined and
looted. Julian collected a vast treasure
from these sources whose extent can
not he easily eNaggcrated-gold vessels,
jewels, mosaics. worries. silks. ernbrOid-
cries Of gold and stones, statues of ivory
and alabaster. marbles, sacred objects
loaded down with diamonds, rubies, en-
eralds-all for Julan's pagan gods.
Julian's i'm was TO rejuVenate pagan
ism by an admixture of philosophy and
occultism.
Instead he died. Being acclaimed real
emperor in Consta ntinople after the
death of his master. Constantius. he made
a victorious campaign in Persia and died
of a iaveln in the liver.
He had fastened cast from Paris. by
tine force of circumstances leaving his
gifts to the heather gods unmade. Never
again was he 10 sec the Gaulish "a pita |
lie loved and praised.
Il am wintering in my dear Luteta.
he wrote only two years previously. the
beautiful little city Of tho PARISH BY its
crystal river. whose waters make such
an agreea BILE beverage. Winter is mild
because OF the nearneSs Of the ocean.
The Vineyards produce a delicious wine
that foams and sparkles fproba bly, the
champagne of the Marne, already then
invented and afterward forgotten for a
thousand yearsD. and the Parisians even
rear fig trees which they wrap In wheat
straw as in a suit Of winter clothes
THE women are renowned for their
beauty and vivacty," he continued. and
it is they who propose marriage 10 the
men. instead OF being asked for. Be
10 af tba pf fha
gods The youag girl fills Ter cup with
vine drinks half and hands the re-
ma inder TO the youth of Ecr choice. And
never" added Julian, has bridegroom
neen known TO refuse. such is the happy
disposition of the PARISH,
All this charmed the pagan soul Of Julian,
vino had planned to lavish immense treas
ure on the temples of the old gods In his
dear Lutetia. The loot of the churches
and rich Christians lay hid in the palace
vaults: there had been no time to make
The gifts. with ceremonies and sacrifices
And We see that he never returned what
,.ecame of the treasure:
II is there Yet.
History has il that Julian was neuras-
,henic on one point. though brave. he
dreaded assa ssina ton. having IL his
childhood seen his family massa cred bN
u pretender to the Roman crown. 50,
nc rad caused vast sdbterranean pas
saees TO be dug and vaulted. under the
palace. TO enable him % escape in case
Of danger. Corridors iii which two could
gallop abreast on horseback undermined
the grounds and led out in several di-
rectons. one is supposed TO lave led
to a heather temple beyond the Boulevard
St Germain, on which the Abbey Church
Of St. &ersna n-des-Pres was later built
one Of the Cluny Museum guardians told
me about il only last Sunday. Nor had
he read the story: lie had heard it from
his father.
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Somewhere ii these vaulted passages
concealed door leads TO the treasure
chamber. Or. moro likely. it is deep. deep
down below the known vaults OF the
hhbey OF Ciuny built high over the old
palace ruins thousand years later.
Certainly, the a5bots never found the
treasure or they would have made
.iaadiose ceremony. Think. the jewels
and god of the first martyrs, In partica-
lar tradition tells of twelve massive
statues of the twelve apostles all of gold
made at Rome in early days, supposed
to be true portraits. Perhaps the abbots
searched. We know nothing of their
means nor the state of the ruins on which
they built.
Because night intervened--the night of
the dark ages. Tourists passing through
the barrel-arched doorway from the per-
fectly preserved abbey of 800 10 the
ruined baths of 3O5 have difficulty in
realizing the ages that separate them
Julian heat the Franks back eyond the
Rhine. Bright. cultured Lutetia was To
live on a hundred years and become
Christian. Then came the Franks. the
Huns. the Goths. the Visigoths and Os-
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PARIS. August ~, 1911.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-22
VARSITY WILL PLAY
IDAHO THANKSGIVING
Football Season Will Close
With Contest Nov. 80 on
Cummings Field.

The university football team il putting
I'm hard ]icks In preparation for the
final game OF the season with the Uni
versIty Of Idaho. The game will be
played here on Thanksgiving day and
will be good card as tho public has
wanted to see a game between these
two schools ever since they played a
tie game here in a foot OF snow four
years ego.
There is no way OF getting any COM
parative line on the respective ability
of the two teams as neither has played
any team that tho other has met Idaho
has slwys been strong factor In the
northwestern football conference and
this year appears TO be no exception
although they have no chance now TO win
tho pennant They have PLAYED three
big games this season and have lost two
OF Them and Won the third, The teams
to which they lost were Washington
university and the Washington State
Agricultural college. both teams winning
ny the score Of II to o. The other game
was with Whitman college and Idaho
won. 5 TO O.
Coach Bernlon is taking no chances
and the time from now unIil Thanksgiv-
ing VIII be spent in hard work After
The Idaho game is over the men will
put away their suits and all that will re-
main for them TO do will be 10 elect a
captain for next year. Alonzo Romney
Is candidate for recollection
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-22
"U' FRESHMEN WILL,
PLAY WITH OGDEN

Once more the university freshmen
were disappointed in their expectations
Tor game with Granite. The two teams
Wcrc scheduled to meet on Cummings
fieid today hut for some unknown rea-
son the game WAS cancelled. 1t has been
now nearly five weeks since The fresh
men have played game, OF course.
they would not have continued practicing
mad ihey known that they would not get
any games, but since they have been such
an important factor in putting the varsity
team INTO shape their work has not been
entirely useless. although as far as tho
fellows themselves are concerned they
have done lot OF work and have got
nothing but many bruises for their ef-
forts.
The fellows were upon the point Of
disbandinG last week when they got word
that they would go to Ogden next Satur-
day for their final game OF the serles
Jhe boys have been working hard all
week for the game, as tney are deter
mined 10 end The season with a victory.
At the close Of the season the boys will
he given heavy white sweater coats tor.
their work his season,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-22
UTAH TO THE FRONT
IN PUBLICITY WORK

r. G. Wilson. who was one OF Utah's
delegalion al the recent convention Of
the American Mining congress in Chi
cago, returned late Monday night, after
an extended trip through the east
Mr.. Wilson spoke in glowing terms OF
The work and address OF John Dcrn as
president OF the congress during the last
year, and declared that the great success
or tho conclayc was largely due to the
prominent utahn's efforts
Mr, Dern s speech was a revelation, :"
said Mr. Wilson, ''and he set forth min
Ing conditions and operations from both
past and future outlool<s in clear. con
else manner, which left no room for
douot as to the duty OF the congress.
One of the most important moves
launched at the convention was that of
securing governmental aid in the develop
ment OF the mining industry.
In all great economic gatherings 7
nave found that Utah is well represented
and Is accorded a premier position The
publicity work OF the New York chorus
OF The tabernacle choir on its eastern
irlp has been most commendable. and is
deserving of the big reception planned
mere: The presentation of the silver
service TO the battleship Utah was I'm
presslye and will live long in the memo
ries OF those who witnessed it
Mr.. wilson declared that he found bust
ness conditions in the east more healthy
than FOR months past. although the un-
dercurrent Of unrest had not been en-
tlreiN overcome in Wall street
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-22
AGED MAN INJURED
AS RESULT OF FALL

Charles II. Newman. aged I6 wears.
was slightly injured last night as tho
result of being pushed out or the door
OF Japanese restaurant at ~ CONNER
cIal street by four Japanese emnloye es
OF the establishment
AS the aged man was forced from the
door OF the restaurant he fell upon the
pavement striking upon his night leg.
The hmb was severly bruised. but was
nor broken. Newman was removed 10
the emergency hospital al the police
Sta a.ion. where nc was Gyien medical al
tention by Dr. s. G.; Paul. city nbvsician
Newman said that he had merely en-
tered the restaurant and asked the price
of meal when he was forcibly elected
from the door: The japanese say that
Newman was intoxicated aud was cans
Ing trouble