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Russian leo Breaker.

The breaking OF ice in the harbors
Of Russian seaports has always been
a serious problem. According to news
paper reports the Russian government
has accepted new 1900 ton ice
breaker, Peter the Great, which will
assist vessels through the perilous
Gulf Of Riga. This harbor has hare
tofore been dependent on the ice
breaker Yermak Of Reval. The new
vessel was built at Gothenburg. Its
length over all is 1905 feet, its great
est breadth sos feet, and its draft
twenty.one feet. Most OF the ships
hold is taken up with the machinery.
which includes main engines OF 2,40O
horse power and 1900 horse power
engine for the forward propeller. The
vessel has rounded bottom and con-
siderable flare to its sides. The two
centrifugal pumps for filling the side
tanks Of the ship can be used for sal.
wage operations by means OF deck
couplings. The ship is lighted by cleo
tricity and equipped with q search
light. The engines, under forced draft,
indicated 1925 horse power on the
vessels trial trip. and gave speed OF
14ls knots. The total cost OF the YES.
sci was 100000 marks ($240,3S0).
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Cause For Not REFUSING.

The Countess Howe always had
very strict religious scruples. and
never accepted any invitation on Sun.
day, but always devoted that day to
her serious duties. On one occasion
at Windsor, when she was In attend.
nnce on the queen. some party was
proposed by the king for Sunday, at
which he was anxious that she should
be present. But the countess could
not be induced to deviate from her
fixed plans OF secluslon on that day.
The queen. who was q witness of the
discussion. was surprised at the coun.
tcss's frmness, and could not help
saying afterwards to her:
II wonder at your resolution. I am
sure. II the king had been 80 urgent
with me. I could not have refused"
Madam" replied Lady Howe, his
majesty Is your husband"
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Factory Own. Itself.

Richard and Florence Cross Kitchelt
describe very Interestingly In the
April Worlds Work the experiment Of
a young professor named Ernst Abbe.
which resulted In the perfecting Of .
cooperative scheme for the Carl Zeiss
Glassworks In Jena, Germany. This
young man, q scientist and an in
ventor, had been taken into partner
ship by Carl Zeiss. and on the death
OF the founder, he acquired sole pos
session Of the works. Two years later
he created the Carl Zeiss stiftung.
To this foundation he transferred
the ownership Of the business and
controlling share in the atiiliated
glassworks. That Is, he transferred
the ownership Of the Zeiss works to
itself.
All workmen are guaranteed q det-
mite weekly wage which Is the mini
mum they may receive. But all work
is done on q piece basis and the week
ly income is supposed to be in excess
Of the minimum wage. In addition to
this at the end Of each year part
Of the surplus is also distributed. This.
during the last fourteen years, has
averaged eight per cent. OF the wages.
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Unknown Give. Gold to tn. Blind.


An extraordinary gift of gold to a
blind man by an anonymous donor
took place recently, In the Potteries.
says the London Mail. A well.known
blind man Of Kent street, Hanley.
who Is regularly to be seen In the
principal thoroughfares playIr a port.
able organ. was standing In Lamb
street, Hanley. when a gentleman.
who Is unknown to him, pressed q
small parcel into his hand, and asked
him to put 1t into his pocket The
man did SO. and half an hour later the
gentleman returned, and askeI him II
he had opened the parcel. He replied
In the negative. and his unknown
benefactor then informed him that
the parcel contained money, the re.
cipient then asked the gentleman his
name, but the donor had disappeared.
When the blind man reached his home
he found to HIS great amazeme Mt that
the parcel contained 800 In gold.
This is the second gift Of gold within
few weeks to blind men in TIE Pot.
teries. In the first case an unknown
donor dropped ten soverelgns In thu
blind mans can.
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would like to see him" she queried.
significantly.
Hooked at her and nodded. Iknow
the manager" she said. II will 80
and speak to him.
She jumped up and left me. In a
few minutes she returned.
Il believe Mr.. Adds will see you,'
she said. "A message has been sent
to his apartments. He is very Ill,
but has refused to see any Of the
doctors Of the place. managed to
have the information conveyed to him
that you are q specialist in malaria, a
celebrated American scientist, and II
is possible that you may be allowed to
prescribe for him."
In that case." said, II will leave
the hotel for q few minutes. II mes.
sage comes In my absence, keep II
for me. will you?" E.
I went straight to Shepherds.
reached my own room and secured the
bottle containing my pet mosquitoes.
Opening this with extreme care,
transferred two of the winged insects
to another and smaller bottle. These
I christened on the spot Lucifer and
Diabolis, my instruments Of ven.
geance. They Immediately settled at
the bottom of the bottle. They ap.
peared to be languid, doubtless be-
cause Of the lack Of their proper food
I slipped the bottle into my pocket
and went back to the Continental. The
concierge met me and said that Mr..
Adds desired me to pay him a visit,
and I went at once to the sick mans
room. He was far gone. indeed. with
acute malignant malaria. He told me
that he had contracted It In New
Guinea.
Il shall never go out aagin," he said,
"cntil they carry me away from here,
I have declined. however, to go to q
hospital, and do not want nurse.
can manage myself"
As he spoke he covered close to the
fireplace. I took out my small bottle
and. unperceived by him. removed the
cork and let one Of the spangled.
winged mosquitoes free. then turn.
ed and sat down near the patient
Presently there sounded on my ears
the well.mown musical hum of the
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In any case I get the fortune" she
mused softly. What am l to do to-
night. DR.. Matcbem1"
l took glass bottle from my pock-
ct. In this" l said, rs mosquito.
Captain Channing's room is on the
same corridor with the rest Of your
party. Go upstairs some time this eve
ming when no one is by, enter the cap.
tain's apartment, open the curtains of
his bed and let the insects which rests
IN this bottle have its freedom inside
the curtains. When you are certain It
Is safe inside. tuck the curtains down
again and come away"
thrust the bottle into her hand. Di.
abolis was fulfilled and ripe to pursue
his deadly work.
The next morning, by invitation,
breakfasted at the Continental with
the Denzas. l observed Captain Chan
ming rub his cheek, and saw the small
but sure bite Of mosquito in the little
red patch which irritated him. Rachel
noticed her f1ance's action and re-
marked:
so you were the victim last night;
was bitten the night before"
You refer to the mosquitoes" he
said. 1T is strange that they should
be active at this time Of the year. A
most persistent brute got inside my
curtains and worried me lot, but
finally managed to kill It"
So Diabolis was dead! 1 smiled to
myself. Captain Charming jumped up
and he and Rachel went out together.
Marian and l were alone.
When will the poison begin to
work?" she asked.
Probably this afternoon"
us one dose sufiicient?"
1T would be safer to give a second,
Marian. Can you help me to do IT."
Certainly. Will you let me have the
bottle which contains the insect be.
fore night?"
l nodded. She stared at me steadily.
"You clearly understand what my
collaboration in this matter means?"
"You get the money" was my re-.
ply.
"And the man!" she queried.
I'VE will speak Of that later" said.
My work could not be spoilt now.
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Rachel, deprived Of fortune and lover,
must assuredly turn to me. I must
soothe and satisf" Marian later on.
but at any cost size must finish what
she had begun. Just then Rachel came
up to US. looking pale and anxious.
II am 80 glad you are here, she said.
"Geoffrey Is not well; he complains OF
shlvering and headache. His symp-
toms are Just like those from which
Mr.. Adds suffers"
ran upstairs and saw Claiming, He
had slight rigor. which knew Would
increase; he had also sick headache.
BY evening he was very III. and 1t was
clear that all thought Of the morrow's
ceremony must be abandoned. Marian
had taken her place as nurse for Chan
ming, and managed to slip the glass
bottle into her hand. Early the follow
ing morning visited the patient.
Charming had got over the first attack
and was lying on his bed. weak and in.
different. Colonel Denza asked me
what l thought Of the case.
1T Is clear case OF malignant ma
laria." l replied. "The fact is. he
ought not to marry for some time"
"He must marry before the first. or
he loses a fortune!" exclaimed the
colonel aghast. Tomorrow is the last
day Of grace"
II don't believe he'll be able to go
through with It," said.
Just then Rachel passed. going with
feeble steps to her room. was struck
by her languid bearing and hastened
after her.
Are you Ill, Rachel?" I asked. "Is
this disappointment more than you can
stand"
1T Is not that" she said. II don't
know what Is wrong with me. feel
Just like Geoif did yesterday, shivery.
tired, headachy."
I told her to 90 to her room and lio
down. and she obeyod. A vague fear
clutched at my heart. I went down.
stairs and found Marian reading mag.
azine. She rose when I approached.
"Dr. Matcham." she said With sneor.
Ing emphasis. II asked you for . prom.
ise last night which you would not
give. 80. to make all safe. I took mat
ters into my own hands. It does not
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mosquito. 1t came nearer, and pass
ed me by. 1t selected the sick man as
a victim. A moment later and my
spangle-winged beauty alighted on ths
invalid's hand. He was about to brush
1t of. but I interposed. "One moment"
I cried; this is most curious. Let me
secure this mosquito: It is surely not
one Of the ordinary kind one finds
here"
AS I spoke I laid my hand lightly on
the insect. 1t fluttered In It's unwel-
come prison. secured 1t and slyly
slipped 1t back into the bottle. The In.
valid gazed at me In surprise.
1.-THE brute has bitten me-" he said.
1T is early In the year for mosquitoes
In Cairo. but l have been bitten be-
fore"
'Indeed!"I answered, with eager.
ness. "Yes, see you have mosquito
curtains round your bed"
"The season has been 80 warm that
they have not died of as Is their usual
habit" he replied. II think shall go
to bed. doctor; I feel q chill coming
over me-"
From that hour Frank Adds was my
patient, and visited him a couple Of
times day. I had fed my mosquitoes
one by one from tho veins Of the ma
larious victim, but Lucifer and Diabolis
I still kept in bottle by themselves
they were fully primed to do what mis-.
chief lay In their power. Christmas
day arrived. and two days afterward
the wedding was duo to take place. On
Christmas night I knew that the
time had come to strike. sought
Marian Fletcher and told her I needed
her help to further our plans.
II will help you on one condition."
she said. "You must marry me-"
"You ask the impossible" I replied.
II want to remove q certain man from
my path because I love the girl who 10
engaged to him. How can you expec:
me to marry your"
This Is case Of revenge" she an.
swered. "You will prevent Claiming
from having the girl anyway"
Listen. Marian" said softly. I'VE
will discuss the conditions afterwards.
II you fall to help me tonight It will be
too late"
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Her Exact Words,

Housekeeper-How's this? You
promised to saw some wood II I gave
you lunch.
Tramp recall no such promise.
madam.
"The idea! told you I'd give you
a lunch II you'd saw some wood, and
YOU agreed"
Pardon me. madam. Your exact
words were: I'll give you q lunch "
you saw that wood over there BY the
gate"
Exactly. That's Just what said"
well. madam. saw that wood over
there by the gate as came In"
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fought for Rachel's life. Should I a.
minister the spirleen and save my
self! No. It seemed useless. The Dc.
sire for life had left me, and wei.
coined the penance which I was
doomed to undergo. l resolved to re-
turn to New York while l was yet
able to travel, and die at home. I
have written the formula for making
the spirleen on separate sheet of pa
per. enclosed with this manuscript
Test 1t, Halifax. when I am gone; II
will work wonders In your hands. :.
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Thus ended Matcham's confession of
crime and repentance. Regarding his
discovery. used the spirleen with
good effect in several cases. and there
is no doubt that however the dead
man may have erred, he was a benefac
tor Of suffering mankind.
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IAN excellent sign." I said. "Your
attack Is not coming back"
His eyes were a shade brighter, and
I gave him stimulant. l sat there
another hour; still no rise of tempera-
ture. no sign Of the recurrence OF the
terrible fever. Already the man
looked better; he was able to turn In
his bed and watch me. | gave him o
second dose Of the disinfectant and left
him. I went straight to Rachel's room.
She was In paroxysm Of extreme
misery. The nurse who Denza had
summoned was seated by the bedside.
Rachel was delirious; she did not
know anyone.
1T Is very sharp attack, doctor"
said the nurse In French.
ut is." l answered. took the girls
white hand. pushed up her sleeve and
introduced the spirleen.
My faith In my discovery was justl.
fed. As though by miracle. Rachel.
Claiming. and last, but not least, Frank
Adds. crept back from the gates Of
death. Step by step I watched them
as health and strength returned to
them. They all spoke Of mo as their
savior and dare not disillusionizo
them. There came day when Chan.
ming and Rachel drove to the church
and were married. I crept back to
Shepheard's hotel after I had been
present at tho wedding. I was III, for
I myself had been bitten BY the dead.
ly mosquitoes, needing little what they
did 10 me during those hours when
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26

Greek artists. Evidently at some
early period the civilized races Of
Greece had a severe experience with
some wild race that handled horses
with superb skill Thereafter they
preferred to represent their legend
ary enemies as half men and half
horses,
The ancient Greeks and Italians
probably produced paintings TO a far
greater extent than we have hith-
erto realized. Works of this char
acter have inevitably been more
damaged by the flight Of time than
anv others. In the vast majority Of
cases the paintings must have been
completely cffaced by time and de-
cav. even though the medium on
which they were painted may have
been preserved.
IT is only in such places as Pom.
neii and lercuJancum. whore the
relics of the past have been bcrnlet-
ically sealed up, that We can expect
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ones. the business was Of souuder
character. Metellus veutnred his cap
ital in no enterprise without good
security
He deal, in tangible things such
as lands, bales Of silk. cargoes OF
wheat and objects Of precious metal
His ships ran TO every port Of the
editerrsnesn. aud he lent money
10 other merchants on bills of lad
ing Of their goods.
Among his business relics are
large numbe of receipts, some in
Latin and Others in Greek. MANY
refer to transactions in which the
banker acted as auctloneer. He
presided at the sales and made b's
profits on them In various ways
He lent the buyers the READY money
they needed for their purchases and
collected his debt at the end or the
month with high rate OF interest
He ran up the bidding at the sale
and received a commission from the
sellers on the price obtained AT
the same time he Increased the
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to find many paintings preserved,
The Pnmpeilans were especially fond
of paintings, and the finer houses
wero inyarla bly, decorated with beau
tiful painted frescoes
In the house Of MetelluS the
searchers have found not only fres-
coed walls. but detached examples
of paintings on wood and stone by
Greeks. Egyptians and Italians-in
fact. by artists OF every country
where the art was understood,
There is little doubt that this Will
prove the finest collection Of Greek
paintings ever found.
We know that the ancient Greeks
painted their statues in the ma jor-
ity Of cases and we must believe
that the greatest sculptors who ever
lived did not put inferior paintings
on their work. Some critics have
argued that a fine piece Of sculpture
well painted should be the highest
form of pictorial art, since it com
bines the two kinds.
Modern artists, however, have
never been able to effect this COM
biDation successfully, A painted
statue usually has toy.like air.
Perhaps the collection of Metellus
will teach us how the ancients
solved this mystery.
The Pompeiian Pierpont Morgan
possessed an immense collection OF
manuscripts. OF these the excava
tors have caught only a glimpse.
Many of the sheets have adhered to
one another until they form solid
block. like piece of carbon. They
will he separated by a delicate
chemical process. and the writing
made legible.
Here it is likely we shall find or
iginal manuscripts by such Latin
authors as Horace, Virgil and Ovid,
bv Greeks like Euripldcs, Sophoclos,
Aeschylus: Sappho and a thousand
other famous or forgotten classic
authors.
Compared to these treasures the
Coptic manuscripts on which Mr.,
Morgan has lately been lavishing
large sums in Egypt, are cheap tri-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26

sums when the buyers had TO bcr-
row from him. He was manager OF
the communal estates of Lamruris
among numerous sources Of profit,
One of the receipts of the banker
recovered reads as follows: tIu the
consulate OF Nero Caesar, consul for
tho second line. and Of Cassius Mar
tialis, on the tenth day before the
Kalends of January, at the request
of Pulha Lampuris, we, Sex. Pom
peius Axiochus. bear witness in
writing that Pullia Lampuris has re-
ceived from l., Caecilius Metelus
the sum Of eight thousand five hun
dred and sixty sesterces and
duumpundum, the proceeds Of a sale
BY auction, in accordance with
signed and sealed agreement. y
The transactions Of Metellus ran
up into the millions. They were so
vast that he used A special system
OF numerals not found IN other rec
ords OF the time. In these numeT-
ais the thousands we=e denoted by
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26
F1agged Train With Shirt.

Tearing his shirt from ms back sn
Ohio man tagged train and saved it
from a wreck, but Fl. T. Aston, Ra-
leigh, y. c. once prevented q wreck
with Electric Bitters. 81 was In 8
terrible plight when I began to use
them" he writes. "my stomach, head.
back and kidneys were all badly af-
fected and my liver was IN bad con.
dition, but four bottles of Electric Bit
tiers made me feel like a new raar.
A trial will convince you OF their
matcbless merit for any stomach. liver
or kidney trouble. Price 90 cents at
Schramm.Jnhnson, Drugs, o Stores.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26

files. The earliest OF the Coptic man
uscripts had not been written in
Metellus 9 time. But he possessed
the manuscripts OF the illustrious
forefathers of the Copts. the great
Pharaohs and their statesmen and
generals.
1t may be that the investigate tors
will find in this library some por-
tion of the Bible older than any yet
known TO exist, or if not that, an
independent Roman account OF the
Crucifixion and the events leading
up to it. That is a document which
has always been siugularly lacking,
for IT seems certain that some Ro-
man must have described that great
world event.
Metellus literally secured the
whole known world for treasures
and antiquities. His ships traded
to the Levant and Egypt, and even
brought him IN communication with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26
A Great Building Falls

when its foundation is undermined. and
if the foundation of bealth-good di-
gestion-is attacked, quick coilspse
eestion. DR.. Kings New Lne. Pills
should be taken TO tone the stomach
and regulate liver, kidneys snd bowels.
Pleasant. PIE easy, safe and only 25 cents
at Schramm johnson, Drugs. stores
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26

a numeral like our 'fS' 1yfrr On
its side.
The accounts Of MeteIlus indicate
that be rivalled the American
Standard Oil company as man
ipulator of legislators One OF his
entries reads; "To A. Pcmpaius
Jucundus, in connection with tbs
Cappadocian ruby mines, 10000
gold denarii.
There is unhappily strong reason
20 believe that this sam, vast one
in tie values OF that age, was paid
20 the Roman senate for securing
some valuable special privilege IN
Metellus in a foreign possession of
Rome
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26
Curious Fresco Depicting
Iheseus Staying the Minotaur,
Indicating Meteilus's Love for
the Grotesque.

the Far East-Iudia and China He
paid any price for that which was
rare or beautiful. His captains
knew that they could obtain a
greater recompense for Babylonian
stella or a Sanskrit veda than for
the richest cargo Of silk they might
bring,
lie lived at period when the
priceless accumulations of Greek art
had Just been bought or stolen By
the Romans. The choicest Of these
things Law within the reach OF his
discerning eye and ine1haustible
purse,
Here probably we have The rich
est storehouse of antiquities ever
found
Wax tables found In the house
revealed the character Of the bank
ers business and his methods or
conducting it, While the methods
were perhaps simpler than modern
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-10-31
DEFENDS MISS MIX.
Democrat Thinks Be Bad Policy To
Change School Superintendent.

Editor Clearwater Republican:
| see in your last issue that some of
the democratic speakers made some
dlsparaging remavks in regard to our
County Superintendent method of
running the School affairs Now any
one knowing Miss Mix and knowing
her tireless energy in trying to make
our schools the pride of every resident
OF Clearwater county, will think this
article useless as her business methods
needs no defence While the afore
said politicians are travelling over the
county telling the poor deluded tax
payer OF her eXtravigance in spending
the enormous sum of FOURTEEN
DOLLARS for telephone fees, in assist
ing the different school boards in Sc
curing competent teachers for the
thlrty-five districts of the county. She
has remained in her office, ATTENDING
quietly to htr duties as superintendent
Now II the superintendent had been
notified that these same taxpayers
would object to having such a larpe
amount expended in trying 10 oct the
best teachers possible she would per-
haps have reduced the bill to $751;
but she knew they only wanted the
best for their children and acted ac
cordingy. We think that change
IRON certainty to an uncertainty
would be very poor policy, SO let us on
election day forget party lines, on this
Office at least, and vote for one who
HAS MADE GOOD and will CONTINUE
TO MAKE GOOD.
A DEMOCRAT.