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The Sexes In America.

America is the field in which VIII
be harmoniously adjusted the diner
ences of das Ewig-Weibliche and the
eternal domineering male. Woman
is not inferior to man but different
from him, as Stendhal would say.
Nevertheless, the two sexes are slow
" approaching, declares James
Huneker, in Everybody's Magazine.
The man of to-day is more fem
mime than his predecessors; that
is, he is more gentle, civilized;
while the woman, casting away old
fashioned incrusting prejudices, is
more masculine. 1. e., she is not only
more athletic in her tastes than her
grandmother-she is mentally broader
and firmer in her judgments. (Some
day she will be so far evolved" that
she will be charitable to her OWE
sex). The franker association OF the
sexes has proved tonic to the woman
refining to the man. These are school
boy truisms, but they will always
stand quotation.
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~ PzHZ11 HEN2Y NeEI'


cierge. But the man was persistent.
At last, at a signal from Madame de
WARMER, he was admitted to the room.
The presence of Madame de WARMER
startled him. For the first time sne
spoke. !,
my dear man, be discreet Behold
me, a woman, and at this hour OF the
night in a gentleman's apartment Is
not that a reason that you exercise
your discretion"
1t was cleverly done, her pertuoa'
ton and distraction. She made her
appeal dramatically, her hands clasped
in her anxiety.
Madam is mistaken II she thinks
am not discreet" protested the little
man. IF it we're possible would
shield madam. But he stands without
in the hall, this stubborn Englishman
Madam can save her reputation onl!
by retreating to the bedroom. Hav'
no fear, 1 shall not betray madam.
It was time for me to beat a hast
!. retreat. But my curiosity still he'll
me.
Have not told you" fiercely II
, terrupted DR.. Starva, that it is nc
his Excellency who is here wit
; madam? 1t Is a Mr.. Haddon, an
. madam is his nurse and l am hi
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CHAPTER XIV.
The KINGS Messenger.

A minute passed and the bedroom
door was again opened. Madame de
WARMER and DR.. Starva conversed In
hurried whispers, the electric light
shining full on my face. moved about
restlessly, but did not open my eyes.
Presently the woman seated herself at
INV bedside. DR.. Starva left the room,
the door being slightly ajar.
could not resist the temptation 10
half open my eyes. Madame de var
nier was praying fervently. regarding
with passionate alteration 1eweled
cross held before her eyes. A peremp'
tory knock at the door of the drawing
room opening on the corridor put an
abrupt end to these devotions, which
seemed to me so incongruous. Sne
clasped her hands; she listened, rigic
with anxiety. 1t may be imagined tina
Ii myself listened. scarcely less anx
ious. 1t was the concierge again.
Here is the Englishman's card. HI
saws he is a kings messenger. h
brings important dispatches. He IN
sists that were his Excellency at tn
point of death he must none the les
place these dispatches in his hands tf
night"
"But as his Excellency's physician
forbid it," replied DR.. Starva, with d
termination.
"And" entreated the woman glidin
| to the door, can you not make hi
understand how disagreeable it woul
be for me to be surprised In thes
. rooms, and that it would annoy >
/ Mortimer beyond measure?
, at is useless, madam. Have ! n
! told him that embarrassing circuI
! stances make it impossible that b
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ply ne POOR M,ll'onA,Rz.
" siohe for ths Breakfasts and me
Appetite Of His Youth.

.~rerranin Is all right, and" said the
stated millionaire, II like lobster anu
canyasback duck, but still ! don't pc
lieve get half the pleasure out o. me
fine things l eat nowadays that useo
to find in the plain food that we nad
years ago. in the days when We
couldn't afford anything else.
I'D give a million dollars or, Or
er-humm-ha, half million anyway
II could have now such breakfast
as used to have when was . boy
II could have now the same Appetite
to eat 1t with.
1--WE used to live in house without
any heat above the ground floor, ana
slept in q room that was colder than
Greenland. in feather bed under
about seven million patchwork bed
quilts. and I'd sleep ten hours In Ded
like that, as snug and warm and COM
Portable as anybody ever did under
swansdown coverlets in warmed
room. and then I'd get up in the MORN
| ing and go out and chop few cords
| of wood before breakfast, and then
come In feeling able to tear the wori0
apart and with an appetite that noth-
ing less than good. substantial foc0
and plenty of it would satisfy; an arr
petite the satisfaction of which was q
grand and stirring joy.
"For breakfast on winter mornings
we were likely to have pork chops
and buckwheat cakes, and such chops
and such cakes! Not little. thin. dried
ND. lean, halfcold, tasteless chops
from kitchen half mile away. but
big, thick, fat chops of home-fed pork
; fresh-coked and sizzling.
And the cakes! Not half heavy.
J paste-colored inside, thin, dull, lifeless
, and tasteless cakes, just warm, hut
} buckwheat cakes light and fuzzy and
; brown and generous in dimensions
. and all crinkly and crispy around the
D edges and good all through, and 80 hot
9 and steaming when they came on
the table that you had to look out and
o not burn your mouth when you began
to eat them.
And those chops and those buck
Q wheat cakes we used to eat, with tns
d pork gravy on the cakes! A breakfas
l. at for the very gods, though one mus
q be god, to be sure; he must be wei
10 and strong and At to enjoy it.
IS Grateful am that can bring bacl
If even in recollection the joys of an old
y time breakfast of pork chops and bucH
y. wheat cakes"
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Science of TickIishnesa

When one has found a suitable hS
tie playmate, preferably child Dc
tween three and eight years OF age
and commences to tickle 1t, wat nap
rens? In the first place, replied LIT.
Douis Robinson, famed for his re-
searches into zoology, 1t becomes
unite evident that unless the child Is
in a playful and responsive MOOD "
cannot be tickled. If it be unweii' OF
- a stranger or one whom the child
fears or dislikes attempts to tickle IT,
there is no response except resent
mont at An unwelcome interference
But as soon as a satisfactory unoer'
standing is established. the nttse one
laughs and wriggles with delight Al
though each movement is an elaborate
avoidance of contact, there Is con-
tinual invitation to repeat the tickling
Practically all children, in fact, ootn
nv word of mouth and act, show pients
~ evidence of enjoyment of the game
and invite its continuance inoen'ei'
Hence, one may say that there exist'
q distinct appetite for tickling. TINS
upon close investigation, proves 10 D
as marked and real as any OF the rec
ognized animal appetites Tan .
which, by the way. have an immedia'
bearing on the continuance OF the II
diyidual or of the race). This apps
tite for tickling has this in commo
with the other appetites. declares Gu
rent literature, that there are time
when desire is absent and provoc'
ton fails to take effect. Like the r
fiexes associated with the gustatoi
nerve, which makes part OF the app
lite for food the activity of which q
ponds upon whether we are hungry
the reverse, the reflexes that accoi
pany ticklishness are intermittent
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Rare Pilgrim Fish Caught.

Another Breton fishing town-Con--
carneau-has had novel experience
of its own. One of its trawl boats.
the Saint Louis, has just returned to-
port, not with the heavy cargo Of sar-
dimes that all the good folk 30 much,
desired, but with catch Of an entirely
unwonted and unwelcome kind.
This took the form of a monster fish
measuring not less than "a feet In
length. The fish Is one of the pill
grim" kind. and is associated with the
shark family, though said to be less fe--
rocious than the ordinary shark. As
the monster is very rarely seen, but
little that is definite is known of him..
The incident has no parallel within liv--
ing Breton memory.-London Globe
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physician. Tell this stubborn English
man that, imbecile."
Monsieur will please be reasonable.
cannot help using my eyes,
use them yourself II you will" des-
perately replied Starva. But at least
YOU need not tell this Englishman the
truth"
ut is impossible to deceive him"
persisted the concierge. "All day he
has been waiting for his Excellency.
A quarter of an hour ago he was
smoking in the garden below. He has
seen the light shining through the
shutters of his Excellency's apartment.
He knows that it is the apartment OF
his Excellency."
lyon can tell him that you have
placed Mr.. Haddon' in these rooms Tor
the night only" persuaded DIR. Starva
producing his pocketbook.
mo, monsieur" replied the con
cierge sorrowfully, his eyes on the
notes held toward him, 1T is impossi
BILE. He will tell the manager and
shall lose my place"
Go to this Englishman,' inter
rupted Madame de WARMER; demand
his business. Say that his Excellenc.
is i'll, very i'll. There have been day
that he has not slept. His physician
and his nurse have grave fears for hi
life IL he is aroused. To awaken hin
| is perhaps to bring on again crisi
of the nerves But as soon as n
awakes we will summon the English
man."
81 CO." the servant assented reluc
antly. But it will be useless"
/ dared not await the result OF hi
GRAND. / returned deliberately to m
; bed. deliberately. so that l might ne
, lose my breath. was in terribl
, predicament. To rescue myself frol
. /. / must make known my true identit
! without an instant's delay. III
: knowledge nat certai dy should NJ
, he believed made me hisitate. No;
9 had gone too far to retreat now.
/. my strait proved absolutely despera
!. and . confsssion was inevitable.
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Excellency be officially recognized to-
night?"
"And still he insists?" inquired Star
va angrily.
"As only the stubborn English can
insist. He Is outside the door at this
moment. He has sent me to you, not
to ask permission, but to announce
his coming. He refuses to go away
until he has seen his Excellency. II
the door is not opened in five minutes
he will call the manager of the hotel
His manner"
'I am giving you his card"
Captain Reginald Forbes" read
Madame de WARMER. well, we will
admit this Captain Forbes"
/ listened to this dialogue with a
trepidation that deprived me of power
to think or act. That fatal indecision
which, on certainly one occasion, had
already brought its tragic penalty
again seized me. The crisis impend
ing might leave in its wake conse
ouences too grave to be thought Of
might leave me a man disgraced and
i liable to the extreme penalty of the
law. And yet lay still, in a night
mare of INDIGESTION and inaction. i
was the same numbness of will tina
had paralyzed me on the Stralegl
Pass. Heaven grant that the cohse
, ouences now be not as disastrous!
, Iheard the click of revolver. Thel
, CAPTAIN Forbes was admitted to tn
salon.
sWhere is Sir Mortimer Brett?" h
: demanded harshly. y must see hir
without further delay May ask VIII
5 you are. sir?'
v "The physician Of his Excellency,
Z replied Starva, bowling. He was n
e longer attempting to deny that ! wa
q Sir Mortimer Brett. Sir Mortime
v is seriously Ill. refuse to perm
e him tn be disturbed. have brougf
t him hs.e to vitznau, hoping that til
] old surroundings may induce him I
II sleep. 1t is a nervous disorder Thu
8 has prostrated Sir Mortimer. He hs
] suffered tsrribT from tnsomniA TAsl
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The New York Bible society

The New York Bible society Ii
authority for the statement that no
Immigrant ship arrives at the port of
New York that Is not promptly Wis.
tied by one or more Of its agents,
who are authorized to put into the
hands of every immigrant who is
willing to accept the gift Of copy Of
the Bible printed in either one OF
"a languages. The society announces
fits purpose to push this good work
even more vigorously, and to try to
persuade the unwilling or Indifferent
immigrants to take them. It's a
great missionary work, done where II
is calculated to accomplish the most
good.
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about the meanest man I've seem
yet" said q head waiter yesterday
was little chap that blew in. here
Saturday. He looked to be from some
little town, and guess his trip to-
Cleveland was about the biggest thing
he had ever done. hadn't more than.
seated him. until he pulled out two or
three coins and handed me q quarter
IT guess It made him mad when he
found out that / wasn't the man that
waited on him. Before he gave any,
thing to the man who took his order,
he called me over and said would
have to give him back that quarter
Don't you think that was a shabby
trick for a man to do?"-Clevelandl
Plain Dealer.
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According to Lady Capel Wolsesley.
"a woman in England with an original
idea is booked upon as queer; with
two original ideas she il thought to
be crazy" And yet the English in
sane asylums are not full.
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A Chicago professor is alleged to
have put forth the theory that all
children should run naked until they
are ten years of age. II we could also
teach them to get along without meals
and candy our children might be COM
paratively inexpensive.
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ua>~,e =, beaievoa - ssaAny later =
nrv. n tAs meantime chance might
faver me: and my ruse - net wholly
in vala
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A Maxim contradIcted.

You can't get something for moth
ing In this world" said the ready.
made pruverbialist.
Can't eh?" rejoined the man wns-
mad been to Monte Carlo. You cuche
o see what the dealer takes In IN the
.aught at the roulette table
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Method.

He occasionally says things that
are wonderfully apropos," said one
statesman.
EYES," answered the other; he's
IKE our parrot at home. 1t doesn't
know much, but what it does know. It
Keeps repeating until some circum-
stance arises that makes the remark
seem marvelously apt"
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dom from punishment at the expense
of the others. And certainly they
would drag me down with them, II
for no other purpose than revenge.
No. this was not the hour for conf
dences: Captain Forbes was not the
man to be made confidant at sucn
an hour.
He looked down at me with cold re-
spect. Outwardly ! met his STEADY
look with something of fortitude and
composure, but beneath the clothes
INV two hands were clenched rigid.
From silk bag suspended about
his neck he produced two envelopes
He weighed them in his hand mo
ment; then he placed the bulkier o.
the two in its silk case. The othel
he held toward me.
'The Foreign Office, sir. has intrnst
, ed to me two dispatches. My orders
/ are to place them IN your hands at tn
, earliest opportunity. But one OF thes'
dispatches know to be OF great I'M
portance. shall therefore keep II 10
D the present, unless you demand It.
S mo. no." muttered hoarsely,
r cannot receive 1t now"
t Then tomorrow, sir, | shall hope :
t find you in better health Thec shal
e give you the second dispatch TIL
o one leave with You now, and may
t suggest that you read 1t u you
S earliest convenience"
. syO - 0osT1isUu0o
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-15
GRAIN MARKET WEAK;
BEARS IN THE SADDLE
Ideal Growing. Weather in
Wheat Belt Principal Cause
of Heavy Selling.

CHICAGO, June 1A.-Ideai weather In
this country and Canada for the new crop
caused fresh decline in wheat prices
here today. September delivery closing
al net loss OF 23Q2sc. Corn was down
&c. Oats were off To &c, Provisions were
13Gl0c 10 15c lower.
bearish all day and prices declined stead
ily throughout the session. 4 feature of
trading was liberal sales by several Of
the leading bulls who have been taking
principal weakening influence was the
favorable weather in the United States
and Canada The beginning OF harvest
prices at Liverpool n IN the s"s face Of oTse the
strong close here yesterday had a de-
pressing effect early In the day
The market closed weak and almost
at the lowest point OF the day. iSeptem-
Der opened t@sc to lA@1ic lower, at
oSs@939c; sold of to 91sc and closed at
92c. July sold between Saim9lgc and
closed at 9lic.
Persistent liquidation by local and out
side and longs caused weakness in corn.
The market was also subjected to heavy
sales by cash houses. which was gen
orally taken TO indicate an increase in
country offerings. The close was weak.
52Sc. sold off to b1ic and closed al Sic.
July ranged between 51i@52lc and closed
at 5lhc.
Oats for July delivery displayed con-
siderable strength early while other OPP
tions were weak owing 10 the excellent
weather. July also slumped off a lead
Ing long was the principal seller. Septem
Der opened 16ic to i@sc lower. at 35a
@35lc. sold between 500 36tc and closed
at 35sc. July ranged between 42tc@
a3Ac and closed al 42sc
Provisions were firm at the start, owing
to smaller receipts Of hogs here and at
Western packing centers.. Later the mar
lset weakened on selling by packers
based on the decline in grain. AT the
close September pork was off l5c. at
s15.775 lard was off 716I0c. at $3.50
STA; ribs were 10c lower, at sS.5IS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-15
MUCH GRUMBL|NG
ON PROVISION ROW
Every Succeeding Shower Adds
to the Woes of the
Merchants.
PRICES ARE BOOSTED
AND DEMAND DECREASES
Goods on the Market and the
Prices at Which They
Are Quoted.

Every succeeding shower adds TO the
troubles Of the Salt Lake provision n,er-
chant and that he has had an abundance
OF trouble aforetime cannot be denied
The volume of business which ne has
transacted thus far this season was not
haf as heavy as he had expected and
weather. Supplies are arriving in small
quantities. for the farmers cannot gath
er their fruit and vegetables and these
S1 40 not ripen nicely during the unfayora
pie weather. The result is that prices
are boosted and the demand decreases
But little farm produce was market
ca Friday and much OF the goods was
Inferior. Strawberries were unusually
scarce The few consignments that
reached the market were not as - )od as
some that have preceded and prices were
merchants had considerable difficulty in
disposlng Of the stock. The desirable
grade is selling at IL cents a box or
two boxes for % cents. Cherries are
Mushrooms are more plentiful and are
selling regularly at 20 cents pound. Be-
cause OF the light demand. pineapples are
20 and 25 cents each.
The. supply OF fruits and vegetables will
be lighter today than II has been on tho
corresponding day for many weeks.
Strawberries. Is cents a box or two
boxes for 25 cents; cherries. from Is to
25 cents box; logan berries, cents a
oranges. from 25 TO so cents a dozen :
bananas. 80 and So cents a .dozers
New Utah potatoes. 12b cent? a pound; ;
25 cents; tomatoes, 25 cents a pound :
peas. thSee pounds for % cents; string
beans 20 cents a pound. lettuce, 5 cents
cumbers. 10 cents each: carrots. ) cents
a bunch, beets. cents n bunch. The
same prices and conditions Will obtain
on the FISH market as on the day pre-
Cp6lOR Iunn0rfo6 6roSSa6 hnnc will sell
at % cents a pound and no supply OF
Utah broilers Is expected
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Bradstreet's Review.

NEW YORK, June li.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say Weather, crop and re-
tall trade conditions over wide area
Of country have changed for the better
mistlc than for some months past. In the
Northwest, parts Of the Central West and
In some sections OF the South higher
temperatures have encouraged freer buy
Ing OF summer goods and made for more
cheerful advices as 10 the wheat and
retailers stocks the country over are
large that reduction sales are numerous.
aud that flling-in orders from jobbers
and manufacturers are negligible quan
tity as yet. In lumber. interior buying
at ls,ge Western .centers IS most active
down TO aver; lower prices.
Lake copper remains steady at last
weeks prices. but Electrolyttc Is some
what lower. Business Is quiet. European
smelter stocks are said TO he light.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending June IL number lel
week Of 1906 l75 in 1905. 1Sl in 1904 and
le5 in 1903. Canadian failures for the
week number %. against is last week and
Guiding nour. exports from the United
states ard Canada for the week ending
Iunn IA aggregated 376 98e bushels
against 5, ,2s9i3S last week; 2,S29,2i2 this
week last year. 6SS.017 In 1905 and g.
ioO,3li In 1902.
vear the exports are 1s4,32l.s6o bushels
sraiosf 1gO a5s. .S55 in 1sO5-O6 SO, ZOO, ,267 In
1ao4.o5 and 242. .s5s. $50 In 1907 -O2.
Corn exports for the week are. 7s3. .i55
bushels, against Las .o65 last week; 800
SSs wear ago and 5,0s9 in 1905. For
the fiscaI year 10 date the exports are
30 5g1 ssi bushels. against l0ISlT325 In
ioi5 06 and 6,+a2.3io In la04-o5,
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COPPER HIGHER IN
THE LONDON MARKET
Red Metal Remains Quiet in
New York, With Quotations
Mainly Nominal.
cCPPE r,

New York exchange .S2l.5i

NEW YORK, June l4.-The London tin
market was higher, with spot closing at
an advance at ElSs, while futures were
15s higher, at slS0. Locally, the market
was quiet. with spot quoted at s4l GAO
42.l2s.
Copper had a sharp advance in the
London market, with spot closing at
f2 los higher. at seT los, and futures
at e bs higher, at ss2 los. Locally, the
market continued quiet and quotations
were practically nominal Lake was
quoted at s23.75@24.50; electrolytic. S22. so
@23.50; casting, s2l.50@22.25.
Lead was unchanged at S5.7595.s5 in
the local market. but advanced 5s. TO
22l SIS. In London
Speltcr ,was 2s sd higher, at s24 los in
London. but was dull and unchanged in
New York. with spot quoted at S64O0
$50
Iron was higher In the English market,
with Standard foundry quoted at Sos Cd
and Cleveland warrants at SIS. Locally.
the market was quiet and unchanged.
No. foundry Northern is quoted at
S25.o0@ 26.25; No. 2 foundry Northern,
$24.50@25.75. Southern grades are NOM
ina so far as the New York market is
concerned.
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New York Flour and Grain.

NEW YORK. June l4-Flour-Re-
celpts. 500 barrels. exports. 800 bar
rels; market dull and barely steady.
Wheat-Rcceipts. 100 300 bushels; spot,
weak; No. red, 95c elevator; No ele :
vator. 973c (. o. b. ahoat; No l North
ern Duluth. sl.049 T. o. b. a1oat, No 2
hard winter, 9sac t. o. b. anoat.
With the exception Of brief rally in
the first hour wheat was heavy all day.
closing at about the lowest poin, of the
week. Active liquidation developed in
response 10 poor Liverpool cables. better
weather small weekly clearances and
bearish Russian news, Final prices rep
resented lg62c net decline. July, 973@
9s3c. closed at 9sc. September. 9Ssc6
Sl.00s, closed at oslo: December, Sl.0O50
! 00E. closed AT 81 00i.