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Show 1 NtaMtMM U w - . THE IV NO. VOL. MORNING EXAMINER OGDEN 55 UTAH, SUNDAY CITY, MORNING, fabric of the Irama, no less be clearly explained. This it especia.lv true of bait par. Butte Cy makes use of her fi.fi r o d :;ger. In the mefievau Java r,: when tho Shor ins wcre'de-fac.:uers of ih'j land and paid uln Is.'.: - io a HJil.alo white dciflcaiion ty 1:1s people Isolated kin from the Leu of all sate the Shogun . hen the fleiy Sanvs.-a- i sustained hi; diitmio or feudal l::rd In revolt against the ruler, the institution of hari-Lar- l was establish-- , d fur ti.e purpose of punishing thus? cf rank that fell under the displeasure of the sovereign. Gilbert, in The Mikado," makes the punishment fit the crime and bulling oil" la suggetited as the pro.i er mode of expiation. Gilbert's idea was purely satirical. Death for disloyalty or throng'd the Shogun's displeasure, meant self deutructloa in the older Japan. The august mandate'' front the The Son of Heaven." writ Mikado, really a leltre de cachet. It came In the guise of a message." and If accompanied by a sword or dagger from the Mikado meant that tlie receiver waa condemned to suicide. Accordingly he selected a clow friend and in his transpresence committed hari-karlated means the happy' dispatch.'' The weapon with the blood still on the blade was then plunged In melted rax, to form a preservative routing, anil waa then given to the family who held it In great veneration. Jn the first act of the Pucrliil opeia before the marriage scene BrtrSv begs of her lover that she be allowed to keep a young girl's potseisions. Among these la the fateful dagger with which her Samurai father nude the happy dispatch." The American bridegroom bega to see It, nut knowing Its sinister history. Butterfly beseeches him to wait and iaya It away with reverence. Goro. tbe iao rlage broker, approaches and wbiuper. to the young naval ofilcer "I! was sent by the Mikado to her father with a The young ofilcer asks message ? softly: Ami her father , Waa obedient, replies Coro, with a gesture indicating hari-karIn the aecond act the fatal dagger appears again. Goro, anxious ta make a aecond marriage commission, presses the suit of the amorous Prince Yamadovl, strong In tbe belief that Butterfly has been deserted 'By her American husband. Butterfly equally strong In the faith that her husband will return, rejects the Prinre. Goro prowls about the premises of Butterfly anil insinuates to Suzuki, the falih-fu- l maid, that no ona knows who la this babys father. Butterfly, I takes the sacred dagger, rushes to Goro with Sayt again and I.'n kill TONIGHT. The King of Truipi, which ccmei la truly on Ame,0 the Giand tonight. Yankee Doodle rica comedy net tousual "Mu-ic- i alike the Comedies" (?) this pier contn plot, with an Interesting story, a set In a lolly, jingling romp of rollick-lu- g music. Not a jumble of old Ohio s.gs. but a merry awing of treiody -- r the ear; real jhat charms and delights Yankee Doodle' music sung r :th a vim and a dash that causes the blood to tingle and the feet to patter. A style of performance that will please all people who appreciate common Mute comedy.' WEDNESDAY. The Seattle Times has the following to say of The Belle of Japan. which will be rendered at the Grand Wednes- night: Russell k Drew have a good New Tear's at ti action In The Belle of Japan." which opened a week's run at the Seattle before very large and enThe thusiastic Audiences yesterday. play Itself Is n little out of the ordinary of pouplar priced offerings, being more of a scenic comedy drams than a melodrama, and still possessing the necessary amount of sensationalism to please a general clientele. The cast Is well balanced, Introducing aa It does two popular players whom Third Avenue plavgoers met last season In The Missouri Girl," Bessie Clifton and G. Harris Eldon. -The play revolves around the attempt of s Hongkong dive keeper to buy a pretty Japanese girl and force her Into s lire of sbsme, lielng prevented from so doing by two lively Americans who happen to be la Yokohama st the time. Miss CUftpa plays the dual role of Tltl, the Japanese girl, and an American girl, Gloria, Eldon aruuaea many very capably. laughs aa a Boston drummer In the Orient and Mabel Bailey lend good, comedy assistant's aa a maiden' aunt from the States. During the performance a clever specialty la Introduoed by Goto, n Japanese juggler. The settings, particn ularly the last act, showing n tea with the sacred mountain. Fujiyama. In the background, la effective. There will be a matinee tomorrow. ; THE TRAGIC STORY OF MADAM BUTTERFLYS" DAGGER. ' ...... -- a. , i ? , "i v' ' , " ' . - - th? t T 4v ' i. V . & i Jt .' - i'v 7 ' ri v.i, '? i ' - " V I t The significance of much In Punch nt's Madam Butterfly, the Japanese gland opera which will be given here soon, might be lost through lack of knowledge of Japanesf thought and character which underlies the delicate FIVE CENTS per gram; deejl pink. 2 lira (about 40 cents) per gram; pink, I Urn (about Co cents) per gram: light pink, S.50 to 4 lira taboui 7u to M) cents) per gram; pure pluk, 5 to 60 lira (about 61 to 12) per gram; white, almost pink, 0.30 hi t lira (about 6 to 20 cental per gram; pure while (marble). 0.20 lira (about 4 cent) per gram. Aa a rule Japanese coral has some while apots somewhere. Itallaa coral has no white pore. I am informed that .while coral (Japanese) haa boon expbned In Urge quantities to the Vniied States from the district of Naples for use In the manufacture of fancy buttons, and artificially colored by means of aniline. When ao colored they have brought times high price, about twenty-fivwhat they would bring In their natural color; but the color la abort Uved and failei lu a few weeks. Italian and Japanese coral are in the provinces of Genoa. aud Xaploa, Italian cmal at Bclaccar In the province ; Girgeuti, Sicily, and the island of 3 . alula. e d Boat Card. Freight Department, Kansu and C. ProhlbltUinville, December 2Uth Dear Sir: HI ease send for your rase ol books at onor. It la leaking. B. H.. Agent. Life. It. A. company, KINDS AND PRICES OF ITALIAN CORAL. Tjfe'&Vjvr-.y,K7- Consul James Jeffrey Roche, In a letter from Genoa, explatna the grades and values of coval sold In Italy, as follows: Tbe color of 1 Lallan coral la general-- , a pale red lint. It la usually In manufactured spherical beads, nude . Into necklaces measuring about fifty five centimeters (centimeter, 0.3M7 of an Inch I and weighing 151-front 10 to Ml grains (gram, grains).' These are sold a) front 30 cents to f5, according to the size of the beads. The highest price of Italian coval la 1 lira, or aliout 30 cents, per gram. There are three colore uf Japanese coral red, pink and white. The prices are a follows: Rough - that Is unmanufactured-re- d, 50 lira (about f 10) per kilo (31-pounds): pink, 800 to 5,0(10 lira (about 00 to fl.OtHl per kilo; white, 25 lira (about $5) per kilo. Manufactured, rod and deep red, 1.50 lira (about 30 renta) ly of . J . I : i. gar1-de- Goro boats for merry and flees Butterfly leu her eyes fall on the dagger and Is liornlW at the thought that abe waa alniut to dcilie the blood uf her ancestor with tliai of her enemy. She totters to 1hr shrine and restores it to its place wtih a prayer. In the last act of the opera the ominous dagger appear and completes the calamitous mission for which fste had destined it. In thia act, the poor little geisha wife la brought t.i a realization that she has been set aside by him she loves, and aupplanted by a real .American wife," who la anxious to take from her the idol of her heart, She aetfils the tiaby son "Trouble. Suzuki to play with ibe child without and ihen prepates herself fur the Until tragedy. She aianda before HndJba motlunlesi, lost In sad thought, Then linwlug before the god she offers up a prayer. Taking the dagger from Its waxen sheath she jiluusly kisses the blade. Holding it before her eyes, she roads the Miksdo'a message" engraved on tbe blade: To die with honor When one can no longer live with honer. Site then retires behind the screen and ends her unhapplneos. Puccini with his exquisite musical grace, aymbulisea the dagger and Its tragic significance with a harmony that Is one of I he fascinating Japanese hita of bla beautiful score. In fact, melodies are many true Jupanese throughout the adroitly Introducnd score, 'hut in such s refined way as never to suggest any attmept to be tricky or flanihuoyatit. you! v.:-.- i, - PRICE 1907. o nl day 24, TP J2j a 1 i 1 FEBRUARY - 2 f -- 1 Jr r- " .:r witii r.-.!:c-r, TH.c Umpire' conurg soon to tiie Grand. f' 'v,' i i,f - J r ; l ' ' 'v jL 3 Butterfly, at the Grand, Monday, March 18. Madam ETT3 CT O you want to ha ona the vice prealdents, at leut, grunted Sterhea Gower, as he looked up at Sen Meade. "In the course of time, yes, said Ben easily. Tve an Idea that I could make a very good vice president. Meanwhile I suppose that It's gwitch-or something like that I dont m Wanr a clerkship. ; ; Gower sprang up with beamVnic ft.ee. dear boy,,, h. said My warmly, i have had a hundred sons cf old friends azk me for chances. Mery one wanted to start at the top. You're the first one to want to begin (he right end. Come to dinner tonight and Til have a letter for yog to give tho division superintendent Meade made acknowledgment and Upped out of tho office. .He had jnnt completed his college Count and the trip to Europe that had followed IL He had a preference for and his father had sent him w Gower, president of the B. Y. k A. ' t ' Mabel Gower waa waiting la the passenger room to hear the regult'of the Interview. She wan n little war-tiefor she knew how her father fel toward thoae who came to him wl'b letter. "What luck? aba asked as ha earns toward her. "Bully, ha answered briefly. I ann come to dinner thio erenlsz acd he'll put me on somewhere.' I hope It will be here in torn, said. "The heed office la the rall-rondl- . d, 1 best. "I'm not going In the office, he 1 want "Pained. to learn railroading. gome yard job la nearer my aize. But you'll get your taanda all dirty." she objected. ":i "The dirtier I get them the quick- -' I can get ahead, ha laughad. Come, let's make the moet of my at afternoon. They went out through the station and for n time forgot- - railroading in wore personal matters. v 'ibel had met Ben In England. ' was nothing approaching an between them, but they knew pretty well how each other f'lt and It waa partly thla that had led Ben to turn to railroading, The dinner waa hla first appear- rs at the Gower home and Mabel beamed aa ahe saw what a good he made upon her father. Fhe was moved to seek to take advantage of It when he had left. You ere sending Mr. Meade out M the Carson division? she aakad. ? r.hould think yon could use him here In the office. . I could, said her father. ! "I -- i could use him In the office and hed he an office boy to the end of bis days. Leave him alone, daughter. He's under a hard master la Danvers, but If theres everything In the led old Charley Danvara will bring It out. Tbe boy has started in right. Don't hinder him. Ben soon found for himself thr.t Danvers was n hard master. The man was an excellent division superintendent, hut hla brief stay at headquarters had shown that he was not more than that gnd he had gone back to hiq division. Since then he had seen others better qualified climb over hla head and hla disposition had become soured. He demanded the beat that was la a man and somehow managed to get It'out of them. He was prejudiced against Ben because he had coma with a letter and for tho first three months hla work aa .wiper in the Carson roundhouae waa that of an Inferno. Ban bore It patiently, there was Danvers no complaint and preec-tl- y found himself rather liking the boy. He promoted him to fire a yard engine and before the end of tbe first year Ben had a freight run. He waa firing for Pete Mi bee and under hie training rapidly qualified ae engineer. That he did not also become an anarchist was not Pete's faulL Hla brain waa filled with dreams of equality and he waa never so happy aa when declaiming upon the Crimea of eapltaL Ben took hin diatribes good offering Just enough objec-t'o- c to provide P:te ground for an argument, but he would never listen t Petati abuse of Gower and gradually it became understood that Gower wee a tabooed subject. For come reason Pete hated Gower more than anyone else. All of hla venom waa directed agaiaat the man for whom he worked, but ho waa clover enough to realise that the "Old Man waa liked hr eve employe of tho road and he wae used to being stopped off. Ho would grit hla teeth and with a darkly warning, "My time will coma some day. held hla peace. Bee waa glad when Pete wee taken on aa express run and he received Til for himself. Mabee'a doctrines had long since grown tiresome and It was pleasant to sit In Pete's old eoet end hold the thrctle on the engine that had come to seem like an old friend. He was sitting on tbe steps of the esb one afternoon eating hla luncheon while waiting for a special to go by. A party of erstern capitalists were visiting tbe president of the H. T. k O. and ii waa reported that the line was to become a part of n great traniconilpesU! syqttm. Makes had been talking about It in the ro'irdhoTSse the night before and nrodlctlrg all orts of disaster when the road should pate Into alien haada. "Tua old man la sd enough, he had growied, "tut these other are' worse yet?"' They'll pinch and atarve ue to got- iron money for tbemselree and we can go and hang.' The others had shut bim up in shert order but the words lingered in Ben's memory end he waa talking over the probarili'ict with his fireman when, the station agent came to the dooy and beckoned wildly to fel-So- - fireman and Is firing himself. Theres a blind bacrye nn the front end and t.tey'ccn'i gd at him. How close lr I.eV rfked Ben. Just parsed Itsrwiv." Tei! em i'll ncke It," he announced. He lii'.bed nut of (he office and up he irn-- l: to wiirre 73 stood ni'Piirc; hut Impatience o.er the deiay. Co: , (be conductor, stood be.sidv; (he cab. 'Tncoupie the eslne," Een called "You, Corse, throw to hla fi tee swiicb and itirov It back tfter we peso. Don't rk questions, He spraag inu 'he rah and Inina-tlctilhis Newton, worked at the coupling. Presently Xew- - y (he Mack. Suddenly ho straightened up. "The special la hack there. he We can't get to grant beahouiad. fore they catch up. I know It, Ben answered. Jnst give me the steam. Ii'a all right. The He looked anxiously hack. special waa .tearing up grade. On curve he could count the cans There was the baggage and three special rosebes. On board were the eastern The chances i men end their wives. were that Mabel formed one of the party and she and they were at the mercy of a maniac. A few miles beyond tha road made the famous figure eight cuiwe to drop down a grade. At the speed tbe aperlal was gotng they would jump tbe track and tumble Into the gorge. Newton glanced anxiously back from time to time. "Theyre gaining on ua, he cried. Ben smiled and slowed up a little. The special was not more than a mile away now, another minute and tmt half e mile separated them. He Could see Ms.bee iu the cab dancing and gesticulating. ; Now ibe train was coming closer and he pushed the lever over a little, cad another mile he could see Mabee clearly. Tbe train were lose than a quarter of a mile apart, and the special was gaining ateadlly. Newface, workton, with ed madly at the shovel, hut still the train drew on. Presently with a mild bump the special hit 762. They were so nearly at one speed that the shock was no more heavy than when a coupling la made. Ben shut off steam and climbed back on tha Under. Mabee peered from one of tha windows and Ben waved his band at him. '"Hallo, Pete, playing tag?" he called. "I'm coming over to see you.". He worked hla way to the edge of the tender and dropped down on the pilot of the special. For a moment he waa afraid be would not got a balance, but be clung to tha headlight and presently waa .making hla way along the running board and stepped Into the cab window. "You're running on my time, Pete, he ehouted serose the cab. "1 waa told that the special would he held heck until I could get out of the way. One of the boys was hurt and I waa running to Grant for a dorter. "Ton won't need one now, chuckled Maybee. "Ive got the whole lot of fiends on board and Im going to drop them down Ayal canyon." Who' firing for you? he asked carelcMly, aa he looked for the fire fear-distort- ly, BEFORE THE fcXD OF THE FIRST TEAR BEN HAD him. Ben went dowe the track on a dead run and dashed Into the office. The agent waa hack at thr telegraph InatrumenL Ita Danvers, down at Carson, he explained. "He want to know if you can find some way of stopping tbe special. Mabeea run1 ning away with It. Why not uao the erali? ns. geeted Ben, wondering why It had not been thought of before. The derailing awlteh was on leading to n sandbank and wH for runaway engines. too fast, was The train's-i.'ointho answer, . Mabee'a hilled hie A FREIGHT RUN. ton sprang on tbe engine. Coughing loudly 7CI slipped up the track, peat the twitch and onto tho main line. Ben, looking back, saw that tbe iwitch wai replaced end worked tbe lever ever to full speed. Tha road here ran up grade for soma ten mils, but tbe light engine began to climb the hill at a good speed. She had been In the passenger service before she bad grown out of date and could still hold a good rllp. Newton, bending "vr hla work, nd a dense kept tha fire roarlnr plume of black smok toured from man. coma Into the wouldnt scheme, chuckled Mabee, so I had to get him nut of the way.' I threw him off nl Persona, where then's a oft sandbank." "Great Idea." commented Ben. "Bha needs more coal. I'll fin for you. It aecma like old times." He dropped down and dropped a few ahovela on the flames.' Mabee eyed him approvingly. "That'a right, he chuckled. We'll tnke the whole crowd dean into You alwayn wen a good eternity. boy, Ben." Bens ready acceptance of hla Idea lulled auaplclnn and when tbe fin box had been filled he climbed up on Mabee'a aide of the cab and stood behind him. I'm going to' toll the bell for them' ha ehouted in the mnnlae'n ear. then rllmbed back to tbe fireman'! tide and began to pull the bell "lie rope. Mabee grewaome He staggered unsteadily to tho footboard, but as he started to climb down he lurched forward and would have fallen bad not Stephen Gower caught him In his arms. Tbs pain and excitement were too much for him and now that the danger waa over be tainted dead away. When he recovered eonarlouanasa ho was on a sofa In the directors' car and a surgeon wae cauterizing tha wound la his boulder. ' "I expected to have a bigger job than this, he commented, when they manned the wrecking train. Ten miles more and you would have been over the edge of the canyon. . "Pete will be awfully dlsappolc-e- d, laughed Ben. "It waa the chanee of bla life to destroy capital and now I've spoiled even his belief In human nature." "It was splendidly done, praised "Tour Mabel, pushing forward. fireman waa telling us how you made that Jump." That waa tha only risky part, but I knew that explained Ben, old 761 would art aa a brake In tha long run and it seemed safe to make ahouUd with glee at the Ben pulled Juke while with desperate energy. The, cord waa stout and It was aome time before he succeeded In pulling It off the the bell. In time hla desperate strength won and with a gesture of disgust he cut the rope where It wa fastened in the cab and threw It on the floor. He climbed down afte it and fired the engine again. Mabee, looked ahead, to catch the first view of the down grade. He never even turned when Ben climbed en hie aide a second tlm The ' noosed bell rop slipped down over his body without Whining, pinioning his arm to hla aide, the apart ends were fastened around tha post of the window, before Mabee realised what had happened he wee securely trussed up. Hla legs were still free and be sought to kick hla betrayar, hut Ben bad dropped heck on thf .foot board sad Mabee struggled in vain. There waa a heavy raka used In cleaning out the firebox and .with thla Ben angled until h could catch Mabeea legs. Then he .climbed psst the now helplese man nnd gradually hut off steam. The engine ahead had acted ae a sort of brake ever since they had humped, but tyey were still running at frightful speed and it was more than s minute the special slowed down. Mabee had managed to lean forward far enough to catch Ben's shoulder In his teeth nnd the boy had to endure tbe pain while he worked on tbe throttle. .Then there came a rush from the coaches and the train hands sprang Into the cab and released him. . unu-plriou- s, lie-fo- re 'try.'" You Jumped Into a superlntend-enr- y, said Gower. "I have had aome very good reports frdln Den- vers and I have had my mind made up for aome time to call you to Now that you have proven your ability to act quickly In an emergency I guess I won't wait any longer." "I guess I'll have to stay engineer long enough to get this train along, said Bea struggling to hla feet With two engines out there and no engineer I guess Ill run aa far aa heed-quarte- rs. Grant." One of the eastern men made a motion of dlseent, but Gowe- - pushed him bsrk. "The hoy's clean grit, he mid. "Let him go." He looked Inquiringly at the physician who nodded. "The wound In the shoulder la he mid. "It will not hurt him." Mabel Insisted ou climbing Into tha cab with him and with 763 still la front Ben took the throttle of tho pecinl'a engine. They were rounding the figure eight when Mabel caught his arm. "Thats where he wanted us to go over? she asked. Beu nodded. And you saved my life. she murmured. "I cannot realize It even ' yet." "Ton see," he laughed. "I want to marry you. That'a wh I did It. "You don't need to make such n trenuos courtship, she laughed she kissed him, "hut I'm proud cf you, dear." - T - s6T |