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Stock Exchanges.

1t costs $25, 900 or more to become q
member of our Stock Exchange, but the
charge for entrance to the first stock ex-
change ever started-that in London
was only sixpence. This was in the
Stock Exchange Coffee House in Thread
needle street, where the brokers met, as
they do to-day, to drink and talk about
values. Bulls and bears were not then
in existence. Mention is made of a Stock
Exchange inIondou before the American
Revolution, but 1898 appears to have
been the date of the origin of the present
one. The first meeting place for brokers
was the Rotunda of the Bank of
England. At the beginning of this
century 500, 010 was raised and build
ing put up and members elected by bal
lot at subscription of about $50. When
a new member is now proposed for elcc-
ton he must be recommended by three
members of not less than four years
standing, who engage to pay 81, 500 each
to his creditors in case he should be de-
clared defaulter within four years from
the date Of his admission, but if the can
didate has been q clerk in the Stock
Exchange he requires two sureties
only for 81, 500 each. In the first case
the entrance fee is S525, and in the latter
$315, with subscription fee of $112. A
notable feature of the London Board Is
that there is no official tariff for COM
missions, and competition is allowed full
play among the brokers, to the great
benefit of the spccu!ating and investing
public. Each broker must hive license
from the city, the same us peddler,
which costs $25, but this carries with it
no right of admission to the Stock Ex-
change Members arc forbidden to ad-
vcrtisc, which deprives the newspapers
of some profit. Defaultc"s must have
raid at |, ast onc.third of their debts be-
fore they can be rcadmittcd. The Ex-
change officially sends to the newspapers
the names of defaulters. There are about
1000 members and about LOO clerks.
Only $50 Of these members are brokers,
the remainder being jobbers. The
brokers can only buy and sell for clients.
! but the jobbers can speculate. The reve-
nue Of the London Stock Exchange IS
$3.50, 900, which leaves net balance OF
$780, The building debt has all
been paid off. The Exchange is always
in executive session, as none but mem.
bers and clerks are admitted.-New York
| ET1Dhic
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Imitation Butter and Tubs.

Imitation butter must be put up in Ell.
liptical tubs in Denmark. This is Singh
lar sort of rule, and one which probably
would not commend it>clf very highly to
manufacturers of this kind OF butter here.
Butter itself having been inflated, II
seems logical enough TO initiate butter
tubs also, and all the little cloths and
papers and schemes of packing which set
off butter so we'll. Besides, imitation
butter, which is So perfect in all its de:
details that it cannot be told from real
butter, can be sold much more protitably
than it could if it were packed in a tub
whose peculiar shape would amount to an
open avowel of the imitation. But there
are some deeply rooted notions in Den
mark, and one of them is that imitation
ought not to be carried too far.-Hdr.
pers Weekly.
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A SnOW.White Ibex.

In the Owl Mounta ms, Wyoming Ter
ritory, is seen at long intervals snow or
white ibex. One of these rare animals
was recently killed by an old trapper and
hunter known as Shoshone Jack. The
snow ibex attains the size of the big-horn
or mountain sheep, has coat of dazzling
white and is of the true ibex breed. 1t is
both active and powerful, and when
driven to bay is most dangerous adver-
sary. Its massive horns, with the back
ward sweep of two feet, are formidable
weapons and are formidably used. Some
years since Tom Anten, then mountain
prospector and hunter, now half owner
in the noted Bonanza oil spring, Big
Horn Basin, came near losing his life in
an encounter with a snow ibeX in the
Owl Mountains. Tom was in pursuit of
band of blacktail deer, when he eSpied
ahead of him what he at first took for
moving snow heap. Soon, however, he
saw it was an animal, and moment later
knew that it must be the famed mountain
rara avis, a snow ibex. The ibex, an old
ram, was within fair range, and Anten
at once pulled down upon him. At the
crack of the rifle the animal fell in its
tracks. fastening up to secure the rare
prize, Antcn suddenly found himself
confronted by the infuriated animal. A
most tremendous ''butt" sent the hunter
flying into the air, and when he struck
the ground the ram was on top of him.
And now the heavy, curved horns
of the furious brute were dashed
again and again against the
anatomy of the hunter. Every bone and
joint felt the fearful punishment. Finally
Anten succeeded in grasping one of the
heavy horns, and dragging himself to
his knees. confronted his furious assail-
ant. He held on desperately, and was
forced to the brink of rough and steep
mountain wash-out. Here Antcn Sue
cced"d in drawing his hunting knife.
He made several inrffcctual passes with
this weapon, and the closely c!asped foes
went down the wash-oat together. The
ibex struck the bottom underneath, and
the keen and ready blade Of the hunter
drank deep of its life-blood. Again and
again did the knife strike home, and the
snow ibcx was a corpse. When dressed
the carcass weighed 125 pounds, and
the flesh proved excellent eating. The
Owl Mountains seem to be the only
Wyoming district in which the snow ibex
is found. There are said to be a few in
certain localities of the Montana Noun
tains.
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The general result of this table is
startling. In civilized countries nearly
one-half of one per cent of the popula-
tion is thus confessedly untitled for the
duties and burdens of life. Outside of
these there must be large number who
either escape official observation or who
are only partly incapacitated in these re-
spects. The comparison between differ
ent countries is also startling, but
conclusions must be accepted guar dedly
on account of the in u'iiciency of the
statistics. Italy shows an extraordinary
number of blind; Germany, of idiots,
probably due to that curse of South Ger
many and Switzerland, cretini<m. In
Great Britain and the United States in
sanity appears to be very prevalent,
which accords, 1 believe, with medical
experience. Some of the numbers are
inexplicable, such as the relative posi-
tion of Norway and Belgium in the to-
tails, and are probably due to differences
in the methods of gathering the sta
tiStics.
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"KiIIing" q Salmon.

One evening W. J. Florence, the actor,
sat in a New York club room, telling of
his exploits on o salmon river in New
Brunswick. elbow many salmon did
you catch!' a visitor inquired. Florence
nearly fell from his chair at the ignorance
displayed in the question. Fishermen,
sir" said he with freezing hauteur,
''never use the word catch as you apply
it. They kill salmon. They never catch
them" The rcbuked listener turned
scarlet, but made no response. A mo-
ment afterward Laurence Jerome, the
father of Lady Randolph Churchill, and
an excellent story teller, began to talk Of
his adventures on salmon stream. He!
was describing himself as standing on g.
bank at daybreak whipping "Jack:
Scott" over the water, when he hooked e.
big salmon. Il was so excited" he said,.
"that I dropped my slungshot in the
water and lost the fish" dropped
whatl" Florence asked, in eyed
astonishmcnt. "My s.ungshot," Jerome
replied. why, what could you do with
slungshot at such time9" Florence in
quired. "Best thing in the world to kill
a salmon WITH" Jerome said, going right
on with his story, while everybody
roared. philadelphia Press.
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black clouds have crept over all the
brightness of the heavens and hidden the
harvest moon from sight.
A flash-an instantaneous report, and
Polly sees her lover stsgger in his seat
his left arm falls powerless, struck for
ever useless at his side.
She has her horse beside him in an in
slant; she comes close to his side, while
the great rain drops fall FLASHING down
upon them. She takes up the stricken
arm in her soft hands, and presses her
young lips upon it.
"Polly~ cries Coniston, wildly, "do
you love Bradford?"
''Oh. now she says.
"Will you marry me2"
EYES," she whispers.
"Now-to-night-this very hour?"
eyes, this very hour if you wish it.
Oh!' cries the girl, wildly, "Jack, I'll
be so good to you. I must be. don't
you see? This-this.m She touches his
arm as he tries to guide his horse and
hold her to him, both. ''Hc doesn't
need me like that, and you do; and it is
my fault ought not to have come out
tonight with youm
''Thank God you didm
"And," she says, slowly. as they turn
their horses heads, "besides, II love
you; is it not strange?'
every. And you will not regret own
ing fellow as-as helpless as I am,
polly"
mo" she answers, thoughtfully. and
looking at her by the lightning's frequent
flash. he sees the strength, and warmth,
ard tenderness, and love, that he has
need of.
Polly" Coniston says, through the
pelting rain, as they ride back to
Brighton. "it seems to me as if my whole
life had been an Interrogation point.
and as if you were the blessed answer to
it."
And so it fell out that the reverend
pastor of St. Mary's was called upon to
marry two drenched people that Novem-
Der night, and that the Earl of Coniston
put off his sailing date another month.
=. Fannie Aynaer Mattheaos.
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Odd Names of Illinois Towns.

Frog Pond is in Fayettc county.
Log City is in Knox county.
Bonus is in Boone county.
Moonshiuc and Windyville are in
Clarke county.
Hog Lake and Mosquito are in Chris.
tian county.
Sixteen and Goose Neck are in Nc
Donough county. Chicago News.
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No "Vice Versa"

"Let me see some Of your black kid
gloves" said Mrs. Snaggs to clerk at a.
Fifth avenue store.
'NThese are not the latest style, are
thcy?" she asked when the gloves were
produced.
eyes, madam" replied the clerk.
"We have had them in stock only two
days"
II didn't think they were, because the
fashion paper says that black kids have
tan stitches and vice versa see the tan
stitches, but not the vice versa"
The clerk explained that vice versa was
French for seven buttons, and Mrs. Snaggs
bought the gloves. .--Boston Globe.
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The Amoteur Gardener.

When rising Sol with Frightening rays
The landscape is alorning,
And woodland warblers with their lays
Salute the golden morning,
Th man who owns patch of ground
Is not in slumber snoring;
He then is in his garden fonnd,
The beds for weeds exploring.
He plants and sows and rakes and hoes,
And waters the tomatoes,
And digs and sets in hills and rows
The Earty Rose potatoes.
He labors for couple of hours,
Then into breakfast passes,
And what a pyramid devours
OF fapjacks and Inolasses!
His toll may never bring him wealth,
But tits source of pleasure,
Bestowiug on him robust health,
The greatest earthly treasure.
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Knew 1t All.

There once lived in the town of Nor
way a man named Palmer, who was noted
for his homely looks, his mechanical in
genuity, and his witty sayings. He was
jack at-all-trades, and, unlike most OF
his kind, Il master of all. lie operated
grist mill. filed SAWS, and mended watches
with equal dcxtcrity. One day Z fussy
old citizen, who knew too much, engaged
Palmer to file his saw and stayed by
while tie job vas done. He volunteered
so much advice that he wearied Palmer,
who said to him: Mr. Blank, what you
and know about filing a saw I know!"-
Leaoiston (Me.) Journal.
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FAITH AND WORKS

No answer comes to those who pray,
And idly stand
And wait for stones to roll away
At Gods command.
He will not break the binding cords
Upon us laid
If We depend on pleading words,
And do not aid.
When hands are idle, words are vain
To move the stone;
An aiding angel would disdain
To work alone
But he who prayeth, and is strong
In faith and deed,
And toileth earnestly, ere long
He will succeed.
-U G. Rockwell.
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"Imust have my pay for writir e those

letters to YOU"
"Well, declare, Squire, I wasn't cal
culatin' on that. Pm pretty old man,
most eighty-two, and it was hard for me
to get this money together to pay these
bills. I'm not prepared to pay you"
The old man begged the lawyer to let
him off, and after considerable talk the
lawyer said: "Look here, Mr.. Graves,
you have made considerable mischicyous
talk about me. You have gone through
the country calling me big liar and
other hard names. Now, if you will go
around and see everybody to whom you
have made this talk and tell them that
what you've said about me is false, I'll
knock off the five dollars"
After rubbing his old grey head the
old man answered: "Mr. Pullen, I'm
almost eigbty-two years old, and too
near eternity to tell such 'tarnal lie as
that.
The Hon. A. G.. Lebroke, of Foxcroft,
once swapped an old wagon with Graves
for four cords of wood. Graves signed
a contract written by Lebroke, to the
effect that Graves should deliver Lebroke
four cords of merchantable wood. Where
the wood should be delivered was not
stated.
Many months went by and Lebroke
received no wood Happening in Gull
ford, he asked the old man about it.
"Oh, yes," said Graves, GIVE cut your
wood and it's as nice a lot of wood rs
ever you saw. You just come and look
at it."
He took Lebroke into the wools and
showed him four cords of excellent cord
wood, piled up in the forest.
"There. Squire Lebroke,, y said he, IL
deliver that wood to you" Turning to
a neighbor who had accompanied them
he added: "And I want you to witness
that I deliver this wood to Mr.. Lebroke." ;"
The Senator had to hire q tcamstcr to
haul the wood to Foxcroft. He says it
was the first and only time he ever was
beaten on a contract that he wrote him
self.-Lwiston (Ae.) Journal.
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The Doctors Horse.

Last winter a Detroit doctor went to
the police with the complaint that some
scamp had taken his horse and buggy
from in front of a patients house and
driven it around town for several hours
and then LETT the ris, in the suburbs. The
guilty patty was no: discovered, and one
uignt about month ago the same thing
was repeated. Thi; time the doctor was
so mad that he not only went to the po-
lice, but gave the information to all his
friends and offered $25 for the arrest of
the scamp. Sunday last the doctor was
called to see {. sick man in the
country. lie went out Woodward ave-
nue. three miles and then turned off and
drove mile and half further. tle
hitchcd his horse under tree about ten
rods from the gate, and the animal was
whisking away at che first summer flies
when o couple of Detroiters who had
been out to see relative on that road
came along.
"Say, isn'tthat DR.. IS rig" queried
one, as they drew near.
"Why, of course"
"Some one has been running 1t off
again"
"That's so, and we'll take it in tcw
and return it to him"
They hitched the horse behind their
buggy and logged into the city, with a
feeling that fellow human being owed
them a debt of gratitude. When the
doctor came out and found his rig gone
he indulged in such language that the
wild plum trees shed their blossoms.
He started for the woods, and his two
friends, who were interviewed after he
had limped back to town, are said to b.
in bed and dangerously i'll of nervous
prostration. n.-Detroit Free Press.
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A Truckee, (Cal..) dog shuts the doc,
after him when he enters house. This
habit served him handsomely when he
was chased by a mad dog one day. He
was in his masters store and up at the
window looking at the mad dog before
the latter had recovered from his sur.
prise at having the door slammed in his
face.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Peaceable TIme-No "Vice Versa
"Killing" = SaImon-Hc Tipped
the WATERMAN Old Tartar
The Doctors Horse. Etc.

Lodger to chambermald--"Mary, this
is the stillest house I ever was in. The
landlord and his wife must live like angels
in heaven together; haven't heard one
single sound since I've been here"
Mary-''That's all very nice just now,
Mr.. Smith, but wait till they make friends
again. They quarreled fortnight ago,
and they haven't spoke to each other
since. San Francisco Star.
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The Heated Term.

When spring-time skies are glowing,
And cooling breezes blowing,
The city man reflects on where he'll spend
his next vacation;
He thinks of divers places,
And finally embraces
A chance to pay visit to his countrified
relation.
-TidBits.
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Statistics of the Inflrm.

Professor P. NJ. Smith gives the fol-
lowing interesting facts and figures in an
article on the "Statistics of Popula-
tion," printed in the INDEPENDENT:
Out of 100000 inhabitants there are:
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Sir Campbell Frazer had arrived from
the West. The Arizona was to sail Tues
dav, and both he and the Earl of Con-
iston were booked on her passenger list.
1t was Monday niGht-''midsummer
come again, people said. iounging about
the piazzas OF the big hotel-warm, sui
try, with great banks of bluc-black
clouds lowering above the golden rim Of
the west.
Bradford was uD in town, detained by
business, as Cnniston had discovered.
Miss Grey was sitting at the corner OF
the piazza. lie went up to her for the
first time since the night of the ball.
May sit down"
She looked asseutingly.
81 am going tomorrow in the
Arizona
II know" she answers, whitening.
He wonders why, and, Heaven help
him! he gets up and goes away, when
he would rather far have taken the frail,
vivacous. alert little woman to his heart.
Presently he sauntcrS back.
"Would YOU take ride with me to-
nirht, You know we shall never on
Garth see each other again. Would
you:"
Her eyes fash, her lips culver; she
turns the ring on her finger back and
forth.
eyes" she says, quietly, II will.
will get on my habit and be down pres
emily"
They ride off-off into the green and
silent country lanes, where the dew
damps the air, and where the scent Of
the homestead flower gardens mingles
with the breath of the sea as it comes to
! them.
They do not talk very much, nor yet
ride fast. The twilight is gathering and
the horses have their way.
Suddenly it grows dark-the blue
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And how do you like going to
SCHOOL," inquired a good man OF boy
whose appearance was far from suggest
ing the cleverneSs Of his answer.
Il like goin' well enough" replied the
embryo statesman, ingenuously, but l
don't like stayin' after get there"
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Something for Congressman.

Fred, how are you getting along at
SCHOOL," inquired a San Francisco IA
Their.
First rate. I'm pegging away all the
time, and think I'll graduate soon and go
to Congress"
"What assurance have you that you
will go to Congress?"
"'Cause when I was declaiming The
Boy Stood on the Burning Deck last
Friday the teacher said l had the best
pair of lungs he ever heard."-[California
Maverick.
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