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Indians Who Telephone

In a little village not far from Seattle
resides an old Siwash Indian, who is 30
we'll advanced in the ways of the white
man that he has equipped his wigwam
with q telephone. The Indian is one of
the few survivors Of powerful tribe that
once hshed and hunted along the shores
OF Puget sound and his wigwam is moth
ing more than a contraption made of bark.
gunny sacks and cast-on pieces of sail, sur
mounted by lot of hattered old tin cans
that pass for a roof. But In spite OF the
primitive nature OF the premises there is
a telephone inside. A tourist was on the
point Of turning away with the thought
that the redskin is surely a back number,
when, presto, the scene Is entirely changed
by the familiar ring OF the telephone bell,
and barefooted squaw drops her pappoose
or a rakish buck puts down his long pipe
and enters the wigwam to converse with
one of Running Neds statesmen In town.
For the old warrior is a dealer in wicker
ware, and when 1t comes to quoting prices
and taking advantage of the ups and downs
Of the market he is as keen to appreciate
the value OF the telephone az any frenzied
nnaroier In Wall street.
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tistic gothic structure internally, Is sur
rounded by buildings on it's four sides, and
this position only gave the architect an
opportunity for frontage at the ends of the
four narrow streets which give access to
the building north, east, south and west.
The floor OF the exchange consists OF a pit
about sOx6O feet, surrounded by slightly
raised platform ornamented with hand
someiy carved arcades. Above this plat
form is stone gallery, around which the
the Offices OF the Chamber OF Commerce, OF
the government telegraph, the registrar Of
the tribunal of commerce and the court
rooms of the tribunal OF commerce. Above
this gallery which is most deliberately
carved and a remarkable specimen of mod
ern gothic. are large gothic windows, while
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taking up matters of reform, in attempting
to abolish abuses, in its representations
to government for improvements, in its
petitions to Parliament, the individual In
terests represented by its members are
completely absorbed In the general well
fSre.
Among the most beneficial institutions
at the port OF Antwerp are the chambers
OF arbitration, for whose organization the
Chamber of Commerce is virtually re-
sponsible. although the chambers of ar
bitration are entirely independent of tho
Chamber OF Commerce. To better UNDER
stand the immense value Of these chambers
TO the general trade, 1t must be remem-
bered that matters of commercial litiga-
ton are dealt with by a special court,
known as the tribunal OF commerce, the
judges OF which are chosen from among
the leading business men Of the city. This
relieves the civil courts OF hundreds Of
cases annually. However. even such a
court OF merchants Is not infallible and
80, to prevent the hearing OF a grain or
fruit claim before a steel or lumber mer-
chant sitting as judge on the tribunal OF
commerce, these auxiliary arbitration
chambers were founded separately, Of
which there are now seventeen.
1t may again be said that the broadest
possible principles OF commercial liberty
prevail in the conduct of all cases sub
mittod to the arbitration chambers, where
the arbitrators Invariably begin by at
tempting TO conciliate the parties before
going TO formal arbitration. II. however,
the arbitration becomes necessary the
case Is generally settled in three or four
days at the outside, the same case taking
probably as many years II taken before
the court.
The detail Of great part OF the work
accomplished by the Chamber OF Com
merce Is in the hands OF Mr.. Harry Pc
ters. one of the foremost commercial
statisticians OF Europe. whose monthly
bulletin OF universal trade statistics is rap
idly becoming known throughout the com
mercial world,
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werp as port and commercial center.
In May. lsn, the "societe Commerciale
Industrielle ct Maritime" came into being
with three sreat committees. and the fol-
lowing program was unanimously agreed to:
I. Execution OF maritime works.
3 Installation Of proper implements ma
ehlnery, tools, etc, for transportation
loading and unloading OF merchandise.
Construction of goods stations.
4 permanent depot for rolling stock.
D. Improvement, lengthening and WIDEN
Ing OF the river Quays.
and basins.
I. Abolition Of duties and in the meantime
creation OF free port and immediate SIM
plincation of customs formalities.
3 Revision OF the maritime and police
regulations.
9 Construction Of new railway to Ger
many,
10. Defense Of all commercial interests
In 1875 the management was transferred
to central committee composed OF fifteen
members elected BY the general assembly,
and of the presidents of sections, which
were declared to be unlimited In number,
and each branch OF trade or Industry was
requested to form its own section. The
central committee now comprises twenty
one members and thirty-two presidents OF
sections.
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Account of the Curiou

floor OF the house during oficial hours by
payment OF an entrance fee of / franc.
Every merchant or broker. every pro-
his business on the floor Of the exchange
during official hours, but. instead of paying
an entrance fee of l franc, takes an an
nual subscription, which varies according
to the nature OF his trade or profession.
Trades or professions pay a fixed amount
to the state in the form Of a license, and
on this license is calculated the bourse tax.
which is either 100 francs, rs francs, 30
francs 90 francs 20 francs or 10 francs
All heads Of commercial houses or work.
mems corporations may obtain annual ad-
mission cards which are strictly personal
for their employees for the sum of francs
per year. hghtermen or bargemen pay the
same fee. Free service cards are delivered
to functipnaries, municipal employees whose
duties call them on the exchange, and also
to the duly accredited representatives Of
the press Private individuals whose In
terests demand their attendance may take
an annual subscription, which amounts to
Is francs.
The only rules OF the exchange are those
police regulations which the city may see
fit to promulgate, There is nothing that
pAONAhcS AOI AAAc cACluolOH OA u ulcTCnant
save necessary measures for the preservs-
ton OF order II by reason OF his CONNER
cial dealings his presence becomes obnox-
ious. he Is generally advised. In a friendly
way, not to attend until his situation has
been made clear. The Antwerp bourse
does not publish official quotations of mer-
chandise. A semi-oficlal quotation. how
ever is arrived at by special committee
OF members OF each chamber OF arbitration
chosen for that purpose, and in case Of
litigation. when II becomes necessary TO de-
termine a quotation, merchants are re
quested 10 show their books, and no case
Is known where they have failed TO comply.
For convenience and security in the hand
ling of stocks. bonds and cash the city has
allowed the construction OF a small build
ing connecting with the bourse, called the
"Corbeille." for the use OF bankers. stock
brokers and exchange agents. There are nc
restrictions 10 membership In this, any
recognized banker stock broker or ex-
change agent. well reputed being allowed
TO attend. providing ne pays his annual
fees, which are: Francs 200 for bankers
francs 100 for exchange and stock brokers
and francs 50 for the duly authorized
agents OF bankers or exchange and stock
brokers. and francs 10 for their clerks
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the whole is surmounted by very elegant
wrought-iron and glass roof.
According to the statistics Of 1904 there
were 4.279 regular subscribers to the Com
mercial Bourse, $50 TO the Stock exchange
annex-a total of 4,6Os; and S,165 admission
tickets Of franc were sold, being an av-
erage of thirty-three paying admissions
per working day. The average attendance
of subscribers is impossible to estimate. as
there is no check on the same, for sub
scriber, when called upon, merely shows
his ticket. which consists Of his photograph.
upon which the bureau Of taxes pastes
printed slip bearing the name and number
of the subscriber and the municipal seal.
In the Commercial Bourse small boxes or
stands, which serve as temporary Offices
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SS@S petty offender In the Justices
court. The defendant had demanded a jury
trial and we put in half day trying to get
jury only to find out at the end Of that
time that we had one lone Juror In the jury
box
Well. I'm willing TO try the case with
one Juror said the attorney for the prose-
cution.
so am T. declared.
"And we proceeded with the trial. The
arguments were howlingly funny, for the
reason that the attorney for the prosecution
persisted in addressing the lone juror as
gentlemen OF the jury and 1 succeeded in
swelling the jury with a feeling of pride
and satisfaction by some timely comment
on the self-eYldent honesty, intelligence and
integrity OF the body. 1 really thought l
had that lone Juror won Then the consta-
Bile led him out to the jury room, where he
might deliberate with himself In twenty
minutes the jury returned with the an
nounoemsnt that no agreement could be
reached.
"whatr thundered the justice OF the
peace. You get back there again and
reach a verdict
THE Jury was out twenty minutes more.
" The jury disagrees,' was the announce
ment when the court asked the lone jury
man II he had arrived at q verdict. You
see. it's like this he went on to explain.
When ! consider the testimony OF one side
I want to find the defendant guilty, and
F.; when I consider the testimony OF the other
witnesses want TO discharge him. / can't
agree with myself
"And the jury was discharged. San
Francisco Chronicle.
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II Il
ANA the post of consul-general at
E$fs1I Antwerp to a like post of higher
Gsaa9 grade at Montreal. Canada, gives
an interesting account In Leslie's Weekly
of the Bourse and Chamber of Commerce,
two curious institutions of the commercial
metropolis of Belgium.
Already. in the fourteenth century.
Major Howe writes. there was a building
at Antwerp. Belgium. set apart for the
meeting of merchants and brokers and
known as the Bourse. This word orig
mates from the city of Bruges, which,
earlier than the fourteenth century, was
known as the Venice OF the North. being
at that time one OF the most important
commercial centers of Europe. In this
ancient city the merchants met in an open
square upon which was the residence OF 8
family by the name of Beurse The same
merchants were in the habit of meeting
periodically In other commercial cities,
and for convenience they gave the name
OF Beurse to which ever place was chosen
for their gathering. This was finally cor
rupted into Bourse, and the latter word
was adopted far and wide, even crossing
the channel to England, whore It cluus
10 the royal exchange until Queen Eliza
beth was compelled to command that 1t
be discontinued. Her decree. however.
was almost impossible to enforce, and
Bourss was used for many years after
ward.
The records OF Antwerp show that in
tns nfteenth century the city purchased
n plot of ground for the meeting place
OF merchants, which. in 1915. was orna-
mented with stone pillars. The center OF
trade about that time being transferred
from Bruges 70 Antwerp, the city In 1871
built a monumental edihee, which was de-
stroyed by FIRE in 1881, rebuilt. and again
destroyed by FIRE in 1858, This was again
rebuilt on the same site and much on the
same plan. While the present building
which cost s2S9.5oo, Is a very artistic
structure. IL is now not adequate for the
modern exigeneies OF q great trade center
like Antwerp.
The Antwerp Bourse is the property Of
the municipality. and access 20 1t is free
TO the public, which has the right OF way
through the building, save during certain
hours when the doors to the noor Of the
exchange are closed. these hours being
decided upon by the city authorities, whit
are advised by the merchants. During
these hours the public has the right o.
way by means Of the upper galleries.
AS there is no membership. stranger
and the general public have access to tn
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Prea Sisawath Chamchokeofa sobapedey.
The nearest English translation of this
imposing title Is; HE who Is the supreme
refuge, the being with the sacred feet.
the lord, the being most illustrious among
the great; the excellent. the perfect one;
the descendant of the celestial spirits; the
handsome and glorious son Of the sun;
the splendid leader of the races; glorious,
illustrious. perfect and holy emperor of the
immense capital OF Cambodia who Is the
master of all souls and is, placed upon the
recks Of all
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Keeps Ont of Politics.

During the same year the association was
recognized by the government as the Of
ficial organization OF all the commercial
interests OF Antwerp. and IN lSSs its name
was changed to that OF Chamber OF Com
meree. In the beginning Of 1906 its record
showed a membership OF l.O4s. The pro-
gram adopted In 1871 has been carried out
with the exception OF the abolition OF du-
ties and the creation OF free port. The
chambers influence and strength lie In the
fact that IT is absolutely free from all
political party spirit. its members having
at heart but one object. and that being
the advancement of commerce industry
and navigation The chamber Is founded
on the broadest possible principles of COM
mercial liberty. Il may be said that from
the standpoint OF universal commerce 1t
IL the only organization OF it's kind In
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An Inveter9te Kicker.

Simeon Ford tells Of a woman In a Chi
cago hotel who was known as the most in
veterate Kicker the hostelry had ever
known.
One evening at dessert the lady who was
always complaining asked the waiter why
the dish served her was called ice cream
pudding
III you don't like It, ma'am. I'll bring you
something else" suggested the polite negro.
"Oh, it's very nice" responded the lady.
What object TO is that It should be called
ice cream pudding. It's wrongly named.
There should be ice cream served with H."
"Yes, ma am" replied the waiter, but
that's Jest our name for IT, Lots o. dishes
that way. Dey don't bring you cottage
with a cottage pudding. you know."-suc-
cess.
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Goes Among Lepers.


Miss Nellie White. niece Of Ex-Governor
John d. Long and heiress OF the late Nel-
son d. White, has left her home and
wealth to travel six thousand miles and
wed a man among the lepers OF the
Hawaiian Islands.
Her finance is DIR. Walter r. Brincker-
hon, who is in charge OF the United States
leprosy camp at Molokai. With the en-
thusiasm OF youth and love for his profess
sion, he has resolved to devote his life to
the task OF seeking a cure for the dread
plague of leprosy. He attained notice by
his work during the smallpox epidemic In
Boston In 1902 for which he was made
professor in the Harvard Medical school,
with pathology as his speciality.
Then at the time Of the smallpox
scourge in Manila he was sent there as
Harvards representative. A few months
ago he went TO his present work.
The wedding Is set for the second week In
September DR.. aad Mrs. Bnnekerhof will
spend a part OF their time at the home
of Miss Whites sister. Mrs. James b. Cas-
tie, In Honolulu. but will spend most OF
their days at the sanatorium.-New York
Tribune
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Tersely Told Tales Both Grim and Gay

and snorting with rage. rose from beside
his girl wife.
ut may be sore affictIon.' he growled
audibly. as he left the church. but III be
hanged II any mans going to pray for me
in public that way"
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DeIf-Repression.

The late General Joe Wheeler told an
amusing story OF two Irish soldiers who
came under his observation during a rather
hot portion OF the nght at San Juan hill.
The general was sweeping the Spanish
works with his glass, when a shell exploded
near by Instantly there arose q series Of
most astonishing bellows and yells, inter-
spsrss1 With calculations of ';Howiy Mary,
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Man with a Long Title

King sisawath Of Cambodia, who has
been attracting great interest in Paris, has
very long name. Prea Bat Samdoch
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but I'm kilt entirely!' "Divil fly on with
tn fellow thot fired thot gun!' Sure, an
it's ruint fer life ami Turning, the gen.
eral saw a soldier holding up one hand,
from which the thumb was missing.
Hold your tongue, for tn love Of hivin.
Pat" comrade said disgustedly.
But me thumb is gone enurelyP' Pat
beloved disconsolately.
"An' phat II it is?" the other demanded.
Sure, an ye have another Look at poor
Tim Doolan there; him with his head shot
OFF, an not sayin' a word at all. at allP'-
New York Times.
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The Chamber of Commerce.

The Chnmber OF COmmerce,
The Antwerp Chamber Of Commerce Is
closely connected with the Bourse. al
though having no direct jurisdiction over
1t. The inception of the chamber dates
back to the F'ranco-Prussan war of 1870
II. during which two years the commercial
progress at Antwerp was enormous and its
harbor facilities became absolutely made
quate for the traffic, which was increasing
by leaps and bounds. II was then that the
community realized the necessity Of COM
bined action for the development Of Ant
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A great neal of Meaning.

Senator Knox. at a reception in Phila-
delphia, said OF certain speech:
"a good deal OF meaning was subtly
compressed in a very few words. 1t was
like the speech that a young girl made to
an aged millionaire.
This aged man had proposed TO the
young girl and she had accepted his offer.
"A few days before the wedding the old
man, taking the hand Of his prospective
bride. said with tender earnestness;
Dear. do you love me for what l am
or for what I wasY
~ love you, dear friend. she replied.
for what you will be- "-American Spec
tator.
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The Shoe Pinehed Him.

AT banquet the late Senator Gorman."
said a newspaper correspondent, was
once berated passionately by a western
drover who thought himself accused OF
had not been accused at all.
Senator German got up and explained
that he had made no accusation against the
other.
Why" he went on with a loud laugh.
you remind me, friend. Of old Harry
Dorsay Of Sassafras.'
''Then he explained that Harry Dorsay.
at the age Of Y, married young wife. A
Sunday or two after the wedding a Wild
over asked the minister to pray for him,
as his own wife had just died. The min
tster in his prayer. therefore. did not fail
to remember our aged and grieving
brother, upon whom the heavy hand OF
sore afaictlon has so lately fallen
"At these words old Harry Dorsay. red
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ious Institutions Found i'm AntWerI

during exchange hours. are rented at the
rate Of slOo per annum The net revenue to
the municipality derived in 1904 from the
Antwerp Bourse was sl9.674ts
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A visit 10 Ephesus.

Z Our steamer reached Smyrna the morning
of May q, and was to stay until 6 o'clock
in the evening. With this amount Of time
at our disposal, a party was made up TO
visit Bphesus, several hours distant by
railroad. Our railroad trip was through
very fine country. full Of vines. fruit trees,
figs, apricots and others. Seeing these, II
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An Artistic Structure.
The Antwerp Bourse, while being an ar
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Small Harry-Am barber, mamma7
Mamma-Certainly not, dear. But why
do you ask7
Small Harry-Unole Bob called me a ''lit-
tie shaver" this morning.
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A Divided Juryman.

)ME years ago while WAS resid-
ing at Visalia," remarked Attor-
ney William II. Afford. II was
called TO Hanford to defend a
nettv nffandar In the tnstIce'a
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Prattle of the Youngsters

willie, didn't tell you not to play with
your toy soldiers on sunday7" oueried the
mother.
''Yes, mamma" replied willie, but I'm
playing they are Salvation Army soldiers"
.
Small Harry-Am barber. mamma7
Mamma-Certainly not, dear. But why
do you ask?
Small Harry-Unole Bob called me 'lit-
tie shaver" this morning.
''what does your papa give you for be-
ing such a good boy, Tommy" asked the
visitor.
He don't give me nothin' for bein' good"
answered the little fellow. ''but what he
gives me when I'm bad Is q plenty"
30
'Tll g-get even w-with you, m-mamma,"
sobbed small Elsie. who had just been Sc
verely chastised.
''How7" oueried, her monther.
when I g-grow UP and h-have q Little
girl I'll beat the life out OF h-her," an
swersd Elsie.
Coming suddenly upon my two babies
cages respectively IL and years. 1 found
them quarreling over some toy, Lily shed
ding copious tears, while baby was giving
vent to shrill screams of rage.
Mamma (severely)-FIei ffe, little mani
you are only angry. There is not tear in
your eye.
Lily generously wiping the tears from
her own eyes with the back OF her hand
and holding 1t toward her brother)-Here,
Baby. I'll div 90 some of my cry.
-
A man with an absorbing love for two
nephews told these stories Of them recently:
my little s-year-old nephew was playing
in pile of sand the other day and his
mother saw him through the window. She
called to him, and told him II she saw him
there again she would have to whip him. He
replied; .H
We'll. mamma, you had better not look
out Of the window, then. cause I'm going
to do It again.
Another one, aged 6, has been visiting
his aunt, and after spell OF misbe ehaivor
on his part. she took him into the parlor
to reason with him. In telling his mother
about 1t afterward, he said:
II thought at first she was going to lick
me. but she just talked, talked. talked"
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Missions in Damascus.

While in Damascus I met In a religious
service the representatives Of four Protest
ant missions, the British Syrian mission
the EdInburg Medical mission, the Danish
mission and the Irish Presbyterian mission,
who are accustomed to meet together
weekly, in marked contrast with the other
religious divisions. had q most delightful
time with them. Where the spirit OF
Christ prevails there Is harmony. In
4the last prayer OF our Lord. re-
corded In the seventeenth chapter
of John, twenty-frst verse. He prayed
most earnestly to the Father:
"That they all may be as one. as Thou
Father, art in me and in thee; that they
also may be one in us; that the world
may believe that Thou hast sent me-"
On Saturday afternoon ! attended Sab
bath schools Of Jewish children conducted
by the Irish mission, but held on Satur-
day the Jewish Sabbath. On Sunday l
made the gospel address at the morning
service OF the Irish Presbyterian church.
attended the Syrian Sunday school in the
same church in the afternoon and spoke
to them through an interpreter. l spent
almost the whole day with Mr.. McFariapd,
the Irish Presbyterian pastor, a splendid
young man, and with him visited the older
pastor, Rev. DR.. Phillips who was un-
well. II rained most of the day and
was out In II much Of the time. re"
turned Monday to Belrout by the same
route came and boarded the steamer
for Constantinople on May 10.
In our voyage TO Constantinople we
passed through the Mediterranean sea-
Grecian archipelago, Aegean sea, Darda-
nelles, Sea OF Marmora and the Bos-
phorus. All along the way we passed by
~AA for ohn titlNa al tal
cities, towns or ports with classic or spir-
itual names, as Cyprus, Rhodes. Samos,
Patmos. Mitelene. Iroas, Smyrna, CALI
polls. etc. In the harbor, of samos several
parties went to visit the site Of the an
cient capital Of the island.
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willie, didn't tell you not to play with
your toy soldiers on Sunday7" queried the
mother.
''Yes, mamma" replied willie, but I'm
playing they are Salvation Army soldiers"