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he could only apply for passports for efti,
zens of the United States. and as he had
denied having any such citizenship ne
would respectfully advise him to apply for
cality in which he said his only citizens MP
existed. The result was that the eX-mis-
sionary remained at home.
At the same time our minister is strong
friend of the active missionaries and is do
ing all that he automatically and consist
emily can to further their work here.
japan and China.
Colonel Buck tells me that the japanese
are anxious that American capitalists
should come here and look over the ground
with a view to uniting with them in build
ing factories to capture the great mar
ket of China as soon as that empire is
opened up by the powers. They believe
that such combination would be i'm
mensely profitable and say that the cheap
labor and undoubted skill of the japanese
would enable goods to be made here more
cheaply than in the United States. The
knowledge which the japanese have of
Chinese tastes. their ability to deal with
them and the ownership of this as the base
of operations. they claim. would be very
important factors in the problem. One such
combination has already been made, and 1t
is believed that many others will follow.
There is no doubt but that the japanese
will work for their share of the Chinese
trade. They must do SO in order to keep
their people employed. They have now in
the neighborhood of 45,0O0,O00 people scat
which, all told, have an area not much
greater than California. OF this area not
more than one-tenth can be cultivated, and
the people will have to rely on the outside
markets for their support. The population
is increasing, and it will soon be a ques-
ton where to find work for the surplus.
Japan and Russia.
In this connection comes up the strained
relations which are said to exist between
the Japanese and the Russians. The people
here are very bitter, and they feel that they
will have to fight Russia sooner or later.
Many of them would like to see war de-
clared now, before the trans-Siberian rail-
road is finished, and while France has her
hands full with the international exhibition
at Paris. There is no telling that war may
not come between now and next summer,
and many believe that the Japanese are not
only preparing for it, but that they will
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amounts to enough to he well worth our
consideration. 1t was more than $500, 900,
o'p last year. and of this the largest share
of the exports went to the United States
We take. in fact, about one-fourth of all
the goods Japan sells to foreigners, and it
Is only lately that we have been selling
| here anything like our share in return. We
buy more of her raw silk than any other
nation, our exports of this alone footing up
more than $l2.H}o,Gpo. We pay her more
than Si,ooO0o0 year for tea and an equal
amount for silk goods. while we annually
buy n million and half collars worth of
| japanese mating. We send 500 OG0 year
| to Japan for drugs and chemicals and a
| large amount for curiOs, porcelain and
other such things. We buy more and more
| every year, but it is only lately that our
| sales have largely increased.
We Are Ahead of the British
At present We are gaining more rapidly
| in the Japanese markets TIM any other ma
tion. Twenty years ago We furnished only
about > per cent of the Japanese imports
and England furnished over 20 per cent
Now we are supplying IL per cent Of all
| that Japan buys and the English have lost
| about half their trade During the mast
| few years the Americans have been send
I ing locomotives and railroad machinery to
| Japan. and our exports Of iron and : eel
! manufactures now amount to more than
/ S2.Hki,Hn year. We are having an in
! creased traGe in WEC;it and Hour some of
! the Pacific Coast mills being run almost en-
! tircly to supply the Japanese markets The
: people are becoming bread eaters as well as
| rice eaters. and in the army bread has
| been lately Introduced on" Of the RI sJnS
| a great deal of flour Is used for paste in
! the fan and other manufactures of paper
! so that the demand for the American arti-
| Gle IS Sin times as great now us ii was ten
| years ago.
The New Treaties and tEs. Americans.
; As to just how the new treaties will work
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into everything that the government does
They are also at Tientsin. and making
themselves felt as far south as Hankow in
the-Yangtse valley.
One of the European diplomats who has
lately visited Picking tells me the Russians
already practically own Manchuria, and
that they have forbidden the Chinese to
give concessions to any but Russians for
mining and manufacturing there. The Chi
nese government has been warned that
Manchuria belongs to Russia, and that any
inclination to permit others than Russians
TO come into ii will be considered as an en-
croachment upon Russia's preserves, and
will be treated accordingly. Not long ago
an American attempted to get some gold
mining concessions in Manchuria, but was
told that they could only be secured
through the Russians.
They Want All Asia.
This American travelled extensively
through Siberia and spent considerable
time among the Russians in Manchuria. He
found that the common feeling among the
Russians was that all Asia was bound to
come into their hands, sooner or later, and
that they Were now moving along the road
to that accomplishment. They said that
Russia wanted Manchuria a breeding
ground to raise Russian soldiers and a Rus
sian population to raise food and supplies
for the great war of the future. The army
will soon be followed by emigrants, and
Russians are already coming in along the
line of their new railroad. There are regu-
Odessa, bringing colonists to Siberia These
will soon be directed to land their passen-
gers at the Russian port on the Yellow sea
At present the Russian soldiers are, 1 am
told, bringing their families with them and
are colonizing all along the line of the
Russian-Chinese railroad. The invasion of
troops has been going on since 1897, and it
is claimed that there are now 80 600 Rus
sian soldiers in Manchuria and eastern
Siberia. The Russians take the lands along
the line of their road, paying their own
prices for them, and all their actions go to
show that they consider Manchuria their
own territory. They look upon Mongolia
in the same light, and in these two great
countries have perhaps the most valuable
provinces of China. Manchurfa is natural
ly rich 1t has great areas of good wheat
lands, and it will in the future be one of
the bread baskets of Asia. 1t contains val
silver. Mongolia is said to be rich in its
agricultural and mineral resources. 1t is
the chief horse-breeding ground Of east
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" have used Panes Celery COMPOUND for indigestion
M debility found
& the system litigation office work
nd and overworked person will find i a
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Japan Has Made Wonderful Strides
in the Last Decade.
MONEY IN BANKS and RAILROADS
What the Future Has in Store foI
This Little Country.
HER FOREIGN RELATIONS
Copyrighted, 1900, by Frank G. Carpenter.

Copyrighted, 1900 by Frank C. CARPENTER
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
OSAKA, Japan, January Il, 1900.
I first visited Japan ten years ago, and
it then had on the seven-league boots of
modern industrial progress l came again
just before the war with China and found
that the country had again made giant
strides. Since then its business has been
growing like a SNOWFALL rolling down hill,
and it is now one of the great manufacture
ing nations of the globe. New mills of
many kinds are going up. Here at Osaka
are two score large cotton factories oper-
ating more than one million spindles and
last year eighty million pounds of cotton
yarn were exported to China. A great part
of the cotton used in Japan is made here
and the business is SO growing that in the
case of the division of China among the
powers. this region will be turned into
one vast cotton mill for making clothes
for the celesJials.
Just above Osaka is kioto where there
are now modern silk mills run by electrici-
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| Asia, and as such will ne of value ia tia
| Russians as a feeder for its cavalry.
| Tho Ruxsi,n T.; Co..
Al the same ume tn. Russians are work.
ing their way more and more into Coraa
and it is this that the Japancsa most oh
iect 70 IT, D.. i''>' VIZ
Sec,,ra ~ usSi!iH u' an they can Ia
feeling Which I,'h''Ii ~ VI me 'oreahs'
had ifc ~, - "a III any 20 1" Japan,
tb;r -. -, 'i,ie not diis"rtu the Coreans by
had ,lafsaf n IL - 'iien aiter theN
have bes,, -. ,,,i;. me Japanese
toward tn, ,,n,.a,,,' ~, II 'IieIr dcupnS
and an tins -. ar u"ILllheeflhS
ON the III. -, 'iiIS- ne huSSlinS,
az ,,,,,,,I,,.; tit t'ii'lilatorN- They
zrn ho,,,,Ga,,= - a, ~ 5ilIH di"ilS the north
all they cap y, -, ':,'lH ana are doing
''-'' SUI" Will
'"pah Preparations for War
But what is Japa, .l,ir1ro
She is nv ~, - al,
~. ,,.s.. ''e' can tel YOU.
P'eP'i'IiolS are gong on both openly
ana IN secret. She is rerfecting her mil
ltary organization, and Sh,. could fill Coraa
with trooDs .2irbfn EN- IL, O..
today one of the his al ',r ''i MA Ii5s
affoat and is /, Is hs,i.T-,j - " 81 y N t
prenared for n - -..,-l! NJ = ial pt'ter
lamar has ba- s,'iaS n 7lT Ill t,IS7ii.
empire They arr Tora,,,,., .te NilIii Ie
stand and Sna5L, TLi va" uIluer-
quite as w4Il AZ the ~, -. - i"iIS ld5e
tails Iil,a m g,li,-.-, - : :, /" ~ wear pig
he Chinese Tn. W.. ~ - slfep9sed 70
and features in the different provinces Of
emma makes such spying compare lively
I,s, iiese siies are IN me employ of the
reports 70 il Sama Of ~, LIN ne regular
to be Chinese merchants: others are er,,-
pioyed on the Chinese ships, and thew are
to be found even in Picking.
L heard yesterday OF Il curious incident
which shows how widely these spies are
scattered. 1t occurred at Tongl<r, the MORT
on the Yellow sea where passengers from
the steamers embark for Tientsin and Pc
king. An American who smoke J,napasa
found here a paIrv of twcntv vonpg Ia
panese students of a co,n-,nrciaI collena
who had bean traynlioo With tbaI, ,oraefs
sor about the norris Of Coma ava C,bina
They were being entertained az Toro,l1, h,
what was osedly a Chinese merchant ~
in md he NC 49,, -
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SCRIBNER RS
for MARCH out to-day
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
THE BATTLES OF BELMONT AND MODDER RIVER as .
the field by H W1GHAM, of the special repre-
senaive for Scribners Magazine His article the February
number the first OF the he first of the notable Serb
series pronounced the best account thus far wrien-I
Illustrations from photographs taken the firing line
TOMMY AND GR1ZEL J. NJ BARRIE'S great novel, which
began numbers ago. has already the press
and reading public of the greatest works of fiction of
years No afford this story And is
way which makes serial reading especially agreeable
OLIVER CROMWELL, by THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE
SECOND CIVIL WAR AND THE DEATH OF THE KING,
the light of modern history The illustrations include
original drawings by Yon Lucas, E c. Peixoo Shepperson
and Frank Craig. with portraits and documents
A NEW STORY BY EDITH WHARTON aut1or OF The
Greater Incnaon) The Touchstonea
Guided in two numbers
NEW YORK AT NIGHT, by JAMES B. CARRINGTON,
with remarkable night photographs by the author
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, by GEORGE F. PENTE-
COST, JR.
a NEW "OCONNOR" STORY, by WILLIAM MAYNADIER
BROWNE illustrated by Kelar) and other short
ARTHUR COSLETT SMITH and EDITH ELMER WOOD.
YEAE-c scRIBSERs YORK
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last year he drew himself up and replied:
Il have nothing to give. You ask for the
money from me as Il citizen of the United
States. l dc not claim citizenship there
My citizenship is in heaven
This was before the new treaties had
gone into effect, ard it was only Il few days
after the occurrence that the man wanted
passport of Minister Buck. in order that he
might go into the cooler regions Of the in.
terror. When he presented himself at the
legation. however, Mr.. Buck told him that
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force it. rather than let Russia go on as
she is now doing.
The Russians in Picking.
/ have met within the past few days sew
eral men who have just returned from
Picking. They all speak of the assurance
and air Of propretorShip which the Rus
slams now stationed there show. They go
about though they already owned the
Chinese empire and they put their fingers
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the Christian or Campbellite Church, but
so demonstrated his unfitness by his I'M
charitable attitude toward Japanese man.
ners and customs that he was forced to
resign.
He remained in Japan, however, found
other means of making living here and
American colony. Now, it is the custom of
the Americans of Japan to unite together
and give some kind of a celebration on the
Fourth of July, but when this man was ap-
preached for his portion Of the contribution
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jest as our banks do, keeping their ac-
counts and lenGiEg money iii the same way
They do no thank YOU business of any
kind. and charge their customers for any
and every favor. There are large stock ex-
changes in Tokyo and Osaka. and the vel
low, aimonl-eyed bulls and bears fight here
over the rise and fall of stocks just as our
white, straignt-eyed ones do in New York
and Chicago.
Money in Steamships.
In their steamship lines the Japanese are
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TRY GRAlM-9g TRY GRAlN-0g

Ask your Grocer today to slow you a package
of GRAIN-O, the food drink that takes t6e
place Of coffee. The children may drink 1t without
injury well the adult. All who try IT, like n
GRA1N-o has that rich seal brown of Mocha and
java. but IL is made from pure grains and tie
most delicate stomach receives 1t without dIstresa
u the price of coffee. Use. and Is cts. per pack.
age. Sold by all grocers-
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-09
ACCOMMODATIONS HEaTRApE
ola Sarah Cohcn's Unique business
Proves Profitable.

In a little house just off Hester street
dwells an old woman who carries or a
most peculiar trade. She is Sarah
Cohen, or "Old SAL as she is more
Familiarity called, and east side resi-
dents know her well, and most of them
patronize her. On the window pane of
her little shop is a sign, which reads;
Buttons Sold Inside. ANY Button
Matched from One Cent to a Nickel"
Her stock in trade is stored up in
thousands of buttons in little heaps
pearl, glass, bone, jet, shell. brass,
cloth, silk, horn, and every other va
riety of button made. 1t is said the
old woman's business Is profitable, and
that she has managed to save about
S 5000 out Of her curious occupation.
You see" she said to me, "it often
is the case that a woman buys only
enough buttons for "A dress, and then,
when she loses one, 1t Is difficult to get
IL matched at a notion store. Those
who know me come along here, and |
can always do 1t from my stock. |
have my regular customers, for most
storekeepers around here know me and
send their customers to me when they
are unable to suit them, and they sell
dom 60 away without the very thing
they are after? Where do | get them
from? Many come from junk shops.
where on the rags sold are buttons.
All the rag dealers know | pay a fair
price for buttons, and they save them
until they have a sufficient quantity
and then they come to me. Another
way | obtain them Is by visiting the
| dressmakers, who often have buttons
left over, and their customers seldom
ask for them. These | can buy up very
| cheap. Although my little board out
side says that the highest price l
charge is 8 cents, my better class GUS
toners do not hesitate to offer me a
quarter. or even so cents, for a button
that they have lost, in order to make
their garments look neat and COM
plete."-New York Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-09
DECLINE TO GRANT DEMAND
Manufacturers Association VIII Not
Yield to Machinists.

The machinery manufacturers asso-
citation voted unanimously at Il meeting
In Chicago to refuse the demands of the
mechanics union for an increase in
wages and recognition of the union.
This action means the calling of a gen
eral strike by the machinists' union.
From 1000 to 10000 m%achinists will be
involved. 1t is expected that every
factory in the city will close down.
The effect Of the action of, the asso-
citation will not be felt in Chicago alone.
Six thousand machinists throughout
the country have made practically the
same demands that the Chicago local
union has, and it is expected that the
action taken by the Chicago manufac-
turers will be followed by the others
In the United States and Canada.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-09
Kills Daughter and Lover,

Joseph Clean, a farmer living six
miles north of Bluetield. W. Va, killed
his daughter and Albert Marsh. her
lover, and then killed himself. Clean
had forbidden Marsh to call on his
daughter, and finding him in the par
lor, ordered him to leave. Upon Marsh's
refusal, Clean fired at him with a shot
gun. Ellen Clean sprang in front of
her lover and received the charge ia
her throat, dying instantly. The sec
ord shot killed Marsh. Clean then
cut his own throat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-09
THE BILL PASSED
Porto Rican Bill Gets Through
With Eleven Majority.
FRIENDS OF MEASURE WERE AFRAID
Four Democrats Favor the Measure and
Bix Republicans Against It-fassage
Made Possible Only After
Many Amendments.

The battle royal over the Porto
Rican tariff bill ended in the house of
representatives Wednesday. The bill,
amended as agreed upon at the con
ference Monday night, so as to reduce
the tariff from 25 to Is per cen of the
American tariff, and limiting its life TO
two years, was passed by a voted ef 172
year to 16l nays. Six republicans,
Messrs. Crumpacher of Indiana, Flet-
cher OF Minnesota. Heatwole of Mime
sofa, Littlctield of Maine, Lorimer of
Illinois and Mccall of of Massachusetts
voted with the opposition against the
bill, and four democrats, MesSrs. Davey
and Mycr of Louisiana. Devries of Cal
ifornia and Siblcy of Pennsylvania,
voted with the republicans for the bill.
In addition. Mr.. Warner Republican /.
Illinois, was paired against the bill
with Mr.. Boutelle republican, Mainc)
for it. Two other republicans, Mr..
Lane of Iowa and Mr.. Faris Of Indi-
ana, were absent and impaired. They
were understood to be against the bill.
Four democrats who were opposed to
the bill, Mcssrs. Fleming of Georgia,
Small of North Carolina. Smith of
Kentucky and Stallings Of Alabama,
were absent and impaired. Other pairs
were Gibson. Tcnne ssee: Reeves. ILL
nois; Boutclle, Maine; lIarmer, Penn
sylvania; Bailey. Kansas: Sheldon.
Michigan; Wabsworth. New York, all
republicans, for the bill, with Tate,
Georgia, Sparkman, Florida; Fox, Mis-
sissippi, Bellamy, North Carolina; Cox,
Tennessee, and Epcs, Virginia, demo-
Gratis, all against the bill.
Herculean efforts had been made to
get out the full vote and this led to
some remarkable incidents. Six men
were brought from beds of sickness,
two of them from hospitals. Mr..
Browniow Of Tennessee was brought
in a carriage, accompanied by his wife
and physician. 1t was felt that the
strain would be severe on him, but
when Tawney. the republican whip,
urged that the bill might be lost by
this M vote Mr.. Brownow said:
II would rather lose my life than
see this bill defeated"
Mr.. Tawney and three assistants
were out in carriages until midnight
accounting for every vote, and Mr..
Underwood, the democratic whip, was
similarly exerting every means to get
out his vote. Three democrats were
brought from six beds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-09

ficeth thy young life for me for whom
pleasure is over. / would have thee
welded to a good man, who will cher
ish thee; and in seeing thee happy, and
having thy children on my knee, |
shall know the best JOY that is left for
me-"
Then Namarah would weep. and i'm
plore him not to send her from him,
saying that what he pictured as her
happiness looked to her like the very
face Of death, so greatly did she dread
1t. Whereat her father Jephthah would
but smile, and say IL would not be so
with her one day, when the lord and
master Of her heart should come.
"He is here" she would say. ninging
her white arms about him, there will
be never any other" And Jephthah
would smile again and say only the
one word: WALT" whereat Namarah
would grow almost angry. and tears OF
vexation would spring into her eyes.
Then would Jepfrthah rouse himself
and stand upright on his strong legs
and lift her in his mighty arms as
though she were still the little maid
he used to toss and dandle, and hold
her high above his head. and refuse to
let her down from this unseemly alti-
tude until the break of her childish
laughter had blown away her tears.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-09

Religious bodies. great and small.
seem to be experiencing n baptism OF
sacred enterprise. They are mobiliz-
ing their forces. AS " making ready to
enter the coming century under that
invisible leadership which rides forth
~"conquering and to conquer" There Is
a notable decline OF controversy, a
growing passion for unity. and an ur-
gent demand for the application of
truth to life, or for bringing all hu-
man affair into harmony with the
higher spirit, The sense Of steward
ship over the Lords goods is placing
large and willing offerings at the dis
posal Of church extension boards or
in the treasures Of educational and
philanthropic institutions. Best of all,
perhaps, Is the spread Of goodwill and
n~eighborly %helpfulness among all
classes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-09

The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Times, remarking that at will not
do to place overmuch reliance upon
Russia's official assurances that moth
ing will be done to embarrass England
in the present situation OF affairs
gives additional details showing that
the delays in the ordinary traffic on
the Central Asian railway are not
caused, az has been officially stated,
by snowfalls, but are due to the pas
sage OF Russian troops. estimated at
5000. who are being concentrated in
the vicinity OF Kushk. Russia is GO
ing TO do something soon that will not
be good for Great Britain.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-09

The recent appointment OF "A stenog-
rapher at $4,000 n year. as authorized
by the house committee on accounts,
recalls the fact that there are now
three stenographers employed by the
lower branch of congress who draw as
much money for salary as members of
the house Or senate. In what other
country does a member of the highest
legislative body and Il short hand
writer draw the same pay? 1t Is I'D
mitted that while congress Is in session
these stenographers, at 800 n week,
have a great deal Of work to do. but for
a portion of each year they have moth
Ing to do. The committee report au-
thorizing the third high-priced stenog
rapher says: During the present SEES
sion Of congress the demand upon the
two stenographers has been greater
than usual. On many days six com-
mittees required their services. II is
becoming more and more the custom Ia
report the proceedings OF committees,
as II has been found that the testimony
then taken has proved Of great value In
subsequent proceedings, especially
upon questions involving a%ppropria,
tons of money"