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DELAY
AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF NEGOTIATION WITH APPAR-
EMILY NO PROGRESS BECAUSE OF RUSSIAN DELAY
AND REPRESENTATIONS JAPAN CALLS COUNT LANs-
DORFFS ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT FACT

In the progress of the correspondence
between Japan and Russia preceding
the war, the publication of which has
been going on in The Star for several
days, the point has been reached where
Japan is beginning to protest at the de-
lay and procrastination which Russia
is displaying, Baron Komura saying "a
speedy conclusion is only second in inn
portance to a satisfactory conclusion"
No. %.
Baron Komura to Mr.. Kurino.
(Telegram) Toxic, Nov. 2S, 1903.
You report in your telegram of No.
ember 22nd that Count Lamsdorff eX
pected to have audience of the En-
peror on the 25th instant. According
ly you are instructed to see Count
Lamsdorff as soon as possible and
ask him what action has been taken
regarding further instructions to Ba-
ron Rosen.
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No. 80.
Mr.. Kurino to Baron Komura,


No. 80.
Mr.. Kurino to Baron Komura
CTelegram) Petersburg Dec. 8, 1903
Received Dec TO- 1903.
Count Lamsdorff told me December
9th that an Imperial order had been
sent yesterday to Admiral AleXieff and
Baron Rosen to continue the negotia-
tions in accordance with the Counter
Proposals of Admiral Alexieff, but
that the Japanese propositions have
been fully considered. 1 asked whether
he could inform me of the nature of
the propositions on which Baron hosen
lis authorized to continue the negotia-
tions He said that they will be Of
ficially communicated within two or
three days through Baron Rosen to
the japanese government.
No. "a.
Baron KOmura to Mr.. Kurino.
(Telegram) TOXIC, Dec. u, 1908.
Baron ROsen called on me December
1Ith and under instructions of his
government, officially presented to me
the following Counter Proposals of the
Russian government in reply to our
dehnitive amendments as stated in
my telegram OF October 3Oth
l. Mutual engagement to respect the
independence and territorial integri,y
of the Korean Empire.
2. Recognition by Russia Of Japan's
preponderalting interests in Korea and
of the right of Japan TO assist Korea
with advice tending to improve the
civil administration,
3. Engagement on the part OF
Russia not to oppose the development
Of the industrial and commercial ac-
tiyities OF Japan in Korea, nor the
adoption OF measures for the protec-
tion Of those interests.
4. Recognition by Russia Of the
right Of Japan 10 send troops 10 Ko-
rea for the purpose mentioned On the
preceding Article, or for the purpose
OF suppressing insurrecuons or disor-
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occupied with other affairs on Mon
day. He promised to let me know the
report of his audience next Wednes-
day.
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NEW MURDER VENIRE ISSUED.
A new venire for 20 men TO be ex-
amined for jurors In the murder case
against Man ChOng who IL charged
with the killed OF Police Ohicer Mahe-
Iona, was ordered by Judge De Bolt
yesterday,
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To be Continued.
Ingenious Swindle in Curios.

The craze for antiques and .curios Is
responsible for some ingenious swim.
dies, but it is doubtful if many could
surpass that which victimized an
American woman travelling abroad, who
while in Holland purchased some al
legged Dutch pottery which proved OF
close examination to be common gran.
tie ware made in America in odd
shapes and decorated in Dutch fash.
ion to be sold IN Holland a. antique
cooking utensils.
American enterprise is frequently
encountered in various ways in Eu.
rope, as, for instance, the experience
Of an American gentleman in London
who bought a pair Of rubber overshoes
in a London shoe shop which were
unusually satisfactory. On examining
them preparatory to buying another
pair, he made the discovery that they
were manufactured in Providence, r.
l., by an American firm, although they
were sold as English rubbers or
gums"
The fact is we'll known that there is
q considerable industry in the manu-
facture Of so-called Egyptian scarabs
in America, which are sent to Egypt
to be sold to unsuspecting tourists as
genuine antiques.-Boston Transcript.
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The Crusade in Erfcf.

From g%uzzling beer keep thyseif clear.
Beer is never so fat as those who drink
it.
Strong support is being given to a move.
ment to close all the saloons il Ireland on
st. Patrick's Day.
7Iabitual. d~runkards. after conviction in
Montreal, Canada, are now given the OPP
portnnity Of paying 4 fine. Imprisonment
cr taking 4 cure.
Since the English Government intro.
duced the ]iniquitous license bill. which is
practically the brewers endowment bill, it
has received some singing defeats in con
tested elections.
In a recent important division in the
British House of Commons on the Science
bill. in which the Government had 4 ma
iority of thirty-eight. nc fewer than fftv
who voted with the Government were pc
sonally interested in the liquor trade.
The American Friend says of the sitna-
ton in Great Britain: "The real trouble
in England appears to be that the friends
of the liquor business are not afraid OF
temperance forces. We are in danger OF
having the same thing happen here"
The great breweries OF Rochester, \. Y,
have prohibited beer drinking during
working hours. The bosses say the work.
ingmen have averaged about ten barrels oil
beer each per year, and have become dis.
obedient, careless, Indifferent and ineom.
natapt"
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Progress in Temperance.

John Bull sober is the defense of London
Tid.Bits. 1t admits that John is no total
abstainer, but it AYERS that he. is not the
champion guzzler Of the world He: drinks
an average of 500 glasses of beer a year,
but your Belgian drinks 7l0. For every
glass Of wine he drinks, the Frenchman
drinks ffty-six, and for every gallon OF
spirits that John takes the Dane takes
seven. This is encouraging, 1t shows
progress in sobriety since Shakespeare's
time. In "Othello" we have this:
"Cassio-'Fore God an excellent song! ,
"Iago-I learned it in England, where.
indeed. they are most potent in potting:
Your Dane: Your German and your swag-
bellied Hollander CBelgian) are nothing to
your English. -
"Cassion-Is your Englishman so expert.
in his drinking? -
"Iago-Why, he drinks you, with facil.
ity, your Dane dead drunk; he sweats not
to overthrow your Almain; he gives your
Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can
be filled"
This is good evidence. and had Tid-Bits
used German instead of Frenchman in its
comparison, the parallel would have been
exact. As it is. it would seem that since
Iago beguiled poor Cassie and made him
lose his reputation, the Englishman has
become less potent in pottlng. 1t Is well
for him If it be so; for the measure OF
drinking is no bad gauge Of 4 nations pro-
gress. 1t is well known that the decad.
ence of France is intimately connected
with the use of alcohol. Whether as q
cause or effect. the increase of the con.
sumption of alcohol in France GOES with
the decline of physique and the dwindling
of stationary population. Improvement IN
manners and increase in population and
the attainment Of a higher standard of
living keep pace with decrease in the use
Of alcohol.
How it may be in England we do not
know, but in this country the cause of
temperance or total abstinence has come
on as q matter of business. Large corpor-
atoms especially, where rules have to be
somewhat sweeping and obedience rigor-
Gus, simply decree temperance of the most
temperate kind on the part of their en-
ployes; the kind that is so closely akin to
total abstinence as to figure the same in
the result. 1t is not a moral question, and
without wanting to discuss the question:
it may be said that this is the right way to
get at it. BY saying it is not a moral Ques.
ton we mean that these prohibitions OF
drinking by the general business standard
of the time are put on business ground, as
if to say: "You may drink water or wine
for your dinner, but it is at your own risk;
sobriety is the rule Of business" 1t is
thus that the world is progressing along
the better ways and that men are becom-
ing better, if on no higher ground than
that honesty is the best policy in other
words, because it pays.-Indianapo!is News
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CHAPTER TX.
The Zeit-GeiSt

"Have you got any shade among the
rocks there" says Cousin Felix. glanc-
ing lazily down under the edge Of his
umbrella. =
It is a modest boast of Mr.. Brough-
toms that no situation Of life (and,' un-
less his friends malign him, he has
been in some sufficiently complex ones)
has ever put him off his guard, ever
upset the equilibrium Of his finely bal
anced conscience.
The sudden %apparition of Sir John
Severne, at the very instant when he,
Felix Broughton, is murmuring soft
condolences into the ear Of Sir John
Severne's promised wife, causes him
no embarrassment.
A frightened little cry from Miss
Hardcastle, her guilt-stricken face,
bring the truth home to his moral per-
ceptions before he has had time to sur
vey the material aspect Of things
through his eyeglass; and on the mo-
ment, with the look, the voice Of in
nocence, he hits upon al appropriate
commonplace.
eff there is any shade worth speak
ing of you shall be the mountain and
we Mahomet, otherwise"
1--WE have been driving half owe the
Island" cries Miss Hardcastle, actually
betrayed into the indiscretion Of ex-
cusing herself. cat last 7 remembered
the name of your friends house-Fief-
de-la-Reine-is it not? And the people
there directed US to the beach, and
we have been looking for you"
"And have been unexpectedly sue
cessful in our search" says Cousin
Felix, calmly-all this before young
Seyerne has uttered a word. "Allow
me to offer you my arm, Clementina,
as the question of shade seems decided.
The bank is Steep"
At last after q 1000 many abortive
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The Stitches of q Lifetime.

The other night a party was in j.
Drops tailor shop discussing the gen.
eral topics of the day, when the con-
versation turned to the subject of tall
oring, and the number of stitches re-
quired to make a garment. Mr.. Drops
was timed for one minute, and the
number of stitches he made was found
to be seventy. This makes 400 an
hour, 2S,SOO per day, 21,462,OOO per
year. This tailor has followed his
trade for thirty years, and during that
time has made over 6~43,s6O,OOO
stitches.-Centralia CMo.) Courier.
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APT VII.
Continued.

COQllnueu.
The one dread of her life Is a Sec
ond lover, a second shipwreck, for
Daphne, and during the past two
hours she has been keeping stealthy
watch over a certain pair Of fig
ures (happily unconscious Of her scru'
tiny as they stood together in the
sunset on the beach, or loitered
through the soft gray shadows Of the
farm garden.
Refine is no place for talk
Of wedding rings" she continues, with
q quick glance at Daphne's face. "As
long as we confine our reveries to po-
tato crops and heifers we shall do
well"
"But Fief-de-la-Rein is, not Eu'
rope" says the girl, in her subdued
voice. "There are people in the world
beside us-people for whom the word
'life' has still a meaning. Sir John
Severne, for instance. He has been
telling me about"-if the voice falters,
she steadies it so promptly that even
Aunt Hosie does not detect the weak
ness-"about the lady he is engaged to
marry. A Miss Hardcastle."
Theodore Vansittart looks round,
with a jump, from her backgammon.
"Hardcastle! Well, I protest this Is
n of the most curious things imag-
Unable. 1t did not occur to you, I sup
pose, child, to inquire if she came of
the Dinorben family"
II inquired nothing" Daphne an
swers, a little YEARLY. "But if you are
curious in the matter, Aunt Theodore,
you will have an opportunity Of in
vestigating it at first hand. Miss Hard
castle is coming ove from London in
a friends yacht, it seems, before Sir
John Severne leaves Jersey"
"And I have no doubt will prove to
be the daughter Of my very Oldest
friend" cries poor Theodore, to whom
the words yacht" and London
sound like delightful echoes from some
higher state of existence. Il knew
them in Dublin; we were quartered
there together-and a pair of the most
elegant creatures they were, Captain
and the Honorable Mrs. Hardcastle-
or Harrington? Now I think Of it,
believe the name must have been Har-
rington. At all events, these chance
meetings are most charming uneX-
pected flowers along life's dusty way
side! If novel writer's were to set down
half the romantic things that actually
happen the critics might we'll call their
situations overcolored."
II care not what romances so on in
the world" says Aunt Hosie, rising
and resting her hand kindly on
Daphne's shoulder, $50 long as we keep
clear Of them. Romances are delight,
full affairs, 1 have no doubt-to every
one but the people who enact the prom
inent parts"
Daphne is silent.
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Wives For Sale Cheap.

In the Kharkoff, Poltava and Ekateri-
noslav provinces of Russia, says the No
voc Vremya, there is a rapidly growing
trade in the sales of wives, frequently at
their W desire. The usual cause is the
extreme poverty of the husband, who can
no longer keep his wife, though it is often
because the wife desires to be free from u
cruel, drunken partner. The trade has be-,
come SO common that few markets are held
Without such transactions, which are con-
sidered so binding that no case has been
known of a husband demanding his wife
back. Their market value varies from GS
to els. More is never paid. The women
are required to be good housewives and
field workers. The dealers or agents are
Jews, who get ten to fifteen per cent. on
the purchase price.
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Nethodism has 1924 deaconesses.
wasps' War ON Telephones,

II is reported that the Chinese and Jap
anese Telephone Company, Of Shanghai
has It's aerial wires, which are enveloped ID
lead pipes, attacked by wasps, which breed
in bamboos, says the London Globe. hi
July or August they bore holes in thu
stems to lay their eggs clear. Of birds. In
default of bamboos they have done the like
with the lead covering Of the wires. The
company has coated the lead with boiled
Gnseed oil and canvas. which the insects
cannot penetrate. -
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Pamphlet and Newspaper.

A prominent advertising man afhrms
that for some lines Of business the
pamphlet is Of great value. but the
advertiser who should think pam.
phlets can replace newspaper advertis-
ing must be mad. The two work hand
in hand, each helping the other. 1t is
a fact, however, that less than ten per
cent. of the pamphlets distributed
broadcast receive anv att ntion." :
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Their Speciality.

Their Speciality.
"The Americans ran away from their
foreign competitors in the athletic
games at st. Louis"
$50 I saw. But if a certain Euro
pean country had been represented, the
result would have been different"
ITO what country do you refer?"
"To Russia. Her representatives
would run away from anything
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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CHAPTER VIII.
Reality.

Three days pass by. Un the fourth
comes a telegraphic message inform
ing Seyerne that his mistress has
reached Guernsey. Eight-and-forty
hours, perhaps less, Miss Hardcastle
and her friends will give to the smaller
islands, and then-Sir John may. look
for their arrival in Jersey!
The last day has come, and, as
usual, the lovers Il mean the people
who under no possible circumstances
must ever be lovers) T spending it
together; the hour, four Of the after
noon; the scene, a shady spot upon the
beach which by common. consent has
grown to be called Sir Johns atelier.
Paul is enjoying his afternoon siesta
upon his mothers lap, Sir John lazi-
ay sketching in a group of weed-groWn
boulders for the foreground of a pic
ture, already taken, Of Daphne and her
little sol
Alas, If he works lazily, he is think
Ing hard; counting with misery greed
every look from the soft lucent hazel
eyes, every smile from the sweet lips,
that after to-day shall be as nothing
to him!
Next to the performance Of ones
duty, the best thing is-one's we'll
earned rest after duty" Thus speaks
a pleasant, Slightly drawing voice
from the bank Immediately above, so
close to them that little Paul hears it
through his dreams, and half awakens.
'sWe have searched for the mar it was
pur duty to search for. In vain. We
give the man up. We sit down."
Daphne peeps out cautiously be-
tween a ~crevice of rocks and grass, and
discerns a lady and gentleman, young,
well favored, and, as she judges, newly
married.
1.-The question is" says voice num-
Der two from the bank-just for a mo-
ment Sir John starts a little at the
sound-"whether the first best thing
would be, not to perform ones duty at
all? 1t certainly was less dusty at
sea than we have found it among
these horrible lanes"
But among the lanes, my dear child,
we have been alone"
"Our position is not honorable"
whispers Daphne, rosy red. 81 don't
believe they are bride and bridegroom.
They are lovers, poor things! We have
no right to hear their conversation"
And then falls to listening again
with all her might.
"Besides, there is something I have
long wished to speak to you about,
only I could never find an opportunity.
I intend to marry"
The speaker is q bored "atrociously
xood-looking fellow of two or three
and thirty. His dress, the cut Of his
blonde mustache, the fact Of his car
rying a white umbrella as a protection
from the sun, lead you to class him,
at a glance, as a Continental English
man, but Of what particular type it
would be hard to say.
Marry This time it is the lady
who speaks, with a disdainful little
curl of the lip-a disdainful infection
in the clear, slightly metallic voice,
-'Yeu have always said
THAT it was hard to see Of what use
married men could be in the scheme of
things. Well, we are most of us queer
studies, perhaps, from that point of
view. 1 think you. my dear. at all
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Greater Faith, Greater Trial.

The Lord giveth faith for the purpose Oh
irving it, for the glory of His own name
md for the good of him who has it, and by|
he very trial of our faith we not only OBJ
tain blessing to our own souls, by becom-
ing the better acquainted with God. if wei
hold fast our confidence in Him, bat our
faith is also by the exercise strengthened;
And 80 it comes that, if we walk with Cod
in any measure of u~prightness of heart the
trials of faith will be greater and greater
George Muller.
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breakfast
IGnble
The Common Things.

The Common Things.
The sunshine and the gentle rain,
The clear bird song that halls The morn,
The meadow land with flower stain,
The swaying banners of the corn,
The grass that whispers to the breeze
What common, common things are thesei
The broad, blue mirror Of the lake
That smiles back at the sleeping sky;
The pillows, too, that leap and break !
And fling their foamy jewels high;
The silver clouds that one by one
Toss back the lances of the sun.
The stars that blaze as jewels blaze
And make the world old mystery,
While they, IN their appointed ways
Go speeding through eternity
Across u~nfathomed seas of space
On paths that we but dimly trace
An these are common-brook and bird,
And rose of red, and meadow green;
So common that they seem unheard,
So common that they seem unseen,
And yet there. is no day or night
But borrows all Of their delight.
No common thing is held apart
From us, or pent with,leckaad.ke Key,
But in the goodness of His heart
They all are made for you and me.
It always seems God loves the best
Things he makes the commonest.
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat,
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Modern Recess.

Modern Recess.
"Have you practiced on the pianoT
"Yes, mother"
"And read Professor Simson's lecture
on Greek art""
Eyes, mother" =,
"And studied your calculus"
Eyes, mother"
"Then you may go out and play Tor
ten minutes life.
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r

"Here is a notable new work of biog-
raphy, THE Life and Letters Of Thomas
Higgs,' in four volumes, profusely Illus
trated"
"Higgs? Who was Higgs"
"Why, he sold groceries to Robert
Boggins."
"And Boggins"
"Boggins was gardener 20 a MA who
once saw the Duke Of Wellington. Or
was it John Henry Newman that he
saw? Perhaps it was Dante Gabriel
Rosscti. These details escape me at
the momnpt"--Lifa.
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LIfe,s Growth,

Yonder grows the tree Of life; its leaves
ire for the healing of the nations. And
when Gods Son is abroad to save our sick
souls, when our Brother and Saviour
brings US in. sick unto death. is there no
Father who stands behind the tree OF life,
with heart that aches for His straylng SOM
And in His love and pity He will carry US
in His arms and save us.-Rev. DR.. Newell
Dwight Hills.
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AS It Should Be.

AS It Should Be.
no." said the dentist, sit would SIM
ply be a waste of good money for me
to advertise in the newspapers"
"Why do you think so?" queried the
persistent solicitor.
Because" explained the tooth car
penter, my work speaks for itself
through the mouths Of others."-Chi-
cago News.
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Desire.

We are all the custodians of desires, and
each of us cherishes an ambition of some
kind, for the success of which we pray, af.
ter q fashion, and labor according as the
idea of toll possesses us. The god of one
man is ease, while that Of another Is lux
ury. Brain sweat and brow sweat are
freely shed that name and game may
weave the laurels around the brow.-ReN
W. C. Conn, Brooklyn, n. Y.
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Nothing But the truth.

eyes" said MI. ~Stormington Barns,
1--WE did we'll in the West. At a one
night stand in Arizona we played to'a
$4,000 house."
"Say, what are you giving me-" que
ried Mr.. Walker Tics.
"Facts," answered the great footsore
t%ragedian. 1.-THE one mai who COM
prised the audience va said to be
worth fully that AMOUNT Chicago
News.
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No Use For 1t.

No Use For IT.
The Czar-"Viskyvitch."
The Orderly-"Your Highness.'
The Czar-"Go and take down that
sign in the front parlor window"
The Orderly - (which sign, Your
Highness"
The Czar-"Boy wanted."-Clcveland
Plain Dealer.