Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-26
40 INCH II HEMSTITUHED SWISS
EMBROIDERED SKIRTTNGS
A JAPANESE TRAVELLER.
He Has Visited the Principal Cou,
tries of the World.

tries Ofthc World.
Japanese merchant and traveller, to
whom Mr.. c. II. Dewey, of this city, is in
debted for corrtesies in Japan, has been in
Omaha for several days. The gentleman
might easily be mistaken for sun burned
American or English traveller. His English
is fluent and correct. A supposition of Eng
lish extraction would be supported by the
handwriting of the gentleman exercised in
adding the name and address of his firm to O
personal card which was made to read as
follows; "Guilherme Nj. dos Remedies, of
the firm of Gil Y Remedies, merchants Yo-
hama, Japan"
Mr.. Remedies in very pleasant way re-
lated TO the reporter his travels since leaving
Yokahoma, January Is, 1885, An invigorat-
ing and rapid sea passage through the Suez
canal to Marseilles, of forty days duration,
and short rail trip from that palace to
Barcelona brought him to the worlds fair in
progress at the latter city. He remained IN
Barcelona supervising the Japanese depart
ment for twelve months. There was no
comparison that might not be considered
invidious to be made with the French exhi-
bition, which he had seen recently, although
Barcelona was one of the chief industrial
and commercial centers of Spain The
to that government and those of other coun-
tries participating, among them that OF the
United States.
March 81, 1889. marked the end of the
labors of Mr.. Remedies in Barcelona, and in
company with many Americans Englishmen
and people of other countries, he
caught glimpse of the Holy Week
festivals of Valencia. Jerez, the fountain of
sherry, was not overlooked, nor were Saville
and Lisbon. The capital of Portugal ap-
N n h,,c
mercial city, and Mr. Remedies designated
it as place where everybody was happy,
alert and prosperous.
A short stay IN Madrid and the Japanese
merchant was in Paris, on Good Friday,
where the brakes of a majority of the tram
cars were given religious turn and he was
compelled to move around as best he could.
The theaters also were closed in Difference
to the day.
Easter Sunday was spent in London.
While in England Mr.. Remedies visited his
friend, the Right Rev. Arthur w. Foster, at
latham rectory, near Lancaster, and spent
couple of days looking over an interesting
locality. Another visit was made to Messrs
John Foster 81 Son, mohair and plush manu-
facturers of Queensbury. These people
were friends made IN Japan, and Mr.. Rene
dos stay with them was most agreeable.
Mr.. Remedies reached this country May
"A, and after an enjoyable stop with MIR. E.
ID, Jordan, of Jordan, Marshall 81 Co., Of
Boston. came to Omaha. "Of course / am
the guest of Mr.. Charles H. Dewey" said
he. 81 find Omaha very lively and pros
porous city, where everything is on a good
move. as l believe you would say. Every
thing l find here is we'll known all over the
world and there Is scarcely need of its men
ton. The hospitality of the people of Omaha
is very great, and l dm extremely thankful
for the entertainment have received"
Mr.. Remedies sails from San Francisco for
Yokohama June Speaking of the advan-
tage of the route via the United States over
that of Suez to England, the gentleman said
that 1T footed up IN days Of travel about two
weeks.