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Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
Linen Bargains.

Turkey red damask at l2tc:
full bleached union damask,
zoe; heavy Scotch damask,
274c; pinch bleached Irish
damask, SOC; 64-inch extra
heavy Austrian damask, 39c.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
Letter from MauuE.

Barney O'Cunuell Of ms city, VINO is al
Manila with the FRS Nebraska volunteer
infantry, writes 10 J. p McDevitt q TINS
city that ne has abogf recovered from q
recent illness. He Spent several DAYS al
The regimenral hospitaI ana declares thar
The accommodation arr anything but good.
Captain Taylor, commanding Company I Of
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
Big Bargains in
Bed Spreads

75c quality crochet spreads
49c; 9Oc quality crochet
spreads 69c; Sl.25 quality
crochet spreads, soc: 81. so
quality crochet spreads, Csc;
1925 quality Marseilles
spreads, Sl.4S: $3.50 quality
Marseilles spreads s.. l9.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11

suits, in all wool materials,
jackets silk lined, skirts per
caline lined, worth at least
$1,000, for s4.sS. Our $1,000 suits are the
talk of the town. They are the greatest
bargains ever offered, They come in all
colors and black. at $1,000. 900 ladies tail
or made suits. new e.on and jacket effects,
braided plaid and applique effects. in all
the new shades-a grand collection Of high
class garments. others ask you $1,000, our
price. $1,000. 80 ladies heavy black bro
caded SILK skirts, worth 5000, as long as
they last you can have them at S2.as. One
TO 4 customer. 100 ladies silk skirts, in
gros grain, tnffeta and satin, worth $1,000,
al S4.9S. Ladies crepon dress skirts, in the
late styles, man tailored, worth at least SIS,
for S4.9g. Ladies Skirts, in finest quality
imported sponge crepon, silk lined, al SO,
So and SIS. Ladies silk waists for less
than you can buy the material. We have
given particular attention TO this line Of
business and nave laid in a line Of silk
waists that never fails to please our Gus
toners.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11

TEE BEST SALvE IT, the world for Cuts.
BrulseE. Sores, Ulcers, SBlt Rheum, Fever
Sores, Tetter. Chgpped Hands. Chilhlgin,
Corns and all Skin ErupJiuns. and positively
cures Piles, or DO pay required. il IL guar
arteea 10 give perfect sltisiaCtiou or muua ~
refunded. Price q ceuE per boz. Tor sale
by KUN & Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11

petition alleges that the lamp was Invented
by John T. Williams o. Kansas City, who
secured a patent on his device. Ii is as
serted that the Kansas City company was
organized 10 introduce the invention and
that the Nebraska concern is using williams
idea in its business.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
Cloak Department

Here is where We lead them
all. The largest cloak depart
ment and more nice, fresh.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11

stylish, n e "
goods, I b a n
any house bet
ween Chicago
and San Fran.
cisco. We alb.
solutely guar
antee a saving
Of 40 TO 80 per
cent on ladies
tailor IN a d e
suits, skirts
and waists. A
few eye open
ers for Satur.
day.
100 ladies'
tailor m a d e
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
DISCIPLES OF CALVIN DINE
Irne Blue Prssbytsrians Sit at Meat at
Westminster Church.
ANNUAL DINNER or MEN or THE CHURCH
Tempting Menu Served by Pretty
Young Women. Followed by Post
%prRndinl Exercises of nm I'm
jOyRbIe Nature.

True blue Presbyterianism disported itself
at Westminster church last evening when
the men Of the church and the cunErega-
ton sat down 10 their second annual din
ner. Covers were laid for seventy-tve and
there were no vacant places when, at :
O'Clock, after q half hour OF informal chat,
the word was passed around that the viands
were in readiness 10 he attacked. The din
uer was served by the women of the church
in the lecture room. On the walls were
draped two large American flags, while the
tables We're tastefully adorned with silver
cHndleEticks bearing WAX candles and beau
tiful rose-colored shades thai cast 4 sub
dued glow over all. A large chandelier
hanging from The center OF the ceiling was
decorated in the same exquisite taste, all
being the work Of the deft fingers of the
women, who were present 10 direct the
corps Of attractive young women who o.
hCiHted IN the capacity Of Mattresses. The
toothsome menu was discussed and highly
enjoyed. the fair sex amply demonstrating
that they were experts in the culinary art
Rev. 7. V. Moore, pastor Of the church.
occupied the post Of honor, ana q this right
Sat Warren S~witzler. who oficiated IN u
graceful and happy manner as -toasJmaster
his timely hits as he introduced the speakers
e~liciting applause. The FIRST speaker was
Dr. Ewing Brown, who toasted THE Ladies
IN his own peculiar and happy style. q. W.
ClHybauEb as a representative Of All Saints
church, q guest OF the evening, spoke OF The
pleasant fraternRl relations existing between
the Presbyterian denomination and that Of
his own faith, His graceful compliments
cf Pastor Moore were appreciated and
heartily upplauded.
The work q The Young Peoples society
Of The church was outlined 10y Mr.. Gray. a
young man who takes al active part In
this field Of church endeavur. He reported
Il condition of things among the young peo-
ple that was very gratifying TO his elders.
Rev. Moore on the bible.
Rev, Moore responded 10 the toast. THE
Bible" He spoke uf its beauties as q liter
airy production and urged IT'S claims as the
supreme guide for human conduct. He also
advocated q thorough revision OF the text. so
as 10 bring 81 down 10 the present time.
arguing that TINS Would make IL even more
attractive and hence more widely read. His
remarks were timely and received with en-
thusIaBm.
Rev. A A. PfHnsteil Of Chicago. q visit
iuF Presbyterian divine who has been SUP
plying the First church Of dis city for thy
past month, was called on for an impromptu
speech AND acquitted himself in q man
ner that demonstrated hiE ability as an
orator lie is a college Chum OF Mr.. Switz-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
Special Sale
Sheeting and Muslin

224c bleached sheeting, 24
yards wide, lie; SIC soft finish
bleached muslin, &c yd.; &c
extra heavy brown muslin, &c
I'd; 1910 extra fine cambria,
SIC yd.; l5c heavy brown
sheeting, p I'd. wide, lie
yd.; bleached ready TO use
sheets. torn, not cut, size p
124, at 37Ic; ready to use
pillow slips. size 45X36, &c.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11

Ter and some five years ago supplied the
Westminster church during one of the va
cations Of Or. Gordon, q former pastor. 1t
complimented the church on the advance il
had made in all lines Of work and delivered
a fine peroration descriptive Of the differ
ence il methods OF work now and q quarter
Of q century ago, combating the charge Sc
frequently heard that the church is becom-
Ing seculariaed by the claim that il is
reaching out into the world for men instead
Of waiting for men TO come 10 it.
Alderman ?. p. Birkhauser, one of the
pioneer members Of the church, responded
10 the toast, The Outlook" In his esti-
nation the outlook is very encouraging from
all points Of view and not less in church
work than along other lines. He had
watched the growth Of Westminster from
It's origin TO the present time and found
cause for great lharkfulness. Thai the men
were with him in spirit was evidenced by
the hearty applause with which his remarks
We're iuterlarded.
Pen Picture of Kreider.
T~oasJmaster Switzler then drew q pen
picture Of one present, asking the audience
TO call for the Individual referred 10 as soon
as they recognized the portrait. This mar
yas described Rs one who was always TO
tie fore il all church work, who furnished
excellent material for an elder and for q
Sunday school superintendent when each Of
flee was vacant, VINO, 10 quote the speak
er's words. was healthy. hearty and hand
ONE. He Eot no further, for everybody
shouted, "Kreider, 4" "Kreider." and the
genial private secretary Of Mr.. Cudahy was
forced 10 rise and face the audience. His
modesty, however, prevented his saying
more than that he denied the toastmaster's
allegations. He sat down amid q round OF
hearty applause.
Several others were called or and MADE
impromptu speeches and after a vote OF
thanks to the women for their bounteous en-
t~erraiument and The benediction by the
pastor the gathering broke up. The pro-
gram Of speeches was enlivened by songs
by Mr.. Peters, with guitar accompaniment
and REGULATIONS by A. D.. Heller, both Of
whom received enCoTes.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
Mems Shirts
and F~urnis

800 doZ.
mems
fine
shirts in
Grifon
brand,
Stanley
and
Pride Of
the tow
worth
up to
$3.50 at
soc.
Sample
shirts
worth
up to
so, al
soc.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11

Or Bulls Cough Syrup conquers Group.
Every mother should know this aud always
keep his wonderful remedy handy,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
HAYDEN Big Bargains for Saturda

the great sales in the cloak department See the bargains in mns fine
shirts Agents To- butterok patterns saturday from 730 until 9 D M 100 black
tafeta silk waists, new corded styles, worth Sc 90, on sale at So 69.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27

sent to the same country s74,000, 900 Of
such goods Notwithstanding England
had been increasing enormously dur
ing the decade as manufacturer. Few
countries have increased in manufac-
turing power so rapidly of late as has
Germany. In 1873 you sent her S16, ,500,
600 worth of goods, and notwithstand-
Ing her enormous growth in ability TO
manufacture and ship abroad, in 1898
your exports TO her were $32, 900.
The same story could be told Of France
and of Belgium. In fact all that ma
ton has to buy with is it's goods, and
the more Of these it can produce the
greater is its buying capacity.
Another feature of the new treaty"
continued the Count, "is that trade
marks, designs and patents are pro-
tected in Japan. Heretofore any Jap
marks; they cannot do so now. This
will clean out a considerable business
that has been thriving at the expense
Of standard names, but 1t will be rood
thing for legitimate ventures.
''Japan's trade with the Philippines
is not now an uninteresting thing to
you in California. This, too. has quad
rupled itself since 1892. In that year
the imports from the Philippines were
Ats, ,122 yen and in 1898 they were $780,
1S2 yen; the exports to the Philippines
were in 1892 95,193 yen. while in 1898
llIGy hciN II4CI CdScO " IUd botl yen, So
you can see that even from that part Of
your dominions Japan buys many times
more of value than she sells. I have
not a doubt that under the increased
activity in trade which must come Of
the extended opportunities made posi-
BILE by the new treaty, that we shall
take vastly more from the Philippines
than heretofore, and our imports from
San Francisco will increase even at q
more rapid ratio than in the past"
Remarking upon the Japanese in
California, Count Mutsu stated that
there are about 5000 of them. chiefly
young men who have come to this State
to get an education, working out their
board in families while they are so do
ing. The laborerS are energetic and in
dustrious, but they do not save their
money as do the Chinese. They spend
it as fast as they get it, buying knick-
knacks, trinkets, books and such.
They have aided the development Of
California industries to q great extent.
but they have not appeared at any
time as a menace to the labor condi-
tions of the State, nor are they likely
to do so. The development Of the in
dustries of Japan, which are now going
on at such a rapid rate, will soon make
a demand for labor in that country ac-
companied by a scale Of remuneration
so high that any wages which can be
offered them In the United States will
hardly induce them to emigrate to this
country. JOHN q. BENNETT.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27
TO CAPTURE
MARINE WONDERS

TYHE exploration Of marine wonder,
land almost unknown to science viii
engage this summer the attention of
the United States Fish Commission.
i II Is a region full of strange fishes
and other forms of life quite unfa-
miliar, Of which only a few stray speci
mems have as yet been captured, exam
ined and classified. Much new informa-
tion OF the utmost value is likely to be OBJ
tained by the contemplated expedition,
which will be led by DR.. Bumpus, director
or the biological station at Woods Holl,
Mass.
1t is the business of the Fish Commits
sion staff at the biological station to study
the habits and life history of sea animals,
and every summer from thirty to fifty sci
entists from institutions of learning all
over the country assemble there to engage
in various Investigations. OF these quite
a NUMBER VIII accompany the expedition,
which VIII be carried by the steamer
the sort of work contemplated and pro-
vided with elaborate apparatus for the
capture Of marine creatures of all sorts
The purpose in view will be to study the
Httle-known fauna along the edge OF the
continental shelf.
To make this clear 1t should be ex
planned that the eastern edge Of our con-
tinent is not marked by the surf line or
the ocean. If all the water of the sea
were dried up you could walk sixty miles
eastward from Atlantic City, n. j.. with
out descending more than 600 feet; but at
that distance out you would come to the
true edge of the great land mass called
North America. Then you would find be-
fore you q fairly steep hill, sloping rap
idly like the side of mountain range to
the floor Of the ocean, two and a half
miles below.
Along the upper part Of this "conti-
mental declivtty." as it is termed. runs
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27

IS the mother of invention You have
experienced necessity and you have in
vented; we have never known such ne
cessity and our minds have not. there
fore, been turned into those particular
lines of thought; had such been the
case Japan undoubtedly would have
been a great inventive nation Just as is
the United States, England or France.
But while Japan has never beeD
great in inventions, her standards or
morals thoughts and manners had
other planes upon which to base a
strong and high-Caste civilization. The
great man is he who can think great
thoughts. and thought, not clothes.
dinners, fine houses, or even books or
churches, makes civilization. Japan has
had and has to-day great thinkers.
philosophers, governors; men who
could al any time and can now cope
with western thought in argument
upon the ethical and philosophical
phases of life, and yet when your
with US, the capacity and equity
Of our people and our government
were mistrusted when it came TO
their dealing with the rights and
interest Of your people resident.
upon our soil. We were competent and
have at all times been competent to de-
termine these things, but this capacity
was denied, with the result that the
Westerner had his own courts in our
country to which were referred all mat
ters of dispute which any of our people
might bring against him.
1t might well be realized that among
a people as sensitive as are the Japan
ese such a standing Impeachment Of
the ability and business Of our Gov
ernment presented by the existence of
sixteen or seventeen foreign Consular
courts, operating under divers systems
of laws TO which the japanese must
have recourse in their dealings with
foreigners, must have been constant
ly a source of irritation to US. 1t op-
Grated unpleasantly in many ways; 1t
tended to keep two peoples apart, for
you must understand that the Japanese
had no higher regard for the Consular
courts than the Westerner had for the
Japanese courts. Accordingly, there
was less disposition to Join with the
Westerners upon those planes from
which appeals to courts might have to
be made. This impaired friendly in
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27
AND RESTORE
THE TILE FISH

hundreds Of thousands of minute crus-
taceans, myrtads OF tiny mollusks called
or aq@eeTi
last mere bits Of Jelly. inclosed IN limy
shells of elaborate and infinitely varied
design, through openings in which they
project long arms in search of food. But
perhaps the most interesting of all the
pelagic, or surface, animals of the strip.
are those which drift northward with the
gulf weed from the tropics-transparent
shrimps, transparent worms and trans
parent cuttlefshes that make their homes
In the weed, which is upheld by bulbs
filled with air.
The Fish Commission steamer Fish
Hawk will first have to find the tropical
belt, which is no easy matter owing to
Its narrowness, and then to follow it
along. This will be accomplished with
the help of special apparatus consist
ing of a sounding line of wire with a
heavy. sinker on the end. to which is at
tached a thermometer. The sounding line
ter is fixed in such way as to turn
upside down and stop registering the in
slant that the sinker touches the bot
tom. In this way the temperature of the
water at the bottom is ascertained. and
when it touches about 81 degrees Fa-
renheit with a depth of 500 to 700 feet
recorded by an indicator on the reel, it
may be taken for granted that the strip
has been struck.
An important part of the expeditions
work will be to map out the limits of
dweller Of the strip that caused such a
sensation few years ago. 1t was in 1873
that the fishing schooner Hutchings. try
ing with travis for hake in new waters,
100 miles south of Nantucket took thou
sands Of pounds of fish up to that time
unknown. The fish was very handsome.
with cleaning metallic scales, yellow
speckles and an odd looking 1eshy fin
that stood UP on the top of its dolphin
like head. The specimens taken weighed
from five to fifty pounds, and a trial Of
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27

northward stream OF warm water, on
the shoreward side of the Gulf Stream,
bathing with its tempered current a mar
row belt of the slope. II comes directly
from the Gulf of Mexico, and brings with
1t immense numbers of tropical and semi
tropical animals of all sorts. which never
go out OF the warm stream; indeed. they
cannot do SO without being frozen to
death By the colder water lying on either
side. The river" they inhabit is sand
wiched in between a chilly current from
Labrador on the west and the frigid
depths beneath the Gulf Stream on the
east.
The belt Of the slope thus described is
the ''wonderland' referred to- The waters
that warm 1t are the home of myriads of
brilliant-hued fishes such as inhabit the
southern seas, while the bottom swarms
with gaudy crabs, some of them of
gigantic size, queer species Of the sea
urchin family, formida ble-looking sea-
spiders, with immensely long legs, and
marine worms that equal in gorgeousness
the most brightly tinted flowers. All
along the Atlantic coast of North
Of the trapics, narrowing gradually until,
as is believed, IL disappears entirely some
distance south of Nova Scotia,
Trawls|i.. e., eet-l!nes mile, or more
haited hooks at Intervals. will be USED to
catch the fishes, and dredge5 will be en-
ployed to capture the star fishes and
other bottom animals. The fishes are all
eeis In shape while some Of the crabs are
big and strong enough to crush and
break open the shells of large bivalye
mollusks, on which they feed. with the
When the water is calm enough gauze
nets will be towed to gather In The
smaller creatures that live at the sur
face Of the warm belt of water, which are
as peculiar in their way as those that
dwell on the bottom. quart measure
of 'tow-stuff' thus collected will contain
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27

them proved that they were extremely
good to eat.
the fish new species and an Investigation
was proposed; but before it could be car
ried out dreadful catastrophe occurred.
In March and April, 1892. vessels arriving
reported that they had passed through
hundreds Of miles of dead and dying fishes
OF an unfamiliar kind floating on the sur
face Of the sea. These, as 1t proved. were
the subject showed that at least 1900
square miles of ocean were strewn thickly
with scaly victims numbering at least one
thousand millions-enough to feed the en-
tire population of the United States for
two months
Thus passed the tile fish. the whole
species being apparently wiped out by
mysterious and wholesale calamity. But
pretty clear that the catastrophe was
caused by an intrusion Of frigid water
upon the tropical strip. Running south
ward on the shoreward side Of it, as al
ready explained, is an Arctic current from
Labrador. which during this fateful sea-
son carried much more cold water than
ordinarily, possibly because of the pres
ence of unusual quantities Of floating ice
in the North Atlantic. The cold stream
pushed away the warm stream from the
continental slope and froze the tile fishes
TO death.
rendered extinct, but ten years later, In
1892, the Fish Commission steamer Gram
pus caught eight specimens in the belt,
and there was great rejoicing. Since then
the species has multiplied fast along the
strip. and DR.. Bumpus is confident that
large numbers will be taken by his expe-
dition. The tile is a rapid breeder and
has few enemies to fear, being large and
fierce. 1t bites greedily at any kind Of
bait, and there is every prospect that be-
fore long it will become a valuable COM
mercial food fish.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27

en- times as much as we did only four
years ago.
THE imports into the United States
from Japan, while greater in value
than your exports to US, do not show
the same relative increase. In 1892
these were about 3S,500,000 yen; in 1898
they were about A, $50, 600 yen, showing
an increase in purchases from us for
the four years of about 10.000,000 yen,
while the increase in purchases from
you had been about 1000, 900 yen.
In this bulk of business the part
which San Francisco has played is
conspicuous. In 1894 San Francisco
sent to adj countries values to the
amount of 500 643, ,127; of this 81, ,27S 7S0
went to Japan. For the same year the
imports into San Francisco from all
countries were S3S, 515. $685. while from
Japan they were S13, 400, 518 In 1898 the
San Francisco exports We're S32, SIS. 218,
of which $4,516,245 went to Japan,
showing an increase in the four years
Japan, on the other hand, had fallen
eff nearly s5,0O0,0O0, for out Of the total
imports through the Golden Gate of
$36, ,063, 124, but sS1SS,072 came from
Japan. 1t should be said, however,
that owing to the drought the Japan
ese trade of last year with this port
was $4,S0O,000 less than the year be-
fore.
You can see from this, therefore,
that Notwithstanding you are taking
less from us, we are buying more from
you than heretofore. And yet there are
some Of your people who cry out in
alarm at this newly developed capac-
ity of Japan to buy from you; they de-
mand higher tariffs against our goods
and declare that American goods are
in danger of being undersold in their
own markets by products of Japanese
manufacture. Such people would, it
seems, prefer to have old Japan than
new Japan as their neighbor; they
would prefer the conditions when we
sold you practically nothing and
bought practically nothing than things
as they now are and are growing to be-
If this reasoning were correct, if you
have most to fear from the countries
of the greatest productive capacity,
one would naturally expect that that
part of your continent which lies near
est to the countries of the greatest pro-
ductive powers would be shriveIed up
under the fierce glare of their light
But this is not the case. The richest
and most industrial part of the United
States lies closest to the great indus
trial centers of Europe; and it is OBJ
served that as the countries of Europe
with whom you trade increase in pro-
ductive and consumptive power, that
part Of your country fronting them in
creases in the same ratio. In 1889 you
exported to England s32 600 900 worth
OF manufactured goods; in 1898 you