The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-15
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After the theater the other evening
one Ct the attaches Of the Chinese ieaa-
sion rode home on street cor. He wss
undoubtedly able to afford o carriage.
and, 1t was said. ordinarily used one
but for some reason be took the street
car that night There were several
smart young pcr On the car who knew
tney we're smart.
"Hello, John." said one Of them.
Tie Chiuaman looked mp. He smiled
as though he were amused rather than
offended.
"Hello, John" repeated the other.
.How's tho washee business'"
The uttaohe seemed disposed to talk,
and SO he mumbled politely, Good.
thank you" After few more remarks,
in which the smart young men tried to
iritc. e a Chinese jargon, cr OF them
aske,j
"Vs here was you tonight. Johne'
Il went to the theater, young man.
the Chinaman replied. with far better
and more refined English accent than
his guyers had displayed. "By the way,
I believe You ought to say you were
and not you vas.
Several people in the car who over
heard the rebuke snicse,ed, and the
smart Young men molested the dignihed
| Celestial no further.
Moving Skeletons Of Whales
Visitors to the National museum re-
Gently have been much interested in the
work Of transferring the skeletoSs OF
three large whales. weighing In the ng.
sressss about $500 pounds, from the
hide walls to o specially dengped sys-
tenn Of .rou supports In the center Of
the ball of osteolosy. The changes In
the installation of these skeletons were
made pece 6sary by the construction OF a
system Of iron galleries, now nsarly
complete, for tie accommodation OF the
ra pidly increasing collection Of the mu-
seum. which has oatgrown the floor
space available.
The work Of moving the skeletons
which was directed by Ar. Watkins.
curator Of the section Of transportation
and engineering. was colossal under.
taking, requiring 50 mea to manage the
ropes and tackle necessary in the process
Of transferring The skeletons from their
old to their new homex which wero
previously tested by being subjected to
the actual weight of the skeletons The
transfer was completed without dam.
age TO the skeletons and with only IN.
important misbaps, and Mr.. Watkins II
telicitating himself On the suocsssfui
termination of the undertaking.
Changes In the House.
Nearly one-third Of the members 1
the next house will be men who are not
now serving in congress. the number OF
changes being ll0. but some OF the Dew
re- resentetives have had legislative ex
perience in former congresses More
nav faces will be In the delegation
| from New York tran any other state,
toe nrr15e- being !s. Pennsylvania is
second on tie list with ten and IiliCois
third vita rire. I-e ctber states VII!
hovs rcS n .-:tafs a. f0l.16E: Aons1s.
AK. lava rrC Oaia. fi}s eGcc; CGi!tov.
mia, M.rsacb 2set:s old 1lJaiSaa. !c"r
each; Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland.
New Jersey, North Carolina and Viz
ginia, three; Florida. Missouri. Eebras-
Ia, Sonth Dakota, Tennessee, Texas.
Washington, West Virginia and Wis
consin, two each; Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, Mississippi, Montana, Ore
gon. South Carolina. Utah and Wyom-
ing, one each. There are nine states
Colorado, Connecticut Georgia, Idaho,
Maine, Minnesota. New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Vermont-which
have returned the delegations holding
seats in the present house. Six states
Delaware, Montana. South Dakota,
Utah. Washington and Wyoming-harc
elected entirely new delegations.
Interesting Plants.
The experiments which have recently
been made through the efforts Of the
botanic garden with the cabbage bsnana
from Abyssinia are expected to lead t.
important results. The stem Of this
plant possesses an immeose value as o
fco,, and when boiled is s.id to resem-
b. newly baked bread. Although its
existence has been known for 100 years
IL has never been fairly tested In The
United States Secretary Wilson has
become much interested In 1t, and 1t 10
expected that he will undertake to
spread 1t widely throughout tss sossh.
The Caban palms in the large green.
houses are now in fr1it and will be in.
seres.irg to many who have recently
been bearing and reading % much
about Cuha. One OF these palms 10
about 20 feet in height as tall as they
usually grow. and is the kind whose
| tough, long leaves are used % largely
ir thatching henseh
Another plant In the greenhouse that
is of particular interest at present Is the
, ilang ilang Of Sumatra, which 10 Low
fruiting for the first time.
Boom In Shipbuildins.
Charles E. Hyde Of the Bath Iron
works explained to some acquaintances
at the Shoreham the other evening that