The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
Views and Interviews.


Secretary Bruner, or tho Agricultural
Board, and Curator Of the Museum
Rlimley have returned from Washington
md New York whore they made study
Of museum installation and saw the
authorities with reference to the ex-
hibt to be made at the Paris Expo
sitiun. Speaking Of the trio Secretary
Bruner said yesterday: we met the
Paris Exposition people, Commissioner
General Ferdinand w. Peck, Of New
York; Charles Richards Dodge, i'm
charge Of the agricultural exhibit; Col.
Bracket, in charge Of the horticultural
exhibit; Mr.. Brown, forestry and nat
ural history and others In Washington
who are connected with the proposed
exhibit
I'VE made practically all he rrelimi-
nary arrangements for the North Caro-
lima exhibit, and, what was even more
gratifying, we secured q close alliance
and more cordial cooperation between
the national and State Developments Of
agriculture I'M the work and interests
common to both We believe that here
after we shall have even more cordial
relations than i'm the past.
| I'VE also made q close study with the
/ aid Of the chiefs Of departments Of the
| whole question Of Museum management,
| especially Of the classification catalogue
/ ing and installation IN all the divisions
Of the work i devoted particular at
/ tcntion to mineralogy, crystal oeraphy.
and forestry. while Mr.. Brimley studied
more particularly mammals, reptiles and
/ the methods Of reproducing their hab-
( its.
I'VE were most cOurteously treated by
| the officials in Washington, New York
and at the Academy Of Sciences IN
| Philadelphia. Our trip was very suc-
| cessful We found North Caroliaq well
represented in Washington anl Ok the
! Academy Of Sciences, but very poorly
/ in the Natural History Museum Of New
York We propose hereafter IA collect
ing specimens for the Srdgc Museum.
to have an eye to supplying the deficien-
| cies in these Northern museums as well.
! We examined the fine aquariUm at the
| Battery in New York with M v'ew OF
ultimately establishing one here
Mr.. J. b. Blades, one Of the UoSr prom
| inent business men of Elizloeth CITY,
/ came in yesterday afternoon. Mr.
| Blades said that the company which was
recently chartered to erect ka;tting
4 mill met ON TithaY llgAL alld organ
| lied. He said that all the capital stock
$4,000, had already been subscribed,
and the mill would be built at once.
IAN industry that will turn loose
much money in our town is oyster cann-
ing" said Mr. Blades. "Oyster tredg-
ing began on December 1st. uniting
eight or ten canning plants in operation.
An these are new and the largest is
operated by home people. Others be-
long to Norfolk and Baltimore firms"
"What about this plan of the Wiscon-
sin Committeeman to- cut down l5he
representation of the Southern states in
the next National Republican Conyen-
tion?'' I asked Loge Harris yesterday.
Oh. / don't care said J. G. Logan.
LET 'em cut / don't think the South
ought to send delegates any way. We
never help to elect a president and
what's the good of helping to nominate
him? I'm not going to the next con-
vention. Mckinley VIII be nominated
in walk and there won't be amy fun at
all. The only people the Republican
convention help are those who make
merchandise Of their votes. Let 'em cut
away, don't see that it makes amy diff
ference to us.