Show man who poisons exhibits ifor vw aws in III a bittle hause in iii south wehing ton toll is located a federal I 1 institution witti out whick the L insel aution and the National museum could not exist it is the department of the chief pol mr joseph farmer farmel the office of chief Pol was not unusual in countries ruled by despots but it may ue he a surprise to manitto many tto to learn that such an office is maintained maintain ell by our own republican form of a administration however Row evor mr lar farmer unlike his contemporaries in turley turkey spain arabia etc is not enga e eda z putting 1 obnoxious and exuberant statesmen out of the way but in placing the objects on exhibit in the institution and museum beyond the reach I 1 of f thieves rust and cockroaches everything E very thing that is received by sheso institutions whether ghether vh ether it la Is a rare book a filipino bolo or a stuffed and mounted antz animal rial is sent to mr farmer to bo poisoned he is an expert in the preparation rind and use of preservative compounds for stuffed bluffed animals and birds he finds that arsenical compounds compo unda bring the best re results stiltz avei emoiy y object of metal rec receives ile i es a co coating th g and nd something that 1 prevents rust whilo while fabrica bas hetry silks furs firs etc are poisoned polson cl in much the same as stuff stuffed ed ani mals even the shelves and cases ot of the mu museum seura in which the objects aro placed have passed through mr farmers hands and li have aye been treated tou toa leuid that causes a bug moth or cockroach to thlik that he is walking over a red hot iron the minute he strikes stricken their surface by these means IP museum is forever freed from ver vermin inin ney nev york telegraph |